Valentines and Karaoke

On Monday International club had a pre-Valentines Day thing. We all got together and talked about funny Valentines Day/ breakup stories. They were amusing, I suppose. I did learn about Valentines Day in Japan. Apparently Japan celebrates two Valentines Day type events. The first is for the girls to give chocolate to the guys, and then a month after that they have the equivalent for the guys. Apparently, the guys have to give stuff to the girls who gave them stuff. It was very interesting. I don’t really like Valentines Day. I think it is pretty stupid, actually. Whatever.

Tonight was karaoke night at Commons. It is kind of amusing to see people who think they can sing get up there and sing… interesting….songs. I mean, it would be much more amusing to watch them sing fun songs such as “the bad touch”, “like a virgin”, or something else, but a lot of these people take themselves a little too seriously. There were, however, some highlights of the 30 or so minutes I was there. BSFFA (the Beloit Science Fiction and Fantasy Association) sang Queens “Bohemian Rhapsody”. Someone else sang an interesting song. At first, Krista thought it was emo due to the lyrics (it definitely was not emo), and I spent a lot of time trying to convince her it was actually someone singing about God. Even after the line about “not touching your ecclesiastical skin” she wasn’t convinced…hmmm

For the Duffy class, we have to do a lit review on something pertaining to the community and our work site (I work at an analytical lab at a food science company). We have also been paired with faculty who have expertise in our chosen lit review topic. Because I want to write something about how buildings can be built to promote unity and collaboration, I have been paired with Brock Spencer, a chemistry professor and someone heavily involved in the planing for the new science center. As soon as I walked into his office to discuss my topic wioth him, he started pulling out floor plans of the new building, and telling me all this "insider" information about what it is going to look like, what features it will have, and even which student offices will have the best view. it was really interesting.

The Connection Between Clinton and Human Sacrifice

Today at brunch, after my friends and I stumbled to Commons in the blistering cold, got our eggs and bagels, and sat down at a table, someone put a flier on our table. HUMAN SACRIFICE was the title, and below the big bold words was a description of a discussion at the interfaith house about what people are willing to sacrifice to accomplish their goals and for the people they love (I think....Iam pretty sure it isnt about my initial though, as in ancient religiouse people ripping out human hearts). As we were passing the flyer around, we noticed another advertisement on the back. “cool,” we though, “clubs are trying to save paper by advertising for two clubs instead of one.” We turned it over, and read an add sponsored by the “Clinton for President” people on campus. Now Hillary Clinton and human sacrifice are forever linked in my mind; not quite the effect anyone was going for, I think.

Another weekend has come and gone. It is amusing. I always save a whole bunch of work for the weekend, only to be really lazy and put it off until Sunday night. One would think that I would have learned by now, but for some reason I always have to tempt fate. Well fate, I win. I always get it done. No thanks to the conveniently placed laptop on my desk, nor the parties happening at TKE, the Alliance house, and the French house. But I did it…this week.