peeing in class.

ok, first of all i know "peeing" isn't the most ladylike term. i should say "using the restroom" or something like that. but i'm lazy.

although, explaining that probably took just as long. if not longer.

well.

i have a problem. i am totally not comfortable with leaving in the middle of a class to use the bathroom. there are a few reasons for this.

-i feel like its awkward to stand up in the middle of class and walk out

-its equally, if not more, awkward to ask for permission to leave

-i think it's kinda rude to leave while the professor is lecturing

-what if i miss something important while i am out of class

-what if i get back to class and the professor opens it up for discussion, then i will have no idea about what has already been covered

(side note: a pet peeve of mine is when people ask questions about things that have clearly been covered... just pay attention... you are wasting everyone's time)

-what if there is a line when i get to the bathroom? and then i have to wait? and then i get back and everyone wonders what i did in there... so awkward!

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basically i just can't do it.

today in my christian social ethics class i had to go. i had to go bad.

it was 2:30. that three hour class goes till 5. the first week of school my classmates decided that instead of taking our allotted break halfway through the class we would rather get out of class 10 minutes early.

so it is 2:30 and i have to "hold it" till 4:30 at best.

around 3:30 im freaking out. i am probably majorly doing the potty dance in my seat. i am thinking that maybe i will have to break my streak of never peeing during a class and just excuse myself.

oh but i can't do that. if it was just a normal day maybe i would... but no. it is not a normal day, my professor's mentor came to talk to us. this is the man that inspired dr stumpf to teach. i can't just get up and leave in the middle of his lecture.

at 4 he has us break into groups to discuss something. and i think that maybe now is my chance. but just as i get up the courage to go he starts lecturing again.

i feel like i might pass out. i start picking away at my nail polish to take my mind off it. i don't know if i can make it. but now it's 4:15, wayyyy to late to get up and go. what if i leave and then class ends while im gone. and i have to come back to an empty class room. or what if all the students are gone but my professor stayed to make sure i was ok. maybe at that point i just wouldn't go back for my stuff.

finally the end is in sight. it's that point in class when it is acceptable to begin slowly packing up your stuff. i get everything together and put my backpack on. i can't sit still. the pain is so bad. i am planning on running to the bathroom, i have plotted my route in my mind.

class dismissed. i sprint to the bathroom. relief.

sad face.

D. Wayland Marler, associate professor of History at California Baptist University, unexpectedly passed away on Saturday, April 12. Professor Marler had taught at CBU since 1966.
Professor Marler suffered a stroke in January and had been in rehabilitative therapy the past several months. He had undergone carotid artery surgery on April 9.

so sad. i seriously loved this guy. he was that awesome old grumpy funny man who has a story for everything!
my best memory of him was the field trip we took in his class last semester. Marler will be misses for sure.

my school is so werid.

today in my graphic design class we spent the entire hour photo-shopping an old man's wrinkles away. i have this problem where i am easily distracted and easily entertained. so after i was done de-wrinkling i covered up peoples eyes with skin. (this one was quick, just to illustrate a point, the others were better). (well as better as skin for eyes can be).

and then in my youth ministry class tony steward talked about social media. it was sweet. i love wikipedia even more than the next person so the info was right up my alley.
stuff i enjoyed:

1. wikipedia is written by millions of people who have a specific area of expertise while encyclopedias are written by ten really smart people.
   
2. facebook is a mall (you have stores you shouldn't go into and some books you shouldnt read. there is a limited amount of mischief going on because there is mall security to break it up but for the most part you see happy families with children in strollers).
   
3. myspace is a red light district. prostitutes are constantly soliciting you and asking you for sex and money. the advertisements are not g-rated at all.
   
4. ask a ninja is the most watched podcast. and no one in my class had heard of it. im like the only nerd in there.
   
