The Agrinautica

   I haven't gotten a chance to really do anything on a computer since Tuesday, didn't go near one at all all day Wednesday. A lot has happened.


The No-cal/So-cal Exchange Programme
   Croat and Anna (inequity and beatlebake) from the Diedrichs crew back home arrived here in Davis on Tuesday night. I proceeded to give them a tour of Davis, and upon seeing people playing ultimate frisbee at 11pm in the freezing cold Croat declared it reminded him of PCU, a convinction that would only be strengthened exponentially upon seeing the campus in action the next day.
   I showed them some basic things, Cafe Roma ("where the intellectuals hang out"), Delta Venus ("where the hippies hang out"), fast and sleezy ("where..."), but amid Anna's constant "where are the bars?" "are we going to go to the bars now?" I eventually embarked to show them Davis' hopping Tuesday night bar scene. Something I myself had certainly never experienced before on any night.
   We soon ended up at the G Street Pub, "where Rob Roy (robroy10280) hangs out [apparently.]" Well he was there anyway.


   Tuesday Croat went into campus with me. I showed him around the MU underhalls and the usual things, we witnessed the black power rally that was going on at the time (very PCU), and caught some of the band Divit which was playing in the quad at the time. Then along with Kristy and Courtney we went up to the legendary fifth floor of the MU.
   As Anna had at that time become enraged and wrathful at our continued absense, Kristy drove Croat and I back to my apt.

One Pound of Solid Burger
   Having heard legends already about Red Rum Burger, Croat and Anna were very much inclined to go there for dinner. Croat and I both had the one pound burgers, which let me tell you are friggen monstrous. Aside from being extremely difficult and unruly to eat, it was very good and a nice adequate amount of food (though I did have room for a large soda afterwords).


The Tiger Army, Nekromantix, Rancid Show
   Wednesday night was of course the show with the aforementioned bands. Being me, I got in and was able to get my two cohorts in for free and without being checked by security. Unfortunately though we conspired mightely to take advantage of the latter attribute, due to time constraints we didn't have time to.
   And the show? I don't know what to say except that it was totally 100% for awesome. I prodigiously got my mosh on during Nekromantix and Tiger Army, and I even degenerated to unusual levels of groupieness and got three Nekromantix and one Tiger Army members to sign my poster. Rancid was hiding.


   Today we watched the first twenty minutes of Saving Private Ryan in POL121 (The Scientific Study of War). Professor Gartner explained "from what I'm told by those who have actually been in war, the first twenty minutes of Saving Private Ryan are the most accurate portrayal of the experience available."
   Another highlight of my day was when Professor Jensen told me that a kilogram of Plutonium can produce, and I quote "a buttload of energy."


Continuing Judicial Conflict In ASUCD
   Earlier this week I was informed by Student Government Advisor Vicki Swett that she had taken the removal of the Court Member OFF the agenda for today's Senate meeting because "Sara wants to meet with you first."
   Thats just great but it happens to be that you can't just ignore the Constitution and Codes whenever you want to meet with someone. I could not delay the removal if I wanted to meet with her, nor could I if I thought the guy was awesome and wanted him to stay. The Codes say that he must be considered for removal and he must be considered for removal as soon as possible.

   Later on I ran into Sara (the President) herself, and SHE told me that the removal could not be considered because I had not personally notified the person to be removed of the Hearing. When I responded that the Standing Rules unequivically state that the President Pro Tempore must do that she said "well thats not how we usually do it."
   (A) it is ridiculous to accuse someone of wrongdoing in that they followed the written legal guidelines rather than some arcane custom (B) that they usually violate the constitution is NOT justification for continued violation (C) of all people to try to use such ridiculous arguments on, the chief enforcer of constitutionality, the Chief Justice, is NOT the person one should expect to be impressed by such logic.

   I went to the Senate meeting today to swear in three new Justices (Justii?), and made a short report to the Senate regarding the further unconstitutional delays facing the Court and "one of you is now clearly liable if someone were to file a case regarding this," as I stared directly at the Senate President Pro Tempore. His only wrongdoing is that he is either incompetent, terminally flakey, or spineless, but regardless of his part in Vicki's evil whims, HE is the one most clearly liable for failing to do his duty here.


Pictures
   I was pictured on the front page of the Aggie today... albeit in the background (far right corner) of a large group. The picture appears here.
   Also I finally tracked down those halloween pictures. Courtbutt posted them here.