Test Results

Introverted (I) 54.55% Extroverted (E) 45.45%
Sensing (S) 65.63% Intuitive (N) 34.38%
Thinking (T) 78.57% Feeling (F) 21.43%
Judging (J) 73.53% Perceiving (P) 26.47%

ISTJ - "Trustee". Decisiveness in practical affairs.
Guardian of time- honored institutions. Dependable.
11.6% of total population.

Free Jung Personality Test (similar to Myers-Briggs/MBTI)

Hogwarts Sock Swap Progress

Here's a picture of my Gryffindor pal's sock:




I'm using Nature Spun worsted weight, Plymouth bamboo needles, and a pattern from Charlene Schurch's Sensational Socks book.

I'm starting to accumulate other goodies for my pal; I can't wait to finish it up and send the final package!

My First Meme

Mum just tagged me in my first meme... here goes!


Here are the rules:
1. Each player starts with 8 random facts/habits about themselves.
2. People who are tagged write a blog post about their own 8 random things and post these rules.
3. At the end of your blog you need to tag 8 people and post their names.
4. Don’t forget to leave them a comment and tell them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.


Eight Random Facts About ME:

1. I'm semi-ambidextrous. I write with my left hand, although I can write legibly with my right hand as well. Sometimes I use a computer mouse with my right hand, sometimes with my left. I crochet left-handed, but knit right-handed. I can play pool either way, which comes in kinda handy :-)

2. My freshman year of college, I was attending an Auburn baseball game, and was hit on the head by a line drive. This resulted in a hematoma, and I had to be hospitalized over night in Columbus, GA (the closest hospital with a neurosurgeon)! Since I was so far away from home (25 hr drive from school to my parents' house in CO), several of my friends came and spent the night in the hospital room with me. Except for the IV, black eye, incredibly swollen face, and monster of a headache, it was sort of like a big slumber party!

3. I was homeschooled from 2nd grade through my senior year of high school. I loved it, and would like to homeschool my own kids someday.

4. I have taught three guys how to knit, and one girl. The guys are more fun, because they make funny facial expressions when trying to get their fingers to do what they're supposed to... they also have a tendency to come up with special, "masculine" knitting vocabularies. My friend Nick refers to knitting needles as "spears" and crochet hooks as "harpoons." He also refers to yarn as "knitting cloth." He's also a very good knitter (as are my other protégé).

5. I modeled for a book cover once, as a favor for a family friend who is a professional artist. My character was a WWII era big band singer- how cool is that?

6. I have a Cabbage Patch doll named Ileen, who I've had since I was a baby. (In fact, I think my mom got her before I was born.) I still sleep with Ileen every night, even when I travel for engineering conferences and job interviews. Even though I don't really cuddle with her anymore, I still like to know she's in bed with me :-p

7. I have two moles on the side of my neck, which my family calls my "vampire bite."

8. I am... er... slightly particular about things. Ok, in my sister's words, I am "OCD about life." In terms of cleanliness, I can't use someone else's computer without washing my hands, never go barefoot in anyone else's house, can't stand for my pajamas to touch anything besides the inside of my sheets (which, in turn, never touch anything except my pajamas- never street clothes), I always carry hand sanitizer with me, etc. I like things to be even and balanced... so if, for example, someone is cracking their knuckles (which I find highly irritating), it will drive me crazy if they only crack the knuckles on one hand but not the other. I could go on, but Mum said not to say anything that will make me sound too weird ;-)

9. Ok, I'm adding another random fact because I really really hate the number 8. So there's my ninth random fact- I despise a particular number. (Yeah, yeah, I know. I actually talked about this with a psychology professor once; apparently, it's not too uncommon for mathematically-inclined people to have favorite and least-favorite numbers like this. My favorite is 7, in case anyone's wondering.)


So, I guess now I'm suppose to tag some people... since I'm pretty new to the blogging world (at least this blogging world after I abandoned my old blog), I don't have many folks to tag. So how's this- if you want to do the meme, go right ahead- I tag you! :-)

Well, I'm Back

Hello there! I'm finally home (in Colorado) and settled down after two weeks' worth of graduation activities, moving, and travelling. It feels wonderful to finally relax... I don't have to worry about homework, or exams, or packing, or any of that mess. (I suppose I probably should start worrying about all the change-of-address stuff, and transferring my car title to TN, etc. etc, but I've decided not to think about all that until next week at the earliest.)

