That's what my quaint little college town is colloquially known as (on zillions of t-shirts). Two topics on which this town is unlike any other I've lived in:
- Alcohol. IU was named the No. 1 party school in the nation two years ago. I wondered what this meant for a long time. I think I'm getting some grasp of exactly why now. Let me tell you about some of the drink specials I've seen advertised recently:
- Thurs at Bear's Place: 32 oz pitchers of Long Island Iced Tea for $5
- Fri at Bear's Place: 22 oz Bud, Bud Light, MGD bottles for $2.50
- Thurs at Yogi's: $2.50 specialty Smirnoff martinis
- Wed at Jungle Room: 12 oz cups of MGD lite for 25¢
- Thurs at Jungle Room: $1.50 Domestic Pints
- Fri at Jungle Room: 24 oz Coors Light $1.50, 20 oz Killians Red $2 And my current favorite...
- Thurs at Axis: All lite drafts: 5¢
- Sports. Football season begins today. I went up to the stadium (within walking distance of my house) to watch the marching band's preshow concert and check out the scene. I've never seen so many red shirts in one place. There were dozens of mobile homes and people of all ages. I just heard fireworks go off (I'm back at my house now). I heard a dad telling his 3-4 year old son: "Can you say 'Go IU?' " "Go IU!" he parroted back.
Wow. And the football team is terrible. I can't wait for basketball season.
In other news:
- I'm through my first week of class successfully...
- Wednesday was L401, Computer-Based Information Tools. I waived the first two modules of this course, but I didn't learn until an hour and a half into class that I didn't have to be there, and won't until Week 6 of class. Ah ha.
- Wednesday was also C471, Chemical Information Sources and Services (aka Chem Info). The professor, Gary Wiggins, is apparently world-renowned for his knowledge in this. Neat guy.
- Thursday was L527, Management in Libraries and Information Centers (aka Management). I've never really given thought to a job in management before, but after this first class, the idea sounds vaguely interesting. This should be fun.
- Friday was L624, Information Sources in Science and Technology (aka Sci Info). This will definitely be my semester for broadening my repertoire of information sources across my field.
- ... and I have hundreds of pages of reading to do for next week. Whew. Here we go.
- Choir auditions are finally done. I am now a member of the Contemporary Vocal Ensemble. This was not my first choice or even my second choice. But Dr. Tellez was willing to take me even though I'll be missing most of Monday's rehearsals. I suppose I should be grateful for this.
- I have DSL at home now. It runs like greased lightning.
- I've eaten an entire package of Pepperidge Farm Soft Baked Chocolate Chunk Cookies over the past 24 hours. I'm not proud of this.
I'm off to find dinner and something to do besides sit in front of the computer. Wish me luck... peace.