A (possibly boring) Day in the Life...

Well, as a fun way to keep a record of what I am doing, I was thinking it would be cool to take video of a typical day in the life of Rudy. That way I could look back and see what I was doing in the fall of 2010...

The video camera has taken a long break since I started the blog, and honestly I kinda forgot about it. I guess I am just not cut out for the life of a true blogger.

With Thanksgiving coming up and it being the last week of general chemistry lab, I decided it was prime time to capture some footage.

Part 1: Morning run. I have been doing track workouts on Tuesday mornings all fall, but since its basically winter, I decided that (even though I wanted to) I needed to take some time away from the track. Once the New Year starts, I will be back there quite a bit. Amanda and Billy (usual running buddies) went to the track, so I started later than usual at 6:40am. A bit ambitious, I took the camera on the run... (by the way, the window doesnt look that bad in real life)



Part 2: Riding into school and a tour of the office. This portion of the video was me explaining to all of the befuddled grad students why I was walking around with a video camera. No group meeting this morning at 8:30 and no seminar at 11, so the day was more free than usual. I got some awesome footage of math class... As it turns out, most of my classes are on MWF so I didnt get much film of class, but there is plenty of my teaching coming later...



Part 3: Tuesday afternoon usually consists of the tri team 1pm swim practice. Again, the camera slowed me down (I was 2 minutes late) as Mike gave a shoutout to Billy (coach of Navy tri team who I have been running with). Mike ended up getting some good swimming footage too--I didnt even know he was filming!



Part 4: And the last video of the day was of recitation (3:30-4:20), Lab 6-9, and then dinner and bed. We had a general chemistry test on Thursday this week, so the professors didnt teach all the material that I had planned on my quiz. I decided rather than to cancel I would make a small group quiz based on the material that I taught that day in recitation. Later in lab, news of my filming inspired Chris A. to come in with a hockey mask, so when you watch the video dont freak out.



In order to fit in with the somewhat scragly population here, I hadnt cut my hair since July, so it was getting a bit scragly in the videos... I went and got a haircut today. Just in time to go home (back to civilization).

PS. Also bought a poofy jacket at the golite sale today--its sweet.

Fourmile Fire

Yeah, its a little late to be putting this up but I havent really had much time since...August.

Reporting live on the fire, yours truly. Actually I woke up that day and was wondering if there was a volcano nearby. Then I checked the news for nuclear war. Then I went outside and it smelled like a barbecue, so I wasnt as worried. So, I flipped it!



All the roads were blocked off so I couldnt get any close ups.