Kevin's Watch

I feel all anctipation-like--and stuff. Typing this at the college, 30 minutes from my induction ceremony into the Sigma Tau Delta thing, which is an English Honor Society. Going to eat a nice dinner with the faculty (they've already got the salads and cheesecake out). I'm expected to make a speech or something. Should be a funny situation. Well, wish me luck (my English are bad)!

Good luck!

Lord Foul wrote:I feel all anctipation-like--and stuff. Typing this at the college, 30 minutes from my induction ceremony into the Sigma Tau Delta thing, which is an English Honor Society. Going to eat a nice dinner with the faculty (they've already got the salads and cheesecake out). I'm expected to make a speech or something. Should be a funny situation. Well, wish me luck (my English are bad)!

break a leg bub!!! wow 'em with your poetic sesibilities!!!

Idiotic. If I could kick myself I would!

Loremaster wrote:Good luck!

Lucimay wrote:

Lord Foul wrote:I feel all anctipation-like--and stuff. Typing this at the college, 30 minutes from my induction ceremony into the Sigma Tau Delta thing, which is an English Honor Society. Going to eat a nice dinner with the faculty (they've already got the salads and cheesecake out). I'm expected to make a speech or something. Should be a funny situation. Well, wish me luck (my English are bad)!

break a leg bub!!! wow 'em with your poetic sesibilities!!!

Your well-wishing worked in spades, Lore and Lucimay!

Great dinner in the faculty-eating-area-place. Sat next to some of my English professors from time present and time past and talked about everything from A Clockwork Orange to Thomas Pynchon. At meal's end, they gave the new inductees (me and two others I knew) a flower, a fancy certificate, and a little pin.

After a while, the only people left were a small group: new inductees, current members, and Dr. Sikes (our sponsor/advisor). They immediately began voting in new positions, since the seniors were leaving. I was surprised when I ended up getting *drum roll*

Vice President!! Sieg Heil!!!

Truly a shock! I thought I was only going to get inducted, but here on the same night I'm a veritable Dick Cheney! I asked, before being nominated, if there were little responsibilities; after being told so, I quickly allowed them to vote me in (which only took five seconds). Anyway, monumental night--and tomorrow is off because of Easter. Cha-ching!

Lord Foul wrote:Great dinner in the faculty-eating-area-place. Sat next to some of my English professors from time present and time past and talked about everything from A Clockwork Orange to Thomas Pynchon. At meal's end, they gave the new inductees (me and two others I knew) a flower, a fancy certificate, and a little pin.

Best day of my life was when I was inducted into the Golden Key Academic Honours Society. I understand how you must feel, Foul. WELL DONE!

Better

Seareach wrote:Better

congrats vp lf!

I'm freaked out.

I joined a forum for other future Swarthmore kids, and holy hell... they're all brilliant. I can't even understand half of what they say.

Most of the intros go like so, "Hey! I was born in China, I speak Madarin, Catonese, and Vietnamese! I interned at NASA this year which was amazing! My favorite composers in order of the year they were born are blahblahblah"

while my intro went like so, "I go to a crappy little public school, and I have a feeling that I'm in way over my head, because, holy crap, I have a hard time spelling "permanent" most of the time. Besides that, I enjoy snowboarding, covert operations, babbling in a hybrid of (very poor) French and Spanish, and making up words when the mood strikes."

SEE THE DIFFERENCE?!

I'm going to die friendless with an F going in every class.

that may be an exageration... but I'm still freaked out.

good luck claire, i'm sure it will work out.

Don't let it get to you, LF. You'll be fine. Most of those brats on that message board are probably lieing anyway. Just fight fire with fire. Here, use this for your introduction.

"Salutations, fellow homo sapiens! I speak 400 different languages fluently, and when I'm not busy playing around with quantum physics, I'm helping restore peace in the Middle East as a good will ambassadore. I have an IQ of 175, and last summer I spent my free time building a particle accelerator in my backyard using spare parts that I picked up from the local hardware store. Except that I got finished too quickly, so I had to spend the rest of the time with this time machine that I made out of old Kool-Aid containers and dental floss. I used it to go back in time to chill out with Einstein for a while, and helped him with that whole relativity thing. Oh, and I also stopped Hitler from starting World War II. (Oh wait, you all wouldn't know anything about that now, would you? Haha. Nevermind then.) My hobbies include reading and writing 17th century French poetry, studying artwork from the romantic period, and curing cancer. K! Bye!"

