Snow and ice and finals, oh my

Well, tis time for my last post of the year. Classes are done, tonight is the last night of work, and finals start on Friday…*gulp*

A few mildly interesting things have happened to me in the last week since I posted. I went home over the weekend to study/ attend a Chanukah party. Before I could leave, however, I had to dig myself out of the two or so feet of snow surrounding my car….plus the hard packed snow that had plowed me in. I was doing this at an amazingly slow pace when these two burly guys baring shovels emerged from the dorm. They had seen me from a window and thought I needed help. In about ten minutes I was on the road. I love the people at this school!

I had a great weekend. It is nice to get away from Beloit sometime before finals because going home is just so comforting! Plus I got to do the usual at home; late night Perkins runs, conversations ‘till 2am, showing up randomly and surprising people, Ancora coffee…yeah. It was a very relaxing weekend.

After I got back to campus I had the Les Mis soundtrack stuck in my head. One of my friends very helpful removed the CDs from my vehicle, meaning that Les Mis Disk II was the only CD I had to listen to. Though I love such songs as “Empty Chairs at Empty Tables” and “A Little Fall of Rain,” hearing them all weekend was a bit much.

We had another snow fall recently followed by freezing rain. Everyone here has been slipping their way to class, and the ice is a trifle annoying, but it is so beautiful. While I was walking to the office tonight, the trees in a certain light looked as if they were made completely of glass. I have seen so many people taking pictures, but I am not sure a picture can do justice to the fairytale-like quality. I love winter.

Well, thanks all for reading my ramblings this semester, look forward to writing more for ya’all when school starts again in January. Have a great nondenominational winter break, and a good holiday season.

Pancakes at Paul's

Happy Chanukah! I haven’t done much for the holiday, being away from home and all. The Interfaith House along with Am Yisrael had candle lightning last night to celebrate, but unfortunately I couldn’t go due to a meeting I had for the BCVRP. The admissions office has a chanukkiyah next to their Christmas tree, and it has been nice to see it when I come into work.

I kicked off my week on Sunday night by crashing an FYI pancake eating party at Paul Stanley’s (physics prof) house. I was in his FYI last year (and his physics class this year), but the party was supposed to only be for this years FYI. I ran into Johanna, the TA for both my FYI and Paul’s FYI this year, on her way over there, and she invited me along. It was fun to meet more freshmen, and to eat pancakes at 9:30 on a Sunday night in a real house. There was conversation and Wii playing galore. I was big on the conversation, not so big on the Wii…I am not really a video game type person.

The rest of the week has been creeping by. With almost everything due on Friday and two finals to study for, I have been spending more time in the library and the Chamberlin than anywhere else. I did get out to go to a BelCon meeting on Monday. Though I have to go to all BelCon meetings because I am the representative from International club, this one was special. President Burris was there to discuss study abroad. Last year the study abroad program spent a lot of money on study abroad, and apparently the board of trustees told the college they needed to figure something out to deal with the influx in study abroad spending. I am not going to get into it here, because I really don’t understand the situation to its fullest. I am not planning on studying abroad, as much as I would like to, and admit I have not paid as much attention to this issue as I should be doing.

Anyway, it was great to see so many people attending the meeting, not just the BelCon members. There were even posters full on names of alumni, people currently studying abroad, and people who could not attend the meeting who supported the study abroad program. The turnout was great and most of the questions were good ones.

And now to get back to homework…oy vay

A much needed break from homework

We (we being the entire Beloit student body) got our schedules for next semester on Tuesday. It was amusing to go into the mailroom and hear people reactions, anything from a quiet sigh of relief to someone doing a great Hayden Christensen/Darth Vader “NOOOOOOOOOO!!!! (That was the silliest movie ever!) My schedule was good….too good. I applied for this special class called the “Duffy Partnership in the Community” class, and also applied for another class in case I didn’t get in. The other class is a 300 level English class that I would love to take, but didn’t think I would actually get into because it is taught by a very popular professor and I am not an English major. I got into both of them, and now need to drop the English class because I really don’t feel like taking 6 classes next semester (a regular course load is 4 classes, I am taking a 5^th class that is pass/fail and only meets once a week). I am very sad about this.

