from the first-day-of-the-rest-of-your-life-clich...

from the first-day-of-the-rest-of-your-life-cliches-dept.

(at breakfast)

The colour of the day is "peroxide". Damn, *everyone* is frosted or bleached. What the fuck?

A more purient observation...

Sit towards the back of Garvey Commons (Campus "Food" Service) as you get to see a *lot* of beef on the hoof...

(Walking to my first class)

There are three types of men on this campus it seems:

1: Short and Stocky (Wooooooooof)
2: Tall and Lean
3: Foriegn (they fit all types but tend heavily to lean)

Two subtypes also exist:

1: Sober


2: Hungover

Is there a how to find a man flowchart in there somewhere? *laugh* Thank God I have some control over my body.
There's some damn fine men on this campus.

(CMST 192 - Intro to Communication Studies)

Oh. My. God. Ellen Degeneris has changed her name and is now a college prof. Dr. Torborg (my prof) just set off those

happy fem lesbian alarms in a deafening noise. I'm not happy about this being my first class. CMST 192 is a happy sharing class with Dr. Torborg. I have her at 10am for my first class. This is *not* how to start a morning.

(ESCI 230 - Dynamic Water Systems)

Dr. Nelson. I had this man before (I thought) when I took ESCI 220 (Physical Geology) back in Fall of 96. Thankfully,

there are *two* Dr. Nelsons in the Earth Science (ESCI) dept.

(a few minutes into ESCI 230)

OH MY GOD. This is *not* the Dr. Nelson I had before. This guy is *crazy*. Totally off the wall, flaky, fun.

Dr. Nelson's heads-up that ESCI 230 is algebra based and not calculus based got a small cheer out of a class that


seemed shell shocked at Dr. Nelson's behaviour. A strong recommendation to get a scientific calculator was given, as he will be making us use it. But also, he is teaching the concepts and ideas as well as the mathemetics of hydrology. He spent a good 20 minutes on why mathematics is useless unless you actually understand what you are doing with it. I gave his a bonus point just for that.

(POL 195 - Democratic Citizenship - American National Government)

Dr. Kilkelly is a very straight forward professor. He's there to teach, we've paid to learn. If we don't show up, we flunk. I

like this approach. Four exams make up the grade, you get a week or more notice before each one...and more importantly, the exams are weighted somewhat towards the classroom lectures and interactions rather than towards the text material. The book is (and will need to be) read but doesn't need to be brought to class.

I'm liking this even more. It's a survey of the U.S. Federal governmental system. I had this stuff in Junior High and High
School. I had to have it *and* pass it to graduate from both JH and HS. Okay, I think this will be my easiest class.

One of the guys (who is kinda cute) was sitting next to me and we were talking and I mentioned my CMST 192 class and
was informed that Torborg is a complete stickler for citation and also for APA style. She's even set down what font face and size you will use for papers. Hell, Times 12 is better than what I'd have done. I use Arial or Verdana but at 10pt.

(Atwood Commons - The Student Union)

I found out the Amateur Radio Club on campus is dead. It has been delisted for several years apparently. I have the

paperwork to restart it and get it relisted as an active organization.

I grabbed Burger King on my way through and settled in to a quiet afternoon as I don't have class tomorrow. I need to
write a paragraph (or so) answer to a question for CMST 192, but that should be a quick hand job of an answer. *laugh*

I'm excited finally about school. I've had three of my four classes and over all I'm pleased with the profs that I've
gotten. I still have my TH afternoon class from 4-7 (HURL -Human Relations- *snicker* 102 - Human Relations and Race). SCSU requires a Racial Issues class of all new students/transfers within their first year at SCSU.
I understand the intent but I think the approach is wrong.

That's all the news for now.