Saturday morning I returned to an email from Dr. Hodges post-poning the Aeroelasticity test until Friday, which means I can sorta breathe about this week now... and write in my blog!
Will agreed to go with me to see the Atlanta Ballet's production of Carmina Burana, which is one of my favorite ballets ever. We went last night (tickets were about as cheap as going to a movie!)
For those who don't know, from a very young age up until around the time I was 13 I was set on being a ballerina. That was my dream, my everything that I lived for. It started in Florida with a tap class. We moved to Georgia and I spent 1 year taking classes at a small dance studio in Dunwoody, after which a teacher sent me to try out for the Atlanta Ballet's Pre-Professional program. I made it and my ballet-filled life began. I trained hard, year round, all the time. Every afternoon my mom drove me downtown for class. I would get home late, eat, do some homework, go to bed, rinse repeat. I had no summers off. Instead of being a school during the summer, I went to ballet school. Dancing almost straight from 8-4pm, go home to soak my feet, get up the next day, rinse, repeat.
I adored it. There's just something about having complete command of your body, of pushing it to the limits, of expressing a million things through movement.
Carmina Burana was not the first performance I had been to since I stopped, but seeing my favorite made me yearn for my life (why... it was harder than this life I lead at Tech?) What hit me the most was seeing this guy... my 10 year old crush, a boy in my level at the program, he is now a soloist with the company. I couldn't help but think... if I hadn't stopped, could I have made it?
Two severe blows are what led to me stopping ballet. The first was not being graduated to the next level. The program had 4 levels. My plan was to spend 1 year in levels 1 and 2, then 2 years in level 3 and who cares how many in level 4. At the end of each summer there were evaluations. I was being evaluated at the end of my 1st year in level 2, I had an awful day. I was nervous, nothing would go where I told it to. I didn't get promoted.
Right around that time the company experienced a big change. Robert Barnett, the director for so, so many years retired... taking with him the rights to all the classical ballets (including The Nutcracker) that I hold so dear. The new director, John McFall, brought his own versions of everything. I was disappointed to not be doing Balanchine's Nutcracker because I knew (as a 2 year veteran of the production) that I would be up for a good part (quite possibly the part of Mary). They held auditions for the 'new' Nutcracker. This director didn't like my dancing, I was cut in the first round.
Not liking the direction that the company was heading in, I auditioned at many other places around Atlanta. Rotaru, several others. All placed me at almost the highest levels within their training programs. I knew I would outgrow those places in just several years; they weren't developed or challenging enough in my opinion.
It was dark that night, in the car on the way home. My Mom was asking me about what I wanted to do. I didn't want to join any of those other programs, they weren't good enough. But I didn't want to return to the Atlanta Ballet. Just like that, my dream was over. All the years of work, all the time, the thousands my parents paid for my training... all gone.
It was a quick moment, I remember my heart stopping when I said it. It made me incredibly sad. As I though more I decided it was a good decision. I, at the time, thought I probably had no chance of having a real career in dance (so few do) and I was lacking that natural talent. I could spend my time on school work, get good grades, make some friends, try something else.
So my next life began. I struggled with weight. Not having to watch what I ate anymore and lacking 4 hours of exercise a day will make you blow up like a balloon. I played on a soccer team. I tested into the accelerated track at my school. I did teenager things on Friday nights, I didn't go see the new production of the Nutcracker. Middle school turned to high school, high school turned to college and all of a sudden I'm graduating as an aerospace engineer from Georgia Tech... who would've known the little girl who had to have ballerinas all over everything would end up in something so removed from ballet.
As I watched my first crush dance, I wondered. His face and hair are exactly the same. He wasn't blessed with natural talent either, although he was better than others at the school. Today he is turning into a great dancer. Big jumps, fast turns, high lifts... they certainly did groom him well. I wonder, could they have done that for me? Would I be there, him lifting me, if it hadn't been for that late night so many years ago? If I had decided to stick with it, realized (as I do now) that spending two years in level 2 was perfectly normal...
... but then I wouldn't have my life that I have now. Time to spend with my family, Friday nights with an amazing man, great roomies, football games, a chance to participate in important studies that lead to legislation and decide how millions of dollars are spent...
I try not to regret my choices because every experience you have makes you the person you are today. I like who I am today, so changing any one moment would change me... who knows if for the better or worse. And I certainly don't regret my life now. I just wonder, could that have been me up there last night...
I think in the spring I will take a ballet class.
