Medium Harris

I have a new nephew! His blog has some cute pictures.

Today was my dual midterms day, which kept me busy. My first class was at 9:00, then I headed over to the testing center to take my math midterm (actually, I headed up since my class was in the same building as the testing center). It was pretty easy since my professor let the class know exactly what to study. I think I aced it. That took a couple hours, after which I snuck in a quick lunch and journeyed to physics.

After class, I spent a couple of hours on my physics homework due today. My Physics for Phynatics book finally arrived, so I went to my professor's office to pick that up, then set off for the testing center once again. The chemistry test was suicide. I wonder if I could have better spent my last two hours and forty-five minutes with a decent grade eating chocolate in the Cannon Center rather than suffering in the testing chamber. On the way out, I met someone I had never seen before who had just taken the same test, and we talked about it all the way back to my dorm. It was like we had both witnessed the destruction of the human race in the zombie apocalypse, narrowly avoiding decapitation ourselves. It's impossible not to relate to someone when you have both been through something so terrible.

Both tests completed, I walked to the Cannon Center to get some late dinner. Luckily, the cafeteria decided it was Chocolate Day today, so there were cream puffs, cake, truffles, fudge, a chocolate fountain, and tubs more of delicious treats creating an out-of-control sugar party in my mouth. Since then, I have been wasting time on my computer; something which I have not done in days but which has never lost its savor. Maybe my dual-core processor can equilibrate my dual-test day.

• I like to name inanimate objects.
• I'm from Boise and DON'T go to BSU or U of I
• The "Lets all poke someone at the same time" group
• Trent Warbis Fan Club
• When I was your age, Pluto was a planet.

I just finished my Honors Book of Mormon midterm, which was an interesting experience. As soon as class started, my professor handed out the tests and explained some stuff about the first page very quickly. Then he said, "See you in an hour" and left the room. Too bad for any latecomers. He explained so quickly that I didn't even have my test by the time he disappeared out the door. So hopefully I did ok on that part.

I have 2 midterms tomorrow: Math 190 and Chemistry 111H. We are discussing quantum mechanics in Chemistry and my professor often alludes to strange concepts keeping him awake at night. I can't sleep because of two major questions:

1)Why did I sign up for Chem 111 instead of Chem 105?
2)Why didn't I drop the class when I had the chance?

I think my only chance of surviving this test comes from my professor's deep resentment of memorization. In class, he always uses the most complicated equations and longest methods so he won't have to memorize a single constant. But this irrational behavior means that all the formulas and constants will be listed on the first page of the test, and I can spend my time studying concepts instead of equations.

For my English class, I have to research an extremely narrow topic, and then come up with some original research on a "hole" I spot that no one has researched before. I guess this isn't the kind of thing I should procrastinate, so I spent a couple hours in the library searching for something interesting. That's when I stumbled across an article in the Advances in Physics journal called "Dynamics of Wet Granular Matter". It sounds like a topic few people have researched. I browsed the article, and it was actually very interesting. It explains how sand dunes move and the unique forces at play during landslides. Did you know that underwater sand piles act just like dry ones? I knew instantly this was the topic for me.

Ok, so I was going to be done for the night, but i just found the coolest thing ever. Google Labs released Google Reader, which is perfect for viewing multiple blogs and other feeds from one handy site. Check it out at www.reader.google.com .

If any of you use the Google Personalized Homepage or another website that takes Atom or RSS feeds, you can add my blog. The feed will keep you updated on changes to my blog so you don't have to go through the tedious work of visiting my blog unless there are changes.

Just click this button if you use the Google Personalized homepage:

If you don't google, the address of my feed is http://mediumharris.blogspot.com/atom.xml . You'll need a website that takes feeds in order to set this up.

If any of you use the Google Personalized Homepage or another website that takes Atom or RSS feeds, you can add my blog. The feed will keep you updated on changes to my blog so you don't have to go through the tedious work of visiting my blog unless there are changes.

Just click this button if you use the Google Personalized homepage:

If you don't google, the address of my feed is http://mediumharris.blogspot.com/atom.xml . You'll need a website that takes feeds in order to set this up.

Hey, now you can search Google right from my very own site! Now there should be nothing stopping you from making this site your homepage. Just kidding.

I just got back from a cousin party at Aunt Caroline's house, which was very awesome. Now I have a bloody nose, which is not so awesome. I didn't take my camera, otherwise there would be some cool pictures of my cousins and of my sister Shannon and her husband Andrew. Here is the sheet of paper my best photo would be printed on:
I have 4 midterms this week, so I'm going to stop writing now. Or maybe not. I have some more interesting information.

Here is my name as a fractal (my name made of little versions of my name made up of smaller versions of my name, etc.). I made a Java program earlier this year that takes equations that define a fractal and draws the picture. Then I figured out the transform equations to make my name into a fractal. The program is fun because I can zoom in or out to infinity, since fractals are cool that way.

Today in history (September 24th):

• 1789 -- The Supreme Court is established
• 1908 -- The first Model T is finished
• 1936 -- Jim Henson is born
• 1961 -- I love Lucy airs its last episode
• 1996 -- Stephen King releases two novels on the same day
• 1890 -- The Mormon church renounces polygamy
• 2006 -- Andy Harris has the worst bloody nose in American history
  

For those stalkers out there who just have to know a little more about my personal life, here is a little treat. This is what I imagine every time I look at my schedule:

This guy is just so cheerful. I cannot help but smile when I see that my first class of the day is a serpent fish's tongue or a ducky hat. And Wednesday afternoon is one long, out of control party. I'm going to have pleasant dreams tonight.

Be sure to check out my new albums at my Facebook site.

I am pretty busy, as I am taking 17.5 credit hours this semester. This means a LOT of reading assignments from my 13 required textbooks. My total came to between $500 and $600 for required textbooks and supplies this semester. Good thing I have the National Merit Scholarship Corporation and tithe-payers throughout the church supporting me. Thank you.

My schedule is:

1. MATH 190 Fundamentals Of Math (Proofs)
2. HONRS 240 Honors American Government and Society
3. CHEM 111 Honors Basic Principles of Chemistry
4. REL E 121 Honors Book of Mormon
5. HONRS 150 Honors University Writing
6. PHSCS 123 Physics 2 (Electricity and Magnetism)
7. PHSCS 191 Physics Careers

Note: I have blurred out my classes, as it is safety week this week.







I find my schedule amusing because it's so symmetrical and because it looks like a little man with his arms outstretched. That's the main reason why I chose to have MATH 190 at 11:00 instead of 8:00. It would have ruined the whole picture.

My schedule is best described in the words of the guy next door: "Your schedule stinks".

This is my new favorite activity. Notice the unique texture? (It helps if you click the pictures to enlarge them.)

This is my first posting. Let's see if I can figure out how this thing works. Link to my website (hasn't been updated in forever). Dark red text.

<-- A portion of of my 13 textbooks

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