How was your day?

[Sn1perJohnE]

I've moved my computer and general work desk into my room, cleaned everything up and for once it really does feel like a personal space instead of just a sleeping area. Newsprint drawings cover the walls, my graphic tablet is hooked up to my pc and its all gooooood. Gonna be spending a lot more time here.

aand

MY BOOKS ARRIVED! C:

Spoiler

Well, 5/6 of them How To Render is going to be a bit late because it was only just released this month

Remember, while reading will give you words, practice will give you experience.

[PoetryIsFail]

Remember, while reading will give you words, practice will give you experience.

Absolutely m8

[Invulgo]

Kinda boring actually, but not bad :3

[Frostilyte]

I played some random battles with my friend online in smash U.

No point in doing online with just about anyone ever again in smash. The lag was pineappleing awful.
Really disappointed.

[zeroforeverintime]

Well today is a terrible day my uncle passed away, and believe its the same way my father died.

[Invulgo]

Well today is a terrible day my uncle passed away, and believe its the same way my father died.

I am sorry for your loss, stay strong.

[DeanNim]

I hate how tech support lines just assume you're technologically handicapped and talk to you like you're some grandma who didnt turn on the switch. I did the troubleshooting myself, I know whats up, so just send your technician down to replace my residential gateway... is that so hard ?! Jesus, SingTel wasnt the only one, even Lenovo's tech support was like that when a colleague's computer crashed the other week... Frustrating. As. Hell.

[Sn1perJohnE]

Thanksgiving: Had lunch with my mom, sister, and grandma at Gyu-Kaku, where they had an all you can eat for $25, which was an awesome deal!

Black Friday work: Thanksgiving wasn't bad, it was super slow but they ended up giving me a few extra hours to help work out all the break times and all that. Today was a bit more busy, but still not as busy as it has been. I had one customer come up to my register, cutting in line in front of maybe 10 people and demanded that I do her return because she had a brain tumor and did not feel like standing in line, and that she misread the price tag and didn't realize the price was more when she bought it... Even if she did have a brain tumor, it's pretty messed up to use it as an excuse.

Black Friday shopping: Really only wanted one thing; a new bigger TV. My friend was going to try and get the 50 inch at Best Buy, but I wasn't holding my breath on him getting it. My mom went to the brand new Target that opened a month ago and was the 3rd person in line and was able to get two TVs and everything else she wanted. Turns out though, the TV was smaller than I wanted, so my sister and I went back around 10 and they still had a lot of their TVs, so it all worked out :D

[icephoenix21]

Pretty much done with the semester, save for class on Monday and an online exam.

My best friend is flying to see me in February (cuz that's when my reading break is), so I'm stoked for that.

My new pc runs so smoothly. I love that it boots up in 5-6 seconds *u*
Also started playing FFXIV. Not quite sure how I feel about it yet. I just wanted to dye my chocobo white and it seems like a buttload of work to do so :| The community in that game is a total 180 to most of the Maple community. It's bizzare, but def not a bad thing.

Went out to dinner to a local Thai place and that was pretty nice and then saw Mockingjay with Stephen.
Natalie Dormer and her cute, asymmetrical face makes me melt

[DavyJonesx]

Chill

[Marksman Bryan]

Spent the night (and morning) in the ER waiting room. Grandma's heartbeat dropped below 20 (normal is ~60). She's doing better. Ambulance paramedics said it was very good we called when we did; it was down to a matter of minutes.

It's looking like it was a medication problem; she'll be in the hospital for a few days at the least.

My father and cousin and I got back home at 7 am, my aunt stayed with my grandma in the hospital.
Scary night.

[holycow]

I have a new desktop now.

/guilty because my dad bought it for me as a birthday present.

edit: I also have to get used to windows 8.1 now.

[Invulgo]

Just tons of school really, could be better. Could be worse.

Trying to think about what was the most interesting part about my day, I guess it was when eating home made focaccia and aioli.

[Marksman Bryan]

10 page rough draft on CMB anisotropies due tomorrow
Classical algebra test tomorrow (haven't studied re: last post)
UC Berkeley grad school app due on the 9th, probably can't get it done in time
UCLA due on 15th, this is the school I think I'm most likely going to, so I NEED to get it done
Rest are 31st pretty much.

Looking at:
UCLA
CalTech
Berkeley (probably not)
Stanford
Princeton
UC Davis
UAlbany
University Colorado, Boulder
Drexel

And still looking for 2-3 other good schools.

Debating applying to Cambridge. If I went there @Mazz; and I could hang out

[Terebii]

Do you guys ever get that feeling when you think you find the perfect christmas/holiday gift for someone? Because I felt that today.

I should probably be studying for my double final on Tuesday asdfghjkl;

[VerrKol]

Looking at:
UCLA
CalTech
Berkeley (probably not)
Stanford
Princeton
UC Davis
UAlbany
University Colorado, Boulder
Drexel

And still looking for 2-3 other good schools.

Debating applying to Cambridge. If I went there Mazz; and I could hang out

You should add UCSD to the list but it depends what you want your specialty to be I suppose.

I am currently trying to get some studying done this weekend but my family is being super distracting... I really miss having a private room to study in.

[DeanNim]

I have a new desktop now.

/guilty because my dad bought it for me as a birthday present.

edit: I also have to get used to windows 8.1 now.

couldve bought it yourself if you dont cube like every other day

[Marksman Bryan]

You should add UCSD to the list but it depends what you want your specialty to be I suppose.

I'm applying for Astrophysics PhD -- UCSD actually has a good program with some interesting research areas. I'll put it on my list! Deadline is the 15th so I'll have to get my butt in gear.

[VerrKol]

I'm applying for Astrophysics PhD -- UCSD actually has a good program with some interesting research areas. I'll put it on my list! Deadline is the 15th so I'll have to get my butt in gear.

Ah nice. I know Prof Keating does a lot of really cool work studying the CMB if you're interested in that sort of thing. He seems to be sending ppl to Chile every summer to work on new POLARBEAR upgrades and such. It's produced some very interesting results from what little I've read.

[Corn]

Had my first kiss today. I think I'm pretty terrible at it. Any tips?