Winter busyland...

Well, the semester is off to a roaring start. I'm taking three classes again (robotics, mechanical vibrations, and multivariable control), but without linear systems is should be a quite doable load. Except that research just got notched up bit. But, that's good news because the first proposal that Professor Lipson and I sent out got accepted! For those of you not familiar with the structure of academic research, that means someone is giving us money to do this digital manufacturing research--lots of money from an individual perspective, although from a research perspective it's not a huge grant.

But, the goals for the next year were set pretty far out--I had envisioned more like 2 years to get to that point. Welcome to the research world of chucking the ball as far as you can, then running like mad to go get it so you can throw it again, I guess. But I'm quite certain this mentality is why America leads the world's technology. So, no wasting time. Its time to make the proverbial (and maybe literal) chips start flying, which I'm more than happy to do. I feel like I just might be starting to contribute to the scientific world.

Anyhow the weather's been nice here. Its only gotten above freezing a couple times in the last week or two, and we've been getting snow flurries here and there that drop an inch or two of snow. I've decided I like having "real" winter... at least more than the "rainy-er" season in Seattle.

Hmm... I just noticed all my posts seem to end up talking about school and the weather. I suppose because my days consist of waking up, walking through the weather to campus, being on campus, and walking back through the weather to my apartment, then sleeping. With some eating in there. Lets see... Bible study started up again on Monday, and it was good to be with that group again and dig into the Word. (There we go... not about school OR the weather!) Anyhow, thanks to anyone who's checked out my website. Definitely let me know if you notice any bugs/typos/ideas to improve it.