Update for Everyone VII: Insert Something Philosophical Sounding Here

[Boobs]

tfw the sky is actually on fire

Zurich, but in French? This will not do.

I'm a brave pioneer who has risked my life by moving across the language divide to live with our barbarian German speaking cousins

Bon courage mon gars

[parochial boy]

tfw the sky is actually on fire

Zurich, but in French? This will not do.

I'm a brave pioneer who has risked my life by moving across the language divide to live with our barbarian German speaking cousins

Bon courage mon gars

Danke vielmal. Ich werde überleben

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

This whole freshman orientation thing has been miserable daunting and lonely, if things don’t go well the next few months I might not be able to take it and just join the military or get a job or something, because this just seems undoable, kudos to all of you for being able to get degrees, it is an impressive accomplishment.

That was pretty much how I felt for much of September my freshman year. I sadly don't have much advice to offer since my way out was going Greek, which isn't for everybody and differs from school to school and chapter to chapter.

Greek is not my scene, not into partying drugs deviancy etc.

[Santander]

Planning on spending the weekend in Saxony, BRTD's least favorite part of Germany.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Planning on spending the weekend in Saxony, BRTD's least favorite part of Germany.

He has an obsessive dislike of Saxony too? What doesn’t he hate?

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

I just signed up for a bunch of classes, and I had done no prior reseach so I just chose on the spot, that were mostly prereqs and just did so based on time and what sounded the least bad, did not look at prof ratings much, so if anyone can give me a rough idea of what I just got myself into I would appreciate it

Art History Understanding Art

Intro to Comm Oral and Tech Based

American Civics and national Gov

Exploration of the Humanities (entry level course I believe)

Entry level College Algebra

then a couple specific college courses which I don't think people would have an idea about.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

I just signed up for a bunch of classes, and I had done no prior reseach so I just chose on the spot, that were mostly prereqs and just did so based on time and what sounded the least bad, did not look at prof ratings much, so if anyone can give me a rough idea of what I just got myself into I would appreciate it

Art History Understanding Art

Intro to Comm Oral and Tech Based

American Civics and national Gov

Exploration of the Humanities (entry level course I believe)

Entry level College Algebra

then a couple specific college courses which I don't think people would have an idea about.

I can barely manage four classes at a time - good luck man!

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

I just signed up for a bunch of classes, and I had done no prior reseach so I just chose on the spot, that were mostly prereqs and just did so based on time and what sounded the least bad, did not look at prof ratings much, so if anyone can give me a rough idea of what I just got myself into I would appreciate it

Art History Understanding Art

Intro to Comm Oral and Tech Based

American Civics and national Gov

Exploration of the Humanities (entry level course I believe)

Entry level College Algebra

then a couple specific college courses which I don't think people would have an idea about.

I can barely manage four classes at a time - good luck man!

Oh sh!t dude, you making me even more nervous now.

[Mr. Smith]

I just signed up for a bunch of classes, and I had done no prior reseach so I just chose on the spot, that were mostly prereqs and just did so based on time and what sounded the least bad, did not look at prof ratings much, so if anyone can give me a rough idea of what I just got myself into I would appreciate it

Art History Understanding Art

Intro to Comm Oral and Tech Based

American Civics and national Gov

Exploration of the Humanities (entry level course I believe)

Entry level College Algebra

then a couple specific college courses which I don't think people would have an idea about.

I can barely manage four classes at a time - good luck man!

Oh sh!t dude, you making me even more nervous now.

You should be, you signed onto classes without thinking about 'em much, and 18 credit hours at that.

Roll with 16 at the most.


As for myself, I'm dreading looking at an email for my test results. 3 weeks ago, I'm pretty sure I got a&*-kicked, so I'm not looking forward to dealing with the consequences of that. 

2/3 of the way through, and it's just one f*(king test.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

I just signed up for a bunch of classes, and I had done no prior reseach so I just chose on the spot, that were mostly prereqs and just did so based on time and what sounded the least bad, did not look at prof ratings much, so if anyone can give me a rough idea of what I just got myself into I would appreciate it

Art History Understanding Art

Intro to Comm Oral and Tech Based

American Civics and national Gov

Exploration of the Humanities (entry level course I believe)

Entry level College Algebra

then a couple specific college courses which I don't think people would have an idea about.

I can barely manage four classes at a time - good luck man!

Oh sh!t dude, you making me even more nervous now.

I did 6 most terms. Depends on your field, dedication, etc. I recommend 5 classes for your first semester.

