All Things Yummy

Today, I had what’s gotta be my weirdest exam experience. I was writing the final exam for ECE438, Digital Integrated Circuits. It took me about an hour and 45 minutes to get through the exam, so I was sitting there checking my answers at around 8:45PM.

So, to check one of the earlier questions, I had to figure out how a MOSFET works from basics again… when a sudden thought struck me - I *NEVER* have to do any of this stuff again… EVER! No need to know how CMOS works, or how to lay it out, or whether it’s Vgs or Vds or Vm+ or Vm- or Vdd or Vss or Vdsatn or Vdsatp or Vtp or Vtn or Vto or Vd or Vs or Vg or Vmin (Wow, that’s a lot of different voltages…) or anything else related to circuits and transistors for that matter… then my brain promptly shut down. I could feel my brain busily erasing everything and things slowly shutting down… one by one… then I zoned out for about 45 minutes.

Then I realized that I made a mistake in one of the questions and was suddenly startled out of my reverie… but yeah, things are coming to an end… it’s kinda scary.

Currently Listening to: Diamond Rio - Beautiful Mess

Something I’d like to do when I get the time -> Yosemite Halfdome. Anyhoo, lectures are over and finals are just around the bend. Most of the solar car stuff is done (Temporary Import Bond and Vehicle Insurance are two remaining things on my plate), so hopefully I can concentrate on my studies for next little while.

I usually start studying from last exam forward… but this time, it kinda got screwed up. D’oh! My first exam is in 2 days and I’ve yet to even touch it… Ah well, I’ll get to it eventually. Sleep is for sissies, anyway.