I pulled a W

I get a message in the middle of class.
Check it and it's my friend Rahim, asking me why I did such a bad parking job this morning. he says my car is practically touching his bumper.

Completely confused, I walk down to the parking lot to see what's going on when I notice my car in the middle of the parking lot, blocking the driving lane, obstructing other cars from leaving.

Turns out I'd forgotten to put up the parking brake. I drive a stick shift and never park the car in gear like I should, compounding the problem. When Rahim's car was there, it blocked the car from rolling down the lane. When he left, the car ended up there. Fortunately there wasn't a scratch on the car. Talk about getting a lucky break.

Bored in Class

I haven't been that inspired lately, this is the best I can do.
By the way, Jews for Jesus invaded the UCSD campus last week, passing out flyers (about why Jews should believe in Jesus?) Isn't their whole name an oxymoron? I don't understand why they don't just call themselves Israeli Christians or Christians of Judaic Origins or something a bit less provoking. but I guess those names don't sound as sexy.

on another note:
when we're bored in class, we resort to desperate measures of entertaining ourselves. Here are some pathetic examples.

Passing notes in class:
Jen: Ben Allen and Dave O'Steen do remember who you are. They say hi. They think you're a cool girl. Dave says you used to go out with someone they knew name Adrian but I got the feeling that they have a better impression of you.

"Jon, pass this note to Jen."

Jen: laughs and replies: I don't kow what I was thinking dating Adrian in college. Tell them I say hi too.

ANOTHER Example:

Teacher: "The flippase enzymes flip-flops phospholipids in the plasma membranes. But it can't flip or flop proteins.

Pouria (avid Bush supporter) points to the sentence on the notes:
"Hey, I think John Kerry has a mutation in this gene."

totally delerious, we both laugh like crazy, as if it's the funniest joke on earth or something but I guess it was because we're so bored.

It's Ramaddan

This means no eating, drinking (double meaning here) or sex (definitely the hardest part) from sunrise to sunset for a whole month -- wait, some of the above we're not supposed to do anyways but for the next thrity(?) days, I'm really really not going to be doing them.
wish me strength people

If they say it...

If the LA Times says it, it HAS to be true!!!
check it out

In the EYE

So we're in this really boring lecture -- no one is quite sure what this class is about yet -- and my teacher suddenly says:

"And this intercalating agent can be used to treat Herpes... like when you get it in the eye."

In the eye? I didn't even know you could get it in the eye! Is anyone else thinking what I'm thinking?

don't touch my honey

My night at the ER:

drunk >220 pound patient We're trying to get him to calm down and he swings at the nurses. Finally, we resort to constraining him so we can treat him. He then mutters:
"I'm going to get you... I'm gonna kick yo' ass."

Dr : "no you're not"

Patient: "Yeah I will, I'm gonna kick your ass.
I'M GONNA TAKE YOUR MONEY, AND THEN, THEN, I'M GONNA TAKE YOUR HONEY!"

Dr : "You might get my money, but you ain't never touching my honey!"

I think the Dr is a cool guy... after all, he does have a really good sense of humor.

Bad Middle School Teacher

Dear Ms. Orr,

I was a bit taken aback by my little brother, Amir Kermani's, homework assignment tonight. Apparently, you gave him a worksheet with questions he had to research over the internet. One of these questions was something like "Did God turn his favor away from Rome due to its sinful nature?"

I googled this question and it matched to a document from the internet which apparently you took your lesson plan from. I've been a teacher before and I do understand that the Internet can be a great resource for teaching and coming up with lesson plans, however, did you read these questions carefully before you gave it to them?

My brother is NOT at school to learn about sins and the favor of God -- and I sure hope you didn't intentionally mean to bring these topics up in class. The poor kid was up until eleven trying to find the correct answer on the internet so that he wouldn't let his group members down. Finally, he called me asking for help since our parents are not good at English and using the Internet. It took me a while to explain to him that such a subjective question could not be possibly answered -- especially using the Internet.

Quite frankly, I'm concerned at the lack of attention on your part. It is not fair to be asking students such questions. Could you please take some time out in class and explain to Amir and his group members that it is okay if they couldn't answer this question and could you please assure me that he will not receive such questions again? Please don't take this email the wrong way. I'm sure you're a fine history teacher and I mean no ill will, but I don't know how else to address this concern.

Sincerely,

Reza Kermani