Live from the Library!

Well, here we are again, writing a blog post instead of studying for final exams. Posts will be a bit more inconsistent in the future, but we hope that you will continue to frequent our piece of the online pie. We are also considering changing online venues to tumblr. But this is still in the works.

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ANYWAY, we bring to you today an ethical dilemma of underwhelming magnitude (POP POP).

We will discuss skipping class - is it in any way moral or edifying, and can it ever be wholly justified? Firstly, here are some of our reasons this term for skipping class.*

I can skip today because....

- I'm tired. (/too lazy to get out of bed)

- I've gone to all my other classes this week.

- It's just a review class....

- There's a guest lecturer.

- This won't be on the exam...

- It's my only class of the day.

- I have to finish a paper for a different class.

- It's raining. (A very useful excuse living in Vancouver)

- It's too nice out...

- I just plain don't want to go to class.

- I just got a new ______.

- My friend skipped.

- My friend is going and will take notes. (Between us, we could have gone to class 50% of the time, but we're better than that.)

So, are any of these justifiable? I would venture to say no. Perhaps the only excuses ever really good enough to make skipping class alright are that one has work to do for other classes. Also if you need to attend a funeral, perhaps.

But one also argue that skipping is actually better for one's mental health. If I had not skipped a single class this term, I can confidently say I would have been checked into a psych ward after attempting to colour in all the white space my own eyeballs. This following the (hypothetical) trauma suffered by the preschoolers who heard me yelling "hotdogs are coming to invade our planet!!!!"

At any rate, that is to say that perhaps breaks are needed, in order to function properly in the majority of classes. I'm sure if I had attended more Psychology 1120 classes, I would have some actual science to back this up, but oh well. At least I'm normal.

Right?

In conclusion, we have no conclusion. Skipping is usually not justifiable, but also not completely wrong. After all, it's your own money (or the banks. or your parents.) that's being wasted. So be careful when skipping, and make sure not to do it TOO much... It's a slippery slope.

Signing off.

($tay tuned for an extra mini-blog from Colin this afternoon.)

*Also, please note that this really only applies in post-secondary schools. To our younger audience, we do not condone skipping in any way.

Bed time!

It is the last day of term. a.k.a. the ultimate Quiznos thursday!!!!

We are going to keep this snappy today.

On the docket today Nick and I will discuss bedroom furniture. and then end our post with a medley of random thoughts.

Although this is our last official post this term, do not fear. We will be posting, although slightly more irregularly (as if it could get any more irregular) throughout the summer.

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I often joke about Nick and our friend Karol (Karol consider this a shout out. Shout outs will become a regular feature on MFTC. Also, notice our new abbreviation for our blog... keep your eye on that!) and how they should sleep in bunk beds, because they go everywhere together, like Thompson and Thomson in The Adventures of Tintin, minus the mustaches.

This got Nick and I talking about fantastic bedroom furnishing.

here is a list of our favourite types of beds in no particular order:

- Hammocks

- "Trunk" Beds (bunk beds with 3 tiers)

- Fold out wall beds (aka Murphy beds)

- 4 poster beds (especially if converted to blanket forts)

- Having a massive futon, covering your whole floor instead of carpet (so you could sleep literally        anywhere)... I think the Japanese have probably invented this, they are really smart, they make robots.

- Hot water beds. the soothing properties of a hot water bottle combined with the comfort of a water    bed              
              - nick also suggests vitamin water beds. Healthy and comfy

- Pillow nests

- Strapping yourself to a wall using Velcro, like astronauts do.

- Sleeping between two giant, warm, syrup-free pancakes.


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here are a few random thoughts to ponder until we get around to blogging again - don't think them all at once!!
- Colin thinks country music is a lifestyle (more on this later)
- Nick is excited for playoff (beard) season
- Colin realizes these aren't thoughts, but statements
- Nick thinks that statements are technically thoughts, to be able to be said at all
- Colin ponders and agrees, but maintains that these don't give our readers much to think about
- The strange combination of peanut butter and mayonnaise (some people enjoy this, really.)
- Shout out to 'D' for winning the small competition from last post. A mix-tape is coming your way
- How many burps would it take to fuel a hot air balloon? (a customized lolcat picture will be awarded to the person who can give us mathematic evidence on this topic)
- 'I' before 'E' except after 'C'. And in all the words where that rule doesn't apply. (weight, neighbour, etc)
- What's the difference between pizza and flatbread?
- why would a person wear a belt and suspenders at the same time? (we can see a person doing this)
- people who wear sunglasses inside are really cool.
- FUN FACT - Jon Senn deserves a shout out! (Also, walruses have 18 teeth, which is two more than the usual number of people on the hit reality tv show Survivor.)
- Would you read a Survivor blog written by Colin?

- AND... What is stopping YOU from commenting?

This was going to be a short post, but it really isn't.

Thanks for readin'.