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This. Is. AMAZING!

  • (We’re taking a calculus final. The TA is a well-known Lord of the Rings fan, and we’ve had running LotR jokes all semester.)

  • TA:

    “Okay, guys, everyone look at me. We’ve been over the rules, but just in case: no notes, pencil your answers in on the scantron sheet, and graphing calculators only – no more ‘can I just used my cell phone’ nonsense.”

  • Student:

    “[TA's name], my calculator batteries just died! What should I do?”

  • TA:

    “Here, I’ve got a big box of spares.”

  • Student:

    *struggling* “I can’t get this packaging open…”

  • Student 2:

    “Here, I’ve got a pocket knife.”

  • TA:

    “And I’ve got a pair of scissors if you need them.”

  • Student 3:

    *from the back of the room* “OR MY AXE!”

  • (Everyone starts laughing.)

  • TA:

    “The only axes allowed on the exam are in the graph section.”

  • (Everyone groans.)

  • TA:

    “Oh, come on, you’re in a math class. Deal with the math jokes.”

  • (The professor enters with a stack of exams. With him are two exam proctors.)

  • Professor:

    “Tolkien jokes already, [TA's name]?”

  • TA:

    “Hey, I didn’t start it.”

  • (The professor starts handing stacks of exams to the TA and proctors.)

  • Professor:

    “But I’m about to finish it. [TA], take these exams down the left flank. [Proctor 1], follow the desks down the center. [Proctor 2], take your exams right, along the wall.”

  • (At this point, many of the students have realized where this is going:

    Theoden’s lines from ‘Return of the King.’)

  • Professor:

    “Forth, and fear no problems! Solve! Solve, students of calculus! Points shall be taken, scores shall be splintered! A pencil day! A red-ink day! Until three thirty!”

  • (The professor pulls out a pencil, holding it out like a sword, and runs down the first row holding it out. Students hold up their pencils, hitting his as he passes.)

  • Professor:

    “Solve now! Solve now! Solve to good grades and the class ending! MAAATH!”

  • Entire Class:

    “MAAATH!”

  • Professor:

    “MAAAAATH!”

  • Entire Class:

    “MAAAAAATH!”

  • Professor:

    “Forth, exam-takers!”

  • (The entire class rises to their feet and gives him a standing ovation. A week later, we get an email from the professor.)

  • Professor:

    *at the end of the email* “PS: I appreciate all of you who wrote in their evaluations that I was the one professor to rule them all, but the best one yet was the student who called me ‘Mathrandir.’”

Costumes for May Expo ‘13!

I’m currently making 2 costumes for this years May Expo; the first is a Death Knight from WoW and the second is the Flesh Maiden from Alice: the Madness Returns. The reason behind making 2 is because I’m not sure I’m get all the armour for the DK done in time. Also, I don’t want to roast the whole weekend.

I will post pictures eventually!

I’m not dead!

Hi everyone!

I know, I know; I’ve been gone ages! What have I been up to? Work, work and more work. I’ve been doing a lot more hours recently and have been given a 38 hour (per week) contract for the Christmas period with the prospect of becoming permanent, so fingers crossed!

In WoW news, Takera hasn’t moved from where she last was - Nik is abandoning WoW again so we won’t be questing together any time soon. Zynaida on the other hand is sat somewhere in the north-most zone of Pandaria and is almost at level cap (level 90) but my sub time ran out about 6 hours ago and I can’t be bothered to renew it yet.

Also, I have a new desktop which Nik helped me pick and that he built for me (because I just about know my way around a computer but nowhere near enough to be able to built my own yet).

I have started playing Alice: Madness Returns (which if you haven’t played yet, I highly recommend it) and am planning on making a play-through video sometime in the future once I have the software to do so. I will keep you posted on this.

Anyway, I believe that about covers everything. So, until next time. Bye! =^-^=

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