Wednesday, December 15, 2004

A man is killed by the police on campus

http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=7227

This happened in student housing, in a different area from where I live. I ride through there every day.

Notice that all versions of events I have heard so far are very protective of the police even though they just killed a kid.

Friday, December 03, 2004

Upcoming days

Schedule:
Friday: Snowboarding at boreal, into the night. Play squash with pretty girl at night.
Saturday: Snowboarding at Sierra-at-Tahoe. Possible fresh snow.
Sunday: Rest, Sleep, Study, Projects
Monday: Snowboarding at Northstar-at-Tahoe. Fresh snow. Come back, give a very long presentation to class (mini-lecture, my first of the kind). Prepare morrow's test
Tuesday: Test, and then catch up on sleep.

Oh what a schedule! Yes I agree. Strainous, but I don't mind. I am even looking forward to it. And so now I got to bed anticipating days of fun.

I finished Pride and Prejudice. I understand why this is a worldwide favourite. Jane Austen's judgement of character is one of the best I have read. Actions make sense, and their reason are so exposed that I could not prevent bursts of laughter. This is a writer who wouldn't write about men talking to men only scenes, because she had never witnessed them. And to this attention to details, we owe such works as P&P.
Jane Austen is from a different breed of writers; ones that don't believe deaths and explosions necessary to a good story. I have been appalled at the success of Dan Brown. But I am prejudiced. Deeply so. The Da Vinci code is written horribly; a formula applied constantly and consistently. I wish that good writers would come forth, and show the world that classics get written; that they are not just the product of another age.

PS: Does anyone have advice on giving lectures? I was told by the professor to tell what I thought would interest the class. This relates to the marketing project I have mentioned. Papa, you should know one thing or two about the subject; delivery and content. And most of you are students with opinions on the matter.