History of Science

Because I talked about it... kind of a lot while I was at Bethel, I have decided to go through my History of Science notes, and post the quotes I find... Some of them are from me, writing to Rachel, who sits next to me, but most are from my professor.

"Guns don't kill people, people kill people... And so do monkeys--if they've got a gun." -me quoting Eddie Izzard.

"Mesopotamia means 'the land between two rivers.' This also applies to Iowa... Which they were going to call Mesopotamia, but it was already taken." -Dr. B talking about Pristine Civilizations.

"The Pyramids were just the result of Pharaohs trying to one-up each other. [class laughs] No really! They're a giant display of manliness! Compare that to Jack Ohle--'Look how big MY PE center is, compared to YOURS'--oops was that out loud?" -Dr. B discussing Egypt, obviously.

"5000 years ago, astronauts from Mars came-- they enslaved the neolithic people and gave them civilization." -Dr. B on the progression of tools throughout the early civilizations.

After telling us the story of Achilles and the Turtle:
"Common sense, common experience, people CAN catch turtles."

After a student decided to argue the point:
"Okay, you be Achilles---[dejectedly] I'm a turtle."

Student: Am I supposed to be moving?
Dr. B: Yes! You're Achilles! Look! [points to the running stick figure drawn on the blackboard] You've got speed lines and everything!"

"I've got snot... Does anyone have a Kleenex?" -Dr. B pausing one day in the middle of his lecture.

"So I'm standing on the North Pole... I'm Santa and it's the 1st day of winter and I'm getting nervous because Christmas is only 3 days away and the elves are way behind... So I'm yelling at them... And I'm standing here... How long is the day?' -Dr. B in lab discussing the winter solstice.

"I <3 [heart] my dog."
"I <3- [spayed] my dog" -Dr. B, talking about how pictures slowly changed into words over time.

"If you have a broken heart, you need to see a cardiologist." -Dr. B talking about the different phrases that surround the word love and heart.

"Pluto is out there saying 'Fine! I don't want to be in your crappy solar system anyway!'." -Dr. B, before class banter.

"How would I make a 'seven-a-gon'?"-Dr. B and Greek geometry.

"If the reformation didn't occur by Martin Luther--there is evidence that it would have happened eventually--just differently. This would be a 'Zwinkly College' and you'd have to go to 'Zwinkly Hall' to pay your bill." -Dr. B on the reformation. At Wartburg, (which is affiliated with the ELCA) Luther Hall is where the Controller's office is located. Just FYI.

"I hear voices in my head and they tell me to do bad things... Ooops! Was that out loud?" -Dr. B, before class banter.

"You're supposed to get at LEAST get 50% on my exams without studying... That's just how they're designed. What frightens me is when people get 40% on my exams--because that means I've damaged them." -Dr. B explaining how his exams work.

"True or False: If mares eat oats and does eat oats, little lambs eat ivy." -Question #169 on the first exam.

"Do I seem like I'm in a bad mood? Maybe I am." -Dr. B, before class banter.

"I've got snot... Does anyone have a Kleenex?" -Dr. B interrupting his own lecture.

"Remember Socrates? Well this was his high school graduating picture." Dr. B narrating his powerpoint.

"Do your bowels move? How much do they move?" -Dr. B talking about what medieval physicians REALLY did. (They dealt with laxatives.)

"Surgeons thought there was a little troll inside you... They'd cut you open and let it out." -Dr. B on medieval surgeons.

"Aristotle's son got all his father's works together and called it... I don't know... 'Aristotle's Greatest Hits.'" -Dr. B about the early medieval people rediscovering the Greeks.

"No, no, no! It's premature evacuation!" -Dr. B when everyone started to get ready to leave waaay before class was over.

"My spider sense is tingling..." -Dr. B, before class banter.

"People like me are really high strung... But you just don't realize it until I'm up on top of the chapel roof with a high powered rifle... Next thing you know there's a blurry picture of me on the front page of the newspaper." -Dr. B after someone sneezed really loud and a couple people jumped. (He was JOKING.)

"Yeah... He's sitting on midgets." -Dr. B referring to this picture.

"No one was like 'Yay the Renaissance is over! We've met our quota!' There was no 'End of Renaissance Day.'" -Dr. B and the progression of time.

