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The Topic of the Day is: Thursday, July 10, 2008 | |
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Arecibo Observatory, Day 49 The end of my 7th week here. Everything still feels like it's a dream. The project is moving forward! My helix antennas are getting constructed and this afternoon we are going to try some noise figure analysis measurements on the two possible types of LNA (and no, I don't quite know what that means). Pluses: I am learning how to work a network analyzer, and I think I will definitely get my receivers built before I leave. The guys I am working with (electronic department engineers) are really nice and very helpful (now that the telescope is no longer broken) Minuses: Not getting any papers out of this. Also, I am getting sick of hanging out with people. Maybe it's just me, mood swinging, blahdeblah, but I want to spend some time alone. I don't want to put the effort into paying attention to and validating other people. It'd be nice if they did it to me. Well, all angst aside, tonight we are going to go see The Happening and tomorrow, Wall.E. Then, in a week and a half, Dark Knight! Woohoo! And it looks like this weekend I might go to San Juan, and there's going to be a cook out Sunday that we don't have to cook at. And maybe we'll end up at the Caja de Muertos island (doesn't that sound awesome???) before I leave in August. Perhaps I'll even get the chance to hit the beach again before this is all over. Perhaps it's a bit silly, but I am really enjoying this as a vacation, learning to have fun and enjoy myself. Other things: I am missing the family and the friends and the lab, where I can get something done without depending on one person who's too busy to help. I need to study for the physics GRE! but every night it's just too much effort, and I don't have a study space. I'm about 50% done with contacting graduate schools (and it's been a great help!) but it's really time consuming and, I admit, kind of boring. I want to write, but I am at something of an impasse for both of my ongoing stories. I can't figure out the motivation in the wizard/slave story, and I can't figure out the overarching plot of the dragon story. I've some distinct images in mind, but nothing to connect them. And my poems keep getting stuck, because people are always around when I'm trying to write. rawr! Labels: Arecibo |
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Stories I'm currently working on. | |
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***Tbook1 (Time and Chaos, needs a new name, needs to be edited) ***Book of Sun (Just needs to be edited. Tis a Nano novel) ***Book of Whispers part 1 (Does not jive at all with part 2; needs to be rewritten to fit and to have less suckage) ***Book of Whispers part 2 (Needs some rehaul editing, needs some loose ends tied up, needs to fit) ***Book of Whispers part 3 (Needs to be finished... then needs to die o.o Not sure if I need a third part in the series) ***Dium's Story (Needs a point, progress, anything... needs to be integrated into Tbook1, since that is what it is a part of, mainly) ***Trio Story with Jackie and Louise (Maybe we should get together and work on this, guys) ***Demon Story (This is working out pretty good so far. I like the plot, it's a bit convoluted, and the characters are interesting) ***New Witch Story (It's only 30 pages long, dang) ***Dragon's Voices (This has SO much potential! wee!) | |
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