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You all have too much time on your hands.

I have a bigScary presentation tomorrow at something called an Admissions Workshop. Basically, a bunch of people from various departments involved with graduate admissions are going to sit and listen to me et al. discuss graduate student orientation and various other topics. My job is simply to report the results of a survey the Grad College conducted a few months back, but I’m still slightly nervous because I’m the only graduate student presenting, and also one of the people who presents immediately after me is Dr. Niday, the English department’s Director of First-Year Composition and thus my exBoss. To make things more fun, I haven’t had time to work on my presentation until this afternoon. Luck wishes appreciated.

Fun with Music

I had gotten bored with my previous playlist on my iPod nano, and totally redid all of my songs last night. So far today, my iPod has made me snort aloud twice.

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So I was walking across campus from Ross to Pearson around 1pm today, and I ended up behind this blonde girl in high heels wearing rather tight jeans. I happened to notice she had a really, really nice behind. And then I noticed it again. Again. After a few glances, I resignedly reminded myself that I have a girlfriend now, and I should not be checking out the Tushies of Others. “Just ignore it,” I told myself. So I started staring at my feet. Roughly two seconds later, Jonathan Coulton’s remix of Sir Mix-a-Lot’s “Baby Got Back” started blaring in my ears. I like big butts and I cannot lie…

I was trying so hard to suppress my laughter I nearly passed out. :)
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About two hours later, my boss sent me to the Provost’s office to borrow their digital projector. The Provost’s office is probably one of the prettiest offices on campus, what with the high ceilings and rich carpets and marble columns. Very high class place. Just as I opened the door to the office, Gwen Stefani’s “Hollaback Girl” started playing. I couldn’t get my headphones out of my ears fast enough, and managed to announce my presence with a loud snort.

I don’t even know why I put that last one on my iPod in the first place. Obviously I was not thinking clearly.

Expulsion in 5… 4…

The projector is in a big black bag. It isn’t all that heavy, but it sure is big and imposing looking. On my way out of the Provost’s office, I set the bag down at the base of a column in the middle of Beardshear Hall so I could put my headphones back on. After I set it down, I had an extremely powerful urge to leave the bag laying there and take off running to see if it would freak anyone out. I bet I could have shut down Beardshear for the rest of the day. :)

Networking for Dummy

I attended a workshop over lunch today called “Resumés 101.” Basically, a bunch of people from various colleges and companies came and talked about what they look for in a resume and so forth. The workshop was specifically for teachers of business and technical writing, but I figured I could attend anyways. Right before it started, they requested we go around the room introducing ourselves and listing the classes we taught. When it came to me, I figured honesty was the best policy. “My name is Rob Glazebrook. I’m not currently teaching any classes, but I am planning to apply to a few of your companies in the near future.” I got a laugh anyways.

I ~also~ got to meet one of the creative directors of Innova, a design company here in town that I would love to work for. The only weird thing about working at Innova would be that it is literally two doors down from my apartment; I’m a little worried that if I started working there, I’d never again have a strong reason to leave Main Street. Regardless, I let her know I’d be applying in the near future. Let’s hope I made a good first impression.