DBD 7.31.09 Student Edition: Pick Your Classes
by Avinash Kunnath on Jul 30, 2009 11:33 PM PDT
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We're about a month from classes resuming at the university. Although most of our commenters have long since graduated, I assume that we have a fair amount of students that are either lurking or posting, and this DBD is for them, to an extent.
Picking classes at Cal is never easy, even in the 21st century. There are too many choices, too many false roads, too many distractions outside of school. It's never been harder, timewise, to be a student.
What classes are you guys and gals signed up for and why? Do you have any questions on how good/bad a professor or textbook is? And for the alumni, which classes/professors do you recommend to the younger generation from this giant Schedule of Classes?
California has been picked to finish second in the 2009 Pac-10 preseason poll of media members who regularly cover the league. USC was the media's preseason choice to win the conference title for an eighth consecutive season. The Trojans were listed in the top spot by 28 of the 32 voters participating in the poll, while Cal claimed three of the four other first-place votes. Oregon (one first-place vote) was picked third and followed by Oregon State, Arizona State, Stanford, UCLA, Arizona, Washington and Washington State.
"Next Thursday is always the most exciting day of the year for me when we reconvene again," said head coach Jeff Tedford in his comments to the media, referring to the team's reporting date for training camp. "I'm excited about the prospects of the season. I know the players are working very hard, and I'm happy with the team chemistry and how the leadership has surfaced."
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Cal women's basketball schedule released!he California Golden Bear women's basketball team has released its 2009-10 schedule. The challenging schedule will feature five opponents from the 2009 NCAA Tournament (Baylor, Ohio State, Texas A&M, Stanford, Arizona State) as well as Boston College who advanced to the Final Four of the WNIT post season tournament.
The Bears will open the season unofficially with an exhibition game at home on November 3 against Vanguard. All seats for all fans for this exhibition game will be free.
The Bears official season opener is Sunday, November 15 when they host Idaho State. On November 17, the Bears will host Saint Mary's, one of two local non-conference opponents this season. The Bears also host San Jose State on December 9.
On Sunday, Nov. 22, the Baylor Bears will come to Haas Pavilion to take on the Cal Bears. The two teams were scheduled to play one another last season at Haas before a snow storm stranded Baylor in Oregon and forced the cancellation of the game. Both Cal and Baylor advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 last year.
Cal will once again host the Colliers International Classic with another 2009 Sweet 16 team, Texas A&M, among the participants. Southern Illinois and Colorado State will also participate in the tourney.
The Bears play in two other road tournaments. They will be in Columbus, Ohio just after Thanksgiving for the Ohio State Buckeye Classic where they potentially will face another 2009 NCAA tournament team in the host school. Also playing in that tournament will be IUPUI. The Bears head to San Diego in late December for the Surf 'n Slam Tournament when they could see a rematch of their 2008 NCAA first round tournament game against San Diego. Also playing in that tournament are Boston College and Nevada.
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Angie Pressey is going places. Seriously.
Former California volleyball All-American outside hitter Angie Pressey will join USA Volleyball this month for the 2009 FIVB (Fédération Internationale de Volleyball) World Grand Prix from July 31 to Aug. 23. Exclusive internet webcasts of all matches are available at www.universalsports.com. Pressey played professionally for Llaneras de Toa Baja earlier this year in Puerto Rico and was also on the Team USA roster for the Pan American Cup at the end of June.
Competition will span three weeks with the 12 participating countries separated into three different pools in three different global locations. Teams will change location each week and be placed into a new pool. Other competing nations include Brazil, China, Dominican Republic, Germany, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Poland, Puerto Rico, Russia, and Thailand. Team USA will open play with three matches in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The Americans will be a part of Pool A and take on Germany, Friday, July 31, at 9 a.m. PT. Also in the pool are host nation Brazil and Puerto Rico. The second week of competition (Aug. 7-9) takes Team USA to Miao Li in Chinese Taipei where it will be pooled with Netherlands, Dominican Republic and Germany in Pool D. In week three (Aug. 14-16), Team USA will play out of Pool I and face Thailand, Russia and Puerto Rico in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Alexis Grey-Lawson one of the top 25 players in the country? Probably.
Golden Bear senior guard Alexis Gray-Lawson has been named to the 2009-10 preseason "Wade Watch" list list for The State Farm Wade Trophy Division I Player of the Year. The 25-member list is made up of top NCAA Division I student-athletes who best embody the spirit of Lily Margaret Wade according to the following criteria: game and season statistics, leadership, character, effect on their team and overall playing ability.
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Dana Volmer is fast becoming Cal's next swimming sensation.
Former California star Dana Vollmer won a silver medal after leading off the United States' 4x200-meter freestyle relay on Thursday night, July 30, at the 2009 FINA Swimming World Championships in the Stadia del Nuoto. The U.S. relay posted an American-record time of 7:42.56 to finish behind China's gold-medal and world-record time of 7:42.08. In her lead-off leg, Vollmer tied the 200-free personal record of 1:55.29 that she set on July 28 and gave her team a slight lead over the Chinese. This is the second medal of the World Championships for Vollmer, who won a bronze in the 200-free final yesterday.
Cal's 2009 NCAA Swimmer of the Year was a member of the U.S. 4x200-free relays that won gold medals in world-record times in the 2007 World Championships and the 2004 Olympics.
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Roseanne Niven qualifies for the Women's British Open.
California Golden Bear senior Roseanne Niven will be competing this week at the Ricoh British Women's Open. Niven earned her spot in the field by winning the 2008 British Amateur.
Niven will be competing against all the top-20 professional players, and 47 of the top-50 players, in the world, including Lorena Ochoa, Cristie Kerr, Paula Creamer, Suzann Pettersen, Michelle Wie, Angela Stanford, Karrie Webb and Helen Alfredsson. The field will also include the winners of the first three major championships of 2009: Brittany Lincicome (Kraft Nabisco Championship), Anna Nordqvist (McDonald's LPGA Championship Presented by Coca-Cola) and Eun-Hee Ji (U.S. Women's Open).
Women's crew members in the world championships.
