I've been going to trivia night at a pub occasionally. It's pretty fun, but it makes me feel fairly useless - that I don't know enough useless knowledge. And it makes me feel like a Philistine. Current events? I am useless. History? Useless. Art and literature? I can sometimes get the more pop culturey questions. Music? Useless. Recognizing famous people on photographs? Somewhat okay. I'll be happy if I can contribute like more than five answers per night and I am quite pleased when I do get a more academic type trivia question.
I should learn my presidents. Every trivia night there's like one or two questions pertaining to presidents. Like... who was the first president to have an assassination attempt made on him? The following are some questions I was able to answer this week. From what state was the winner of Miss America? In what movie is Dr. Cockroach in? What instrument does Jamie Foxx's character play in the Soloist? See the kind of questions I can answer? Haha. I can sometimes get sports related current events, as I pay more attention to sports than the people I usually go with. I am by no means a fountain of sports knowledge though. I wish there was less downtime in between rounds, because sometimes it feels like the waiting goes on foreeeever. The prize is fairly worthless: six bottles of beer. Teams are capped at six people.
Answers:
Andrew Jackson, the seventh President
North Carolina
Monsters vs. Aliens
Cello
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Monday, April 13, 2009
ATM
Holy monkey butt, there's an ATM within the north side of campus that I can use. The myths are real.
Friday, April 10, 2009
Trash
Why I like to use plastic shopping bags as trash bags:
1) They're free.
2) Employing one of the three R's - Reuse.
3) Requires frequent trips to the dumpster.
Why is 3) a good thing? Back when I lived with three roommates in an apartment with large trash cans, it would take too long until it was necessary to take out the trash. You might think this is a good thing, since less trips to the dumpster equals less work. Although it does mean less trips, it also means more time for the food to rot in the trash, causing the place to smell. Moreover, larger trash bags require more effort to remove, so people are less inclined to want to do it, which only worsens the smelly problem.
On a related note, recycling here kinda sucks. Berkeley only recycles types 1 and 2 plastics, but when I get food to go, the plastic containers are of type 6. The city of Berkeley may think not accepting such plastics is a deterrent for using plastic containers, but that's just wishful thinking or a lazy excuse -- people are going to keep on using them. Considering how hippie it is around here, you'd think people would care more about the recycling program, by you know... making it easier to recycle. Instead, I save up these plastic containers until I make a trip to the South Bay where I can recycle plastics up to type 6. And there I don't even need to separate my recyclables!
What does the inside of one's nose smell like?
1) They're free.
2) Employing one of the three R's - Reuse.
3) Requires frequent trips to the dumpster.
Why is 3) a good thing? Back when I lived with three roommates in an apartment with large trash cans, it would take too long until it was necessary to take out the trash. You might think this is a good thing, since less trips to the dumpster equals less work. Although it does mean less trips, it also means more time for the food to rot in the trash, causing the place to smell. Moreover, larger trash bags require more effort to remove, so people are less inclined to want to do it, which only worsens the smelly problem.
On a related note, recycling here kinda sucks. Berkeley only recycles types 1 and 2 plastics, but when I get food to go, the plastic containers are of type 6. The city of Berkeley may think not accepting such plastics is a deterrent for using plastic containers, but that's just wishful thinking or a lazy excuse -- people are going to keep on using them. Considering how hippie it is around here, you'd think people would care more about the recycling program, by you know... making it easier to recycle. Instead, I save up these plastic containers until I make a trip to the South Bay where I can recycle plastics up to type 6. And there I don't even need to separate my recyclables!
What does the inside of one's nose smell like?
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