Friday, August 29, 2008

Prelim Count Update: 2/4

Two down. Two to go.

Started at 8. Finished at 3.

7 hours. 6 and 1/2 if you cut out my lunch break. Closer to 6 if you cut out bathroom breaks and me just needing to pace because I was alone in a tiny room that was half-filled with file cabinets and I could hear my thoughts bouncing off of the walls and on to the blank page in front of me.

So, yeah. 7 hours. 6 hours actual writing time. Ugh.

13 pages (closer to 12.3), single spaced.

Felt a lot better about this one. There was one question that I'm pretty sure I got wrong, but the others I felt pretty good about. I even had a moment of brilliance on this one.

Ask me about it sometime when I'm not brain dead.

Second Round of Prelims

Getting ready to start in the next 20 minutes.

Looks like I'm in for another day of writing for eight solid hours.

Pray now.

More later.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Prelim Count Update: 1/4

One down.

Three to go.

After I was finished yesterday, I nearly fell asleep during dinner. I think I burned off about a pound via necessary neural metabolism (yes, your brain actually DOES burn a lot of calories during intense thought).

Eight hours. Of solid writing. And that doesn't count breaks. It was sixteen pages single spaced when I was done with it.

The next one is on Friday.

More later.

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Prelim Exams...

...start today. My first one is in six minutes.

Pray that I do well.

Second one is on Friday.
Third is next Wednesday.
Paper is due any time between now and Wednesday.

More later.

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

The Neuron Doctrine Revisited

All of thought is but chemistry and electricity.

So why can't I explain these damn ghosts?