evory

my name is evory and i'm a chemical engineering major who dabbles in legislative advocacy

this blog is here to be a fun way to help me stay on top of things. so a lot of studying, professional development, and general chores. all the chill vibes

always open to study buddies :D

May 25, 2026

Hey so I'm sick-ish.

Haven't been as productive as I want to be, so perhaps being sick is the punishment. Anyways, guess who has one bang energy drink and a desperate need to do well in all of these classes?

April 29, 2026

Hi hello I return.

Things got really busy for a while and I crashed out hard, but I live.

Anyways, differential equations has been fun. Back when I started studying in the tutoring for precalculus, I used to be curious as to why all the STEM students seemed to just live there. One of them would venture out to get everyone food and they'd all study together for hours. I get it now. After one particularly confusing lecture, a good fifth of my class went straight to the tutoring center and worked together for three hours. Good bonding experience.

At least physics is going well. Love my physics professor. Told him about a predicament I was having with my lab group in which no one else would help with the lab report until two hours before it was due and he was so chill about it.

Me: "It's just- they don't put anything in the document I made until the next Thursday, and- the quality of the work isn't... as- uh...."

Prof: "So what I'm hearing is that they do the work last minute, and it's lame-o."

Best professor I've had.

More rambles belowwww

April 8, 2026

Forgot to update for yesterday, so I added the assignments for that day here. Been a good bit busy with work and all that, but I did manage to get a few small assignments done so far.

Had to skip my differential equations class to go to an appointment which isn't ideal, but the professor posts a lot of the material online, so I'm not too worried.

Unfortunately wasn't able to get much done today as I had to figure out a time to donate blood (surplus of red blood cells over here) and fix stuff with my ID.

I'm probably going to stay up a bit later to get more things done. Unfortunately, I have a late night lecture + labs tomorrow, and then another early class and quiz on Friday, so I may or may not be cooked. We'll see.

I really should binge those toxic study motivation videos more. Sometimes I find myself just wanting to toss everything aside to draw or paint or somehow find the money to make marble sculptures.

psst. not exactly study related, but wanna see a drawing i'm still working on?

April 6, 2026

First day of spring quarter! Unfortunately did not get a lot of assignments done, nor a lot of my spring break goals, so we're not starting the quarter on too good a note.

But work went pretty alright today. No big disasters other than the higher-up that was supposed to order some things just. not doing that. No shade to her though, she's been busy busy. Hopefully I'll be done with my student organization brochure by tomorrow so I can start handing it out. I already sent the draft to my other officers and I'm looking for the go-ahead to send it to everyone else.

On another note, my art history class is looking a tad bit wild though. 2 discussion posts, 2 analysis assignments, and 2 quizzes all due Saturday. Bro it is the first week, can we chill?? I know it probably doesn't sound that bad, but it's an online class and I kinda took it so I'd be less busy stuck in classes all the time. Backfired a bit I guess lol

My classes for this quarter btw:

History of Western Art: Baroque

Elements of Differential Equations

Engineering Physics II: Electricity & Magnetism

one of these things is not like the others lol

April 5, 2026

Hi hello! I'm back. I stopped posting daily for a bit since the conferences I were in had pretty long days and I wasn't really doing anything productive outside of them.

If I'm being completely honest, I'm kinda exhausted lol. The back-to-back conferences were a lot and I got sick at the end of the second conference which really derailed my plans.

Still had to go to work when I got back though since I'm the chair and I knew we would not be able to start the quarter on the right track if I wasn't able to oversee everything. And apparently gas prices are too high now, so I was told by my mother to take the bus then walk home in the rain. Not the best thing for a sniffly gross pile of flesh.

And even today when I wanted to just do chores and get stuff for my student association done, I had to redo a good bit of my coworker's work because the format was a bit hard to understand.

I'm kinda a mess, but right now I just need to get enough done to survive Monday and Tuesday since my next big chunk of free time is Wednesday. Hopefully I'll be able to get the brochure done by then and then sent out to all the member campuses across the state by our meeting on Friday.

March 23, 2026

Went to the capitol today and talked to one of my senator's staff members. It was a good bit nerve-racking since I couldn't read how they felt about the issues we presented until right at the end where they shared the senator's current priorities and what they thought might not pass.

Also my first time in a rally! Voice is kinda shot, but it was fun! God I think I love chants now lmaooo. Got me all fired up! Y'all I'm so ready to start a rally of my own next legislative session.

And in between events, I got some work done on my Japanese curriculum. I decided that I don't want to treat it like a real class, but more so a hobby I am strict on doing every day.

Winter Quarter Review

Not my best ending with calc III, but I think everything else went well. Didn't expect over a hundred in physics, especially with how rough the quarter started. I think I got blessed with pretty good professors this time around.

🖥️ Computer Science

7/10 class. Lectures were longer than they needed to be, so I ended up doing student org work during that class. Projects were fun though. Professor was an easy grader. A tad bit boring, accentuated by the length, though getting into functions the latter half of the quarter was interesting. One partner project at the end of the class which was fine I suppose.