Former California women's rowers Erin Cafaro and Mara Allen will compete in the women's eight at the 2009 World Rowing Championships from August 23-30 in Poznan, Poland. Cafaro rowed with the women's eight that won gold at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
Cafaro, who graduated in 2006, is one of five returning rowers from that gold-medal boat. This is the fourth year that Cafaro has been selected to the U.S. senior team, while this will be the first appearance in the world championships by Allen, who graduated in 2008. Both had previously represented the U.S. at the Under-23 World Championships, and they were key members of Cal's 2005 and 2006 NCAA championship teams.
Former Cal coach Kate Bertko will also be making her first appearance in the world championships. Bertko, who coached during the 2006-07 season, will race in the women's quadruple sculls
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I would share the classes that I’m taking, but I’m only in high school and Rollonubears would declare me “Sanchez’d” immediately.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Jul 30, 2009 11:40 PM PDT reply actions
Oh, go ahead. No biggie.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jul 30, 2009 11:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, cool.
These are the classes that I’m taking for my senior year:
- Financial math
- CP English 7-8
- CP U.S. Government / Economics
- Hospital / Health Services Occupation
- Spanish III
The hospital class counts as two since it’s a two-hour course. It’s like hands-on training.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Jul 31, 2009 12:13 AM PDT up reply actions
God damn, financial mathematics in high school? That’s what I do now and I didn’t do that until graduate school. I feel…old.
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by yellow fever on Jul 31, 2009 4:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah seriously. My first financial math class is now, in my MBA program. What is “CP”? Is that like the AP program?
That makes sense. I’m going to get my UCLA degree revoked for not being able to decipher acronyms, but they’re going to have to send BearStage’s class to my apartment to collect my resume.
Dude, BearStage’s gun class is the most awesome thing I’ve ever heard of. They should send it to Afghanistan to round up terorists!
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We would look awesome – jumping out of transports, guns ablazing, blanks flying everywhere!
As long as the Taliban don’t look around and realize that no one’s dying or even wounded, we’ll be heroes!!
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Why would I declare you Sanchez?
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by rollonubears on Jul 31, 2009 12:23 AM PDT up reply actions
I was just kidding.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Jul 31, 2009 1:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Indeed. Whether others ask why, JShufelt reminds us, why not?
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by yellow fever on Jul 31, 2009 8:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Fall 09 for me
Senior Year, WOOHOO!
History 127AC: California History
I love history classes, and this takes care of my American Cultures requirement.
PolySci 122A: Politics of European Integration
I’m a PolySci major, and the idea of supra-national entities like the European Union is really interesting to me.
PolySci 138E: The Varieties of Capitalism: Political Economic Systems of the World.
I needed another PolySci class, and this one sounded interesting.
UGBA 167: Sports Marketing: I’m waitlisted for this one, since I’m not a business major, but I am really hoping I can get in. Its taught by Sandy Alderson, former A’s GM and Padres CEO, and it fits in perfectly with the career I’m hoping to get into after I graduate. Kevin Riley said he’s taking this class over the summer with a different professor, and he thinks it’s really good.
Alright, fine, I admit it! "Hydration Technician" really DOES just mean "water boy!"
Just a warning
Any AC History class is not going to be a true history class. It’s going to be a class about how the White Man was unjust in taking down the Natives and how we should all feel sorry for ourselves because of it.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jul 31, 2009 12:24 AM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
More firewater and small pox infested blankets for everyone!!!!
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by Fire Starkey on Jul 31, 2009 6:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Eleventy billion. AND THEY WERE ALL ABOUT THE WHITE MAN’S BURDEN!
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jul 31, 2009 8:46 AM PDT up reply actions
“The white man wouldn’t let ANYBODY else play the A Minor Chord until 1961 when finally it was allowed under protest by Governer Faubus.”
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How would a state governor have any say over the playing of musical chords if it was a worldwide decree?
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jul 31, 2009 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
So, you are concerned that in my ridiculously preposterous joke about the white man not allowing non-white people to play musical chords, there might be an inaccuracy in the power a state governor holds?
Moreover, listen to Fables of Faubus. Great song!
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“Governer” was his first name. His parents had high hopes, and he exceeded them, especially so since they couldn’t spell properly.
by Yes We Cannon on Jul 31, 2009 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
UN Resolution 35: Governing the Use of Chords in Bad National Anthems.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 31, 2009 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
To be honest all I know are the USSR, Canada, and USA, so I can’t really comment.
But I mean honestly what are the chances Lesotho’s anthem is good? I don’t even think they have a concept of music.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 31, 2009 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions
Lesōthō fatše la bo ntat’a rōna;
Ha ra mafatše le letle ke lona;
Ke moo re hlahileng,
ke moo re hōlileng,
Rea lerata,
Mōlimō ak’u bōlōke Lesōthō;
U felise lintoa le matšoenyeho;
Oho fatše lena;
La bo ntata rōna;
Le be le khotso.
by HolmoePhobe on Jul 31, 2009 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I think it roughly translates to
Lesōthō HELP ME GET
OUT OF LESOTHO
AUGH
AUGH
GIVE ME FOOD
PLEASE HELP
FUCK
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 31, 2009 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
Nearly fell out of my chair. Super rec’d.
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by rollonubears on Jul 31, 2009 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Without ever having heard it, I think we can safely assume: Canada.
by HolmoePhobe on Jul 31, 2009 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions
Canada’s is pretty good dude.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 31, 2009 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Rec’d for truth.
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by rollonubears on Jul 31, 2009 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Flagged for sucking too much dick.
And honestly, I'm down like the economy
by Rishi on Jul 31, 2009 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
The whole dick of Canada?
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by rollonubears on Jul 31, 2009 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Are we talking about anthems or beers?
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jul 31, 2009 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions
You shut your mouth about Molson’s!
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by rollonubears on Jul 31, 2009 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Subtle. That was a good one HolmoePhobe.
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by rollonubears on Jul 31, 2009 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Mexico’s is just ridiculous.
Mexican National Anthem
Oh Americans dance on a dance floor.
And the Spaniards, they dance on a table.
