Wednesday, November 02, 2005
Bowling night
[This is actually an e-mail that I send out to my class and a few other people. Becky mentioned that I should start posting them here for your enjoyment, whoever you may be.]
Heya!
Tonight was quite the game against Team Apocalypse. Despite their intimidating name these guys were great sports. I think we were very evenly matched against this lot so the games were close (they got the first one, we got the second one) both times (really it came down to the last frame for both games). Shannon rolled an impressive game tonight and likewise everyone rolled over 100 pins (I'm pretty sure) at the end of each game. Tonight was also nerd night. I'm beginning to believe we need someone else to run the intermurals because no one seemed enthused about the contest, to be honest I don't know how many people even knew about it!
So to keep things interesting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerd
A question of particular interest came up after the game tonight (exactly how this question occured is something I might never remember): To escape from a moose you climb a tree, but you can't do that if a bear is chasing you. So if you were being chased by both you are screwed! Now what on Earth could you do to piss off a bear and a moose SO much that they would rather kill you than fight each other?
Night y'all!
pseudo
PS: Heartfelt thanks to Austin. His most recent e-mail is really inspiring and puts everything into perspective. Thanks for the encouragement!
[To put Austin's e-mail into perspective I'll post it below.]
Hey All,
I've noticed that a lot of us are stressed out over all these tests andeverything else that is being thrown at us week to week. While I thinkit is VERY important that we do decently on these tests, I also thinkit is important to realize these tests are but a very small measure ofus as PT students. That said, please realize that it is not where we'reat today, or tommorrow, or the day after, that defines us as PT's, butit is a culmination of our three years here at Regis that will defineus. In Homer's "Iliad," there is a quote that can be paraphrased "thejourney is the thing" that I try to keep in mind through my struggles.This journey that we're on together right now, going through gradschool together, that is "the thing." So instead of worrying day in andday out about every assignment and test, why not look to the future andenjoy the ride we're on?
I'm not trying to be preachy; I'm just trying to get your chins up and trying to lighten the mood. Thanks to all who have helped out and arehelping out in preparation for the tests. Tim O'Leary, a big thanks isowed to you from everyone you've helped in anatomy lab this week andlast week.
See you all tommorrow. I must prepare for "Aardvark domination."
Much love,
Austin
Heya!
Tonight was quite the game against Team Apocalypse. Despite their intimidating name these guys were great sports. I think we were very evenly matched against this lot so the games were close (they got the first one, we got the second one) both times (really it came down to the last frame for both games). Shannon rolled an impressive game tonight and likewise everyone rolled over 100 pins (I'm pretty sure) at the end of each game. Tonight was also nerd night. I'm beginning to believe we need someone else to run the intermurals because no one seemed enthused about the contest, to be honest I don't know how many people even knew about it!
So to keep things interesting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerd
A question of particular interest came up after the game tonight (exactly how this question occured is something I might never remember): To escape from a moose you climb a tree, but you can't do that if a bear is chasing you. So if you were being chased by both you are screwed! Now what on Earth could you do to piss off a bear and a moose SO much that they would rather kill you than fight each other?
Night y'all!
pseudo
PS: Heartfelt thanks to Austin. His most recent e-mail is really inspiring and puts everything into perspective. Thanks for the encouragement!
[To put Austin's e-mail into perspective I'll post it below.]
Hey All,
I've noticed that a lot of us are stressed out over all these tests andeverything else that is being thrown at us week to week. While I thinkit is VERY important that we do decently on these tests, I also thinkit is important to realize these tests are but a very small measure ofus as PT students. That said, please realize that it is not where we'reat today, or tommorrow, or the day after, that defines us as PT's, butit is a culmination of our three years here at Regis that will defineus. In Homer's "Iliad," there is a quote that can be paraphrased "thejourney is the thing" that I try to keep in mind through my struggles.This journey that we're on together right now, going through gradschool together, that is "the thing." So instead of worrying day in andday out about every assignment and test, why not look to the future andenjoy the ride we're on?
I'm not trying to be preachy; I'm just trying to get your chins up and trying to lighten the mood. Thanks to all who have helped out and arehelping out in preparation for the tests. Tim O'Leary, a big thanks isowed to you from everyone you've helped in anatomy lab this week andlast week.
See you all tommorrow. I must prepare for "Aardvark domination."
Much love,
Austin
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