So I decided that I'm going to not write such a serious blog tonight. I'm bored and was reading "Texts From Last Night" and decided I'd write some of my thoughts and reactions to some of these absurd things that people send to others. We'll see how it goes.
(845): Grab the Coor's Light. It's time to get NASCAR drunk. - This just makes me laugh because it makes me think of my parents. Not that they are super huge drunkards by any means, but the whole NASCAR thing. When I was in high school my dad really started liking NASCAR and then he got my mom hooked on it. Now they are crazy about it. Who knew they'd like something like that. I still don't get it...just something about cars going in a circle just doesn't do it for me.
(+44): I just had an epiphany. There is NOTHING TO STOP ME from making cake mix and eating it all instead of makign cake. It feels like my entire life has peaked at this moment. - Definitely understand where this person is coming from. There have been times where I honestly just make cookie dough to eat the dough and never plan on getting to the actual cookie baking stage. I mean really though everyone knows the dough/mix is always the best part. Otherwise we wouldn't lick the bowl when we are done.
(912): Just woke up in the beanbag bin at walmart. - So I've decided that this may be one of the coolest things ever. I already told this one to Areef and he agrees as well. The bin always does look super comfortable. And for some weird reason, I do think it would be cool to just fall asleep in there sometime and then pop out and scare people later. Just saying.
(732): The best part about being a teacher is that there are always 20 little kids around to blame my farts on. - So I'm disappointed in this teacher. I believe they should claim their own farts. Besides the kids would have some respect for a teacher like that...and who knows they may actually like a teacher that relaxes and has fun like that.
(704): I can make a handprint turkey for extra credit in history. I feel like the word college should be in quotations on the school letterhead. - Uh yeah. Well first I agree with this. Second this is actually a bit like my Geography class. We get extra credit for just coming to class and doing these minute papers that he assigns. There's an option to get like 120 extra points. You also get extra credit if you do a service project and write about how it benefits the environment. And in his world the environment is pretty much everything. Another 120 points there. Those two combined is like a whole letter grade...wtf!?
(662): Definitely just saw the guy I went on a date with on Friday night dressed in medieval knight gear on the quad preparing for battle. Oh my God. - HAHAHAHAHAHA. Ok this just reminds me of the live action role playing thing from Role Models. The thought of seeing someone like this just cracks me up. We do have a group that I've seen like this at IUPUI though. They had maces and everything. Weird.
Monday, September 7, 2009
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Rearrangments
Well, hm...it's been a week since my last update. It's now September and that means fall is right around the corner. Fall is by far my favorite season. Love the weather that's around during this time of the year and when the trees start changing it's prolly the best thing ever.
Phi Psi has started back up! I definitely missed seeing a lot of the brothers over the summer so it's great to have everyone back together again. We had a great recruitment workshop put on by Spencer. It was a really good one that made the group refocus on our values and how our members values align with those. Then it was off to the actual meeting which wasn't too bad either. I told the brothers about the trip to NIU I'll be making this upcoming weekend. Have had a couple guys tell me that they want to come so that's good news. It should be a pretty exciting weekend though. Will be heading to NIU for their ribbon cutting ceremony for their new house. After that I'll be going to my first ever college football game.
Classes are going pretty well so far. Spanish class is awesome. I'm surprised how much I'm actually remembering from almost three years ago, so that's really nice. I started doing some of our online homework this weekend and it's going pretty well. My two chemistry classes aren't too bad either. Forensic chemistry lecture is kind of boring right now just because of the fact that it's mostly review right now. Lab however seems like it should be pretty cool. I like how we don't have much of a standard for what we have to write in our lab books, which is awesome. In lab the other day we did a "crime scene investigation" as well as "collecting evidence" and comparing similar items. Instrumental lab on the otherhand seems like it's going to be just a big pain in the ass. The electronic lab that we had to do took forever. (Two three hour lab periods) The lecture isn't much better. Not exactly sure what I'm learning in there. This upcoming week though, I'll be starting my Leadership class, which I think is going to be a lot of fun. Tina is my teacher so that shouldn't be bad at all.
