Chatham Majors and What They Mean

Accounting: How to Spend Shit
Art History: Old Pretty Shit
Arts Management: More Pretty Shit
Biochemistry: Why Does Shit Stay Alive
Biology: This Shit Is Alive
Botany: This Plant Is Alive
Business: Money and Shit
Business Economics: More Money and Shit
Chemistry: Dangerous Shit
Communications: How to Talk and Shit
Creative Writing: How to Write Pretty Shit
Cultural Studies: Different People and Shit
Economics: Why We Spend Money On Shit
Education: How To Teach and Shit
Engineering: How To Make Scientific Shit
English: How To Read and Write and Shit
Environmental Biology: How To Save The Environment And Shit
Environmental Chemistry: Continue the Shit From Above
Environmental Policy: Legally Do Shit Above
Environmental Science: How To Save The Environment And Shit
Environmental Studies: Wanting to Save The Environment And Shit
Exercise Science: Working Out and Shit
Film and Digital Technology: Movies and Shit
Forensics: Dead People and Shit
French & Francophone Studies: French Talking and Shit
Government:Politics and Shit
History: Old Shit
Interior Architecture: Inside Shit
International Business: Global Money and Shit
International Studies: The World and Shit
Management: Run Shit
Marketing: Sell Shit
Mathematics: How To Calculate Shit
Music: How To Make Shit Sound Prety
Nursing: How To Take Care of People Who Feel Like Shit
Philosophy: Thinking and Shit
Physics: Why Shit Should Fall
Policy Studies: Why Shit Should Happen
Psychology: Thinking About Shit
Social Work: Helping People and Shit
Visual Arts: Make Pretty Shit
Women's Studies: Women and Shit
Writing: Writing About Shit

***Please Reference Previous Entry in July 2010
This Is Nothing Against Chatham or Their Majors

Love Song

If I were a composer I’d write a song for you, every phrase a phase in our love, every crescendo rising to the utmost harmony of us together. Resting rarely, for the silence could indicate tenseness between us. Fermatas would reveal the story of our love and how we will sustain through until the ultimate end. The refrain would never breathe, because you, my inspiration for this whole thing, leave me breathless. The chorus would rise and fall with every breath you took, and every beat of your heart would be marked with the staccato of a snare drum. Legato drawn, adagio phrases would paint pictures of our struggles as they echoed hauntingly in the lonely key of C-, while tiny accidentals would prove that we can indeed change the tone and modulate to happier times. If I could write a song, there would be a whole divisi section showcasing our beautiful synchrony and harmony together. There would be no counterpoint there, same beat, same time; slightly different notes blending sonorously together like our voices. The notes would be skipping, falling out of the instruments, not just blurring together as if someone held the piano pedal. If I could write a song, every black mark, every swirl of a clef, every bit of white space and black line would be for you. I’d write it to watch you smile, to see your happiness. I want you to be happy. You deserve it more than anyone I know.

I Am

I am far from what you would expect.
I am the wing that is broken.
I am the one you would not accept.
The words you left unspoken.
I am the feel of the wind in your hair.
I am the question of tomorrow.
I am the feelings you never could bare.
The hope that you will borrow.
I am the one who'd walk through fire for you.
And you're the one who'd never see.
I gave up everything I had.
Yet, you still don't notice me.

Falling Water

I never thought that I would have the chance to see this house. The summer when I saw it was brutal in terms of serious family health issues. Guess what? I saw it thanks to someone who recognized that I needed a break from the chaos at home. Someone who realized that I had been in love with the house since the day I laid eyes on it. Someone who has been there for me through thick and thin. Someone who knows me better than I know myself sometimes. That someone is someone very special to me and means the world to me.

Thoughts/Reflections from Trip to Rome

1. The coffee there is AMAZING. It doesn't jolt you awake with caffeine, but rather, it calms you down and relaxes you. Then, when you're done, you can stand up and greet the day calmly.
   
