Trying in School

I think I’m going to approach the coming semester in a way generally new to me. It is my aim to engage the content of my classes. This is the content I would like to be well versed in. Employment will be the test of my abilities to master the courses in the coming semester.

Nuclear Material Science and Engineering
Nuclear Power and Public Policy
Nuclear Reactor Design
Nuclear Reactor Lab
Nuclear Science and Engineering Seminar

Fuck yes.

The seminar is one credit hour, the rest are three. I’m quite excited to learn this stuff. My two graduate courses last semester were not exceptionally more difficult than those of my undergrad. I purchased the books for the public policy course a few weeks ago. This is the mandatory grad-level English class for those in the nuclear department. I tried reading into the required anti-nuclear energy book but that didn’t last too long and now I’m five chapters into the pro-nuclear energy book: Power to Save the World: The Truth about Nuclear Energy by Gwyneth Cravens.

I feel the book is too much like a story. By which I mean, it has much more of a plot than the textbooks I read. The author is toured around nuclear reactors, refineries, mines, and disposal sites by the well spoken nuclear engineer, then she researches the topics and presents her results among a sometimes wordy story of the characters travels.

Ha, I wrote a book review, that’s funny.

Yep, I’ve been reading and chilling in Pueblo for the past while and now I’m ready to engage the content of the semester soon upon us.

Edit comment: The "I think..." and "I feel..." paragraphs of this post are written very differently; I suspect I might even engage the English class.

Peace -- Mike

Writing what I’m thinking

Which is to say: Lookout, I’m writing and will likely say nothing!
I’m attempting to write what I think in an effort to record something meaningful and worthwhile. It’s tough not to stop after every word or sentence and think ahead to what I may write.

I think the natural breaks that people take when they speak are adequate in length to provide time for the necessary thoughts through what they should say next if they haven’t yet decided. Thinking back on that sentence, yes, it’s obvious, but I feel that to become a better speaker I need to make use of these natural pauses, such that
I need not plan the things I say to the extent I do. I believe this policy will result in me saying more embarrassing or simply incorrect things as it has in trial runs.

I thought much more about the above paragraph than it may let on. I know, I’m describing something as opposed to an attempt to type unfiltered; I’m ok with that. Recording my thoughts in words puts that limitation on this attempt, and the level of clarity I use in the things said here, represents the extent of this limitation.

Anyway...

The world seems much more manageable to me in 2010. My relationship with Sam A has been very rewarding. This summer has allowed us many opportunities, in many different places, to spend time together and I’ve enjoyed it a great deal. We are both very calm people that have a lot of fun and enjoy being in love with each other.

The world seeming more manageable may have something to my shiny new engineering diploma. I still consider myself to be in school because I don’t have a serious job. However in less than a year, it’s a safe bet that I’ll be desperately searching for a very serious job with my shiny new Master’s degree. And once I get said serious job, the second quarter of my life will be just beginning.

I like where I stand in my life. Things are good. Things could always be better and someday they might be. I imagine grad school will be very educational and will require a lot of work.

The above took around half an hour to write, setting a record in my blog. I see this post having many simple sentences.

Peace -- Mike