Well, I went to web design for the TA thingy that I’ve been offered. Apparently, Doc Morgan says that I can get GRAD CREDITS for the work there, either one or two. Good times! That means next summer I won’t have to take 2 grad classes, I can get away with 1! wheee!
Anyway. After that, I had a break where I ate lunch. Also during the break, Erin ran up and hugged me. It was odd. I’m usually never given hugs.
Then it was Milowski’s am lit class with grubbsy and a couple of other people I know. First day of class: we watched “An American Tale”. My God almighty. I am paying HOW MUCH for credits, and this is what we do on the first day? *sigh* It can only get better from here on out.
Played trivia tonight…I got third place, I was pretty happy with that score. donovan and mcmanus beat me, but ‘s all right. And then I biked to work.
That’s where I am now, slaving away for my wages so I can continue living away from my parents house while attending two grad schools! Wheee!
Well. The first grad class was had tonight. It was Problems in Literary Criticism. It sounds like it will be decent enough, with lots of student presentations throughout. Therein lies what problem there might.
I know for certain that some of the people in the class cannot present. I’ve been in classes before where they’ve had to present, and I’m, frankly, a little worried. SUch is life though, I’ll get over it. After the class, Westrum and I headed over to the Union for a couple of porters. mmm…I love porters.
Now tomorrow I have American Lit 1 with milowski. Man alive, I hope that I’ve got someone else in that class that I know. Being the only one in there would be kind of tough. We’ll see.
sleepy time!
Ah, yes. The journey is come to a close….
Here are some #’s for you:
AAA Batteries gone through: 17
# of people got left by the bus: 3
# of times a bus broke down: 1
Lbs. gained during trip: 10
Price of Bus Pass: $480
Most visited station: Minneapolis, followed by Chicago
# of Books read: 15
# of Miles traveled by bus: 15,172
# of Miles Traveled by car: 1031
# of times the word ‘dude’ was heard on the first time I traveled all night on bus: 589
# of times I was irritated by other riders: infinity
# of Successful College Interviews: 1
# of pieces of furniture put together: 1
# of electric fences taken down: 1
# of times I did NOT forget the alamo: 341
# of times I am going to ride the bus from now on: ZERO
All in all, it was a good time. I had a blast. But I’ll never ride greyhound again, if I can help it.
All righty! Well, I am very jealous of Dave Corcoran for the 19 new chicks he gets to hang out with. All of them are extremely good looking.
Anyways, I’ve arrived back in Minneapolis with no troubles on the bus from Pittsburgh. Last night, Hanson had to go to a Vikings game so I hung out with Keegan and Kristen and helped them assemble a coat rack/boot holder. My God almighty…I don’t think I ever want to buy furniture that is not preassembled. That was a pain getting it together, I can’t imagine having to do that with only 2 people. Even with three it was pretty nuts. Regardless, we got it together and went for iced cream. I had raspberry chocolate chip, it was very tasty.
This morning we’re all planning on hitting the state fair. Taking a bus from Nicollet and 4th to the fairgrounds, it should be a blast. It isn’t raining out, and hopefully it won’t start. But it is overcast, which means there won’t be an overly large amount of sun today! Wheeee!
mmm…I can almost taste the cheesecurds!
Ok, so today, we headed out this morning and I got to see quite the tour of Pitt Campus. Dave has a pretty cool view, as shown here:
As we were walking aroud campus, we also saw the Heinz Memorial Chapel, and it was pretty cool. Here are a couple of pictures:
We went to this place called ‘Indian Garden’ for lunch, and it was my first taste of Indian food. It was pretty damned tasty. Afterwards, we headed back to Dave’s apartment and had fun checking email and a half hour nap. Then we went to a used book store where I picked up a couple of books, one on an overview of some of the world’s religions, and a book on the Tibetan way of life and death. Then we went to a used music/video games/movies store, and I picked up two quality n64 controllers, Quest 64, Shadowgate 64, and a AC adapter. Good times on the gaming front!!!
This evening there’s apparently a get together for the new students in Genetic Counseling, roughly 19 females getting together, and only me and dave corcoran here. The get together is on top of the building, and we MAY be allowed up there…it is up in the air right now.
Anyways, and since I didn’t have a good picture of Keegan’s wedding from a couple of weeks ago, here’s a bonus picture of David Hanson in a tux!
And on the morrow, I head back to the greatness of Minnesota. I will be in the cities at 9 AM on friday morning, there until sunday morning when I head back. Saturday we’re planning on heading to the State Fair de Minnesota for kicks and giggles. oh boy! I’m out.
all righty, so yesterday went exactly as planned as far as the bus thingy was concerned. I got on the bus and we zoomed to Pittsburgh. Once there, Dave picked me up about 2 minutes after I had arrived.
Then we headed to his apartment, which is really cool, and had some pizza for supper. Went and saw the Village last night, and I’ve got to say that I’m probably in the minority here when I say that I enjoyed it. There were a couple scenes that were sit up straight shocking, just with the music and such, but it wasn’t frightening. And I sorta liked the story…call me a romantic, but still.
After that, we headed down to an Irish Pub, and I had a Guinness….mmmm….guinness is good! Had a couple of other beers with a couple of Dave’s friends and then we headed next door for Primanti(sp?) sandwiches. Apparently it is a Pittsburgh specialty. They take two slabs of bread, put your meat on one, put french fries and cole slaw over that, and then put the second piece of bread on. Then they cut it in half and serve it to you. It was very odd.
and today, who knows what wacky adventures await?
I had a blast in Harrisburg, even though the bus didn’t get me there until 9. We swent to a pub entitled “mcgrath’s” and I had a guinness there. Afterwards we went to a pub called ‘Molly Branigans’, where I had a club sandwich and another guinness and a strongbow. mmmm…..it was most excellent after not having had anything to eat all day.
There are pictures of the gathering at the Molly pub here
If you’re wondering who the old guy is, that’s some janitor OR SOMETHING. We first saw him walk to a garbage can, lean down and pull out an exacto knife and a pizza box. Then we saw a miracle. There was pizza in the pizza box, but instead of eating it(as we assumed he would!) he dumped it in the trash! It was absolutely INSANE! Then he proceeded to cut the box up and put that back in the garbage as well, and prune a couple of the bushes around the pub. It was very…odd.
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Then, we headed back to Dave’s place, whom he rents from Mr. Epstein, who is running against the republican incumbent. Send some site traffic his way, if you could.
Anyways, now I sit in the bus station waiting to be picked up by the 12:45 bus to pittsburgh. Wheee!
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