The first of many squirrel pictures to come
A giant lobster/crab during Halloween in the library
A squirrel with a baby squirrel that remotely resembles the Loch Ness monster. To me at least. Nobody else I've shown this picture to has found it amusing.
A GREAT close-up of a squirrel in a tree. No joke, I was like two feet from it.
A beautiful day on campus that I barely got to enjoy because I had to take a computer science midterm that I ended up nearly failing. But so did everyone else in the class, at least.
Brainasaurus Rex. "No leg day; Brain day only" It's funny because it's true. I went from spending 15+ hours in the gym every week as an athlete to 15+ hours per week in the library as a weak, exhausted engineering student.
I carved a Deathly Hallows pumpkin at a Halloween party. It got 4th place in the competition.
This is a gear component of a fan that my team reverse engineered. I don't really know why I kept this picture. It just seems remotely artistic.
Sunset. Another attempt at being artistic. But I really do like this photo. It was a beautiful evening.
Reading the story of my life *lol I'm so funny*
My favorite piece of artwork I've found on campus yet. I love it. For some reason, it's in the math building. Before I steal it, at least.
Another engineering project: my team and I designed a truss for a bridge. A truss is a support system of components that help reverse the direction of force exerted on a bridge. It was a massive project, and was very rewarding to spend many hours in the lab doing calculations, coding, and designing it using CAD and see it come to life. It was laser cut out of balsa wood and tested for its maximum force, which ended up being 12 pounds.
A duck that took up residence in one of the reflecting pools. It always swam away from me. ):
Same duck, different location.
And finally: a snake in the garage after a long day.
These pictures don't really do my freshman year overall justice. It has to be the second best academic year of my life, second to only kindergarten. It was hard initially--I knew nothing and nobody. But I've done so many cool things, made good grades, and made some friends too. In the spring semester, I definitely connected with a lot more people and experienced a real feeling of camaraderie in many classes. This past year, I basically accomplished everything I wanted to. And more.
I'm so excited for sophomore year and everything new that will come with it.