"At the age of 45 Galileo achieved fame and immortality... Well fame at least, because he died in 1642." -Dr. B on the achievements of Galileo.


That's all I have in my notes so far! I hope you guys found them amusing!

*screams of joy*

I just bought tickets for Leah, Jessica and I to go see The Light in the Piazza in January! :-D

AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

In other news, I miss the awesome people at Bethel more then I can tell. :-(

More later, folks!

Yay Break!

Happy Birthday Matthew! I hope your day is amazing! I have an e-card picked out for you but the internet at Bethel is not letting me send it... So it will be a little late... But Happy Birthday again! :-D *hugs*

So, I'm here at Bethel, havin' a good time... Leah and I got here in one piece, although it was definately an adventure... Isaac let us play Guitar Hero, which I'm not very good at, but it's still way fun... And Chris let me burn his new Weird Al CD. :-) My iTunes is up to 2,330 songs!

Last night Luke, Isaac, Chris, Jon, Amanda and I went and saw The Prestige... It was awesome... Yet again! :-) It was fun discussing the movie afterwards... And talking about alternate endings.

Everyone seemed to like the cookies I made! :-D

Sometime this weekend I'm going to learn how to play DDR. :-)

Later tonight, we should go to Perkins.

Ack!

Wow.... long time no post... Again... Sorry!

I'm home for the night... It's fall break! YAY! Tomorrow Leah and I head up to the Twin Cities... She's going to visit her boyfriend, and I am going to Bethel! w00t! :-D (We should go see The Prestige... *hint-hint*)

Tonight I made double chocolate chip cookies... It was quite interesting, and very sad that I was all alone in the making of them... Neither Jessica or Julia was here to help with the mayhem... :-(

I got a 91% on my last psychology test! Huzzah!

We got new band uniforms and the dress is actually kind of classy... :-) I might someday get to wear it other then for band... Sweet!

Mom got tickets for Mary, my dad and I to go see The Phantom of the Opera in Des Moines in Feburary!!! :-D I am really excited! It's one of my favorite stories... The movie made me cry when I first saw it.

Ted is a general-overall flirt, and sometimes it confuses me, but the attention is nice. Last night I ended up involuntarily kneeing him in the chin when he was alternating between ticking me and tickling Leah.

My life is boring. Lots of people around me are either in relationships or starting one. Why is it that I'm so impatient? :-(

Bleh.

Oh, and I'll get pictures up eventually... geez! I just got done with midterms!

Yay weekend!

So I got my new glasses in the mail today! :-) I like them, and it's nice to be able to see again, with my contacts out, while I do the required eyedrops for my stupid pink eye.

I'm listening to the soundtrack to the Broadway show A Christmas Carol... It's so happy! :-)

Ted, Jesse, Nathan, and I... and probably Leah, are going to see The Prestige tonight.... I AM SO EXCITED! It looks reeeeallly good! And the casting.... Wow.... Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Michael Caine, Andy Serkis, David Bowie, Scarlett Johansson... Ah-may-zing!

But, that's about it... I am going to shower, and practice... All that good stuff...

Hmmm...

My attempt at practicing tonight was severely thwarted by the fact that I have acquired a headache. Not cool.

I have my flute and piano lessons tomorrow. Not fun.

On second though I should have bought the metronome/tuner combination instead of just a metronome. Ooops.

I have pink eye. Bad!

I have awesome new glasses and up-to-date lenses, which will come sometime next week. Yay!

Steve B. is way fun and he has invited me to stop by his suite anytime to play super nintendo! :-D

Hallowe'en

	Schnoebbles's Halloween ...
	You will dress up as Captain Jack Sparrow, despite earlier plans.
	Isaac will get you A half-squeezed lemon
	Mike will get you A book that lets you write your own destiny
	Leah will get you bat-flavored licorice
	Brett will get you A time-stopping watch
	Amanda will get you A hotel key to room 101
'What will you get on Halloween?' at QuizGalaxy.com

Sorry!

Whoa... So it's been pretty much a week since I last updated... Sorry folks! Time just runs away!

Let's see what happened...

