From 17cf2518d2d0598972119faa3c5dc132842a12b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Frederick Yin Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 18:23:24 -0500 Subject: New post: umich/f24_wrapup, umich/f24_tc496 --- docs/umich/f24_wrapup.md | 63 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 63 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/umich/f24_wrapup.md (limited to 'docs/umich/f24_wrapup.md') diff --git a/docs/umich/f24_wrapup.md b/docs/umich/f24_wrapup.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..16a5143 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/umich/f24_wrapup.md @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ +# Fall 2024 Wrapup + +2024-12-20 + +My third semester at UMich was a very important one. I made substantial +progress in my self-growth and self-discovery. It is not only that +I turned into a furry. OK, it is _mostly_ that I turned into a furry. But +I also climbed out of my EECS cavern and dabbled in some high arts, such +as Laura Okkema's creative writing group where we wrote fairy tales, +horror stories, and poetry. If this semester had a tagline, it would be +"Learning to Live Again". + +## Course reviews + +- EECS 473, Advanced Embedded Systems +- TC 496 (full course code TCHNCLCM 496): Advanced Technical + Communications +- EECS 496: Major Design Experience Professionalism +- GERMAN 231: Second-Year German + +## Notable gains + +- $75 worth of Amazon gift card, which I spent on a bike helmet and some + reflective stickers +- An abundant amount of furry stickers +- Four boxes of rapid tests for free +- Social Security Card +- A flu shot (covered by insurance) +- Access to the MESH lab so I can play with soldering irons + :floofmischief: +- Whitfield Diffie signed my PGP key + +![My PGP key printed on a sheet of paper. On top of it written in red is +"This check is fraudulent" and Diffie's +autograph](img/f24_wrapup/diffie.jpg) + +## Places I Went + +- Festifall North & Central +- Saviors Tour by Green Day + - They played _Dookie_ and _American Idiot_ __on full__ +- [Clancy Tour by twenty one pilots](../music/clancy-tour.md) +- An apple orchard with the furries +- [CAPS](https://caps.umich.edu/) for two therapy sessions + +## Things I Saw/Read/Otherwise Perceived + +- Aurora borealis (2024-10-10) +- _The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys_, written by Gerard Way & Shaun + Simon, illustrated by Becky Cloonan + +## Music I Made + +I covered four songs in two sessions. + +- [I Recorded These Songs Instead Of Going To + A Therapist](https://fkfd.me/jam/i-recorded-these-songs-instead-of-going-to-a-therapist/) + - "There, There" by Radiohead + - "Gay Bar" by Electric Six +- [I Recorded These Songs After Two Therapy + Sessions](https://fkfd.me/jam/i-recorded-these-songs-after-two-therapy-sessions/) + - "The Line" by twenty one pilots + - "Christmas Drag" by iDKHOW -- cgit v1.2.3