I would like to have something amusing to write, but I don’t. I spent most of yesterday in Chamberlin (the science building) studying for an organic chem. test. I actually really like studying in Chamberlin Most of the time you are with many of your classmates, and the students who have already taken whatever class you are studying for often pop their heads in every once in a while asking if you need help or have questions. It is a very productive atmosphere. It also allows you to experience the information you are trying to remember in many different ways. I would be doing a problem on one of the boards, finally understand it, then turn around and teach it to someone who didn’t. This doesn’t mean I aced the test. In fact, it was the hardest test yet, most of the class didn’t even have time to do all of the questions!

And now I must go and dig into the piles of homework awaiting me. Ahhh, end of the semester how I hate thee. But I can’t wait for winter break.

Satanic Pies

I had a wonderful break. I love Thanksgiving, there is just something about the whole process that is magical. Though cleaning and cooking is not really my thing, doing it with my mother and my friend Jie at 5:00 on a Wednesday evening and knowing I did not have class the next day was nice. As per usual, we got a little quirky in the kitchen and ended up with a Christmas-decorated cherry pie and a satanic apple pie. They turned out pretty well (and by that I mean pretty ugly but very good tasting).

While at home I saw “Across the Universe” with some of my friends. It was amazing! The basic plot was pretty mundane, but add the Beatles music and guest appearances by Eddie Izzard, Bono, and other celebrities, plus the amazingly trippy computer animation stuff…it was amazing.
And now we are back at school. There are only a few weeks till finals, but those weeks are going to last a lifetime. It was the same last year. You get lulled into a false sense of security between fall and thanksgiving break, don’t have too many major things to do, and then BAM! (To be said in one breath) You get back from thanksgiving and it all descend upon you in a black whirlwind of papers, power points, tests, quizzes, tears, caffeine, midnight pizza runs, and lots of work .

Time for me go and finish a lab write up, then study for an organic chemistry test, then do physics homework, then…

The Thanksgiving of the Sledgehammer

Last weekend was Sophomore Retreat. I took some very nice pictures; unfortunately they have not made it off of my camera. They took us to this resort about half an hour away from Beloit, and we spent Friday afternoon and Saturday morning hanging out with other sophomores, talking about Beloit, and discussing our future plans. It was nice to get away.

I am really excited for Thanksgiving! I think it is sad how the technical holiday is practically celebrating the eventual demise of the Native Americans, but my family is very much into the “thanks” part of the holiday and not so hot on the history. Whatever the case, I love sitting around a huge table with family and friends, eating a big long meal and talking. My family has some pretty amazing holiday stories, which get repeated every year, here is my favorite…

Three years ago we started the thanksgiving preparations as usual. My stepfather (Larry) went off to pick up our free range organic turkey from the Regent Street Market while my mother stayed at home to start on the mashed potatoes and pies. When Larry returned my mother took the turkey out of the box only to discover it was missing some key parts, including one of the wings. Everyone knows you can’t cook a turkey with one wing (actually, I didn’t. apparently you need both wings to prop it up or something), so it was back to Regent Street to try and get a new turkey. After some heated words with the 17 year old guy behind the counter, we got a new and improved turkey.

Upon returning home we left the turkey to chill in the garage, as it wouldn’t fit in our fridge, and continued the usual preparations. Soon, we heard a scratching and shuffling noise coming from the garage. When we opened the door, we saw a huge raccoon tying to steal our turkey! We fended off the raccoon (with the help of my courageous cat), and took the turkey in to prepare it.
After doing whatever one does to prepare a turkey, we tried to stick it in the oven. Apparently the beautiful new roasting pan Larry had purchased earlier that day did not fit in to the oven! At this point it was a little late to just go out and buy a new roasting pan, so Larry took it into the garage. We heard a few bangs, and Larry came back into the house with a smaller (and slightly dented) roasting pan, then went to put away the sledge hammer.

The next day everything looked great…except one of the pies. The pie was actually beautiful, but that was the problem. See, my mother makes wonderful TASTING pies, but they usually look kind of ugly. When a pie looks pretty, we get kind of worried. Luckily, there was more then one pie and the other ones looked really ugly.

Well, that is the best thanksgiving story I got….happy Thanksgiving to everyone who celebrates it, have a good week to all those who don’t!

a very busy Saturday

Note: ID cards still work after being put threw the dishwasher. Just thought you should know.

I had quite a busy weekend. On Friday I went to see Rob Paravonian, along with about half of Beloit. He is this amazing comedian (and that is saying something….I usually don’t like American comedians). He is most well known for his "Pachelbel Rant" which can be seen here and has been on Comedy Central etc...

