Comments on: Picture Time! New Orleans Edition

By: Pennsylvania Was Great, But Ohio Can Suck It at educe me

Pennsylvania Was Great, But Ohio Can Suck It at educe me — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 03:44:35 +0000

[...] the circumstances, this was a good trip and we didn’t hit anything, die, or get a speeding ticket. [...]

By: TheCanadian

TheCanadian — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 01:19:53 +0000

Regarding your prof: You can probably go directly to the Dept. Head with no worries of retribution – I highly doubt they would release your name to the prof. It would also probably be more effective than a student evaluation – in my experience, they aren’t all that effective and aren’t taken too seriously b/c so many students do such a half-assed job on them. It probably differs among departments, but the Dept. Head or teaching committee may not see all the actual student comments from the evaluations, but might only see the overall rating. So, I say go straight to the head of the department.

By: Anne

Anne — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:05:58 +0000

Ha!

Driving is so dangerous. Every time I get on the interstate/highway, I think about all the stories I’ve heard about cars going into the other lane, or cars flipping over into the other lane, or semis jackknifing. Really. You’re just driving and looking out as best as you can and BAM! a car flies on top of your car out of nowhere.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:17:40 +0000

Man, one time on 65 driving back from Chicago, I was like “What the fuck is that?” and it was a seat cushion, like from a recliner or whatever. It was bizarre, and I managed to swerve around it — and then just as I was laughing about that, there was the rest of the chair in the road.

I also succeeded in missing that, but a big old fat 911 call was in order after that.

I’m glad to hear your ordeal left you none the worse for the wear.

By: Anne

Anne — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 03:43:52 +0000

If you’re ever in a position to where you’re contemplating a drink, ask the barkeep for something fruity, or to have them add grenadine to it. I’m the same way: I hate the taste of alcohol.

In NOLA we got a drink called a “191″ or something (the number being the proof) and it tasted just like an orange popsicle. It went down really fast and really smooth and hit me 15 minutes later.

By: patricia

patricia — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:55:19 +0000

I occasionally take sips but completely out of curiousity, not any desire to drink or find a drink. Usually the only thing I taste in anything is the alcohol. The only time I ever had a sip of anything that I liked was on Bourbon Street actually. The Hurricane was like cherry Kool-Ade I thought.

By: Anne

Anne — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 22:13:39 +0000

not drinking I think does cut into the fun

You don’t drink alcohol? I remember reading something about that over at your site, but I’m not sure.

I don’t think one has to drink in order to have fun in NOLA; you could always go to Bourbon and be highly entertained by the drunkards while staying sober.

By: patricia

patricia — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 21:58:28 +0000

Eventful trip. Glad the thing on the street didn’t cause serious damage. Seeing the photos makes me want to go back to New Orleans except, damn, not drinking I think does cut into the fun. Or so it seems.

By: Anna

Anna — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 18:01:28 +0000

Hey, you are welcome wherever I am, anytime! Glad you had a good time! As for the prof., if it were me, I would suck it up until evaluations come around. I don’t know about PU, but here at IUPUI, profs have to read their evals in a meeting with the whole department present (*including the dept. chair). Especially this close to commencement, you don’t want someone with a grudge forcing you into an appeal hearing; those aren’t fun. Wait till May, then write everyone at the University…and say fuck ‘em on your way out the door!