Detour!

Please forgive me, but I am going to take a short detour. As promised, I am announcing my personal website today. Be sure to visit http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~tjd382 to check it out. I have some music up as well as some pictures, but please remember, it is still in beta, so there will be more improvements, I have been really busy these past two weeks.

On a second note, it seems that people in Philadelphia do not make decisions based on right and wrong, but rather based on the damage ratio. Let me explain. A damage ratio is the ratio of damage you will receive with respect to what you collide with. For example, if you collide with another person, your damage ratio is 1:1, because for every 1 blemish they cause you, you are likely to cause 1 back. However, if you collide with a Mack truck going 45mph, the damage ratio becomes 67:1, meaning for every 1 blemish on the truck, you are likely to receive 67. A bicyclist going around 10mph is a damage ratio of 2:1. Based on these ratios, people decide whether they should cross a street on a red. Let me explain: Law says you do not cross the street on a red, however if there is absolutely nothing coming, you are safe, but if a jogger comes running down the street and you have a red, don't let your feet peel off the sidewalk. I think I need to sleep.

Today's topic is....

For all you cronies out there, today's episode is ready:

The Exam Begger

This person cannot take a test without first begging for as much review or information as possible. They cannot prepare for a test without first knowing seemingly unimportant details like "How many questions are on this test?" They will beg for extra review sessions, extra credit, and to know the exact breakdown of how the test is scored. They will waste the whole class when a test is announced if the professor doesn't shut them up. They will also spend the entire first session of a class, when the syllabus is presented trying to make homework a much higher percentage of the total grade.

By the by, Philadelphia sure knows how to make white snow some of the nastiest shit I've ever seen in my life.

Enjoy.

And Now For Something Completly Different...

Well, not exactly. Here is a few more of the college types. I'm going to post about 4 to cover for the days I've missed. Enjoy!

Music Major

One of the more rare species outside of Music Classes, Practice Rooms, and University Symphony Concerts. The MM spends 50% of their time practicing, 25% studying hard/semi-useless classes which require an A to get accepted to their low-paying major, 25% at band practices, and 25% with their music Fraternity/Sorority...is that 125%? Doesn't matter; MMs party so much that the high alcohol content in their bloodstream causes them to black out and loose that 25%. Tends to only date other music majors because "Only another MM can understand why they have to practice 3-4 hours a day". Depending on the instrument, music majors are laid back, but complain that they are working SOOO hard to eventually get a salary of <$35K a year but that "I love music SOOO much it doesn't matter". Usually makes fun of the Drama Nerd for not being "Real Musicians" and has enough Classical CD's to fill up Amazon.com.

The Studio Art Major

The S.A.M. totes around a humongous portfolios (often containing works of art only other S.A.M.'s can appreciate) manages to whack near passersby's and destroy other objects in their path. The studio major whine's about spending all their money on ridiculously expensive studio supplies, yet they have enough for a regular smoke...you know, for the stress. Unfortunately, studio courses are inhumanely time-consuming, so the S.A.M. are almost always held up in the studio labs, yet the degree is absolutely worthless, thus resulting in a downward mental spiraling of the said major students. You could spot them easily by their odd sense of "fashion", consisting of articles such as striped socks, ripped jeans and unsightly hairstyles. The best way to test if an individual is a studio arts major is to ask him/her to help you count, as most can't do math to save their lives.

The Guy With Inhuman halo Skills

This guy doesn't have "mad skills"; Instead, there is no word in the English language that properly describes how good this fucker is with a plasma rifle or pistol. He looks rather ordinary, with no unusual physical features, nor obvious personality quirks. But give him an Xbox, and a copy of Halo, and prepare to have many recurring nightmares of what you're about to see.
You could swear that the The Guy with inhuman Halo skills has found a way to wire an Xbox to his brain, because there is no other explanation to how impossibly good he is.
He quite literally can chuck a grenade at a difficult-to-reach weapon, and the explosion will launch the said weapon straight at him, as if he was pulling it telekineticaly. He knows the location of every item on every map, and knows exactly when that item is gonna respawn.

The Engineer

One who is rarely seen without a TI-83 Plus or higher model calculator, and actually knows how to, and does, use all the functions of said calculator. Often makes jokes that one outside of the Engineering spectrum will not understand, or makes really horrible ones, or both. Example: "I'm pretty sure it was a zero-force member..." "that's what she said." Takes many science/math courses that are said to "strongly relate to core Engineering" and "provide a base for higher level courses" but in reality 99% of skills in said classes are rarely used.

If you have any by all means, send them over.

Everybody wake up!

It's time for the next in our series of colleges types.

The Lucky Bastard

An amorphous presence, he is in your class just to make you feel crappy. He doesn't try, isn't smart, and may even be a mean SOB to people, yet gets lucky breaks in grades/finding a job/getting a girl. For instance he bombs a test but the professor loses it and acknowledges he took the test and gets the class average, or finds an emotionally unstable girl who clings to him and does anything he wants regardless of how he treats her. He also will get a job because of a crappy reason like him and the recruiter like the same baseball player.

2 for the Money

Thats right. Today there will be two types defined.

The R.A.

