bethings: July 2004

Saturday, July 31, 2004

Do you know what MTV went and did? They put the new Road Rules in Chile! Now I'm gonna have to watch it. They did this on purpose so I'd start watching their stupid shows. And its gonna work, too.

Friday, July 30, 2004

This is the way my computer science class goes:

Teacher asks how the homework is going.
Students complain, but receive no input.
Lecture notes are displayed and read out loud.
A student will comment on some discrepancy and ask what it means.
The teacher will say that she doesn't know, and ask the rest of the class if they have any ideas.
The students bounce around ideas, which may or may not be correct, by luck alone.
The teacher moves on.
Repeat steps 3-7 until the end of the lecture slides.
Class gets out 30-60 minutes early.

Thursday, July 29, 2004

I found a new favorite word yesterday: scintillate. Pretty good, huh? I don't know if its actually more favorite than viaduct, but I sure like it a lot.

Wednesday, July 28, 2004

I'm in this art history class at the Salt Lake Center, and my teachers a little weird (but that's another issue), so there's this one kid that always has these great comments, but the problem is that he won't listen to what the professor says about it. So he has this really good question yesterday about this Goya painting, but instead of letting the teacher answer him, he starts trying to convince the teacher that he's wrong. That's a dangerous move. So the teachers like, fine if you wanna keep discussing this, see me after class, right? But the kid just won't let it go, and then when the teacher contradicts him, the kids all, fine, just drop it; and then the teacher got pissed. He's all, you're the one that keeps dragging it out, so don't tell me what I can and can't drop in my own class, and you need to learn your place, and I'm the teacher, and I've studied this for who knows how long and I think I know what I'm talking about. It was way uncomfortable. Sweet drama.

Sunday, July 25, 2004

I got a new arch-nemesis this week. His name's Dan. I've never actually met him, but he keeps me awake at night.

Tuesday, July 20, 2004

They moved me into a new part of the office that they made for us programmers, so now not only am I going to have to start showing up on time and actually doing work, but I won't get to stare at the gymnast girls that come in! I don't know how long I'm gonna last at this job, now.

Monday, July 19, 2004

I have a paper due on Thursday. 5-7 pages. About a single painting. And I haven't even started. I'm a genius. Or retarded. Either way.

Saturday, July 17, 2004

So I got a new mom now. And 4 new sisters. Are you allowed to think that your sisters are hot? You know what the sweetest part about weddings is? The line. I know, its really gay, and its stupid that people do it, but its cool when you're just a guy in the line and not the person that people come to see, because you can tell all kinds of crazy stories about who you are and what you do. I was kind of limited this time because people knew that I was the groom's son (Ben's wedding had crazier stories), but I did change names and ages and professions a few times.

Friday, July 16, 2004

So, my dad gets married tomorrow. Whenever I tell people that he's
getting married, they get all nervous because they don't know if I'm
going to be happy about it or upset, but I'm happy. I went to a dinner
tonight with all of the various family involved, and I saw my uncles
that I haven't seen since I was like 8. Its weird meeting family that
you talk about all of the time but that you don't actually talk to.
I didn't know if I was supposed to hug them or give handshakes or just
throw a guy nod or two around. I opted for the handshake.

Thursday, July 08, 2004

Have you had a hard time choosing which one of the Olsen twins you like better? Well, there's no need to loose sleep on it anymore: Now there's this quick and easy quiz you can take to figure it out: www.MaryKateorAshley.com. I matched up with Ashley, in case you wanted to know.

I didn't take a shower today.

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