Boom! Tadaa
I feel like this polymer school thing is the closest I'm ever going to get to Hogwarts in a muggle world, and that's pretty fuckin awesome.
10 people were sought out from around the nation by this Hagrid like creature
Alright, so he looks more like Peter Griffin than Hagrid, but just roll with me here
Here's the run down of the other 9 I'm being thrown in the fire with...
For their safety their names have been altered... except for
MR. WAND... THAT'S HIS NAME!!! FOR REALLLLLL... anyway...
Mr. Wand: He's the only one from MS, he went to USM for undergrad, and is still here. I'm not sure where he went to high school/was born. But I get the impression it's not too far. He's one of the chemists (the lot of us have sorta been subconsciously dividing ourselves between chemists & engineers or synthesis people and math people). And he also ends up stuck with me a lot. Dr. McCormick puts us together to run mechanisms (all the engineers think that's unfair to put the chemists together), and we TA the same lab. Hopefully we'll also both join Dr. Rawlins research group later (he's been in it for a while already).
Madame Morgana: The other woman in the pack of 10. Ironically enough she's from where I went to undergrad, so we have like 3 mutual friends on facebook... tehe ^_^. She's a 'math people' which is super lucky for me... cause I SUCK. We've gone to the gym together once and in general she's super nice and super easy to talk to.
Dr. Know: He's obviously not a doctor yet, but I like the way that sounds ... so back off. He's from western WA (walla walla to be precise) and was married 3 weeks before the start of orientation. He loves to bike and ski (looks like he's fucked there ::sad trombone::) and is the biggest 'bro' of the group and an engineer.
Captain Strange: He was a mid-year last year, so he's already been around for the semester and has been our strongest guiding force as to who to hang out with, where to go in town and having all the answers to everything. He got his BS and MS from 'CalPoly' only because his wife said he should go back to school. Otherwise he would have been in construction forever. He's the biggest meathead of the group and one of the synthetic people. Hearing smart things come out of his mouth shocks me every time.
Mr. Fabulous: From TX, went to undergrad in CO (super jealous) and is one of the engineers. He started talking to me like the first day I think because he thought I was a lesbian. Either way... he's gay, which is lucky for him cause as my lesbian roommates tell me, all the guys at USM are gay. He's pretty sure he's just going to marry his dog though.
Wrangler: Also from TX, but this time Sulfur Springs (texarkana) as opposed to Dallas. He played football for his high school and ... maybe college. All I know about his school is that it was small, and was the liberal arts section of the same conglomeration as Harvey Mudd in southern california. He's very soft spoken, but was the first one any of us knew, because the timing of his move in was such that he asked all of us if any of us could spare our couch for a night. He's gotten more social though, he came to my house for a Labor Day BBQ. I'm in a group with him in our lab class, and he's one of the chemists.
Dolphins: Another quiet kid, this time from WI, sickeningly north WI, just to make the stark contrast even starker. He's barely been in the office with us at all, he gave the class a very long sob story about his families financial issues when Dr. Rawlins asked us to introduce ourselves. So he didn't have a laptop until today. Now aside from his general distaste for the physical components of the 'bullpen' (he doesn't like being in a cubicle, he thinks the chairs are uncomfortable and that it smells funny) he should be in the building more. He also seems to magically know everything... though, I think we discovered today, that his derivation skills are less than flawless, he's one of the chemists.
Vivian: He works for BASF in India and they I guess decided they wanted him to get his PhD or learn more about chemistry or something. Either way, he's older, and married, and one of the engineers. He's at the moment, the hardest one in the department to understand.
Raj: Apparently USM has some collaboration with a research group in India, and he's been working in that group for a while, and is now going to get the actual PhD from here though. He has his masters from some school in India. I think both he and Vivian live together, but Raj is certainly more fun, and generally personable than Vivian.
Captain Strange covered in beer and the back of Dr. Know
Captain Strange and Dr. Know about to shotgun some beers, punching the holes with their mouths
Smiley face Madame Morgana... we just got done kicking ass at flip cup. That's Mr. Fabulous next to her
And that's Wrangler. The only other 1st years at the party that I don't have pics of was Vivian and Raj, which I think it's super awesome that they partied with us. Mr. Wand probably didn't come cause he didn't need to (it was a welcome to town party for us) and Dolphins said he had a migraine and felt shitty.
ANYWAY... back to how this relates to Hogwarts... at the end of this year we get sorted into research groups. And this really is a prestigious place to find oneself... and our department head is some bearded guy from Scotland. The profs get very friendly with the students, we're all gonna tailgate together on saturday, and Dr. Savin was at the party where all the pictures are from.