2. The country has an obsession with sm0king and graffiti
3. Italian moped drivers are legally insane
4. It is indeed one of the most romantic places on earth
   
5. Risotto-even though it has lemon in it- does not always produce the best after-effects
6. Carbs are fine, especially when you walk everywhere
7. The table wine is really pretty good
8. Tourists are annoying as hell
9. So are tourist trap restaurants
10. Gelato is amazing
    
11. A lot of people speak English or French
12. The best way to not look like a tourist is to put your phone away and enjoy the sites
    
13. The Spanish steps are lovely
14. Air Conditioning is wonderful, but old stone churches work just as well
    
15. Roman plumbing systems are interesting...
    
16. Even older couples are heavy on the PDA
17. Cars are smaller and more compact
18. If you're not sure what it is, order it and find out
    
19. There are few fat Romans
20. The level of graffiti on a metro car indicates the condition of the inside
    
21. Rome is filthy, but beautiful
22. Tivoli is touristy, but there are so many paths to wander around that you don't notice it that much
23. Roman men are quite romantic towards their significant others
    
24. Italian pharmacies are wonderful =)
    
25. You can get anywhere via subway
26. There are a lot of street musicians and artists
27. The bidet is easy to trip over
28. Romans do not understand strapless bras
    
29. Lunch is typically a fast meal
    
30. Suits get sort of smelly after three weeks of sweating in them
    
31. The bread is good the pasta is better
32. Casual dress is somewhat dressy in Rome, but formal attire is not always as formal as in the US
    
33. Maps are a wonderful thing
34. The Synagogue in Rome is exquisite
    
35. Roman nightlife starts at around 11pm
    
36. Flat irons are not meant to go into adapters
37. The lack of a strict drinking age is rather nice
    
38. World Cup= Superbowl in the states
39. Pillows are a hot commodity...so are blankets
    
40. The arts thrive in Rome, there are so many hidden art stores and galleries on the side streets
    
41. Nuns are wonderful at sneaking you into the Vatican for free
    
42. The more touristy an area, the more pickpockets thrive
43. Coffee is amazing, and probably the cheapest beverage you could ever order there
44. Conversely, water gets really expensive
45. The women there are not shy about showing off their assets
46. The airport has quite a unique layout

RPI Majors To What They Actually Mean

Major ==>Actual Major

Aeronautical Engineering:Why Shit Flies

Applied Physics:Why Shit Falls

Architecture:How to Design Shit

Biochemistry and Biophysics:Why Does Shit Stay Alive

Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology:How Shit Stays Alive

Biology:This Shit is Alive

Biomedical Engineering:How to Keep Shit Alive When It Shouldn't Be

Building Sciences:How to Build Shit

Chemical Engineering:How to Make Dangerous Shit

Chemistry:Dangerous Shit

Civil Engineering:How to Make Shit Safe

Cognitive Science:How We Think About Shit

Communication:How to Talk and Shit

Computer Science:How to Program Shit

Computer and Systems Engineering:How to Make Shit to Program

Design, Innovation, and Society:How to Make Useless Shit

Economics:How to Make Money and Shit

Electric Power Engineering:How to Give Shit Electricity

Electrical Engineering:How to Make Electrical Shit

Electronic Arts:How to Make Virtual Shit

Electronic Media, Arts, and Communication: How to Make Virtual Shit Continued

Engineering Physics:How to Make Shit Seem Useful

Engineering Science :How to Make Shit Useful

Environmental Engineering:How to Save the Environment and Shit

Environmental Science:How to Make It Look Like You're Saving the Environment and Shit

Games and Simulation:How to Make Shit Seem Real

Arts & Sciences:Arts n' Shit

Geology:Ground n' Shit

Hydrogeology :Water n' Shit

Industrial and Systems Engineering:Factories n' Shit

Information Technology:How to Learn Shit

Information Technology & Web Science:How to Learn Shit Online

Interdisciplinary Science:How to do Lots of Shit

Management:How to Run Shit

Materials Engineering:How to Make Shit to Build Other Shit With

Mathematics:How to Calculate Shit

Mechanical Engineering:How to Make Shit Move

Minor in Music"How to Make Shit Sound Pretty

Nuclear Engineering:How to Destroy/Power Shit

Philosophy:Thinking About Shit

Physics:Why Shit Should Fall

Psychology:Why You Do The Shit You Do

Science, Technology, and Society: What The Hell Is This Shit

Things That Make Me Feel Alive

1. Being with M
   
2. Running along a trail in the woods
   
3. Adding finishing strokes to a painting
   
4. Debating a topic that I'm passionate about
5. Holding a baby
6. Looking at the starts
7. Holding M
8. Sitting down to a family-oriented meal
9. Hearing waves crash around me
10. Watching the sun rise
11. Hearing M's voice
12. Falling asleep to the sound of M's breathing
13. Thunderstorms
14. Driving with music blasting
15. Laughing uncontrollably
    
16. Making someone else happy
17. Being in love