Graduation was, of course, wonderful. My parents came down, as well as most of my grandparents- it was so great to have them all there. My sister was graduating too (I co-oped, or interned, essentially, for a whole year while I was in school, which is why we both graduated at the same time), so it was a great family affair. Here are a few pictures:

Me and my sister Allison (you can tell I'm the dorky one)

Me and Laura, another chemE (chemical engineer) and one of my best friends :-)

Me and my parents before the chemE reception

Me and my awesome grandparents (minus one- we missed you, Nana!)


The whole family, the morning of graduation


Me and Laura before the ceremony started


Some of my favorite chemE's :-) The three closest to me, Laura, Adam, and Brian, comprised my senior design team (DAWS Engineering)

Me and my research advisor, Mario

Mmm... sorry if I got a little picture-happy there. You should see my photo album on facebook, though; 60 pictures! And that's only because 60 is the limit. I'd been waiting for this day for a long time, and I wanted to make sure it was well-documented ;-)

The day after graduation my grandparents headed home to Texas while my parents, sister, and I drove up to TN to meet my movers and spend the weekend unpacking my new apartment. I'm all "unpacked," but will have a lot of organization to do when I get back, particularly regarding all of my knitting and other craft-related stuff. I have a lot more works-in-progress than I thought, and I need to sort them all out. I also have a plethora of various crafty gadgets and supplies, all of which were in extreme disarray after four years of college. (Since I rarely had time to work on projects, and also no longer had access to all of Mum's craft supplies, I had been slowly and sporadically accumulating various craft supplies over the course of my college career. Since my bouts of craftiness were usually broken up by months' worth of solid, 24/7 schoolwork, and since storage capacity in my bedroom was extremely limited, all of my craft-related items ended up scattered and stored in random places. Ugh. I have to say, though, that since all the acquiring and scattering of items had occurred over such a long period of time, I really had no idea how much stuff I had actually acquired and scattered. If I had known the extent of the chaos, I probably would not have been able to sleep at night.)

Anyway... we headed back to Colorado earlier this week. We listened to Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in the car, and I got quite a bit of work done on my Hogwarts Pal's first sock... more details on that later. Since we got back, I've been busily relaxing. ;-) Getting caught up on sleep was a priority (I'd been averaging 5 or 6 hrs a night since spring break), and I've been working on my Hogwarts Swap socks and also another project. I also read HP and the Prisoner of Azkaban (yeah, I know, I was forced to read them out of order... *shudder*) and have been working on HP and the Order of the Phoenix. And we've had a couple days "in town" (running errands in the closest city, which is an hour away), which are always exhausting.

All right, I'm going to go "relax" some more, after I do some laundry. I'll post soon about my Hogwarts Swap sock progress... and one of these days I'll get around to designing my own template for the blog (I feel so uncreative that I've just used a standard one.) Goodbye for now!

Jennifer

FREEDOM!!!!

I am finally, finally, done with school! It feels so amazingly good. But sad, sort of bittersweet. I really do love school. I actually got a bit teary-eyed when I walked out of my last final, but I think this was mostly because I finished right at noon... so just as I left the building, the bell tower started its daily rendition of the school fight song. Poetic timing, huh?

So funny story about my last final. I actually missed it!!!!! If you know me at all (which I guess most of you don't, but pretend you do), you know how shockingly uncharacteristic this is. I'm normally extremely on top of things; I have never missed (or even been late for) meetings and such, and have never even skipped a class without prior permission from the professor! But, after four years of perfection, I completely missed my one and only final. I didn't even forget about it- in fact, I was studying for the final when I was supposed to be taking it. I just thought it was 24 hours later than when it really was! I have had the final written for the wrong date in my calendar for several months now- no idea how that happened. Soooooooooooo embarrassing. The professor was very gracious about it (even e-mailed me to make sure everything was ok), and allowed me to take the final Friday in his office. It all worked out fine and the professor didn't seem to mind at all- but still! I suppose this is a just very ironic, and somehow fitting, end to my college career! :-)

Even though I finished my academic requirements, I've still got quite a bit to do. I've spent the past two days paying bills, cancelling my AL utilities and starting them up again in TN, packing, finishing up my last responsibilities as TBP president, and and taking care of all other manner of administrivia related to moving. I've also accomplished a small bit of reading. (Ok, so I read the the first Harry Potter book in 24 hrs... I know I have a lot of stuff to be doing right now, but it's a short book, ok? And I've already read it once, so I could go through it quickly this time. And I'm done with school!!!!!)

