Mon 20 Feb 2006
It’s reading week…for every other university student in the country except the select few in Engineering and Math at Waterloo…but that really doesn’t stop me from taking a little bit of time to rest. Midterms are done (Surprisingly it doesn’t look like I’ll fail any…), Feds election is done, (Hurray for Michelle Zakrison! Or should I say, Miss President?), and we do get a few extra days off at the end of the week. So as usual I turn to the TV…or for those who live under rocks, the Olympics.
I just watched the Canadian Women’s Hockey team win Gold…I’m in a quite patriotic mood today because of it (and despite my dynamics prof noting to the whole class I’m of Finnish decent…after the Canadian’s lost to Finland yesterday…). Something about us standing higher than the Americans just makes me beam with joy. You’d think that with 10 times the population of us that they’d be able to get more medals than us…apparently not (right now they have the same at 14). Let’s hope the Men’s team can do as well!
Oh…I forgot to mention a while back that I won (with Christine Steele) the Mechanical Department’s Sanford Flemming debating tournament and we are progressing to the Faculty level. With that win I award all my readers with an insightful observation from the latest book I read, The Hacker Ethic: Modern capitalism thrives off of the exploitation of intellectual communism. I love it because it’s ironic.
Well…it’s going to be a slack week with no labs or tutorials (that are worth going to) left, the Autoshow on the weekend, and my birthday early next week. My computer has been delayed being shipped…but they upgraded the processor, so I am content in waiting for it a bit longer.
Currently Listening to: Nothing (Because I accidentally wiped my iPod)
Random Wikipedia Article: Avro Arrow
February 20th, 2006 at 6:30 pm
Not having reading week is the best! It’s like spring term without the 30 degree weather (that’s Celsius for any randoms reading this…).
And I actually have a suggestion for the faculty level debates - talk to Prof. Clark, suggest that instead of the highest scoring team going up a level have it be the two highest scoring individuals.
February 20th, 2006 at 7:38 pm
Well Jeff, I would like to congratulate you again, on your contribution to the election of a president. I know you were integral. Too bad you’re Finnish . . . Getting singled out and all . . . I know I’VE never been singled out because of MY background. Except maybe by you! :p I didn’t know you didn’t get an actual reading week. My cousing at Waterloo is on his now.
Autoshow . . . I am jealous. PLEASE take lots of pictures, and send me some!
And happy birthday! (on the 28th of course)