Shouzer

I had my first class on Wednesday night; it’s an introductory sociology class.  I was a bit surprised to find that there are only about 20 people in the class, all of whom seem to be Detroit natives.  Most of them are majoring in some arts subject.  It’s weird for me to be around people like that because they act and think so much differently than the engineers and scientists I’m used to.  The prof wanted to make a point that we only believe things because society tells us they are true, so he picked a well know fact, that America was discovered in 1492 to prove his point.  So this kid sitting next to me goes off on a rant that America was discovered when people migrated over the land bridge between Alaska and Russia.  He was seriously mad that the prof was implying that America was discovered by Columbus.  I have heard of people like this, but I didn’t know they actually existed.  Talk about a loser.  Speaking of losers, the prof went around the room and made us all tell him why we were taking the class.  Some girl told him she thought it would make her a more well rounded person.  He then proceeded to make fun of her for lying about something like that.  I told him I was taking the class because it started at 5:30.

After class, I went down to the fireworks display downtown.  Detroit has the 2nd biggest fireworks display in the country, with 4 million people attending.  I was pretty impressed with them.  I took a picture with my cell phone that I was thinking of putting up here, but the quality is not very good.  Plus I was too lazy to upload it to my web space.  Maybe I will get ambitious tonight and do that. Next week is shut down week.  All of GM is on vacation.  I have to stay in Detroit because of my class, but I won’t be at work.  On the up side, I get my very first paid vacation on the 4th.  I’ve never been paid to take a day off before; I can’t wait for that action.  There’s a big festival called the Taste Fest, similar to the Chicago taste fest, which features lots of local food vendors and free concerts.  I’ll probably go to that this weekend.  The All American Rejects are playing on the 4th, and I really like them.  Bowling for Soup and Yellowcard are playing next weekend as well, and I would definitely like to go to those concerts if I can find anyone to go with me.  Steve Miller Band and an orchestral version of Led Zeppelin are also coming up soon.  One of the other interns mentioned going to those so I might go as well.