From the Desk of the Liquid Engineer

Bonus geek points if you pronounced the subject in a really goofy/deep movie announcer voice when you read it. These points are redeemable for … for … look! Monkeys!

Back on campus now. Nice drive, even if the sun was in my face for about an hour (at least). Slight headache aside, I can still see, so no complaints. Saw a really neat tree on the side of the road, but didn’t have a camera. It was these two skinny trees that had, like, fused together towards the top and bent almost completely over, without looking sickly. Wish I had a picture.

I just realized I typed a sentence with the pause-like-pause structure without even realizing it, or doing it on purpose to be funny. I’ll have to flog myself after I post this.

Urologist visit on Friday was … interesting. He wanted me to have a CT scan on Saturday at 9:15 (blasphemy!) and a bladder scope thingie on Monday. Needless to say, that wasn’t exactly how I envisioned spending my saturday and monday mornings. I went to the CT place and they got all huffy when they couldn’t get an IV line to inject the contrast agent to light up my innards, and ended up taking the scan without it. (I was actually secretly pleased with this. I lost all enthusiasm for having iodine injected into my circulatory system when the technician asks me, “Are you allergic to iodine,” I say no, and she responds cheerfully that we’ll soon find out. Thank you, veins, for your prompt and skillful insurrection.) At any rate, nothing evil showed up on the CT, so he cancelled the bladder scope. Victory!

Remember the Teach for America thing I mentioned a while back? Aside from my awesome skill in directing people around campus, I suppose I should briefly explain what it was about. The organization selects a number of recently graduated (or about to graduate) students with varying academic specialties, places them in a rapid, intensive course on education, and sends them out as teachers in various socially disadvantaged areas. Corps members are given a generous stipend in turn for a two-year commitment and hired on as teachers in their districts, receiving full salaries. From what I understood, aside from helping the underprivileged, one of the main purposes of the program is to acquaint those who will go on to be doctors and lawyers and business people with the educational plight in certain areas, so those most equipped to work for change will be motivated to do so.

It sounds like a really great program, and I really like the idea of what they’re trying to do, but given the time commitment involved and other factors, I won’t be applying. Still, I was chosen as a potential applicant because of my involvement with ODK, so that’s pretty cool.

Before I bail, I just want to remind anyone that it’s Covered in Chocolate Week on the Food Network, which is decidedly less kinky than it sounds. Right now I’m watching my man Alton Brown make a chocolate mouse. I love watching him because I really feel like I’m learning something. When I watch other cooking shows (that I also love) I just feel like I’m watching a really great performance that will end up making me hungry in the night if I watch it too soon before I go to bed.
Mmm. Chocolate.

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