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| Second Session |So the first summer session classes (deforms and materials) are over. I'm pretty happy with my grades. The second session starts today. I'll be taking aircraft performance and numerical methods. I'm looking forward to the classes, but I kinda wish I had just a bit more transition time between the sessions to relax a bit. I did get to go spend the weekend at the beach with Wes.

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| Changes |A lot has happened in the past two months.After my co-op, I stayed at home for a short amount of time. During that time I did a lot of traveling within the state. I went to UVA to help amanda move out and that took most of a friday to do, but it was nice to be able to help out. I took a couple of trips down to danville- one to help my uncle prepare for my cousin's wedding, the other to

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HomeI'm home. :-)

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| And so it begins... |The last week of work. It is finally here. All I have left to do at work is finish the flownet that I was writing from scratch (probably won't be finished by Thursday), write papers documenting all of the work I have done, and make all of the arrangements to leave on Thursday. Yes, thursday is my last day of work. I will then come back here and work on the massive amounts

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| For jillian |No Jillian, I will not buy you coffee. If I remember correctly, you owe me about... $2,104.36 worth in coffee. I expect that to be paid in full upon my return. That is all.

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| The presentation | The DLN (dry low NOx) video presentation went well. My "buddy" gave a nice introduction of me to the people there that didn't know me. He mentioned I am only a sophomore in college that hasn't even had thermodynamics, heat transfer, etc. and that he felt I have done an astonishing job under those circumstances. That really lifted me up before I presented and I think it was

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| Work update #2 |Ok since my last post didn't 'count' as a blog, I will try harder this time. I am sorry some people were disappointed. haha.Two weeks from tomorrow is my last day at work. I'm pretty excited. I have a lot going on until then. I've got a couple minor presentations to my team at tomorrow's meeting. After that, the only major thing I really have left is a DLN (dry low NOx)

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| work update |I miss school.

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| Exciting |I've made the decision (and collected enough money) to finally buy my own cello! I only rented one before now, and I haven't even done that since high school. I am so excited. I called Jan (my cello teacher) and asked for her help in finding a good one. We are going to go cello shopping as soon as I return to Richmond for good in early May. Hopefully I can start lessons up through

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| Repeat that one more time...|It's interesting how so many things seem to repeat themselves.Music, in all of its beauty, is nothing but repeated phrases, rythms, melodies. We wouldn't appreciate music if it were not in some form repetitious. The sound wouldn't be music to our ears without us being able to somehow organize and recognize it. This is not to be confused with recognizing as in "heard

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| Out of the loop |I just finished The Da Vinci Code. I thought it was a great story. I love books that are clever like this. Now I understand the big deal with this book. I was out of the loop before. The story was very fast-paced and jam-packed with action.It was very well-written and thought-provoking. I love how it challenges how people currently view the world and its history. Great story.

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| Hmm... | I'm not to sure why the comments aren't working right now. I'll take a look at that when I have a little more time. Sorry guys.

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| Work update |Kind of a slow week at work this week. I've almost finished up the three projects I have been working on recently. The report I had to write is just waiting to be approved and the flownet I had to write is working (running), but isn't producing the results my buddy wanted to see, so he has to take a look at it more closely when he has time. One problem with the flownet I wrote is

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| Trip to Tech... finally |I was finally able to make it up to Virginia Tech this weekend to visit with my friends. It was a blast.Friday night:I had to stay late at work on Friday, so I didn't leave Greenville until 5:30. It took about 4 hours and 15 min. or so to get to Blacksburg. I got there to find everyone already in the apartment hanging out. I came in to a wonderful greeting and lots of

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| Living now |currently playing: Third Eye Blind - Motorcycle Drive ByIf you haven't heard this song, you're really missing out.My new year's resolution this year was to live more in the present. I've always been so focused and concerned about the future that I often miss out on what's important at the moment. I need to slow down. I always can't wait and I always look forward to what's coming

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| Craziness |The weather has been absolutely gorgeous down here the past few weeks. I've started going jogging at the park with Venkat right after we play squash. We've made it sort of a routine to go play squash right after work and then head to the park for a cool-down jog. We're hoping that jog turns into a better workout, but I need to build up to that. It's been a while since I've run every

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| Work update |currently playing: nothing... Work is going very well. My buddy decided to put me in charge of a "very, very difficult" project. I have to make a Flownet model for a brand-new design that will be used for testing in a couple months. In the past, all of the work I have been doing has been with Flownet models that have already been developed and validated and such. For this, I have

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| A different home |currently playing: nothingFor all of you that know my two dogs (zora and buddy) - I have sad news. Zora is no longer with us. She didn't make it through some surgery and passed away Friday night. We have had her for a very long time - since I was 8 or 9? Back then, she was small enough that my older brother held her in the palm of his hand! As you can see, she grew a little.

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| Summer and Rotations |currently playing: nothingSo my summer plans are as follows: Take at least aircraft performance, deforms, and AOE materials. I am also considering taking complex/vector analysis. I heard greenberg teaches that over the summer and he is just crazy (in a really funny way). I would also like to take a music class or some other kind of liberal arts thing - maybe another

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| Think |currently playing: Barenaked Ladies - Call and AnswerYou know... sometimes I really wonder why I am so lucky. I've got the best friends anyone could imagine. It just amazes me. I just don't understand how I manage meeting the absolutely amazing people that I do. There are so many wonderful people in my life and I am so thankful to be this lucky.When I was in middle school, I never

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| work |currenlty playing: nothingIt's been a long week so far. I have been working on the same problem at work for almost a whole week now... still gotten nowhere. It's kind of frustrating and depressing. I just need my "buddy" to help me interpret some stuff before I can move on, but he's so incredibly busy that it's nearly impossible to ask him for help. I've tried asking some other people,

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| Weekend |currently playing: Billy Evans - Come Rain or Come Shine"yea, as far as I'm concerned, the chief goal in cooking is not to die. Everything after that is just luck." - WesSo I spent a bit of yesterday cooking. I made some "banana banana bread" after lunch and some "italian chicken roll-ups" for dinner. The banana banana bread is excellent. The roll-ups were good, but could have used a

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| Weather pending |Currently playing: Boston - More than a FeelingA bunch of us are going skiing this weekend hereHopefully our plans will work out, but it looks like snow might be an issue. It is about a 2.5-3 hour drive I think and if they are expecting to get lots of snow, we may have to re-schedule. I haven't been skiing in a while, so I'm pretty excited. I think we have about 8-10 people

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| comments |currently playing: Reel Big Fish - Sell OutI finally fixed the comments. I know you were waiting for sooo long. :-)

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| service... finally |currently playing: The songs in my head...Yesterday I signed up for tutoring high school students through work. I am pretty excited to finally get back into the tutoring thing (too bad I don't have the old white board...). It's on Tuesdays and Thursdays from like 4-6. One of the topics they need a tutor for is calculus! You know I'm excited. So, I signed up for almost every

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