And the Russians, they dance on a saber.
But the Mexicans dance on their hats.
Oh they dance on hot coals in Calcutta.
In Wisconsin they dance on fresh butta,
Which they squeeze from one cow or an udda.
Yes, the Mexicans dance on their hats.
(Ole!)
There are Mexicans dancing on derbies.
There are Mexicans dancing on caps.
They just throw their fedoras
Wherever the floor is,
And start doing horas and taps.
They won’t quit! They go on!
It’s a Mexican custom,
To take hats and bust ’em,
By doing a dance thereupon.
Oh the reason they shot Pancho Villa
Was he danced on his mother’s mantilla.
And the message did not reach Garcia.
He was out somewhere dancing on hats.
(Ole!)
There’s a fellow in West Acapulco,
The most elegant man you could meet.
He does sambas on hombergs
To tunes of Sig Romberg’s,
And sometimes the Nutcracker Suite.
So take care! So beware!
Or they’ll put castanets on
And ruin your Stetson,
‘Cause they all think they’re Fred Astaire!
If you’re ever in Mexico proper,
And you’re wearing a straw hat or topper,
When the band starts to play, call a copper,
‘Cause by now you should know
That they’ll grab your chapeau,
And they’ll stomp till it’s flat,
And that’s that!
That’s what Mexicans do on your hat.
(Ole!)
by zoonews on Jul 31, 2009 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
hahaahahahah
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 31, 2009 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions
“Advance Australia Fair”
Australians all let us rejoice,
For we are young and free;
We’ve golden soil and wealth for toil;
Our home is girt by sea;
Awesome anthem: “God Defend New Zealand”. One verse in Maori, one verse in English, neither too difficult to sing, musically.
by Yes We Cannon on Jul 31, 2009 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
6 National Anthems That Will Make You Tremble With Fear
These are awesome. From the national anthem of Turkey, for example:
“I’m like the roaring flood; powerful and independent, I’ll tear apart mountains, exceed the heavens and still gush out!”
“Render your chest as armor and your body as trench!”
“For only then, shall my fatigued tombstone, if there is one, prostrate a thousand times in ecstasy, and tears of fiery blood shall flow out of my every wound, and my lifeless body shall gush out from the earth like an eternal spirit.”
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Israel’s is not a very good national anthem. Don’t get me wrong, it is a great tune; it sounds like an unrequited love song, but for instilling fear in ones’ enemies? Not so good.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 31, 2009 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
France's
Is pretty violent, and therefore excellent.
The chorus:
Aux armes citoyens
Formez vos bataillons
Marchons, marchons
Qu’un sang impur
Abreuve nos sillons
Roughly translated, that’s…
Citizens, to arms!
Form your battalions
Let’s march, march
Until an impure blood
Waters our furrows
Kazakhstan:
Kazakhstan greatest country in the world.
All other countries are run by little girls.
Kazakhstan number one exporter of potassium.
Other countries have inferior potassium.
Kazakhstan home of Tinshein swimming pool.
It’s length thirty meter and width six meter.
Filtration system a marvel to behold.
It remove 80 percent of human solid waste.
Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan you very nice place.
From Plains of Tarashek to Northern fence of Jewtown.
Kazakhstan friend of all except Uzbekistan.
They very nosey people with bone in their brain.
Kazakhstan industry best in world.
We invented toffee and trouser belt.
Kazakhstan’s prostitutes cleanest in the region.
Except of course for Turkmenistan’s.
Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan you very nice place.
From Plains of Tarashek to Norther fence of Jewtown.
Come grasp the mighty penis of our leader.
From junction with the testes to tip of its face!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 31, 2009 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Bruno<<<<Borat
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jul 31, 2009 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I’d do maybe Bruno<<Borat. Not quite 5 <s though.
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Compromise, Bruno <<< Borat
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jul 31, 2009 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaah they aren’t telling me what I want to hear waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah?
Photo of you having beer with the president or else you’ve never oppressed a minority in your life!
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More like “total waste of time”.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jul 31, 2009 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions
As compared to the rest of your education?
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Twist, what was the worst class you took at Cal?
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jul 31, 2009 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
Even Astro 10? Isn’t that supposed to be the best first year class to take?
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jul 31, 2009 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Astro 10 was a cool class. It was accessible and interesting, but not as dumbed down as some of the other science-for-humanities-major classes.
by HolmoePhobe on Jul 31, 2009 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
It has been so long that I have trouble remembering. Im racking my brain to think of something negative, but they all sort of run together. I’d just do the same thing each year anyway. Go to class, take notes, not do the reading, write up some bullshit for the paper or final. The classes at Haas were easier, because everything was group project, so Id get other people to do the work for me.
Prolly the most stressful class I took was also the best class I took, a jazz theory course. I actually cared. Tons of fun, but also really hard and intense. We got tested on the scales wherein the teacher would play the scale and then wed have to write down what it was. That was hard. I also had to transcribe, which is so difficult and, often times, boring.
I guess the way I am, I was equally uninterested in all the stuff I did, be it a lower level class like BA10 or an upper level PS class. I just went to class, did the minimum amount of work necessary to move on, and then chilled the rest of the time.
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Your “true history” is the sanitized version written after the fact to make the masses feel good about their heritage. Not to say that any particular alternative history is the unbiased truth at all, but other viewpoints of the same events can be fascinating to consider.
Really? I’ve taken non-AC history courses and they seem to address perspectives among all lines. The AC course is almost totally contrarian in the way it addresses the past.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jul 31, 2009 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Nothing. Just not my style.
Kind of like the idea of Cal running the A-11 offense. Or Syd’Quan at QB.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jul 31, 2009 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
How many AC/non-AC classes did you take? If you took like 1 or 2 of each, your sample might be a little flawed here.
by HolmoePhobe on Jul 31, 2009 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
I took a Linguistics AC, IIRC. I dont remember it being all “I HATE WHITEY” or anything like that.
