hell or not yet?
hmm...apparently not yet.
good luck next week, everyone!
20050430
20050429
ai 14
the things that happen...it's quite amazing really, in an unpleasant kind of way.
so begins my 14 day count-down, where i hope that all things academic will be resolved at the end.
oh allow me my illusions, will ya?
[edit 17 59]
bored with math:
Lusine's shirt has a bear
With horrible yellow hair
But she doesn't really care
What we think of what she wears
Because her rights are there
And the constitution's "fair"
So we're left to despair
For what's left of the school year
so begins my 14 day count-down, where i hope that all things academic will be resolved at the end.
oh allow me my illusions, will ya?
[edit 17 59]
bored with math:
Lusine's shirt has a bear
With horrible yellow hair
But she doesn't really care
What we think of what she wears
Because her rights are there
And the constitution's "fair"
So we're left to despair
For what's left of the school year
20050428
petitions
i petition for the right to enjoy life. heh.
a whole lot of work today, and a lecture to attend tonight.
cheers.
a whole lot of work today, and a lecture to attend tonight.
cheers.
20050427
CDC
i only like simulations when they are extremely well organized and purposeful, otherwise i usually think that they're not worth the effort. the experience gained, if it is useful, tend to act as fuel for sarcasm.
time is of essense.
time is of essense.
20050426
'tis but fortune
our lit presentation did happen today--good job anna! you did really well! stop worrying about why everyone didn't laugh that much. first of all, the people usually laughed before at where the other groups messed up with their lines, or did something disturbing, and you did neither. second of all, it's partially the rest of your group's (our) fault because we spoke too softly and so they probably realized that if they laughed they wouldn't be able to hear us at all.
breathe in. breathe out. chill. drink some water. don't spit it out.
all those who were present there during the first half of mural club as my witness, i now have permission to use brown (or burnt sienna, as the teacher called it). ironic? i wanted to laugh very badly, but anna told me that i did a reasonably good job of keeping a straight face.
breathe in. breathe out. chill. drink some water. don't spit it out.
all those who were present there during the first half of mural club as my witness, i now have permission to use brown (or burnt sienna, as the teacher called it). ironic? i wanted to laugh very badly, but anna told me that i did a reasonably good job of keeping a straight face.
20050425
countdown
it is very strange you know, to be going for school for a few days in the morning where it's completely empty, and then come to school one morning and find it full of people. "what shall i think on't?" (beside the fact that i'm obviously wacko.)
everything is ...not winding down, but winding in, like a spiral. those kind of coils that you can find in mechanical watches that you wound up tight everday so it would go on ticking for the next 24 hours. analogy? we're being wound up, all wound up, stressed, prepped, for the things that come (the seniors at least). and then we go ticking off until we're loose again (sometimes two weeks later, with hope), and there'd be no one to wind us up for a whole summer. the lapse of time between the loosening of the coils and the actual end of school year has appropriatedly been dubbed "senioritis." the inflammed seniors. ha?
so we go "wind wind wind"
sing it with me now
"wind wind wind"
and then next week we'll go
"tictock tictock"
bang?
everything is ...not winding down, but winding in, like a spiral. those kind of coils that you can find in mechanical watches that you wound up tight everday so it would go on ticking for the next 24 hours. analogy? we're being wound up, all wound up, stressed, prepped, for the things that come (the seniors at least). and then we go ticking off until we're loose again (sometimes two weeks later, with hope), and there'd be no one to wind us up for a whole summer. the lapse of time between the loosening of the coils and the actual end of school year has appropriatedly been dubbed "senioritis." the inflammed seniors. ha?
so we go "wind wind wind"
sing it with me now
"wind wind wind"
and then next week we'll go
"tictock tictock"
bang?
