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My Synthesizing Abilities

I had my first ever oral exam last week. I had never before had an oral exam. I don't consider my thesis presentation an oral exam, because I had two hours to present and support my thesis, and then answer questions from my panel - questions which I had already discussed with each one of the panel members individually. So that was no stress. And my thesis was awesome. But the German system is very interesting, and I had to take one 15-minute oral exam for The Alamo Seminar. It was one whole semester on The Alamo and how it was represented in film, literature and popular culture. I am now an Alamo expert. I challenge my historian friends Julie and Joe to ask me anything they want. Not everyone is required to take this oral exam for this seminar, so out of a class of 30, I think I was one of three who took this exam. I figured that the teacher would let us go easy and just make sure that we did do the readings; since I event to every single class (perfect attendance) and particip

How many drinks do you need to...

How many drinks do you need to... ...do a snow angel at 3 am? Cero. ...speak fluent German? One. Maybe two. ...dance to House/Trance/Electro/Pop? Two. ...dance to House/Trance/Electro/Pop without getting bored or tired? Three. ...dance salsa-style to House/Trance/Electro/Pop? Four. Or cero. Who am I kidding. ...insult a girl pushing you on the dance floor? Five. ...insult her looking right into her eyes? Six. ...push a guy who is trying to hit on you on the dance floor? Seven. ...hit a guy who is still trying to hit on you on the dance floor? Seven-and-a-sip. ...yell at, hit, kick and punch said guy? Apparently seven-and-two-sips. Because then you spill your vodka-passion fruit glass. ...be forced out of said fight and driven home? Nine. ...to survive such an eventful night? Ten. But of water.