The temperatures are falling, but the second semester is heating up as quickly as DJ White and the mens basketball team. I've returned to Bloomington after a relaxing and exciting Christmas vacation. This time there was no welcome week, just classes and new people and teachers before we reach what should be a well received long weekend to kick off the year.
- If you missed it on Sunday, the Hoosiers made a step in the right direction as the get deep into conference play with a 22 point pounding of the ranked Spartans. It is some stellar play that we have been looking for all season, and makes me believe we will be very competitive in the Big Ten this year. Tonight, I will get the chance to see if it holds up in our rivalry game against the Purdue Boliermakers tonight in the Assembly Hall.
- I am taking an Art History class this semester, and first off it looks like its gonna be very easy. The point ,however, of this rambling is to tell a story I was thinking about while we were looking at the map of Egypt today. The first half of the course is about Ancient Egyptian art, and I was lucky enough to go over there a few summers ago and see alot of it for myself. But this story is not about art either. As I looked at the map, I realized and remembered how much distance seperated the cities of Cairo and Luxor, to of which we visited on our trip to Egypt. To get from one destination to the other Theresa, Greg, Jeff, and I had to board an overnight train. This was a miserbale ride that was uncomfortable, only beaten out by the bus ride we took that was 10 hours long, in a bus without and air conditioning, and a loud Bollywood movie playing the entire ride. From that moment on I was very tahnkful I could drive a car back here, and if I had to take the bus it would not be so horrible. Never ever complain about TARC or the Greyhound ever again.
- I also thought about my snorkeling adventure we took in the Red Sea. It was harrowing trip at times, especially since it is hard to trust a bunch of Egyptians who just want your money and barely speak the language I understand. So, when the told us we were going to snorkel out in the middle with large waves we were weary. But as we took a closer look, we notice there were large swarms of jellyfish all around us. We questioned if this was safe, and they replied that they could not harm us. Then, one of the funniest discussions I have ever heard ensued, when we ask them to show us that they were not dangerous. One of the men picked one up to show us and then he handed it to us to check. But as he handed it to Kate, she replied, "We know what happens, we have seen Finding Nemo." We all busrt out in laughter as one of the men laughed and spit out his coke. To say the least, they didn't sting but it is still a horrible experience to have to swim through and be surrounded by a swarm of jellyfish.
Next time, I guess I'll pay a little more attention to class.
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Interesting to know.
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