Dat Beard Tho

Video of the Week: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dURYoLe-0Vg&feature=youtube

Life Update: It's full speed ahead until Thanksgiving gets here. But, to be honest, I don't really mind. Right now it might seem overwhelming at times, but one day, I know I'm going to look back and miss these days. AND MY BEST FRIEND IS COMING THIS WEEKEND! She's hopping over from the land of Tech. I'm so excited <--- Can you tell? 

So, as far as the life update part goes, I'll start with last Wednesday. It was quite a jam-packed day. I had class, worked more on my plant project (which has pretty much consumed my life up to this point), went to sheep practice, went to Wesley (worship in the round, y'all), and finished my day up by meeting a friend at 2 Story to study it up till midnight.

Thursday. Such an amazing day. After my first class, I headed to my lab. But this was no ordinary lab - we went to Zoo ATL for a behind the scenes tour! I GOT TO BOTTLE FEED A TIGER. Best. Lab. Ever. Hands down. I wish I could post a pic, but I can't for legal reasons. We got back really late that night after eating dinner together at Doc Chey's in the ATL. Since I had a repro test on Friday, I met people at 2 Story to once again study till midnight. But this time we moved over to Waffle House until about 2am to finish. We also made friends with the ladies that work there, but that's a story for another day :) All around, I'd say it was a pretty awesome day.

Friday consisted of my classes, i.e. the repro test and volleyball (we won our 2nd game in the "friendly comp" tournament haha), and work. Buuuuuuuut since it was homecoming weekend, I went to the parade and carnival that night with a group of people, and we had a blast! I'll post pics at the end of this. Later that night, I went over to a friend's house a we hung out for a while. 

I slept in Saturday because I literately had nothing to do except the plant project for that day. That night, though, I went to my friend's 21st bday party. We went to Olive Garden and then to her house to hang out and stuff. Twas fun! 

I had to work on Sunday, so there's not much to say there. I worked on my project more and finished off the day by having dinner with my one of my lovely housemates at Keba.

Monday. Oh, glorious Monday. And I'm not being sarcastic there. Soooooo I'm heading to my classes in the morning and stopped by Starbucks on the way to grab some coffee and brekkie (cause I pretty much had pasta and salmon at home and that's it). I got this text from my friend whose in my first class that says that a pipe broke in the main room (where my class was), flooded the building, and they had cancelled class. Well, all my Monday classes except PE are in that room, so it was back home I went! I got some cleaning done around the house and finally went grocery shopping. I had DT later that evening where (for about the second or third time in my life) I literately had one of those moments that took my breath away. I may write about it later...But yeah. God's so cool. After group DT, I had a couple of meetings and got to talk with someone about my study abroad experience. Before I knew it, and hour and a half had gone by. And for those of you who know me, I don't ever talk that much! Well...usually. 

And that brings me to today, as I sit here typing this post smelling like sheep and about to fall asleep. Well, would you look at that. I rhymed. (Don't have a cow. - Joke of the night.) I met a friend for brekkie this morning at Walker's, a local coffee shop. Class. Work. The daily stuff. But then, I went to work with my sheep after work. She actually walked a tiny bit, but I'm still quite nervous for her...the show is Sunday. I went and proctored an exam after that, helped with the grading, and then came home. And here we are. 

As promised, here's so pics from the zoo and what-not. (And warning...proceed with caution to the later part of this post.)

Dairy Fun Night - "Confused Cow"

Panda at Zoo ATL

Admiring the GLTs

Carnival Action Shot

Cotton Candy (...not even the fried pickles yet)

Beyond the Stage

Laila with Loki & me with Button

  

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To be honest, I started this blog post without really knowing what I was going to talk about. But then it hit me. It's November. Clearly I have to discuss my stance on facial hair, particularly the beard. (If you can't tell by now, this is by no means a serious blog post.)

I, being the nerd that I am, proceeded to look up the definition of "beard" so as to get a scholarly opinion on the issue at hand, and I found 2 definitions. I like the second one better, so I'll post it - "a hairy or bristly appendage or tuft." Now if the word "tuft" doesn't make you laugh out loud (or LOL as we like to call it nowadays), I don't know what will. But for real.

So what's my opinion on people who like to grow this tuft? Well, I say more power to them. Clearly I'm in no place to judge. However, if I may step on my pedestal for a second or two and just be honest - I'm not really a fan. Sure, it works for some people, e.g. Si...and yeah, that's about it. I don't mind people who grow them in good fun for the month of November, but overall, I'm just not a fan. And if you reading this have a beard, that's fine. Nothing wrong with that. There are people who love beards. I am just not one of them. (Although I am a "Beard Lover" in reference to being a fan of Wheezy Waiter.) I really don't mind stubbles, though, but the full out beard. Personally, just no. 

So there you have it folks. My stance on beards. Now moving on with our lives. 


Until next time (when I hopefully have something more meaningful to contribute to society),
Megan

Fun Fact: In the 1700s, Peter the Great taxed Russian beards at the rate of 100 rubles per beard. The lower class paid a kopek. (Granted, 1 ruble is about $0.03 American dollars.)