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History 7B w/ Litwack was accused of what Avinash is talking about, but since Litwack spent half the class talking about poor white people who got screwed in the early 20th century, it was pretty obvious he was talking about class/social justice issues in general and not just about the white man keeping the brown/black/red/yellow/green man down.
by HolmoePhobe on Jul 31, 2009 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
You can’t hold THIS greenman down. Watch him go!
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You suck at It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia!
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No, the Maharg has a green man costume.
by HolmoePhobe on Jul 31, 2009 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
WHAHT?!
THATS SO AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post them please.
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by rollonubears on Jul 31, 2009 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
He looks like the generic create-a-player who demonstrates all the moves in Smackdown vs. Raw when you’re picking a moveset. I’ve nailed that guy with a Flash Magic so many times it’s not even funny. Well, maybe it is.
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by yellow fever on Jul 31, 2009 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Green man? I’m all for discrimination of Rodians.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jul 31, 2009 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions
HAN SHOT FIRST!
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jul 31, 2009 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions
holy shit lol….so effing true.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 31, 2009 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions
Linguistics 55AC
Even while covering the different languages used in the United States today, they still managed to make me feel awful for destroying the Native American culture.
But I highly recommend this class to fulfill the AC requirement. After learning the IPA, learning new languages is simple.
by CaliforniaBone on Jul 31, 2009 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I took an AC English class. Pretty much devoid of any of this ‘down with whitey’ sentiment. Heck, the first book we read was by a German-American; it was basically a gothic novel, like Frankenstein, but much less interesting. The only other book I even vaguely remember was about a Latino; he had a big family and was gay, and this created some conflict or some such. Meh.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
I wish I was a student....
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Do they let staff sit in on classes???
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Jul 31, 2009 12:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Let? Anyone can go for a class. The only problem that comes up is when the people who audit the class take the seats and make students who are enrolled sit on steps or in the back.
by Yes We Cannon on Jul 31, 2009 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions
My students would probably recognize me in the class
which would either mean they’d leave me alone, or they’d throw a party because I am the coolest advisor ever.
There's no crying in baseball!
I need advice, gigglingone. A party is being thrown for the coolest advisor ever. I don’t really know this person, but just, in general, love parties. Is it cool to crash?
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Ap Euro
English 2-H
Chem-H (probs will go down to regular chem, which is semi-advanced at my school anyway)
Precalc-H
Spanish 2
Percussion Ensemble
Religion
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That sounds…horrible. I SO do not miss school. 9 years of frickin college was enough for me.
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by Fire Starkey on Jul 31, 2009 6:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Man, that’s high school. It can’t be that awful. I spent 3/4 of my classes playing Tetris on my TI-85.
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by yellow fever on Jul 31, 2009 6:50 AM PDT up reply actions
It is a requirement. And as a non-catholic, I really don’t think it achieves its desired affect. Nothing has turned me away from Christianity more than studying the old testament.
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by rollonubears on Jul 31, 2009 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Offering this excerpt from his book, Dawkins declared with disdain, "The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully."
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Exactly why I don’t like the old testament. But Samson may be my favorite character of everything. HE SET 300 FOXES ON FIRE BECAUSE HIS WIFE CHEATED ON HIM. HE KILLED A THOUSAND PHILISTINES WITH THE JAWBONE OF A DONKEY. WHY CAN’T WE HAVE A FEW MORE CHAPTERS ON HIM?!?!?!?!?
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by rollonubears on Jul 31, 2009 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
One of the more interesting classes I took at Texas was The Bible and History where we examined the Old Testament and looked for possible explanations that could make some of the more outlandish stuff true (i.e. Moses parting the Red Sea for example). It was taught by an old New York City Jewish Prof. who had some pretty intruiging insights.
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by Fire Starkey on Jul 31, 2009 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m going into the California Conservation Corps this fall (or whenever they call me up from the waitlist), so no units for me. I’m pretty happy about it, all things considered.
So, you have truly considered all things? Not just most things or as many things as possible, then??? Because that is a lot of things to consider!
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She uses the shake weight, obviously.
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by rollonubears on Jul 31, 2009 1:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Look, carp is having a hard enough time as it is…
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jul 31, 2009 1:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Stick finger down throat= 7 lbs a week! Tried and true, the Jessica Alba method.
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by Fire Starkey on Jul 31, 2009 6:47 AM PDT up reply actions
vaguely related
anyone watching any of Top Chef Masters?
the new host (would-be Padma) whose name escapes me is so sickeningly thin. its kind of unappatizing.
I am Ted Miller
Milorad Cavic says he’s tired of hearing that Michael Phelps is competing in an inferior swimsuit, offering to buy the American star one of the latest models if that’s what it takes to even the playing field for their rematch in the 100-meter butterfly.
Cavic, who wears the Arena X-Glide, said Friday the perception that Phelps has no choice except to stick with the Speedo LZR Racer is “a complete lie.” The Serbian says Arena would provide Phelps a suit “within the hour.” Or, if Phelps would prefer another of the polyurethane suits, the Jaked, Cavic says he’ll “buy it for him.”
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by Rated-R Superstar on Jul 31, 2009 2:31 AM PDT reply actions
Aren’t they banning those suits next year or something anyway? They might as well voluntarily return to the old suits now because everyone’s going to look at any records set in soon-to-be-banned suits as illegitimate anyway.
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by yellow fever on Jul 31, 2009 4:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Man, Swimming technology has absolutely taken off in the past year. Its ridiculous. The revolutionary suits are now inferior.
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by rollonubears on Jul 31, 2009 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey Cavic
Are you willing to pay Phelps’ legal expenses if Speedo sues him for wearing the Arena suit?
What’s that? No? Then shut up.
Praise be to Tedford!
A couple other juicy quotes:
Speedo allowed its athletes to switch to another suit if they thought it would improve their chances in Rome. But Phelps, who has been sponsored by Speedo since he was a teenager and earns millions from the company, decided to stick with the LZR.
Whether that applies to the World Championships this weekend wasn’t specified.
“I think there’s three options for Michael,” Cavic said. “The first option is to use the suit that he’s wearing, the second option is to get one of these [polyurethane] suits, which I guarantee Arena will provide him within the hour, as soon as he wants. The third option would actually be a dream of mine, to have the whole final everybody swimming in briefs. I swear to God, this is it, this is what I want, but this is the most unrealistic of all scenarios.”
