my day

*turned in my last combo hw ever (for this prof anyways)

*watched my mock lecture video... not quite as bad as i thought but it sure is weird watching yourself on tape... dr. butler said i'm a natural at it and that i did a beautiful job, in that he was certain i'd been teaching for years, and was surprised to hear that i haven't taught before at all. eric's comment is that butlers philosophy of teaching seems a little formulaic to him and that he thinks butler will always be quick to praise if we do the 3-4 things he emphasized in TA training throughout the semester, but regardless of to what degree of esteem you take butler's advice (and i think he's a very clear teacher and good person to pattern lecture style off of), like leigh commented, it's a good thing to be in his favor.

*tried to work on commutative algebra, but gave up and decided i really don't care to do anymore homework for it

*picked a final project for dr. z.'s class and worked on it for quite awhile, but with no major results... at least i found something cool to work with, and he knows what i'm up to now for that class

*went to the math library and checked out 4 of the 7 recommended books for a class i'm considering taking or auditing in the fall... i figure i can browse a little this summer and decide accordingly if i want the course for credit or not

*went to subway with eric and griped to him a lot about math

*got back to work on my final project for dr. z.'s class, and now am quitting with lots to do tomorrow

here's the random news of the day

(1) there's a party at eric's house right now... scott's throwing it because sam and paul (sam's my year, paul's a year older and is my church buddy) both passed their orals today (scott, sam, and paul all have the same advisor and are his only students right now)... i decided to stay put here and work... i already congratulated paul in person this morning, and i'll give sam a high five when i see him next. i'm just not in a large group of people drinking mood, even if they are all my friends, and thus i'm not there.... 15 minutes ago though, working at my computer, i get the following email from eric's address:
"Ah, so you tried to pawn off your free Panasonic Athens 2004 Olympics pin
on me that we got at Circuit City, did you!?!? Did you really think you'd
get away with it?! Well, I FOUND IT ha ha ha ha ha. And I will give it
back to you, whether you like it or not!!!"
that's soooooooooo not eric, so someone thought they were being funny... whatever.

(2) i got a crazy voicemail earlier too when i was ignoring the phone to work... here goes:
"hello lara, this is (insert name)... calling to see how your last call for homework day went... um, groovy... i guess i'll catch you later and... have a happy kwanzaa?"

conclusion? i'm tired, antisocial, and have crazy friends :-P

night y'all