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aggienautThe Second Annual1 Procrastinator's Choice Award - Fall 2005
This finals week I actually spent a significant amount of time reading about the so-called barbarian tribes which overran the Roman Empire in the 5th Century -- The Goths (Visigoths sacked Rome in 410 AD, Ostrogoths captured all of Italy in 493 AD), Vandals (sacked Rome for two weeks in 455 AD), Huns (despite modern misconceptions, have absolutely no relation to modern Germans or the geographic area of modern Germany), Alans (started out north-east of the Black Sea, ended up migrating down through Spain and setting up a kingdom in North Africa with the Vandals), etc. It has always fascinated me how history normally treats these civilizations like non-people with non-governments -- who just happen to appear out of nowhere when they trouble a more noteworthy civilization. The idea of the collapse of the Roman Empire is intriguing as well: an empire thought to be the be all end all of civilization, what was it like to experience its collapse?
So yeah, I spent time studying these people when I had no reason to, and in fact should have been doing other things. I think one of my major regrets with college is that I never took any classes relating to this period, despite the fact that its fascinated me all my life (from elementry school till I got excited about diplomacy in 9th grade I wanted to become an archeologist).
My other regret is that I didn't manage to go abroad )=
Anyway, in other finals week procrastination news: last Fall quarter finals week I entertained myself by watching the epic drama fly between SaulSugarman and others on the Daviswiki. This finals week I did not pay attention at all as an epic battle raged on Daviswiki between SaulSugarman and others on Daviswiki. In fact I just recently became aware of it and haven't had the appetite to try to scrutinize whats going on, but it appears Saul is trying to say that Ikea is the incarnation of evil. What caught my attention was the unusual comment "Dude, your ass must be SORE after pulling so much untruth out of it." which someone had made to Saul regarding his facts.
Kitten-Themed Photo Essay of the Day
Bailey and I drove down back down to OC today.
Its a very long very boring drive.
So Bailey took a turn at the wheel.
Keep your eyes on the road Bailey!!
Okay Bailey's tired of driving now.
Time for the traditional food stop at Kettleman City. Amazingly this was the only place my car needed gas this time. Bailey was tremendiously entertained mewing at the sparrows that flitted about.
The adventure continues! (for many more hours)
Home at last! Bailey recovers from the trip.
Bailey seriously sat on my shoulder like that 98% of the trip. He was amazingly well-behaved. Originally I was afraid it would be tedious driving down with mr catface, but in the future I think I'd rather have him keeping me company for the drive than not. We're like, Best Friends Forever now.
Previously on Emosnail
04-12-12: Final Throes - I need a ride back to OC after finals week ends. Also I have $3.77 in my bank account. I've really moved up in the world since then: a year later I'm driving my mercedes home with my awesome co-pilot and I totally have like $100 in my bank account.
04-12-13: The UCD Nuremburg Trials - The then-members of the ASUCD Elections Committee are tried before the Campus Judicial Board and utterly destroyed by the arguments of the Orwellian candidates. The Orwellian plaintiffs are now the Elections Committee.
Year Ago Last Thursday: Shoot the Moon - Police respond to calls regarding a suspicious individual on campus. Arriving on the scene, they are shot at by the individual in question, return fire. Suspect dies on the scene with ten gunshot wounds, no officers are harmed. This is the first shooting death at UC Davis. This is the first officer related death at UC Davis. At the time it wasn't clear what caused the incident. It appears the Aggie wrote a follow-up article on it, but because the Aggie changed servers and broke all their links, it would take some searching to find.
ALSO, an artistic rendering of the previous day's elections committee trial, and an anonymous poster gives me the crushing advice to "get a life." I think I'm still recovering from that one. ALSO, pictures from my trip down to UCLA.
Year Ago Last Sunday: Procrastinatory Morass - The aforementioned Procrastinator's Choice Awards 2004 -- Awarded to Daviswiki.org. Also, we review some historic murdurous violence that occured in Davis, and in conjunction with others placed a $6 reward for anyone that can determine which campus restroom was the site of a violent murder. This reward was later nullified by another editor who thought it in poor taste, and we didn't push the issue. I'd still give $6 to know though.
Year Ago Today: Breaking News:
(1) Eric Sanchez Announced as New ASUCD Advisor - Chosen by an expert panel of Student Focus and SS members (+ token Leadite member Adam Barr), he'd last appx 2/3rds of a year. After a short time of trouble, new ASUCD Advisor Michael Tucker now advises a Senate with only a small focite minority.
(2) On the Deleterious Behaviour of the Elections Committee - The official opinions of the Campus Judicial Board are publicized via Emosnail. They had earlier been posted on the wall on the Third Floor but were almost immediately removed by some unknown individual. See also, a funny comment string to the entry.
