Pollywog's Log of Life

pos·i·tive adj .   \ ˈ pä-zə-tiv, ˈ päz-tiv\ 8.   a : having a good effect : favorable <a positive role model>         b : marked by optimism <the positive point of view>   So, of recent, positive-ness is hard to find. Not really , but that's how it feels so often these days. I make it a point to try and stay positive when those around me seem to be negative about everything they talk about. Or the people who complain a lot; I'm trying to consciously avoid vocalizing my complaints because: a) most people probably don't care to hear them, b) complaining brings the mood of the room down a notch or two and I don't want to be that person, and c) complaining won't get me anywhere soo it should probably stay in my head anyway.   Plus! I've noticed more and more than when a group of people starts complaining about something, or being negative that it's a rapidly descending spiral that gets harder and...

So in the last 24 hours I have somehow gone into consolidation mode. Yesterday it was because of one of the classes I'm taking. The professor doesn't have an actual textbook assigned for the class. What he does have are his "notes" which are not complete, so we get updates as the class progresses (somewhat annoying). Then, he also gave us two other books to look up which can be downloaded for free chapter by chapter (which is nice that they're free) as supplements to his notes. I also found another book online about the subject which seems to be the one I'll learn the most from. But let's count. I have four different sources to get the same information from, and should probably follow the notation used by my professor in his notes, yet the notation in the other sources is all slightly different. Hence, consolidation commences... Yesterday evening I started to combine definitions, notations, and explanations of all four sources so that I can remember which...