After seeing Rob, my friends and I went to the midnight movie. Every year, student activities rents the Beloit movie theater one night and offers buses to see a midnight movie. This year we could choose from The Bee Movie, or Dan in Real Life. Very few people chose to see The Bee Movie, which might have something to do with the fact that the writers couldn’t come up with a better title then “The Bee Movie”….not a promising sign. Like most of the people there, my friends and I saw “Dan in Real Life”. It was an ok movie. I am a pretty big Steve Carell fan, and it was actually a bit serious, which was nice, but the corny lovey-dovey plot was just way to corny and lovey-dovey for me.

On Saturday I drove to Paoli, WI to pick up clay for ceramics club. Paoli is technically about 60 miles from Beloit, but the ceramics club president and I got really lost both on the way there and on the way back, so it actually took about 5 hours! And then when we got back there was the matter of moving 500 ponds of clay out of my car, down a very steep flight of stairs, and through the space the ceramics club leased.

When I got back to campus I had a soccer practice. as mentioned in a previouse blog, I joined an intramural soccer team because one of my really good friends kept bugging me too. I haven’t played soccer since 6th grade. Oy vey. Needless to say, it was an interesting practice. Half the people were wearing jeans, and we were all really out of shape! Did you know that Beloit Intramural sports have a rule that says you need one girl on the field at all times, but has no similar rule about guys? That is interesting, and I think it should be changed.

On the way out of the gym we saw the karate club flipping people off of their backs. I walked by and watched, and then jokingly asked if they could teach me how to do that. They invited me to join them! I didn’t learn how to flip people over, but I did learn how to sweep a guy off of his feet (literally…still working on the “sweep the guy off of his feet” thing”).

My mom just called, she has made some amazing plans for us for winter break. I cant waite!

my facebook addiction and International Symposium day

I am currently taking a break from writing applications. Yes, I said writing applications, as in applying to programs, as in something I thought (or at least hoped) I would not have to do ever again. That is right, your college application is NOT the last application you write. In fact, it is the first of many. You need to write applications when applying to summer programs, when applying for study abroad, when applying to grad school/ med school, etc. I don’t like it! But such is life.


I have recently become addicted to the “SmarterMind” application on facebook, an application where you can challenge people (including people you don’t know) to games of Mastermind (you know, the one where you have to guess the order of colored dots). I have devoted countless hours to playing this game when I should be doing other things like homework and applications. Oh well.


I am joining an intramural soccer team. HAHAHAHAHAHA. My lovely friend and bio partner hunted me down the other day (and by hunted, I mean turned to me in Organic chemistry) and asked me to join her intramural team, as the roster is due Thursday and she didn’t have enough people. I laughed and said “maybe”, but she is very persistent and today I signed my soul over to her intramural soccer team. We need a team name, any ideas out there?

Today was International Symposium Day. It was great because we got classes off to go here people talk about their study abroad experiences. I sat in on two talks. The first was about women in the Sri Lankan tea industry, and the other was about Bali India and tourism. I learned a lot, and it was interesting to hear about peoples international experiences and projects.

Well….time to get off this blog, off of facebook, and buckle down…in a few minutes. I gotta finish my SmarterMind game first.

Class scheduling for next semester and other rantngs of a bored mind

This week is advising week. That basically means we have to meet with our advisors to select classes for next semester. It has been an interesting week, trying to coordinate class schedules with what I want and need to take. and just because you sign up for a class doesn’t mean you will get in…there is a whole process which ends with the professors choosing who is in their classes. Right now it looks like I will be requesting to get into Organic Chemistry II, Chem EQ, Professionals Tools for Scientific careers (this is a pass fail class which meets once a week and is only ¼ of a credit), a religious studies class, and something else. I am applying for the Duffy Partnership in the Community class, which is a sociology class that you actually need teacher recommendations for and you have a steady volunteer job in the community and do some sort of research project. If I don’t get into that class, however, there are about 4 other classes I am interested in taking (non of which are science)….I guess we shall see what happens.

I have had a ton of stuff to do this week….and I have been a bit sick. On top of my regular school work I have been rushing around trying to get recommendations for the Duffy class and a summer program I want to do at a hospital in Madison, writing the essays for both applications, trying to get some sleep, and learning a torah portion for a family friends Bat Mitzvah on Saturday. It is so weird to be memorizing/ learning something in a language you don’t really know too well. When I was in middle school and high school, I was in this program that preformed full length Shakespeare plays. I memorized the part of Iago in about a week! In Hebrew…I have spent more then a week and I only know 4 out of 5 sentences….yikes.

