Daily Stuff--10/3/2012

Languages--Italian:

I signed up for Rosetta Stone Italian and went through the first core lesson. The lesson included the words for "boy", "man", "women", and "girl" and verbs like "to write/read" and "to eat/drink".

Article:

There was an interesting article on career-services.monster.com about jobs that are expected to grow rapidly in the next ten years, making them secure options. Among them are software developer, dental hygienist, and biomedical engineer. Software engineer and biomedical engineer offer the best pay.

Philosophy:

I read about objectivity, which is the idea that all knowledge is knowledge about reality. True and False have no meaning unless one puts them in the context of reality. Objectivity is the active comparison of one's thoughts to reality.

Internships:

I read about the PDF converter on nuance.com. It allows users to convert documents to PDF format quickly and easily.

To-Do:

• Wake-up: 8:30 am
• Muir 50 (1 and 1/2 hours)
• We started discussing possible topics and how to create an argument we can write an entire paper on. I have decided to write about Batman and Batman villains and the various identity crises they face and I'm thinking of a few different aspects that I can write an argumentative paper on. 
• Think about ideas for paper (1/2 hour)
• Done. 1 hour
• Lunch (1/2 hour)
• Done
• Sign up for Rosetta Stone Italian (15 minutes)
• Done
• Rosetta Stone Italian (1 hour)
• Done
• Italian Tutorial (1 hour)
• We went over the seasons and months as well as how to say and write the date. We also covered numbers, from one to over a thousand. 
• Read ahead for Italian (1 hour)
• Done
• Review notes for Phonetics (1/2 hour)
• Done
• Think about possible languages for project (1/2 hour)
• Done
• Dinner (1 hour)
• Done
• Check out the website for Kendo club at UCSD (15 minutes)
• Work on blog (1/2 hour)
• Went through the steps to create the bar across the top of the blog that displays different sections of the website. I just need to start labeling my blog posts so the bar will show up.
• ebook (1 hour)
• Finished chapter 7
• Read about two MacArthur fellowships (1/2 hour)
• Didn't get to this today
• News (15 minutes)
• Sleep: 12 am