Sunday, October 30, 2005
Friday, October 28, 2005
Checking out for awhile
Today the anxiety about next week sets in, so I'll be busy until next thursday at 6pm.
How come when it rains, it pours?
Our Primer for Graduate design is due thursday... we have no idea what to do with our open-ended project.
Probably a millions CatS2 (the name of our project) meetings...
I have a spanish presentation on tuesday
Fluids lab report due Wednesday
Aeroelasticity test on Wednesday
Two long spanish readings due Thursday
And of course work is crazy. There is a workshop next week plus the manhattan project plus a billion other things so Michelle had me running around doing random stuff today. Oh well, I guess that's what I get for wanting to be "essential." I bet the beginning of the week before the workshop will be nuts so I'm not going to even go in on Monday cause I only work 2 hours and I'm sure one of my many assignments would appreciate that time instead...
Thank God there is not structures 2 hw due this Wednesday. So basically I will be working non-stop til then... except with a little fun in between (like at our circle of death rematch tonight);-)
How come when it rains, it pours?
Our Primer for Graduate design is due thursday... we have no idea what to do with our open-ended project.
Probably a millions CatS2 (the name of our project) meetings...
I have a spanish presentation on tuesday
Fluids lab report due Wednesday
Aeroelasticity test on Wednesday
Two long spanish readings due Thursday
And of course work is crazy. There is a workshop next week plus the manhattan project plus a billion other things so Michelle had me running around doing random stuff today. Oh well, I guess that's what I get for wanting to be "essential." I bet the beginning of the week before the workshop will be nuts so I'm not going to even go in on Monday cause I only work 2 hours and I'm sure one of my many assignments would appreciate that time instead...
Thank God there is not structures 2 hw due this Wednesday. So basically I will be working non-stop til then... except with a little fun in between (like at our circle of death rematch tonight);-)
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Random Thoughts
I think it would be better if for this semester the weekends would fall on Thursday and Friday... simply because I'm busiest up til Wednesday then it slows down. And usually too burned out to get much accomplished Thursday and Friday (although I try!)
Yesterday my mom brought my little cousins down here to see the "Buzz Store" (book store). I definitely have brainwashed those kids. They ran around excited singing their interpretations of the "Buzz song" It was too cute! I live for the time I spend with those kids...
This morning I overslept and missed spinning for the first time in a few weeks. I'm mad at myself, although I didn't do it on purpose. I think I may be coming down with something...
Dr. Jagoda sucks because I'm fairly certain he hasn't even looked at my application (much less given it to Doc) and I already had to tell them that I wanted to extend my housing contract. What is the problem! I busted my ass to get that thing turned in by the end of August and he hasn't so much as looked at it months later. If you're too busy to be the graduate admissions person, here's a thought: don't be the graduate admissions person! I hope it all works out...
Yesterday Dr. Doug Stanley, who is a Tech research engineer but works at the NIA, presented the ESAS (aka what I poured my life into this summer). He was the head of the study, which makes me wonder why we never heard from him before today. You'd think he would've been a little more involved...
He didn't have anything to spectacular to present. In fact, what he focused on, which is the architecture they decided on, we knew about in May. I was a little astonished that he would stand up there and lie about stuff in front of a ton of people... but then again, I guess I shouldn't be surprised at that. Dr. Kirby told us we weren't allowed to say anything or ask questions (cause we are all bitter and pissed) but a guy from the SSDL asked my question. Knowing that they had thrown all the decision-making techniques and capabilities we provided them out the window, I wanted to ask how they reached the decisions they made. Dr. Stanley said "we did trade studies and used matrices" by which I assume he meant someone other than him pulled something out of their ass and now the government will spend millions of dollars creating this stuff that isn't optimized while pertinent scientific research gets cut.
Yeah, Doug Stanely, your study was a real success.
Among all this I have learned something very important. None of my friends and co-workers will be truly successful in the AE industry, at least not the space side. Why? We aren't nearly ugly enough. What is it with those who work at headquarters having pony tails?
He ended his presentation by saying that many of us will get to work on ESAS in the future... to which I say I already did and I'm not exactly jumping at the chance to do it again.
In other work news the other thing that I've been working on is now turning into "The Manhattan Project" as Michelle calls it. During a meeting today she identified me as one of her 3 key people, and that made me glad. I like working hard and getting more responsibility.
