Pete's Log: flemish nationalism, sleep, and more
Entry #571, (Life in General)(posted when I was 22 years old.)
So today I failed to wake up for class. I know I set my alarm, and I know my alarm was turned off when I woke up at 10:45 this morning. grrr... and I only watched about 20 minutes of Das Boot last night, somehow I found some willpower (ok, I was falling asleep, so technically it wasn't willpower, but whatever) to quit watching it.
Arrived on campus shortly after 11 and wandered to Recker's with Anne. My efforts to make her understand the true meaning of the word flemish are failing miserably. My national pride (yes, I'm a Flemish nationalist, not a Belgian nationalist) is at stake. She associates the word flemish with various spitting related activities, or such. I don't quite understand it. So two options I'm considering pursuing: 1. acting really offended at her insensitivity to my cultural heritage or 2. simply start using the flemish words. Vlaanderen instead of Flanders, Vlaams and Vlamingen instead of flemish. There's also the third option of ignoring this entire thing. I mean after all, de Vlamingen have endured occupations by the french, germans, spanish, austrians, romans, and who knows who else. We can endure the oppression of Anne Burns. We also watched some of that fun election coverage during lunch. The question that I'm interested in now is: how long until we know? Chances seem low we'll actually have a final answer after the recount tonight, so will it be november 17 when they're done with absentee ballots? Or will we not know until the electoral college votes or later?
Helped Tom Smith some more with his OS stuff. Adjusted some 232 student's test 2 grade by 12 points, his total had been added up absurdly wrong. The kid seemed quite content with his new grade. I can see that. There is still no homework 8 posted for 232.