January 26th, 2008
Since I last left you, I’ve been rather busy. I thought that this week could be the busiest of the second semester. However, next week is already starting to fill up. I started out last weekend by going to the home basketball game on Saturday with my friends Jimmy, Buddy, Brian, and Buddy’s family which had come to visit. At the game I saw our newest mascot costume. I think it looks hideous. It vaguely resembles a Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robot. It can’t move it’s arms well and can only bounce up and down. Plus, it looks like it’s about ready to topple over. That’s just my opinion though. After the game, Buddy’s family was very gracious and brought everyone out to dinner. It was a nice place and great to get off campus for a while. Thank you Buddy’s family! The rest of the night was spent playing video games and watching lame shows on TV.
Our new mascot. Sorry for the bad quality.
The basketball game which we lost.
Eating at Topeka’s with Buddy’s family and my friends 
The waitress thought it was Buddy’s birthday, so he got plenty of cake.
Sunday brought church and then football. The Packers could not pull out another miracle win this year. It made me sad. I watched the game and made my chili cheese dip and ate my cheese curds. My friend tried cheese curds for the first time and thoroughly enjoyed them. I also fit homework in late Sunday night.
What goes better together than football, cheese curds, and calculus?
On Tuesday, I attended a really cool performance at the Modlin Center. It was presented by LA Theater Works and they read the script of “The Battle for the Pentagon Papers”. I didn’t know whether I would like it since it wasn’t exactly a play, but rather them standing at microphones and talking with a sound effects table behind them, just as it would be on radio. I was thoroughly impressed. It was humorous, entertaining, and very well-done. The talent was also very high. John Heard, the dad on Home Alone, was one of the cast members along with several others who frequently appear on TV. I will admit that one of the main reasons that I went was to say that I’d seen John Heard though. I liked it so much that I stayed after for a Q&A Session. The main thing I’ve learned from these events is that if it costs money, it’s going to be good. I was bored one day, so I calculated the costs of all of the Modlin events that I’ve gone to and will go to this semester. The tickets would cost the average adult $409, but I only paid $32 since I’m a student here.
The cast of “The Battle for the Pentagon Papers”
Wednesday was ridiculously busy. I had classes from 8:15 until 2:25 and then a presentation on the LURE research which I plan to do this summer. The main research shown in the presentation was on the human mind’s ability to solve logic games. It will investigate humans and computers and sounds very interesting. Did you know that some schools weight the score of the 25 minute logic section on the LSAT as much as the students GPA over the four years in college? Yeah! Wow! So this research would be pretty important. A cabinet meeting clarifying our plans for the Super Bowl Party that we are hosting followed the LURE presentation. I then made a quick appearance at the women’s basketball game and headed to a Leadership Forum called “Taking the Nation’s Pulse”. I really enjoyed it. Our Jepson School of Leadership Studies hosts about one forum a month and brings in prominent professors and experts from around the country. This week’s forum had professors who specialized in demographics, Hispanics, and religion speak on and answer questions regarding the upcoming Presidential election and the constituency. One of the teachers even visited my Leadership class the next day. It was rather interesting. Finally, I went back to my room and relaxed… and then did homework.
We’ve consistently had cool temperatures and we did get snow.
Speaking of homework, it’s continued to be very manageable. I don’t have as much this semester and I’m managing my time better. I’m really liking my Foundations of Leadership class. The teacher is great and looks exactly like Tina Fey. She’s very passionate and very smart. Math is taking a while for me to catch back up in. My mind has been a little slow in remembering everything and shifting styles, but I’ll get there. Sculpture is still going well. It’s a lot more tiring than I thought it would be. I have two hours of focusing on one thing. We take a small break, but it can wear you down. I was surprised.
After the first day of working on my skull
After Day 2. It doesn’t look much different, but I did a lot of work.
Also, I did a lot of work with Admissions this week. I received training for two hours on Thursday and I start giving tours in February. If you recognize me, feel free to let me know. I also hosted a prospective student for a few hours on Friday. I showed him around and took him to lunch and one of my classes.
Finally, I was feeling under the weather this week. I had to work on transferring prescriptions and visiting the health center. The people at the health center were very nice and helpful. I’m much better now and it was very simple. However, they did convince me to get a flu shot since I do live in a college dorm, so I am now somewhat sore as I am typing this. Oh well. I should probably get some sleep and I’ll let you know how the rest of the weekend goes.
Thought to Ponder: If bread is square, then why is sandwich meat round?
Quote of the Week: “Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them, and you have their shoes.” -Frieda Norris
Shout Outs: Buddy’s family because they are kind enough to read this, Louis in Michigan (my prospective student), the Admissions Office staff who reads this and somehow knows everything about me, the nice people at the Health Center