To any students who logged on to chat with us last night, we had fun. To any students who have unanswered questions about Beloit, we students are in the chat rooms Sundays-Thursdays from 6:30-9:30 (our time). Have a good rest of the week.

Halloween and Dots

Since is on Wednesday (a school day), the major Halloween stuff went on last weekend. It was fun to see people in costume Saturday. I think my favorite costume was the pink fuzzy gorilla that ran into me in a stairwell (and I didn’t have my camera with me….oh well), but there were so many funny and creative costumes including a group of box people, a bunch of wood fairies, and a Dumbledore and pairing. I went to one of the many Halloween parties at one of the fraternities, but missed out on a lot of the day time activities (like face painting and pumpkin carving) because I had an organic chemistry test to study for.

But the festivities aren’t over yet. Tomorrow night is the ghost tour, which I went on last year. Basically a group of people take you around to the various “haunted” places on campus. It is very amusing, plus they have food and drink stuffs (last year they had hot apple cider, my favorite fall drink!) There will also be events on Wednesday, and some of my professors encouraged us to dress up…I hope THEY dress up! Yes, I am definitely carrying my camera around this Wednesday.

Today was very busy for me. It was the first day we had tables at DK’s and Commons to register voters, and we registered 40 some odd voters! I also had to attend classes, finish study abroad recommendations for two of my friends, do a bunch of homework, and attend BelCon (the student congress) where I am the representative for International club. Not only were their two fire alarums during the meeting, but Alex, who incidentally also keeps a blog, hit me right between the eyes by some Dots (the gummy candy…but don’t be fooled by their gummy looking appearance, they are HARD)

the return of fall break and emergency drill superheroes

So as promised, I am going to start today’s blog with some more fall break things…

We took my friend Jie to house on the rock, and it was weird. There are all these amazing sculptures and things, paired with really odd exhibits. This picture is of a mechanical music box thing that actually plays the song “Octopuses Garden” and is huge.

On our way back from the House on the Rock, my mother pulled over at this pumpkin patch and we ended up buying this huge pumpkin!


Now, moving on to more recent events….
Yesterday we had an emergency drill which involved a bunch of state agencies including the bomb squad, homeland security, the police, the hospital, and a bunch of other people. I heard that the Governor was there, but did not see gov’ner Doyle myself.

There was a roped off area so that students could observe the goingons. This club on campus called Theater of Confusion dressed up like superheroes for the day and carried signs, my favorite one was “imaginary crimes call for imaginary heroes!” and also the one that said “Heroes hate doors too! (The SWAT team got to blow up a door).

The drill involved evacuating everyone from Bushnell (a dorm) at 8:00 in the morning. Many people were mad that they didn’t get to sleep in, but I didn’t care. I had to be in class at 8 anyway, though Paul let us out an hour early to see the drill. There were a bunch of fires lit, and some Beloit students had been enlisted to play “the victims”. All in all, it was an interesting experience.

Break

Hello everyone! I am back from break feeling relaxed, refreshed, and ready to go….sort of. My friend Jie, also a sophomore here, came home with me (a week is not quite enough time to go back to China), and my mom had lots of fun taking her to House on the Rock (a weird Wisconsin tourist trap consisting of an assortment of odd collections and a house built into a the face of what we Wisconsinites define as a cliff). We also went to this family owned Chinese restaurant and Jie had tons of fun ordering and talking to the owners in Chinese, they even joined us for part of the meal.


We rented a lot of movies and vegged out on the couch for most of the week. My favorite movie we rented was called “Keeping Mum” and stared Rowan Atkinson and Maggie Smith. It was hilarious, and if you like British comedies you should definitely see this one. I don’t want to give away the not so subtle twist, but the basic plot consist of a homicidal crazy woman who just wants to do what is best for the people she loves. It is absolutely insanely good!

