My Professors

For some odd reason, I feel the need to review my teachers. If you have any of them then you will probably find this humorous. Know ahead of time that I love all my teachers to death

1)Dr. Lin- Guess I should start with the prof I see everyday. Yes, I daily subject myself to Chinese. Dr. Lin.... trips me out. She always asks me the weirdest questions in Chinese. Example: The other day I had to speak about my hometown in Chinese. Her question? Does Memphis have emo's... Yes, I know. She is actually from China. Dr. Lin is pretty funny though, I think. She makes a lot of jokes in Chinese that I never understand but everyone laughs so I assume she must be. But she really is a great person who is always willing to help me out, such as when I sleep through my alarm because of many fire alarms and miss her class. So she lets me make up my work.

2)Dr. Jackson- Not quite sure what to make of this guy. Just so you know, I only have him for another week in INST and then either Gispen or Sellar rotates in. But Jackson is an alright guy. I'm convinced I'm his favorite cause he always gives me a good grade on my last minute essays. Or I'm just good at essys, which I doubt. Just so you know though, he is writing a book. And has us doing all his research. Naturally, I love practicality! So I completely support his method!

3)Dr. Buskes- Oh oh! This guy is a trip! He can make the simplest things beyond complicated! And he does it with simple terms which makes things so much better! Plus, he is from the Netherlands so his complicated simplified teaching is a lot of the time not understandable. Don't get me wrong! Buskes is a fun guy! He always sets me up for perfect "that's what she said jokes" although I doubt he realizes this.... but I'm always quick to point it out! And he can keep up with my smart aleck comments! So he gets a check mark! (All of you in his class understand this)

4)Mrs. Merrill- Ah... my EDHE teacher. The teacher of the one class I never wanted or planned to take. How am I going to describe the teacher of a class I hate? I love Mrs. Merrill. She is so nice! She acts like a complete meanie in front of all the other Luckyday peeps, but in my class... let's just say I get to be me in there. Although she definitely makes her class harder than all my other classes. Go figure....

5)Dr. Richard Gordon- This guy I saved for last on purpose, because he is my favorite prof thus far! He teaches Honors 101 for me, and he cracks me up! He is so laid back. I skipped his class today cause of the rain, and he doesn't even care and won't drop my grade for that! Our class has dubbed him King Richard and loves it! The other honors classes have read 4 books. We just finished the Communist Manifesto, our second book. I mean, come on, the guy let me write a journal comparing Michael Scott to St. Augustine! The man has gotta be fun!

These are my professors. Of course there are people at the university that I love watching to see what crazy thing they'll do next (Dr. Shenck [pronounced:Shank]) and to listen to (Sparky). But my professors are so much fun and I definitely abuse my freedom there. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm heading out for the night.
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Duna nunna nunna nuna BATMAN!

So if you are unaware of this, you can now go to Wal-Mart and purchase the original 4 Batman movies on DVD. As the only one I had fully seen was Batman and Robin, I decided to purchase it. It was only $10 after all. So, here are some of the observations I've had on these movies.

1) Tongue in cheek
Is there a reason these movies got gradually more and more... funny? I don't understand. In the first one, Batman is never ever caught making a joke. It's his kryptonite. In Batman and Robin, why he's full on making witty comebacks! Since when did he become Spiderman? Probably the only reason they cast George Clooney there...

2)The Costume
Explain to me why in the third and fourth movies... Batman and Robin's costumes... have nipples? Just wondering why the anatomical correctness.

3)Casting
So I think casting was... great! In all the movies. I know a lot of people think Arnold and Uma and George and Alicia and whoever played Robin were horrible casting calls, but I thoroughly enjoyed them. Just made everything so much fresher! And Tommy Lee Jones in the 3rd one tripped me out the whole time.

4)Villians
Why are the Penguin, Riddler, and Two-face all as obsessed with comedy as... the Joker? Could the direct come up with no other way to make them scary? I mean Jack Nicholson scared the crap outta me! But I found the Riddler to be his dweeby wanna be brother.

5)Batman's Identity
Can someone not find out Bruce Wayne is Batman? Seriously! I'm tired of it. Every important person in the movies figures it out! Except Commissioner Gordon. Sigh. I could be a better superhero. Just need a multi-million dollar utility belt.

Despite how I'm getting annoyed at parts of the movies, I love them! I find them extremely enjoyable and a great way to spend my time!
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Ole Miss vs. Memphis

So, on Sunday was my first true college football game, Ole Miss vs Memphis. Needless to say I expected drinking, swearing, constant "hotty-toddy", and bad sportsmanship. What I did not expect was the chanting of "go to h*** Tigers" DURING the national anthem. Come on guys, seriously? We're ranked number 8, we should have SOME decency. Also, I do not believe this whole rumor about how Sneed had flu like symptoms. He said the same thing last year... Plus, 50 other people had them this morning and none had the flu. Make your own call. I personally think that Memphis had better fans despite them losing. No offense, but almost every Ole Miss fan walked in there knowing who the better team was without a doubt and still had to act like complete jerks. I realize Ole Miss is my school, and I should support them, but this was ridiculous. People are saying that Memphis fans were no better, but the thing is... they lost. If they had won, Ole Miss would have been so much worse after. So, if you attend a game, be prepared. I personally would rather watch Ole Miss on the TV from here on out.

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My first real honors journal. should be titled "The Bomb"

This is an honest to God paper I wrote. I describe it as sheer brilliance.

I feel the best way to explain the Confessions of St. Augustine as I see it is best portrayed through the TV show, The Office. St. Augustine is like the character Michael Scott. Michael often finds himself doing things that are socially unacceptable, such as making lewd jokes to his staff, and knowing these things are wrong because people tell him often. This is almost a direct parallel to St. Augustine, who does things that he knows are wrong also. Michael and St. Augustine both do these things for the same reason; because they enjoy the feeling they get from doing them. Michael will bust a watermelon on a car; St. Augustine will steal a pear. Both are fruits, and relate back to the original sin of Adam and Eve of that said fruit.
One area where Michael and St. Augustine are again similar is the area of sex. Both have strong urges to go after the opposite sex. And they feel the need to proclaim their escapades to people. One can almost see Michael Scott on the same road of redemption as St. Augustine. In fact, Michael often has short-lived “revivals” such as driving into a lake. Every time he has one of these, a person can see him drawing closer and closer to an answer, but, again like St. Augustine, Michael rejects God. He almost makes the way to that answer but never goes that last step. I feel that Michael Scott of The Office is a great parallel to St. Augustine.

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