First Day of Class
I had 13 credits scheduled when I woke up yesterday morning. By three in the afternoon I had 17; having obtained a permit to overload in JAPN 101, Elementary Japanese.
But more important than my schedule (which sucks, I have no two classes in a row -- Mondays I'm on campus 9am-9pm with breaks between each class) are the cool goings-on. For example, at work I was told one person would need to be on top of the shelving while the other was on the ladder, so we could take stuff down. Ignoring the ladder, I instead scaled one of the legs of the shelving. Once up, I had about 6 inches of clearance to sit, and then the 25' drop (or so).
Later (or maybe it was earlier), a friend informed me that all of the freshmen had been alerted to the presence of unicycling twins on campus. I'm thinking we might need to put on a show.
Certainly later than both, I was walking to band (Symphonic Winds) and carrying my (the school's) baritone. Passing a little girl and a woman, I overheard some whispered conversation: something about a 'French Horn', and something about 'Ask him! Ask him!' That was enough for me to gather what was going on, but I kept walking for the moment. Then the woman said "Excuse me, sir," and I know I smilied at that as I turned around, "is that a french horn?" "It's actually a baritone, wanna see?" and so I played a tune. Of course, it sounded terrible because I wasn't warmed up and it was raining slightly, but amazing nonetheless.
But more important than my schedule (which sucks, I have no two classes in a row -- Mondays I'm on campus 9am-9pm with breaks between each class) are the cool goings-on. For example, at work I was told one person would need to be on top of the shelving while the other was on the ladder, so we could take stuff down. Ignoring the ladder, I instead scaled one of the legs of the shelving. Once up, I had about 6 inches of clearance to sit, and then the 25' drop (or so).
Later (or maybe it was earlier), a friend informed me that all of the freshmen had been alerted to the presence of unicycling twins on campus. I'm thinking we might need to put on a show.
Certainly later than both, I was walking to band (Symphonic Winds) and carrying my (the school's) baritone. Passing a little girl and a woman, I overheard some whispered conversation: something about a 'French Horn', and something about 'Ask him! Ask him!' That was enough for me to gather what was going on, but I kept walking for the moment. Then the woman said "Excuse me, sir," and I know I smilied at that as I turned around, "is that a french horn?" "It's actually a baritone, wanna see?" and so I played a tune. Of course, it sounded terrible because I wasn't warmed up and it was raining slightly, but amazing nonetheless.
posted by Corrag at 7:50 AM
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