Monday in Fluids lab Dr. Seitzman was quizzing everyone (as he does, since he loves the Socratic method). We were going down the rows talking about a turbine (something you should, at the bare minimum, be able to do after having jet pro). He reaches one Amanda Lowry and instead of venturing a guess she says "I just want to be a housewife." Crazy. While I think being a housewife is a difficult and respectable job, if that is all I wanted to do I certainly wouldn't be an AE major. And even if I really wanted to be an AE or engineering major, I'd put some time into it and learn stuff so that I could apply it elsewhere and not completely waste my time. In my opinion there are still valuable things to learn regardless if you care about how a turbine engine works or not.
So, while I'm on my soapbox...
if you don't like a situation, change it. Or, give changing it your best try. I think that is one of the things that separates children and adults. Children are helpless and can only become upset and whine about stuff. Adults have the power to understand the situation and alter it.
The end.
Yesterday my mom brought my little cousins down here to see the "Buzz Store" (book store). I definitely have brainwashed those kids. They ran around excited singing their interpretations of the "Buzz song" It was too cute! I live for the time I spend with those kids...
This morning I overslept and missed spinning for the first time in a few weeks. I'm mad at myself, although I didn't do it on purpose. I think I may be coming down with something...
Dr. Jagoda sucks because I'm fairly certain he hasn't even looked at my application (much less given it to Doc) and I already had to tell them that I wanted to extend my housing contract. What is the problem! I busted my ass to get that thing turned in by the end of August and he hasn't so much as looked at it months later. If you're too busy to be the graduate admissions person, here's a thought: don't be the graduate admissions person! I hope it all works out...
Yesterday Dr. Doug Stanley, who is a Tech research engineer but works at the NIA, presented the ESAS (aka what I poured my life into this summer). He was the head of the study, which makes me wonder why we never heard from him before today. You'd think he would've been a little more involved...
He didn't have anything to spectacular to present. In fact, what he focused on, which is the architecture they decided on, we knew about in May. I was a little astonished that he would stand up there and lie about stuff in front of a ton of people... but then again, I guess I shouldn't be surprised at that. Dr. Kirby told us we weren't allowed to say anything or ask questions (cause we are all bitter and pissed) but a guy from the SSDL asked my question. Knowing that they had thrown all the decision-making techniques and capabilities we provided them out the window, I wanted to ask how they reached the decisions they made. Dr. Stanley said "we did trade studies and used matrices" by which I assume he meant someone other than him pulled something out of their ass and now the government will spend millions of dollars creating this stuff that isn't optimized while pertinent scientific research gets cut.
Yeah, Doug Stanely, your study was a real success.
Among all this I have learned something very important. None of my friends and co-workers will be truly successful in the AE industry, at least not the space side. Why? We aren't nearly ugly enough. What is it with those who work at headquarters having pony tails?
He ended his presentation by saying that many of us will get to work on ESAS in the future... to which I say I already did and I'm not exactly jumping at the chance to do it again.
In other work news the other thing that I've been working on is now turning into "The Manhattan Project" as Michelle calls it. During a meeting today she identified me as one of her 3 key people, and that made me glad. I like working hard and getting more responsibility.
Monday in Fluids lab Dr. Seitzman was quizzing everyone (as he does, since he loves the Socratic method). We were going down the rows talking about a turbine (something you should, at the bare minimum, be able to do after having jet pro). He reaches one Amanda Lowry and instead of venturing a guess she says "I just want to be a housewife." Crazy. While I think being a housewife is a difficult and respectable job, if that is all I wanted to do I certainly wouldn't be an AE major. And even if I really wanted to be an AE or engineering major, I'd put some time into it and learn stuff so that I could apply it elsewhere and not completely waste my time. In my opinion there are still valuable things to learn regardless if you care about how a turbine engine works or not.
So, while I'm on my soapbox...
if you don't like a situation, change it. Or, give changing it your best try. I think that is one of the things that separates children and adults. Children are helpless and can only become upset and whine about stuff. Adults have the power to understand the situation and alter it.
The end.
Monday, October 17, 2005
Fall Break 2005
It had been some time since Will and I had gone somewhere alone (Spring Break 2004, to be exact) and some time since we'd spent a good amount of quality time together. Fall Break was a perfect opportunity, so last week we booked a great hotel in Chattanooga with a package to visit the Tennessee Aquarium together. It was somewhere neither of us had ever been so we were really excited.
The weekend started with the (somewhat) annual party at my old work. Except this time I got to take Will with me, which was great. It was nice to catch up with everyone, especially my favorite Heather. Except I learned that you should never eat only tiramisu for dinner then drink two margaritas with a beer in between. Bad news. I wasn't really drunk, but my stomach wasn't happy.
