You know, it's probably not a good thing when a Brad Paisley song sounds like your life. I was listening to his Part II CD tonight ... for several reasons, none of which were a burning desire to hear any of the songs on this CD. And I realized that the chorus to one of his songs fits my life quite well at the moment.
Of course, the rest of the song's about wanting to get back together with his girlfriend, which doesn't apply nearly so much.
"Two Feet of Topsoil" chorus
There's two feet of topsoil
A little bit of bedrock, limestone in between
A fossilized dinosaur
A little patch of crude oil
A thousand feet of granite underneath
Then there's me.
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Word Counts
Okay, just because I have to. I know it's boring, but it's been driving me crazy(ier) not to post it somewhere.
History Prof's Word Counts:
(class date).....9/27...10/4...10/11...10/18
Essentially.......410+....269....352......266
More or Less------22+.....32......70........6
Any Way, Shape
or Form............6+......5.......11........4
However Though..................24.......27
Sort of.............................209.....127
Basically.....................................69
I didn't count today because he barely talked, since it was the mid-term. He did manage 1 "sort of" though. lol
History Prof's Word Counts:
(class date).....9/27...10/4...10/11...10/18
Essentially.......410+....269....352......266
More or Less------22+.....32......70........6
Any Way, Shape
or Form............6+......5.......11........4
However Though..................24.......27
Sort of.............................209.....127
Basically.....................................69
I didn't count today because he barely talked, since it was the mid-term. He did manage 1 "sort of" though. lol
P.S. I apologize for all the dots (although it does fit with the page theme). I couldn't get it to stay in table format without them.
History Midterm
Well, it's over. I think it went pretty well. I haven't actually had anything graded by this prof yet, so we'll see what he thinks.
And no, I didn't use the word "essentially." lol
And no, I didn't use the word "essentially." lol
I guess I'm moving, too.
Well, I've begun to move over to BlogSpot/Google Blogger, too. Let me know if you want an invite.
I'm going to miss the Comic Sans MS font though.
(moved from old blog)
Comments:
Pansy: Why don't you send me an invite at pansymakehay@gmail.com, babe. Then I can keep up with ya!
I wonder why Yahoo is being such a butt head all of a sudden?
I'm going to miss the Comic Sans MS font though.
(moved from old blog)
Comments:
Pansy: Why don't you send me an invite at pansymakehay@gmail.com, babe. Then I can keep up with ya!
I wonder why Yahoo is being such a butt head all of a sudden?
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
New Blog *sigh*
Just setting up over here. I'll have to copy my stuff from 360 when I've got some time.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
An Essential Update
It's Thursday, so I had history class again. There has been more or less no drop in any way, shape, or form in the "essentially" counts.
13.5 Ppt pages
294 "essentially"s
22 "more or less"s
6 "in any way, shape, or form"s
High count -- 39 "essentially"s each on pages 7 and 10.
Low count -- just 4 "essentially"s on page 12.
He seems to say it more when he's not as interested in the topic he's lecturing on.
(moved from old blog)
Comments:
Aibrean: That's so hysterical, Beccaie! Sounds like drinking game potential! lol!
13.5 Ppt pages
294 "essentially"s
22 "more or less"s
6 "in any way, shape, or form"s
High count -- 39 "essentially"s each on pages 7 and 10.
Low count -- just 4 "essentially"s on page 12.
He seems to say it more when he's not as interested in the topic he's lecturing on.
(moved from old blog)
Comments:
Aibrean: That's so hysterical, Beccaie! Sounds like drinking game potential! lol!
Saturday, September 22, 2007
History Class
Essentially, I think my history class may be interesting.
It's a freshman-level class, of course, so there are ... well, LOTS of freshmen in it. I think there's one other woman somewhere near my age, although I didn't exactly get a friendly vibe from her. The prof is much younger than I am, which is a first for me. He's a doctoral student, and has been teaching at the college level for 4 years, 3 of them at COD. This makes the whole thing essentially more funny.
Think I'm using "essentially" a lot? Come to class with me! ;-)
He's a very freshman-friendly prof, in that he gave us printouts of his whole Powerpoint presentation at the beginning of class. I think I was the only one who even bothered to jot additional notes in the margins. *rolls eyes* We got 3 handouts during this class: the syllabus, naturally; a brief (1.5 page) Powerpoint presentation on the status of Europe in 1600, which should be helpful; and the main (7.5 pages) Ppt lecture. As he was going through the syllabus with us, I realized that he was fond of the word "essentially" and thought I should remember to use it in at least one of the papers I'll have to write. As he was going through the Europe in 1600 presentation, I remembered Bella talking about one of her classes last spring, where a group of people smuggled in alcoholic beverages for a drinking game whenever their prof said whatever "his" word was. Halfway through the second page of the main lecture, I decided that it was a good thing we weren't playing a drinking game, because most of the class would be seriously drunk by now. On the third page, I started counting his "essentially"s. 116 times in the last 4.5 pages. Yes, you read that right. It's not a typo. One hundred sixteen times.
I can't decide if I should say something to him, or start running a pool on the counts. lol
(moved from old blog)
Comments:
Aibrean: lol! Isn't gambling essentially illegal? ;-)
Estelina: Oh good heavens! That is so funny - and a little sad. Someone should tell him - though I'm not sure it should be student, whose grade could be essentially effected.
tee hee
Good luck.
Elhf: Save the poor guy after your final grade, till then keep counting...
It's a freshman-level class, of course, so there are ... well, LOTS of freshmen in it. I think there's one other woman somewhere near my age, although I didn't exactly get a friendly vibe from her. The prof is much younger than I am, which is a first for me. He's a doctoral student, and has been teaching at the college level for 4 years, 3 of them at COD. This makes the whole thing essentially more funny.
Think I'm using "essentially" a lot? Come to class with me! ;-)
He's a very freshman-friendly prof, in that he gave us printouts of his whole Powerpoint presentation at the beginning of class. I think I was the only one who even bothered to jot additional notes in the margins. *rolls eyes* We got 3 handouts during this class: the syllabus, naturally; a brief (1.5 page) Powerpoint presentation on the status of Europe in 1600, which should be helpful; and the main (7.5 pages) Ppt lecture. As he was going through the syllabus with us, I realized that he was fond of the word "essentially" and thought I should remember to use it in at least one of the papers I'll have to write. As he was going through the Europe in 1600 presentation, I remembered Bella talking about one of her classes last spring, where a group of people smuggled in alcoholic beverages for a drinking game whenever their prof said whatever "his" word was. Halfway through the second page of the main lecture, I decided that it was a good thing we weren't playing a drinking game, because most of the class would be seriously drunk by now. On the third page, I started counting his "essentially"s. 116 times in the last 4.5 pages. Yes, you read that right. It's not a typo. One hundred sixteen times.
I can't decide if I should say something to him, or start running a pool on the counts. lol
(moved from old blog)
Comments:
Aibrean: lol! Isn't gambling essentially illegal? ;-)
Estelina: Oh good heavens! That is so funny - and a little sad. Someone should tell him - though I'm not sure it should be student, whose grade could be essentially effected.
tee hee
Good luck.
Elhf: Save the poor guy after your final grade, till then keep counting...
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