Senate started on Friday. I think it went OK for the first meeting. We had about seven senators that didn't show up which is still kind of sad. But an exciting thing was that we had students come who weren't senators at all! Tina said she thinks that is one of the first times she's really seen that happen. Means we did a good job this year at trying to advertise to the general student body through our resource fairs and the involvement expo.
This weekend has been pretty relaxing so far. Went to an Indian's game last night. Props to SAPB! They've been doing some awesome programs for WOW and they are going really well. All 300 tickets sold out for the Indian's game and Jillian's got a lot of students to come out as well. And as for the title of this blog...I really just made it this because I rearranged my room today. It was all I could think of for a catch title. :) I think tonight I'm going to go on a bike ride downtown and take some pictures of Indy at night. So perhaps I'll have some of those to put up on my other blog sometime soon.
Well, I think that's all for now!
Quote of the Day
"I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more of it I have." --Thomas Jefferson
Phi Psi has started back up! I definitely missed seeing a lot of the brothers over the summer so it's great to have everyone back together again. We had a great recruitment workshop put on by Spencer. It was a really good one that made the group refocus on our values and how our members values align with those. Then it was off to the actual meeting which wasn't too bad either. I told the brothers about the trip to NIU I'll be making this upcoming weekend. Have had a couple guys tell me that they want to come so that's good news. It should be a pretty exciting weekend though. Will be heading to NIU for their ribbon cutting ceremony for their new house. After that I'll be going to my first ever college football game.
Classes are going pretty well so far. Spanish class is awesome. I'm surprised how much I'm actually remembering from almost three years ago, so that's really nice. I started doing some of our online homework this weekend and it's going pretty well. My two chemistry classes aren't too bad either. Forensic chemistry lecture is kind of boring right now just because of the fact that it's mostly review right now. Lab however seems like it should be pretty cool. I like how we don't have much of a standard for what we have to write in our lab books, which is awesome. In lab the other day we did a "crime scene investigation" as well as "collecting evidence" and comparing similar items. Instrumental lab on the otherhand seems like it's going to be just a big pain in the ass. The electronic lab that we had to do took forever. (Two three hour lab periods) The lecture isn't much better. Not exactly sure what I'm learning in there. This upcoming week though, I'll be starting my Leadership class, which I think is going to be a lot of fun. Tina is my teacher so that shouldn't be bad at all.
Senate started on Friday. I think it went OK for the first meeting. We had about seven senators that didn't show up which is still kind of sad. But an exciting thing was that we had students come who weren't senators at all! Tina said she thinks that is one of the first times she's really seen that happen. Means we did a good job this year at trying to advertise to the general student body through our resource fairs and the involvement expo.
This weekend has been pretty relaxing so far. Went to an Indian's game last night. Props to SAPB! They've been doing some awesome programs for WOW and they are going really well. All 300 tickets sold out for the Indian's game and Jillian's got a lot of students to come out as well. And as for the title of this blog...I really just made it this because I rearranged my room today. It was all I could think of for a catch title. :) I think tonight I'm going to go on a bike ride downtown and take some pictures of Indy at night. So perhaps I'll have some of those to put up on my other blog sometime soon.
Well, I think that's all for now!
Quote of the Day
"I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more of it I have." --Thomas Jefferson
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Another Go
So this past Wednesday we started up school again. It definitely came up pretty fast this year. With taking two summer courses and then going right into RA training which ended the 21st but then two days of move-in and then bam school. Overall though, I think classes will be pretty good this semster.
Forensic Chemistry seems like it will be a lot of fun. It's a really small class which is nice. Although apparently 10 is a rather large class from what my advisor told me when I talked to her the other day. One nice thing about the class is the fact that our notebooks are way different than for organic and such which is awesome! And Ammerman is teaching it and she's awesome so should be good times in that class. It is weird though, because I think I'm the only junior in the class, even though she keeps referring to us all as seniors. Oh well.
Instrumental will be interesting. I don't know exactly what to think of it yet, but I suppose after this upcoming week, I'll have a little bit more of an understanding of how it will work.
Spanish should be a blast. I love my teacher and she says my name really cool.
Geography...well yeah it's geography...
