Engineers try to be clever

There is so much that bothers me about the “cocky-ness” of engineers. Ha ha see what I did there. That was clever. Recently I have had the opportunity to get to know some engineers and realize that they try to be clever but cannot.

Example 1: Making a musical about artsies. It is one thing to make a distinction between those in humanities and those in engineering. Just because we dont have CAPA, or math tests or 3 hour labs dont mean that we dont have the same amount of work to do. We have essays, research papers and projects. All nof these can not be done in the comfort of our home in front of the computer. We actually get out into the real world and make observations and do research.

Example 2: Calling the artsies “spatulas” because they believe that their degree is more useful then ours. Well first of all, there are many jobs that you can get with a degree in humanities such as a lawyer to bail those engineers out who built a faulty bridge. And you know what maybe some people enjoy working in restaurants. Without us how are planning to eat? Who the hell is going to make you diner when you are too lazy to figure out how to do it on your own?

Example 3: Engineers should not try and take something that is predominantly a hummer thing and make it their own and mock the original. Take the engineering musicals that have been put on. The lack of dancers in engineering is obvious when every single dance uses the box step to fill up space. Not saying that there isn’t some actual talent in these things because there is, its just that it also lacks some.  And creating a song called “If I were an Artsy” is not clever at all as you had to take a premade tune and put non-rhyming lyrics to it.

All in all, engineers need to bring their heads back down from the clouds and realize that they are not so high and mighty. And that they are just looking for a way to fit in.

The world of religion…

Ok so I am sitting in religion and trying to pay attention. The prof is putting up huge chunks of text on the screen. How is anyone supposed to learn from huge chunks of biblical texts? Larua, Amanda and I are sitting here and are extremely bored. Don’t judge me. You would be too. Don’t get me wrong. Religion is interesting and all but if there is no attempt to make it interesting and appeal to the audience, people will just turn off and do something better with their time. Maybe the prof will see that as people keep leaving her class when they see she has 33 slides of pure scripture. This is just frustrating. Ya, we totally just took a picture in the middle of class. :)

Almost clever advertizing

Ok so you go to university to get an education and to voice your opinions. And in doing this you explore all types of clubs and meet many different people. And these functions advertize. I understand that you need a catchy ad to get people involved. But is there really a need for putting acronyms all over the place that no one knows. And then its another thing that is really annoying when people go an deface these things because they are ignorant. Arg!

Rrrrrrrroll Up the Rrrrrrrim Prrrrrrrrrrrrrocrastination

So instead of doing all my essays for the past couple days, I have found myself finding excuses to go get tea from Tim Hortons. Not only is this because I dont have regular things in my fridge to drink but its is because I am procrastinating and really want to win something. Come on I mean, who doesn’t want to win a car or even a coffee from rolling up the lip from a paper cup. And if you did win, think how grateful you would be that you decided to procrastinate and get something to drink.So far the winning score is 0-4. I am not doing so well but I am determined to win something this time around so I can see myself making many a trip to Tim Hortons to get me through the night. Thank you Rrrrroll up the Rrrrim for providing sufficient means for procrastination. It is much appreciated. :)