Thought I’d post something about myself for a change. I know there are just so many people out there in the world dying to know what I’m up to.
Incidentally, is ending a sentence with “what I’m up to” a grammatical error? I’m not really big on grammar, but I do care about it. From what I understand, ending a sentence with a preposition is a no-no. But how would one express the idea otherwise? “..so many people… dying to know to what I am up.”?? I mean, that just sounds lame.
I moved. My new apartment is about the same as the previous one, but my roommate is definitely not. Let’s compare and contrast my former and current roommates:
Former roommate: Derek
1. Has more clothes than closet space to contain them
2. Dines almost exclusively on wheat thins, spaghetti, lactaid, and various and sundry cold medicines.
3. Watches Friends, Big Brother, and Will & Grace.
4. Owns leather furniture, shag carpet, a dining room set, king-size bed, and had his place professionally decorated.
5. Goes to the gym.
Current roommate: Byron
1. As near as I can tell, only owns t shirts.
2. Dines almost exclusively on bacon, fish sticks, budweiser, mt dew, and I think I saw some cornbread on the counter the other day.
3. Plays Xbox and watches movies with Milla Jovovich over and over again.
4. Has a card table. Doesn’t own a microwave.
5. Has 2 bikes, and ‘cycles’; quotation marks because, let’s be honest, ‘cycling’ is simply a transparent attempt at making ‘riding a bike’ sound more interesting than it is.
Wait, this was supposed to be about me.
So I moved, and I like my new place just fine.
In other news, the semester has begun, and I am officially insane. Now we will explore why.
My classes:
Structural Analysis (3 hours)
Civil Engineering Materials (4 hours)
Soil Mechanics (3 hours)
Construction Methodology (3 hours)
Water and Wastewater Treatment (3 hours)
Intro to Film (3 hours)
Geography: Lands and People of the 3rd World (3 hours)
For a grand total of 22 hours- 16 of which are engineering classes. The other 2 classes, Intro to Film and Geography, occasion some comment.
The film class is intended to fulfill my graduation writing requirement- so that explains why I’m taking it in the first place. I’ll be writing several papers, watching about a dozen films in languages other than English, and doing a in class presentation. Should be just the giggles.
Lands and People of the Non-Western World? Based on the first day of class, I’m thinking it ought to be called: “Let’s talk about why the west sucks and how all other cultures are superior to ours.” I’m taking this one to fulfill the University of Kentucky’s liberal indoctrination (AKA cross cultural) requirement.
Should be just the giggles.
