What movie am I?

Fight Club!


What movie Do you Belong in?(many different outcomes!)
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cameron ( http://www.cameronlawrence.com ) (IP: 24.99.120.111)
The first rule about Fight Club is...
2004/01/29 @ 11:16:17
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Jaclyn ( ) (IP: 66.32.132.19)
Don't talk about fight club!

And Brian's coming, Brian's coming, Brian's coming camping....there's a dance that goes with that too
2004/01/29 @ 21:52:32

Snow and stuff

Back at school and almost done with two weeks. I like this 4 days of class per week and the current lack of group projects. Monday and Wednesday I have two real estate classes and get my exercise making the 20 min trek to the B-school from New East and then 35 min trek to my apartment after class. Tuesday and Thursday are planning theory and GIS with a 4 hr break in the middle. Overall the classes seem pretty interesting and will actually give me some job skills.

Went to the GT vs. UNC bball game on Sunday and it was an interesting experience. It was a strange feeling being one of the few Tech fans there, especially sitting in the student section. The Dean Dome was insanely loud. I've never been to a sporting event that was that loud. I had fun even though Tech lost.



After a full week of using my tablet pc for note taking I really like it. I've gotten a lot of comments from people that have never seen such a thing which is cool. Though I do have a bad feeling when walking down Franklin Street passed the homeless guys asking for money knowing I have an expensive computer on my back. Did I need to buy a laptop, essentially an expensive notebook, instead of a spiral bound notebook?

On the weather front, it snowed about 2 inches last Friday and it mostly stuck around until Tuesday. I like the snow but I think that comes with not getting it much.



Having friends up north is interesting because they leave varying thoughts about the snow in their away messages. Here's two from today.

Mark in Michigan: "can i offer you any SNOW? I have too much and am willing to get rid of some."
Jessica at Penn State: "reading and watching the snow fall...4 inches and counting!!"

Definitely two different perspectives from people from Carrollton.

E-mail etiquite

Why is it when someone is writing an e-mail that they appologize for it's length? Would you appologize if you were writing a letter? I assume that the information is useful or relevant to whatever the topic is so if you're writing it, then it's supposedly useful. If it's not useful then why are you writing it? Thus, if you write a long e-mail it's supposedly about something I need to know and it shouldn't matter that it's "long".

Maybe length was an issue when everyone was using a 14.4 kbs modem when a few extra sentences were taxing on the download time. Though now that should not be a problem. I guess it's a product of technology change. That's my rant for awhile.

This is supposedly my battle cry

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What Is Your Battle Cry?

Striding on the hotel lobby, clutching buzzsaw hand extensions, cometh Brian! And he gives a booming cry: "Brace yourself, oh human speck of dust! I plunder until everything has croaked!!"

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The more I learn the more I realize I don't know

The title pretty much sums it up. This realization has really started to come to me the past couples of days. What do I know? Having just graduated from college now in grad school. Compared to other people I'm around everyday I've done squat and don't really know all that much about how the world works. For example, today in Urban Neighborhood Revitalization we did a case study about a how to set up a mixed income, integrated subdivision. Going over the case study before class started I tried to come up with resolutions to the racial issues but I couldn't. In class we had a discussion that started off innocuously as usual classroom discussions do, but it quickly turned into a passionate argument between several members of the class. Some background about the class, there are 20 students split about 50-50 male-female, 2 black females, 1 Austrian girl, and the rest are white Americans. Immediately this makes any racial discussion biased and a tenous subject. I didn't speak up today because I was contemplating what was being said. I have no idea what it's like to be a minority or even a member of the majority that is living in poverty. How am I supposed to "fix" societal problems such dealing with equity and social justice? The only way I could personally relate to the integration discussion was through my scout camp experience that forced the interaction of Buckhead kids and inner city kids that quickly errupted into chaos. Bringing this back to topic, the resolution of the class was that people must have the ability to choose where they live and the ultimate goal should be education and cultural studies beginning at the earliest age. How do you do this? The kids learn to be biased from their parents who learned from their parents and so on. Where does the cycle begin and end, it's a difficult situation.

Before the class today and I had been contemplating this thought as well. I realized how much my thinking and consciousness of the world had changed since high school and even the beginning of college. Education and experiences are the key to understanding the world. What if I hadn't worked at scout camp for two summers, what if I didn't go to Europe in Jr. High, What if I didn't go to GA Tech and hear five languages at a time when walking around campus? Who would I be? Would I have learned that I have to respect and engage with people other than me? Would I be in my little Carrollton, GA world in my ethnocentric bubble? Most likely yes, and that's a disturbing thought. While I am still extremely sheltered from a lot of things I am grateful I have learned about the world around me and have developed a consciousness and the ability evaluate.