20050424
it's off
the computer problem was fixed. it turns out to be svchost.exe (the actual microsoft thing, not a virus) that was wrecking havoc...so now that problem's gone, my computer is almost normal! (almost, because it, like its owner, seldom has a solid point of normality.)
mother has this random book about learning spanish that she got in china (i think i've said this already, but what follows is all new) and this morning she just randomly opened this book, read a few lines, and told me "see, tang bee an ai sss doo yah." i gave her my "i haven't a clue what you're talking about" look. it turns out she's saying "si, tambien es tuyo." zhong-wen and espanol does not mix well, especially the accent parts.
out for now, maybe more later. maybe not.
mother has this random book about learning spanish that she got in china (i think i've said this already, but what follows is all new) and this morning she just randomly opened this book, read a few lines, and told me "see, tang bee an ai sss doo yah." i gave her my "i haven't a clue what you're talking about" look. it turns out she's saying "si, tambien es tuyo." zhong-wen and espanol does not mix well, especially the accent parts.
out for now, maybe more later. maybe not.
20050423
pi
sometimes you feel smart, sometimes you feel stupid and sometimes you feel incredibly stupid for thinking that you're smart.
guess what? 3+3 does not equal the number 9. whoever assumed that calculus means advanced basic math skills has another think coming. then again, it's probably just me who need to stuff like basic arithmatic practices. 1984 or no, there is only one correct answer that the collegeboard'd accept.
heh.
i am also withdrawing my final applications from la and berkeley today. this is from la:
Thank you for your response. We are sorry that you will not be attending UCLA, but wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors.
isn't that nice? they wish me luck. on my future endeavors. hm...i wonder what my future endeavors will be....
from berkeley (i finally learned to spell that name right!):
We have received your statement indicating you will not enroll at Berkeley. We would like to thank you for your interest and wish you every success in achieving your educational goals.
this sounds so much nicer if only just because they were more specific about my "future endeavors." lol. success and excellence, it's all in the arbitrary planes of opinion and self-will. what fun.
so, with that, i conclude another pre-AP week. also the prediction that my posts will be getting progressively shorter next week for the aforementioned reason. please excuse me and since the majority of you who will be reading this should be studying too, consider this a way to further your incentives by decreasing possible distractions to procrastinate.
right.
guess what? 3+3 does not equal the number 9. whoever assumed that calculus means advanced basic math skills has another think coming. then again, it's probably just me who need to stuff like basic arithmatic practices. 1984 or no, there is only one correct answer that the collegeboard'd accept.
heh.
i am also withdrawing my final applications from la and berkeley today. this is from la:
Thank you for your response. We are sorry that you will not be attending UCLA, but wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors.
isn't that nice? they wish me luck. on my future endeavors. hm...i wonder what my future endeavors will be....
from berkeley (i finally learned to spell that name right!):
We have received your statement indicating you will not enroll at Berkeley. We would like to thank you for your interest and wish you every success in achieving your educational goals.
this sounds so much nicer if only just because they were more specific about my "future endeavors." lol. success and excellence, it's all in the arbitrary planes of opinion and self-will. what fun.
so, with that, i conclude another pre-AP week. also the prediction that my posts will be getting progressively shorter next week for the aforementioned reason. please excuse me and since the majority of you who will be reading this should be studying too, consider this a way to further your incentives by decreasing possible distractions to procrastinate.
right.
20050422
earth day
bless mother earth for putting up with us for so long. our race is rather the sadistic sort, don't you think? and hypocritical, too.
70% recovery rate in my files (if you're reading this, john, thank you SO much!). text files recovered 100%, pics around 90%, word documents around 65% (repairment needed for some files later), html files around 50% (the first half, especially the css, usually appears chopped off or scrambled), word exel (is that what you call it?) 50% (random bits of the data can be opened with notepad only). i've made up a list of documents that are important enough to be that i'm going to try to piece back together. sometime after the APs. the ones that i don't have the latest versions of (for instance, ptc part 3 i only have the oldest version, not the edited version) i'll post here later and if you have a copy of the newer version i will be very grateful if you'll send it to me. of course, this won't be happening for a while yet....
math tomorrow at 8am, this is somewhat ridiculous but i signed up for it, so oh well.
now i just need to find out why my OS won't let me copy and paste. something wrong with the clipboard?