So yea, it's been pretty ridiculous
10 people were sought out from around the nation by this Hagrid like creature
Alright, so he looks more like Peter Griffin than Hagrid, but just roll with me here
Here's the run down of the other 9 I'm being thrown in the fire with...
For their safety their names have been altered... except for
MR. WAND... THAT'S HIS NAME!!! FOR REALLLLLL... anyway...
Mr. Wand: He's the only one from MS, he went to USM for undergrad, and is still here. I'm not sure where he went to high school/was born. But I get the impression it's not too far. He's one of the chemists (the lot of us have sorta been subconsciously dividing ourselves between chemists & engineers or synthesis people and math people). And he also ends up stuck with me a lot. Dr. McCormick puts us together to run mechanisms (all the engineers think that's unfair to put the chemists together), and we TA the same lab. Hopefully we'll also both join Dr. Rawlins research group later (he's been in it for a while already).
Madame Morgana: The other woman in the pack of 10. Ironically enough she's from where I went to undergrad, so we have like 3 mutual friends on facebook... tehe ^_^. She's a 'math people' which is super lucky for me... cause I SUCK. We've gone to the gym together once and in general she's super nice and super easy to talk to.
Dr. Know: He's obviously not a doctor yet, but I like the way that sounds ... so back off. He's from western WA (walla walla to be precise) and was married 3 weeks before the start of orientation. He loves to bike and ski (looks like he's fucked there ::sad trombone::) and is the biggest 'bro' of the group and an engineer.
Captain Strange: He was a mid-year last year, so he's already been around for the semester and has been our strongest guiding force as to who to hang out with, where to go in town and having all the answers to everything. He got his BS and MS from 'CalPoly' only because his wife said he should go back to school. Otherwise he would have been in construction forever. He's the biggest meathead of the group and one of the synthetic people. Hearing smart things come out of his mouth shocks me every time.
Mr. Fabulous: From TX, went to undergrad in CO (super jealous) and is one of the engineers. He started talking to me like the first day I think because he thought I was a lesbian. Either way... he's gay, which is lucky for him cause as my lesbian roommates tell me, all the guys at USM are gay. He's pretty sure he's just going to marry his dog though.
Wrangler: Also from TX, but this time Sulfur Springs (texarkana) as opposed to Dallas. He played football for his high school and ... maybe college. All I know about his school is that it was small, and was the liberal arts section of the same conglomeration as Harvey Mudd in southern california. He's very soft spoken, but was the first one any of us knew, because the timing of his move in was such that he asked all of us if any of us could spare our couch for a night. He's gotten more social though, he came to my house for a Labor Day BBQ. I'm in a group with him in our lab class, and he's one of the chemists.
Dolphins: Another quiet kid, this time from WI, sickeningly north WI, just to make the stark contrast even starker. He's barely been in the office with us at all, he gave the class a very long sob story about his families financial issues when Dr. Rawlins asked us to introduce ourselves. So he didn't have a laptop until today. Now aside from his general distaste for the physical components of the 'bullpen' (he doesn't like being in a cubicle, he thinks the chairs are uncomfortable and that it smells funny) he should be in the building more. He also seems to magically know everything... though, I think we discovered today, that his derivation skills are less than flawless, he's one of the chemists.
Vivian: He works for BASF in India and they I guess decided they wanted him to get his PhD or learn more about chemistry or something. Either way, he's older, and married, and one of the engineers. He's at the moment, the hardest one in the department to understand.
Raj: Apparently USM has some collaboration with a research group in India, and he's been working in that group for a while, and is now going to get the actual PhD from here though. He has his masters from some school in India. I think both he and Vivian live together, but Raj is certainly more fun, and generally personable than Vivian.
Captain Strange covered in beer and the back of Dr. Know
Captain Strange and Dr. Know about to shotgun some beers, punching the holes with their mouths
Smiley face Madame Morgana... we just got done kicking ass at flip cup. That's Mr. Fabulous next to her
And that's Wrangler. The only other 1st years at the party that I don't have pics of was Vivian and Raj, which I think it's super awesome that they partied with us. Mr. Wand probably didn't come cause he didn't need to (it was a welcome to town party for us) and Dolphins said he had a migraine and felt shitty.
ANYWAY... back to how this relates to Hogwarts... at the end of this year we get sorted into research groups. And this really is a prestigious place to find oneself... and our department head is some bearded guy from Scotland. The profs get very friendly with the students, we're all gonna tailgate together on saturday, and Dr. Savin was at the party where all the pictures are from.
So yea, it's been pretty ridiculous