Weirdos

I think the vast majority of readers here, as many as 300 or so, have had a similar experience. Or maybe it's just me. I have a hard time paying attention in any non-linguistics class. I'm serious, so far, in all my linguistics classes, I've been able to pay attention and am generally quite interested in the subject matter. I guess I chose a good major for myself. But unfortunately, since Michigan State is a liberal arts university I can't just take classes from my major and be done with it. The university requires its graduates to be well versed in many blah blah blah. So I, and all the other students are forced to take classes like Interdisciplinary Arts and Humanities and Integrated Studies in Biology. I can't manage to pay attention in them. I'm only taking them because I have to and I'm only going to them because I'm concerned about my GPA for grad school. Well, I'm also taking a Programming class this year, it's not a university requirement but it's a prerequisite for Computational Linguistics.

I have trouble paying attention in that class too. Not because the subject matter is particularly boring, (it is, but it's not too bad) but because there are so many freaking weirdos in that class. It's in the College of Engineering, so I suppose it can be expected, there will be some nerds. But come on. The other week, I was sitting there, just trying to take it all in, trying to figure out what the hell was wrong with these people. I don't understand how so many of them have such greasy hair. You've got to take a shower. That's the rule in this society, and everyone is required to follow the rules. I wont have any of this independence and free will. Anyways. There are two guys in particular. They're just fucked up looking dudes. Both with greasy hair. Anyways, while I was sitting there in disbelief, I decided to draw them. I'm not a great artist, but I'm actually pretty pleased with how accurate these pictures are. If you saw the guys, I think you'd agree these are pretty accurate profiles.