I can't even begin to describe this weekend. The Hatters shows were phenomenal. Grace & Julian were phenomenal. The after-party was phenomenal. It was definitely one of the best weekends of my life.
I've got a couple of videos from the shows that I'll probably stick up on YouTube eventually. Made good use of my new camcorder.
I was really glad that Kevin, Clay, Meredith, and Emily made it to the show and the after party. It was a lot of fun seeing them again, and seeing Meredith for only the second time or so. Probably the funniest part was when Logan, Kevin, and I (along with a bunch of other people) did a shot together, and Kevin and I both commented on how we never expected to find ourselves in that situation so soon. It was awesome. I also know Kallie and Schulz stopped by for at least a couple minutes, but I don't remember interacting with them at all really, other than when I flashed my Madhatters all-access pass at the door to get them in, which I thought was totally hardcore rockstar.
Like I said, I can't begin to tell everything that happened. So I'll just say it was absolutely awesome. Now the Hatters are going to have dinner at Tutto's and exchange epic stories from the weekend. It promises to be a good time.
Can't wait until Thanksgiving. Fuck bio lab for making so much shit due so soon after we get back. I hate that lab more than anything else in all of existence, past, present, and future.
Except for that egg song.
11.24.2008
11.19.2008
11.17.2008
My World-Changing Idea
So I got this gadget called the Flip Video Mino. It's a miniature camcorder that is about the size of a smartphone. The ease of use and portability gave me an idea for a YouTube video series that I think would be pretty cool. Here's the basic idea:
The working title is "What and Why," but that will certainly have to be updated to something more notable. It's a video between 1 and 2 minutes long (still have to decide, I need a good balance between content and accessibility) featuring a single person, and can be filmed anywhere. The person in the video presents some topic, explains a little bit about what it is, and why the person watching the video should learn about it. They can use whatever method they want to explain it, but spontaneity and informality are encouraged. The topics shouldn't be too broad. The example I had in mind when I came up with the idea was 8 tonal music, something one of the guys in Hatters is really pumped about all the time.
Anyway, I'm gonna mess around with an introductory video that I'll stick out in the tubes. We'll see where it goes from there.
The working title is "What and Why," but that will certainly have to be updated to something more notable. It's a video between 1 and 2 minutes long (still have to decide, I need a good balance between content and accessibility) featuring a single person, and can be filmed anywhere. The person in the video presents some topic, explains a little bit about what it is, and why the person watching the video should learn about it. They can use whatever method they want to explain it, but spontaneity and informality are encouraged. The topics shouldn't be too broad. The example I had in mind when I came up with the idea was 8 tonal music, something one of the guys in Hatters is really pumped about all the time.
Anyway, I'm gonna mess around with an introductory video that I'll stick out in the tubes. We'll see where it goes from there.
In reference
Remember the kid that I was talking about before? The one who always bragged about reading the whole biology book every night? Yeah, totally owned his ass on the exam. Again. Q.E.D.
11.13.2008
Schedule
I can finally relax. My schedule is set. It isn't too bad. Never have class before 9:55. I've got an annoying Immunology lecture at 4:35 on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, but at least that class should be cool.
11.11.2008
GAAAAHHHHHH!!!!
I loathe my Biology lab with a passion reserved for mass-murderers, backstabbers, and that fucking egg song that Simmons keeps playing.
You see, there are a LOT of really cute girls in my Biology class. ZERO PERCENT of them are enrolled in the same discussion/lab section as me. What are the odds of that? It drives me nuts. Not only this, but the people that SHOULD be attractive girls are instead awkward, socially lost, think-they're-smarter-than-they-really-are little kids. The kind of kids with anime girls in giant space robo-suit desktop backgrounds on their computers. The kind of kids who actually BRAG about having read the entire chapter prior to each lecture and then do anywhere between 10-25% worse on the exam than you. The kind of kids that bring about exchanges like this:
T.A.: What variables do we want to test in our hypothetical, scholarly-journal-based imaginary experiment?
Kid:Well, we should do all this stuff that might be important if we were conducting an experiment sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency on which the lives of all Americans depended, but is really completely beyond our means, and largely unnecessary for the actual purpose of the experiment we are doing.
T.A.: Um, well, that's not really important in this case. We would rather test the things that emphasize the skills we are aiming to teach you in this experiment...
