Bday, Gas, FA - Dan Krill's BLOG on BinaryBedlam

Bday, Gas, FA
April 14, 2006 02:39:44 AM

Seems like I have a lot on my mind here lately, 2 entries in one day, thats a first for me, I think, hmmm, too lazy to go back and verify, so we'll just leave it at that. Oh wait! Its tomorrow now, its not today anymore, so techically its a new day, if that makes any sense at all :-/ (maybe Im PMSing :-) Anyway three more things I feel I must elaborate on...

My brother just turned 20 on the 12th. The passage of time these days never ceases to amaze me. It litterally seems like just yesterday that Brandon and I were at the farm house getting into some kind of trouble with the neighbor kids. Sigh, but those days are over, and Brandons not even a teenager anymore, wow that sudenly makes me feel even older. So happy Bday to you man. I only hope you can still find direction in your life even if The Man will continue to press down on you for a while yet. You're better than that, though, so I know you can overcome it, you just have to see past the evils of temptation.

     Another thing that came up was an economic issue. As a guy whos pretty frugal with his money, I felt I should touch on this matter. Ill start by saying this, 'It has begun!' Its gas prices. They are currently the highest I have ever seen them in my life, $2.80 a gallon. And thats here in the little town of blacksburg, and its still like 2 months till summer, so Im sure it will get even higher. I just know it will breach $3 this year. But can we really expect anything other than this, though? From an engineers standpoint, at the current rate, the worlds supply of petrolium will be exhausted in just 40 years! Thats with in our life time, scary huh? So naturally with each passing year, the stuff gets more and more rare thus increasing its value. So the gas rush has begun, prices will rise, fuel will become precious, either something drastic has to happen to the econmoics behind the worlds dependancy on crude oil fast, or another world war, or worse, an internationally wide Great Depression will become an inevitability. But untill then, we will just have to keep paying far out the ass

     Allright, so finally, another thing that needs addessed; because I said so. The play Romeo and Juliet is coming up next week. Now for those of you who are culturally lacking, this Shakspearian play, when preformed in accordance with Shakespear's original vision, is easily the greatest victorean era production of all time. Also, I not only want to see it for its classic value, stimulating plot, or its brilliant use of theatrical tragedy, but also because one of my house-mates will be staring in it, plus with Khine coming down next week, it would make for a perfect Friday night! So what do I have beef with this time? The fact that you can't get tickets!
     So theres this class FA2004 (Fine Art Apreciation), yeah, sounds cool, and it actually is, but the problem is, its basically a required core class. You need just 1 credit hour in Art&Aesthetics at VT, and that class satisfies that. As part of the class you, look at slides of paintings, learn jazz history, and attent a few campus preformances.
     So what does this all mean? Well what it boils down to, is that this class, between the 2 sections, has a whopping 1300 students where 90% of them are only there becasue they have to be. And it just so happens that one of the preformances they have to see this semester is, YUP, R and J! The cast of the play will be doing 10 preformances, and to provide the audience with a more personal experience, they are doing it in a smaller theater, one that only holds 200 people. Ok now lets do some math, 1300 FA students divided by 200 people per show means that retarded class will be taking up 6.5 shows! OMG! Thats rediculous! Almost 7 shows reserved soley for people who don't even want to be there? That play is being preformed almost exclusively for that gay ass class! Its supposed to be open to the public for god sakes! How is this fair at all? The people who really want to see it and actually enjoy some of the finer things in life are actually being pushed aside for a bunch of sweaty jocks who probablly can't even tell the difference between a metaphore or a simile, AAAHHHH OUTRAGIOUS! Needless to say, the professor of that class will be receiving a very very angry and hostile letter containing a few choice words that I dare not itterate here from a highly irate student that shall remain anonymous.

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