Well, Outfly was way fun! Leah and I got up and got dressed, joined up with Ted and Nathan and went to the bell, as per tradition... Then we went to breakfast... Then we all got back into our pajamas... (Well, Leah and I did... The guys didn't really have to do much... lol) And all took a nap in Ted and Jesse's room. When we woke up we went to lunch, then played my Pirates of the Caribbean Life board game, which I got for my birthday, then we went to Cedar Falls and had..... "Okay" Chinese... Then at 10 pm we went to the theatre and saw School for Scoundrels for a dollar. It was a really fun day! :-D

Then on Tuesday I taught at the middle school... And I was SO tired... It was really bad...

Nothing much else happened.... Except that on Wednesday Ted, Jesse, Leah and I had a fight, but we found a solution, and everything is okay now... It just got little hairy for a bit.

Wednesday, ArmyChris came on campus except that I wasn't at the dorm when he stopped by... So the next day Leah and I put up schedules so he'd know where we were... He stopped by twice and it was really nice to see him. :-) I've missed his hugs. One of the first things he said to me when he came over was, while pointing to my computer, "I read your blog... Do not lie to me, I am ArmyChris... Who is this Ted, and do I need to hurt him?" The answer was no, but I assured him that if anyone did anything to me I would let him know.

Friday afternoon I happened upon Brett on my way to lunch, and he also made an offer along the same lines... ("If anyone makes you cry, I'll make him bleed...") Oh, man... I have awesome guy friends!

Friday night I had dinner with "The Tribe" that was fun.... I got to cuddle with Brett on the couch and that was nice. Later that night Rachel V. and I went to Kastle Kapers, which is Wartburg's homecoming variety show. It was hilarious! The best act being Rittorchoir, Wartburg's all male ensemble, singing "Knights of the Round Table" from Spamalot. :-D It was hilarious.

Then I went over to Rachel's dorm and we watched Doctor Who... A good episode... AGAIN! :-)

...Then I eventually went back to the dorm... Wrote some e-mails... Then went to bed.

Saturday I went to the Ren Faire on campus. I bought a WTF track shirt and some ice cream... Then I did laundry and studied and showered and practiced then FINALLY started playing my Age of Empires game. :-) Which is pretty much awesome, I love it!

Leah came back from hanging out with her boyfriend and Ted, Nathan, Jesse, Leah and I went to the new pub in town... The Fainting Goat... to hear the band Funk Lotion play. It was fun, although reallllly crowded. Then Nathan, Ted, Leah and I went to Wal-mart, because we were hungry... And I wanted to by mascara... But then we forgot when we got there and just bought food... lol, oh well...

Then we came back and watched Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It was a good time! Leah and I ended up crashing back here at the dorm around 3:30... Whew!

Then I got up at 7:30 am, went to church, then went and played with the Symphonic Band for the Sunday Homecoming Chapel service here on campus....

Then Leah, her boyfriend and I went to McDonalds for lunch... Then Leah and I performed in our concerts... Leah said her's wasn't the best, but I thought both bands did really well. :-)

Yeah... Stuff like that...

We did a crapload of music theory homework last night... :-P

I have become addicted to Seussical The Musical...

Tonight Leah and I are having dinner with Steve B. :-) This makes me happy.

Tomorrow I am coming home for the afternoon to get new glasses! :-D

And now we're back at the beginning of another week... NEXT WEEK IS FALL BREAK! AHHH! :-D

:-D

HAPPY

OUTFLY!!!

*sigh*

Age of Empires II is not allowing itself to install on my computer and it makes me mad.

According to Leah, Steve thinks I'm cute. But that's all I know.

Tonight I watched movies with Ted, Jesse, Nathan and Duane. *sigh* I need to stop looking for things that aren't there.

This is me. Still single.



"Who will be there for you
Comfort and care for you
Learn to be lonely
Learn to be your one companion

...

Learn to Be lonely
Learn how to love life that is lived alone"

...

I just got back from seeing The Gaurdian with Jesse, Ted, Nathan, Duane and Leah.

Amazing movie....

Leah and I both bawled our eyes out, and Duane teased us afterwards.

Jerk.


It's a good movie and the crying felt good....

Mwahaha...

Hello World.

My name is Sarah and I am now a minion working for ITS. I can spread my corruption farther by poisoning your computer instead of your food.

Beware.


That is all.

Bleh...

Tomorrow I am going to ITS to ask for a job.

I have a piano lesson and a flute lesson.

I have to write a fugue.

I like naps.

I don't like homework.

Everything is a mess.

I don't like practicing.

Ted still smells nice.

Is it Outfly yet???