Just hangin around the info commons while my lunch digests a bit - can't go to the gym on an empty stomach, nor can one go right after eating...
The class issue appears to be resolved - my adviser at NU tells me it will either come back as an upper level poly sci course, or possibly as a pre-law course - the latter will be wicked, as I was also told that with that course, I could petition for the minor - that isn't too bad...just, how will I fit it on my resume haha? Either way, the course will not be in vain.
So about the gym. Finally got around to joining yesterday, and it's pretty nice. I mean, it's a gym...all the weight machines, but substantially fewer cardio machines than NU - so few that use is limited to 20 minutes (which I could have stayed on for longer, but there was a queue when my time was up). And then - it keeps popping up - that darned metric system. I could gloat and say I was jogging at 10.0 for 20 minutes straight...but that is to say 10 KPH (6 MPH)...so not so impressive. I plan on lifting today, maybe like the states the machines will be dual-labeled (the leg press upon inspection was, that will be an immense help).
At this point in the tale, I could be an arrogant American and declare that everybody else should return to pounds, but to be honest, I feel the states should come round. It is really a lot easier...the conversion process alone is a headache...
2.2 lbs per kilogram? Temperature Celsius multiplied by nine-fifths (1.8) and then 32 added? besides, who's ingenious idea was it that "32" was the freezing point. "0" just seems a more natural number to assign to that. Perhaps Mr. Farenheit (or whoever invented that stupid system) had an inferiority complex. Although -- 30.48 seems alot more impressive than 12, correct?
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Fuck that, don't go soft on me, everyone must adapt to the US ways, including learning English lol!!
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