Writer's Block: Weekend Plans

[packbat]

What are your plans for this weekend? View other answers

1. Type up solutions to example problems to send to the Heat Transfer class I'm a TA for.

2. Income taxes.

3. Homework (Finite Element Method class and Partial Differential Equations class).

4. Scan the micromechanics textbooks I borrowed to see if I want to do research in that direction.

5. Research the candidates for the primary on Tuesday.

Edit: Oh, and 6. Update the website for the UMD ASME chapter.

Yeah, this is going to be ... fun.

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[majoru.livejournal.com]

Half of me wants to laugh maniacally (schadenfreude, what can I say?), and the other recommends the same system I use for marking student papers: reward yourself for every item or group of items completed. Senior science papers usually require a glass of wine for every two or three pages marked (from the whole class), grade eight assignments maybe a glass every 15 or 20? It all works out well in the end, you generally end up calmer than when you started. If wine's not your cup of tea, try tea. Or chocolate. Or something else restorative.
This is a trick I learned from my grade 10 science teacher (who also recommended 'try before you buy' in relation to potential partners in marriage/civil union. I liked her... hehe).

[packbat.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that might be good - drink a cup of tea after each section. Perhaps I should get an electric kettle like on Planet Karen (http://planetkaren.girl-wonder.org/) and stick it in my locker for when I'm at school. Oh, and tea and a coffee cup.

(Schadenfreude: it's part of a healthy breakfast!)