To start off, last Saturday I became an elf ranger with a deadly longbow and a wolf named Snow in the first episode of a Dungeons and Dragons campaign I started with a bunch of guys from my dorm. The dice were on my side that day as we battled soldiers and frost giants on our way to take over the castle. It got really intense and was a ton of fun, and we're planning on undertaking the next part of our campaign tomorrow.
Benefits of going to physics class - last week a guest professor came in to talk to us about how pulleys distribute force and distance traveled - by hooking himself into climbing gear and spending ten minutes hanging from the ceiling while having us calculate his weight and the tension in the rope and such. Our actual professor was also wearing climbing gear, but said he was to scared for his life to actually go up. However, during the next class, he demonstrated how rockets work (Newton's third law) by sitting down on a rolling cart and using a fire extinguisher to propel himself across the room. It was crazy seeing how many phones went up in the air to capture that, and it was kind of annoying how the people sitting in front of me kept replaying it during the rest of lecture - with sound. I definitely won't forget either of those lessons. The demos in class are much more fun and exciting than the labs. I mean, bouncing marbles is okay, but it gets boring after a while.
I actually tried out for Comedy Corner, and had a ton of fun playing the improv games and doing skits. I made the current members laugh out loud a few times, which I am pretty proud of. I didn't make it in, but one of my friends from church did and did an awesome job at her first show. If I have time, I'll probably try out again next semester.
Next week is E-Week - a national week celebrating engineering. Clubs compete to see who has the most spirit and most engineering knowledge. Rube Goldberg is hosting, you guessed it, the Rube Goldberg regional competition, and is expected to win it by a long shot. Society of Women Engineers is hosting the "Mr. and Mrs. Engineering Pageant," in which couples selected by clubs will compete in formal wear, talent, and cross dressing competitions. Other clubs are hosting things like Jeopardy competitions, bridge building races, and grilling competitions. The traditional drilling rock is in the zone that is blocked off for the construction of Old Main, and so there is not a drilling competition at this time. I'm super excited because this seems like it will be a lot of fun and there is free food involved.
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