Post that on the message board. It'll help boost your confidence.-jay

Claire! Hunnybug!!! you are a brilliant, beautiful young woman and a wonderfully UNIQUE personality!!!

you're good enough, you're smart enough, and doggone it, people LIKE you!!! cliche i know but TRUE nonetheless!!!

be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid!!!

and when you feel poopy and outa your league...come here and we'll tell you how wonderful you are!!!

kevinswatch wrote:Don't let it get to you, LF. You'll be fine. Most of those brats on that message board are probably lieing anyway. Just fight fire with fire. Here, use this for your introduction.

"Salutations, fellow homo sapiens! I speak 400 different languages fluently, and when I'm not busy playing around with quantum physics, I'm helping restore peace in the Middle East as a good will ambassadore. I have an IQ of 175, and last summer I spent my free time building a particle accelerator in my backyard using spare parts that I picked up from the local hardware store. Except that I got finished too quickly, so I had to spend the rest of the time with this time machine that I made out of old Kool-Aid containers and dental floss. I used it to go back in time to chill out with Einstein for a while, and helped him with that whole relativity thing. Oh, and I also stopped Hitler from starting World War II. (Oh wait, you all wouldn't know anything about that now, would you? Haha. Nevermind then.) My hobbies include reading and writing 17th century French poetry, studying artwork from the romantic period, and curing cancer. K! Bye!"

Post that on the message board. It'll help boost your confidence.-jay

Awww, thanks guys. It really helps

I'm sure once I'm there you'll be getting bi-weekly freakout posts.

My intro goes thusly

"Hey! I was born in America, I speak American, English, and a bit of Australian! I thought about interning at NASA this year, which was amazing, until I thought "What if NASA actually stands for Naturally Arrogant Snobbish Arsewipes!" ! My favorite composers in order of the year they were born are all presently decomposing, and therefore won't really care if I forgot which order they wrote their Adagio in A flat minor, which is ironically what we'll have if you don't BACK OFF!!"

Claire...you'll always have love here at the Watch...I agree with Jay....I think some of those people are blowing smoke....

Besides you read Donaldson and will therefore be one of the coolest kids on campus.....

Yeah, no worries, Claire! I think you'll find that all those folks on the board are as stressed out as you, and are just trying to make a good impression. In fact, I bet half of them are flat-out bragging, and there's nothing redeeming about that.

And like Lorelei said, you've read Donaldson! If they get to be too obnoxious, just sit around at lunch with a TCTC book and explain how much more emotionally sophisticated it is than LOTR. See if that doesn't floor 'em.

kevinswatch wrote:Don't let it get to you, LF. You'll be fine. Most of those brats on that message board are probably lieing anyway. Just fight fire with fire. Here, use this for your introduction.

"Salutations, fellow homo sapiens! I speak 400 different languages fluently, and when I'm not busy playing around with quantum physics, I'm helping restore peace in the Middle East as a good will ambassadore. I have an IQ of 175, and last summer I spent my free time building a particle accelerator in my backyard using spare parts that I picked up from the local hardware store. Except that I got finished too quickly, so I had to spend the rest of the time with this time machine that I made out of old Kool-Aid containers and dental floss. I used it to go back in time to chill out with Einstein for a while, and helped him with that whole relativity thing. Oh, and I also stopped Hitler from starting World War II. (Oh wait, you all wouldn't know anything about that now, would you? Haha. Nevermind then.) My hobbies include reading and writing 17th century French poetry, studying artwork from the romantic period, and curing cancer. K! Bye!"

It's like some twisted cross between MacGyver and Rodney McKay from Stargate: Atlantis. *whimper*

Now if I only had some idea of who Rodney McKay is and actually watched Stargate: Atlantis. Heh.

So, as I was passing by my advisor's office door 15 minutes before his Friday class, he jumps me and asks if I can teach his two sections of class today. So yeah....... That was fun. Heh.

I think I did ok. It was just basic Matlab stuff. I'm sure the students were bored, though, heh. I need to work on my skills at improv in front of a large audience.-jay

Poor Jay. Gods, that must have sucked. Did he at least give you some notes to work off of? Or did he just go, "Hey, you use Matlab! Why don't you go in this room here and talk about it to these nice kids..."