What I learned in college…

• The International Phonetic Alphabet.
• Squid is in the same phylum as clams and mollusks. I find that odd.
• I discovered a lot of amazing music to add to my personal collection.
• The members of Radiohead are geniuses. I didn’t figure that out until college.
• Sufjan Stevens, Kaki King, and Sigur Ros are amazing also.
  
• I am really bad at math and chemistry.
• Not too good at debates either.
• My best writing happens on a deadline. I can bust out a typical 3-5 page paper the night before it’s due.
• Longest paper I wrote for school was a 13-page analysis of the Swastika.
• Hitler ruined the meaning of the Swastika. Forever.
• We do not live in a Democracy, but a Democratic Republic.
• Most people don’t understand the difference.
• According to Dr. Brooks, the 0 and 1 that used for computer code are representative of “doughnuts” and “breadsticks” a.k.a. reproductive organs. (Because you have to create and reproduce computer code…and that is somehow significant, I don't remember why)
• Shakespeare is brilliant. I didn’t understand him until Brooks’ class.
• Toni Morrison is pretty brilliant too.
• Alice Walker helped bring back attention to Zora Neale Hurston (Their Eyes Were Watching God), for the betterment of American literature in my opinion.
• Listening to “The Postal Service” fits any situation. Road trips, working out, etc.
• Roadtrips are the best. There’s quite a few neat places to drive to from C-Stat.
• Bus driving is repetitive. That probably didn’t need to be said.
• McDonalds makes decent coffee.
• I am an "INFJ" on the Myers-Briggs scale of personalities.
  
• Pride & Prejudice is just as good the 20th time as the 1st.
• Wes Anderson is the man.
• There's about 7,000 languages in the world.
  
• There's 160 living languages in the US alone.
  
• Only two states have given a language official status (Hawaii & New Mexico).
• There is no such thing as a primitive language. No Linguist would use that term.
  
• Language evolves. Period. Anyone who thinks they can stop it is crazy.
• Politics is messy but necessary.
  
• Government is slow to change.
• Technology changes way too quickly.
• People want things “easy, simple, and fast” so much, I don’t know if we could ever slow down again. I’ll keep trying though.
• I like vinyl records.
• And film cameras.
• And the days when people didn’t need cell phones. They made plans and stuck to them.
• Most of the stuff on TV sucks, except The Office and the Discovery Channel. (food network does alright, however the travel channel has lost its edge)
• I read the Bible more regularly than I ever have. I think that’s interesting.
• Reading is fun. (ok ok I knew that before college….but my variety of books I like to read has since grown)
• I have some dang good friends.