School Updates
What's new? Well, presumably a lot. The old junior year has been going on for night two weeks so far. Some highlights that come to mind?
1. Everyone overstocking on toilet paper. I brought two rolls, then everyone else started going to the store for 4, 6, 8, or, in one case, 18 rolls. We ended up with about 42 rolls of it, which should last us the year. Or else we can go on a TP rampage.
2. Karaoke night! This one was just earlier today, but it was still fun. Even if my falsetto rendition of Flashdance wasn't the highest quality. I'm just surprised that so few people have even HEARD of Flashdance! How can you not be familiar with one of the best songs ever?
3. Someone pouring vodka on a server. I won't include any further details, except that I had recommended tequila instead.
4. Dr. Ryan Stansifer, father of "You, the programmer, are lazy. You want to do everything with the least amount of effort.", giving me a new quote "What if you have to teach liberal arts students who, as everyone knows, are a bit slow?"
5. Professor Sawyer failing to impress me as a physics professor. Everyone said that having him is a memorable experience. Well, I still say that Mr. Skip Arrich remains the most unforgettable and unusual physics teacher ever.
6. Radio station 93.3, the "everything", which is the station of choice for Ed and I. Some alert readers may go and notice that there is no formal station called 93.3. That is because it is everything! Depending on weather, car orientation, and time of day, we have picked up many stations quite clearly, as they contest for our air time. This includes (as of yet) rock, rap, contemporary Christian, alternative, and techno stations. It is quite humorous when the radio changes genre every time we make a 90 degree turn.
7. The text crawler that Dr. Stansifer has started using with his slides. It runs over his powerpoint slides and has many different daily messages, updates and trivia. Some of this trivia seems odd. So now I have to concentrate on three things in class: the professor who is speaking, the slides with the notes, and the text scrolling by that has read such things as "A succubus is a demon assuming female form to seduce men in their sleep." and "The plural of octopus is octopodes.", along with the occasional critical nugget of information that we will be tested on and can't afford to miss.
There is probably much more to say, but this should be enough for everyone for now.
1. Everyone overstocking on toilet paper. I brought two rolls, then everyone else started going to the store for 4, 6, 8, or, in one case, 18 rolls. We ended up with about 42 rolls of it, which should last us the year. Or else we can go on a TP rampage.
2. Karaoke night! This one was just earlier today, but it was still fun. Even if my falsetto rendition of Flashdance wasn't the highest quality. I'm just surprised that so few people have even HEARD of Flashdance! How can you not be familiar with one of the best songs ever?
3. Someone pouring vodka on a server. I won't include any further details, except that I had recommended tequila instead.
4. Dr. Ryan Stansifer, father of "You, the programmer, are lazy. You want to do everything with the least amount of effort.", giving me a new quote "What if you have to teach liberal arts students who, as everyone knows, are a bit slow?"
5. Professor Sawyer failing to impress me as a physics professor. Everyone said that having him is a memorable experience. Well, I still say that Mr. Skip Arrich remains the most unforgettable and unusual physics teacher ever.
6. Radio station 93.3, the "everything", which is the station of choice for Ed and I. Some alert readers may go and notice that there is no formal station called 93.3. That is because it is everything! Depending on weather, car orientation, and time of day, we have picked up many stations quite clearly, as they contest for our air time. This includes (as of yet) rock, rap, contemporary Christian, alternative, and techno stations. It is quite humorous when the radio changes genre every time we make a 90 degree turn.
7. The text crawler that Dr. Stansifer has started using with his slides. It runs over his powerpoint slides and has many different daily messages, updates and trivia. Some of this trivia seems odd. So now I have to concentrate on three things in class: the professor who is speaking, the slides with the notes, and the text scrolling by that has read such things as "A succubus is a demon assuming female form to seduce men in their sleep." and "The plural of octopus is octopodes.", along with the occasional critical nugget of information that we will be tested on and can't afford to miss.
There is probably much more to say, but this should be enough for everyone for now.