Stereotypes

I think I got really lucky with my first-year section - there were no truly awful classmates. No "gunners", none of the other stereotypes. There were a few people that I strongly disliked, but they knew when to keep their mouths shut and didn't make class unbearable. Even my second year, when we started mixing it up with other groups of students, I still didn't have any classes with people who made me fantasize about stabbing them to death with a highlighter. It's kind of suprising, since I'm a night student, and the night classes are the most likely to contain an Old Guy.

But tonight I finally met one. Luckily for him I had my good highlighters with me, and I didn't want to waste one by jabbing it into his neck. He kept making comments, and finally, 67 minutes into class, he achieved his goal of casually mentioning the fact that he is a "physician". I may have to move to the other side of the room so that I can cover my ears and hum whenever he talks.

The Semester Has Officially Begun

This morning I put a Netflix DVD in the mailbox for the mailman to pick up. I'm going to try putting it in the mailbox again tomorrow, but tomorrow I'm also going to put it in the envelope.

So... it's going to be a bad one, then?

Most accurate Fark headline of the week: "National Weather Service officially totally loses all bowel control."

MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS...PERHAPS LONGER. AT
LEAST ONE HALF OF WELL CONSTRUCTED HOMES WILL HAVE ROOF AND WALL
FAILURE. ALL GABLED ROOFS WILL FAIL...LEAVING THOSE HOMES SEVERELY
DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.

THE MAJORITY OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WILL BECOME NON FUNCTIONAL.
PARTIAL TO COMPLETE WALL AND ROOF FAILURE IS EXPECTED. ALL WOOD
FRAMED LOW RISING APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL BE DESTROYED. CONCRETE
BLOCK LOW RISE APARTMENTS WILL SUSTAIN MAJOR DAMAGE...INCLUDING SOME
WALL AND ROOF FAILURE.

HIGH RISE OFFICE AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL SWAY DANGEROUSLY...A
FEW TO THE POINT OF TOTAL COLLAPSE. ALL WINDOWS WILL BLOW OUT.

AIRBORNE DEBRIS WILL BE WIDESPREAD...AND MAY INCLUDE HEAVY ITEMS SUCH
AS HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND EVEN LIGHT VEHICLES. SPORT UTILITY
VEHICLES AND LIGHT TRUCKS WILL BE MOVED. THE BLOWN DEBRIS WILL CREATE
ADDITIONAL DESTRUCTION. PERSONS...PETS...AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE
WINDS WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH IF STRUCK.

POWER OUTAGES WILL LAST FOR WEEKS...AS MOST POWER POLES WILL BE DOWN
AND TRANSFORMERS DESTROYED. WATER SHORTAGES WILL MAKE HUMAN SUFFERING
INCREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF NATIVE TREES WILL BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ONLY
THE HEARTIEST WILL REMAIN STANDING...BUT BE TOTALLY DEFOLIATED. FEW
CROPS WILL REMAIN. LIVESTOCK LEFT EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL BE
KILLED.

At http://weather.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iwszone?Sites=:laz069

DVD Review - "Alias" season 1

I've never seen Alias on TV - all I knew about it was "Jennifer Garner, spy show". But I figured I'd give it a shot.

Episode #1:
Jennifer Garner's boyfriend proposes. My immediate thought: will he die before the commercial break, or die later in the episode? If you haven't seen it, I won't spoil the suprise.

Episode #2-5:
Really cool. I love it when Jennifer Garner beats people up, and when she wears disguises, and when she beats people up some more. And I like the outfits.