New Year's Resolutions

In no particular order:
  • Document every inappropriate usage of the fonts Comic Sans and Papyrus. Offenders will be blogged about and virtually chastised on this very blog. For more information on this pressing issue of our era, visit comicsanscriminal.com, bancomicsans.com, and the Ban Papyrus Facebook group.
  • Learn more about my identity in Christ.
  • Be in shape. No more pudge.
  • Read the entire Bible in a year's time, using the L3 Journal.
  • Finally pass Differential Equations.
  • Watch every King of the Hill episode in four months' time. (All 259 episodes. Thank you, Netflix. That averages to 16 episodes a week, or nearly six hours a week.)

Top Quotes of Fall Semester 2011, as recorded by Twitter

It's time for the biannual post that you know you love!
  • August 19: "Why does it [the Payless Shoe Source commercial] say, 'I am a pale oncologist'?" –James Lang
  • August 20: [referring to the "5 Styles of Shrimp" promotion at Ryan's Steakhouse] "Nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, and diarrhea." –Bryan Snow
  • August 23: "Don't record me during the music. I don't want to end up in a video like Tony Merida." –Chip Henderson, when speaking at the BSU
  • September 11: "My booger-rocket ratio has been up lately. I mean, I thought NASA was shutting down!: –Bryan Snow 
  • October 6: "Have you ever held your toothbrush still and instead moved your head to brush your teeth?" –Bryan Snow
  • November 13: "I wish I could find a girl who loves me like she loves Pinterest!" –Bryan Snow
On a related note, here are the top King of the Hill quotes from episodes aired this semester:
  • "Did you mean for all those words to come out that way or did they just fall out randomly?" –Hank Hill
  • "Javalelujah" –A name for a Christian coffee shop
  • "All those VWs in the parking lot I assumed it was a Unitarian church." –Hank Hill
And one quote from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory:
  • "If the good Lord had intended for us to walk, He wouldn't have invented roller skates." –Willy Wonka

2011 in Review: Hour by Hour

Now that my fifth semester of college is completed, I have a lot of free time on my hands. I had a novel idea to review my year, and being the logical person that I am, I decided to count the hours I spent doing certain activities.

College
  • Driving to and from Starkville (12.5 times at 5.5 hours round trip): 68.75 hours (2.86 days)
  • Commuting to and from campus (150 days at 30 minutes): 75 hours (3.13 days)
  • Spring classes (14.2 weeks at 17.667 hours plus 5 hours for exams): 255.87 hours (10.66 days)
  • Fall classes (14.4 weeks at 15 hours plus 5 hours for exams): 221 hours (9.21 days)
  • Football games: 50 hours
  • Tents for Tickets (the dumbest idea ever): 8 hours
  • Choir special events (concerts, El Capitan, travelling): 30.5 hours
Total:  709.12 hours (29.55 days)

BSU
  • Priority (26 times at 4 hours [includes prep time]): 104 hours (4.33 days)
  • Noonday (29 times at 1.75 hours [includes prep time]): 50.75 hours (2.11 days)
  • BASIC Training (including prep, filming, video editing): 45 hours
  • Fall Retreat (including prep, setup): 30 hours
  • Other tech activities: 13 hours
  • New Orleans Mission Project: 50 hours
  • Non-tech activities (Barn Party, End-of-year Party, Christmas Party): 8 hours
Total: 300.75 hours (12.53 days)

Pinelake
  • Sunday services (non-tech): (10 times at 2 hours): 20 hours
  • Renewal (non-tech): (15 times at 2 hours): 30 hours
  • Sunday services (tech): (14 times at 6.5 hours): 91 hours (3.79 days)
  • Renewal (tech): (13 times at 4 hours): 52 (2.16 days)
  • Other events (Shine, tech meetings, Christmas party): 10 hours
Total: 203 hours (8.46 days)

Bellevue (non-work)
  • Sunday services: (14 times at 2 hours): 28 hours
  • Tech services: (3 times at 4 hours): 12 hours
  • Starlight Spectacular: 8 hours
Total: 48 hours (2 days)

MSU Praise
  • Various events (Monday Night Praise, Downpour, auditions): 18 hours
  • The Spirit of Christmas (rehearsals, preparation included): 14 hours
Total: 32 hours (1.33 days)

Summer Activities
  • Working with the Bellevue Baptist Church Music Ministry (including commuting) (8.7 weeks at 43.3 hours): 376.71 hours (15.70 days)
  • Volunteering with the National Weather Service: 11.25 hours
  • Fun activities (Weddings, vacations, etc.): 285 hours (11.88 days)
Total: 672.96 hours (28.04 days)

For comparison's sake, I assume 8 hours of sleep per night, 3 hours of watching TV a day, 2.25 hours of eating a day, and 2 hours on the computer a day.

Here's the graph of my year:

Of course, this is hardly meant to be scientific. (This is what an only child does to entertain himself.) But, it is interesting to see where 2011 went.