Firstly, I’m sorry about the lack of updates. I’ve been really up to my neck in work and preparations for various things and university. I will at least try to post some kind of rubbish at some point.

Anyway. Moved into Claycroft on Sunday, but I’m already starting to regret doing so really. It’s exceptionally quiet - on my corridor of eight, I’ve only met 2 other people so far. It’s somewhat depressing really, as it’s would be quite nice to be able to talk to somebody before going completely insane from lack of contact. I’m going to give it a couple of weeks, but if things continue the way they are, then I might move out. I’m not sure yet. The major plan at the moment is to spend as much time as possible in the maths department so that I can avoid the complete silence of Claycroft.

On the mathematics front, I’ve started taking courses at random in the hopes that I’ll find something that I’m going to enjoy. My project woes are no closer to being resolved; I’m going to a meeting on Thursday, but I haven’t understood any of the material that’s been sent to me, and there is practically no other literature on the subject. It’s been (tacitly) assumed that I’m definitely going to be doing this project, but I’m really having some pretty major second thoughts. So much so that I’m probably going to e-mail somebody else about a completely different project, since there’s not another suitable computational mathematics project out there.

The problem with me is that I need quite a bit of guidance in order to maintain any kind of focus for more than a day or so. Hence, if people leave me to my own devices, there’s a pretty good chance that I’m going to completely forget about doing any sort of work and hence will be screwed by the end of the year. And unfortunately, this isn’t going to get sorted out by itself.

On the upside, I’ll be meeting my supervisees on Thursday/Friday and I’ve got some training tomorrow afternoon. Trying to look towards the positives, but there’s not many at the moment.

6:11 pm | Posted in Maths, University, Whining