back from vegas

[intertribal]

Me and the headless, armless Goddess of Victory in front of Caesars Palace (I named a character after her in high school, before I realized a shoe company beat me to it).  Uploaded more photos here. 

It was 105 degrees and amusing, for the most part.  I did think the Moving Statues at Caesars were ridiculously kitschy, but the volcano at my hotel (the Mirage) was surprisingly awesome, as were the Bellagio fountains (maybe that's not so much a surprise).  The Venetian was really, really fragrant, the Luxor was lolzy, the Excalibur had a lot of fast food joints (I see why Jennifer wanted to die when she was assigned the Excalibur as inspiration on Top Chef last season), and the MGM Grand was confusingly large.  We were sharing the Mirage with the West Coast Dance Explosion's national finals, so the casino floor was half old people on slot machines and half pre-pubescent girls in really heavy makeup and glamour bikinis. 

The food was good. 

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[royinpink.livejournal.com]

Yeah, both my classes are discussion-centered--today was just like, lecture day b/c it was the first day. But there was lots of time for talking about what was presented at least in the ethics class (Patrick's, the 4-hr one). No reaction papers for us, grade is mostly based on 2 papers.

Anyway, how was this prof moody and intriguing? You did not answer!

Are the meters by Memorial Stadium longer than 90 min. and less than $2? That's really the question.

and yes, nice about the song. how are you using it?

[intertribal.livejournal.com]

Discussion-centered classes don't seem so intimidating at UNL, I must say. Oh, I missed the question. Uh, he just seemed cool/like he had an interesting life/probably had smart opinions. My "type," esp. in professors. "Cool" being of course subjective.

I think they're 2 hr meters? I'm not really sure, but I think that's what my co-worker Jackie uses so she doesn't have to get a parking pass. And it would be a quarter for half an hour, everywhere. I can ask around tomorrow if you want more help. Where did you park today?

It's my parishioners' favorite hymn! I just spent like two hours listening to hymns on youtube. OMG WTF is this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8RLeRExqMs

[royinpink.livejournal.com]

Heh, I'm if possible more intimidated, but I am trying to talk anyway, and I think it will wear off as I get used to my classmates. You'd think it'd be better after teaching for a year...

I dunno if I have a 'type' in profs (I guess devoted to teaching & intellectual pursuits, interested in and good with theory, respectful like (s)he is no better than the students, cynical and/or amusing (not necessary, but a plus), and honest/straightforward), but I can tell you neither of mine are probably your type.

Yeah, it's just that if I park in a lot, I can stay longer but it's $1/hr. I'll look into the other meters...all the ones close by are 30-90 min., often 60--which is a touch too short. I parked on R st. today (90 min).

I have no idea, but disturbing...didn't make it to the end of the vid, though (it kept having probs loading and i gave up).

[intertribal.livejournal.com]

Really? Why?

I like the things you mentioned too - but I'm not usually able to gauge that (except for the last two) within the first day. What I listed are sort of superficial impressions I can get - and of course this "type" =/= "who I think will be a good teacher" or anything.

R Street is 90 minutes? Damn, I thought it was longer. Er... yeah, I'll ask.

I had problems loading it too. I think that was Jesus going, "do not watch torture porn about me! :(" Uh, you probably shouldn't take me too seriously right now.

[royinpink.livejournal.com]

I dunno, I was most nervous about making a comment about sex/sexism. Maybe it has something to do with my impressions of what views my classmates hold (more Christian, more conservative). But I think it's partly just that I've psyched myself out about philosophy, and I have to just let everything go and focus on the class. Or it's just been awhile. Some combination of the above?

yes, but...i guess just what i like in a person overlaps with who i think will be a good teacher. because it has a lot to do with intellectual passions and theory and scrupulous honesty.

haha.

[intertribal.livejournal.com]

The psyching yourself out about philosophy bit wouldn't surprise me, honestly. We haven't really had any discussion, so I don't really know how I will feel about it yet. I tend to get intimidated in poli sci discussions pretty easily at the start of classes, so we'll see.

Yeah, that makes sense, and I'm not saying if someone seemed "cool" but was clearly a bad teacher I'd still like them - I was more just trying to say that just because I have this "type" that I'm describing doesn't mean that if a prof doesn't fit it, I dismiss them. Although a fair amount of the "type" really is wrapped up in the cynical/amusing bit, I suspect. I'm sounding like an idiot now, I'm pretty sure. I'm going to go get my writing quota in and then go to bed, lol.

[royinpink.livejournal.com]

I think it will get better...and the more it's real discussion, not lecture-tangents, the better I think it will be.

Uh, I didn't think you were saying that. I just added that b/c I understood what you meant by type, but what I wrote seemed so teaching-centered.

Ok, sweet dreams!

[intertribal.livejournal.com]

You can park on 16th street at 2 hour meters, it turns out.

[royinpink.livejournal.com]

sweet.