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So I just took my first final of the Spring 2007 term. Biol 321: “Magic, Myth and Medicine” (please, stop laughing, I’m well aware it’s a fluff class). So the final was supposed to start at 6:15pm but we did evaluations for a few minutes, followed by a discussion of what was going to be on the final (along with a few relevant answers) and finally started around 6:35pm.

I handed in my exam, which is worth 40% of my final grade, at 6:47pm. Yeah, that’s twelve minutes.

And as an extra bonus, here’s a direct quote from the exam: “Hercules smashed microbes with his righteous hand. (Right on, brother! Roll me up another!)” And for those of you that are curious, that is a true/false question.

That pretty much verifies my earlier suspicions that the professor came to every class stoned out of his mind.

I love fortune cookies. I’m not sure what it is about them but whenever people order Chinese food here at the Lodge and neglect to eat their cookie, I swoop in. Tonight there were a few such cookies on the coffee table, so I chose one, ate the cookie and eagerly read the message.

“You’ll accomplish more later if you have a little fun this weekend.”

With finals coming up, that’s quite a risky proposition but I may just have to follow the brilliant advice of whoever wrote this little gem.

I can’t actually write consistently in this blog. I’ve been meaning to finish wrapping up my stories from the Czech Republic and Hungary but it’s been already been two weeks since I got back to the City. Instead of posting a half-baked draft, I’ll opt for saving it for another time and instead write about something (okay, three things) that are of more importance at this very moment.

1. April 2007 was an amazing month
2. I’m getting on-board ‘24 Hours of Flickr’, which is taking place tomorrow, May 5, 2007.
3. Pictures from my most recent trip are up on Flickr.

Starting with the former: April was a great month. I turned 24, my passport has three more stamps (yeah, I just passed through Slovakia but it counts!) and due to unforseen circumstances, I was able to use my sister’s ticket for Coachella. I’m not a huge Rage Against the Machine fan, but they put on a pretty good show especially considering it’s been a few years since they last performed. Other highlights: the Arcade Fire, Peter Bjorn and John, the Decemberists and a surprisingly upbeat Damien Rice set. Anyone interested in Coachella 2008?

Okay, numero dos: Cinco de Mayo is already happening tomorrow so why not just bring my camera with me everywhere for 24 hours? I just read about 24 Hours of Flickr and I’m intrigued. I won’t pretend that my life is that exciting, but at least tomorrow there are a few things on the agenda (for once): studying for immunology, BBQ at home and maybe even going out (although we’ll probably just resort to Beer Olympics). Sounds like perfect picture (picture perfect?) fodder to me.

Last but certainly not least: I took about 500 pictures and managed to boil it down to 131 decent shots. That’s a bit of a lie… some of the pictures were taken by my cousin Dave but let’s just pretend that they’re all mine. Take a look.