I'm wrapping up the third week of the semester already. Y'all can suck it "just getting back to school" ... bunch of bullshit ... *mutter*

This semester's loaded with dense and challenging stuff. I'm a part-time student, working nearly full-time (same setup as always). Schedule is MWF a single 11:30 class, T-Th a single 3:00-4:15 class.

The MWF is a 400-level computer science class: CS 483 - Introduction to the Theory of Computation. It's hardcore. Very, very hardcore. The course is built on the assumption that we all already familiar with loads of more general theory, especially theory from compilers and algorithms in general.

The other class is also fairly hardcore. It's only a 200-level class, but about 90% of psych classes in undergrad are 200-level. This one is "Fundamental Psychobiology" ... I've spent 3 weeks learning about structures of the brain, neuron structures and signalling, and neurotransmitters. First exam is tuesday next week, which is going to severely curtail my disgaea time this weekend. LOTS of material to deal with for just 3 weeks of class.

It's strange though ... the material is dense, the psych material is slightly dull and depressing (sort of wrecks the neuron as a magical black box, when you know exactly how it works to the level of ion flows), the CS material is deep in theory-land, but I'm somehow managing to enjoy it quite a bit. I think it's probably the most interested I've been in my classwork in 5 or 6 years, since macroeconomics or linear circuit analysis...