Exciting College Night Life

It's finals week and everyone is crazily busy working on papers and trying to complete that umpteen hundred pages of reading. At 1 am I was bored and there were still a few people awake, so I decided to invite anyone who wanted to to join me for a round of (drum roll is heard in the distance) FRISBEE GOLF. The thrilling, exhilarating game taken to a whole new level and complicated by the lack of light. Cornfields are peacefully quiet at 0100 which ads an element of mystery to any activity, especially on an already fogy damp, still night.

The first few holes recieve mininmal light from the surrounding buildings. The drive on hole 3 has the potential to hit the presidents house. Hole 5 found the women's RD waiting to see what was going on. The long, par five, hole 6 decends into darkness and not even the basket was to be seen until about the 4th (or sometimes 5th throw). Hole 7 starts dark and ends darker. Complemented by the fact that there is light on the horizon and the Frisbee is only visible until it is released. This results in four people tromping around looking for lost frisbees for a few minutes. Each hoping for the best but secretly fearing the worst. Hole 8 is lost among the pine trees and is impossible to see at high noon, let alone midnight.

Most likely strategy for hole 8: PRAY, throw in general direction, PRAY, hunt for frisbee, keep hunting, say a not so nice phrase (indicating the poor throw) when your frisbee is finally located, repeat until the "chink" of chains is heard and visual confirmation is acquired that the Frisbee in the basket is in fact yours. This is a common scenario, except that often the "not so nice phrases" are more frequent than as described above.

I must admit, there are a lot of other exciting late night things that college kids could do, but this is one that very few ever get to experience. I don't even regret it in the morning either.

Party hard-Play Frisbee.

Short Story of my recent life.

Sunday going home from church....
Pass new red bug with very flat tire...
Slow down and write sign to tell driver...
Tire Disinigrates all over road...
We pull over just infront of bug...
We get out to help....
Driver tosses baggies with white powder into ditch.... (just kidding)
Jack up car...
remove very damaged old tire...
install full size spare...
Unjack car....
put jack and tire in back....
say good bye...
drive home...

Knowing you helped somone in need.......PRICELESS!

I Guess I Don't Understand

The small college I work at recently decided to "improve" their auditorium. So last year at this time plans were made for the project to commence as soon as classes finished for the summer. The bulk of the plans included, raising the stage a few inches and re-finishing the floor, Painting, new carpet, padding the benches, installing A/C and a few minor configuration changes to the small backstage area. The plan was to have the project done by the beginning of school (Some details are still pending completion)

To give credit to the Maint. (the responsible party for overseeing the project) they decided to install extra conduit and floor pockets to run more mic lines, and add a sound/technical booth at the back. Being a sound technician I was elated, to not only have more space but finally have things laid out correctly. It was also recently approved to revamp the entire system including new control desk, amps, speakers etc. This was wonderful. Until recently.

I then found out the reality of life, or at least due process. Unfortunately they did not consult the staff responsible for the sound equipment. This makes an interesting situation, having people skilled (We have some fine craftsmen I must say) in fixing plumbing and heating ducts, made responsible for building sound cabinets and installing DVD players.

I am having trouble understanding WHY anyone in maintenance even cares how tech gear gets set up. It is confusing why end-users are not embedded in the process, let alone consulted. When a company builds a hospital I am sure they get input from the doctors in regards to how and what they like in the operating rooms. They probably ask nurses what they need easy access to at the nurses station and how many linen closets they want on a floor. Why would a college undergo a building project, installing an expensive system that will be used at least once a day, and not solicit input from those who know best, the operators.

I guess I don't understand.