and i still don’t know
Some time last week, late into the night, I returned to my dorm and was met by a few guys talking in the hallway, or I guess I should say I was walking by them to my room. One asked if I was going to see Mike Jones in the next week. To which I replied, “Who is Mike Jones?” They each immediately laughed while I stood in a temporary pause, then I turned and continued on (it’s not necessary for me to understand punch lines, so I will occasionally forego the gleaning).
A few days later, Fluxblog posted a mash-up of “Toxic” and some other song by a one “Mike Jones”. The mix is great, actually, something worth adding to the collection. My knowledge of this Jones character increases all the more. And tonight, tonight only, Mike Jones is performing in Burruss as a segment of our homecoming week. Good. Good for him.
My schedule lately hasn’t exactly allowed me time to indulge in the many events and seminars that are forever taking place here on campus. Granted I did see Waiting for Godot but that was necessary since my past weekend would have been entirely composed of homework and studying were it not for some break. There are many amazing speakers I miss and I know that I miss them. If I was ignorant to the fact that Victor Wooten had played last spring, it wouldn’t have bugged me; if I actually never realized Elie Wiesel was speaking last spring as well, I would have not shed a tear.
My combination of school and work is rough and there is a rigorous balance in play. The best image I can provide of it is the way I handled a certain Deforms test problem last night. In summary: derive an equation for determining shear stress given this object. Ok, so here we go… and off! TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL CHAOS ON PAPER. Conclusion! And the answer was even one of the choices. W-o-a-h. It actually got so bad, that at one point I covered the full sheet of test paper and had to start randomly erasing portions to get room to write more. Oh, but when I left the test the professor had posted the answers, and mine was correct. Yeeeessssss.
October 6th, 2005 at 8:45 pm
“One asked if I was going to see Mike Jones in the next week. To which I replied, “Who is Mike Jones?” They each immediately laughed while I stood in a temporary pause, then I turned and continued on (it’s not necessary for me to understand punch lines, so I will occasionally forego the gleaning).”
LOL You are just adorable. “Back then they didn’t want me, now I’m hot, they all on me.” I like Mike Jones. But I like you more.