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July 23, 2002
Unimpressed
Unimpressed
You may have noticed that I have been absent from my blog for a while. While I do have sufficient excuse (being sick, being away from computer) the blame can rest soley on the shoulders of Blogger.Com for some fucked up software error that monged up my template.
*fuckit*
So... anyhow... now that I'm back... I guess you could hope to expect a little bit of frequent blogging action once again from yours truely.
I'll summarise what happened in the past 4 weeks:
Got very sick
Went to Movieworld, made friends with the bloke in the Fred (scooby-do) costume.
Spent alot of energy trying to organise Ringbearer/Flexinet.
Moved back to Toowoomba.
Still very sick.
Missed several really great parties due to above sickness.
Am now back at uni.
and now for something completely different
University administrators are a mixed bunch. Its like a bag of jelly beans. You reach your hand in, blindly pull out a single bean. On some days, you're likely to pull out a million icky black ones before you find a treasured yellow one. While other days, you'll hit nothing but taste all day.
Today, was a mixed bag.
#1 Jelly Bean - Icky
Engineering Administration.
"No, your enrollment isn't finalised yet. I forgot it."
#2 Jelly Bean - why.god.why
Engineering Administration.
"I'm afraid it looks like you wont be able to do your course, as they've met the quota of students for this semester. Dont blame me. I'm not as incompetant as the new software."
#3 Jelly Bean - Full of Jelly Goodness
Science Administration.
"So, you're in your last semester. You need one more unit to graduate, and this is the only unit you can do? Fuckers. Wait right here."
...left sitting in a cosy warm office for two minutes.
"No problems. Just dont tell anybody else on the waiting list that we jumped you over the queue. Lucky you came to see me. Good Luck with everything!"
#4 Jelly Bean - Full of shit.
"All those non-army, non-male, non-REAL engineering students can go and shoot themselves now. But wait til after I tell you about the equator, my children, my new 20y/o calculator, the silly indonesian students last semester, the radio cable, the army feild trip and my science degree."
And then now... after I'm safely at home, I get an email from Jelly Bean #5.
"Whatever was said in class about non-Army... you can forget. You're welcome to the class. Statements about Computer Engineering not being a REAL engineering degree still hold. Dumbasses."
If it wasn't for Jelly Bean #3, I may have killed myself by now.
Important note about engineers.
All real engineers carry a calculator in their belts. You never know when you'll be in the middle of a corn field.
Ok... I'm a Real Computer Systems Engineer. Not an Imaginary Computer Systems Engineer. I dont use a calculator. I use a computer. If you find me in the middle of a field without a computer, please call an ambulance. My building has moved without me.
Posted by Jacqui at July 23, 2002 04:32 PM