The R.A. lives to screw up your social life. Lurking behind every dark shadow; The R.A. springs to action and stomps out any signs of fun, ranging from a friendly game of Bingo to a raging smörgåsbord orgy. They (often hated by many) feel because they are getting free housing, they owe it to their said college to annoy all with their passive – aggressive confrontational vendetta against all on campus students. All that is missing is a whistle, and a safety badge. Often useless, The R.A. does come in handy when the PHILOSOPHER STONER, JOHNNY FRAT BOY - or - SALLY SORORITY CHICK locks themselves out at 4am.

Just Doing This for the Free Housing R.A.

This RA just says hi and bye to residents, decorates the bulletin board, and completes the minimal number of required programs. This R.A. is cool as shit, but makes it clear they are only here for the free housing.

Which do you prefer?

There are many types of people you will meet in college...

Here is an example of one...

BIBLE SLUT

Generally starts out being the CONVERTER, straight-laced and conservative; they go to church every week and brag about that fact often. This person even has the ability to recite any and every bible verse from memory. Then THE LUCKY BASTARD or JOHNNY THREE LEGS introduces them to the marvels of SEX,and it's all down hill from there, as they descend into the foul pits of whoredom. They of course will still go to Church every week in order to keep up a facade of piety, singing the glories of baby Jesus.

Its sad, but true they do exist. I think I will start to post a new one everyday, stating Monday. O please, enjoy. To see them all, they are labeled "College Types", just search the labels.

A new look!

That's right folks, a new look for a new time. The reboot was due to multiple reasons, some of which you will find out about later. These are sexy colors, don't you think? I'm excited. To do this under the new blogger, I had to learn XML. Not to bad, just some minor annoyances. All is well now, and it looks good. I'm sure I'll have more to say, but until then, have a good one.

Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long and, in the end, it's only with yourself. -Mary Schmich

Wow!

I know, 2 consecutive days of posts, what to do? I am bored right now, and also, I'm getting aggravated with the PNG format. Why can't it just render properly in all browsers?! I'm looking at this UPenn thing. I'm not sure if its for me or not, but we shall see what the summer brings. I'm working on the final, or so I hope, tweaks for my personal website that I hope to be releasing by the end of the month. It still needs a bit of code tweaking, and some design issues are to be worked out, but I think I am going to officially announce here that March 1st, I will release my personal website. Though I don't think anyone looks at this, I'm talking to an empty auditorium, but hey, I'll still tell whoever wants to listen. That's all for now. Enjoy.

The Second Coming

As always, I feel I need to start out by keeping the mood light. There is not a second coming of christ at the moment, only a second coming of winter weather. It seems to be sitting calmly at 0 degrees Fahrenheit, I should convert to Rankine, but I doubt anyone knows, let alone cares about the Rankine system. I simply wanted to post about the very cold weather. It's cold. Also, the cats in our basement should be disappearing soon. It was supposed to happen last Saturday, but it didn't, instead they make loud loud noises in the wee hours of the night. Apparently it will be taken care of when we get home this evening. I will keep you updated on that. Other than that, I've caught some sort of cold/flu, and am considering not going into work tomorrow, but we shall see what the morning brings.

I've been playing Zelda:Twilight Princess on the wii. Good game. I've finally gotten out of the first dungeoun, keep in mind, I put it down for over 2 weeks. Also, our front room has officially become sexy. With only a few minor adjustments to make, shelving to add, and a possible drumset, we shall see.

Also, the drumline is shaping up alright, still looking for member so if you know of anyone, let me know, I'm in the process of spreading flyers with hopes that someone is interested.

Ok, now back to work. Have a good one.

Well, howdy do?
Happy new years to those of you who actually bother reading this thing. I am aware that it is 20 days into the new year, but I never like making big deals about things like a new year. The only way it really matters to me is in the way of taxes. However, through the last week of December, first week of January I was in the Caribbean. Now, for those of you who do not know what the Caribbean consists of, neither do I. I can tell you, however, that it does harness Haiti, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, and some parts of Mexico. It was awesome. That is all I am willing to disclose at this time. Also, it's important to note that I want to return there now.
Next up, how was everyones holidays? Get everything they wanted? Do feel free to respond.

On to video game news. I bought the Nintendo Wii. I am a fan of the system. I have a lot of fun. It seems, however, that Doug gets frustrated with the system, but I doubt its the systems fault, just new controls. I feel the frustration on things like Monkeyball sometimes too.

As far as new things developing in my life, let's see.... Ahh yes, got some drumline news. I am working with two groups this season, neither of which I will be disclosing at the moment. One of which i will be tech-ing, and the other I am running full out. One is independent. It's exciting.

CES is over, and overall, I didn't see too much in the way of interesting things. Oh, yes, of course, the "iPhone". What a waste of an Apple keynote. I am not a "fanboy" of either Apple, Linux, or Windows, I respect each OS for what each offers, and I recognize that all of the OS's are equally problematic.

I think I'm out of things to talk about for now, though I've been thinking of things to post for the last two weeks, I can't remember any of them, so maybe from now on I'll start making smaller, more frequent posts. One last thing, tabbed spacing is recognized in Googles blogger now. Excellent addition. Have a good one.