Today was a productive day. Class, homework for quiz tomorrow, wrote a few experiments, raced a couple chairs up and down the hallway... okay so that last part might not count as productive - but it'll have to count as my running since I haven't managed to go running since Sunday! Definitely going tomorrow. I also pondered deep thoughts, which apparently is what grad school is all about. Oh and I got a free southwest voucher from all the flying I did back in the spring with grad school visits and such. So now I don't have to pay to fly home for Christmas!

I like statistics. I think it's a really cool concept. The thing I don't like about statistics and doing problems by hand. There are lots and lots of stats programs out there! I wrote one my junior year! The last stats class I had the professor always told us he'd give us formulas, and we'd never have to solve anything by hand. He routinely referred to probably never needing to do stats on a deserted island. Having just watched the first episode of lost season 2, I can safely say that if i were stranded on an island - I'd be one of the guys out finding food! Of course my current stats class is rather funny - but sadly they don't put "Don't Panic" on top of the tests like the last class I had. Any references to Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy are of course welcome.

I'll tell ya, if you give up caffeine for 7 months - a little Dr. Pepper can do a wonderful job of getting you through a long afternoon.