I swear to God that third option is what I want too. Everyone in briefs.
Wait, what?
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by yellow fever on Jul 31, 2009 6:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Now that’s a cat with the cool confidence of knowledge regarding where, in specific, the penis goes.
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She knew you were little.
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by BearStage on Jul 31, 2009 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Good point
I think it’s Phelps’ coach who has been the outspoken one. Everything I’ve heard from Phelps has been diplomatic. (E.g., “The swimmer beat me, not the suit.”)
Praise be to Tedford!
I'm taking an awesome class next week!!
Next week, I’m taking the Society of American Fight Director’s Theatrical Firearms Safety Course.
A 4-day course, It includes hands-on experience with firearms designed specifically for theatre and film. You learn:
- Brief overview of firearms history.
- How to identify different types of blanks.
- How to tell the difference between a practical firearm and one built or modified for the stage.
- How to tell the difference between a “real” round, blank fire round and an expended round.
- How to handle misfires, hang fires and jams safely onstage.
- How to safely handle a blank fire revolver or semi-auto loaded or unloaded.
- How to check to see if it is loaded.
- How to load and unload blanks.
- How to load, fire, safe and unload a blank fire revolver and semi auto pistol.
- How to clean and maintain theatrical firearms.
- Understand firing lanes and venting of blank fire weapons.
Class concludes with a student performance of multiple theatrical gunfights staged by the instructor. Shoot ’em ups cowboy style and SWAT team takedowns.
This is going to be so much fun! THIS is what I call job training.
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by BearStage on Jul 31, 2009 5:19 AM PDT reply actions 4 recs
Rec’d for being the most awesomest class evair!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- How to tell the difference between a "real" round, blank fire round and an expended round.
Make sure to nail that one correctly. Could end poorly otherwise.
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How to check to see if it is loaded.
step 1: point at lead actor
step 2: pull trigger
step 3: get a lawyer
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by dballisloose on Jul 31, 2009 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions
The Estate of Brandon Lee does NOT care for that type of humor and will be suing.
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Remember John Eric Hexum? Killed himself by putting a gun to his head loaded with blanks and pulled the trigger. Didn’t realize that blanks still pack a punch I guess.
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by Fire Starkey on Jul 31, 2009 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Really? I thought blanks were just a realistic cap gun?
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by rollonubears on Jul 31, 2009 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions
blanks don’t contain a bullet per se, but do have a light-weight plug to seal the powder in. Plus, you’re causing a small explosion – this is going to have some effect at a very close range.
Yeah, there’s still a lot of pressure that comes out of the front of a gun firing blanks. It’s not necessarily that a projectile comes out per se – it’s just that blast of pressure from the exploding gunpowder.
Plus, that gunpowder is hot. Hell, when I was in 10th grade, I accidentally gave myself a 3rd-degree burn (albeit a small one) with a theatrical gun.
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rollonubears= John Eric Hexum of the new Millenium?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon-Erik_Hexum
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by Fire Starkey on Jul 31, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought I have proven enough to show I am not THAT big of an idiot.
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by rollonubears on Jul 31, 2009 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Nope, blanks are a type of ammunition that contain gunpowder, but do not not fire a projectile. At the same time, you can’t just stick a blank in a practical (i.e. regular) firearm and take it on stage. They look pretty much exactly the same, but with internal differences.
As to the technical differences between a practical firearm and a theatrical one? Well, I’ll tell you next week ;-)
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I thought you could put a blank in a regular gun? I thought the problem is usually putting a real bullet in a theatrical gun, which are typically altered precisely so that you can’t do that.
What that class is missing is a history and overview of the overdramatic EEEEAAAAAAAAUUUUGUUUUUUGHHHHH when one gets shot with a firearm
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 31, 2009 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
OMFG
This is amazing even by zoonews standards. Sir, I commend you.
by HolmoePhobe on Jul 31, 2009 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
I think there should be two parts to that:
Part 1: how to act like you’re shot if you’re a good guy (slowly, for at least 30 seconds even if shot in the heart)
Part 2: how to act like you’re shot if you’re a bad guy (immediately with a “eeeaaaauuguuughhhh” even if just shot in the arm)
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by dballisloose on Jul 31, 2009 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Is this a Firearms AC class? How much are they teaching you about holding the whiteman down?
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Please post every day.
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by rollonubears on Jul 31, 2009 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Shout out to Roseanne Niven!
Great news among the links above. She really earned her spot – winning the Women’s British Amateur is a big deal. Congrats! Good luck at the Women’s British.
Praise be to Tedford!
Don't follow women's golf
Who’re the best golfers right now?
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jul 31, 2009 8:43 AM PDT up reply actions
Current top 10 in the women's world golf rankings
1 Lorena Ochoa (Mexico)
2 Yani Tseng (Taiwan)
3 Cristie Kerr (USA)
4 Jiyai Shin (Korea)
5 Paula Creamer (USA)
6 Suzann Pettersen (Norway)
7 Angela Stanford (USA)
8 In Kyung Kim (Korea)
9 Karrie Webb (Australia)
10 Helen Alfredsson (Sweden)
Praise be to Tedford!
Ochoa has been slumping all year though.
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by rollonubears on Jul 31, 2009 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
You’re such a tease.
What was Jahvid’s favorite part of Twist’s outfit?
Simply the vest.
by Yes We Cannon on Jul 31, 2009 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
How did Captain Hook respond when Smee asked him if he wanted prisoners in addition to the booty?
“Simply the chest.”
by Yes We Cannon on Jul 31, 2009 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Since it’s Leon Powe news, I’ll post it here.
The Cavaliers are Leon Powe’s first choice after the Celtics failed to make him a qualifying offer this summer.
The Magic, Mavericks and Lakers could also be interested, but there is probably no rush. Powe’s not expected back from left knee microfracture surgery until the second half of the season.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Jul 31, 2009 9:17 AM PDT reply actions
This is for danzig and Top Gear lovers
Do you like Ferraris? — So do we! Check out the best Top Gear videos that feature them — http://twurl.nl/gklt24
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jul 31, 2009 10:30 AM PDT reply actions
Top Gear
might be my favorite show on television. I love that I can watch it with my family, who know nothing about cars, and we can all enjoy it.
