Fail, as in F, as in My grade.

I'm not going to lie. I'm really embarrassed. Embarrassed for handing something that is much less a paper than it is a pathetic waste of your time. I really didn't expect that to happen. I guess it doesn't really matter much how it happened, but i guess I'll tell you anyways. I put the paper off until the last minute. I was studying for my chemistry exam non-stop since I was so far behind in that class. I spent all of my time focusing on that and none of my time focusing on this. When I got home from my chemistry exam at 7:30 I was ridiculously tired. I started writing anyways and got an ok amount done. But I got a seriously horrible headache at that point. I needed to sleep. So I decided to set my alarm for 8. I figured that 4 hours was definitely enough time to finish what I needed to finish and so I went to bed. Well my phone has this really nasty habit of turning off whenever it feels like it. I use my phone as my alarm clock. Of course, the one day I actually have to get up to do something other than go to class, it turns off in the middle of the night. I guess I should have told my roommates as a backup plan. But I didn't. I woke up literally at 1:07. Now that's bad. I live in Harrison House. That's a 15 minute walk to the other side of campus. So i jumped out of bed. Realized that my paper was not done. Pitied myself for a second and then I printed what I had done. Which was not as much as I previously thought it was. I submitted it onto blackboard, which might as well have just rejected it. Then I ran out my door and down 11 flights of stairs. I speed walked to Bennet Hall handed in my paper and felt pathetic. That's about all I have to say about it I guess. To look at the bright side, at least i will make the curve lower for everyone else.

and more

Finished my machine diagram a while ago. I do have to say it was definitely one of the most ridiculously tedious things i have done in a while. Starting to actually write however is incredibly challenging for me. I have so much information I just don't know how to put it into words.... :/ This could be interesting.

Drawing a machine diagram

So far this is proving difficult. There are many different processes on a dialysis machine that makes it difficult. It has also been hard for me to actually find an accurate diagram anywhere.... I have a few of the basic steps down but I have a feeling im missing something...

And Again

So I guess most of the information I'm looking for has to do with the background of the machine along with the pros and cons of the machine. It is also important to find out how the machine differs from actually kidneys and how it evolved from former models. Thinking about what a machine looks like, I have a feeling the diagram is going to be slightly complicated with all of the boxes and descriptions... Not exactly looking forward to it. Well I guess thats all I have to say for now. Blogging about work is not exactly my strong point I guess....

UGH

So searching and searching is coming up dry. How hard is it to find something that talks about a dialysis machine. I mean come on! I have tried define my search and I just really am having difficulties. I guess I have a couple of resources already but I guess I'm going to be working for quite a while tonight.

Researching for a research paper

Well to begin, I decided a while ago that I was thinking about researching a dialysis machine. My main question was, "how does it mimic the kidneys?". I also should look into how efficient the machines are. I guess I missed blogging about that initially. I figure that if I want to find out how to make an artificial kidney, I should start by learning the basics of how we deal with kidney failure right now.

Now I guess I'm searching for resources. I'm not exactly sure how to even write about this. I have been doing a lot of web surfing. Nothing really substantial just mainly for background reading. More to come I guess....

Research topic

I tend to be incredibly indecisive when it comes to most things so picking an exact topic is going to be difficult for me. I think I probably want to do something that relates to organ failure or artificial organs but I actually really don't know where to start. I wish I had more experience with research papers and research in general. I feel a little out of my comfort zone. The only essays I ever wrote were prompted with questions usually about books that I read. So I guess these are new waters for me. I will think more about this later.