Well, I got my appliction to UC Berkeley completed before leaving for Montana. Getting back a few days before the deadline allowed me to pester my advisor enough to write my recomendation. Since getting back from Montana, I tied a bunch of flys (for fly fishing - way cheaper than buying them), learned Ob-la-di Ob-la-da, El Scorcho, and started working a few other DMB and Led Zeppelin songs on the old guitar. I also completed applications to the Materials Science grad programs at UW Madison, U of MI Ann Arbor, Penn State University Park, and the electrical engineering program at UC Boulder. So much coordination getting all the info there and to the right people (not to mention a butload of cash).
So all that was pretty exciting. So much so that I applied to a few more jobs (real and temp). It'd be really sweet to get hired at REI, work their through Christmas and then go to whatever of the 5 grad schools that accepts me. Not that I'm holding my breath on acceptance or getting hired, but it'd be nice.
I re-read Ender's Game today. Solid book. Really quite motivating. I'll get started studying so I can be the best ever at physics or something way less flashy than saving humanity by killing a deadly alien race.
Well, check back later for more amazing updates.
