Filler

You may have noticed my significant lack of meaningful posts lately. One might even guess that summer is finally ripping me from my phrontistery and its tasks. Of course, one would be wrong, but still it must be perplexing for the reader. The truth is that I have been floundering in my own sour soup of half-cooked and rotten ideas, trying to prepare some kind of glorious post that summarizes or puts a finishing touch on the high school years. Even my attempts at explaining why it is impossible have been failures. So I won't try anymore, because it doesn't work.

I did have an interesting experience today, though. I went back to Wilson to drop off some forms that need to be sent to U Chicago. Walking through the rear doors, I felt the definite sensation of no longer belonging there. I didn't know anyone (which was very strange, since I thought that I knew a sizable portion of the population there) and no one said hello on my way through. Anyway, I never really felt any emotion on account of finishing school, except a slight bit of relief at the end, but this reinforced my sense that the end came just at the right time.

The post-school lethargy is wearing off, too. I'm finally coming to my senses and cracking down to work. I've made considerable progress studying for the Physics 14300 placement exam at U Chicago; I found a place in India from where I can buy the textbook for the 14100 course at less than one eighth of the list price, so I can get my mechanics up to snuff; and, I had the incredible good fortune to be offered a paid internship by the professor at PSU, under whom I worked two summers ago. It is all shaping out very nicely. So, I had better go buckle down and do some more problems out of Vibrations and Waves!