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When the whole Facebook epidemic hit a few years ago, everyone warned me that if I got it, I’d be addicted. I’m sad to say that they were right. Yet, the creators of Facebook just couldn’t leave good enough alone; they had to make it “better”. First came the Mini-Feed, which created tons of controversy as it showed practically every detail about changes made to “friends” pages, displayed wall-to-walls, etc. And now, there are all of these crazy applications that can be added to your profile page. When I go to look at a friend’s wall, I have to scroll down for practically two minutes because of all the applications they’ve added to their page. Some of the applications are fun…..the SuperPoke!, Graffiti Wall, Greek Family Tree….and others just seem a little strange. I keep getting invitations to add the Zombie and Vampire Slayer apps….to me, that qualifies as strange. But hey, maybe I’m completely alone in these opinions…comments, anyone?
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SendNo not really. I actually hate mohawk haircuts, and it seems that a lot of people are starting to get them again. I say a lot, but just a few of them seems like a lot. So just because I had never had one before and wanted to officially be able to say that I didn’t really like them, I got one. Yep…see I have had a buzzed hair cut pretty reguarly lately, so it didn’t start out weird, but then there is the fin thing that sticks up. It was just gonna be a joke, but I’ve gotten some pretty funny reactions to it. The first response from one of my professors was, “What? Are you getting ready for your debut in the World Wrestling Federation?” Don’t ask me what that means, it’s just funny to hear a professor say this. So actually, it is kinda fun to have a mohawk, but I would only caution one per lifetime. It’s fun for maybe a week, but for some reason people just get really uncomfortable around them.
6 Comments | SendThis coming weekend will be one of the busiest weekends of the year, second only to Scottish Fest in the spring; it’s Homecoming here at Lyon! The actual Homecoming activities don’t begin until Friday afternoon, but we’ve had Homecoming stuff going on all week. The annual Window Painting Contest in Ed’s went well as usual….if you haven’t checked it out, you definitely should. Today at lunch, I caught a glimpse of the ogre from Shrek and the pumpkin carriage from Cinderella…very interesting stuff. Also, the ever-popular “Hoop Dreams” will be held tonight in the gym. The Scots and Pipers Basketball team will play some scrimmage games; there are drawings for all sorts of prizes and opportunities for quite a bit of audience participation.
3 Comments | SendWell Fall Break has come and with it came what has become my annual trip to Fayetteville. The drive is actually alright once you get past the whole 4 and a half hour thing. The Ozarks are really beautiful to drive through, especially in the fall. The point of the trip though is to hang out with all my friends that are going to school up there. It was even better this year because we’re all old enough to actually enjoy all of Dixon now. My only complaint though was the football game. It wasn’t really Arkansas losing that bothered me, it was how boring the game was. Seriously, one touchdown the whole game? Anyway the break went by was too fast, but it was a good one once again. Time to knuckle up and grind out the rest of the semester.
Monday Night Football was amzing this week; if you didn’t see it, you missed what is gonna be one of the best games of the year. It’s not very often that a team can comeback from 6 turnovers, especially all by the quarterback because you expect his confidence to be shot, but it happened. Tony Romo led the Cowboys to 10 unanswered points in the last 2 minutes of the game, the last 3 points as a game winning field goal after an onside kick to beat the Buffalo Bills. What a Monday night!
You know those bad dreams you sometimes have the night before a big test? Where in your dream, you wake up and realize your alarm didn’t go off and you’re now late for your test? Well, in my three years of college, I’ve had many dreams (actually, nightmares) about this, but it’s never actually happened. But as the saying goes, there’s a first for everything.
1 Comment | SendSo, when I arrived (a little late, as always) for Molecular Bio lab last week , there was a sticky note on the lab door that said, “Katee, we have gone to the chapel to climb to the top. Meet us there.” I wasn’t exactly sure what Dr. Ong was thinking, but anything was better than beginning the paper presentation we were supposed to be doing. I was assuming that we were going to climb to “The Room” in the Brown Chapel, so I was a little excited because I had never been up there. You hear lots of rumors about that room….it’s one of those locked places that you’re not suppose to go into and technically shouldn’t be able to get into, but everyone does it anyway.
12 Comments | SendWell unless you’ve been under a rock, you’ve probably heard about the release of the newest edition in the nerd hit series, Halo 3. I guess I don’t have a whole lot of room to talk since I’ve played it as well. People, mostly guys, have been rockin aliens left and right, and taking it to multiplayer with other students across the college LAN. It’s a pretty fun game to play every now and again, but it’s funny to hear the stories of the people who take gaming a little too seriously and end up holed up in their rooms for a week or so. Anyway, have fun doin what you do, just don’t let it fail you outta school.
3 Comments | SendWell things are all good for the year so far; Senior year has gotten a lot more busy than I thought it would be though. SGA meetings and being a committee chair as well as all my other obligations with frat and other clubs. Luckily classwork hasn’t been ridiculous. All the while though I’ve had something hanging around in the back of my mind that I rarely forgot about - my MCAT score.
Well, we’re now about a week into classes, and things have started to get into a groove. Freshman have had the luxury of being moved in by upperclassmen, and gone then been through the un-luxury of the orientation process. Later it is the fun of memorizing your new schedule and finding new classrooms for the first time. At the same time, there is the getting aquainted with the roommate process, and building your raft with your mentor group for the raft race that just took place on Monday. It’s a lot to handle for the first week.
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