Educational Goodness, Take 2

Firstly: Programming is causing much stress right now. It is due in on Friday, and I still have to do the last two questions. Grrr... at least I got two done in my Prac today.

Next: We finally went and got our questions for the next essay in Lit. Which is slight annoyance, as though I know I want to do mine on 1984, I am not entirely certain of which question to do. I think I'll put it up to you guys: which of the following questions do you think I should do for my next essay?

9. In Nineteen Eighty-Four, Orwell was concerned to show how language might lead men and women to deny objective reality and accept the fictitious world of totalitarian propaganda, and that the fate of the world lay in the choices made by intellectuals. Discuss.

Or

11. Write about the ways in which you think George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four remains relevant today? Or does it? You should discuss both his realist mode of writing and his ideas about the political and cultural direction of modern society.

Currently, I am leaning towards 9, but there is just so much that should be done with 11, if you did the research right...

Oh, and I have decided that my new Psych lecturer is freaking amazing! He is this Canadian guy, named Dr. Trot Visser (which automatically makes me think of a Fandom-Which-Must-Not-Be-Named I used to adore, but we won't go there), and who was the source of vast amusement at today’s lectures.

Some choice Psych Lecture Quotes:
(To the audience) "Has anyone been to Canada?"
(A few raise their hands)
"Did you like it?"
(The raised hand people shake their heads)
"Right answer."

"I thought, Jeeze, this is my course, I can do what I want."
(Displays giant picture of his baby daughter)
"Give me good teacher ratings or I'll lose my job and can't feed my child."

(About "The Phenomenological Method) "I like this method because I like saying Phenomenological!"

I probably should have been taking notes about Psych, rather than my amusing teacher. Oh well...

And the stupid college internet has been down for like the last hour. Why, I ask you, why?

The Entry With Far Too Many Quotes For It's Own Good

To start off with:


To all Second Floorians, and other Melbourne Uni types: Everyone, come to the Cafe International Preview Night, tomorrow at 8:30PM! It's at International House, and has a good coin entry fee. Come see people sing! People dance! Me being raunchy! Entertainment for all!


And in other news:

Spent a nice lunchtime playing Munchkin today. Yay for Munchkin! There was outrageous cheating, and all sorts of fun. I went and won the first game, but crashed and burned horribly in the second, mainly due to a certain individual who went and stole my Really Impressive Title Of Doom (Note to those unfamiliar with Munchkin: this is a genuine item in the game. You take a Really Impressive Title, and add the ...Of Doom bonus)

*shakes fist at item stealers*

Also I have decided that I may possibly be wearing my wonderful hat a little too often. Why? Well, when someone says (in the dark of the evening) "I know that hat," and can identify you by it, you should begin to worry. Though I did get a rather impressive number of compliments on it today, soperhaps I'll just keep it on for a little while longer.

Have also decided that I *loff* my new Psych lecturer. He went and made all these random comments about The X-Files and Star Wars, and told John Howard jokes during the lecturer, and was just too generally funny to be healthy. I spent far too much time copying down amusing quotes form him again, some of which I shall display below.

Today's Epic Quote List:

From Second Floor
Joe: "Joe has collapsed. Joe has become a table."

"We need to watch Star Wars today."
"Why?"
"Because it's May the Fourth."
(questioning look) "Huh?"
"You know, May the Fourth be with you..."
The fact I actually laughed at this conversation says far too much about me. Rather sad, no?

From Psych Lecture
"Doughnuts are funny in any country."

"Watch this: Homer Simpson. Lights go on...lights go off...lights go on...lights go off."
The funniest thing about this was that my lecturer was actually flicking the lights on and off while he said this

(Talking about sublimal messages that people have been inserting into films)
"Eat Coke, drink popcorn, buy Windows..."

(Speech bubbles on an X-Files picture on a slide)
Mulder: "Seems a bit simple, Scully!"
Scully: "Shut Up Mulder! I just hope I get royalties for being on this slide. I've been unemployed for so long."

"I just want to move on with my life...I want to watch The X-Files."

"Eyeballs XP: Faster, more efficient, crashes twice as often..."

"I have some tough honours students - they could kick your arse."

"Hey, I didn't say I voted for John Howard! What are you looking at me for?"

"I'm just a simple Canadian."
For some unknown reason, this cracked the entire audience up.

"...totally, abso-smurphly - I just like using the word 'smurf' a lot."