Stuff to talk about

Well, there's quite a bit to mention in today's update. We'll start with last Friday. Originally, I had planned to finish up my classes and head home for Homecoming, which also coincided nicely with having Monday and Tuesday off this week for a 'fall break.' This would let me go to my homecoming game Friday night. Then I got the joyful news of an Engineering exam that day, and even better, it was at 6. I'd be getting done after the game started. Luckily for me, my professor offered an earlier time for people with conflicts, and I gleefully took my test at two. Compared to my Calc exam, I thought that went much, much better. I'll have a grade by next Monday on it.

Next up was my Fall Break. I spent a nice homecoming game, and the following day after with friends, as I decided to come back to the homecoming dance. It was nice seeing a bunch of people I haven't seen in a couple of months. Sunday I hung out with Mike and my friend Steve, where we did our traditional Heroscape, Board Game, and Video Game day/night. That was highly enjoyable as well.

And finally, today. I had the wonderful pleasure of a Chemistry exam on the day I got back to school (today.) I have spent the last 3 days studying for this beast of an exam, but I think it went pretty well. It was multiple choice, and set up to be scanned in, so no random points off for work like in math. I think with the added bonus of guess and check, I did quite well on it, or so I hope.

Well, that's been my week. For a final post, I just wanted to bring up something that has been in the News recently.

/begin rant

I'm sure by now you've heard of Barack Obama getting the Nobel Peace Prize. Now, I was a little surprised and mildly ticked off when I heard, as I didn't really think he deserved it. However, with some new information and debating that I've been party to, I've come to accept that it was generally a good thing. Sure, there were politics involved, but I'm sure Barack Obama didn't go out and apply for this. Basically, from what I've heard, he was just as surprised as we were. If that's true, then he made the correct choice. It's not like he could have refused it... that would only tick off the Nobel Prize committee, and all the European countries he spent the first 100 days of office smoothing the feathers of, because of residual Bush-hate in many of these countries. By accepting the award, he appeases the various countries over there, and has something to use as a bit of clout should he attempt further Foreign Policy... things. Not sure of the word there. Essentially, from what I've heard, most Peace Prize awards were given well before the winners accomplished anything. Martin Luther King would be an example of this, as he won his before his passage of the Equal rights act.

Now I'm not saying that Obama is anywhere close to Martin Luther King, nor am I saying he particularly deserves. I just now see why the committie gave it to him, and why he made the right choice by accepting the award (he also gave the money to charities, if that accounts.) Plus I think he deserves it more than Al Gore did...

Sorry for bothering you all with my politics, but I just wanted to point this out, because I thought it was interesting. After hearing people's arguments, I flipped 90 degrees on my support of the award's existence. It doesn't raise my opinion of the Prize Committee any, but hey, they're not my problem.

/end rant