... and back-dating this post, but no. My post-every-day streak has been broken.
Blame Mars.
After class yesterday (and learning that some of my classmates had solved the puzzle), I hunkered down with my books and spent hours trying to figure it out. I finally came home feeling utterly defeated, for which the only cure is playing God (The Sims 2) for several hours.
Part of this is me being stubborn. But part of it is also fear. Inside of me, a little voice is speaking up, saying, "You've never been able to do math. What if you've bitten off more than you can chew?" And so I'm desperate to drown her out.
The worst part is, the moment I'm told how to do it, it's going to be one of those forehead-slapping "DUH!" moments. I can feel it in my bones. And then I'm really going to feel dumb.
How appropriate that I'm doing battle with a planet named after the god of war. :)
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
I thought about cheating...
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2 comments:
Not being a math person myself, I feel how my brain starts to boil when I think of stuff like this.
Also wanted to say that I really like the theme and layout of this page. The background is cute and you don't notice immediately that it's teeth :) Great job!
See ya!
Perhaps try to find that state somewhere between trying to solve the puzzle, and, not trying to solve the problem :) It's kinda zen - and if one looks at that a certain way, its like solving a puzzle so that you can then go and solve the puzzle.
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