We left early Saturday morning and got to Chattanooga around 1030am (after a really yummy breakfast at Cracker Barrel... the first time I had eaten at one.) We checked into the hotel (which was so fancy we 'checked' our bags til the afternoon) and headed on the electric shuttle down to the Aquarium. Turns out the tickets that came with the hotel package were "VIP" so we got to skip the long line and go straight in. The aquarium was really neat and the area of Chattanooga along the Tennessee River is beautiful. We headed back to the hotel in the afternoon, and after a nap we headed to a famous barbeque place where we had a great meal. We then headed back to the hotel, watched some movies and looked forward to a morning without an alarm...
...except that the hotel fire alarm went of at 915am. For a minute I thought I was back in my bed and the alarm was going off for 630am spinning. We headed outside where Will stood on the cold grass barefoot until the fire department came (yep, it was an actual fire). After they let everyone back in we headed to breakfast (also included in the deal) at the hotel's 4 star restaurant. It was possibly the best breakfast I've ever had.
We then checked out and headed to Lookout Mountain to ride the Incline Railway. I was pleasantly surprised by everything at the top of the mountain, including the Military Park that we spent a good amount of time in. After spending some time there and taking a quick drive to see Rock City we headed back home. We finished off the weekend by seeing Elizabethtown with Alex and Kristy.
It was a great trip and we promised each other to make taking a trip together someplace new a priority every year.
And now for pictures...
The Tennesse Aquarium
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Originally uploaded by aepilota.
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Originally uploaded by aepilota.
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Originally uploaded by aepilota. Will with the Tennesse Aquarium in the background
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Originally uploaded by aepilota. The Incline Railway (goes 1 mile, 72% grade at times)
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Originally uploaded by aepilota. A view down the Incline Railway
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Originally uploaded by aepilota. The entrance to the Military Park on top of Lookout Mountain
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Originally uploaded by aepilota. My cutie on top of Lookout Mountain
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Originally uploaded by aepilota. Us with the Tennesse River Valley and Chattanooga in the background
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Originally uploaded by aepilota. New York Civil War Memorial
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Originally uploaded by aepilota.
I think if there were AE jobs in Chattanooga I would move there... there are bike paths everywhere!
The weekend started with the (somewhat) annual party at my old work. Except this time I got to take Will with me, which was great. It was nice to catch up with everyone, especially my favorite Heather. Except I learned that you should never eat only tiramisu for dinner then drink two margaritas with a beer in between. Bad news. I wasn't really drunk, but my stomach wasn't happy.
We left early Saturday morning and got to Chattanooga around 1030am (after a really yummy breakfast at Cracker Barrel... the first time I had eaten at one.) We checked into the hotel (which was so fancy we 'checked' our bags til the afternoon) and headed on the electric shuttle down to the Aquarium. Turns out the tickets that came with the hotel package were "VIP" so we got to skip the long line and go straight in. The aquarium was really neat and the area of Chattanooga along the Tennessee River is beautiful. We headed back to the hotel in the afternoon, and after a nap we headed to a famous barbeque place where we had a great meal. We then headed back to the hotel, watched some movies and looked forward to a morning without an alarm...
...except that the hotel fire alarm went of at 915am. For a minute I thought I was back in my bed and the alarm was going off for 630am spinning. We headed outside where Will stood on the cold grass barefoot until the fire department came (yep, it was an actual fire). After they let everyone back in we headed to breakfast (also included in the deal) at the hotel's 4 star restaurant. It was possibly the best breakfast I've ever had.
We then checked out and headed to Lookout Mountain to ride the Incline Railway. I was pleasantly surprised by everything at the top of the mountain, including the Military Park that we spent a good amount of time in. After spending some time there and taking a quick drive to see Rock City we headed back home. We finished off the weekend by seeing Elizabethtown with Alex and Kristy.
It was a great trip and we promised each other to make taking a trip together someplace new a priority every year.
And now for pictures...
The Tennesse Aquarium
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Originally uploaded by aepilota.
IMG_2553.JPG
Originally uploaded by aepilota.
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Originally uploaded by aepilota. Will with the Tennesse Aquarium in the background
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Originally uploaded by aepilota. The Incline Railway (goes 1 mile, 72% grade at times)
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Originally uploaded by aepilota. A view down the Incline Railway
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Originally uploaded by aepilota. The entrance to the Military Park on top of Lookout Mountain
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Originally uploaded by aepilota. My cutie on top of Lookout Mountain
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Originally uploaded by aepilota. Us with the Tennesse River Valley and Chattanooga in the background
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Originally uploaded by aepilota. New York Civil War Memorial
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Originally uploaded by aepilota.
