My grades were finally made available to me today. I got three A-s (Just how do you pluralize A-?) for my three undergraduate classes. In my one graduate level class (RL 620) I received a B, which surprised me. (I distinctly remember telling the RL 620 profs at the beginning of the quarter that I expected an A from them. Apparently they weren't paying attention.) I also learned that they give separate GPAs for graduate and undergraduate coursework, so I have two GPAs. As an undergraduate, my GPA is 3.7, but as a graduate student, my GPA is 3.0. This is not ideal, but at least I'm off to a reasonably good start.
I still have a sore throat. It's definitely better than it was before, but it never leaves. I'll check in at the health center again when the university opens on Monday of next week. I suppose it must be pollen. Oh well, at least that means I'm not sick.
The refrigerator pic idea has sort of caught on and has converged at snowball's site. Based on the pics, I have a few suggestions for how this meme might be improved in the future. I'm not passionate enough about it to give it the sort of promotion it deserves, but if people in the future decide to continue with the idea, here are a few rules/guidlines that might be helpful:
1) Include a shot of the front of the closed door (so we can see the pictures and magnets), a straight-on shot of the interior, and a shot of the interior side of the door. These pics should include everything from the floor to the top of the appliance.
2) Find the three items that have been inside for the longest time. Remove them, line them up, and take a photo. Then explain what each one is, approximately when it went in, and why you have had it for so long.
3) Now find an item that you are certain no one else has in their fridge. Photograph it, and explain what it is doing in your fridge. If some other participant documents a similar item in their fridge, then you have to find something else.
But like I said, these are just suggestions. I'm not declaring an official contest, but if someone else wants to take the idea and run with it, go for it.
