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Meh. Been too busy with finals to even update my livejournal lately. I know, shocking.
So Kristy and I on our one month anniversary finally accomplished our goal of eating at every known Thai restaurant in town, having visited Thai Nakorn on Monday. It was pretty good, possibly ranking second in terms of taste/portions (I think Thai Recipes may have tasted better, but is disqualified on grounds that the serving size left me totally unsatisfied). Ranking first in terms of taste and having entirely acceptable serving sizes is definitely Thai2k. Mmmm my mouth salivates just thinking about it. And finally Sophia's: I don't mean to sound hyperbolic here, but Sophia's provided my friends and I with what appeared to be the worst Thai food I've ever had at a restaurant. The free refills on Thai iced tea however are enough to make me consider returning someday. And in their defense, I personally would also refuse service to a serial non-tipper. One has a right not to tip, but that would certainly imply one was displeased to the point of never returning. I do not presume to know anything about the issue beyond that the frequent return of the serial-non-tipper is suspicious and weird. If you don't know what I'm talking about: its an issue that was in the paper awhile ago, but the search function on the Aggie isn't currently working so I can't link to it. Anyway, I just went really off topic. Thai2k in my opinion is the definitive Thai restaurant in town, but others may believe differently.
CLASSES
Signed up for classes for next quarter. I will be taking 16 units that happen to fall on only THREE (3!) days of the week. Yes, next quarter my weekend shall run from Friday evening until Tuesday night. I am currently signed up for IRE1 "Global Interdependance" with Prof Nincic, HIS111B (Greek world from Minoan-Mycenaean period to end of Hellenistic Age, Prof Spyridakis), ENL113A (Chaucer, taught by Worley) and RUS5.
MINUTIA
There are several mentionable things that came up in class towards the end of the quarter but went unreported.
Chalkboard Effect - Professor Gartner's theory as to how one gets dumber the closer they get to the chalkboard. Particularly in terms of spelling ability. Professor Gartner pointed out that it has nearly no effect once he's a few feet from the chalkboard, but very intense just a foot closer.
Floppiness Theory - After we got our term paper back a SEVERAL students were comparing the relative floppiness of their papers, a result of page thickness and quality of paper, with the theory (that they had purposefully employeed by selection of high quality paper) that the relative floppiness of their termpapers had an effect on the grades.
Quotes - "If I called half of you to do a phone poll, well half of you would say 'go explitive yourself!' & hang up, but..."
"I don't mean to denegrate those who have chosen that profession [crack-whore], it can be lucrative if rather short." -(both) Professor Becker
Berkeley, PHY137, et citera
Nov. 12th, 2003 10:35 pm About two weeks ago in Physics 137 (Nuclear Weapons) we were given a test so hard that 71% of everyone that took it FAILED. The teacher, everyone's favorite Dane, Professor Jenson, categorically refused to curve the test, preserving the failures for all time. He maintained that the class as a whole had been criminally unprepared. To rectify this situation however, he did declare that there would be another midterm, of equal difficulty and scope on 11/13/02 (tomarrow), for which we had best be better prepared for. Consequently I have not had time to write lj entries and even now time is at an extreme premium.
Berkeley - The House of Moral Depravity
Last Friday Kristy and I ended up going down to Berkeley to visit my brother ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif){kind=small}
nibot and our friend roxymartini at the "moral depravity" theme co-op.
True to its name, we were traumatized by such things as a hot tub full of naked people, a couple attempting to commit sexual acts in the room Kristy and I were supposed to sleep in, and rumours and implications of the activities of my brother. We did however survive, and I'd like to express our gratitude for the hospitality of the friendly deviants that live there.
The next day Kristy and I wandered around telegraph in the pouring rain (pouring rain = a good thing), ate $1 naan bread, became an official couple, and other such pleasant activities.
Saturday our Model UN club at Davis had our "crash course in chairing" to train people to be chairs at the Contra Costa County HS MUN Conference we are chairing this weekend. I taught the workshop on "how to score" of course.
Tobin came to Davis today and ran off with my car. Such a troll.
More Professor Quotes
"I was comfortably emersed in my nuclear weapons before you did that!" -Professor Jenson, after someone took a photograph of him, causing him to lose his train of thought.
"We have words for people that will not make any exceptions to rules at all... ...assholes" -Professor Becker, while explaining Formalism, Rule Skepticism, Open Texture of the Law, and other such philosophies on whether rules may have "exceptions not exhaustively specified in advance."
