Sunday, November 29, 2009

Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin will be in Norman this Thursday. You should check it out.
>> http://www.koco.com/news/21611955/detail.html

Thursday, November 26, 2009

The Three Musketeers

Sunday Nov. 22nd

I went to see the Three Musketeers on Sunday. Diversion, does everyone realize that chocolate makes one feel really funny? I mean, I ate a couple of chips, and there I go, back into that low rhythmic state. And then I get chills. It's kind of disconcerting. Could it be the sweater that I am wearing? But no, it happened earlier.

So yes, my conclusion is that chocolate is bad for maintaining a steady state on consciousness. In order to prove this, I will need to prove this, I will need to set up a hypothesis test with a 95% confidence interval, because we are never 100% confident about anything.

Okay, back to the Three Musketeers. I actually don't remember much, not that I didn't enjoy it, or even laughed a little. I have a theory for this, but I won't present it now.

Today I studied Statistics.

Backdated - 11 - 22 - 2009

I had a great time playing (or almost playing) capture the flag on the north oval of the University of Oklahoma campus. All systems were go until we found out that a fight had broken out in the union parking garage. Apparently there was a party that simply degenerated. An eyewitness said that Asp street was simply lined with cop cars. Sirens were blaring, people were shouting, and whistles were blowing, and you could see cops crowding the garage. Around the time that the group that I was with left the north oval a K9 unit arrived.

I had a great time playing (or almost playing) capture the flag on the north oval of the University of Oklahoma campus. All systems were go until we found out that a fight had broken out in the union parking garage. Apparently there was a party that simply degenerated. An eyewitness said that Asp street was simply lined with cop cars. Sirens were blaring, people were shouting, and whistles were blowing, and you could see cops crowding the garage. Around the time that the group that I was with left the north oval, a K9 unit arrived. Alas we decided to take our fun elsewhere. We were afraid of a stray bullet if it escalated to that, or just being too close to the action and somehow being seen as being involved. Kinda scary. I' m sure that the Oklahoma Daily will have something about it on Monday, or maybe the week after since Thanksgiving is next week.

I also watched the movie Accepted, which included all the fun of the South Harmon Institute of Technology. It was a really funny movie actually, and it really challenged the status quo. It tries to answer the simple question, "Why do we go to College Anyways?" Why do we try to get high paying jobs and lead lives that are nothing like we originally envisioned when we were younger? Why do we let a curriculum define who we are instead of allowing what we really want in life define who we are?

Alright, back to the fight, er, or after the fight. We decided on basketball and throwing the football. At which time I decided to leave, because I have choir tomorrow morning: bright and early at 9am. It should be fun though.

I also saw Marilyn Horne on Friday night give a public master class. There were some amazing singers from the school of music who were critiqued. Mrs. Horne is actually really funny in her critique in addition to being really famous. However, I never knew about her until I saw in the Oklahoma Daily that she was coming. It was a pleasant surprise. Anywho, she’ll be back in April. If she does something public, maybe we (those interested) could go together.

Saturday, November 14, 2009

The Laramie Project

The Laramie Project was actually really good. Goodnight today (soon), hello tomorrow.

Events of the Week (11/9/ -

This week has been interesting. I checked out the Disney College Program. Company reps were on campus midweek, and gave presentations in addition to staffing a booth. It sounded interesting. I was interested in it because one of my dreams is to be a Special Effects Expert (edit: had to search for the name). This program may or may not be the best route to take, but there are a lot of other programs offered by Disney as well. Working in a studio backlot would be awesome. I'm thinking something like Mythbusters. The only worry that I have is doing such a thing may set me back and make taking other engineering jobs more difficult. They'd be like, why did you do that? And secondly, do I have that specific skill set? Much to think about and explore.

I also watched part of the show Band of Brothers. While I don't have the jargon to describe it (I wish to), I enjoyed it. From my experience, it was well done.

Proceeding to the OU vs. Texas A&M game, I went to a tailgate party. It was good to get out, in addition to see people that I knew.

Tonight I plan on checking out a small production called the Laramie Project.