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mewtwowarrior) wrote2007-10-30 10:18 pm
mewtwowarrior) wrote2007-10-30 10:18 pm
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Jeff Corwin!
I had problems sleeping last night. The noisy people next door, and my roommate's bright screensaver didn't help any. I eventually closed her laptop, and the people next door eventually quieted down.
Today was pretty busy.
Rome class went on like usual, though it seemed that the teacher didn't keep things in order very much. >_<
Accounting was ok, we did some problems.
Economics was kinda meh. We had a clicker quiz, and I missed several questions. I just couldn't think of how to do them. I'm really glad we get half credit for every question we answer, even if it's wrongly. We also discussed our case study due Thursday. I gotta finish it tomorrow.
After class, I went to the computer lab to print stuff to study for tomorrow and to do my Accounting homework.
Then, I went to eat at the buffet place. They had Halloween decorations up, inflatable Grim Reaper, Spider, and Frankenstien, orange lights, spooky pictures, and other things. ^_^ I got a ham and cheese wrap and got it grilled by accident. XD I also had a bag of Lay's chips, some cake, and two brownies. Everything was pretty good.
After that, it was time for Leadership. We met in a new place to make posters. But, people were confused about stuff, and the die cut room didn't have any paper. Me and the leader went to get paper and markers from her office. After I got back, we worked on making die cuts.
Then, I went back to my room and called Mom. She said that Memaw was doing really well, almost better than normal! She got a new pain medicine that lasts longer, and it doesn't make her nauseous. ^_^
After that, it was time for me to meet in the lobby with people going to see Jeff Corwin speak. ^_^
The place was really crowded, so we had to sit in the balcony. It was hard to see him at times, and I couldn't take a picture.
Before he spoke, there were several humorous video clips of some of his adventures.
He talked about when he was 6 years old, he discovered a snake in his grandfather's woodpile, and he grabbed it, it bit him, and he brought it into the house. His grandmother told him to get rid of it, and he replied no, he loved it. XD He then spent a lot of time watching snakes, and that's how he learned about nature. He decided he wanted to go into conservation when he saw a neighbor kill a snake.
His grandmother died of cancer.
He also talked about his experiences with elephants, there was one incident where one charged, he stood his ground, but the camera crew ran. The elephant chased the camera crew, and they drove off in the truck. Poor Jeff was left alone. XD The elephant poked him in the jungle, but later went away. XD He also talked about once, in a jungle, his camera crew had been silently followed by a whole herd of elephants, that later decided to poke his crew. XD Jeff also talked about the night he spent with a sleeping orphaned baby elephant at an elephant orphanage.
He also discussed problems humans have caused for the enviroment. There's a certain type of bird, that when it gets malaria, its beak falls off! Malaria was introduced by humans into that area. Jeff once saw the last Honey Creeper bird, and it later died of malaria.
Jeff answered a lot of questions from the audience, and ended up signing a boy's shoe. XD
I think he had somewhere to go, because he didn't stay long for pictures.
After that, I got my stuff signed to prove I was there, then I headed back with my group to the dorm.
Well, that's about all for today! ^_^
Today was pretty busy.
Rome class went on like usual, though it seemed that the teacher didn't keep things in order very much. >_<
Accounting was ok, we did some problems.
Economics was kinda meh. We had a clicker quiz, and I missed several questions. I just couldn't think of how to do them. I'm really glad we get half credit for every question we answer, even if it's wrongly. We also discussed our case study due Thursday. I gotta finish it tomorrow.
After class, I went to the computer lab to print stuff to study for tomorrow and to do my Accounting homework.
Then, I went to eat at the buffet place. They had Halloween decorations up, inflatable Grim Reaper, Spider, and Frankenstien, orange lights, spooky pictures, and other things. ^_^ I got a ham and cheese wrap and got it grilled by accident. XD I also had a bag of Lay's chips, some cake, and two brownies. Everything was pretty good.
After that, it was time for Leadership. We met in a new place to make posters. But, people were confused about stuff, and the die cut room didn't have any paper. Me and the leader went to get paper and markers from her office. After I got back, we worked on making die cuts.
Then, I went back to my room and called Mom. She said that Memaw was doing really well, almost better than normal! She got a new pain medicine that lasts longer, and it doesn't make her nauseous. ^_^
After that, it was time for me to meet in the lobby with people going to see Jeff Corwin speak. ^_^
The place was really crowded, so we had to sit in the balcony. It was hard to see him at times, and I couldn't take a picture.
Before he spoke, there were several humorous video clips of some of his adventures.
He talked about when he was 6 years old, he discovered a snake in his grandfather's woodpile, and he grabbed it, it bit him, and he brought it into the house. His grandmother told him to get rid of it, and he replied no, he loved it. XD He then spent a lot of time watching snakes, and that's how he learned about nature. He decided he wanted to go into conservation when he saw a neighbor kill a snake.
His grandmother died of cancer.
He also talked about his experiences with elephants, there was one incident where one charged, he stood his ground, but the camera crew ran. The elephant chased the camera crew, and they drove off in the truck. Poor Jeff was left alone. XD The elephant poked him in the jungle, but later went away. XD He also talked about once, in a jungle, his camera crew had been silently followed by a whole herd of elephants, that later decided to poke his crew. XD Jeff also talked about the night he spent with a sleeping orphaned baby elephant at an elephant orphanage.
He also discussed problems humans have caused for the enviroment. There's a certain type of bird, that when it gets malaria, its beak falls off! Malaria was introduced by humans into that area. Jeff once saw the last Honey Creeper bird, and it later died of malaria.
Jeff answered a lot of questions from the audience, and ended up signing a boy's shoe. XD
I think he had somewhere to go, because he didn't stay long for pictures.
After that, I got my stuff signed to prove I was there, then I headed back with my group to the dorm.
Well, that's about all for today! ^_^