Anyways, so my residents have moved in and that's awesome. Getting to know some of them and just seeing them around the building is pretty cool. We had our WOW (Week of Welcome) Events on Wed, Thurs, and Fri. They went really well! I hadn't expected it to go so well. I think at our cookout we had almost 100 people and then at the movie on Friday we had like 30 people. Which for the first weekend and it being a Friday was really good!
Things are going pretty well right now though.
Quote of the Day
"Thought is only a flash between two long nights, but this flash is everything." --Henri Poincare
Forensic Chemistry seems like it will be a lot of fun. It's a really small class which is nice. Although apparently 10 is a rather large class from what my advisor told me when I talked to her the other day. One nice thing about the class is the fact that our notebooks are way different than for organic and such which is awesome! And Ammerman is teaching it and she's awesome so should be good times in that class. It is weird though, because I think I'm the only junior in the class, even though she keeps referring to us all as seniors. Oh well.
Instrumental will be interesting. I don't know exactly what to think of it yet, but I suppose after this upcoming week, I'll have a little bit more of an understanding of how it will work.
Spanish should be a blast. I love my teacher and she says my name really cool.
Geography...well yeah it's geography...
Anyways, so my residents have moved in and that's awesome. Getting to know some of them and just seeing them around the building is pretty cool. We had our WOW (Week of Welcome) Events on Wed, Thurs, and Fri. They went really well! I hadn't expected it to go so well. I think at our cookout we had almost 100 people and then at the movie on Friday we had like 30 people. Which for the first weekend and it being a Friday was really good!
Things are going pretty well right now though.
Quote of the Day
"Thought is only a flash between two long nights, but this flash is everything." --Henri Poincare
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
A Long Time Gone
It has definitely been a while since I've posted anything on here. Part of that is because I've just been lazy and haven't really gotten around to doing it. Also things have just been really busy with RA training and the beginning of the school year getting closer. Anyways...here's the updates.
RA training started on the seventh of August. The only bad part about that, was it was the same day that I finished my physics class. So I didn't really have a break between the end of summer classes and the beginning of training. So not really a time to fully enjoy summer.
Training has been a lot of fun though. We only have a few more days left before it's over and move in starts and then the school year begins. I love my staff! PARK PLACE! We all get along really well and I'm glad that I am over here now. When I first got hired I was pretty upset about being placed over here, but now I don't want to be anywhere else. Also my supervisor is awesome. He's very relaxed, but I know he'll challenge me to be the best RA I can be.
Anyways I know this is short, but beyond training not a lot has been going on. I'll update again soon!
Quote of the Day
"The sad truth is excellence makes people nervous." --Shana Alexander
RA training started on the seventh of August. The only bad part about that, was it was the same day that I finished my physics class. So I didn't really have a break between the end of summer classes and the beginning of training. So not really a time to fully enjoy summer.
Training has been a lot of fun though. We only have a few more days left before it's over and move in starts and then the school year begins. I love my staff! PARK PLACE! We all get along really well and I'm glad that I am over here now. When I first got hired I was pretty upset about being placed over here, but now I don't want to be anywhere else. Also my supervisor is awesome. He's very relaxed, but I know he'll challenge me to be the best RA I can be.
Anyways I know this is short, but beyond training not a lot has been going on. I'll update again soon!
Quote of the Day
"The sad truth is excellence makes people nervous." --Shana Alexander
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
New Apartment and Life
So it has been a while since I last updated, but I won't be going through each individual day since I've kind of forgotten what has happened on each day. So instead I'll just make themed sections as to what has been happening.
School
Well only a few more days left in physics and then I'm done with it forever! I can't wait. The class has been pretty tough, but somehow I'm doing pretty damn well in it. We got back our third test the other day and I got a 90% on it. I was completely and utterly stunned. Today was the last day in lab and I got all 200 points that were possible in there so that will definitely be a nice grade booster. Kirsten and I worked out where we currently are in the class the other day and I'm sitting on an A right now. So long as I don't mess up the last test this Friday too much, I'll be passing the class with an A or an A-!
Student Government
Had a meeting today with Diana, Sandy, and Tina about the Freshmen Leadership Retreat that I want to start getting planned for next summer. We had a great meeting and got lots of ideas flying around now. I've got some research to do though to start figuring out what we can reasonably accomplish. But I'm so excited if this goes through the way I envision it!
