Monday, November 15, 2004
i guess i shouldn't be blogging in the midst of pulling an all nighter but...
i just realised that almost all of my courses this semester are taught by eccentric characters. Apart from the History prof that dresses up as Lenin and mutters "sigh, and as usual, they were exiled to Siberia..." the singing (O' comon you lot, Sing!) Brit Neuro Prof, I forgot to mention the champion of them all: my Cell Bio lecturer Bill-the-rubber-chicken-B. Incidentally, he's from the same department as the neuro prof, so that might say something about Zoology people in general.. the neuro co lecturer is from Zoology too and he might turn out as whacko as the Brit Neuro Prof. Time will tell, but anyway..
The Crazy Twin (who's no slouch at being eccentric) has actually been to Bill's office and she swears he blasts heavy metal and has loads of rubber chickens strewn all over the office. He looks the part too, a short little fella wearing a pair of thick black rimmed nerd glasses who, as he walks up and down the pedestal, has a habbit of shaking his head from side to side unconsciously. He has a class tradition of the "Golden Squid" contest, where winner who manage to actually answer the crazy questions he sets every week will earn, at the end of the course, a dried squid spray painted in gold and a dinner date with his-truly himself. (I really wonder where he gets the squid..). More importantly, he makes really ....... weird comments during lecture. One example was when we were talking about something on the board when his eyes lit up and he said "do you think an exposed ass crack constitutes a public health hazard?" or when expounding the importance of synaptic neurotransmission "its so important that the spastic antics i am performing for your benefit cannot be done if my synapses are screwed.." so on and so forth.
actually my thought was, after all that rambling, whether ugly buildings cause people to act slightly offbeat. Zoology building (Noland Hall) looks disgusting, to say the least, while the removal Humanities Building from the face of this earth, where the History prof. works has been described by the city alders (sorta the people who run things) of Madison as a "benefit to Madison, and to mankind itself" The Music prof last semester who works in Humanities was another completely-lost-it type.
If i manage to figure out a way to post pics here, maybe I will post pics of Humanities and Noland. Its really disgusting.
i just realised that almost all of my courses this semester are taught by eccentric characters. Apart from the History prof that dresses up as Lenin and mutters "sigh, and as usual, they were exiled to Siberia..." the singing (O' comon you lot, Sing!) Brit Neuro Prof, I forgot to mention the champion of them all: my Cell Bio lecturer Bill-the-rubber-chicken-B. Incidentally, he's from the same department as the neuro prof, so that might say something about Zoology people in general.. the neuro co lecturer is from Zoology too and he might turn out as whacko as the Brit Neuro Prof. Time will tell, but anyway..
The Crazy Twin (who's no slouch at being eccentric) has actually been to Bill's office and she swears he blasts heavy metal and has loads of rubber chickens strewn all over the office. He looks the part too, a short little fella wearing a pair of thick black rimmed nerd glasses who, as he walks up and down the pedestal, has a habbit of shaking his head from side to side unconsciously. He has a class tradition of the "Golden Squid" contest, where winner who manage to actually answer the crazy questions he sets every week will earn, at the end of the course, a dried squid spray painted in gold and a dinner date with his-truly himself. (I really wonder where he gets the squid..). More importantly, he makes really ....... weird comments during lecture. One example was when we were talking about something on the board when his eyes lit up and he said "do you think an exposed ass crack constitutes a public health hazard?" or when expounding the importance of synaptic neurotransmission "its so important that the spastic antics i am performing for your benefit cannot be done if my synapses are screwed.." so on and so forth.
actually my thought was, after all that rambling, whether ugly buildings cause people to act slightly offbeat. Zoology building (Noland Hall) looks disgusting, to say the least, while the removal Humanities Building from the face of this earth, where the History prof. works has been described by the city alders (sorta the people who run things) of Madison as a "benefit to Madison, and to mankind itself" The Music prof last semester who works in Humanities was another completely-lost-it type.
If i manage to figure out a way to post pics here, maybe I will post pics of Humanities and Noland. Its really disgusting.
