The First Church of the Wrath of Baby Jesus and Open Bar™

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

And I have just picked out my classes for next quarter.
A 300 level class on Shakespeare.
A 300 level class on RAP MUSIC, IDENTITY, AND CULTURE
And a 400 level class on childrens and YA fiction. This is up for change.
After that quarter I will done with major requirements and only need 2 credits of an upper divisional class, so I could take all lower division courses my last two quarters, but that probably won't be as fun.

These sound fun!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Went to a doctor and paid an outrageous price for *TMI*

As he prepared to slice away at my back he noticed I have a mole that failed A-D, but E is still not, well, Elevated. And it's small, but still, biopsy. I wonder how much a biopsy costs. Also, where in the fuck is my Obamacare?

Kinda freaked out, in a calm, floating sort of way.

Hope everything's alright, man.

Ditto.

Handed in my notice today.  Bosses made some parting shots about not dressing correctly (because apparently polo-neck t-shirts and chinos are not smart casual, merely casual) and a comment which strongly suggested that even when I am off duty, they expect me to spend all my time brainstorming ideas.  Because, y'know, my free time isn't actually free or anything.

So I figure I'm better off out of it.

Still have to work until December break, or until a replacement is found (whichever comes first), so I'm not going to make a big deal out of it.  But I can't say that attitude made me want to reconsider my choice at all.

Congratulations on doing it, it might make the next two years broker but I bet you'll be a lot happier.

[Cain]

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[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I keep feeling like I'm doing something wrong in my chemistry class. So far my grades are fine, but I keep having anxiety dreams. Last night, the dream was that we had the midterm and it was mostly questions based on things he mentioned in passing in class, none of which we had homework for.

Everything we actually DO is easy. It's issues like giving us quizzes on concepts we haven't covered yet, and when I asked him whether everything on the midterm would be stuff we've had homework on, he laughed and said no.

Seriously? You're going to test us on things we haven't had homework on?

I seriously hate this class.

[Cain]

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[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Thanks.

In other news, I must still be working in Switzerland, because I'm off to the airport tomorrow to escort a child.  Stupid Swiss laws mean children of a certain age (set by the airline they are flying with) must be accompanied up to the departure lounge.

Which means I'll be doing a whole lot of expensive coffee drinking tomorrow evening, for about 6 hours.

Edit: I'm also considering leaving as soon as my stuff is in transit.  I'll think about it more once I'm packed, but it seems a rather attractive idea, and there are no really compelling reasons to hang around.  Even contracturally, I only have to give a week's notice.

I like it. Because fuck those guys.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Sounds like this school's economics teacher.

And people wondered why most students flunked the first test of the year.

I feel like he's expecting that if we really want to learn, we'll figure out what and how to study on our own. Which is amusing given that we're paying a significant sum of money and time in order to be TAUGHT. He's a terrible lecturer, he just sort of mumble-drones and glosses over shit from our textbook, and spends more time telling us how easy we should find it than actually explaining it. His overall attitude seems to be that teaching is a waste of his time, and I feel like his teaching really IS a waste of time; both his and mine.

I don't think I can take this one pass/fail, either, so I'm pretty nervous. A B would absolutely suck.

[Cain]

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[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

If it makes you feel better, in our case, the students with some wits about them, who put in the work, still did well.  Not as well as they could have done, in a perfect world, but B grades, which is pretty good for first year econ.

Have you considered perhaps appealing to the course director/head of chemistry?

I  may do that. I may even seek to retake the course next term, which would put me a term behind where I want to be but still be doable. We'll see what happens with the first midterm though, if I take that and do well I'll stop stressing so much. I'm good at self-study, but he's giving us so little to go on, and I know that other students who should be doing well are really struggling from the lack of direction.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Meanwhile, some fucking construction machinery up the street beeps incessantly from 8am to noon.

[Pope Pixie Pickle]

I am leaving the house for the first time in 11 days. I need to get a haircut and Payne's 30th birthday gift.

Please wish upon the Holy Messiah our undoubted love and affection upon the anniversary of his birth.

I can hear the "3 more years! then I'll beat Jesus' high score!"

Apparently we are going to the pub at lunchtime, on Saturday. I am assured that as it is a day-long session that there will be food in the offing at our local gastropub.

then there will be a Tour of the Pubs, finishing up in the divey part of town but not going to the divey-est pub because the booze selection is pretty decent, the clientele are all about 25+ and the DJ is a local legend of indie rock.

[Cain]

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[LMNO]

Meanwhile, some fucking construction machinery up the street beeps incessantly from 8am to noon.

Could be worse.  It could play "What does the Fox say?"

KI KI KI KI-KI-KI-KI-KI KI KI!

[Cain]

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[The Good Reverend Roger]

Yep, found the one I was thinking of.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XH3oMNKApI

That was amazing!

The part that's my head?  When everyone's crowded around the podium going "LA DA DA DA DA DA!"

The rest of the video is clearly what's in my wife's head.

Speaking of which, I am reasonably certain that the preacher at the podium during that sequence is actually LMNO.