That quote just popped into my head today as I was in Meteorology class. I always think of the weirdest stuff in that class. Today was a bad day for me and the professor. I tried asking questions in class, and I don't think he understood me. He tried answering the questions as he understood, and it made me feel and look like a fool. Both had to deal with calculating the angle of the sun in the sky. One question was me trying to figure out where a negative sun angle was at. The other one dealt with a figure being subtracted in the equation was always going to be an absolute value. In Astronomy class, I had trouble figuring out angles as well, so I have to think of a formula that works for me. That's why I asked the absolute value question. I'm not going to fault him, however. He admitted at the start of class that he forgot our notes. It just ended up a bad day.

However, my bad day continued when I went to the IT lounge. What's with female English majors and their IT major boyfriends thinking that the IT lounge is their special place to cuddle, make out, and do other couples stuff? I couldn't use the IT lounge to do my school work because there is a couple of kids in there that are turning the IT lounge into their leisure hut. They're 19; they think they know everything. Tuesday, the English major spent most of the day on the IT major's lap. Today, they are gaming in the lounge. It's annoying because that's a place for us to do our work. Instead, I'm in the ACM room having to work on my work. I've been putting up with the kids until today, when there were no outlets for Internet access or my computer's power adaptor to be used. Really, if they want to game and cuddle, go home; don't do it at school.

We IT people are just lucky to have the 2 crappy computers and the 3 IP addresses we have in there. Having English majors invade (IT's in the same building as English) and then the room being used for things other than doing school work defeats the purpose of the lounge.

I'm angry at Financial Aid. They didn't process all of my financial aid. I was expecting a $3,000.00 check. They sent me a $300.00 check. My CSEMS scholarship and my student loan weren't processed. I just came back from Victor Hall to go talk to them. I didn't. The line is long. Looks as if they screwed over a lot of people. You know, if they worked on Fridays, like the rest of the damn world does, maybe half the campus wouldn't be over there ready to kill Financial Aid.

And finally, Thursday Threesome, Over the Rainbow:

Onesome: "Over-- the Rainbow" Has someone 'Somewhere' done the song better than Judy Garland did in the movie? ...or does she still 'own' it in your opinion? Can't beat the original!

Twosome: the-- best all time album in your collection? ...or one you'd like to have? Sure, the Go-Gos count, but hey... It so hard to choose now. When I was younger, it was Repeat Offender by Richard Marx. Now that my taste has grown, I'm liking a lot of stuff.

Threesome: Rainbow"?-- As sung by Billy Ray Cyrus? (Yes, on his latest album.) Who has done the best "cover" of a song you like to listen to? You know, better than the original artist... "Beautiful by Richard Marx. Originally done by Carole King, Richard's version is faster and more upbeat than Carole's. In fact, my mother, a huge Carole fan, prefered Richard's version. When I'd get blue, she'd sing me the song and remark "just like Richard sang."

Posted by Shawn at August 30, 2007 1:22 PM in Schooling, Thursday Threesome.