I’m finally back here.  Work and school were uber busy last few weeks and I’ve had a lot of side things going on that I really didn’t have an urge to sit down and write things.  I’ve done some small changes to the website though, like adding few small details as well as a LaTeX editor.  This is my plan to start writting some plasma physics things on here.  I need to get ready for my qualifying exam and the best way would probably be to go trough some of the books I have start to end.  While going trough them I will be writting posts about whatever it is that I’m reading.  Hopefully this will reinforce my learning and at the same time preserve some of that information on the web.

Besides all this I’ve been doing a lot of running.  I average about 5-6 miles a day, but I’ve ran a few 8-10 mile runs as well.  I’m looking for 5K runs all the time so let me know, all I need is a day notice.  If it’s a 10K run then I will need 2-3 days so that I can adjust my daily running schedule.  In June I’m hopping to do my first half-marathon, but with $100 entry fees I’m not sure if that’s going to be worth it.  Let me know if you know of any cheaper ones.

It has been while since I’ve written anything, but life has been pretty busy.  I’m finally getting finished with Rex’s photos and I should have them up here over the weekend I hope.  There will be a new watermark that I will be adding to all of my photos in the future.  This way I’ll get a bit more exposure.  Main reason why I don’t update as much is that I just didn’t have much time.  I’ve been doing a lot of busy things, from work, school and hanging out with people I’ve been looking for some free time just for relaxation and not writing blogs.  Hopefully I’ll start a bit of plasma physics writing, but until then I leave you with one of the cutes pictures yet:

Well this last week or two have been crazy.  Did the photos for Rex’s show, then had a pizza party for Honduras people at 5pm on Saturday, and at 10pm for the dancers.  It went pretty well and everyone was well fed after everything was finished.  There was tons of pizzas that day.  I believe 15 or so were made.  I also had some tiramisu that miraculously was able to span both parties.

We also got our first project and homework for CFD class.  So far so good, it’s not terribly hard, but it does require some thought.

I will try and write some updates on the darkroom, but first I need to go shoot some film, but by the looks of it it might not happen for another week or so.  In the mean time I’ll try and write a bit about plasma physics and my CFD work.  Who knows, somebody might find it useful.

So today I opened my door to go to UW and pickup my papers, when I saw a large box.  It was my enlarger.   The Omega C-700 I got is in an AWESOME condition.  I was truly surprised.  For $28 I got the enlarger and the lens that were in amazing condition.  I have to test the lens once my chemistry comes in.  The only thing missing was the negative carrier, and they cost $50+ if I buy them of the web, which is crazy since 2 pieces of flat glass would be just as good.  I will post some pictures later in the week when I’ve had some time to play with it.

Also it has been a great start for the new year.  Had an awsome time for the new years and a pretty good day of baking and fun at my place the day later.

Well not much to report.  I’m still waiting for the enlarger, it should be here tomorrow hopefuly.  The chemistry for the darkroom that I ordered will not be delivered until 7th, which means I will only be able to verify that the enlarger is working, but nothing else.  Printing will have to wait at least another couple of weeks.  In the mean time I will be busy with some digital photography.

Yesterday I had a fairly busy day.  Went to Southcenter mall and IKEA, unfrotunately at IKEA they ran out of the light I wanted.  How’s it possible for IKEA to run out of stuff?  Fortunately at the mall I managed to get exactly the pants, shirt and shoes combo I wanted.  Seems like I’m all set for new years.  After that I went to pickup Yoli from the airport and take her home.

Today I went to GMB dinner at Red Robin.  There weren’t that many people there, but it was nice catching up.  Hopefully I’ll manage to pull off another GMB gettogether at my place.

Will update more tomorrow if the enlarger arrives.