📯 Calculus III

Didn't know what the hell was going on half the time lmaoo. Professor was a bit all over the place too. Love him though, kept it real. We had three exams in this class. I did okay-ish on the first exam with a 94, then got 100 on the second exam, then bombed the last exam with a 82. That week after the final I was like 'No way this is what finally fucks up my GPA', so I'm really relieved about this score lmaooo

⚛️ Engineering Physics I

Loved this class! One of my favorite classes I've taken so far, rivaling only my American Literature class where I got to write about Whitman's Leaves of Grass. I've never been a fan of applying math in the real world, but I also hadn't realized how cool it would be. Like we're all aware of how the world will work (ie cannonball moves in a parabola), but being able to relate math to it was so fun. The professor was also so chill. Loved the vibe he brought to late night classes and (later night) labs.

March 22, 2026

Show me what democracy looks like.

More conference! If I'm being honest, I originally wasn't a fan of chants. I know they're important, but I kinda thought they were a bit cheesy. This one changed my mind though. Definitely going to use it's call-and-response for the rallies I'm planning to do.

We planned a good bit of lobbying today. I need to write up my testimonial for the meeting with my senator's staff. I'll be talking about the SAVE Act and why it kinda really sucks, aiming to address a problem that doesn't exist. It's a direct attack on young voters and it needs to die. Funnily enough (not very funny but whatever), it's currently being debated and will most likely continue to be debated when I get to the capitol. Go talk to your senators y'all, especially those of you who think your legislators might vote for it to pass.

Moving on for now! There was a gala and I sorely mistook the dress code. Moments before disaster pic up there. People said it looked nice, but I felt like the lone queer guy who walked into the wrong convention. Please don't look too close lol

And I woke up a bit late so didn't get time to journal unfortunately, but tomorrow the last day of my first conference of the trip, so hopefully I'll have time on the train to actually study and get student org things down

I don't believe I've been on a train before, so I'm very excited.

March 21, 2026

Conference again. A bit of a long day, but we got let out early and had dinner with another student organization. Then we walked around the city for a good bit. And while the advisors took a taxi back, me and a friend rented one of those bikes that are just placed around and took that back. I have never been on the back of an electric bike and it was terrifying, especially when we rode in the bike lane.

Did some Japanese practice, though not a lot of studying. I'll have to go back to consuming more vocabs soon.

Also! One of the workshops at the conference was very motivating, so I made a new notes document and excel sheet to track attendance for my student org to see who we need to contact to send a representative. There's a lot of ways I want to improve what we have, and I only have so much time.

Goals for tomorrow:

Light Japanese studying (adjectives & sentence structure)

Finish student organization meeting notes

Talk to the marketing contact to help create a poster

Get started on the student organization brochure

Send an email to the other state's student organization

Find my headphones :''(((((

March 20, 2026

It be conference time!

Since I am on the governing council, I got to go to a lovely 2 hour meeting that turned into a 3 hour discussion. Was dumb and forgot to bring my laptop, so I'll have to consolidate my paper notes for next meeting. I think it was the most productive meeting we've had. Props to the guy next to me who just motioned to temporarily suspend a portion of Robert's Rules for that meeting since it was honestly just weighing us down.

I usually don't like talking in those meetings until I have a full solution for whatever problem we're facing, but I really need to get over that if I want people to at least consider a solution.

Spring Break Plans 2026

Spring break is two weeks long for us this year! Unfortunately, I'll be at conferences for a whole week of that and at work for two more days. I'm glad I get to go, but a long break would've been nice lol

BUT! I won't let that stop me from getting things done this break.

Goals:

Read ahead for my spring quarter engineering physics class

Make some notes for my differential equations class next quarter

Make the brochure for my student organization so campuses can share it with their students

Talk with the rest of the student organization's leadership team to have a poster for the org made and distributed on campuses around the state by the start of next quarter

Draft the itinerary for the workshops I plan to do for the student organization

Get at least five digital drawings finished and ready for the art market I applied to vendor at

March 19, 2026

Flew out to DC! No overlays which was nice. Basically spent half the day traveling and then ate dinner (lunch?) before attending a mixer with other students from various organizations and states. It would be pretty cool if not the most awkwardest thing I've ever tried to do. Like I just stood there for a good amount of time, not knowing too many people, not wanting to butt into other conversations. It was a strange experience.

Also got some exam scores back and it's alright news! I'll share them out when all my quarter grades are finalized.

While on the plane, I tried to do some journaling in Japanese just to practice and ah. I've forgotten so many words. I can't wait to officially integrate Japanese back into my schedule next quarter. Hold me accountable so I stick to it!

That's pretty much it today. Kinda tired. Misplaced my headphones which is not the best thing to happen day one. Hopefully I find it because my sister would whoop my ass if I don't, and also going a whole week without being able to curl up in a corner and de-stress sounds like hell.

March 18, 2026

Kinda did terrible on the calculus final ngl. Since it was an asynchronous online exam, I got a bit nervous and wanted to get it over with, so I cut my studying short to just take it early. Not my finest moment, so I'll note it for the future. I should have ten or so extra credit points that'll be added to the exam, so hopefully that can carry my grade.

Not the best note to end the quarter with, so I wallowed a bit before getting ready for my flight.