Haven't blogged in a while so its about time to keep all you blogo-maniac's happy with another dose of news and irreverent mumbo jumbo from Arizona. Last week was a busy week but next week is busier. Ive got a geochemistry midterm to revise for (oh joy!), a big geochem homework assignment, a seismic modelling project, an exploration seismology homework, a geology of the solar system homework and Mars GPR project to start! Hmmm!
So aside from Uni work, not a lot went down last week. The weather was, well, sunny (again) and Liverpool lost in the Champions League (again!). Friday we went, briefly, to a Halloween party where, besides the enormous amounts of free food, not a lot happened. Yesterday i biked to the Tucson Mall about 4 miles away just to have a look around. These things are huge - kind of like the massive one's you get in England but there everywhere. I read somewhere that at some point in the 1970's, a new Mall was opening every 90 minutes somewhere in the USA! Thats ridiculous! Even in Tucson, theres 2 Fry's supermarkets within about 2 miles of each other - whats the point? If they just build one, it'll make people walk abit further and maybe get some much needed exercise. Whilst on that subject, i called in at Walmart on the way back (actually brought a pair of shorts but anyway) whilst looking on the rack for a suitable size, i came across several 48in waist one's - if people are that fat, they should make them pay more for their clothes - perhaps as an incentive to lose some weight! Whilst the old stereotype that every American is fat and unhealthy is very generalistic and doesnt apply to everyone, it certainly applies to a lot of people! And just before i finish this mini rant - some American's are indeed very very dumb! A week last Saturday i was in Wilcox for the day. When entering the gift shop there, i didn't have to try very hard to over hear a woman say: "I'm not as stupid as i look you know!" Before prompty falling over the door step! The moment was priceless!
Rant over, now i must get on with some work. Although there was some interesting geology related news this week. An auction house in New York is having a meteorite session - selling 52 pieces of space rock with estimates from a few hundred $'s to $1.3million. The pick of the bunch is the only meteorite known to have caused a fatality by direct hit! Experts say the 1kg fragment has become a collectors item since it fell in South America in 1972, killing a cow!
And finally, a comment from Mihai Ducea, my tectonics lecturer (who also strongly thinks that the University of Arizona's Geology Department is the best in the USA and possible the best in the world judging by the number of resources available!) - "I finally realised this P.O.S (piece of ...) state university is actually one of the best!"
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