Halloween!

[psychedelicist]

Halloween's on a monday this year?

Oh well, I've heard worse excuses not to come to school.

 

[Druweid]

Well I'm certainly looking forward to copious amounts of candy, and dressing up in a sweet costume.

I guess you could say 16 is too old to go trick or treating but hey I wants me some candy

No worries! As my girlfriend always tells me "A girl can never be too old to be a few years younger."

-- Druweid

 

[Ledifni]

Theres a haunted house in Plano that's supposed to be the epitome of scary. You have to sign a bunch of waivers just to be allowed in. I hear tell you get pushed out of a window once you reach the 13th story of the building (onto one of those things they use to break people's fall in movies, I hope...)

Problem is, no one seems to know where this building is, or what it's called, etc. I'm pretty sure there's not even any 13 story buildings in plano. It's too bad, I was really looking forward to being pushed out a 13 story building.

You talking about Plano, Texas? Where do you live, man? If you don't mind my asking, that is.

 

[Druweid]

...everybody knows that Halloween is about dressing up like a complete berk and getting off your face on pear cider

Ah yes, one of my favorite Halloween traditions.

I wanna be able to dress up too and ppl won't look at me like I've escaped an insane asylum.

Ummmmm. No promises.

While listening to satanic rock bands such as Stryper, Creed, and Evanesence.

Don't forget your Harry Potter robes! And your Pokemon guide!

::sighs, hangs head, puts away tapes, robes, and guide::

...Then that party pooper guy had to go look it up on snopes and find out it's all a fake. Dang it. Someone should really take the initiative and make a haunted house like that.

Aw, c'mon, I didn't mean to say they were ALL fake. Actually, I happened to look through hauntedhouses.com and noticed there seem to be some very decent looking HH's, mostly around the Houston and Austin areas.

Regards,
Druweid

 

[The-Doctor]

I am desended from a long line of Druids so I know about the festival of Samhiam which means if I understand it right "The end of the warm season" I'm not really into the whole trick or treat thing.

 

[Druweid]

...Samhiam which means if I understand it right "The end of the warm season" ...

That may have been its' meaning at one time. Modern Irish Gaelic translates it simply as "November."

-- Druweid

 

[Lycaenidae]

And brilliant.

What will I do this Halloween? ...drink, probably. Although since it's on a Monday this year, I'll probably stop after 7 or 8 martinis instead of 11 or 12.

I will not be drinking because I have entirely too much work to do. However, after I present my poster in Ft. Lauderdale for ESA, I'm getting more wasted than even YOU can possibly imagine.

 

[snowydc2003]

with regard to trick or treating, we don't get too much of that in england, at least where i live, many people think of it as begging. We tend to organise kids fancy dress parties instead, with loads of sweets and games.

It's interesting the way things are celebrated differently around the world. I am also looking forward to guy fawkes night on the 5th of november, that is always fun!

 

[Illuminatus]

I will not be drinking because I have entirely too much work to do.

My last midterm is on the 29th. I'll be de-stressing for days.

However, after I present my poster in Ft. Lauderdale for ESA, I'm getting more wasted than even YOU can possibly imagine.

I can imagine quite a bit.

 

[Lycaenidae]

My last midterm is on the 29th. I'll be de-stressing for days.

Are you in grad school yet?

 

[Scally Cap]

When my son was little, he really hated Reese's peanut butter cups, so he always happily handed them over to me. Now, curse the luck, his tastes have matured and all he's willing to part with are Dum-Dums. Ah well, it was lovely while it lasted.

 

[Illuminatus]

Are you in grad school yet?

Not for a few years. I'm a freshman in an honours photonics program.

Yeah, you have me beat on the workload.

(Admittedly, my "Drink your way to marks" program is going pretty good. I just found out I wrote a perfect physics mid, and the class average was 63%.)

 

[psychedelicist]

You talking about Plano, Texas? Where do you live, man? If you don't mind my asking, that is.

I live in mckinney. Or more presicely, a nowhere town between mckinney and princeton called new hope. (conspicuously absent from all this 'hope' the title implies)

 

[Thirst_For_Knowledge]

Not for a few years. I'm a freshman in an honours photonics program.

Yeah, you have me beat on the workload.

(Admittedly, my "Drink your way to marks" program is going pretty good. I just found out I wrote a perfect physics mid, and the class average was 63%.)

I drank my way through the first two years of college. I've since stopped, and my grades have slightly falled.

Seriously.

 

[Lycaenidae]

Not for a few years. I'm a freshman in an honours photonics program.

Yeah, you have me beat on the workload.

(Admittedly, my "Drink your way to marks" program is going pretty good. I just found out I wrote a perfect physics mid, and the class average was 63%.)

You alky! Congrats on the test, though

 

[Illuminatus]

You alky!

Congrats on the test, though

Thankies! It was my first university midterm, so it's a nice way to kick things off. Linear algebra tomorrow, though, and I need to have 17 theorems memorized. (Among other things.)

The funny thing is that I'm actually considering changing my program. University physics is...dreary. I get bored unless I'm dealing with a lot of new material.

 

[Druweid]

with regard to trick or treating, we don't get too much of that in england, at least where i live, many people think of it as begging. We tend to organise kids fancy dress parties instead, with loads of sweets and games.

It's interesting the way things are celebrated differently around the world. I am also looking forward to guy fawkes night on the 5th of november, that is always fun!

Greetings!

What? Begging? Oh dear me, then who'll be collecting pennies for the Guy?

-- Druweid

 

[Lycaenidae]

Thankies! It was my first university midterm, so it's a nice way to kick things off. Linear algebra tomorrow, though, and I need to have 17 theorems memorized. (Among other things.)

The funny thing is that I'm actually considering changing my program. University physics is...dreary. I get bored unless I'm dealing with a lot of new material.

It should get better when you get into the higher level courses. Unless, of course, you're already in the higher level courses. If that's the case you should switch to biology, which is the awesomest

 

[Illuminatus]

It should get better when you get into the higher level courses. Unless, of course, you're already in the higher level courses. If that's the case you should switch to biology, which is the awesomest

Bah! I'll never change to a soft science!

I'm going to have to spend $150 for the Feynman Lectures on Physics, just to keep me from going mad and becoming bitter about my major.

 

[Lycaenidae]

Bah! I'll never change to a soft science!

I'm going to have to spend $150 for the Feynman Lectures on Physics, just to keep me from going mad and becoming bitter about my major.

Good plan. You know what they say about idle hands. Especially the idle hands of drunk undergraduate geeks.