Archon Academy
So the weekend was pretty awesome. The other Archons came into town on Friday night for Archon Academy on Saturday. Friday was also my chapter's one year anniversary of receiving our charter. It's kind of hard to believe a year has already passed since we were installed at GAC here in Indy. It is really exciting though to see that we are growing older and that eventually I will leave and others will take my place. Anyways, Aubrey and Steve were at the hotel so I went and picked them up so they could check out the house and meet some of my brothers. We had to leave early though, because we (the Archons, Shawn, and Chad) went to dinner at the Rathskeller. It is a German restaurant downtown. It was so delicious. Then we just kind of chilled in the hotel all night. I was surprised when I found out that I had a room reserved for me at the Westin since I live in Indy, but it was nice to be with the other guys as well and not have to drive back and forth from the house to downtown for the training and such.
Saturday was an early morning. We went and got some pictures taken for the HQ stuff I believe, then it was off to Laurel Hall. A couple of the guys hadn't been there before, so it was time for a tour. After the tour we got right into training. A huge binder with lots of info and lots of speakers throughout the day. It was a lot of information to handle all at once, but I think once I've gotten a chance to sit down and look over it some more, I'll be good. That night we went to St. Elmos for dinner. I don't think I've ever had such good steak before. We all also got their shrimp cocktail. It was so good. (A little spicy, but good) Then the other Archons and I went out and just hung out around Indy.
Woke up Sunday morning and said goodbye to the other guys and then got back in my car and headed up to the house to get my stuff to move into my new apartment.
New Apartment
Move in day for me wasn't as smooth as I had hoped. Mom came down and I got all the stuff from the house into the apartment just fine, but then when it was time to go to the storage room to get the stuff from there, I realized I didn't have the storage room key anymore.
We searched all over for it and couldn't find it anywhere. It was probably the most frustrating thing that has happened in a long time. Felt bad, because I feel like mom came down for nothing and we got frustrated with each other a little I think. We went a picked up a few things though, and then she went home after we got all that stuff back into the apartment. I went back up to the hosue, becasue I was bored and when I went to get something out of my trunk...I found the damn key! The guys then helped me get the stuff out of my storage room which was a big help. Had dinner with them and then started unpacking everything.
It's taken a couple days to get it all done, but the apartment is definitely starting to look like an apartment now.
Quote of the Day
"An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to have taken it." --Laurence J. Peter
School
Well only a few more days left in physics and then I'm done with it forever! I can't wait. The class has been pretty tough, but somehow I'm doing pretty damn well in it. We got back our third test the other day and I got a 90% on it. I was completely and utterly stunned. Today was the last day in lab and I got all 200 points that were possible in there so that will definitely be a nice grade booster. Kirsten and I worked out where we currently are in the class the other day and I'm sitting on an A right now. So long as I don't mess up the last test this Friday too much, I'll be passing the class with an A or an A-!
Student Government
Had a meeting today with Diana, Sandy, and Tina about the Freshmen Leadership Retreat that I want to start getting planned for next summer. We had a great meeting and got lots of ideas flying around now. I've got some research to do though to start figuring out what we can reasonably accomplish. But I'm so excited if this goes through the way I envision it!
Archon Academy
So the weekend was pretty awesome. The other Archons came into town on Friday night for Archon Academy on Saturday. Friday was also my chapter's one year anniversary of receiving our charter. It's kind of hard to believe a year has already passed since we were installed at GAC here in Indy. It is really exciting though to see that we are growing older and that eventually I will leave and others will take my place. Anyways, Aubrey and Steve were at the hotel so I went and picked them up so they could check out the house and meet some of my brothers. We had to leave early though, because we (the Archons, Shawn, and Chad) went to dinner at the Rathskeller. It is a German restaurant downtown. It was so delicious. Then we just kind of chilled in the hotel all night. I was surprised when I found out that I had a room reserved for me at the Westin since I live in Indy, but it was nice to be with the other guys as well and not have to drive back and forth from the house to downtown for the training and such.
