I have some regrets about choosing to take an extra semester of class (that was a difficult and complicated - and rushed - decision). Among other reasons, I did this in order to avoid taking 21 credits each semester for my senior year (of super hard classes, too).
One of the hopes of this was to get better grades. This semester I took four classes, two of which I'll probably get an "A" in, the other I'll probably get a "B" in, and the last is up for grabs. You see, that last class makes a huge difference, because if I get a 3.5, that's not all that great, but a 3.8 is pretty sweet.

So, the swing class (Molecular Mechanisms of Excitable Cells) came down to the final exam, which I took today. I was nervous for it, which is pretty unusual for me. However, I think I did well!

There's still more work to do. I have to take care of a fair amount of business, and I still have a final exam and homework corrections due for Tuesday. Yet, today I did nothing productive after my morning final.
Good video games, good food, good friends (chronologically today)...
Life is too good - it's distracting me from work.

One of life's phenoma that particularly amazes me is that intelligent, well-educated people often come to different conclusions about things.
It's particularly apparent with religion. You, me, and most of our peers are all pretty smart and we know a lot of the same things, which include a fair bit of knowledge about the world, human beings, and more. Yet, we (and people in general) often believe vastly different things about reality.
I can't help but think that if we were truly logical in the way we used our knowledge to formulate our beliefs, people would come to the same conclusion about things more.
So, why do people disagree so often!?
I do not know, but I suspect that one of the big reasons is that people tend to rationalize things. Humans have a large capacity for believing the things they want to believe, unconsciously selecting evidence for it, rather than against. Sadly, some people even do so intentionally, claiming that it's ok to believe something because "it makes them happy," or some such nonsense.
Of course, I'm not much less likely than any of you to be rationalizing; I'm well aware that the things I believe are generally the things that I was raised to believe.
So what does this mean to us? I'm not entirely sure. I certainly think that beliefs that contradict mine are wrong. However, I also think that it's very arrogant to discount the beliefs of others - generally, if someone who is smarter and knows more than you thinks you're wrong... you probably are.
Finishing this post up, I just want to say that it's foolish to decide entierly for ourselves what's right and wrong and what to believe. We should respect our intellectual and scholastic superiors.

Overwhelmed with work. Two of my professors sort of sprung some projects on us.

As much as I'm staying up late tonight and tomorrow, I am concerned that I won't have enough time on Wednesday night to finish everything.

Those two projects are due on Thursday.

They were both assigned less than a week ago.

In one of the classes there was already a homework due on Thursday, and he is having us make an oral presentation all of a sudden, too.

Lord, thank you for these trials, because I know that it's for the best!

Today I was paid to volunteer for some scientists, who scanned my liver.

Being a paid research subject is pretty awesome. Not only is it interesting, with mostly nice people, but it's generally quick and easy. I also get paid to donate blood fairly regularly.

The men running the project were very considerate and friendly. I was impressed by the way they treated me as a patient. I hope to remember such experiences if I become a doctor.