Kid: BUT WE TALKED ABOUT THOSE THINGS IN LECTURE! I READ ALL ABOUT THEM IN THE TEXTBOOK! I ADDED THEM TO MY NOTECARD THAT I NEVER USE BUT MAKE FOR STUDY PURPOSES ANYWAY! I COULD HAVE SPENT THAT TIME TROLLING FOR LULZ ON TEH FORUMS!
Now, I don't really enjoy doing work in bio lab. In fact, I do my best to avoid work in most any form at all while at lab. However, this is contingent on the fact that the work required in lab is the most mind-numbing, skull-crushing, non-scientific crap you can imagine. Most of the time it feels like I am in a 4th grade English class rather than a collegiate biology course. I understand that we are supposed to be learning how to "communicate" science, but if I have to write another bullshit lab synopsis on a lab I never actually performed, I'm gonna flip. I promise you, high and mighty lab coordinator, I feel fully competent at recognizing, analyzing, and incorporating scholarly resources into other people's research. STOP MAKING ME DO IT. LET ME MUTATE SOME PLANTS. ANYTHING BUT ANOTHER DATABASE EXERCISE.
(RULE 39: CAPSLOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL)
Of course, though, when we finally do actually do science, everybody starts complaining about the amount of work involved. JUST FUCKING DO IT. IT'S NOT THAT HARD. Be happy you're not just formatting sources and refining search parameters. Stop ignoring scientific stuff that is actually interesting because you want to go home and look for furries on the interwebs.
(Rule 35: If it exits, there is furry porn of it)
You see, there are a LOT of really cute girls in my Biology class. ZERO PERCENT of them are enrolled in the same discussion/lab section as me. What are the odds of that? It drives me nuts. Not only this, but the people that SHOULD be attractive girls are instead awkward, socially lost, think-they're-smarter-than-they-really-are little kids. The kind of kids with anime girls in giant space robo-suit desktop backgrounds on their computers. The kind of kids who actually BRAG about having read the entire chapter prior to each lecture and then do anywhere between 10-25% worse on the exam than you. The kind of kids that bring about exchanges like this:
T.A.: What variables do we want to test in our hypothetical, scholarly-journal-based imaginary experiment?
Kid:
T.A.: Um, well, that's not really important in this case. We would rather test the things that emphasize the skills we are aiming to teach you in this experiment...
Kid: BUT WE TALKED ABOUT THOSE THINGS IN LECTURE! I READ ALL ABOUT THEM IN THE TEXTBOOK! I ADDED THEM TO MY NOTECARD THAT I NEVER USE BUT MAKE FOR STUDY PURPOSES ANYWAY! I COULD HAVE SPENT THAT TIME TROLLING FOR LULZ ON TEH FORUMS!
Now, I don't really enjoy doing work in bio lab. In fact, I do my best to avoid work in most any form at all while at lab. However, this is contingent on the fact that the work required in lab is the most mind-numbing, skull-crushing, non-scientific crap you can imagine. Most of the time it feels like I am in a 4th grade English class rather than a collegiate biology course. I understand that we are supposed to be learning how to "communicate" science, but if I have to write another bullshit lab synopsis on a lab I never actually performed, I'm gonna flip. I promise you, high and mighty lab coordinator, I feel fully competent at recognizing, analyzing, and incorporating scholarly resources into other people's research. STOP MAKING ME DO IT. LET ME MUTATE SOME PLANTS. ANYTHING BUT ANOTHER DATABASE EXERCISE.
(RULE 39: CAPSLOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL)
Of course, though, when we finally do actually do science, everybody starts complaining about the amount of work involved. JUST FUCKING DO IT. IT'S NOT THAT HARD. Be happy you're not just formatting sources and refining search parameters. Stop ignoring scientific stuff that is actually interesting because you want to go home and look for furries on the interwebs.
(Rule 35: If it exits, there is furry porn of it)
11.07.2008
New Conspiracy Theory
The U.S. Department of State is definitely in league with the printer ink cartridge industry. I just printed out a passport application, and almost every section is highlighted with a yellow background! I'm no expert, but I think the color that provides the most contrast with black is...white! The color of regular, unadulterated paper! What a huge waste of ink. Sounds like a government operation to me...
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