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Hey everyone! So this blog is part experiment/part required for class/part fun. I figured it is time though, to become connected to this crazy world of technology.Maybe this will be easier for me than writing in my journal.
Today was the third day of class! It' junior year, and the freshman are looking smaller than ever. I just got out of mission preparation class with Brother Bott, he's an amazing teacher/comic. The funniest stuff happens at BYU, the demographic has the most unique trends and quirks out of anywhere in the world!
FOR INSTANCE: today in class we were talking about HUGE doctrinal topics, and a girl raised her hand (interrupting) and asked our master of theology of a teacher, "i was just wondering what the policy is on wearing sports bras to run because i see it all the time and it HAS to be violating the honor code". Honestly, out of anything?that? So yeah, interesting people.
ONE MORE EXAMPLE: yesterday Enrico and I went to Home Depot to get some cinder blocks to elevate my bed for extra storage. As i was wheeling the large crate of a shopping cart around the store a man walked up to me and said, " you are so lucky you got here soon. the blocks just came in and they'll be gone in another hour. we've already gne through three flats of them." WhAt?!?! where anywhere else in the world would you find such a strange demand for cinder blocks.
I rest my case.
Anyway, back on topic with what I was thinking about...I can't believe what we are able to do on a computer. Just now I am on twitter, blogspot, facebook, and byu.edu all at the same time! We are such a multitasking generation. Thus, the video clip below....this guy is a really funny guy, if you know what I meanSo anyway, be grateful. amen.
5 comments:
Candace, Provo isn't the only place where the demand of cinder blocks is high, it's the same here in Rexburg, it's a mad dash to the hardware store at the beginning of each semester!! strange Mormon schools
haha i'm glad to hear it! i think we could write a bok about our culture : ) haha
Candi, I actually saw this the day after Conan talked with this guest. Technology has advanced so much you can't even relate. When I went to BYU the mainframe library computer was on the main floor of the library in a cold room. The floor was artificially elevated above the real floor and they used punch cards like the ones in the florida election to do whatever they did to program it. There were no such things as electronic signatures or credit card scanners, or even wireless computer connections. When you used a computer in the library computer room it was networked by miles of cables to the printer. And, let's not forget the 5" ultrathin floppy discs. I did the billing for the copy center and had to read a bazillion hand signatures and numerals from a sign out sheet as I entered usage data from all the university departments. Now it would all be kept track of with a swipe card.
Oh, and the mainframe was the size of a moving van.
i guess we can really call ourselves the technology generation! that's crazy! i was born into the era of laptops!
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