5. rss stands for really simple syndication. who knew?
   

film class.

so at first i wasnt sure what to think of this class. i was kinda intimadated by my teacher and the other students. on the first day we had to tell everyone what our favorite movie is. most people had these really deep movies that are commended for their cinematography. so i was getting pretty nervous, what should i say? i couldnt possibly be honest and tell the whole class my favorite movie is sisterhood of the traveling pants. so i said fight club. in hindsight i should have listed a few movies so people would think i was well rounded.

so my teacher is totally a member of the writers guild. so in my opinion class should be canceled while they are on strike. professor kevanos has this passionate rich voice. i just want him to narrate my life.

we started out watching thiss horrible racist film, Birth of a Nation.aside from being so dumb and promoting the reclamation the South after the uncivil blacks had destroyed the great southern values. the black cast members are portrayed as lesser beings. white supremacy is shown trough dialog and behaviors. even though the southerners had lost the civil war they retained their honor and dignity by caring for one another, and working hard for the cause. they were shown as the victims of slavery in America.

aside from that it was three hours long! and silent! ew.

then we watched battleship potemkin. i originally thought we might be viewing some russian version of pokemon (gotta catch em all!). but i was wrong.
the next movie was the german film metropolis. eh. nothing really to say about this one.

then we got to watch gold rush. a great charlie chaplin movie.
so funny!
like for reals laughing out loud.

then today we watched It Happened One Night. clark gable and claudette colbert. so cute. so funny. i was impressed. i still have about 20 minutes left that i still have to watch. but i am actually looking forward to doing that homework.
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so im looking forward to the rest of the class. now that we have gotten out of the silent era.
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i stalk people.

and when i stop and think about what i do it sounds creepy.
when i get my school schedule i try to figure out who my teachers are. and not just who they are in class... but who they are on myspace. and facebook. and blogger. i check their ratemyprofessor.com ratings, and then i run some google searches.

thats creepy right?
but, as i have found, the internet is definitely a public access thing. so its my right to know.

the reason im posing this now is that for a while my "current trends in youth ministry" class did not have a teacher. and now it does. and he has a blog. and i found it. and i almost left him a comment.

but i didnt. because i dont want him to lurk my blog and judge me.
considering my last two posts were about going to a tattoo expo and really enjoying the alvin and the chipmunks movie i figure im sending off a weird first impression.

graphic design final.

i woke up and went to class.
pardee had written on the board:
"good graphic design is _____ "

and we were instructed to email him our answers.
this is what i submitted:

good graphic design is a teacher who says on the first day of class "there will be no final"

or good graphic design is a student who raps her final:

on this stage i will not preform
this, but my projects always had good type form
good use of space contributes to the layout
continuity is important or else people will stay out
of the restaurant i did design
but its all good, i did just fine

i always thought adobe was mexican clay
but now with illustrator i can play
i alwasy thought adobe was mexican clay
but now with photoshop i can play


you talked about good use of the grid
but now its time to put a lid
on this class
i hope i pass

i think i win. and i think i deserve an a.

i love wikipedia.

wikipedia. i love it.
my professors have made it clear to me that they do not reciprocate the feelings of love.

in pretty much every class we go over the negitive atributes of the site.
they should just offer a course in wiki-hating.

but i wouldn't need to take it. i know that anyone can edit the site's content. i know that there has been a problem with insider editing. i know that often times the information is not cited.

but i also know that I DONT CARE.
i love how easy it is to search for information. i love how everything is linked. dont worry, im not using the cite to write a 10 page research paper.

but if i have to sit through another lecture on the dangers of wikipedia i might go to wiki how and figure out how to skip class.

field trip.

who knew kids in college get to go on field trips?
in my history of california class we went to the mission san juan capistrano on saturday.

it was fun times. for the most part.


here i am with professor marler and our tour guide. she really was passionate about the history of the mission. i dont really remember anything she said except for, "i am swedish so i make swedish meatballs."

my goal for the trip was to get a picture with marler. because he is cool. and old. and we share a love of pumpkin scones from starbucks. GLORIOUS!


so i totally achieved my goal. after we took this picture together i said, "professor marer you are totally going to be on myspace now!" he grumbled. but last night this picture became my new default. :]

i thought this flower was pretty. and from this angle it kinda looks like a cross.



so it was a good day. i got to hang out with jackie. she is a fun person to have a photo shoot with.



now its time to get ready for my jr high bible study. oh jr highers! im pretty excited about playing mad gab with them.