Friday, February 27, 2004
Well this is depressing. I just woke up 15 minutes ago (possible because my only class today is at 1:15). The snow appears to be all gone, which makes yesterday 'blizzard' something of an isolated incident.
Everyone at Clemson is probably aware of University Ridge burning down across the street. I had just left the basement of Holmes to go to Fike when I saw these huge clouds moving fast with the wind. "Snow clouds!" I thought, until I ran into one that was flying a little low. The fact that the air was saturated with smoke, and that sirens were screaming everywhere, convinced me to go check it out. I joined the group of students slowly collecting on Bowman field, watching the whole goddamn 4 story complex burn to the ground. I of course ran back and grabbed my camera, which took some pretty crappy pictures before running out of batteries.
Is was a pretty scary night, and I feel bad for the 100+ students who lost all their stuff. Someone said that maybe they could have grabbed their most important stuff on the way down, but how often, when you hear the fire alarm in your building, do you actually grab anything? We usually just shuffle down, and we'll do it again someday if there actually is a fire.
The snow came Thursday and blotted out everyone's memory. A day filled with sleep, bad sledding, Mystic River, and Outlaw Star.
What does the weekend hold? Tonight we're having a murder mystery dinner prepared by Kyle. Sometime this weekend I have to write a prospectus for an Econometrics paper, which means finding useable data, a thesis, etc. I'm thinking of using some Census Beureau data to try and dispell the myth that abstinence, when taught in Sex Ed, is more effective than contraception. I've already found basic fertility data for ths US (a sample size of 120,000!) and information on the different state Sex Ed policies. It should be interesting.
Agh it's 11:40 already and I need to go jump in the shower if I'm going to make lunch. More later. Or not. *BOOM BOOM BOOM* (drums).
Listening to: The Strokes - 12:51
Everyone at Clemson is probably aware of University Ridge burning down across the street. I had just left the basement of Holmes to go to Fike when I saw these huge clouds moving fast with the wind. "Snow clouds!" I thought, until I ran into one that was flying a little low. The fact that the air was saturated with smoke, and that sirens were screaming everywhere, convinced me to go check it out. I joined the group of students slowly collecting on Bowman field, watching the whole goddamn 4 story complex burn to the ground. I of course ran back and grabbed my camera, which took some pretty crappy pictures before running out of batteries.
Is was a pretty scary night, and I feel bad for the 100+ students who lost all their stuff. Someone said that maybe they could have grabbed their most important stuff on the way down, but how often, when you hear the fire alarm in your building, do you actually grab anything? We usually just shuffle down, and we'll do it again someday if there actually is a fire.
The snow came Thursday and blotted out everyone's memory. A day filled with sleep, bad sledding, Mystic River, and Outlaw Star.
What does the weekend hold? Tonight we're having a murder mystery dinner prepared by Kyle. Sometime this weekend I have to write a prospectus for an Econometrics paper, which means finding useable data, a thesis, etc. I'm thinking of using some Census Beureau data to try and dispell the myth that abstinence, when taught in Sex Ed, is more effective than contraception. I've already found basic fertility data for ths US (a sample size of 120,000!) and information on the different state Sex Ed policies. It should be interesting.
Agh it's 11:40 already and I need to go jump in the shower if I'm going to make lunch. More later. Or not. *BOOM BOOM BOOM* (drums).
Listening to: The Strokes - 12:51
