1)You have no life – and you can PROVE it mathematically.
2)You enjoy pain.
3)You know vector calculus but you can’t remember how to do long division.
4)You chuckle whenever anyone says “centrifugal force”.
5)You’ve actually used every single function on your graphing calculator.
6)It is sunny and 70 degrees outside, and you are working on a computer.
7)You frequently whistle the theme song to “MacGyver”.
8)You know how to integrate a chicken and can take the derivative of water.
9)You think in “math”.
10)You’ve calculated that the World Series actually diverges.
11)You hesitate to look at something because you don’t want to break down its wave function.
12)You have a pet named after a scientist.
13)You laugh at jokes about mathematicians.
14)The Humane society has you arrested because you actually performed the Schrodinger’s Cat experiment.
15)You can translate English into Binary.
16)You can’t remember what’s behind the door in the engineering building which says “Exit”.
17)You have to bring a jacket with you, in the middle of summer, because there’s a wind-chill factor in the lab.
18)You are completely addicted to caffeine.
19)You avoid doing anything because you don’t want to contribute to the eventual heat-death of the universe.
20)You consider ANY non-engineering course “easy”.
21)When your professor asks you where your homework is, you claim to have accidentally determined its momentum so precisely, that according to Heisenberg it could be anywhere in the universe.
22)The “fun” center of your brain has deteriorated from lack of use.
23)You’ll assume that a “horse” is a “sphere” in order to make the math easier.
24)The blinking 12:00 on someone’s VCR draws you in like a tractor beam to fix it.
25)You bring a computer manual / technical journal as vacation reading.
26)The salesperson at Circuit City can’t answer any of your questions.
27)You can’t help eavesdropping in computer stores… and correcting the salesperson.
28)You’re in line for the guillotine… it stops working properly… and you offer to fix it.
29)You go on the rides at Disneyland and sit backwards to see how they do the special effects.
30)You have any “Dilbert” comics displayed in your work area.
31)You have a habit of destroying things in order to see how they work.
32)You have never backed up your hard drive.
33)You haven’t bought any new underwear or socks for yourself since you got married.
34)You spent more on your calculator than on your wedding ring.
35)You think that when people around you yawn, it’s because they didn’t get enough sleep.
36)You would rather get more dots per inch than miles per gallon
37)You’ve even calculated how much you make per second.
38)Your favorite James Bond character is “Q,” the guy who makes the gadgets.
39)You understood more than five of these jokes.
40)You make a copy of this list, and post it on your door (or your home page !)

2. Engineers drink from thursday to saturday.

3. Coffee is almost as important as a beer.

4. Smoking by any mean is a vice, is a stress reliever. Engineers then smoke on regular basis.

5. Applied physics is a daily life necessity, like eating or using a bathroom.

6. Never underestimate the power of a Free Body Diagram.

7. Everything can be explained using math, even your inexistent social life.

8. Networking is to share information and all put money for the beer during the weekends.

Learn it and spread it to the world. NOW!

Freedom?

Common sense?

NO A RADICAL and close version of fascism I’d say!

Back to the homeworks

Back to the complains

Back to the pen and paper

Back to the calculator

BACK TO SCHOOL…

… and ReaDY!

Many shadows are haunting my life recently and I’m truly unsure what will the result of them following me. It consumes me, reduces me, annoys me… 

I don’t like to be a shadow following anyone but apparently even if I try hard not to it stays with them making hurting people.

I’m sick of hurting people but I’m sick also to be hurt by others. Why is human kind unable to understand that pain is not ultimately what we like? Why do we need to suffer from the past?

I hate the shadows from the past….

Shit….

I hate nightmares!

Avoid hangovers keep on drinking.

                                - Anonymous 

Words of wisdom!

Understand: Engineers are very susceptible to aggression while drinking. A good engineer might not know how to flirt but when the time to fight comes, all the physics principles can be applied to give the perfect punch. 

Drunk people like to disturb and destroy other peoples party. A drunk engineer would like to take this problem into the street and solve it himself. Fighting requires big balls, no glasses and a group of other friends to get your back. 

Applications: Elimination of party poopers, “woo” dudes, retards, disrespectful people, etc 

This subject is optative to every engineer and not required for any other class. However, to be properly prepared to any party you should definitely take this class!

Every year leaves it’s small traces in everyone’s life and 2008 was full of disaster. The previous year everything was excellent, 2007 was clearly the best year of my life but 2008 was full of ups and downs that ended in a massive disaster year. 

Disasters:

- The longest bridge I ever built fell down. After several small detonations and a massive explosion it fell down HARD… there are remnants but at this time is unsure if it can be rebuilt or not. Only time will know.

- I found the most beautiful spot to build a new bridge. It was in the worse place of the world but it appeared to be exactly what I was looking for. I indeed built a small bridge and apparently hard. But not long after I moved it start sinking in strange terrains. My second bridge loss of the year. 

- I was nominated for a great prize. But a massive complot against me and the roller coaster of feelings at the moment turn me down. Lost the prize and won a loser feeling.

- Pillars of my life been damaged but still stand tall. It is hard to evaluate the damage but they’re there. I’m not sure for how long.

To Remember: 

- Moved on, from hell to heaven. Maximizing the time and being in a far better place.

- Saw my basic pillars a few times and learned that no matter how different are from one to another they are the base of my life. 

My biggest expectation is that 2009 will be named the year of revelations. Of big revelations in this soon to be engineer. 

My best wishes for you all friends and strangers that read this small rant.