Yesterday I was in a meteorology class. It was really interesting. I like learning things that are, for the most part, out of my realm of experience. The only parts that were boring were things I already knew (such as how to decode aviation weather reports and the ABC's of radar). But it was cool. It made me wonder what it would be like to be a meteorologist, it must be strange to have a scientific awareness of what the weather is going to do on a daily basis both in your backyard and halfway around the world.

So, this study lists NASA as the best place in the federal government to work. And the Johnson Space Center was listed as the second best federal subagency. The study can be found here.

Class worries

I have no class this morning. But it feels like I'm playing hooky.

So, as it turns out, my astrodynamics professor is going to offer Perturbation Theory in the Spring. By taking this class, I would resolve my current uncertainty about what to take next semester (in addition to my one class at Rice). But, I'm worried that the workload will be just as bad as this current class (though he assures us it will be less repetive and less error prone). And the class is on Wednesday night again, which would kill the first 3 weeks of the sailing season in the spring. Well, I'll have to talk to my advisor. That is if he can arrange to meet with me without requiring me to make a special trip on a day I don't even have class up to Rice during the work day just for that meeting.

Ok, I need to stop being bitter about school and keep chanting 2005 2005 2005 to myself (that's my projected graduation).

Oh, and my favorite rant of the day from Katie, a cool little sister of Sarah's. Anyway, Katie, I'm with you, just because you don't fit into Georgia Tech's very narrow minded leadership "mold" doesn't mean you shouldn't go after the scholarship you want!

Let down...

My TiVo let me down last night. It recorded channel 312 rather than 12 for West Wing. This would be fine, because 312 seems like some sort of NBC mirror station, except I don't actually get that chennel, so instead the TiVO recorded an hour of a black screen that says "This station will be available soon". I checked my Season Pass, and its set (as its highest priority!) to record West Wing on a weekly basis on channel 12. Weird. Even weirder is that it switched back and managed to record Law & Order.