And.... the math geek strikes again!
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zana16Yesterday I got a math fix, and realized just how much I really needed it. First the stats talk, which made me realize that being a statistician might not be boring as all fuck after all; then doing three weeks of accumulated Advanced Calc homework with my Sallybird, who I have missed muchly. Amanda commented on how studious and responsible we were, and we snickered at the irony. Later, Sally had to dig up her Linear Algebra notes from three and a half years ago so we could remember how to find the inverse of a matrix, and we marvelled at how precise and organized we used to be. Nowadays, I'll say, "It's in the notes for March 8th" and Sally will say "Do you happen to know what color pen I was using that day? Cause otherwise that's no help at all."
The math dept. t-shirts came in! I am wearing the "Math Major" (on the back, "intimidated?") shirt even though I am not a major, but eh. The math dept. has my heart, even if it says "Government" on my diploma. I also got the "i am real" "complex numbers support group" shirt, which, added to my "What part of [complex Calc equation] don't you understand?" shirt, takes me well on my way to being a bonafide Math Nerd. I have only to get one that says "There are 10 types of people in this world: those who understand binary and those who don't" for my Nerdiness to be complete. I am not a Complete and Total Math Freak because I do not own a shirt that says "The Joy of Sets" but unfortunately the reason for this is that the shirt is white, and I invariably stain white shirts, so I don't buy them.
In the Stats lecture yesterday: "Unfortunately, there has not yet been an outbreak of bioterrorism in the Massachusetts area..."
Sally: "What is with mathematicians and the word 'orthogonal'? Is it so hard just to say 'perpendicular'? Is it some elite math phrase to exclude those non-math types who speak normal English?"
Me: "The problem says the image is curvilinear. What the fuck? How is that even a word? 'Curvilinear'?"
Sally: "It means a line that's curved, of course."
Me: "...the fuck?"
I thought that "rectilinear" was just a word they came up with so we could snicker in class; now I discover that it's to distinguish straight lines that are straight from straight lines that are curved. WTF?
And there was a spontaneous outpouring of Emily-love in the middle of the lecture yesterday on the part of our profs. It was cute.
We are still planning Britain. Whee! Wales, more Wales, Scotland, York Moors... Can't wait.
oh, and then there's the reason I really updated. which is depressing so I shan't. so there.
The math dept. t-shirts came in! I am wearing the "Math Major" (on the back, "intimidated?") shirt even though I am not a major, but eh. The math dept. has my heart, even if it says "Government" on my diploma. I also got the "i am real" "complex numbers support group" shirt, which, added to my "What part of [complex Calc equation] don't you understand?" shirt, takes me well on my way to being a bonafide Math Nerd. I have only to get one that says "There are 10 types of people in this world: those who understand binary and those who don't" for my Nerdiness to be complete. I am not a Complete and Total Math Freak because I do not own a shirt that says "The Joy of Sets" but unfortunately the reason for this is that the shirt is white, and I invariably stain white shirts, so I don't buy them.
In the Stats lecture yesterday: "Unfortunately, there has not yet been an outbreak of bioterrorism in the Massachusetts area..."
Sally: "What is with mathematicians and the word 'orthogonal'? Is it so hard just to say 'perpendicular'? Is it some elite math phrase to exclude those non-math types who speak normal English?"
Me: "The problem says the image is curvilinear. What the fuck? How is that even a word? 'Curvilinear'?"
Sally: "It means a line that's curved, of course."
Me: "...the fuck?"
I thought that "rectilinear" was just a word they came up with so we could snicker in class; now I discover that it's to distinguish straight lines that are straight from straight lines that are curved. WTF?
And there was a spontaneous outpouring of Emily-love in the middle of the lecture yesterday on the part of our profs. It was cute.
We are still planning Britain. Whee! Wales, more Wales, Scotland, York Moors... Can't wait.
oh, and then there's the reason I really updated. which is depressing so I shan't. so there.
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Date: 2004-03-26 07:50 pm (UTC)Do we get to choose where it happens? I nominate Chicopee - it could use the urban renewal. :p
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Date: 2004-03-26 08:08 pm (UTC)Or Springfield! Not only would the town benefit greatly by being totally wiped off the map, but probably they'd close the schools in surrounding areas and I'd get a vacation.
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Date: 2004-03-26 08:15 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2004-03-27 11:55 pm (UTC)