So, for the next few days I will be occupied with packing up taking care of all the moving-related issues. Mum's coming tomorrow (yay!), and Daddy and my grandparents are following on Wednesday. There's a chemE reception Wed. afternoon, and then graduation is Thursday morning.

Friday we'll all be getting up at "o'dark thirty" (as one of my friends likes to say- referring to the wee small hours of the morning) to head to TN. After I get at least somewhat moved in to my new apartment, we'll all head to CO, arriving... mm... Tuesday the 15th, I think?

Then I'll have a couple weeks vacation at home- I'll finally get to start my Hogwarts pal's socks! And then I'll fly back to Birmingham to be in my friend Laura's wedding. And then back up to TN to start work.

I apologize- this whole post is probably really boring, especially the detailed itinerary I've just provided. (Of course, I did warn you in my very first post that I tend to talk too much! :-p ) Anyway, the main purpose of this post (besides the blissful announcement that I'm done with school forever! or at least temporarily) is to put up the pictures I promised a while back. You asked for them, so there are plenty!

The first group are from the annual RUF low country boil. RUF is a campus ministry I've been involved at here at Auburn, and is where I met most of my friends.

The second group of pics is from my end-of-thesis champagne party. (And in case you're wondering, no, none of my friends - or myself - drink much at all, so this was not a very common event.)

The last pictures are from a chemical engineering department golf scramble. At lunch, a few of the students did a "who's who" type presentation- each of the seniors and faculty present were given some kind of title, as well as a matching "crown." Some of my friends' titles were: "first millionaire," "nicest guy you'll ever meet," "life of the party," and "first down the aisle" (Laura will be the first in our class to get married). My title was "professional interviewee," because I went on more job interviews last fall than anyone else in the senior class. (I wanted to be exposed to a lot of different companies so I could make a good decision about which offer to take... and it was worth it!)

So, without further ado, here they are- enjoy!

RUF Low Country Boil

Roommate goofiness...
(L-R: me, Mary, Allison [my sister], Anna [Mary's sister])


Nathan, my "little brother" (we were "adopted" by the same family at church)


Some of my best Auburn friends! (L-R: Michael, me, Allison, Anna, Mary, Nick)


End-of-Thesis Celebration



Me (sorry for the weird look- whoever took the picture caught me off guard) and The Goblet; Nathan



Nick; me and The Goblet (again, sorry for the unexpected, and therefore goofy-looking, picture)



Matt, Laura, and me (I'm going to be in their wedding in a few weeks!); Michael (at least I snapped an unexpected picture of him since he caught so many of me!)


The Goblet

Chemical Engineering "Scramble for Graduation"

All the seniors & faculty with our "crowns" - can you see me?

My "crown"

PS

Right side modules updated...

(I clearly use the term "week" loosely, as it will probably refer to a timespan lasting anywhere from 5 to 25 days!)

Almost There!

I just finished my last homework assignment ever!!! (Well, the last assignment in my undergraduate career at least.) Engineering curricula, particularly chemE, tend to have a lot of homework- upwards of 8 hours' worth per day! Needless to say, I am quite thrilled to have finished my last assignment.

Now all I have left is a linear algebra final (easy! but I still need to study) and various administrivia to take care of for Tau Beta Pi (I'm outgoing president). And of course, all the lovely details related to moving- ugh!

Speaking of moving, I have to say how very glad I am to be settling down in one place for a while. Over the past few years, I completed a co-op program, which essentially means that a student interns - at a chemical plant, in my case - every other semester, so that their total work experience adds up to a year. So, for two full years, I moved every semester. Not only that, but I'm also a packrat and slightly more materialistic than I should be, so I have a lot of stuff! Thankfully, my awesome future employer is footing the bill for my move this time, and the deal supposedly includes movers to pack my apartment. Not sure how I feel about that (add "overprotective" and "possessive" to "materialistic" and "packrat,"and you'll understand where I'm coming from :-p ). But it will be nice to not spend 4 straight days packing, too.

I finally have a few pictures to post, but my target bedtime was a couple hours ago so I think I'd better hit the sack. Pictures coming soon, then; probably after my final on Friday.

Jennifer


PS As I was just now thinking about all the things I don't want those movers to touch, my yarn stash crossed my mind! It may be pretty small, but it's precious nonetheless. What if they just stuff my gorgeous skeins and balls into corners of boxes filled with other junk? It might get all unfluffed and smooshed and ugly looking! And what if they leave the cardboard boxes out in the rain or something, and my red merino melts all over my baby blue Regia sock yarn? The horror!