Senior year was special, I have to admit. First, people everywhere started asking us questions like:
"How's Senior Design going?"
"Are you excited to graduate?"
"Do you have a job?"
"Do you have every aspect of the next 50 years of your life figured out?"
So thank you, fellow seniors, for sharing in the inside joke that the only logical answer to these and other questions are to look at another senior and start laughing. Or crying. Mostly crying.
Senior year was also special because we knew we didn't have to figure out the little stuff like we did the first few years. By this time, we knew school was hard, but we knew we could make it. Probably. We knew who our classmates were and what our professors might be like. I accepted that I would procrastinate everything and didn't lie to myself otherwise, yet still lamented against myself when everything was due. We realized that there were a lot more important things than homework. And we had our friends and knew who we wanted to spend our last semesters with. Okay, maybe that's not necessarily little stuff. But anyway.
Here are quotes from some of the cast of characters from my senior year, and as you will see, their quotes range on the spectrum of profound wisdom to moments of nerdy laughter. As a sidenote, each set of quote posts since sophomore year has contained at least one Pokemon reference. Never change, Mines.
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"I'm a senior. I shouldn't have to go to class." ~ Jake
"I have to go do homework. Well, is Senior Design really considered homework or torture?" ~ Antonia
"It's so boring. I'd rather fail the class than listen to lecture." ~ Eric, on Thermo 209
"It looks like 4 questions, but it's really 40 questions." ~ Rachel, on Jeff homework assignments
"It's a lot cooler to know the Creator of the stuff rather than just the stuff." ~ Michael
"I think free food is a symbol of salvation. Like, we didn't do anything to deserve it. But it's there for the taking." ~ Craig
"The best free food is stolen." ~ Colton
"I wish the library allowed food. And by allowed food, I mean sold food. I don't understand why they don't allow food, because no one reads the books." ~ Rima
"I thought that was a box of donuts but I was so confused because the box said Reservoir Fluid Properties." ~ Amanda, on Ganaa's binder
"Let's put a unit impulse in this jelly bean system." ~ Sean
"I must sleep. It is my time. Farewell. ...That sounds like a suicide note, but you should know that I just ordered an ice cream maker, so I have a lot to live for." ~ Jayden
Colton, looking for a laptop: "I need Windows."
Me: "Story of our lives." (because Green Center has no windows)
"I want to say spiked my interest, but spike makes me think of a Green's function." ~ Elizabeth, on writing to professors for grad school
Krista: "So whether you're getting married, or going to grad school..."
Me: "Yeah, there were two choices. No one wanted to marry me, so I thought, 'Better apply to grad school.'"
"I saw you meeting new people, and I thought, 'I'm glad that's not me meeting new people.'" ~ Andy
"I have a bunch of friends. I see them every day in class." ~ Jake
"Computers aren't your friends. You have to beat the computer into submission." ~ Colton
"He's an abuser. He treats his computers like he treats his coffee." ~ CompScis in Higher Grounds, on one of their professors.
Sean: "Austin, what is geophysics?"
Austin: "Geophysics is when you bang your head against the ground [demonstrates]... and send an impulse through it...and then listen for the echo."
"I miss studying for tests." ~ Rosie, on the torture of Inversion homework
"Huygens..Fermat...meh, I don't know, I'm more of a Maxwell guy." ~ Joseph, on Seismic vs Potential Fields
"We're the three slacketeers!" ~ Rachel
"Let's put a unit impulse in this jelly bean system." ~ Sean
"I must sleep. It is my time. Farewell. ...That sounds like a suicide note, but you should know that I just ordered an ice cream maker, so I have a lot to live for." ~ Jayden
Colton, looking for a laptop: "I need Windows."
Me: "Story of our lives." (because Green Center has no windows)
"I want to say spiked my interest, but spike makes me think of a Green's function." ~ Elizabeth, on writing to professors for grad school
Krista: "So whether you're getting married, or going to grad school..."
Me: "Yeah, there were two choices. No one wanted to marry me, so I thought, 'Better apply to grad school.'"
"I saw you meeting new people, and I thought, 'I'm glad that's not me meeting new people.'" ~ Andy
"I have a bunch of friends. I see them every day in class." ~ Jake
"Computers aren't your friends. You have to beat the computer into submission." ~ Colton
"He's an abuser. He treats his computers like he treats his coffee." ~ CompScis in Higher Grounds, on one of their professors.
Sean: "Austin, what is geophysics?"
Austin: "Geophysics is when you bang your head against the ground [demonstrates]... and send an impulse through it...and then listen for the echo."
"I miss studying for tests." ~ Rosie, on the torture of Inversion homework
"Huygens..Fermat...meh, I don't know, I'm more of a Maxwell guy." ~ Joseph, on Seismic vs Potential Fields
"We're the three slacketeers!" ~ Rachel
Me: "Why are we so smart?"
"Because we're geophysicists."
Shane: "I think we're just not dumb. There's a difference."
