Saturday, July 02, 2005
Thursday, June 30, 2005
Woo.
I wake up all early for class after an unexpected night of drinking and partying at my next door neighbors who I didn't know until I walked by the house at 12:30 at night. I was on my way home ready to go to sleep when someone from highschool I hadn't seen in awhile saw me and "convinced" me to play some beer pong. If there's anything you should know about me, I make it a point to not turn down offers to do anything. After some beer pong domination and yada yada yada I get to sleep at 3:30am.
Anyway, I wake up after after an unsatisfying sleep at 9 for my class at 9:30, put on pants and head on my way to class. I get to class at 9:30 and the teacher has not yet arrived. Come 9:40, no teacher. I go to sleep for 10 minutes, wake up at 9:50 and no teacher still. The entire class was there just sitting so I decided to go home and sleep. Not wanting to be that guy who gets screwed if by chance the teacher shows up soon (the class is an hour and a half), I also decide to take the rest of the class with me. So I stand up, declare class as over, tell everyone to follow me and start walking out. Like the pied piper the entire class follows me out. Success.
And now here I am, eating chedder cheese and mustard, ready to go to sleep until 2. Chedder cheese with mustard (good stuff, no yellow crap) on it somehow works for me. I found this out yesterday. I am a simple man.
Anyway, I wake up after after an unsatisfying sleep at 9 for my class at 9:30, put on pants and head on my way to class. I get to class at 9:30 and the teacher has not yet arrived. Come 9:40, no teacher. I go to sleep for 10 minutes, wake up at 9:50 and no teacher still. The entire class was there just sitting so I decided to go home and sleep. Not wanting to be that guy who gets screwed if by chance the teacher shows up soon (the class is an hour and a half), I also decide to take the rest of the class with me. So I stand up, declare class as over, tell everyone to follow me and start walking out. Like the pied piper the entire class follows me out. Success.
And now here I am, eating chedder cheese and mustard, ready to go to sleep until 2. Chedder cheese with mustard (good stuff, no yellow crap) on it somehow works for me. I found this out yesterday. I am a simple man.
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Damn the man.
I think I've decided against posting any Vegas stories, I'll just say it was drunken and fun, the most fun I've had in many a day. They are more stories that you had to be there for...mostly. What happens in Vegas...something something. Ah, yeah I know, whatever, I used to be such a nice guy.
Blah, as for the past weekend stories and the bachelor party I don't feel like wording entertaining story style so I'll just bullet point it.
Weekend
-Had interesting conversation about making special paper with seeds in them for hallmark type cards. They could then be planted to grow flowers. I learn now that they apparantly already exist.
-Good discussion about creativity. Even when I was trying to be creative the girl I was talking to completely destroyed me with her creativity.
-While driving in a cab some girls seen in another cab driving next to us started passing a 151 bottle to Chris. I was surprised the cab drivers agreed to "follow that cab and get as close as possible", awesome. Chris and I followed them to a bar. We ended up walking home. Still fun.
Bachelor Party
-The driver was 70 years old and didn't know where he was going. I tried to take a picture of him with a really long nose hair sticking out. Camera phone failed me.
-I tried to ask a fat girl if she was pregnant but was quickly and unfortunatly silenced. (she was probably pregnant)
-At the second strip club we went to, 4 girls came in celebrating one of their 20th birthday's. 2 of them got on stage with 2 strippers and proceeded to get topless and pretty into it. Brian and I had a good time.
-Paul the bachelor got really drunk and had a good time.
-I woke up shivering, drunken on the floor in the corner. I had fallen asleep on an air duct. Terrible. Was still intoxicated driving home from baltimore at 2pm.
Blah, as for the past weekend stories and the bachelor party I don't feel like wording entertaining story style so I'll just bullet point it.
Weekend
-Had interesting conversation about making special paper with seeds in them for hallmark type cards. They could then be planted to grow flowers. I learn now that they apparantly already exist.
-Good discussion about creativity. Even when I was trying to be creative the girl I was talking to completely destroyed me with her creativity.
-While driving in a cab some girls seen in another cab driving next to us started passing a 151 bottle to Chris. I was surprised the cab drivers agreed to "follow that cab and get as close as possible", awesome. Chris and I followed them to a bar. We ended up walking home. Still fun.
Bachelor Party
-The driver was 70 years old and didn't know where he was going. I tried to take a picture of him with a really long nose hair sticking out. Camera phone failed me.
-I tried to ask a fat girl if she was pregnant but was quickly and unfortunatly silenced. (she was probably pregnant)
-At the second strip club we went to, 4 girls came in celebrating one of their 20th birthday's. 2 of them got on stage with 2 strippers and proceeded to get topless and pretty into it. Brian and I had a good time.
-Paul the bachelor got really drunk and had a good time.
