First Day of Winter Term

Christmas break is officially over and it is back to classes. The first day of class went well. Just the usual first day things--going over the syllabus and trying to figure out what the hell the foreign instructor for hydraulic engineering is saying (not that I am judging his brilliance, but some accents are really hard to understand). I did happen to catch that Oregon State University has one of the top 3 rated hydraulic engineering programs in the country. It's pretty awesome that it is part of my program.

One nice thing that I have found about being in proschool is, for the most part, we are all in the same classes with the same people trying to accomplish the same thing. It makes it easier to meet people and create study groups. At least now I can get a few laughs when I make a smart ass comment instead of looking like the class asshole. One downfall is we still have the same few people that constantly ask redundant and dumb questions. I know, I know, there's no such thing as a stupid question, so therefore, my intuition concludes that there must be stupid people.

As an older student, I have found it hard to make new friends. I am 12 years older than most of the people in my classes--It's a bit of a generation gap. I still rock out to 90's music, while my classmates are jamming to Justin Bieber and Lil Whoever is the next one hit wonder is. There's a 20-year-old girl we nicknamed "Juicy Fruit" since she always chews fruity smelling gum and drinks Dr. Pepper all day. She's a good kid, but I am pretty sure she spends half the class jamming out to "Kid's Bop" albums on her Ipod.

That brings up my next rant. I am sure you've all seen the commercials for the "Kid's Bop" records. They take today's popular songs and have kids sing them on an album. I am not so sure if I agree with those albums--not because I think they are a bad idea, but they choose songs like "Lollypop" for them. Now, I'm not sure if all of you all have heard the "Lollypop" song, but I am pretty sure that Lil Wayne didn't mean "Shawty wanna l-l-lick it like a lollypop" as "Shawty has a sweet tooth and needs to fulfill it by eating a Tootsie Pop". Maybe I am thinking too deeply into it, but I feel Lil Wayne was using "licking a lollypop" as a metaphor for, well, you know, putting it simply and cleaner--making love to Shawty's mouth. Actually, is it even a metaphor? It's been a long time since I've had an English class, but he uses "like" in the song, so wouldn't actually be considered a simile? Hmmm. I guess I should do some research on the good ol' internet. I guess what I am saying, is that I don't believe it is appropriate for kids to listen to Lil Wayne, and definitely not appropriate for them to be singing his songs!

Alright, I am running out of rambling power. See you on the flipside!