May 2012
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these past couple days
have been awful. i thought i had an A in 3D calc which made me so happy because it was literally my highest grade out of all my classes and that just seemed so random to me because i suck at math. but then today happened and i guess my 2nd night in a row of not sleeping essentially killed all of my recall ability so i literally just sat there during the entire exam not remembering how to do...
faculty course evaluations
I really enjoyed the days when O’Donnell would discuss the relevant findings of various people in the field, or delve into the historical context of certain theorems and the mathematicians responsible for them. I also appreciated the fact that O’Donnell made his own slides.
This class was really really reaaaally super difficult for me and I spent a lot of time struggling throughout...
SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGHHHH NEVER GOING TO GET A JOB IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
SIIIGH
SIIIIIIIIGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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trying to stay awake in class
cometomymellon:
April 2012
13 posts
shit-dick asked: JING! you should go look on my tumblr. like. right now.
shit-dick:
I got them mo0o0o0o0o0oves like jagger.
ERICA YOU ARE SO ADORABLE
OMG
THIS OFFICIALLY MADE MY LIFE AND AFTERLIFE AND REINCARNATED EXISTENCE AND EVERYTHING FOREVER
MY RESPONSE: YESSS
those poor heartbroken guys. ha.
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been thinking about how much i’ve learned and done this year.
i freaking learned how to program. i learned python. i learned the linux command line. i learned c0, even if it doesn’t actually count as a real language outside of CMU. i’m just starting to learn C, which i’ll hopefully have down in a few weeks. i learned the basic concepts and algorithms and data structures...
lol @ how one evening (technically 7 hour stretch) of frantic nonstop math-ing has resulted in wolfram alpha suddenly becoming one of my top sites in safari. what has become of my life…
March 2012
12 posts
Carnegie Mellon Spring Carnival
underthebelljar:
Passion Pit as the headlining band and Nick Offerman (Ron Swanson) as the comedy act.
Dear Tumblr, you’re fucking jealous.
I love my university! High School Lisa creamed her panties at the mention of Passion Pit, and right now Lisa is just reveling in rubbing Nick Offerman in the faces of everyone that loves Parks and Rec (I don’t even watch that show, but the man is...
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the mercilessness of the automated submission...
i submitted my homework at 00:01:04 yesterday so it was automatically considered late. i decided to make use of my late day by trying to actually solve the 2 problems i had left unanswered. but after a day of toiling away for nought, i’ve realized that i just don’t understand graphs and that there’s no way i’m getting these proofs. how does one even BS a math proof?
i...
February 2012
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The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
animation can be so magical.
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lol
i sent my dad the practice exam and solutions for 251 and he sent me this email
Hi Jing,
I took a quick look at the exam questions and solutions. I do not understand any single tiny part of any question or solution—-they seem to be from out space.
Good luck with your exams and take care,
Dad.
bahahahahaha
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Journal Columnist Jeffrey Zaslow Dies at 53 →
“Jeffrey Zaslow, a longtime Wall Street Journal writer and best-selling author with a rare gift for writing about love, loss, and other life passages with humor and empathy, died at age 53 on Friday of injuries suffered in a car crash in northern Michigan.
…More recently, he became one of America’s best-selling nonfiction writers, known internationally for such books as...