Random Picture Time

Its Friday and I'm tired of working for the week. So here are a few pictures for you to look at. The picture above is of me and a few of my classmates at Convocation. Convocation was in early June. I really don't know what date it was, but I was there, See. Well at least I didn't steal someone's body like Jeff did (Mike use to be on the far left, apparently). I only copied a body and pasted it. (thanks Pete)

These are a few of my co-workers here at Uni. Stuttgart. There are also a few visiting students from Holland and a few Professors in there too. It was taken in front of our building after a super-high-level-graduate course that I sat in on for a week. Right after this they brought out food and beer for us, like they seem to do on every occasion possible. There is a party whenever someone new arrives, and when someone leaves which is understandable. But the other day they celebrated someone being half finished, which I thought to be a stretch. Meh, Whatever.

Anyways, I'm headed to Berlin this weekend. I've been reading up and it sounds like its going to be a great time. I'm taking one of the Super-Super fast trains on the way there. It only takes 5 hours and I think it travels about 750km. I could work out the average speed of that journey for you, but I'd rather not look like a total nerd. I will tell you, however, that I shattered my land-speed-by-car record last weekend with my roommate on the way home from Karlsruhe. I won't divulge any details but I can tell you that it started with a 1, ended with a 5 and the middle was a 9. That's right Sherlock Holmes; my roommate got his 2004 VW Golf up to 195km/hr on the Autobahn. I think the previous record was probably 150k with James McLaughlain's Dad in 2003 on the 401 when we were late for a soccer game in Isslington. The Porsche that passed us was going way over 200k though and it was out of sight before I could take a picture. Apparently 195 isn't all that fast for the Autobahn.

This weekend I will probably break my land-speed-by-train record on the way to berlin. There seems to be a train heiracrhy here and the more letters or words in the name, the faster they go. The RZ (Regional Zug) only go about 150k, The IC (Inter-City) can reach maybe 200. The ICE (Inter-City-Express, shown above) I've seen reach 304, which is my current land-speed-by-train record. The Super-Super fast train, the ICE-Sprinter that goes to Berlin can reach 330-350k. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiii, thats what I always yell when we get up to speed, it really impresses first class passengers, haha, j/k.