I can't stand myself.

Amusements

Today has offered a couple extremely amusing moments that I feel inclined to share.

I realize that the only glimpse I've given you of my Physics class was quite a negative one, so I thought maybe I'd show that it's not all that bad... sometimes. (Yesterday I had a bad lab experience... honestly, why would you give people more points for doing rushed work and not even understanding the material just for the sake of a "real world" comparison when the point of the lab is to learn the material thoroughly? It doesn't make sense! But the end of that.)

I entered the Physics lecture hall in a very sour mood, as my poor friend Kim can confirm. After making several glowering remarks about the upcoming quiz, I managed to calm myself down into a tranquil state of mind, which ended up serving me well. I think I did pretty well on this one, though yet again the man decided to use the most enfuriatingly enigmatic sentence wordings I've ever come across in a class that should be so simple. Compared to the last quiz, I felt quite good after this one. I sat contentedly for once, watching the girls around me out of the corner of my eye and doodling until the lecture began.

To my immense shock, the lecture was interesting! The professor kept doing little experiments and having girls help him with demonstrations. I think the girls, in spite of their best efforts towards antagonism, enjoyed the class period. My personal favorite moment occurred towards the end, when my professor took out a single old bike wheel and held it up for a demonstration. A lone girl in the front row (she was stuck there because she came in late. The first row has a kind of stigma to it - nobody wants to sit there, and when someone has to she inevitably turns to look at a friend behind her with a look of utter despair...) quickly noticed that a large spider rested on the wheel. Professor - hm... we'll just call him Professor D - glanced down at the spider and shrugged his shoulders. He then proceeded to spin the wheel, much to the chagrin of Front Row Girl. She recoiled in horror, and even hid her face behind her sleeves as Professor D turned the wheel in just about every direction, with it spinning all the while. He remained oblivious to her plight and continued to talk loudly as we watched the scene in fascination. The poor girl was literally scrunched back in her seat when the Professor finally stopped the wheel, and as it stopped the class realized (in one collective outcry) that the spider was no longer on the wheel!

This was too much for Front Row Girl. There was a spider lurking somewhere near her, and apparently that knowledge upset her. All I know is that she buried her face in her hands while, in a few seconds of confusion, everyone in the class stared down at the floor. Suddenly a girl in the row kiddy-korner behind her spotted it and pointed, yelling, "THERE IT IS!" For the first time in this exciting drama, Professor D stopped lecturing long enough to watch the girl jump out of her seat and repeatedly stomp her foot on the rather large black spider. Front Row Girl thanked her immediately as the class began to clap supportively.

It was probably my favorite Physics lecture of all time.

Situation #2 occurred not in class, but in my hallway. I sat editing pictures and writing some letter in my room, lost in my own little world, when suddenly I realized that it was about 3 PM and I had to work in a half hour. I threw on a towel, grabbed my shower stuff, and set off down the hall. Unfortunately, at the exact moment that I passed in front of the chapel on my floor, a large tour group walked out. And I mean large. This was one of the biggest tours I'd seen, and there were several younger siblings to the prospects, as well as their parents. Without my glasses I'm half blind as it is, so I couldn't see anyone's faces, but I knew they were smiling at my situation. I was trapped in the middle of them, struggling to make it down to the bathroom. Somehow I got through the crowd and into my shower, breathing a huge sigh of relief. Embarrassing enough in some ways, but then after I got to work I glanced up only to see the same tour group walking past. Judging by the exchange of whispers immediately followed by broad smiles and waves, I think they remembered me.

:-)

College is wonderful.

More delightful adventure to come! Right now I'm in the middle of the biggest research paper I've ever had to do. This beast, the exegesis, has forced me to stretch myself in ways I never anticipated. Once this thing is over with (Tuesday!) you will not find a happier girl east of the Mississippi. Stay tuned...

Oops again!

I'm woefully ashamed of how long it's been since I've posted in here... my sister's off in ITALY, with her only internet access in cyber cafes and she still posts about three times as often as I've been able to! However I'll be posting soon... and trust me, it will be a good one.

As for now, just rest assured that I am alive. I would say alive and well, but that's up for debate. Yes, it is 3 AM. I'm in Trumper (our 24 hour computer lounge) working on the biggest project of my life: exegesis. (Essentially it's an enormous research paper on a controversial passage in the Bible - I love it!) I've spent so many hours on this already, and it's only to complete Stage 2 of 4 for tomorrow... yikes! It's wonderful though, I love my passage. Matthew 15:21-28. Check it out!

But yes, I need to get back to work. The goal is to be back in my room by 3:30, then up again at 8:45 for Spanish. Someday I will sleep, I promise. Until then... yay for fruit snacks and diet Snapple! It's been a rough stretch of Mondays, but it's Tuesday now so I guess it'll be alright. :-) I have faith.

Back soon!