Rebecca sent this to me — print this out to get a free drink!
http://www.lskatz.com/uploader/files/Sbux%20Iced%20Flyer.pdf
edit
The coupon might not be valid anymore: http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060831-073758-5392r
Archive for August, 2006
Someone came to my door from the apartment complex to give us 3 TVs for us signing early leases. I couldn’t believe it, but we have pretty sweet TVs over here–24″, flat screen, DVD/TV combo.
And then they gave us wireless routers too…
So this is what I’m talking about when I ask you if you want me to help you enjoy that Snickers. Sorry for the confusion, but I think it’s absolutely hilarious.
First week… done.
This is what happened.
The TA course is very useful and gave me good advice. Unfortunately, I had to leave early in order to TA and speak with my partner before class started. Everything went well, and the head TA and “da boss” (RT in the comments from the last post) actually indicated that I did a good job. I feel good. I’ve gone ahead and planned it with my partners so that we will be alternating weeks. I did this first week, and it’s up to them to head up this coming week. I only plan to chime in when necessary during their talks/lectures.
The rest of the classes were groovy. Some senior professors headed up the how-to-be-a-phd course, and we were able to be very frank with them (There is one guy in the class who takes honesty to infinity and beyond. He’s hilarious).
Then I am in a seminar that requires me to attend other seminars…
And then lastly, apart from the above courses, I have the course, how-to-be-a-biology-TA. This is where the head TA gives us a pep talk and then we learn the next lab in detail. I think it will be very useful, especially if we need to streamline what we teach for the sake of the kids.
Next week… research begins.
I had lunch with Shu today, and you know what I’ve realized? The chicken tenders at Junior’s suck. The chicken is close to uncooked, and the breading has god-awful spices. For this entire afternoon, I’ve been burping up gases that would make canaries die. I don’t know why people like it so much.
The students in my lab are pretty cool. Though, I was absolutely surprised that I got this text message today from a mysterious phone number:
“Are you that hot TA that wore flip flops to the lab today?”
First of all, I don’t wear flip flops to lab because we all know that you should wear close-toed shoes to lab. Second of all, my partner was actually wearing them.
Then I did some thinking. John.
John was the one who threw that paper towel at me that other time. He’s totally capable of doing this.
James did a quick reverse lookup on the mysterious cell phone number, and BAM, got this information:
CARRIER: ATLANTA – ATHENS MSA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
which is where John is from. And from where he has access to tons of cell phones in his store. And then I pretty much got John to admit it.
Typical day.
School’s starting today.
I was really late for my first class, and when I peaked in to see if I had the right room, it looked really really boring. So I left.
I think I would have left anyway. I finally clarified what classes I actually have to take, and that first class wasn’t one of them. What I need to take are: some kind of biology seminar, some kind of tools and science seminar, and some kind of how-to-be-a-TA seminar. And a research “class” of course.
By the way, if you’re a student in my class reading my blog. Ummmmmmmm… yeah. Don’t take this site too seriously. Actually, don’t take any bit of serious from this blog, ’cause there ain’t none left here to take.
I finally got through that god-awful Dean Koontz book I’ve been reading, Velocity, which has a tagline “Think Fast.” First of all, the actual tagline would have been a better title.
Second of all, the reason it was so bad was that the main character kept on doing the stupid thing. But Koontz keeps on pouring on the psycho on the psychological thriller. It’s like, he makes you think the main character is doing the right thing, but it’s exactly the opposite what any sane person would have done. It would have been totally different if Koontz didn’t make the main character look like he was in the right. Anyway, the ending was all right but it didn’t make up for the other 300 pages. It couldn’t have made up for it anyway.
Then, I finally got through Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus. I really have to say to you women, I really didn’t get you until now. I mean, I got you, but now I really understand you (although I still don’t).
