A word from Arizona...: Highs and Lows

Tuesday, 8 April 2008

Highs and Lows

It's been a funny few days. Yesterday I found out that my GSA research proposal wasn't going to be granted for my work on Mars (although they commented that the project was of interest and the chances of success were high). Such is the process of applying for research money. On the up side, I brought tickets to see Metallica play in Tucson on Friday 16th May, the day before I leave to go home. A chance for some mindless violence that is 'moshing' along with awesome music from one of the greatest live bands.

Speaking of coming home, I've also booked my flight back home since it is only 5 1/2 weeks away. Tucson to London Heathrow via Dallas leaving May 17th arriving May 18th so if your at any of those airports on that weekend, be sure to say hi and help me carry all of my luggage.

Today I've got my fault paper to hand in for structural geology - 7 slightly tedious pages on the Hurricane Fault of south-west Utah. It really is as interesting as it sounds! Any how, it should be a good week. Laters everyone!

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Quality one-liners from our Tectonicist

"About 6 yrs ago (im not sure if he went nuts!) he said there are no mantle plumes. He thought he was so good he could form the minority of 1!"
"For geologists pi is a number between 2 and 4"
"Frenchy guys"
"He must have used a substance to heighten his creative ability somehow."
"I dont like people in general!"
"I shouldn't slate him, i dont really know what his diagram means"
"I'm never gonna complain again about my field-camp students being retarded!"
"If you've had enough wine, you can probably convince yourself of it!"
"It's a stupid interpretation"
"Its a pretty retarded diagram"
"Ive got 10 minutes left??? I'll finish in 5!"
"Ive just noticed it says 'please erase whiteboards when finished'. I'm not going to draw any more!"
"My parents come from a cave!"
"No questions? Everything is clear??? Wow!"
"See, you do have a purpose (in life)!"
"Thats all petrological...you know...stuff"
"The more guest lecturers i have, the less work i have to do!"
"The Mother Ship" - referring to North America
"There not different are they??? There all the same really!"
"This is just a load of local geology crap"
"Turn out some of the lights so you can fall asleep"
"Uncompressed decompressor"
"Undoubtedly wacky guy" (a self portrait perhaps!)
"Walla Walla - an insignificant place in the middle of no-where"
"We couldnt see why people didnt work here then we found out that a grad student from Texas went there on private land without the right permissions. They shot and killed him!"
"We don't have much access to the place - the owners are crazy people!"
"You can run a marine seismic line across the oceanic trench - kill a bunch of whales!"
"You mineralogy people just waste your time plotting phase diagrams to see if a mineral containing magnesium, alumina and orange juice can exist."
Mihai's phone beeps - Mihai gives it the finger!
Mihai's phone rings again - "Ignore"
Mihai: "Do you think i can write on the board with this pen?". Class: "NO!"
Refering (quite possibly) to the geophysicist sitting on the front row: "I'm not sure its worth wasting your time with that!"
Refering to a guest speaker coming in next week: "He's a nice guy......he's a got a little ADD!"
Refering to a honored guest speaker - "I didnt understand what he was talking about, i wasnt paying attention to him"
Refering to a well know tectonicist (who shall remain nameless) who recently completely changed his view on a current hot topic. "Mr X was blind to call it an adakite - it clearly isnt! Then again Mr X is Mrs X's husband so he was probably blind all his life!"
Refering to his interview when starting at the UofA, the interviewer asked if he wanted to meet anyone in the department to make his visit complete. He chooses the famous geologist whom he is replacing. Mihai: "I'd really like to meet Peter Colley since im replacing him!" Interviewer: "I'm sorry, thats not possible. He's been dead a while!"
Refering to his key note talk at a recent symposium: "My presentation was like a car crash!"
Refering to how awesome the geology department at the UofA is: "I finally realised that this POS state university is actually one of the best!"
Refering to some diagram: "Its constructed by a bunch of retarded people"
Refering to taking some business people on a fieldtrip - "Most of them werent professionals so it was easy to tell them whatever i liked!"
Refering to the apparently random locations of hotspots: "Hotspots don't really know what their doing"

A Small Selection of Stupid Signs (all genuine)