-I woke up shivering, drunken on the floor in the corner. I had fallen asleep on an air duct. Terrible. Was still intoxicated driving home from baltimore at 2pm.
Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Public Speaking.
I'm taking a required public speaking course and today was the first presentation. While I was sitting in class the teacher asked if there were any volunteers to go first. When she asked, she made obvious winking motions and I wondered if that meant there was some sort of special bonus for volunteering to do the first presentation of the term. If I was a teacher I would be really sneaky and play all sorts of mind games with the students; giving the person who volunteered to go first an automatic A and such. I really didn't want to go first because I needed to see what the standard was but I said fuck it and raised my hand. I didn't really practice my informative speech on Instant Messanger programs and features beforehand so this would be it.
It was probably quite a hillarious sight. I walked up to the front not knowing where to go and slowly screeched the table back to the blackboard. I then changed my mind because I wanted to have my outline in front of me so I slowly screeched the table out again. I then stood there looking dumb. I wore my "Ram This" shirt to distract the teacher. She saw it and made some comment that I've heard a bazillion times like "hey,Ram This, haha that's like your name or something!". I just say "just stare at the shirt please" hoping she would then be distracted from my upcoming speech. I then started to begin but remembered I forgot to take out my phone to make sure I went and stayed at a 5 minute speech. I reached into my pocket but couldn't find my phone. I knew I had it when I was walking to class so I got worried.
Me: "Uhh hold on a second I need my timepiece."
Me: "Hmm it's not here...uhhh hold on...wait have you started timing me already?"
Teacher (holding up hand with 5 fingers): "yeah, uh oh, don't worry someone has a watch"
Me: "uh oh"
Some kid hands me an analog watch without numbers that I can't read or even tell which way is up.
Me: "I'm more worried I lost my phone...well anyway...uh right...oh yeah my name is Ram..."
I then continue with my presentation totally oblivious to time and space. I probably look nervous but I get in a zone when it comes down to it. I speak much better when I'm forced. I look down at the watch, still unable to read it, and think it might have moved some and decide it might be around 5 minutes. Afraid of going over I skip some stuff and do a conclusion. I remember using the word ubiquitous but not much else. I also remember trying not to fidgit or say uhh too much but I probably did.
It ended up being about 4 and a half minutes which I'm not sure is good or not. After I'm done I see my phone hidden on my desk under a paper, announce to the class I found my phone and sit down deciding I need to losen some tension. By this I mean say something ridiculous. The second presenter was a girl who opened with a question.. "Why are there so little girls in computer science?" A person answers first and I then raise my hand.
Me: "Because girls aren't smart."
(laughter and I think a gasp from somewhere)
Teacher (who is a woman): "Hah, you do know that I control your grade."
Me: "I already presented, my grade is written. Don't touch that grade sheet!"
I think (hope) she understands jokes.
It was probably quite a hillarious sight. I walked up to the front not knowing where to go and slowly screeched the table back to the blackboard. I then changed my mind because I wanted to have my outline in front of me so I slowly screeched the table out again. I then stood there looking dumb. I wore my "Ram This" shirt to distract the teacher. She saw it and made some comment that I've heard a bazillion times like "hey,Ram This, haha that's like your name or something!". I just say "just stare at the shirt please" hoping she would then be distracted from my upcoming speech. I then started to begin but remembered I forgot to take out my phone to make sure I went and stayed at a 5 minute speech. I reached into my pocket but couldn't find my phone. I knew I had it when I was walking to class so I got worried.
Me: "Uhh hold on a second I need my timepiece."
Me: "Hmm it's not here...uhhh hold on...wait have you started timing me already?"
Teacher (holding up hand with 5 fingers): "yeah, uh oh, don't worry someone has a watch"
Me: "uh oh"
Some kid hands me an analog watch without numbers that I can't read or even tell which way is up.
Me: "I'm more worried I lost my phone...well anyway...uh right...oh yeah my name is Ram..."
I then continue with my presentation totally oblivious to time and space. I probably look nervous but I get in a zone when it comes down to it. I speak much better when I'm forced. I look down at the watch, still unable to read it, and think it might have moved some and decide it might be around 5 minutes. Afraid of going over I skip some stuff and do a conclusion. I remember using the word ubiquitous but not much else. I also remember trying not to fidgit or say uhh too much but I probably did.
It ended up being about 4 and a half minutes which I'm not sure is good or not. After I'm done I see my phone hidden on my desk under a paper, announce to the class I found my phone and sit down deciding I need to losen some tension. By this I mean say something ridiculous. The second presenter was a girl who opened with a question.. "Why are there so little girls in computer science?" A person answers first and I then raise my hand.
Me: "Because girls aren't smart."
(laughter and I think a gasp from somewhere)
Teacher (who is a woman): "Hah, you do know that I control your grade."
Me: "I already presented, my grade is written. Don't touch that grade sheet!"
I think (hope) she understands jokes.