I totally had a Venus moment the other day online with a friend. She was all like, “I am not going to do well at this thing.” And I was staring at the screen trying to stop myself from typing in “You’ll do great!” In fact, I wrote and erased that phrase about 3 times before I wrote “Everyone gets butterflies.” It was weird but I had to force myself to say that. But hey she told me specifically that she was happy I said that instead of “You’ll be fine.” I know I’ve done well when someone says something like that without me mentioning it. 
A pastor wanted to raise money for his church and on being told that there was a fortune to be made in horse racing, decided to purchase one and enter it in the races. At the local auction, however, the going price for a horse was so high that he ended up buying a donkey instead. He figured since he had it, he might as well go ahead and enter it in the races, and to his surprise, the donkey came in third. The next day the local paper carried this headline:
Pastor’s Ass Shows.
The pastor was so pleased with the donkey that he entered it in the race again, and this time it won! The local paper read: Pastor’s Ass Out Front.
Continue reading ‘Pastor And His Donkey’
I know this is kind of old, but man, it’s funny.
An excerpt from the annual White House Correspondents Association dinner. Comedian Stephen Colbert made humorous remarks about various … all ยป current events and the relationship between the press and the White House. He also presented a video of a mock press conference which ended in a chase scene featuring long-time correspondent Helen Thomas.
If you want to skip ahead to the really funny stuff, get to the last five minutes with the fake press conference and the chase scene.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-869183917758574879
I ate breakfast at Ikea this morning… just walked across the street and up the escalator. 99 cents gets you eggs, potatoes, and bacon. Well, I know where I’ll be getting my breakfast most days.
It’s been a great week living at my new apartment, posting only on the topic. I have a couple more things to write about but, well, we’ll see if I get to them.
It’s a good thing I already talked about the pool ho to Pearl!
I just went out to the pool… it’s really nice.
Now that I’m back from the pool, I’m looking through my Windows programs, and it looks like I get these cray-Z dancers. I’m hooked on watching Taryn right now.
General dance style: 60s Retro
Taryn is a graduate of the University of Washington with a degree in Theatre Arts. Dancing, singing, and acting have been her favorite activities since she was very little, and today Taryn is proud to do all three for a living! She has performed locally with The 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle Children’s Theatre, The Village Theatre, and Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre. A few of her favorite shows include Chicago (Roxie Hart), A Chorus Line (Val), and Grease (Sandy). Offstage, she gets a big kick out of teaching theatre and dance to young students. Taryn wishes to continue performing for as long as she can, and is hopeful to someday soon have her turn on Broadway!
I am a five minute walk from the Regal at Atlantic Station. And I had sneak preview passes to Accepted. So I added 2 and 2 and went over there last night, and I grabbed James, my roommate John, and his friend Shane.
We caught Shane at the grocery store, and it must have slipped his mind that after you go grocery shopping, you’re probably not allowed to take your food into the theater. We combined pocket power and went in anyway. Have you ever carried groceries in your pockets? Haha
Anyway, the movie was a lot better than the previews made it out to be, even though the whole thing was rediculously unreal. I mean, he starts his own school, takes millions of dollars from students, and he somehow doesn’t go to jail. And he convinces hundreds of parents that his school actually teaches students. Unreal. But funny.
Help me decide between the following two. Both are available.
My room is mostly white and has some green colors in it, if that helps.
http://atlanta.craigslist.org/fur/184738028.html
http://atlanta.craigslist.org/fur/186517079.html
I wake up around 8 at my apartment I think because the sun shines in, through my huge window. After stretching for an hour and a half and after coming up with the conclusion I had nothing better to do, I decided to do a test-walk to my building on campus.
25 minutes.
This is longer than what I had hoped for. I think I’m going to have to clean off the inches of dust from my bike and send it to the store for something of a tune-up. And I’m going to have to figure out how to ride it with a bookbag on me.
Anyway, I can still walk quickly to Ikea (1 minute) and to Publix (5 minutes), and so I am still pretty happy.