Saturday was an early morning. We went and got some pictures taken for the HQ stuff I believe, then it was off to Laurel Hall. A couple of the guys hadn't been there before, so it was time for a tour. After the tour we got right into training. A huge binder with lots of info and lots of speakers throughout the day. It was a lot of information to handle all at once, but I think once I've gotten a chance to sit down and look over it some more, I'll be good. That night we went to St. Elmos for dinner. I don't think I've ever had such good steak before. We all also got their shrimp cocktail. It was so good. (A little spicy, but good) Then the other Archons and I went out and just hung out around Indy.
Woke up Sunday morning and said goodbye to the other guys and then got back in my car and headed up to the house to get my stuff to move into my new apartment.
New Apartment
Move in day for me wasn't as smooth as I had hoped. Mom came down and I got all the stuff from the house into the apartment just fine, but then when it was time to go to the storage room to get the stuff from there, I realized I didn't have the storage room key anymore.
We searched all over for it and couldn't find it anywhere. It was probably the most frustrating thing that has happened in a long time. Felt bad, because I feel like mom came down for nothing and we got frustrated with each other a little I think. We went a picked up a few things though, and then she went home after we got all that stuff back into the apartment. I went back up to the hosue, becasue I was bored and when I went to get something out of my trunk...I found the damn key! The guys then helped me get the stuff out of my storage room which was a big help. Had dinner with them and then started unpacking everything.
It's taken a couple days to get it all done, but the apartment is definitely starting to look like an apartment now.
Quote of the Day
"An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to have taken it." --Laurence J. Peter
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Hump Day
Boy Wednesday's are definitely not my favorite. These days always just seem to take to long and go by too fast at the same time. It's kinda weird.
Anyways...I had my first ever phone interview today. Not for a job, but just for a story some lady is writing for the Phi Kappa Psi Foundation. Had a pretty good conversation with her. It was cool though, because I had just woken up and was still in my pajamas. Awesome!
Physics class today was pretty lame. But it was also really short. Left class and had a meeting for the Retro Metro Night that is being put on by the 40th Anniversary Committee. That was OK, but nothing super awesome. Then went back to the USG office and got some stuff done there. Then Brady and I went to his apartment to wait for our Exec. meeting for the night.
Came home and haven't really done much since. Like I said a pretty slow day.
Quote of the Day
"Furious activity is no substitute for understanding." --H. H. Williams
Anyways...I had my first ever phone interview today. Not for a job, but just for a story some lady is writing for the Phi Kappa Psi Foundation. Had a pretty good conversation with her. It was cool though, because I had just woken up and was still in my pajamas. Awesome!
Physics class today was pretty lame. But it was also really short. Left class and had a meeting for the Retro Metro Night that is being put on by the 40th Anniversary Committee. That was OK, but nothing super awesome. Then went back to the USG office and got some stuff done there. Then Brady and I went to his apartment to wait for our Exec. meeting for the night.
Came home and haven't really done much since. Like I said a pretty slow day.
Quote of the Day
"Furious activity is no substitute for understanding." --H. H. Williams
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
The Time Just Flies
Well it's been a while since my last update, and it sure doesn't really seem like it has been as long as it has. The time just seems to be going so quickly. It only seems like yesterday the summer had started and I thought it was going to be so long before school started back up. Now it's only a week before I move into my apartment, two before RA training begins and a month and school is back in full swing.
Anyways last week I volunteered at the Indianapolis Tennis Tournament. This is my third year doing it and as usual it was a blast. It's nice now as well, because I've become a regular person so a lot of the group knows me now. Makes it better than in previous years when I didn't really know anyone to well. I even recognized some of the umpires and line judges from the year before and got to joke around with some of them. Me and the Egyptian chair umpire even pounded it...which was awkward but cool at the same time. The other awesome part about being there is getting to be really close to the players. I got to talk to Robby Ginepri, and John Isner. Was even super close to Andy Roddick's old coach when I was monitoring one of the matches. Overall that was pretty much my week as I went to class and then spent my time from 6 - 11:30 there each night.
