Josh and I got checked off on Project 8, where we interfaced a remote control with a PIC microcontroller to select and generate square waves for an oscilloscope. Finally. I also installed QuickBug on one of my PIC18F452 controllers. At night, I finished grading tests.

My court case is closed; I’m finally finished with probation, and there will be no more morning visits to the Probation Office. In biology lab, we investigated cellular respiration and fermentation. The students had a test in recitation. I also graded student submissions.

David and I had a quick lunch at Arby’s after studying in the library. Took a Circuit Analysis exam. Studying with Maryam this weekend certainly paid off, and I felt very well prepared for it. Josh and I spent most of today trying to knock out Project 8 for Embedded Microcontroller Lab. We probably won’t be able to finish this one on time. In the ProgDev meeting, we discussed Project 4, which, tentatively, looks like it will be an MP3 editor.

Adam and I made chicken fried rice for lunch. I left shortly after to study with Maryam for the evening. The weather was quite nice, and we worked diligently on a picnic table near the College of Computing for a while before going to the library to work some more. Darkness quietly creeped up on us and we returned to her apartment, where I took a short nap, studied yet again, and eventually felt confident enough in my newly acquired electrical skills to call it a night. Maryam is quite the expert computer engineer.

Met with Maryam in the evening at the Graduate Living Center. We talked for a while in her room before meeting up with her friends at the Ferst Center for the Arts to watch a play called The Vagina Monologues (no, I’m not making this up). The play was enjoyable, though uncomfortable at times. Afterwards, Maryam, her friends, and I discussed the play over a late dinner at the International House of Pancakes. We later returned to her apartment where I stayed for a few hours to have Maryam and Titus time before finally returning home for the night.

Is there anything you want to say to me?

Had a biology exam. I dropped by the Hands on Atlanta office to pick up some software. Josh, his girlfriend Melissa, my imaginary girlfriend, and I went to the Old Spaghetti Factory on Ponce for dinner. After dinner, we went and watched Daredevil at the movies. Back at the apartment, I created my first successful Windows 2000 Professional SP-3 slipstream CD. I also discovered that you can bypass the product key logon screen by changing the last three digits of the PID field in setupp.ini to 270, volume licensing. I haven’t tried this yet, however.

I studied for my upcoming biology exam in the Van Leer study lounge. The Embedded Microcontroller Lab was full from people still trying to finish Project 7, so Josh and I decided to postpone our usual meeting until later this week. Instead, I practiced soldering in the lab using spare PCB board. I took a nap when I got back to the apartment.

Our Internet is more or less working again. A TA meeting in the early afternoon, after which I worked on my biology lab report in the Library for a few hours before the actual lab. In recitation, I handed back tests and we discussed arrays, vectors, sorting algorithms, and recursion. After recitation, the TAs and I had an unofficial dinner at the Olive Garden.

Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches again. The usual ProgDev meeting in the afternoon. I think I’m starting to get sick, so I’m making sure to take plenty of precautions by getting lots of rest and taking vitamins. An AT&T technician should come by tomorrow and check our Internet connection. I stopped by the Probation Office today. Next week should be my last meeting with them. I’m looking forward to this weekend.

Our Internet is still down. Adam and I went shopping at the grocery store and then made Charlie’s enchilada casserole for dinner. We also went to Georgia Tech to take our online biology quiz. I also got an oil change. As things went from bad to worse, I managed to break my left rear speaker.