Guest Blog
October 16th, 2003 byHello all, Waleed is busy working on an assignment for my class…yes, I am his professor and he has been neglecting his work…therefore, I offered to blog while he catches up on the assignment…its a big one too!
So please direct any and all blogish comments to me! I will try to carry on in Waleed’s style, tone and interests but I think they are all wrong…so we shall see. At least Waleed will be entertained by the exchange of blogs…however, I am not sure when he will have time to read them.
Dr. Karl
October 16th, 2003 at 5:10 pm
Hey there Dr. Karl,
I think you work Waleed too hard. I’m sure the other people who read this blog would agree that the man needs to blog more. We all need a substantial dose of Waleedness, you know? You said it yourself… he might not even have time to read the comments his writing gets. That’s sad, donchu think?
Oh well. *shrug* Serves him right for neglecting his work, eh?
Anyway, I noticed that you wrote exchange of blogs. Does that mean you also have a blog? If so, can I see it?
October 16th, 2003 at 7:51 pm
So, Dr. Karl, how would you describe YOUR style, tone, and interests?
And, you know, this post is making me feel awfully suspicious of my own professors. I wonder if they sit back in their offices, chuckle evilly, and blog away while their students meanwhile gulp down Red Bull and race to complete term papers and study for exams. Hmm..
October 16th, 2003 at 11:03 pm
just making my rounds. thought i would drop in. ohhh. so that’s why he’s MIA. dr. karl, you might want to have a little mercy on him and actually let him see daylight. but then you could also join the faculty in a good laugh at his expense. i can see why this could be a pretty tough choice. just remember, kindness usually repays 10 fold.
p.s. waleed, you owe me
October 16th, 2003 at 11:03 pm
You guys do realize that Dr Karl is my professor here at college. And he’s right.
As if being up for 36 hours in a row to finish my Authorware project wasn’t sufficient. No indeedy no.
October 16th, 2003 at 11:19 pm
how more hours do you have to go?
October 17th, 2003 at 1:07 am
For this project? oh boy, 4 more weeks.
It’s the toughest one this department offers.
October 17th, 2003 at 1:32 am
we’re rooting for you. yasmine even made up a cheer. go on, yasmine, remember what you practiced?
October 17th, 2003 at 1:45 am
This, I must. =)
October 17th, 2003 at 1:51 am
ok. technical difficulties. the pink bunny suit is nowhere to be found so i’m sorry. this has been postponed to a later date.
October 17th, 2003 at 7:46 am
Go away, Waleed! We want Dr. Karl. Go do your work or something.
October 17th, 2003 at 12:58 pm
I see you all agree that Waleed needs more work. As the old saying goes “If you want to get something done…give it to a busy person.” I am instilling Mr. Waleed with a sense of urgency about projects…by his own admission he procrastinates a bit….as you know from following his blog.
My style, tone and such, I think will be evident in the comming weeks…as for my own blog? This is a trial…although, Waleed has been encouraging me to “get a blog” since he arrived here.
On more item…do you like the new Halloween orange? I am curious.
October 17th, 2003 at 1:27 pm
I even made up a cheer?
Whaa…?
Thanks a lot, Chai. Now I’m going to be chillin in my psych class in 40 minutes, thinking up cheers. Personally, I think you’d be way better at this, though.
So Waleed’s disappearing for 4 weeks? Hmm.
Well, blog on, Dr. Karl!
As for the orange, I like it. (I’m assuming you’re referring to the orange in this blog, although I could be wrong. In either case, orange vibes are good. As long as you don’t require sunglasses for the glare.) But, you know, even after Waleed’s explanation and all, I still keep thinking that graphic up there (behind the HPN logo) is a turban.
October 17th, 2003 at 2:03 pm
Yes, sorry…the orange on the web site. The release of the new site at around Halloween with the orange motif stuck me….It struck me as oddly seasonal for a non-seasonal person.
Does Waleed not begin to reflect those he wanders into as he wanders…..
October 17th, 2003 at 2:14 pm
“On more item…do you like the new Halloween orange? I am curious.”
Well between you and me not really =) Hah, I think the site would have been better with a flat color in the background not a gradient. The blue & brown table headers don’t really go and the blue fonts used for the HalfPastNomad titles don’t have consistancy. Also I wasnt a fan of the blue color in the titles either. It feels as if all of these problems get amplifed by the orange.
I was trying to get waleed to use those suggestions during development (which it seems, he should have spent doing his school work
but I am only one opinion and I don’t really count because I am suffering from blog with drawl.
now that I have let the cat go (is that the saying?) It would be nice to hear what other people think…
October 17th, 2003 at 5:08 pm
I think the orange is better than those other backgrounds Waleed was showing me once.
Yazzie, that graphic up there isn’t a turban? :/
October 17th, 2003 at 5:14 pm
The title of the introduction post (of the new design- October 11) says “Fall cometh.”
So maybe he [the nomad] is a seasonal person, after all.
October 17th, 2003 at 7:48 pm
Keep working Waleed really hard- make sure he earns his A. Nothing good in life comes easy!
October 18th, 2003 at 5:24 am
Hrm….. curiouser and curiouser.
October 18th, 2003 at 9:28 am
I know, Owl, ain’t it?
October 18th, 2003 at 11:48 am
I’m waiting for Proferssor Karl to spill the beans on Waleed.
October 18th, 2003 at 9:23 pm
Spill the beans on me? He couldn’t! He wouldn’t! There are too many cans on his cupboard, filled with beans upon beans of many a student.
I told the good prof to keep tabs on questions for him; so he’ll be here soon enough indeedy-o.
As for me and my work, I’m doing it. Endlessly, tirelessly working on a pile that seems to know no bottom. Perhaps it would if i pushed it over. Just pushed it over.
I want to push you around
Well I will well I will
I want to push you down
Well I will well I will.
October 18th, 2003 at 10:47 pm
note usage of the good professor stead of just professor. you, you’re good.
October 18th, 2003 at 11:47 pm
haha great angry lyrics, waleed.
and yeah, you’re real slick. We still want dr. karl back though, to give us added insights into all this “waleedness,” as faiza calls it.
good luck with all the work, insha’Allah.
October 19th, 2003 at 12:06 am
Not so fast Yasmine.
Where’s ma cheer?
Where’s it huh?
October 19th, 2003 at 12:11 am
yeah yasmine *stare*
October 19th, 2003 at 12:30 am
I’m innocent, I swear. I think you should ask Chai. SHE’S the queen of repartee-ing on demand. Plus, she’s the small-time pilferer, too, remember? She probably has all these other skills I don’t know about either. hmph. And where’s that pink bunny suit you were talking about, woman?
See? See? I don’t know nothin.
October 19th, 2003 at 12:53 am
including grammar! you people and your demands! grrr
October 20th, 2003 at 9:28 am
Waleed….who is this Waleed, a graduate student in instructional technology…a blogger…a man who waits until the last moment for school work…why…he reads, thinks and wanders through materials…while that is good…he needs to consider deadlines (we all have this problem to a degree)…the trick is to overcome the problem…focus our energy and direct our force toward outcomes we desire…life is about learning to focus our energy…(or it should be)…people who accomplish great things are focused