Back at wizard school

First day back. Quite a good day in fact. I am firmly in place to actually do really well this term and reclaim lost glory. Despite the horror stories i've heard, Barby seems to be quite the individual I would like. I managed to covertly discuss 241 with him and plant the seeds of a crash course in his mind for when he talks to the chair next week.

The course he teaches looks hard, but at least more interesting than it's predecessors. I hate theory courses that talk about how things theoretically work at a sub-atomic level. This is facinating if you want to do research into the next type of chip, but useless information to me, filled with depths and depths of knowledge I don't need and will never use. Conversely, this course seems to care more about how to use these technologies to make stuff. This is better.

One of my old (and favorite) profs is taking over teaching Realtime OS this week, so that was a pleasant introduction. That course should be a lot of work, but a lot of interesting work.

Post that, I've got most of my project groups figured out. I may or may not be tutoring first years this term (ha!). Bought new running shoes for squash and working out, went to the gym, pulled way too much weight, and my arms feel all rubbery.

Also, made some blue-raspberry martinis. V. good.

If anyone cares, my courses this term are
Probability Theory and Random Processes
Microprocessor Systems and Interfacing
Signals and Systems
Real-Time Operating Systems
Advanced Electric Circuits
All in all, a very productive day. Now my body is revolting, and I must crash.