Alright, fine, I admit it! "Hydration Technician" really DOES just mean "water boy!"
Alright, my next tagline is going to honor you.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 31, 2009 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Someday, I will be on that throne.
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by rollonubears on Jul 31, 2009 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
That looks oddly like my fashion sense.
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by rollonubears on Jul 31, 2009 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm going to hate my life
ME 104 – Engineering Mechanics II
ME 106 – Fluid Mechanics
ME 108 – Mechanical Behavior of Engineering Materials
E 170 – Introduction to Modeling and Simulation
by omnizzle on Jul 31, 2009 10:41 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I hated ME104. They had the second midterm on Good Friday!
But, you might have good luck with the class. It’s a lot of physics, all over again. You might even have Professor F. Ma (F=ma) teach it.
by Yes We Cannon on Jul 31, 2009 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Sounds like really wasn’t that Good of a Friday, then.
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Is that the holiday where you put ash on your foreheads?
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Its not Ash Friday, Twist. It’s Good Friday. Honestly, I would expect our Hebrew brethren to have a better understanding of arbitrary Christian holidays.
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by Fire Starkey on Jul 31, 2009 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Can I interest you in a day where you fast for repentance? I think right now, you guys are at like 40 days to get repentance. It’s a much better deal. Just 1!
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I’m an atheist, those silly Christian details are beneath my notice.
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by Fire Starkey on Jul 31, 2009 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
I thoguht you believed in Starkeyism.
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Praise Be To Bak Bak for this bountiful harvest of foolish parishioners!
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we need two more deities to round out the Trinity of the Church of TNH. I suggest Danzig and the Ghost of CBKWit.
I can be Lucifer.
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by rollonubears on Jul 31, 2009 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
He could be Job. That’s the one that all the terrible shit happens to because the God and the Devil have a bet, right?
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
aww come on, God totally gave him back more than he had after all was said and done.
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I was being glib about it.
But hey, it’s a story about the strength of faith, and faith helps people some pretty rough times, so more power to them :-)
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No, that’s “Look at me, I’m Catholic!” Day.
by Yes We Cannon on Jul 31, 2009 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions
I thought that was just called “Tuesday.”
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It’s a Wednesday!
We’ve been over this.
by Yes We Cannon on Jul 31, 2009 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions
The joke was that hed have dirt on his forehead all the time, independent of holiday, so I couldnt choose Wedned.
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I thought that was just called"Tuesday."every waking moment of your life.
Fixed.
by Yes We Cannon on Jul 31, 2009 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Score, I just found a dollar on the sidewalk
I used it to buy a cookie.
I found $20 next to my neighbor’s car in my apartment complex parking lot. I was pretty sure that it wasn’t mine so I stuck it in his door. I’m still waiting for the good karma to reward me.
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by dballisloose on Jul 31, 2009 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
I once found gay porn in my then roommate’s room. That was awkward.
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by Fire Starkey on Jul 31, 2009 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
At least he didn’t hit you with a dildo when he found out.
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by yellow fever on Jul 31, 2009 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
He didn’t find out for another 18 months or so. He calls me up (we had since moved to separate places) and says “Dude, I’m finally telling everyone that I’m gay.” So when I reply that I know already, he wants to know how I know since he wasn’t stereotypical in any way. “You know that tape you had with the guy with a bad mustache? You know the part where the Honduran gardener is pissing against the house and bad mustache guy sees him and says ‘Look at that horsedick’? And then they go to town on each other? Thats how I know.”
Awwwwwwwwwkkkkkkkward.
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by Fire Starkey on Jul 31, 2009 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
There have been several occassions when I used a friends (different people) computer for something and when I turned it in on it was on Craiglist M4M section or emails about it thereof. Awkward!
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I like you more and more each day.
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by rollonubears on Jul 31, 2009 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
You can’t. I’ve never disliked you HolmoePhobe. But you have been strangely upbeat these past 2 weeks or so.
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by rollonubears on Jul 31, 2009 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Brb, got to kick a kitten or something.
by HolmoePhobe on Jul 31, 2009 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I am not that big a fan of cats. Never had a pet. The only cats I like are Zoonews’
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by rollonubears on Jul 31, 2009 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions
My sister once found a 100 dollar bill in a trash can on a beach. True story. Really windy day, so it probably blew out of someone’s pocket or something. Or, they hate the signing of the declaration of independence and needed to get rid of it.
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by rollonubears on Jul 31, 2009 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m a little perturbed you’re not a little more perturbed at Avinash being perturbed about AC classes being all about hating whitey. That seems right up your alley for popping a monocle.
Some say his powerade gives you infrared vision...and that his sweat towels wipe away sin. All we know is he's called giantfan5.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 31, 2009 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
That seems right up your alley for popping a monocle.
Rec’d!
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by yellow fever on Jul 31, 2009 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Make a cyborg monocle.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jul 31, 2009 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
That is definitely you as a little kid.
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by rollonubears on Jul 31, 2009 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I do think that issues like the treatment of Native Americans and slavery are an important part of American history, but I can see how certain professors at Cal could get a little carried away there. Although it’s probably not as much of a problem as Avinash is making it out to be.
The only whitey I hate is the Maharg.
by HolmoePhobe on Jul 31, 2009 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Really???? That means so much to me.
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by rollonubears on Jul 31, 2009 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
This has been one of the busiest work weeks ever…
Not that it will stand in the way of drink o’clock; I just have no idea when that will be!
And honestly, I'm down like the economy
I might be at drink o’clock in the city this evening…going to that free Offspring concert tonight (shut up it’s free).
by HolmoePhobe on Jul 31, 2009 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Hm, I’ll be there as well. I plan on listening to their newer stuff while at work because I have no idea what they’ve been doing for the past few years.
by Yes We Cannon on Jul 31, 2009 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Ditto. Listened to Splinter like once but apart from that nothing since 2000.
by HolmoePhobe on Jul 31, 2009 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
EWF/Chicago concert tonight at the Greek.
by CaliforniaBone on Jul 31, 2009 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Shut up!
