Rather than edit the previous post to say how my first class went, I'm writing a new entry. It was... different to say the least, although I had fun. I'm trying to refrain from giving everyone mental nicknames... it's not working very well though. I could re-post the nicknames that came to mind for some of my classmates, but I decided even though I might not mean anything by them, I'd feel like mud (meaning crap or your synonym of choice) if one of them read it and took offense. They are all really good people and I like them, even if I am still trying to get to know / understand them as people. So yes, the original version of this post is bye-bye, at least the first half of it.
The coolest part of the class was still when someone said that if they had a pet, they would like a chicken. ^_^. That should be on a t-shirt. Yes, yes it should. PETA people could wear it in front of Chik-n-Fil-A.
I also got a few laughs for saying 'you're gonna die' or something of that nature when the professor asked what would happen to us if our bungee cord were to break or if our parachute were to break. That was not the answer sought, of course - it was to go down. We wouldn't all go up, after all. But no one can have an answer for the strange ways my mind ways.
Amberle, I'm gonna answer your question from your comments: Full time in summer of course is six credits, but I only have one class that's through the entire summer. The rest are weekend intensives for one or two saturdays or a saturday and a sunday. The reason I went that way was to get two requireds out of the way that my advisor told me would be good to get out of the way the first semester (First Aid Certification for my PE course and the College Career Success Seminar). I could have done the success seminar online but I'm hoping I actually get to meet some more people. I also have Drawing 1. CCS is not this Saturday but next Saturday and the Saturday following. Then the other two are in July.
The 'psychic' shirt is available through Things You Never Knew Existed catalog, but you should be able to find it in stores like Hot Topic or Spencer's Gifts I would think. I don't know who came up with that, but brilliant! 
Well, my assignment for class this afternoon is done. I had to write like two or three sentences on . I saved my professor a headache and typed it. I also am supposed to choose my topic for my oral presentation / written paper. I'm hoping I've come up with something no one else is going to want to do. I'm going to cover the issue of animal abuse, specifically the matter of criminal sentences whether or not they are too lenient. I'm hoping I can actually interview some local animal cruelty officers and rescue workers for their opinions in addition to paper resources. And of course, as it is an objective paper, I have to get the other side of the story. I'm sure some either think that the limitations for sentencing in such crimes is correct as they take the stance that animals are not people. And some people simply believe that you can do whatever you want to an animal.
I'm not going to do animal rights per se because that's usually a 'why you shouldn't eat meat' argument and I have no doubt that someone else will do it. Genetically, we are omnivores which means we are made to eat both vegetables, grains, fruit, etc. and meat. However: I feel that the living conditions of some animals and the methods in which they are killed are not appropriate. We are kinder to people who are given the death penalty which perhaps speaks volumes for the majority's opinions or perhaps not. I always run into people who think the way I do about things but our ideas are never represented even by people who really should do it. Y'know - the ones we elect. I contact mine all the time about things and half the time they simply blow me off. Which really pisses me off when I voted for them. It's like 'forget it next time'... sheesh.
My mother's going to the doctor here in a few minutes to have her nerve endings tested. I guess they think that's what's causing the pain in her arm since they can't find much of anything else.
My meeting yesterday evening didn't happen, but I understood. I'd had a strange day also. I actually got stung by a bee on my left palm. It was on the steering wheel and I didn't see it. I was feeling the effects well before I got through following Blaine around to learn the delivery route. But I got back to Osage, grabbed a salad from Sonic then went home and took an allergy pill. It was actually one of the varieties of bees without a stinger for which I am glad because I probably would have had to stop and go to the ER. I surely don't need that extra expense. I think I might get some dissolvable alaverts to keep on hand should it happen again. Of course I've never been stung by a bee before but I have an allergy to ants. I think if you're allergic to one, you're bound to be allergic to the other. At least my toe where I ripped the skin off has healed somewhat so I don't walk with a semi-limp.
Well, I'll close there for now. I'm going to play gopets, do some e-mails and call my sister before I get back to studying.
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