|
ghostofgauss
|
read my profile
sign my guestbook
Name: Joseph
Country: United States
State: Missouri
Metro: Springfield
Birthday: 7/3/1986
Gender: Male
Expertise: I like to think that I know a lot about a lot, but only know a little about a lot at best. I'm majoring in chemistry, but I also know a lot about math, theoretical physics, and classic Russian literature (more than most people at least).
Occupation: Student
Message: message me
MSN: ghostofgauss@hotmail.com
Member Since:
10/31/2005
|
|
| Wow, it's been months since I updated, but I've gotten 2 more comments in the last 2 days. Maybe I should post something else. Well, I'm at Purdue in Indiana right now for a summer research program. It stinks. My research is boring, and I don't really care about it at all. And there's not much to do afterwards, because pretty much all anybody else here does is watch R-rated movies and go to the bars (although I am 21 now). I'm just holding out for those 2 free weeks between this and school starting up. In the meantime, I've started seriously working on my side project. I figured that since Heroes is so popular, especially in the nerd crowd, it lends itself well to a trading card game. So I've taken it upon myself to create said game, and sell it to NBC. I figure if I can get them interested, I could get a job working on expansions based on the new seasons for a couple of years at least. And it would give me some creative credentials, in case I do something entire non-chemistry related, since this summer thing has kind of soured me on the entire grad school idea. | | |
| All of that cowardice has finally paid off! Tonight while taking a shower, one of my roommates got the idea to steal my towel, along with the towel of my other roommate, who was in the next shower over. What they didn't know was that ever since I lived in the dorms, I kept a plastic bag in the shower with me, where I put all my clothes for just such a contingency. So while they thought I would be stuck in the shower with no way to cover myself, I just got dressed and walked out. Take that! | | |
| A Dilemma for the New SemesterOK, here's my quandary. Last semseter, I was doing OURE (undergraduate research) with Dr. Leventis. I was getting one credit hour for it, and I was supposed to get paid $1000. However, when we submitted the application, we never actually heard back about it. We just continued on with the research. I didn't realize until the middle of the semester that I had never heard whether it was accepted or not, and I had not gotten paid. I didn't say anything to the professor. Now, if I was actually doing OURE, I would have to write a paper over the research and submit it. However, I am not actually enrolled in the program, am not getting paid, and am no longer receiveing credit. Should I e-mail Dr. Leventis and ask about what I should do for this semester, or should I just forget it? I have no real obligation this semester to do anything more on the project. But does getting credit for it last semester oblige me to finish it this semester? What do you think? | | |
| Last night I went to see Night at the Museum. It was pretty good, but after seeing the trailers beforehand, I wanted to see one of those movies instead. First was Transformers, which looks good (and violent). They also had the trailer for the new Fantastic Four movie. The trailer consisted mostly of Johnny (the Human Torch) chasing the Silver Surfer through New York. My first thought on seeing the Silver Surfer was "Oh my gosh, Galactus is coming!" My next thought was "Johnny's about to get pwned." And he did. There was also Spider-Man 3, but that's not news. | | |
| Hey, hey, I got a cell phone! If you want my number, or want to give me yours, I'm not putting it on here, so ask me in private. Besides that, I got $50, a T-shirt, a crank flashlight, and this cool book, "The Zombie Survival Guide." It's all about how to survive zombie attacks, what weapons are most effective, and it has accounts of real zombie attacks from history! | | |
|