Finally, after watching the last several episodes of ER, and question that has long plagued me has come back. How does one best serve? Is it on a local scale, regional, national, or even global in nature? I have pondered this for quite awhile and came to the conclusion that there are service opportunities everywhere, one just has to find the right niche. However, after watching ER and seeing the destruction and hearing the dialog about elitist American ideals I am drawn to the idea that the global cause takes precedence over local needs. Why should my efforts be spent in revitalizing neighborhoods in the US when the Americans most likely have a far superior quality of life compared to those in war-torn areas. Why shouldn't our focus be on international service? But then I'm drawn back to the thought that why not help the guy in our backyard, everyone should be valued equally. As in the case study, it's a difficult situation, and one that I'm not likely to resolve any time soon. So until later, later.

Ramblings

It's been a rainy, lazy, and boring Sunday. I went to the football game yesterday and watched UNC get stomped by F$U. The pregame and first series were awesome, the sea of blue was into the new season and then the team got busted up. Pictures here: My Moblog



I went to brunch at the Carolina Coffee Shop with the grad student group at University Presbyterian Church this morning, followed by church. After church thunderstorms rolled through and set the tone for the rest of the day. A day spent watching tv on my computer, writing down the rest of my assignments, and generally being lazy. Thankfully tomorrow is Labor Day and there's no school so hopefully I'll get some reading done.

Finally, here's a picture of me being productive earlier in the week, I'm reading my micro book at the Johnson Center (I think that's the name) on the big patio next to the Morehead Planetarium.

Clanging of the cymbals...

You know it's time for school to start when the drumline is outside practicing and the Hare Krishnas are walking down the side walk singing and playing their cymbals. Yes folks, I'm in Chapel Hill now and it's quite an interesting feeling. I really don't know anyone except for Brian my roommate and the few people I talked to today at the first of 4 days of orientation. The drive up on Monday wasn't very eventful and the traffic ceased to exist which was a bonus.

We stopped at a McDonalds in SC and there was a G-wagon with Sprewells.

We arrived in Elon around 4 and then moved the big truck to the tractor store and I got to drive it around the back lot...yes I drove the manual truck for the second time.

After that we went to a new cafeteria and proceeded to eat too much food.

Tuesday was spent moving into the apartment. It's definitely not a good idea to have a 6' long desk that needs to go on the second floor of a townhouse. Next time someone needs to remind me that a flat would be the way to go. Brian seems like a cool guy, we have a lot in common thus far though we've both been busy with moving and orientation. His mom is also really nice and has been helping set up the apartment and especially the kitchen, she's adding the woman's touch. Today was the first day of orientation and it was interesting to see who actually came to UNC that was at the open house; I noticed several people that seemed gung ho about the program that weren't there today. Overall the class seems extroverted and active which is something that will take some getting used to. Also another surprise was the age range of students. I expected there to be a fairly big gap between students but it doesn't appear to be too big. Of course there are the older folks that have been out for a long time but most seem to have graduated college in the last 5 or 6 years, however, I counted only 6 of us that just graduated out of a class of approx. 45. Tomorrow will be more orientation all day and then I'm dreading Saturday. As a TA I have to attend a campus-wide training session from 8:30-3 yes you heard me on Saturday from 8:30-3, not my idea of fun the weekend before school starts. Monday brings more orientation and then classes start Tuesday.

Now that we're on the subject of classes...I'm not really sure what to expect and I haven't really been able to tell from today's sessions. It's either going to be a ton of work or not going to be bad at all. Pretty either really, really bad or only a little bad, most likely the former. None of the other people I talked to know what to expect either and seem to have some trepidation like I do about what's about to start on Tuesday. I'm sure everything will work out and I'm just having new place and surroundings jitters but it's time to see if I can hack it. Was my undergrad time a waste? I sure hope not but now's the time to see. Another thing that's bothering me and that hasn't really been an issue before is the social aspects of being a graduate student. I'm used to just hanging out and maybe then grabbing some food then hanging out some more. It seems like that's not the norm for most people. Since I don't drink alcohol, at least yet, it's going to be weird to be around people that are. For example, there is an outing on Saturday night to some Wine Bar, who goes a wine bar? Doesn't sound like much fun to me. What does one wear to a wine bar, beats me. So do I want to go, nope. Will it look bad if I don't go, probably. So will I go, most likely not. It's definitely going to be a year or two of firsts, hopefully I'll find some friends either in classes or at church. Hopefully I'll learn to be a graduate student and I guess eventually grow up.

Sorry for rambling but it's nice to write what's in my head sometimes, especially when friends aren't around anymore. Here's some more pics.

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More pics updated frequently at My Moblog.