FYE - Brendan Posterick: Sudden Death In Carolina

Hi there love bugs. Spring is up in the air, and that means new blogs too! That should probably be an advertisement for Wofford blogs or something. It would make trillions...maybe even billions or millions.

So, last week - despite having little (when I say little, I mean only a few hours as opposed to a few days) academic work to do - I seemed to be swamped in stuff without fail. Numero uno last week was registration for fall '08 classes. As always, registration for classes was stressful and intense. As a rising sophomore (but still a really fresh man), it is still somewhat difficult to get the classes you really want. Usually, you can get what you need (or an override...a savior in the world of computerized sign-ups), it just might be with the teacher you heard was "really hard and to never take unless you wanted to experience excruciating pain." Anyways, I was in the first group of current freshmen to pick classes, so it worked out wonderfully. (Don't poison my drink if you are a current freshmen who is mad/upset/possibly suicidal at this point.) I got the Bass Man for General Chemistry and Moss for Genetics. As a Biology major, you too will probably be taking those classes your sophomore year. I'm stoked, though, for my Learning Community. A Learning Community, as you may already know, links courses from two different disciplines by integrating similar themes. Dr. Jones teaches the religion class (Religion, Philosophy, & Identity), and Dr. Dinkins teaches the philosophy class (Intro to Philosophy). As I've probably said ten times before, Dr. Dinkins is freakin awesome, and I'm really excited to be amongst her young Padawans again. Dr. Jones's class sounds great too, as it sounds like I will actually be living I ♥ Huckabees. Plus, my earliest class doesn't start until 1:00 on Tuesdays and Thursdays next year - justifying my late-night sneaking between the boundaries of the Internet, academia, fast food, and procrastination.

So, registration was last Thursday. Along with it, celebrations for Earth Day were taking place. I was supposed to help set up for the event, but I wasn't able to as a result of some issues that came up during my registration. However, I was able to catch the end of the organic lunch out on the lawn. I must say, a great deal of tastiness and inside-my-mouth dance parties were to be had. There were free gift giveaways (Nalgene bottles to reduce the number of bottled waters thrown away by students, etc.), prizes, and even a hybrid car test-drive center on Campus Drive. The event was a tremendous success; hats off to Zach Chillag.

And speaking of cars, I GOT A NEW CAR! Although it's not straight out of the oven, it might as well be...2008! Dank! Now I just have to hope my sister doesn't wreck it before I get home. Plus, I get to blow all my summer paychecks on putting in some new speakers, deck, and whatever else I feel unnecessary. Music and driving...so tasty...especially when the drive home to Texas is 16 hours. Thanks again Mom and Dad!

As for the weekend, it was very "formal." On Friday, I went to the Theta Formal, which was a good time with a lot of goofy dancing going on...aka "the finger point." Brett snapped a few shots of me in the duds before I left...

Phormal

Bizniss Uhtire

Then, Saturday came after Friday, which was pretty odd. Terrier Play Day was that day, so the good old boys at Sigma Nu set up a limbo booth for the kids. Brett ran a mean booth and challenged many kids to become better than they were before. Both he and the kids met great achievement that fine Saturday morn. At night, the Tri Delta Formal went down. It looked kinda like this...

Random Group Shot