70% recovery rate in my files (if you're reading this, john, thank you SO much!). text files recovered 100%, pics around 90%, word documents around 65% (repairment needed for some files later), html files around 50% (the first half, especially the css, usually appears chopped off or scrambled), word exel (is that what you call it?) 50% (random bits of the data can be opened with notepad only). i've made up a list of documents that are important enough to be that i'm going to try to piece back together. sometime after the APs. the ones that i don't have the latest versions of (for instance, ptc part 3 i only have the oldest version, not the edited version) i'll post here later and if you have a copy of the newer version i will be very grateful if you'll send it to me. of course, this won't be happening for a while yet....
math tomorrow at 8am, this is somewhat ridiculous but i signed up for it, so oh well.
now i just need to find out why my OS won't let me copy and paste. something wrong with the clipboard?
20050421
what came out
i almost forgot to mention:
anna's criteria for colleges is that it must have a linear accelerator.
anna's criteria for colleges is that it must have a linear accelerator.
convenience
here's the promised entry:
apartment-hunting is very interesting, though the car-ride is rather sense-deadening (3 hours). even if you're going with a good friend, at the end of the trip you feel a bit out of it. however--downtown davis is very nice--i like it. and yes, the most important things of all: we have found an apartment and made the decision in less than 24 hours, car trip or no.
the house is about "c" shaped (or "u" depending on which direction you're looking at it), and is three-storied. the house is painted in cheerful white, with parts in dark red and in peach/pink colour, which caused me some slight prejudice against it in the first place. we're getting a place that's not on the first floor (promised by the assistance manager, who, i think, likes us). the room itself is like this:
you open the door in a fairly spacious living room, there is a large window at your right (the one we looked it anyway, there's 2 versions, the other one, just switch my left and rights around), a wall on the left divides the left-most area into a small kitchen, with fridge, sink, stove, and the works. directly in front is a wall with two identical doorways, one on your left and one on your right, inside is a sink with vanity area (countertop with mirror) attached to the side wall. there's a door on the right that links the two sink/bathroom areas together through the main bathroom area with the bath and toilet. directly in front (through the first door to the sink) is the bedroom, both are the same size with one window, blinds, and a desk.
curiosity satisfied?
we saw some other places too...some are nice, others are, frankly put, less so. the closer you get to the school, the more expensive it gets. we saw a place with single room apartment that's more expensive than our double room. (for the records, "we" is referring to anna and i). but our place is pretty near too, 20 min walk to campus and 3 min to a grocery place, which was very important to anna's mother who was driving us around, just to see that we won't starve. (by the way, anna, give your mother my thanks, again, for driving us and for putting up with me.) it's also very near downtown...actually...if we keep going down the street our place is on, we'd get to downtown.
so that's one thing over. now back to studyin!
and maybe computer recovery...
apartment-hunting is very interesting, though the car-ride is rather sense-deadening (3 hours). even if you're going with a good friend, at the end of the trip you feel a bit out of it. however--downtown davis is very nice--i like it. and yes, the most important things of all: we have found an apartment and made the decision in less than 24 hours, car trip or no.
the house is about "c" shaped (or "u" depending on which direction you're looking at it), and is three-storied. the house is painted in cheerful white, with parts in dark red and in peach/pink colour, which caused me some slight prejudice against it in the first place. we're getting a place that's not on the first floor (promised by the assistance manager, who, i think, likes us). the room itself is like this:
you open the door in a fairly spacious living room, there is a large window at your right (the one we looked it anyway, there's 2 versions, the other one, just switch my left and rights around), a wall on the left divides the left-most area into a small kitchen, with fridge, sink, stove, and the works. directly in front is a wall with two identical doorways, one on your left and one on your right, inside is a sink with vanity area (countertop with mirror) attached to the side wall. there's a door on the right that links the two sink/bathroom areas together through the main bathroom area with the bath and toilet. directly in front (through the first door to the sink) is the bedroom, both are the same size with one window, blinds, and a desk.
curiosity satisfied?
we saw some other places too...some are nice, others are, frankly put, less so. the closer you get to the school, the more expensive it gets. we saw a place with single room apartment that's more expensive than our double room. (for the records, "we" is referring to anna and i). but our place is pretty near too, 20 min walk to campus and 3 min to a grocery place, which was very important to anna's mother who was driving us around, just to see that we won't starve. (by the way, anna, give your mother my thanks, again, for driving us and for putting up with me.) it's also very near downtown...actually...if we keep going down the street our place is on, we'd get to downtown.
so that's one thing over. now back to studyin!
and maybe computer recovery...
