Headline science news: Snake on a Train
Today I got a little dressed up, in a really pretty goddess-type shirt and a beautiful barette my mom just got me as an early birthday present (it's a mother-of-pearl mosaic with a dragonfly and reeds). I needed to feel pretty hot today.
I had my first writing lab for my science journalism class. It's gonna be tough - I mean, it's not like 'write 3 pages and you'll be graded on how fast and good it is,' right now anyway it's more like 'this is how you write a lede.' Actually, I had no idea it was spelled 'lede' I always though it was just 'lead.' Can anyone (lauren, who likes to analyze latin roots of words and meaning) tell me why?
I'm now officially a 'Student Student Supervisor' at work. It sounds a little like 'Assistant TO the Regional Manager' to me, but it's still pretty cool. I'm supervising a *law student* at work now... this will be the first time I've ever supervised someone older than me. We'll see how it goes.
There's huge band drama going on. Not in terms of member-member drama, more like athletics department-marching band drama. We've been told that the lacrosse team wants to have our timeslot on tuesday night on the field, and we can disagree, but if we do the matter will be decided by a 'higher power.' Not only is it absurd that we should have to move a time we have held for probably over 10 years, 180 people have arranged their academic schedule around this rehearsal time. The switch to wednesday night would mean that many people would be unable to do marching band anymore, since many many labs are on wednesday. Also, we offer academic credit to some members, and I don't think it's right to completely change the time classes are held without first making sure that noone has a conflict. This is compounded by the fact that our advisor is not our advocate and liason to the athletics department, he is merely there to keep us in line and chastise us. To think that he would not help us keep our same rehearsal time when a coach says 'oh this would work better for a couple of our kids' is absurd. We are the largest and most student-run organization in the Ivy League with a tradition that extends for 120 years or more. Not to mention the fact we have the President of the University on our side. We should get some say and some clout when it comes to deciding our rehearsal times! Anyway, we'll see what happens. We'll see if the athletics department gets to walk all over us, if this is the last straw that will make us want to change advisors, or if it will all blow over and nothing will change and I'm just overreacting about the issue.
Additionally, Tuesday night rehearsal was really fun. We're in rank ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR, which is perfect for the PIRATE SHOW. We played games of telephone that changed 'Maggie wears the sombrero of stupidity' to 'Maggie lost her virginity,' and 'Roger, stop pinwheeling with yourself' to 'Roger, stop diddling yourself.' Much fun was had by all. Also, the bone ranks are now almost crowded, since we made the decision to definitively stay with two. There are like... 12 people in each rank. That's quite a lot.
Time for chickin' sausage (not quite as tasty as gianelli, but with hardly any fat at all!) Forcing myself to eat vegetables is just not as fun as it was at the end of the summer. :( Although, someone I work with did ask if I had stopped eating, because I looked skinny today. A good sign! (It must have been the sexay clothes)
In other more hilarious news:
http://cornell.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2207018973
For those who don't have Cornell Facebook, the title of the group is "North Campus dwellers who hereby hate the marching band as of 8/26". We did a parade and concerts up to north campus at about noon that day, and at first I thought it was a really dumb idea because we had to parade ALL THE WAY to North, but now I think it was awesome, because it inspired a facebook group of hatred. The best parts are, the group is now 141 members (with only 3 in marching band who think it's funny), and there are not only wall posts but message board discussions about how awful it was that we woke them up from their slumber. at noon!
Some wonderful quotes:
"It sounded like one hundred people were simultaneously shitting into megaphones.
The auditory equivalent of syphillis. I'm using protection from now on. Ear protection.
If they wake me up again, somebody is getting karate-chopped in the throat."
"i shouldnt have joined because i hated the band way before 8/26. one of the guys came outside my door and just blasted his trumpet at my door woke me up, i will shit in his valves"
There's also a hateful thread directed at 'Trombone player under window.' They claim to be looking for our names, I think we got our first death threats of the season!
The Big Red Band: Inspiring feelings of love and goodwill since 2006.
I had my first writing lab for my science journalism class. It's gonna be tough - I mean, it's not like 'write 3 pages and you'll be graded on how fast and good it is,' right now anyway it's more like 'this is how you write a lede.' Actually, I had no idea it was spelled 'lede' I always though it was just 'lead.' Can anyone (lauren, who likes to analyze latin roots of words and meaning) tell me why?
I'm now officially a 'Student Student Supervisor' at work. It sounds a little like 'Assistant TO the Regional Manager' to me, but it's still pretty cool. I'm supervising a *law student* at work now... this will be the first time I've ever supervised someone older than me. We'll see how it goes.
There's huge band drama going on. Not in terms of member-member drama, more like athletics department-marching band drama. We've been told that the lacrosse team wants to have our timeslot on tuesday night on the field, and we can disagree, but if we do the matter will be decided by a 'higher power.' Not only is it absurd that we should have to move a time we have held for probably over 10 years, 180 people have arranged their academic schedule around this rehearsal time. The switch to wednesday night would mean that many people would be unable to do marching band anymore, since many many labs are on wednesday. Also, we offer academic credit to some members, and I don't think it's right to completely change the time classes are held without first making sure that noone has a conflict. This is compounded by the fact that our advisor is not our advocate and liason to the athletics department, he is merely there to keep us in line and chastise us. To think that he would not help us keep our same rehearsal time when a coach says 'oh this would work better for a couple of our kids' is absurd. We are the largest and most student-run organization in the Ivy League with a tradition that extends for 120 years or more. Not to mention the fact we have the President of the University on our side. We should get some say and some clout when it comes to deciding our rehearsal times! Anyway, we'll see what happens. We'll see if the athletics department gets to walk all over us, if this is the last straw that will make us want to change advisors, or if it will all blow over and nothing will change and I'm just overreacting about the issue.
Additionally, Tuesday night rehearsal was really fun. We're in rank ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR, which is perfect for the PIRATE SHOW. We played games of telephone that changed 'Maggie wears the sombrero of stupidity' to 'Maggie lost her virginity,' and 'Roger, stop pinwheeling with yourself' to 'Roger, stop diddling yourself.' Much fun was had by all. Also, the bone ranks are now almost crowded, since we made the decision to definitively stay with two. There are like... 12 people in each rank. That's quite a lot.
Time for chickin' sausage (not quite as tasty as gianelli, but with hardly any fat at all!) Forcing myself to eat vegetables is just not as fun as it was at the end of the summer. :( Although, someone I work with did ask if I had stopped eating, because I looked skinny today. A good sign! (It must have been the sexay clothes)
In other more hilarious news:
http://cornell.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2207018973
For those who don't have Cornell Facebook, the title of the group is "North Campus dwellers who hereby hate the marching band as of 8/26". We did a parade and concerts up to north campus at about noon that day, and at first I thought it was a really dumb idea because we had to parade ALL THE WAY to North, but now I think it was awesome, because it inspired a facebook group of hatred. The best parts are, the group is now 141 members (with only 3 in marching band who think it's funny), and there are not only wall posts but message board discussions about how awful it was that we woke them up from their slumber. at noon!
Some wonderful quotes:
"It sounded like one hundred people were simultaneously shitting into megaphones.
The auditory equivalent of syphillis. I'm using protection from now on. Ear protection.
If they wake me up again, somebody is getting karate-chopped in the throat."
"i shouldnt have joined because i hated the band way before 8/26. one of the guys came outside my door and just blasted his trumpet at my door woke me up, i will shit in his valves"
There's also a hateful thread directed at 'Trombone player under window.' They claim to be looking for our names, I think we got our first death threats of the season!
The Big Red Band: Inspiring feelings of love and goodwill since 2006.