Archive for May 2010

Minoring in Wumbology

I don't know about you, but I've really been in the mood to wumbo lately. What, you're not familiar with wumbo? You know! I wumbo. You wumbo. He/she/me wumbo. Wumboed. Wumboing. "We'll have thee wumbo." Wumborama? Wumbology, the study of wumbo? It's first grade! No? Still nothing? Perhaps these guys can reiterate it better than I can: I'm honestly surprised that Chapman University (that place where I chill at) doesn't offer a major or minor in Wumbology, considering how important a study it is to modern society. Luckily, Chapman offers self-designed majors and minors for the "undecisive" or "picky" as you may call them. To create my own minor, I have to create a program with at least 21 credits, 12 minimum upper-level classes. So if I were to propose my study program in Wumbology based on Chapman's current course catalog, it would look something like this: PHYS 101 -...

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What I’ve Gathered about Lost Without Watching It

The series finale of Lost premieres next week. To be honest, I don't care. I've never watched the show, and I probably never would... except for the fact that wherever I ago, people talk about it nonstop. So I've promised myself I'll start watching, but I must wait until after the show ends (similarly to what I did with Friends; the first episode I saw was the finale, and then I watched the rest for the few years it was syndicated on every TV channel known to man). Luckily with finals next week and a full month at home before I work at summer camp, looks like I'll have my opportunity. The trustworthy encyclopedia says that amongst the six seasons, there are a total of 121 episodes. Assuming each episode is approximately 44 minutes, that's 5324 total minutes of Lost I have to watch. For the mathematically challenged (or those...

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