Saturday I woke up early and drove over to Laurel Hall to meet up with the consultants. We drove up to Chicago to do a retreat with IL Delta (University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign). It was a lot of fun. They brought a small group of their officers up and we went over some basics. Talked about a mission statement and then got them to set a few goals and just start thinking about what they need to do in order to be successful for the upcoming year. They had some interesting things that definitely caught my attention, but as long as they can get them to work, then I'll support them. They hadn't used committees for almost 30 years I think they said and are trying to get them working now so that'll take some hard work. They also have two vice presidents (external and internal) which was something new to me. I'm really excited to start working with some of the chapters though. Not necessarily doing any of their work for them, but making sure they are getting to the goals they are setting for themselves and helping them reach them in any way I can.
Sunday was pretty nice as well. I went to the finals of the Tennis Tournament with Ronnie, Kyle, and Alex. It was pretty awesome. I wanted to the AUS doubles team to win and thy didn't, but it was still a really awesome match to watch. Professonal doubles is so awesome and I don't think it gets the hype it should, because all the big name players mainly focus on their singles career. The singles match was pretty awesome. It was an All-American final. Sam Querry vs. Robby Ginepri. Querry kind of gave up on the first set, but gave Ginepri a run for his money on the second. Ginepri still won though 6-2, 6-4. I was pretty excited and he's still the only unseeded player that has won the championship.
Yesterday was pretty boring. I woke up went to class and then didn't do a ton after that. I cleaned up my side of the room and started packing a few things so I can be ready to move into my apartment this weekend. And then today so far all that has happened was I took my Physics test. Which I'm pretty sure I rocked! For some reason this semester has just seemed so much easier. Areef yells at me because Brady and I don't study as much as he says we need to, but it's all good. We are still doing pretty awesome. :)
Ok well that's it for now. Enjoy!
Quote of the Day
"The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children." --Clarence Darrow
Anyways last week I volunteered at the Indianapolis Tennis Tournament. This is my third year doing it and as usual it was a blast. It's nice now as well, because I've become a regular person so a lot of the group knows me now. Makes it better than in previous years when I didn't really know anyone to well. I even recognized some of the umpires and line judges from the year before and got to joke around with some of them. Me and the Egyptian chair umpire even pounded it...which was awkward but cool at the same time. The other awesome part about being there is getting to be really close to the players. I got to talk to Robby Ginepri, and John Isner. Was even super close to Andy Roddick's old coach when I was monitoring one of the matches. Overall that was pretty much my week as I went to class and then spent my time from 6 - 11:30 there each night.
Saturday I woke up early and drove over to Laurel Hall to meet up with the consultants. We drove up to Chicago to do a retreat with IL Delta (University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign). It was a lot of fun. They brought a small group of their officers up and we went over some basics. Talked about a mission statement and then got them to set a few goals and just start thinking about what they need to do in order to be successful for the upcoming year. They had some interesting things that definitely caught my attention, but as long as they can get them to work, then I'll support them. They hadn't used committees for almost 30 years I think they said and are trying to get them working now so that'll take some hard work. They also have two vice presidents (external and internal) which was something new to me. I'm really excited to start working with some of the chapters though. Not necessarily doing any of their work for them, but making sure they are getting to the goals they are setting for themselves and helping them reach them in any way I can.
Sunday was pretty nice as well. I went to the finals of the Tennis Tournament with Ronnie, Kyle, and Alex. It was pretty awesome. I wanted to the AUS doubles team to win and thy didn't, but it was still a really awesome match to watch. Professonal doubles is so awesome and I don't think it gets the hype it should, because all the big name players mainly focus on their singles career. The singles match was pretty awesome. It was an All-American final. Sam Querry vs. Robby Ginepri. Querry kind of gave up on the first set, but gave Ginepri a run for his money on the second. Ginepri still won though 6-2, 6-4. I was pretty excited and he's still the only unseeded player that has won the championship.
Yesterday was pretty boring. I woke up went to class and then didn't do a ton after that. I cleaned up my side of the room and started packing a few things so I can be ready to move into my apartment this weekend. And then today so far all that has happened was I took my Physics test. Which I'm pretty sure I rocked! For some reason this semester has just seemed so much easier. Areef yells at me because Brady and I don't study as much as he says we need to, but it's all good. We are still doing pretty awesome. :)
Ok well that's it for now. Enjoy!
Quote of the Day
"The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children." --Clarence Darrow
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