Annular Solar Eclipse over Saitama, Japan; 9:32 Local Time
Super Senior
Ironically enough, my busiest semester of undergrad — with half the semester spent studying for the DAT all the while juggling three upper-level biology courses and another upper level psychology course — granted me my best performance out of any semester in undergrad. All I know is, I worked very, very hard and it feels so good to sit back and look at those numbers so close to 4.0! I’ve experienced a tough learning curve within the past two years in sciences here, but I think I’ve finally proven my abilities to not only myself, but to admission committees, as they will soon be reviewing my entire undergraduate record in a couple of months when my application is in.
It’s been a great semester and this summer should be great as well: celebrating with Sheida and her family for graduating, visiting her up at Physical Therapy school, getting into a routine back at school — working in the lab and studying for the second DAT, enjoying a little break from the craziness of keeping up with all these science lectures, and submitting my dental school application.
I’ll be back for one last semester in the Fall — only 13 hours to go, due to my part of transferring from out of state, but it will be a great one. I’ve still got stuff to prove!
Heading to the lake today to celebrate with Shade and her (our) friends.
Catch ya soon.
Google’s Self Driving Car
Google: “Having safely completed over 200,000 miles of computer-led driving, we wanted to share one of our favorite moments. Here’s Steve, who joined us for a special drive on a carefully programmed route to experience being behind the wheel in a whole new way. We organized this test as a technical experiment, but we think it’s also a promising look at what autonomous technology may one day deliver if rigorous technology and safety standards can be met.”
Bubba Watson — Fellow Georgia Bulldog and 2012 Masters Champion. This is his shot from the second playoff hole at No. 10, setting him up for the win over Louis Oosthuizen. Absolutely amazing.
Check out his post-Masters news conference.
Photo credit: SCOTT K. BROWN/AUGUSTA NATIONAL
“Honorary Starter Sam Snead Tees off to open the 1984 Tournament.”
The Masters has begun, thus, it is going to be an exciting weekend.
Photo credit: Augusta National/Getty
ATREX EXPERIMENT LIGHTS UP THE NIGHT SKY
From SpaceWeather.com:
“Before sunrise on March 27th, sky watchers up and down the eastern seaboard of the United States witnessed a strange apparition. A quintet of milky-white plumes appeared in the night sky, twisting in the winds at the edge of space. “It was pretty unreal and very exciting to see,” says eye-witness Jack Fusco, who sends this picture from Seaside Park in New Jersey.”
“The plumes were chemical tracers (trimethyl aluminum) deposited in the upper reaches of Earth’s atmosphere by five rockets launched rapid-fire from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The goal of the experiment, named ATREX(Anomalous Transport Rocket Experiment), is to study 3D turbulence in the thermosphere.”
Pediculus humanus humanus — A body louse. Prepping for tomorrow’s Medical Entomology Lab Midterm.