Chicago is in town and no one told me?!
by CalBandGreat on Jul 31, 2009 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Of course no one’s going to tell you if you just told them to shut up!
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by yellow fever on Jul 31, 2009 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
Here are some of the worst professors/GSIs at Cal (warning Students, do not take!!!)
According to the totally unscientific Rate My Professors
Leon Chua, Electrical Engineering: His lectures are worthless; he’s as bad of a lecturer as I’ve ever had. He uses old projector slides that aren’t posted online, and he spends more time saying how easy things are than showing you good examples. He’s covering material not in the text, so studying is almost impossible. If it wasn’t for discussion I’d be completely lost.
Mariane Ferme, Anthro: i hate her.
George Brooks, Integrative Bio: I think this guy would like to be good but he is too busy trying to show off his research then cover material – one more slide of him doing experiments of sitting on an advisory borad and I’ll scream! He mumbles allot which does not help and takes it personally if you don’t go to his office hours (even if you have classes elsewhere!)
John Levi Martin, Sociology: Talks 90mph about EVERYTHING that EVER had ANYTHING even remotely to do with the subject, and WILL NOT clarify he’s looking for if you see him in office hours, just kinda sits there staring at you. Gave us back ONE graded in the whole semester, and the final was like a 10 page nuclear bomb of “Guess what I’m thinking.” RUN AWAY.
Jill Stoner, Architecture: have they fired her yet?
Jared Greene, Rhetoric: Could care less if you learned anything. Really liked the sound of his own voice.
Dan Voiculescu, Math: “PLEASE WRITE IN INK”
William Lester, Chemistry: seems to hate students with a passion
Eve Sweetster, Cog Sci: Convoluted lectures, very confusing…. Does not explain
concepts and has a completely arbitrary system of grading. Lecture is EXTREMELY boring!!!! Also, homeworks are ridiculously long given the amount of time you have to complete them.
George Bergman, Math (retiring): I am a Math Major, and decided to take 1B to refresh my grasp of calculus. I had done very well in my previous college calculus course and did quite poorly in this class. Suffice it to say, I am glad this man is retiring and saving future generations from having to endure his incomprehensible lectures and difficult tests.
Rebecca Bodenheimer, Music: It’s too bad because this class had such a huge potential for being fun but it is hard to sing in front of someone who treats you like you’re not worth anything.
Emilia Huerta-Sanchez, Stats: The only reason I went to this class was because she is HOT!!! She is not that clear on her material but her smile is just beautiful! Oh and her AS* is just an amazing piece of beauty!
Alexander Givental, Math: Avoid at all costs
Lydia Sohn, Engineering: Meh, she attempts to veil her lack of preparation for lectures by throwing candy when you ask a question. We didn’t follow the syllabus well at all, and she made us come in on a Thursday night for 4 hours to present our projects because she was far behind in the lectures. Say no to Sohn!
Alison Gopnik, Psychology: Best case scenario: you will have a comedic display of professor incompetence—you wont learn anything, but you can at least laugh at her; worst case scenario: her half-assed teaching style will give you a terrible impression of the Cal psych program as a whole and possibly make you check out of your major all together. Skip it.
(I might post this again as a future DBD topic, but it seems relevant for this one too)
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jul 31, 2009 12:38 PM PDT reply actions
You took EE and Math and Chem AND like 7 kinds of humanities classes? You must be some kind of masochist.
by HolmoePhobe on Jul 31, 2009 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions
According to the totally unscientific Rate My Professors
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by rollonubears on Jul 31, 2009 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh. I don’t really read most of Avinash’s comments (just enough to start an argument usually).
by HolmoePhobe on Jul 31, 2009 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
William Lester, Chemistry: seems to hate students with a passion
The worst professor I had for any class at Cal. Don’t take Chem 1B with him. He might be better in other classes, but i took it in Spring of ‘06, and I had a friend just take it in Spring ’09. Apparently his teaching methods have not improved in three years. When I took the class, instead of lecturing on the material, he used the CD of slides that came with the textbook and read over the captions. When people had questions, instead of answering, he’d tell them to read the section again.
Also, his tests. Holy shit, his tests. The focus of his exams is narrow. You won’t be tested on everything, and the stuff you will be tested on will be stuff hardly covered in lectures. I got through the final by knowing what quantities variables represented and using the equation sheet like fuck.
He is the only professor I actively disliked and would warn people about.
On the other hand! Paul Groth’s “American Cultural Landscapes” is a fucking amazing class, taught by a personally invested professor (invested in the study, but also most of his visual aids (photos) were taken either by him or his advisor from when he was a graduate student). Definitely one of my favorite classes at Cal.
by Yes We Cannon on Jul 31, 2009 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I never had a class with him, but I can tell you that he’s a good guy and cares about students. I guess his classroom skills leave something to be desired, but he definitely works in other areas to ensure that students get the help they need and will move forward in their careers.
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Phew. All this time, I hoped there was something redeeming about him.
by Yes We Cannon on Jul 31, 2009 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions
My dad is a professor. I looked him up. Ouch. Only 1 review, but it was negative.
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by rollonubears on Jul 31, 2009 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Time for you to give him a glowing review. Filial piety and all.
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by yellow fever on Jul 31, 2009 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Apparently my dad has seen it and knows who it is. He didn’t score any on the hotness level. I laughed.
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by rollonubears on Jul 31, 2009 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Emilia Huerta-Sanchez, Stats: The only reason I went to this class was because she is HOT!!!
Saw pics of her online. She’s pretty cute. Dunno about hot, but maybe the pics don’t do her justice.
