News and Explorations

First, good news: I got second my chemistry quiz back today. On the front was a big red 35/35! For comparison: my first quiz grade was a 20 out of 35. Granted, thermo is a lot easier and more interesting than equilibrium, but I'm also reprioritized and re-energized, and it feels really good. Taking the quiz felt even better than getting it back -- the grade was just a bonus. 

I'm blogging from a lab in the gorgeous Kohl Building, unveiled just last year. I've never been here before, except to the rooftop terrace, out of curiosity -- it's a jazz-studies building, boasting practice rooms, a coffee bar, and a keycoded lab, none of which I need. (I was here cleaning the printer. It's a state-of-the-art building, and I was half-expecting some space-age printer to match, but it's just a 4350.) 

On my way here I delved for the first time into the warren of Con practice rooms, searching for a make-believe printer. I didn't find a printer, but the search was a little surreal: the hallways dingy, the sound transcendent. Sonatas danced through lintel cracks and met arias in the hall; fragments of concertos collided with blues riffs and skipped away, hand-in-hand. I didn't know the Con was so big. I guess I thought they all practiced in their rooms.

Anyway, I'm due back at Mudd soon to turn in the workbag. I'll have to find something new to do tomorrow -- I've done every student printer on campus already. Maybe you'll hear from me around nine. 'Til then, ciao!