I think if there were AE jobs in Chattanooga I would move there... there are bike paths everywhere!
I knew that already.
Pure Nerd
73 % Nerd, 21% Geek, 13% Dork
For The Record:
73 % Nerd, 21% Geek, 13% Dork
For The Record:
A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia.
A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one.
A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions.
You scored better than half in Nerd, earning you the title of: Pure Nerd.
The times, they are a-changing. It used to be that being exceptionally smart led to being unpopular, which would ultimately lead to picking up all of the traits and tendences associated with the "dork." No-longer. Being smart isn't as socially crippling as it once was, and even more so as you get older: eventually being a Pure Nerd will likely be replaced with the following label: Purely Successful.
Congratulations!
Saturday, October 08, 2005
Melissa would be proud!
| You are a Social Liberal (70% permissive) and an... Economic Liberal (20% permissive) You are best described as a:
Link: The Politics Test on Ok Cupid Also: The OkCupid Dating Persona Test |
Next try:
| You are a Social Liberal (68% permissive) and an... Economic Liberal (21% permissive) You are best described as a:
Link: The Politics Test on Ok Cupid Also: The OkCupid Dating Persona Test |
My Pet Peeves...
Hey Melissa, can you add this one to the list?
Boys (anyone) who complain about not being able to meet people... but they never go out. How exactly are you supposed to meet someone if you sit in your room all the time? Expect to run into the girl of your dreams wandering the halls? The internet? Yeah, right.
Oh, and if you do ever run into a girl... don't be surprised if she's umimpressed by you. There are a lot of smart, well-rounded, outgoing people here... how exactly does someone whose life consists of their dorm room expect to hold a conversation with a girl? I don't forsee her wanting to talk about video games/star trek/comic books/*insert Technie hobbie* here...
I know some great girls. It's a shame there aren't great guys to introduce them to!
Boys (anyone) who complain about not being able to meet people... but they never go out. How exactly are you supposed to meet someone if you sit in your room all the time? Expect to run into the girl of your dreams wandering the halls? The internet? Yeah, right.
Oh, and if you do ever run into a girl... don't be surprised if she's umimpressed by you. There are a lot of smart, well-rounded, outgoing people here... how exactly does someone whose life consists of their dorm room expect to hold a conversation with a girl? I don't forsee her wanting to talk about video games/star trek/comic books/*insert Technie hobbie* here...
I know some great girls. It's a shame there aren't great guys to introduce them to!
Friday, October 07, 2005
For the Ignorant (That means you, John Loesel)
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/06/politics/06cnd-detain.html
"Defying the White House, the Senate overwhelmingly agreed Wednesday to regulate the detention, interrogation and treatment of prisoners held by the American military."
"More than two dozen retired senior military officers, including Colin L. Powell and John M. Shalikashvili, two former chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, endorsed the amendment, which would ban use of "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment" against anyone in United States government custody.It would also require all American troops to use only interrogation techniques authorized in a new Army field manual. It would not cover techniques used by the Central Intelligence Agency."
"Mr. McCain, who was a prisoner of war in the Vietnam War, added in closing Wednesday night: 'Many of my comrades were subjected to very cruel, very inhumane and degrading treatment, a few of them even unto death. But every one of us - every single one of us - knew and took great strength from the belief that we were different from our enemies.'"
That's right, that is what separates the good from the bad. It is about time they pass something like this. This is the United States, a country who should respect human rights.
To those who feel it is acceptable to mistreat other human beings: I think you should re-think your morals and values, because you are lacking some.
"Defying the White House, the Senate overwhelmingly agreed Wednesday to regulate the detention, interrogation and treatment of prisoners held by the American military."
"More than two dozen retired senior military officers, including Colin L. Powell and John M. Shalikashvili, two former chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, endorsed the amendment, which would ban use of "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment" against anyone in United States government custody.It would also require all American troops to use only interrogation techniques authorized in a new Army field manual. It would not cover techniques used by the Central Intelligence Agency."
"Mr. McCain, who was a prisoner of war in the Vietnam War, added in closing Wednesday night: 'Many of my comrades were subjected to very cruel, very inhumane and degrading treatment, a few of them even unto death. But every one of us - every single one of us - knew and took great strength from the belief that we were different from our enemies.'"
That's right, that is what separates the good from the bad. It is about time they pass something like this. This is the United States, a country who should respect human rights.
