Back in the USSR

August 24th, 2004 Chris Posted in Uncategorized |

Been away so long I hardly knew the place
Gee it’s good to be back home
Leave it till tomorrow to unpack my case
Honey disconnect the phone
I’m back in the U.S.S.R.

err… Kirksville

Today was my last day in St. Louis, and in the morning I’ll be headed back to the ‘Ville. I’ve pretty much been a bum this week, staying up until 3am reading, and getting up at the crack of noon. I’d be lying if I said that it wasn’t nice, but I definitely neglected some of my to do list. Let’s review:

Things I’ve been woefully deficient in doing:

• Summer Research Paper Revisions
• Catching up with STL friends (Sorry all…)
• Working out

Things partially completed:

• Financial Aid SNAFU
• PSP Website Work
• Reviewing Calc I so I don’t fail Calc II

Things completed:

• Ummm… I slept a lot?

So as you can see, I’ve got some work to do this week, since school starts on Monday. Unfortunately, Freshman Week is the biggest party week of the year, which may reduce my productivity significantly, as is explained in the following First Law of College Productivity:

W = 1/Booze

Work is inversely proportional to the amount of alcohol consumed. Funny how that works…

So anyway, here’s to my final year in the ‘Ville. I grumble as much as anyone about schoolwork, but I wouldn’t trade life in academia for anything in the world. This year being my last at Truman, I’m going to make it count. More random road trips, more late nights with friends at the Shitty, more laying out to watch meteor showers.

Which brings me to the first law’s corrolary, the Second Law of College Prouctivity (which comes into play starting Monday):

C={H,P,S}
3 nCr 2

In colllege, there are three things you can do, Homework, Party, or Sleep, but in a given semester, you can only choose two of the three.

Let’s just say I usually don’t sleep much…