20050420
woodside
as happy as i may be to have this settled at the moment i'm also coming down with a hideous headache so a detailed account of the events today will have to wait till tomorrow.
thank you for your patience.
thank you for your patience.
20050419
snap!
Ode (derived from the word "odious") To Homework [Over Spring Break]
To work over vacation
Since they're such a pain
For the knowledge
That we hope to gain
The essays and projects--
Aye, the packets too
There is just so much
That we've still got to do
"Vacation?" What's that?
Who'd ever heard of it
We're too busy looking for
The profit of econ's weird widgets
The break is as nonexistent
As the joy that's in our keeping
As we struggled with grammar
In our thesis's rephrasing
Cheers! It's this time of year
In which we must suffer
Over the weight of our heavy workload
Let's all stress-out together!
Hark! You can hear our groans
As we crack open the text books
And attempt to stuff lessons of things
Into our brain's every cranny and nook
O work you're dear to us
Though you're odious in nature
Because against all odds you might
Be needed in the near future
For the AP season's coming
The tests, and finals, I hear
So, homework, though I hate you so
Alas, it's that time of the year!
so yes, feel free to spread this bit of spring time joy around. lol. the last bit is written after i got home so you can tell the difference between writing in calculus and writing in a more relaxing environment (my own room). and no, i don't find calculus relaxing, even remotely, in any vaguely comprehensible way.
the movie day afterwards was great fun though. thank you, lucy, for having us over! and more thanks for "anticipating" our craving for chocolate (mad gypsy skills, eh? i swear that painting inspired you...). i was also going to quote someone on something but, unfortunately, i'd forgotten after a night's rest, so you're going to have to satisfy yourself with my off-beat "poem" up above.
make do...make do...
To work over vacation
Since they're such a pain
For the knowledge
That we hope to gain
The essays and projects--
Aye, the packets too
There is just so much
That we've still got to do
"Vacation?" What's that?
Who'd ever heard of it
We're too busy looking for
The profit of econ's weird widgets
The break is as nonexistent
As the joy that's in our keeping
As we struggled with grammar
In our thesis's rephrasing
Cheers! It's this time of year
In which we must suffer
Over the weight of our heavy workload
Let's all stress-out together!
Hark! You can hear our groans
As we crack open the text books
And attempt to stuff lessons of things
Into our brain's every cranny and nook
O work you're dear to us
Though you're odious in nature
Because against all odds you might
Be needed in the near future
For the AP season's coming
The tests, and finals, I hear
So, homework, though I hate you so
Alas, it's that time of the year!
so yes, feel free to spread this bit of spring time joy around. lol. the last bit is written after i got home so you can tell the difference between writing in calculus and writing in a more relaxing environment (my own room). and no, i don't find calculus relaxing, even remotely, in any vaguely comprehensible way.
the movie day afterwards was great fun though. thank you, lucy, for having us over! and more thanks for "anticipating" our craving for chocolate (mad gypsy skills, eh? i swear that painting inspired you...). i was also going to quote someone on something but, unfortunately, i'd forgotten after a night's rest, so you're going to have to satisfy yourself with my off-beat "poem" up above.
make do...make do...
20050418
it's psychology
waking up at the time i would usually wake up for a school day when i don't have to be in school until nine is very strange. i find myself with lengths of time that's too short to do what i have in mind and too long to just sit and wait around with; so--here i am, typing up my blog post for the day because i reasoned that i won't be here in the afternoon to type it up.
the virus-thing that my computer is infected with is quite impressive. it really messed up everything under the system folder and so a reinstallation of that sector is in call. meanwhile, it's laptop for a while longer for me, i'm afraid. though whole incident though, made me wonder about people who try to prove themselves at the other's expenses, or, if this is not the case, seeking "intellectual challenge" (part of a "hacker" definition under google, by the way) at other's expenses. hackers are smart. so are the people who wrote up viruses that send OS of computers on a one way trip to hell. as much as i admire their intellect, however, having my computer go out like that really annoys me.
first day of spring "break", everyone: one math review session, coming right up!
the virus-thing that my computer is infected with is quite impressive. it really messed up everything under the system folder and so a reinstallation of that sector is in call. meanwhile, it's laptop for a while longer for me, i'm afraid. though whole incident though, made me wonder about people who try to prove themselves at the other's expenses, or, if this is not the case, seeking "intellectual challenge" (part of a "hacker" definition under google, by the way) at other's expenses. hackers are smart. so are the people who wrote up viruses that send OS of computers on a one way trip to hell. as much as i admire their intellect, however, having my computer go out like that really annoys me.
first day of spring "break", everyone: one math review session, coming right up!