I have not had time to take my photos off of my camera (I took 322), so I can not yet accurately depict the huge pumpkin my mother bought at a farm off of the highway, the dorm sized jack-O-Lantern Jie carved at a party my Madison friends threw, or the oddities displayed at House on the Rock. These stories will all have to wait for my next post.

cats and dogs

I wasn’t intending to write another post before break, but I changed my mind. Today, as my friends and I were walking to commons for lunch, we saw a bunch of dogs by the wall (a general hang-out place on the residential side of campus). Everyone knows that petting a cat or a dog can be really therapeutic and calming, so the college had asked campus staff with pets to bring them as a sort of mid-midterm pick me up. It was great! At first, I was petting a bunch of dogs but really missing my cats (I am more of a cat person), but the Starburst the cat showed up. Mmmmmmm, bliss. It was great to see so many happy people. I even saw my lovely coworker Emily, petting an enchanting chap named Murphy.

Gallstones, The Voter Registration Program, and the mannequin inhabiting the Java Joint

First off I would like to apologize for the general boringness of my blog recently. It has been a busy and chaotic week, as you can see from all of the notes I had to write on my hand (and that wasn’t even HALF of it)

Yesterday in my organic chem lab we ground up gal stones, collected by my professor from the local hospital, in order to obtain data about their cholesterol content. This picture features one of my friends modeling the “we are doing things with biological materials that we don’t want to incorporate into our systems” look that is so very popular in Chamberlain (the science building).

As you may be able to tell by my bio, I am very active in the political scene on and off campus. This year someone started the “Voter Registration Project.” Basically, this project works in conjunction with the city clerk to get as many voters as possible registered at the college for the presidential election BEFORE the election (though Wisconsin does have same-day registration). About 22 of us got deputized yesterday to officially be able to register voters in the Beloit area. I then got elected to the executive bored of the group. We are going to be planning several voter registration drives in-between now and the 2008 election.

The Java Joint is one of the best things about academic side of campus (says the caffeinated coffeeholic). There are a ton of tables and couches down there, as well as a pinball machine; it is a great space to hang out in. Since my time on campus, they have really improved the products served there. We have many organic teas that taste great, and fair trade coffee that is way better then regular cafeteria coffee (though I have an adequate stock of coffee and Italian espresso in my room). This semester the visiting artist (every semester we have a new one, they teach seminar classes and give lectures and things), put a sewing mannequin at the entrance to the Java Joint along with a bunch of art supplies and asked students to contribute to the community project. Since then, I have fondly watched as more and more has been added to the mannequin.

Well, I am off for a week starting Friday. Have a good week, don’t forget to breath.

Fall break plans and The Round Table

Only one more week until break…I am so excited. As much as I love Beloit, I really am in need of a trip back home (the full hour drive, how will I ever survive?) And I need to see my Madison friends. And take a walk down State Street. And I need a day where I can sleep in and not feel like I should be doing work of some sort. And a home cooked meal. And a meal at my favorite Indian restaurant where the waiters know me. And a trip to the bank. As you can see, I REALLY need a break.

Things here are….busy, to say the least. I have a ton of work due on Wednesday, but once I am done with that I am practically done for a week! Three of my four classes got canceled on Friday, which means I can leave a bit early then originally anticipated.

I am a published author! Granted it is only in the school newspaper, The Round Table. I wrote an article last semester for my journalism class on mediation, and this semester my professor suggested I submit it to The Round Table. I did, and today when I opened the paper, there it was. I have not read it yet. I feel so weird about it. I spent all this time on crafting my article, researching for it and conducting interviews, and of course writing it. Now it is laid bare for all who choose to read it. It is an interesting feeling.

A new major and Scientology

I am officially declared….again! I changed my major today. It was only from cellular and molecular biology to biochemistry, so I didn’t have far to go (which reminds me, I need to change my bio information now). If someone had told me two years ago that I would even be thinking of majoring in a science I would have laughed heartily in their faces. How things change. That is one of the good things about going to a liberal arts school though; since you are required to take many different types of classes it is easy to stumble onto something you really enjoy.

Last week I saw one of my professors from last year in the mail room. He gave me his office hours and told me to stop by sometime. I went on Monday and we talked for almost an hour! Since I do not have a class with him this semester, our conversation was mainly just about life. After leaving I felt so relaxed. I love talking to my professors like they are real people, and they have such great insights.

Today in my intro psych class we played this game where you have a stack of 20 cards with famous peoples names on them and you compete against another team in three rounds. In the first round, you try to get your partner to guess the person and you can say whatever you want except the person’s actual name, in the second round you can only use one word and hand gestures, and in the third round you can only use hand gestures. It was really amusing to see people trying to act out people like Jeb Bush, Rosa Parks, and Ian Mckellen. One of our people was Tom cruise, and in the first round I described him as a big Scientologist. That quickly became the identifying word for the next round, but when we got to the acting round the results were…interesting. How do you mime Scientology?