"Guys we're the most attractive department at this school." ~Nik
While studying for Stratigraphy:
Emily: "What does 'coarse with some fine sediments' mean?"
Shane: "Like when a girl tells you she's fine.."
Chloe: "...She's not fine."
Craig: "The arabian peninsula is its own plate..."
Jace: "I was never good with geometry."
"Holy geology, Batman!" ~ Roy
"Because we're geophysicists."
Shane: "I think we're just not dumb. There's a difference."
"Guys we're the most attractive department at this school." ~Nik
While studying for Stratigraphy:
Emily: "What does 'coarse with some fine sediments' mean?"
Shane: "Like when a girl tells you she's fine.."
Chloe: "...She's not fine."
Craig: "The arabian peninsula is its own plate..."
Jace: "I was never good with geometry."
"Holy geology, Batman!" ~ Roy
In regards to becoming co-department head of Geophysics:
Tyrel: "When you become an admin or department head, everyone hates you. Even your professors."
Me: "Not Terry!"
Colton: "Terry still teaches. That might be why."
Me: "We can teach. You'll teach Java and I'll teach EPICS."
Colton: "Okay, perfect. You'll teach them MATLAB and I'll teach them (real) programming."
"I've slept so much lately...all that's left for me to become a Snorlax is to grow fur and start blocking people's paths." ~ Antonia, after school was over
"Woody Allen said half of life is showing up. Well, 10% of life is showing up." Dave, on attendance
Tyrel: "When you become an admin or department head, everyone hates you. Even your professors."
Me: "Not Terry!"
Colton: "Terry still teaches. That might be why."
Me: "We can teach. You'll teach Java and I'll teach EPICS."
Colton: "Okay, perfect. You'll teach them MATLAB and I'll teach them (real) programming."
"I've slept so much lately...all that's left for me to become a Snorlax is to grow fur and start blocking people's paths." ~ Antonia, after school was over
Professor quotes:
"I was very forgiving in my grading...it was sunny and I was happy." ~ Andreas
"Keep this handy. It's not in the book, but I thought it was kind of cute." ~ Andreas
"I was very forgiving in my grading...it was sunny and I was happy." ~ Andreas
"Keep this handy. It's not in the book, but I thought it was kind of cute." ~ Andreas
"Jeff is the fountain of all knowledge, as we know." ~ Ed
"I will continue to call is aluminium, I'm sorry. It's such a corruption of our language." Ed, on aluminum and English
"This is a Science paper. Which doesn't necessarily mean it's correct. But it's sexy." ~ Ed
"If you guys hate trigonometry, I have bad news for you. I kind of like trigonometry." ~ Paul
"When you start forgetting things, forget this last." ~ Paul, on something I already forgot
"I'll probably use them inconsistently myself." ~ Warren, on geology terms
"Back to my favorite villains, the modelers..." ~ Warren
"I will continue to call is aluminium, I'm sorry. It's such a corruption of our language." Ed, on aluminum and English
"This is a Science paper. Which doesn't necessarily mean it's correct. But it's sexy." ~ Ed
"If you guys hate trigonometry, I have bad news for you. I kind of like trigonometry." ~ Paul
"When you start forgetting things, forget this last." ~ Paul, on something I already forgot
"I'll probably use them inconsistently myself." ~ Warren, on geology terms
"Back to my favorite villains, the modelers..." ~ Warren
"There is.. stuff in the solar system." ~ Jeff
"The rich get richer, and the poor form a thin veneer on the rich." ~ Jeff, on the accretionary stage of planetary formation
"You guys are all lithophiles because you're geophysicists." ~ Jeff
"In (Continuum Mechanics class) I told you all that this happened and you believed me like suckers." ~ Jeff
"I don't publish it, and no one else has either, so consider it fiction." ~ Jeff
"The rich get richer, and the poor form a thin veneer on the rich." ~ Jeff, on the accretionary stage of planetary formation
"You guys are all lithophiles because you're geophysicists." ~ Jeff
"In (Continuum Mechanics class) I told you all that this happened and you believed me like suckers." ~ Jeff
"I don't publish it, and no one else has either, so consider it fiction." ~ Jeff
"Science is like skiing – you have to be willing to fall if you ever hope to do anything great." ~ Jeff
Me: "Who would the bizzaro Jeff be?"
Jeff: "Dave Hale. Haha just kidding."
Me: "Who would the bizzaro Jeff be?"
Jeff: "Dave Hale. Haha just kidding."
"I don't know if there's an easy degree program at Mines, but Geophysics definitely isn't it." ~ Dave Hale
"Woody Allen said half of life is showing up. Well, 10% of life is showing up." Dave, on attendance
"The passive voice is not liked by me very much." ~ Roel
"I expect you to write that. Treat me like an imbecile." ~ Prof. Martin
"As long as you keep your wits about you, it will be fine." ~ Prof. Martin
"I expect you to write that. Treat me like an imbecile." ~ Prof. Martin
"As long as you keep your wits about you, it will be fine." ~ Prof. Martin