What’s your major? Looks suspiciously liberal arts heavy, which I, as a liberal arts veteran, would caution you against.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

I just signed up for a bunch of classes, and I had done no prior reseach so I just chose on the spot, that were mostly prereqs and just did so based on time and what sounded the least bad, did not look at prof ratings much, so if anyone can give me a rough idea of what I just got myself into I would appreciate it

Art History Understanding Art

Intro to Comm Oral and Tech Based

American Civics and national Gov

Exploration of the Humanities (entry level course I believe)

Entry level College Algebra

then a couple specific college courses which I don't think people would have an idea about.

I can barely manage four classes at a time - good luck man!

Oh sh!t dude, you making me even more nervous now.

You should be, you signed onto classes without thinking about 'em much, and 18 credit hours at that.

Roll with 16 at the most.

No I have 16 credit hours total this semester, each of those I listed is 3 then there is a freshman intro course with 0 credit hours and intro to business admin course which is 1 credit hour.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

I just signed up for a bunch of classes, and I had done no prior reseach so I just chose on the spot, that were mostly prereqs and just did so based on time and what sounded the least bad, did not look at prof ratings much, so if anyone can give me a rough idea of what I just got myself into I would appreciate it

Art History Understanding Art

Intro to Comm Oral and Tech Based

American Civics and national Gov

Exploration of the Humanities (entry level course I believe)

Entry level College Algebra

then a couple specific college courses which I don't think people would have an idea about.

I can barely manage four classes at a time - good luck man!

Oh sh!t dude, you making me even more nervous now.

I did 6 most terms. Depends on your field, dedication, etc. I recommend 5 classes for your first semester.

What’s your major? Looks suspiciously liberal arts heavy, which I, as a liberal arts veteran, would caution you against.

UTD Global Business bachelor of science

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

Btw if this is of any relevance, it can pretty much have my undivided attention since I have literally nothing else major (haha bad pun see what I did there) going on in my life at all. No job, my internship ends like a week before school starts, no nothing really. So I can pretty much dedicate a sh!tload of time towards it if I have to, I pretty much cleared the field for it, expecting the worst and most time consuming stuff. Also the communications class is apparently online, and same with one of those freshman courses.

[Santander]

Beautiful day for a drive through the Czech countryside.

[HillGoose]

I literally said "nice guy ff" today. That's enough Atlas for a while.

[Pouring Rain and Blairing Music]

CO alarm decided to let my family know it’s time to replace it. AT 3:50 IN THE MORNING

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

~6.4 mile run/walk this morning! Probably my longest ever outside of hiking, etc.

[Santander]

Had lunch with a friend at the Nordic Embassies today. Love how it's literally across the st from the Syrian embassy. 

[Mr. Smith]

I think I just got my a&& kicked today with a big exam I had to take.

Good news, I made it!

Now for the tricky part of landing a job. If this had happened earlier, I'd probably be gearing up to move to Cypress or Sugar Land or something.

[Santander]

Pre-departure IFE in American 767 biz consists of newspapers... (They do give out iPads in-flight but it's not the same thing) This is why I fly United.

[Mr. Smith]

Pre-departure IFE in American 767 biz consists of newspapers... (They do give out iPads in-flight but it's not the same thing) This is why I fly United.

United breaks guitars and doesn't let you do carry-ons on the cheap end.

Also, nice hitchhiker thumb you got there!

[Santander]

United breaks guitars and doesn't let you do carry-ons on the cheap end.

Also, nice hitchhiker thumb you got there!

Yes, all of my joints are very flexible lol.

United is pretty terrible if you fly on basic fares, but at least they don't weigh your carry-ons on standard fares, which is not the case for European airlines, who are often very strict on weight limits. Lufthansa/Swiss, for example, have an 8kg hand baggage allowance and no free checked bags on Light fares, even for Gold/Senator, and they will actually weigh the bag. Both my Rimowa (ironically, a Lufthansa edition) and my Briggs & Riley carry-on bags weigh over 4kg empty. That leaves only ~3.5kg for actual stuff... so forget about bringing anything but the most basic summer clothes for a 1-3 day trip.

I guess for me as a road warrior who spends more nights on a plane than I do at home, I value route network (United has hubs in all the important business centers in America, and more international destinations than any other US airline) and lie-flat beds (United has the most by far). If I were to just fly occasionally, I would probably fly Delta or JetBlue, because they're the least bad of a sorry bunch.

[Morning in Atlas]

It's very strange that I'm posting more frequently than the Presidential Election board than I was before my 3-day moderation disaster.

Not sure where to put that but I felt like sharing that weird ass tidbit

[John Dule]

One of my best friends is in Hong Kong right now. He sent me some videos of the protests last night; he was really right in the middle of it all. He's also managed to somehow have six gay hookups in two weeks already, and all this while working part-time and taking classes.

[Santander]

He's also managed to somehow have six gay hookups in two weeks already, and all this while working part-time and taking classes.

Disgusting. Why are you talking about this?