Of bowl burials and edible ears

I had a very entertaining weekend. It was parents' weekend, and my mother cam to visit bringing with her many much needed items such as Burt's Beeswax Chap Stick and duct tape. It was kind of funny that she came, seeing as I am only an hour away. I tried so hard to go to an east coast school, I wanted out of the Midwest and out of Wisconsin. It isn't actually too bad living close to home though. Whenever I get a little too stressed, I can always take the Van Galder home for the weekend and study in my own room. It can be very relaxing.

After my mother left, my friends and I had a funeral for one of my friend's (Ama's) favorite bowls. Heather (another one of my friends) had borrowed the bowl and dropped it while carrying it to be cleaned.

During the funeral there was a bit of drama. Ama publicly accused Heather of killing the bowl, and things got a bit physical.

After the procession, Ama didn't know which recycle to put it in (we have two, one for paper, and one for everything else). She eventually poured the remnants into the garbage can.

After the funeral, we drove down to Cub’s to buy Starburst to make an ear for Ama's sculpture class (we really didn't need to drive, but it was dark and we were really lazy). When we got back to campus I made Ama parallel park for herself (I usually do it for her). The results were….interesting. While we were walking back to the dorm we walked past a frat house whose members were listening to 90's love songs on the porch and singing along! We finally got back to the dorms and the ear was made. It looked really creepy.

Today wasn't very exciting, I did homework for practically the entire day in one of the study group rooms with a bunch of people from my organic chem and/or physics class. I am done with my homework now *phew* and am going to go relaxin my room by watching Eddie Izzard, drinking a blackberry Izze, and listening to the rain in the background.

Last night I went to a moon cake party. If you don't know what that is, don't worry…I didn't know what it was either. My friend is in Chinese club, and she invited me. Basically, a moon cake is a Chinese cake type thing eaten during a festival celebrating autumn that I can not pronounce nor spell (though I tried very hard to say it in its proper Chinese, to the amusement of the member of the Chinese club). A moon cake is very dense and filled with really….interesting…things. Some were quite normal, like coconut and pistachio filling, while other were filled with jellified shark fin, shrimp, tuna (I think), and even bacon! I was a little hesitant to try some of the odder (and as I was told, fancier) flavors, but I did. I like trying new things, even if they are a bit odd. I think that to live in this world peaceably every one needs to be a bit more aware of other cultures, and a bit more willing to except and participate in others traditions. Plus…they are fun!



Today, as I was walking to the library, I saw a very Beloitesque scene. The human biology class had drawn things on the sidewalk outside of Pearson's (like DNA and mitochondria), and were playing red rover. As I walked past them I thought was "this is why I go here."

No stick-koala bears were hurt in the making of this lecture

My physics professor likes to draw problems for us. Unfortunately (for him…the class is quite amused), he is a horrendous drawer (sorry Paul), and can only draw interesting stick figures. Today, in order to illustrate a projectile motion problem, he drew a hunter aiming at a koala bear. I wish I had had my camera with me!


So I guess I should let you all know what classes I am taking, as I may reference them in the future (classes? What? People actually go to classes in college?). Since I am a crazy biology major, I have a crazy course load. I am currently taking organic chemistry, physics, nerve signaling, and intro psychology. Unfortunately, I couldn’t fit a writing class into my schedule. That is alright, I suppose, because the nerve signaling class is actually pretty heavy in the writing department. We are even reading a book by the Dalai Lama!.

This may make me sound utterly insane, but my favorite class is organic chemistry. It just makes sense to me. Unlike physics….but physics has stick-koala bears, so it is all good.

Have a great rest of the week.

Beginnings and Signage

Welcome to my blog. Wow, what a creative start. I generally find beginnings to be the most uncomfortable part of things. That being said, I hope you enjoy reading my posts in the coming months. I hope they are interesting, funny, sarcastic, and an accurate representation of my life here on campus. It is important to remember when making your college decision that each student’s experiences at a school are unique, and your “college experience” is what you choose to make of it.

I spent some of my summer in Toronto Canada, and found some amusing signage:

This sign (and the next one) was in a candy shop. the guy standing in front of me bought $850 in candy!!!!!

Seeing as this was a week before school started, this one kind of hit home. Not that I find school grim, I just love summer break.

Thank you for the sign telling us of the protruding sign.

Have a good week!