Franklin’s Blog
The weeks seem to be passing faster
The weeks seem to be passing faster. Now that Thanksgiving break looms on the horizon, it’s hard to look at anything else. Thank goodness that all of the tests that are coming up are either at the last day of class or during finals week. In any case, life on campus has been pretty good [...]
End of semester coming up
Time’s just flying right by! In just a little over four weeks, this semester will have ended! Thanksgiving vacation is in under three weeks, registration is in three days….. Everything’s just coming so fast! Naturally, this is the perfect time for my laptop to break. After two-and-a-half years of dedicated use, my little Macintosh has [...]
Halloween weekend
It’s time for the Halloween weekend! Crazy costumes, free food everywhere, scary movies during broad daylight, it’s the one day where it all comes together! As always, I paid my tuition costs right before the day arrived, so I’m dirt poor and in need of a costume. After digging through my closet, I guess I’ve [...]
Whoa that was a busy weekend!
Whoa that was a busy weekend! Even though my family stayed home for family weekend, I still got a chance to meet the families of pretty much everyone in my residence hall. It’s quite a bit harder to get anything done when you’re constantly being asked “How do you like RPI?” and “Where’s the Union?” [...]
I made a serious mistake this last week
I made a serious mistake this last week. I got less than six hours of rest a day. This resulted in the usual spread of issues, including falling asleep with my eyes open, sleeping in the lounge, and the inability to focus for any long length of time. I would not recommend imitating this. Whenever [...]
The ECAV opening was amazing
Wooo! The ECAV opening was amazing. Fanfest was loaded down with all sorts of food at the start of the day, including kettle corn, cheeseburgers, hot dogs, ice cream, and free soda! After the initial part of the day, where I said hi to dozens of friends and sat on the high steps, the games [...]
Every single difficult assignment comes due all at once
Homework assignments are starting to pick up now that the first tests of the semester are out of the way. This is the real meat of any semester, where every single difficult assignment comes due all at once. You might also notice that all tests tend to happen on the same week for no apparent [...]
Down to business!
This last week has marked the true beginning of the fall semester. Tests have begun to appear, more and more events are popping up on the calendar, and the first parties have commenced. Of particular note was the mini-party held last night, which was a celebration sponsored by Ubisoft to celebrate the release of one [...]
The RPI events start to begin
With the third week of classes out of the way, the RPI events start to begin. The Hockey Line tailgate party happened this week, which gave me an opportunity to try out my puck shooting skills against the Men’s Hockey goalie (I lost), so that was a pretty good start. Today, I’m probably going to [...]
Well, I’m back
Well, I’m back. The school year is already 2/15 complete, and classes continue like I never left. This year is a little different, though, as I started my own business over the summer. The way you view the world is so much different when you can pay your bills, believe me. You start thinking “Hey, [...]
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