| You know what day it is...  |
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| And there's my annual post. |
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| And I didn't even post about it... |
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| Read this on RotoWorld:
Tigers GM Dave Dombrowski referred to second baseman Placido Polanco in the past-tense during a press conference on Thursday.
"No matter what happens, Placido Polanco has been a wonderful player and person," Dombrowski said of Polanco, seemingly giving strong indication that the impending free agent won't be brought back.
No, no, no.
That's so not past tense. That's totally present perfect. |
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| So, I was going to write something, but then I forgot what I was going to write.
Oh well, never mind.
Oh, now I remember. I was going to say: checking my email, I realized that the school year at UCLA has started because I am starting to get those "Welcome" emails from student organizations. Even though it has been several years since graduation, I am still on multiple mailing lists. That says a few things:
1) Unlike some people, I use the same email address for a long time.
2) Some student organizations do a good job holding on to email addresses.
3) Or rather, they've been using the same list without really thinking about it.)
I still get weekly newsletters from ESUC (Engineering Society of UCLA). Some events are just there every year. You know, Welcome Day, general meetings, E-week events, info-sessions, etc. And of course, there are new ones too. But I imagine myself being bored if I am an officer for a long time doing the same thing year after year. And wow, after all these years, the membership fee is still $5. Inflation? What's that?
I am still on the Linux Users Group mailing list for some reason, even though I've never really looked at the emails after my operating systems class. Why am I still on it anyway?
I am still on the LCC mailing list. I rarely say anything on there nowadays, but it's convenient for me if I ever need to find information for the website. I've built some back-end tools so they can just update things without extended knowledge of how websites work, but every now and then I still help update things that I didn't build tools for. It's convenient for me to just be able to grab information I need that came up in discussions for the website.
And I am still on the TAU (Taiwanese American Union) mailing list. Actually, I didn't even participate in their events when I was a student. I pretty much only show up if there's Taiwanese puppets being performed. And that happens, like, once every few years.
And since I have some friends that are still students, I get some invitations for student groups when they invite all without thinking who they are inviting. Many times a year I get invited to rush certain frats. I think they would probably have turned me away if I actually showed up. (But I was invited!!) If I protest, maybe they'll give me a coupon or something.
And yes, school year is starting. |
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