Dateline 4/2

It is getting into the crunch time of the semester, and I am getting so busy I barely have a chance to write. It has been a great couple of days however, and I will try to do them justice here.

After the class prank, I was in the mood for more so I tried to get someone to call up my parents and say they were the BPD and that I had been arrested. The problem was that no one would do it, I asked a bunch of people, including the guard from my building, but it wasn’t going to happen.

On a better note, April 1^st was also the grand opening of BU's new fitness and recreation center. The place is incredible. I went with a bunch of friends and we tried out the machines, ran on the suspended indoor track, and played basketball. I am going to be seeing a lot more of that facility in the near future… actually I signed up for Sunday afternoon racquetball leagues. I love racquet sports but haven’t got to play much tennis this semester. I haven’t played racquetball in over a year though so I am excited about BU finally building some courts.

I also went to my advising session to pick my classes for next semester. It wasn’t that bad because I caught Dr. Bigio in a good mood and we had a nice chat. Usually I dread a well-deserved lecture at these things, but I actually improved my grades last semester so all was well. I actually have some choices in my classes this time around so after the required classes I chose a 500 level biomed class on medical imaging, a biology class on human disease (hopefully an easy A), and logic circuit design. I also hope to register a bunch of gym classes when the university register site goes live next Sunday.

On the student groups front, I officially gave notice of my intention to run for the E-board of the BU pre-med society. I honestly haven't been able to attend very many of thee meetings this year because of my work schedule but I have been in the group since freshman year and I would like to take a more active role in it. Getting the position would also help my application for medical school (which received preliminary approval from the premedical advising office this week). I was on the RHA last year, and I used to run the marine science association, but I have been going lightly on the student programming this year because of time and workload. I should have more free time next year, however, and I will be able to accommodate my schedule more easily when Med. school applications are out of the way.

On other notes, I lost to a bunch of Asians in poker (just bad luck) for the second time in a row; I think my friends are staring to catch up to my skill level. We had an extensive conversation about geopolitics afterwards though… I got my first credit card issued, some student program through Bank of America. I don't really plan on using it very much, but I had always been rejected before and it sort of became like a quest. (Especially after my roommates kept getting pre-approved applications in the mail) Turns out the credit rating places couldn't distinguish between me and my father (they claimed I had accounts out since I was 6 years old). I am happy to get that cleared up but I still can't get the damn photo feature thing to work.