ArcAttack

This was pretty cool.

OU Sucks!

Never got around to converting the videos from my camera till now.

Mccord Explains Heat Capacity

My Chemistry Professor is Ridiculous

This made my day.

SA

I've had the opportunity to visit my relatives in San Antonio several times so far. It's great how close it is, but at the same time it's weird living closer to SA than Tyler. Anyway, while staying at uncle Danny's house I got to get to know the three dogs better- in particular Zoe and May.

UTEP

I didn't even know that UT El Paso had a D1 football team a few weeks ago.
It's no surprise, though. The final score was 64-7.

It was very hot and sunny outside, so I became pretty jealous of the dude wearing the sombrero before too long.


The shade from clouds was very appreciated.


...But it didn't last very long.


At halftime we got to relax in here, cooled by the biggest/deadliest-looking ceiling fans I've ever seen.


Got a kick out of this one.

Tech Game

My whole family came down for the game, and I was glad to see them.
Meant to take more pictures, but I was caught up in the excitement and forgot about the camera.

Vending Machine Fail

I swear, whoever released the last 4 drinks had ZERO common sense. Sure, there were reasonable odds that the drink wouldn't get stuck, and who knows how many drinks actually made it down the first column and didn't get lodged in the Pillar of Fail, but somehow they decided to take the unnecessary risk instead of doing the smart non-retarded thing and SELECTING THE IDENTICAL DRINK FROM THE SECOND COLUMN.

YAY POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION!

Comida Mexicana

Tonight was Mexican night at the Kinsolving buffet, they went all out with decorations, costumes, etc. There was even a mariachi band.

Call me weird...

But I find this actually kind of fun:

Duct Tape Bike

I know the person that owns this bike.

Wednesday 9/9/9

Today was the "Party on the Plaza" event which was originally planned to be held in FRONT of Gregory Gym but since we got some rain in the morning everything got moved inside. There were tons of tables with varying student organizations.


The return of UT WTF:


Greenpeace volunteers are off the deep end:

Game Day

The first game of the football season was against Louisiana-Monroe. Here are just a couple of pictures I took there:


Record attendance at 101,096


Final score: 59-20

Random

My new poster, which is very trippy. Click it.



I want to join the WTF club.



We had a test iClicker quiz in chemistry, and somehow there was more than a handful of people that didn't recognize the most obvious Pink Floyd album cover ever.



Ben is the only one who would get this

Monopoly Overdose

Tonight was the last dorm-organized social event in the basement: game night. I played one game: Monopoly. It lasted over 3 hours. No, I didn't win, but it was fun. I think it will be years before I'm willing to play again...

The climax:

Gone to Texas

There was a huge get-together the night before classes started which was dubbed "Gone to Texas." Before that, there was the fall engineering gathering.

Not just freshmen. Bonus: creepy person.


Some dude dressed up as the school's fictional patron saint, Alec


After that was free t-shirts and food while student groups showed off what they had to offer. One has an ongoing project with a solar-powered vehicle.



In the evening was the big event. There were people everywhere.


I won't get into detail, but at the end of the festivities the tower was lit up.


And then there was free ice cream and a band played with the state capitol in the background.

Speed Friending

Tonight we had a dorm-organized event called "speed friending"- we only got to talk for a minute or two to each person, which really isn't enough time to become friends, but it was cool to meet a bunch of people like that. I only remember a handful of names but now I know two dozen or so faces.

Movin' in

My whole family came down to help me move in at Duren, the newest and arguably nicest on-campus dorm. I met my roommate, "Ernest," who's from San Antonio. He's quiet but pretty cool.
My new address:
4212 Duren
2624 Whitis Avenue
Austin, TX
78705

The traffic was pretty heavy near UT on the main move-in day.


Here's a video of my room:


Here are a few pictures of Duren.
Lobby:


Courtyard:


Main entrance/front:


We got me a bike at Target, which has already come in handy. It took a while to tie it to the roof of the minivan.


Here are the Duren bike racks:


This bike is awesome:



I worked out my legs at Gregory Gym today. The weight room had a ton of people in it:


The gym is really nice, and offers a lot of things to do there.

Dedicated cardio room (there are a bunch of cardio machines in the weight room with built-in TVs)


Raquetball courts


Rockclimbing wall


It has a really good aquatic complex too, but I have yet to check it out.

Oh, and of course I had to take this picture:

Orientation and Schedule

UT is going to be a big departure from Gorman. I'll be coming from a place where I know almost everyone in the same high school to a university where I don't even know a tiny fraction of my class.

I went to the very first orientation session in early June so I could get all the classes I wanted by registering early. Orientation seemed way too long, but it really did help me in getting to know my way around campus. I'm far from knowing where everything is, but it will be hard to get lost when I go back in late August.

I got all the classes I wanted and a few days ago I made an Excel spreadsheet so I could see what my week will look like on a day-to-day basis.
Here it is: