Well, kind of, anyway.
I'm kicking off the new academic year with an iPod mini. It's silver and the 4 gigabyte flavor, nothing too special. I decided to go ahead and reencode my music into AAC instead of MP3 to save a lot of space. Example: Dream Theater went from 960 megabytes to 630. If I did that for my entire library, it would shrink from 10.1 gigabytes to 7.4 or so. Amazing.
One thing I will mention (and the reason for the "sort of" part of the crowd sentiment) is that I will not be caught dead with white earphones. A) I don't want to be "that guy" that I hate... shows up too early makes a lot of noise, etc. B) I live in and jaunt about the Washington, D.C. metro area. I really don't need to become a mugging statistic, and using "generic" headphones makes it possible for me to tell myself I'm okay. But it works out really well in the end, because iPod earphones don't fit me comfortably and they sound like terrible. Yes, sound like terrible. I got a set of sony in ear dillies, they sound pretty good and come with a cord organizer.
OCD says what?
Class starts tomorrow. I... class starts tomorrow. Guess that's it.
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Monday, August 29, 2005
Thus Ends the List
Yeah that's about that, unfortunately.
I hope you all enjoy my little trip down memory lane, each recalling your own individual parts in it.
Do you remember a part of my life that you think I should remember, too???? PLEASE LET ME KNOW IN COMMENTS OMG OMG hey wow 3:45 am WINK!
I hope you all enjoy my little trip down memory lane, each recalling your own individual parts in it.
Do you remember a part of my life that you think I should remember, too???? PLEASE LET ME KNOW IN COMMENTS OMG OMG hey wow 3:45 am WINK!
wow did I ever have ADD
July 28, 2003--
Okay seriously. It's like I turn 21, your guys's's'sss' (stupid plurals) lives are complete and all done with? I'm moving out tomorrow. I guess I'll be offline for a while. KITTY DOGGY, YOU'RE SO KITTY YOU'RE SO DOGGY I LOVE YOU! I want everyone to know that dismantling a BMW's dashboard is very taxing.
Okay seriously. It's like I turn 21, your guys's's'sss' (stupid plurals) lives are complete and all done with? I'm moving out tomorrow. I guess I'll be offline for a while. KITTY DOGGY, YOU'RE SO KITTY YOU'RE SO DOGGY I LOVE YOU! I want everyone to know that dismantling a BMW's dashboard is very taxing.
on productivity
May 13, 2003--
I've been staring at the blinking insertion cursor for at least 10 minutes. In this time I've reached the following conclusions:
I have eaten no fried food since friday.
Beautiful, isn't it? I'm a veritable world of productive thought today.
I've been staring at the blinking insertion cursor for at least 10 minutes. In this time I've reached the following conclusions:
I have eaten no fried food since friday.
Beautiful, isn't it? I'm a veritable world of productive thought today.
more thoughts on berkley
April 30, 2003--
I have to pay the power in the next few days. This angers me. I will never see a cent of money for it. I know it. My angry note on the freezer just seems to have made the troll happier. I won't back down from the cusp though, for I recognize that my position is true and just. And god dammit that bastard ate my ice cream. I think I just saw lightning.
I have to pay the power in the next few days. This angers me. I will never see a cent of money for it. I know it. My angry note on the freezer just seems to have made the troll happier. I won't back down from the cusp though, for I recognize that my position is true and just. And god dammit that bastard ate my ice cream. I think I just saw lightning.
berkley musings
April 24, 2003--
I may pull an all nighter tonight.
I got to thinking about it, I really don't want to go home tonight. It offers no advantages. But that is, of itself, of no consequence.
I live in Berkley, in case you were not aware, which is located approximately in the Ghetto. Some highlights in my history with the building?
Elevators breaking at least once a month
Blood all over floors following a bottle fight in said elevators
Hate crime narrowly averted by virtue solely of my friends race
Beer on floors/walls/celings (don't ask)
Broken locks repeatedly
Management failing to inform us of when entrances would be closed for cleaning
It's quite the experience, if you're into unnecessary tension. I'll be very glad to be done living there. Seven Springs seemed nice enough, but it was quite a bit more expensive, if I recall correctly, and given that I am a poor bastard, it was flat out. Oh well. Now I live in wam lab PG2. And I'm going to plato's in a while, because to hell with home. I may sleep in my car or something, but no way am I going home tonight. so I tell myself, I'll probably crack under pressure.
I tried to do some homework tonight, with Excel (the filthiest program this side of Matlab) because I needed to compute lots of stuff. Well lo and behold, filthy filthy Excel can't calculate sin(90*180/pi()) correctly. It should be 1, but excel gives me -0.954, which is almost no further than can be strayed from the truth. Nothing about it is negative, plus since sin(90) should be 1, it's filth-ridden-ly stupid. (the 180/pi is for radian-to-degree conversion) I love it when I sit down to actually try to do work and God looks down from upon high and laughs, because let's face it, me working is by far and away the most ludicrous thing ever.
Thank you and good night.
I may pull an all nighter tonight.
I got to thinking about it, I really don't want to go home tonight. It offers no advantages. But that is, of itself, of no consequence.
I live in Berkley, in case you were not aware, which is located approximately in the Ghetto. Some highlights in my history with the building?
Elevators breaking at least once a month
Blood all over floors following a bottle fight in said elevators
Hate crime narrowly averted by virtue solely of my friends race
Beer on floors/walls/celings (don't ask)
Broken locks repeatedly
Management failing to inform us of when entrances would be closed for cleaning
It's quite the experience, if you're into unnecessary tension. I'll be very glad to be done living there. Seven Springs seemed nice enough, but it was quite a bit more expensive, if I recall correctly, and given that I am a poor bastard, it was flat out. Oh well. Now I live in wam lab PG2. And I'm going to plato's in a while, because to hell with home. I may sleep in my car or something, but no way am I going home tonight. so I tell myself, I'll probably crack under pressure.
I tried to do some homework tonight, with Excel (the filthiest program this side of Matlab) because I needed to compute lots of stuff. Well lo and behold, filthy filthy Excel can't calculate sin(90*180/pi()) correctly. It should be 1, but excel gives me -0.954, which is almost no further than can be strayed from the truth. Nothing about it is negative, plus since sin(90) should be 1, it's filth-ridden-ly stupid. (the 180/pi is for radian-to-degree conversion) I love it when I sit down to actually try to do work and God looks down from upon high and laughs, because let's face it, me working is by far and away the most ludicrous thing ever.
Thank you and good night.
apparently some snow fell?
February 7, 2003--
SNOW DAY!
Yeah, you heard me. Time to go try to build things.
February 8, 2003--
SNOW DAY UPDATE:
Some pretty weak snow. No pandas were constructed.
February 20, 2003--
UPDATE ON THE SNOW DAY UPDATE
I apparently forgot that it had in fact snowed and that snow can be used for construction. I will keep you posted via photographic reconnaisance as to what devious schemes I can come up with. Now I must embark upon operation "I had to come into work because Destler decided rt 1 was wide enough to not have people die left and right and I really don't want to be here, especially since I woke up at 10:07 and had to take a shower and leave, and now -- and imagine this -- I am hungry because I didn't have breakfast so it's time for a trip to the dining hall."
February 28, 2003--
NOT YET SNOW DAY UPDATE
So I got home, and what, to my surprise, do I find in the living room? How about everything still on? Wow. Good thing nobody's paying me for electricity anymore.
SNOW DAY!
Yeah, you heard me. Time to go try to build things.
February 8, 2003--
SNOW DAY UPDATE:
Some pretty weak snow. No pandas were constructed.
February 20, 2003--
UPDATE ON THE SNOW DAY UPDATE
I apparently forgot that it had in fact snowed and that snow can be used for construction. I will keep you posted via photographic reconnaisance as to what devious schemes I can come up with. Now I must embark upon operation "I had to come into work because Destler decided rt 1 was wide enough to not have people die left and right and I really don't want to be here, especially since I woke up at 10:07 and had to take a shower and leave, and now -- and imagine this -- I am hungry because I didn't have breakfast so it's time for a trip to the dining hall."
February 28, 2003--
NOT YET SNOW DAY UPDATE
So I got home, and what, to my surprise, do I find in the living room? How about everything still on? Wow. Good thing nobody's paying me for electricity anymore.
Ah, gaming
January 24, 2003--
I played NCAA 2003 earlier. Maryland on Alcorn State. I played as us, and won 63-6. I don't know how they scored on me, but I ended the first half with a posession and 2 seconds on the clock. A hail mary call and the a then x buttons later, I had a touchdown with 0 time left on the scoreboard. I was proud. Too proud.
Good thing I'm getting the gamecube thing out of my system before the term starts.
I played NCAA 2003 earlier. Maryland on Alcorn State. I played as us, and won 63-6. I don't know how they scored on me, but I ended the first half with a posession and 2 seconds on the clock. A hail mary call and the a then x buttons later, I had a touchdown with 0 time left on the scoreboard. I was proud. Too proud.
Good thing I'm getting the gamecube thing out of my system before the term starts.
More holiday wishes
no groundhogs... ha ha! I'm a funny guy!
November 28, 2002--
So I promise no groundhogs in this post...
I want to say first "Happy thanksgiving" and I hope your holiday goes over well.
[stupid]
I have taken a mountain dew from the refridgerator and I must say that knowing it wasn't mine only puts a small dent in the number of glasses of mine that spent the last two weeks in the sink.
Thank you and good night.
November 28, 2002--
So I promise no groundhogs in this post...
I want to say first "Happy thanksgiving" and I hope your holiday goes over well.
[stupid]
I have taken a mountain dew from the refridgerator and I must say that knowing it wasn't mine only puts a small dent in the number of glasses of mine that spent the last two weeks in the sink.
Thank you and good night.
Apparently it was a good week
I figured out a while later where I lost the card (CDepot), and the tire I was able to fix by getting Jeff to drag me to target so I could buy a fixaflat. That screw was still in the tread the day I rid myself of the mazda in Late July of 2004.
November 6, 2002--
So it's been a great week. Monday I come to find that at some point over the weekend, I lost my check card. I have no idea where it could have gone since I hadn't used it since Friday night. So that's all out of there. I get home from lunch/dinner, and -- lo and behold -- I have a flat tire. Spectacular. I try to put the donut on, and the rim won't come off the lugs. I go to call AAA today and -- WOW, Imagine this! -- my AAA card is in crofton. So I stopped caring.
November 6, 2002--
So it's been a great week. Monday I come to find that at some point over the weekend, I lost my check card. I have no idea where it could have gone since I hadn't used it since Friday night. So that's all out of there. I get home from lunch/dinner, and -- lo and behold -- I have a flat tire. Spectacular. I try to put the donut on, and the rim won't come off the lugs. I go to call AAA today and -- WOW, Imagine this! -- my AAA card is in crofton. So I stopped caring.
Holiday Greetings
October 31, 2002--
Hope your halloween isn't filled with LaPlace transforms and Repeated roots: reduction of order.
Hope your halloween isn't filled with LaPlace transforms and Repeated roots: reduction of order.
According to all this...
... I used to be real big on the code red mountain dew.
October 17, 2002--
I just got thrown out of the building. We all stood around in the office like "Should we care?" and then everybody else evacuated so we figured we would too. These two girls across the hall-- i don't think they left. I can't blame them; they had the student lounge, and the door was closed to keep noise out. They came out and asked if it was the fire alarm, I said "I guess so, I mean, there's clearly no fire, but what can I say?" I went to skinner and got a code red. I was all "Screw this, I'm gettin a drink."
I think I'm gonna do something stupid and go to the football game tonight. I probably won't stay for the whole thing, or even the whole first half. But I have to at least show up to all of them.
Back to my code-red mt. dew.
October 17, 2002--
I just got thrown out of the building. We all stood around in the office like "Should we care?" and then everybody else evacuated so we figured we would too. These two girls across the hall-- i don't think they left. I can't blame them; they had the student lounge, and the door was closed to keep noise out. They came out and asked if it was the fire alarm, I said "I guess so, I mean, there's clearly no fire, but what can I say?" I went to skinner and got a code red. I was all "Screw this, I'm gettin a drink."
I think I'm gonna do something stupid and go to the football game tonight. I probably won't stay for the whole thing, or even the whole first half. But I have to at least show up to all of them.
Back to my code-red mt. dew.
dug up from a different archive
August 21, 2002--
It's a great day out today. I'm stuck inside, but at least I'm next to a window breathing construction dust.
Everyone else has left for the day. Will I get to go home early? I hope so, I really need to get cracking on this business of packing. My grandmother tried to offer me guidelines for moving in; that was interesting to listen through. I just ran out of things to say, so here comes a token expository on cats.
Cats saw extensive use in ancient Egypt, where they were often employed as pets of royalty. More often than not, those lucky cats that were royal pets were treated with the same level -- if not a higher level -- of respect as the people for whom they were there. Yes that sentence ending IS gramatically correct.
From about 2000 BC to the middle ages, cats hid in trash bins in low income areas of cities. Eventually, during the plague, many found employment with psychotic old women who beat them against various objects such as the ground. When the talks between the feline union and old lady management broke down and turned hostile, the cats walked out and found a new activity to take part in: Heathen and Witch Assistantship Skill Refinement. Witches used the cats to let everyday average christians know that they were being crossed with bad luck. This worked out well; the cats were able to get out and excercise, and the people treated the cats with respect and admiration (even if from a distance).
One striking example of cats comes from Edgar Allen Poe's epic story about the black cat who got stuck in a wall.
Today, cats are once again associated with crazy old ladies, although the old lady management organization has since agreed to cease the senseless beatings and instead provide cats with large empty houses to use as they see fit. Cats are also frequently traded as stock through pet stores (djia: CAT +13.47 news).
Remember, have your pet spayed or neutered.
It's a great day out today. I'm stuck inside, but at least I'm next to a window breathing construction dust.
Everyone else has left for the day. Will I get to go home early? I hope so, I really need to get cracking on this business of packing. My grandmother tried to offer me guidelines for moving in; that was interesting to listen through. I just ran out of things to say, so here comes a token expository on cats.
Cats saw extensive use in ancient Egypt, where they were often employed as pets of royalty. More often than not, those lucky cats that were royal pets were treated with the same level -- if not a higher level -- of respect as the people for whom they were there. Yes that sentence ending IS gramatically correct.
From about 2000 BC to the middle ages, cats hid in trash bins in low income areas of cities. Eventually, during the plague, many found employment with psychotic old women who beat them against various objects such as the ground. When the talks between the feline union and old lady management broke down and turned hostile, the cats walked out and found a new activity to take part in: Heathen and Witch Assistantship Skill Refinement. Witches used the cats to let everyday average christians know that they were being crossed with bad luck. This worked out well; the cats were able to get out and excercise, and the people treated the cats with respect and admiration (even if from a distance).
One striking example of cats comes from Edgar Allen Poe's epic story about the black cat who got stuck in a wall.
Today, cats are once again associated with crazy old ladies, although the old lady management organization has since agreed to cease the senseless beatings and instead provide cats with large empty houses to use as they see fit. Cats are also frequently traded as stock through pet stores (djia: CAT +13.47 news).
Remember, have your pet spayed or neutered.
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Sunday, August 28, 2005
As if the internet needed any more about this...
I hope my grandparents end up all right, they seem far enough away to avoid the major damage, but I am already deeply saddened by this:
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE KATRINA CONTINUES TO APPROACH THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA
DEVASTATING DAMAGE EXPECTED
MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS...PERHAPS LONGER. AT
LEAST ONE HALF OF WELL CONSTRUCTED HOMES WILL HAVE ROOF AND WALL
FAILURE. ALL GABLED ROOFS WILL FAIL...LEAVING THOSE HOMES SEVERELY
DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
THE MAJORITY OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WILL BECOME NON FUNCTIONAL.
PARTIAL TO COMPLETE WALL AND ROOF FAILURE IS EXPECTED. ALL WOOD
FRAMED LOW RISING APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL BE DESTROYED. CONCRETE
BLOCK LOW RISE APARTMENTS WILL SUSTAIN MAJOR DAMAGE...INCLUDING SOME
WALL AND ROOF FAILURE.
HIGH RISE OFFICE AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL SWAY DANGEROUSLY...A
FEW TO THE POINT OF TOTAL COLLAPSE. ALL WINDOWS WILL BLOW OUT.
AIRBORNE DEBRIS WILL BE WIDESPREAD...AND MAY INCLUDE HEAVY ITEMS SUCH
AS HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND EVEN LIGHT VEHICLES. SPORT UTILITY
VEHICLES AND LIGHT TRUCKS WILL BE MOVED. THE BLOWN DEBRIS WILL CREATE
ADDITIONAL DESTRUCTION. PERSONS...PETS...AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE
WINDS WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH IF STRUCK.
POWER OUTAGES WILL LAST FOR WEEKS...AS MOST POWER POLES WILL BE DOWN
AND TRANSFORMERS DESTROYED. WATER SHORTAGES WILL MAKE HUMAN SUFFERING
INCREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF NATIVE TREES WILL BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ONLY
THE HEARTIEST WILL REMAIN STANDING...BUT BE TOTALLY DEFOLIATED. FEW
CROPS WILL REMAIN. LIVESTOCK LEFT EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL BE
KILLED.
AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR
HURRICANE FORCE...OR FREQUENT GUSTS AT OR ABOVE HURRICANE FORCE...ARE
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS.
I have never read anything quite that shocking before.
Best of luck, New Orleans.
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE KATRINA CONTINUES TO APPROACH THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA
DEVASTATING DAMAGE EXPECTED
MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS...PERHAPS LONGER. AT
LEAST ONE HALF OF WELL CONSTRUCTED HOMES WILL HAVE ROOF AND WALL
FAILURE. ALL GABLED ROOFS WILL FAIL...LEAVING THOSE HOMES SEVERELY
DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
THE MAJORITY OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WILL BECOME NON FUNCTIONAL.
PARTIAL TO COMPLETE WALL AND ROOF FAILURE IS EXPECTED. ALL WOOD
FRAMED LOW RISING APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL BE DESTROYED. CONCRETE
BLOCK LOW RISE APARTMENTS WILL SUSTAIN MAJOR DAMAGE...INCLUDING SOME
WALL AND ROOF FAILURE.
HIGH RISE OFFICE AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL SWAY DANGEROUSLY...A
FEW TO THE POINT OF TOTAL COLLAPSE. ALL WINDOWS WILL BLOW OUT.
AIRBORNE DEBRIS WILL BE WIDESPREAD...AND MAY INCLUDE HEAVY ITEMS SUCH
AS HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND EVEN LIGHT VEHICLES. SPORT UTILITY
VEHICLES AND LIGHT TRUCKS WILL BE MOVED. THE BLOWN DEBRIS WILL CREATE
ADDITIONAL DESTRUCTION. PERSONS...PETS...AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE
WINDS WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH IF STRUCK.
POWER OUTAGES WILL LAST FOR WEEKS...AS MOST POWER POLES WILL BE DOWN
AND TRANSFORMERS DESTROYED. WATER SHORTAGES WILL MAKE HUMAN SUFFERING
INCREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF NATIVE TREES WILL BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ONLY
THE HEARTIEST WILL REMAIN STANDING...BUT BE TOTALLY DEFOLIATED. FEW
CROPS WILL REMAIN. LIVESTOCK LEFT EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL BE
KILLED.
AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR
HURRICANE FORCE...OR FREQUENT GUSTS AT OR ABOVE HURRICANE FORCE...ARE
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS.
I have never read anything quite that shocking before.
Best of luck, New Orleans.
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