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She’s nerdhot, that’s the hottest hot there is.
by CalBandGreat on Jul 31, 2009 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
my sched:
Chem 108: Inorganic lab
Chem H194: honor’s research
Math 185: complex analysis
Chem 221A: quantum mechanics
stoked about my first grad class
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185 is the easiest of the Maths, that’s for sure.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jul 31, 2009 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
You found 113 easy? You shouldn’t have much trouble with 185, unless you really slack.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jul 31, 2009 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
well i did take 113 with a notoriously easy professor. and i was somewhat familiar with group theory from chemistry classes. in any case the level of material was nowhere near that of math 104, i thought. math 104 was probably the most challenging class, material-wise, I’ve ever taken.
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Even more challenging than that De-Cal on Peruvian dance??
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It was fun! I wouldnt have graduated had I failed it.
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Wow! That sounds even more challenging that a swim test exit exam!
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
How come every Cal student here is like a genius taking genius level courses like “Quantum mechanics” and “Complex Analysis.” Where my dumbass PoliSci majors at?!?!? WHAT WHAT! Can I get a PoliSci2 up in this biatch!
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HIYO
I doubled in Econ too though, which makes me better than you.
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by yellow fever on Jul 31, 2009 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
How about some business majors? Any other Haas alums? Or are we too busy actually making money to be wasting our time on this forum (excluding me of course, I’ve decided that CGB is so much better than wasting my time trying to earn a living).
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by dballisloose on Jul 31, 2009 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I majored in super complex microcalafragolistics.
by CalBandGreat on Jul 31, 2009 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I majored in
12 GALAXIES
CESJROGENICAL ERGONOMICS
NBC: XOXPHROZENIGUL COVERAGE
WASPROVRENIKIL
ADMONISHMENTS MINISCULE
STRATOSPHERICAL
Some say his powerade gives you infrared vision...and that his sweat towels wipe away sin. All we know is he's called giantfan5.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 31, 2009 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
damn I don’t think anyone got this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Chu
Some say his powerade gives you infrared vision...and that his sweat towels wipe away sin. All we know is he's called giantfan5.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 31, 2009 6:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Did you dump her because she wasnt taking Honors Reserch on Inorganic Masters PoliSci2?
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she couldnt handle that
more equipped to take something like Honors Nagging or Shopping, amirite?
I am Ted Miller
by ava1anche69 on Jul 31, 2009 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
For you closet Bills fans
Also kinda Marshawn news.
From here:
That attitude has served Jackson well when he’s had chances to prove his value to the Bills. Last season, he made three starts in place of Lynch, and his final one produced a 27-carry, 136-yard effort in a season-ending loss to the New England Patriots. In 2007, Lynch had 15 carries in a win over the Miami Dolphins and responded with 115 yards. Those types of numbers eventually made the Bills believe Jackson should touch the ball more often this coming season, when he’ll team with Lynch as part of a two-headed backfield.
Of course, he means that Jackson had 15 carries for 115 yards in that game against the Dolphins. Of course, Marshawn had 23 carries and 107 yards, so maybe that’s just because the Dolphins were awful and on the way to going 1-15.
No longer wanting an interview with Ryan Anderson.
I had Orville Redenbacher Kettle Corn at the movies the other day. Never seen kettle corn at a movie theater before – it was awesome!
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Thats not a football, thats a clarinet. Can’t you see!
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You’re both wrong – it’s an iPhone.
Duh.
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Those lucky bastards. There should be a similar event for guys where we can drink too much and take pictures of the player’s asses.
What, for women’s volleyball?
Danzig, you want to organize this?
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jul 31, 2009 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s for the best that they don’t have a similar event for women’s volleyball/soccer.
by Yes We Cannon on Jul 31, 2009 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I just got this in my email inbox.
I…I have no words…
Star Wars: In Concert, a unique multi-media event featuring music from all six of John Williams’ epic Star Wars scores, begins its worldwide arena tour.
Narrated live by Anthony Daniels (the actor who portrayed C-3PO in all six films), the production features a full symphony orchestra and choir, accompanied by specially edited footage from the films displayed on a three-story-tall, high-definition LED super-screen – one of the largest ever put on tour. The live music and film elements are synchronized in order to create a full multi-media, one-of-kind Star Wars experience.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Are you gonna go? I really really really really really wanted to go to Distant Worlds, the Final Fantasy symphony performed by SFSymphony a few weeks back, but couldn’t find any friends to go with me, up to and including YOU!
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I wasn’t planning on it. Frankly, I don’t see how this show could even come close to being as good as Star Tours.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
You know my e-mail!
All aboard the Jahvid Best rickshaw!
by rollonubears on Jul 31, 2009 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Please leave the bushes outside my apartment, thank you.
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Not until you chase me down the street in sandals.
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by rollonubears on Jul 31, 2009 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
DORK PATROL MAN......
True colors of this blog coming through.
by 33SwisherSweet on Jul 31, 2009 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Coming through? This is no new development.
by Yes We Cannon on Jul 31, 2009 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Oddly enough, that’s, by far, the least insulting thing you’ve ever said on this blog.
Yet, your hatred of the symphony and Final Fantasy cuts me so deep.
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Dude, I’ve downloaded all of the Final Fantasy Symphonic Suites. If they had a concert anywhere near driving distance of me I’d go in a heartbeat. And I’ve literally never been to a single concert in my life.
No longer wanting an interview with Ryan Anderson.
Too bad you dont live here.
The problem was this, I kept trying to get people to go. No takers. Then, about a week beforehand I thought maybe I could just go by myself (LAME), but by then tickets were all sold out. :(!!!!!!!!!
Clearly, mistakes were made.
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Least appropriate usage of “Carmina Burana”
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No, the whole “approacheth” thing made me think that itd be all like Carmina Burana-y, but then itd be like that music accompianying Rishi pretending to care what his boss said while secretly trying to drink more and more.
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I knew about Carmina Burana well before then.
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Anyway, my schedule.
Stat 134 – Theory of Probability
Econ 136 – Financial Economics
UGBA 102A (might switch for IEOR 160 or 162) – Statistics
Econ 182 – International Monetary Finance
Ethnic Studies 41AC – No idea, but it satisfies 2 breadth requirements.
Pol Sci 103-Congress
Pol Sci 124a-War!
Eth St 41 AC-Protest Movements Since 1960
PACS 94-Meditation
Some yet to be determined DeCal
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