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	Welcome To My Home... November 17, 2002 Cleaning Lessons We had suite inspections the other day. That means our kitchen is now the sparklingly cleanest place around. My cleaning assignment was the kitchen sinks, floor, counters, and refridgerator. Jared's assignment was the other half of the kitchen - stove, microwave, and whatnot. I truly believe that we're the only ones in our suite who actually cleaned anything in response to the suite inspections. So, like I said, our kitchen is now spotless. The counters have probably never been cleaner in their existence. There was crap on those that I'm sure hadn't been washed off in years. I've even got a whole tub of pink super soap and it took me some serious scrubbing. The sinks are always clean - I mean, they're sinks. Don't they get washed everytime someone washes his dishes? Anyway, I rubbed those down. I'm not sure what I was supposed to do with the refridgerator. Apparently they weren't too picky about cleaning the top; I know nobody had dusted it in ages, judging only by the frightening collection of dust monsters up there. A habitat of that magnitude could take a generation to accumulate; we've only been here a measly three months. Then, of course, I needed to sweep and mop the floor. I've never mopped anything in my life, and, having no clue as to what soap one uses to mop a floor, I figured I'd just kind of psuedo-mop it. Get the mop a little wet, move it around on the floor a bit, and everything's good. (Shhhh! Don't tell Mary). Anyway, we gave the floor a good moppin' just a couple months ago when we did our first load of dishes. Despite what the RA's would have liked us to believe, this really didn't seem like a huge deal. I doubt they'd kick us out of the dorms if the toilet wasn't clean. More likely, our floor won't win a pizza party at the end of the semester. Bryan also apparently noted the triviality of suite inspections and decided to test this by cleaning absolutely nothing. Not only did he not clean his section (which was a part of the bathroom, for the curious), but he may have even tried to get his side of the room as messy as possible for the occasion. Ricky and Bryan's room always presents a fun contrast. Ricky's side of the room is immaculate; the bed is made, his desk is clear, everything's dust-free. Then, exactly half-way into the room, as if some invisible barrier separated the two halves, piles of Byran's dirty laundry obscure the floor, crumpled bed-sheets decorate the bed, food packages litter the desk, and so on. This is how it always is. Mary went into their room, and his side was messier than I'd ever seen it before. Mary's like "Wow. Somebody needs to do laundry." Comments November 17, 2002 In Other News My Life: I tried to do a Photoshop painting with no reference. The results were not pretty. Looks like it could be a while before I post another picture for you guys. I'm also debating my next subject matter, so if you have any requests (probably landscape, since that's what I'm familiar with at the moment), I may consider it. For some reason, everyone's got his alarm clock set to a weird time, and I'm always the only one here. I keep hearing beeping at random times through the day and need to go into someone's room and turn off his alarm clock. Do people really get up at 5:18 in the evening? If you were curious, the internet was screwed up the other week because somebody was broadcasting something from the dorms and using up all the bandwidth. Apparently, it's been taken care of. Real Life: First it's angry squirrels, and now this! I sense a revolution is upon us. Don't say I didn't warn you. This is slightly amusing. Especially if you've ever wondered how much 185,000 Pennies would weigh. November 18, 2002 Pretty pictures Hm... landscape huh? How about the fields of Mesa Verde with those tall trees at the end? Or....Poway Lake.... or something out of J3... I dunno. Maybe something outta Warcraft or something... -Victor November 18, 2002 Meteor Shower Tonight If you're into that sort of thing. It supposedly could be the "biggest for the next 100 years" (although I think I saw a couple meteor showers with that same description just last year). Best viewing for US is around 2:30am (early tomorrow morning). The first wave is better for Europe, but you might be able to see something. That one's supposed to happen around 7:30pm (tonight). So get out there if you're interested. Also: You can now get a wallpaper-sized version of my Final Fantasy painting to grace your desktop. There's also a link from the art page. November 18, 2002 The Greatest Most Fantastic Meteor Shower (until next year) I dunno how many times in the past 3 years have I heard "This year's shower is gonna be even better." If you follow the trend, in about 20 years we'll be running for our lives. I'm a tad busy tonight and gotta wake up early tomorrow so I'm gonna have to sleep this one out; but that's okay, I can catch a better one next year : P -Victor November 18, 2002 I hope you're still reading I need help. If anyone knows of a good site with teacher ratings by students, let me know. I remember browsing a few earlier this semester, but I can't for the life of me find where I put the addresses. Nor have I been able to find any of the sites again. Well, I did find ratemyprofessors.com, but I know I've seen one much better than this. Besides... how seriously can you really take the teacher reviews at a site that includes a 'sexy' rating? Anyway, I'm here trying to plan my scheduele for next semester, and would really love to know if I should be avoiding any of the professors or trying to register for others. I register starting on Thursday, so lets be prompt about this, shall we? =) November 19, 2002 That's sick A 'sexy' rating? That's nasty dude. Plus, my teachers are predominantly guys, so I don't think it'll help very much. Plus, I wonder how the attractiveness of a teacher influences how well a student does in class (I can see it going both ways). Hm... sounds like an interesting psych project. Anyway, my school publishes a little black book you can buy for $8 in the library chock full of reviews/ratings of all the classes and their professors. More than likely there's one available at yours too, try the student store and such. Oh dude, we've got UCSD med center all around us, so they're constantly looking for test subjects in our classes and stuff. Yesterday, a doctor walked into my suitemate's psych class interviewing prospective test subjects to "determine the effects of marijuana on the body." Fully paid, and weed in ample supply through the government, the lucky winner gets to smoke all the weed he wants as a job. According to another suitemate, government-grown marijuana is the second-best weed in the world you can get. No, if you really need to ask, I didn't get the job. Damnit! -Victor November 19, 2002 Who to take An update! WhoToTake.com is a decent teacher rating site.		Quick Links - Fun 'n Folly - Juggling Club - RF Haunt - RF Gallery News/Updates HOME - Latest Post ARCHIVE - Full Archive <- PREV | NEXT -> 11/17 - Cleaning Lessons 11/15 - Picture This 11/13 - Sound Check 11/10 - The Rain Did It 11/6 - What Were You Expecting? 11/4 - How to Fix a Printer 11/1 - Change of Plans 10/30 - In-N-Out... Eventually 10/28 - Zen and the Art of Warcraft 9/26 - Our Own America Previous 10 shown Read More... 8/6/02 - First Post HOME - Latest Post ARCHIVE - Full Archive
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