It's Fall Break Time

Hey all. It's a beautiful wednesday up at Purdue, and I am siting on the porch of Meredith just taking it easy. I had my first engineering test today. It was a bit crazy, but what's over is over. Let's move on. Today, I want to bring up a few topics that have popped into my head over the past week, and sort of fill you in on what my week has consisted of since my last blog. For Purdue, our Fall Break starts this weekend and goes until next Wednesday. I feel really bad for the students at the colleges that don't offer a Fall Break, and by those colleges I mean IU (hey their students have to catch up in intelligence somewhere!). That last statement was probably uncalled for; however, if you go to Purdue or go to any Big Ten school that has a rival, so can sympathize with me because since day 1 I have had it drilled in my head that IU sucks. We are two different schools with specializations in different areas, why can't we just exist in a quiet and uninvolved harmony. We can be competitive in athletics, but then again, what Big Ten School isn't? We even have a school that is mixed between IU and Purdue, yet we still act as if we cannot stand one another.

Another thing that I have been thinking about as Fall Break is approaching is this sense on entitlement that everyone gets the day before a vacation to skip or leave early. This was a huge factor in high school with spring break, as our Spring Break really basically started on the thursday night. As Fall Break is right around the corner, I've noticed that the same principles apply in college, at least at Purdue. Teachers are canceling classes (I am not complaining about this), students are making travel plans that include skipping what classes they have remaining on Friday, and others are even leaving two days early. What I have been wondering is where did this sense of entitlement come from? Why do we think that we are owed this extra day before a vacation? I'm not really sure what the answer to that is, but it is always something that I have wondered about.

Let's see, what has been going on in the past week... Well as I said before, I had my first engineering test today so that has been my primary focus for the last 5 days or so. On Friday night, I went to a "creative date" with some girls from church, and it was this giant murder mystery game. My character was Kenny Kickit, a jock during high school who turned into a free lance assassin. I thought it sounded pretty cool, but I never obtained one of the murder weapons, so I couldn't even break out my stealthy ninja assassin moves (the ones with the ninja stars and that long wicked sharp chain). INstead, my services as a body guard were hired out and so I used all 6 feet, 150 pounds of myself to protect michael (a.k.a Rohan) from harm. And let me tell you I was a darn good body guard. If I was a little bit bigger, I think I could make a profession out of it. Note to self: check if they is a professional school for body guarding.

Because I had so much studying to do, I stayed in on Saturday night. (See how I used the studying as my excuse? It works. You're in college now if you ever don't want to do something, just say you have to study. Every college kid can study a little bit more.) I legitimately needed to study though, so it worked out both ways. Anyways, I ended up watching 'The Departed', which was a very confusing movie. I did my best to keep up at 2 in the morning, needless to say I was a little bit tired for church the next morning.

The rest of my week passed without anything too exciting or adventurous. The Brunch Bunch doubled its previous attendance in one week, so I think that we are moving in positive directions. My President's Leadership Class went to the low ropes course on Monday night, and I learned how to climb over an 11 foot wall with the help of one of my friends. I unfortunately watched bits a pieces of another dismal Colt's loss, but I have to give it up to the Jaguars' kicker. That's about all I have for this week, I'll be sure to update you all on what's happening at Purdue, and keep you up to date on anything that strikes my fancy! Also, I am adding in a new part to my traditional closing. Hope you enjoy!

Tip for the week: When at a friendly bonfire with people that you do not know, and these people just so happen to be making smores, take and hold onto the bag of marshmellows. This allows you to control the distribution of marshmellows, but more importantly, it allows you to meet people and make new friends. Try it!

Closing thought for the week: "Vacation used to be a luxury, but in today's world it has become a necessity." ~Author Unknown

Throwing up the NW 333 and throwing down the Rock,

Signing off,

JD