To those who feel it is acceptable to mistreat other human beings: I think you should re-think your morals and values, because you are lacking some.
Thursday, October 06, 2005
To the Football Team
Dear Yellow Jacket Football Team,
I have been a loyal fan since before I was a student. I have stayed up late and put off homework to cheer for you. I've rooted for you when you were behind, I've never been a fairweather fan...
... but now I am considering it. Last game you had an excuse, you were missing your center. There was no excuse this time. They didn't win because they were better, they won because of stupid mistakes and bad decisions. Two awful kicks and one horrible decision cost the game. You play in the ACC now, it is time to leave the mistakes and bad decisions behind.
Do you know how heartwrenching it is to be a fan? It is a rollercoaster. I no longer wonder at those who stay away or leave at half time. I thought it was disrespectful, but now I know they were saving themselves the disappointment.
I know that it is all mental and that you depend on the support of your fans, but now I am weary. I have supported you through thick and thin, and you have yet to show me the results. We cheered for you tonight until we couldn't speak anymore, and you let us down in the last 30 seconds.
I sincerly hope you can pull yourselves out of this rut. I am skeptical, you haven't been able to do this before. I hope this will still be a winning season...
You are all talented (except for the kicker). Over the years that I have been here I have seen you mature, especially Reggie. Now I want to see the results. I want to see you be strong, pick yourselves up, and play like I know that you can.
Your (frustrated) fan
Livia
P.S. I wouldn't mind a great coach who could rally you guys to win. Cause Chan Gailey isn't hacking it.
I have been a loyal fan since before I was a student. I have stayed up late and put off homework to cheer for you. I've rooted for you when you were behind, I've never been a fairweather fan...
... but now I am considering it. Last game you had an excuse, you were missing your center. There was no excuse this time. They didn't win because they were better, they won because of stupid mistakes and bad decisions. Two awful kicks and one horrible decision cost the game. You play in the ACC now, it is time to leave the mistakes and bad decisions behind.
Do you know how heartwrenching it is to be a fan? It is a rollercoaster. I no longer wonder at those who stay away or leave at half time. I thought it was disrespectful, but now I know they were saving themselves the disappointment.
I know that it is all mental and that you depend on the support of your fans, but now I am weary. I have supported you through thick and thin, and you have yet to show me the results. We cheered for you tonight until we couldn't speak anymore, and you let us down in the last 30 seconds.
I sincerly hope you can pull yourselves out of this rut. I am skeptical, you haven't been able to do this before. I hope this will still be a winning season...
You are all talented (except for the kicker). Over the years that I have been here I have seen you mature, especially Reggie. Now I want to see the results. I want to see you be strong, pick yourselves up, and play like I know that you can.
Your (frustrated) fan
Livia
P.S. I wouldn't mind a great coach who could rally you guys to win. Cause Chan Gailey isn't hacking it.
Wednesday, October 05, 2005
Fluids Frustration
Fluids lab is SO frustrating! Not the actual course or the material... I actually enjoy the subject, I think the labs are cool and the reports aren't as bad as I thought.
HOWEVER, my group sucks. Claire is in it, which is good. So is this kid from LCC this summer, who has actually turned out to be great in the lab (although he does have slacker tendencies). And that's the end of the useful/smart/cool people in the group. There are two guys that I know from work. Both waste time with stupid questions (things they would've known had they bothered to read the manual). One is never on time and has no clue what's going on. The other has no clue and likes to slow everyone down. The other is a jackass and on top of that he always messes up whatever he is doing.
It's irritating to know that people like that get by and will end up with the same degree as me. It's also not great that someday they will be out in the working world representing not only Georgia Tech but the program that I received my degree from. I find that personally insulting.
Thankfully we write reports individually. And, it's only once a week and 1.5 hours (usually). And almost halfway over!
HOWEVER, my group sucks. Claire is in it, which is good. So is this kid from LCC this summer, who has actually turned out to be great in the lab (although he does have slacker tendencies). And that's the end of the useful/smart/cool people in the group. There are two guys that I know from work. Both waste time with stupid questions (things they would've known had they bothered to read the manual). One is never on time and has no clue what's going on. The other has no clue and likes to slow everyone down. The other is a jackass and on top of that he always messes up whatever he is doing.
It's irritating to know that people like that get by and will end up with the same degree as me. It's also not great that someday they will be out in the working world representing not only Georgia Tech but the program that I received my degree from. I find that personally insulting.
Thankfully we write reports individually. And, it's only once a week and 1.5 hours (usually). And almost halfway over!