| Recent Posts | About the Author | Navigation |
|---|---|---|
|
|
David is an occasional blogger, software engineer, Nintendo fanboy, liberal, news magazine addict, voracious TiVo user, and bibliophile. He was born in St. Louis, grew up in southern Indiana, and returned to St. Louis to attend Washington University. He hasn't managed to escape yet. He's a fan of free wine tastings, too many tv shows to name, and eating out. David makes his living developing web applications used internally by his employer. He doesn't blog about work because he's heard too many stories about that causing workplace troubles. There's more on the about page. |
|
| Recent Comments | ||
|
|
||
| Recent Photos | ||
|
|
||
13 November 2001 - 3:00 pm
Yesterday, while walking by the library I noticed some four-foot tall wooden letters, painted orange, and placed on the balcony around the library. And these letters scared me. I was scared because they proclaimed the one week of the year when I have to pretend not to be associated with the School of Engineering and Applied Science. That's right, this week is "ENWEEK." What is EnWeek? It's the week before Thanksgiving when a small subsection of WashU engineers do their best to reinforce all of the engineering stereotypes that the rest of us try very hard to dispel during the other 51 weeks of the year. During "EnWeek," these engineering students (feel free to call them enginerds, geeks, or EnCouncil members) dye their hair red and wear orange camouflage tshirts and orange hardhats. And worse, if things could be any worse, they plan events like "Battlebots" and "Black-Box Challenge." ACM is sponsoring a gaming contest as part of EnWeek. And it's scheduled for FRIDAY NIGHT! Is there anything that proclaims your engiNERDINESS more than going to the CS Graders Office to play Worms on a Friday night? I don't think so.
I can't wait for this nightmare week to end.
Posted by on 13 November 2001 at 2:59 PM
Comments