20050417
for your amusement
this is an email sent to me from one of my online acquaintances who knows no factual information about me besides my screen name. the subject of the email is: To those who have children in their lives, and the content is as follows:
To those of us who have children in our lives, whether they are our own, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, or students...here is something to make you chuckle. Whenever your children are out of control, you can take comfort from the thought that even God's omnipotence did not extend to His own children After creating heaven and earth, God created Adam and Eve. And the first thing he said was "DON'T!"
"Don't what?" Adam replied.
"Don't eat the forbidden fruit." God said.
"Forbidden fruit? We have forbidden fruit? Hey Eve..we have forbidden fruit!!!!!"
"No Way!"
"Yes way!"
"Do NOT eat the fruit!" said God.
"Why"
"Because I am your Father and I said so!" God replied, wondering why He hadn't stopped creation after making the elephants. A few minutes later, God saw His children having an apple break and He was angry! "Didn't I tell you not to eat the fruit?" God asked.
"Uh huh," Adam replied.
"Then why did you?" said the Father.
"I don't know," said Eve.
"She started it!" Adam said
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"DID NOT!"
Having had it with the two of them, God's punishment was that Adam and Eve should have children of their own. Thus the pattern was set and it has never changed.
BUT THERE IS REASSURANCE IN THE STORY! If you have persistently and lovingly tried to give children wisdom and they haven't taken it, don't be hard on yourself. If God had trouble raising children, what makes you think it would be a piece of cake for you?
THINGS TO THINK ABOUT!
1. You spend the first two years of their life teaching them to walk and talk. Then you spend the next sixteen telling them to sit down and shut up.
2. Grandchildren are God's reward for not killing your own children.
3. Mothers of teens now know why some animals eat their young.
4. Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said.
5. The main purpose of holding children's parties is to remind yourself that there are children more awful than your own.
6. We childproofed our homes, but they are still getting in.
ADVICE FOR THE DAY: Be nice to your kids. They will choose your nursing home one day.
AND FINALLY:
IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF TENSION AND YOU GET A HEADACHE, DO WHAT IT SAYS ON THE ASPIRIN BOTTLE:
"TAKE TWO ASPIRIN" AND "KEEP AWAY FROM CHILDREN"!!!!!
some of this stuff i've seen before, some i haven't, but the adam and eve story is a must-share.
heh. i suppose i said "the people these days" one time too many in an IM conversation, but oh well, this is funny!
To those of us who have children in our lives, whether they are our own, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, or students...here is something to make you chuckle. Whenever your children are out of control, you can take comfort from the thought that even God's omnipotence did not extend to His own children After creating heaven and earth, God created Adam and Eve. And the first thing he said was "DON'T!"
"Don't what?" Adam replied.
"Don't eat the forbidden fruit." God said.
"Forbidden fruit? We have forbidden fruit? Hey Eve..we have forbidden fruit!!!!!"
"No Way!"
"Yes way!"
"Do NOT eat the fruit!" said God.
"Why"
"Because I am your Father and I said so!" God replied, wondering why He hadn't stopped creation after making the elephants. A few minutes later, God saw His children having an apple break and He was angry! "Didn't I tell you not to eat the fruit?" God asked.
"Uh huh," Adam replied.
"Then why did you?" said the Father.
"I don't know," said Eve.
"She started it!" Adam said
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"DID NOT!"
Having had it with the two of them, God's punishment was that Adam and Eve should have children of their own. Thus the pattern was set and it has never changed.
BUT THERE IS REASSURANCE IN THE STORY! If you have persistently and lovingly tried to give children wisdom and they haven't taken it, don't be hard on yourself. If God had trouble raising children, what makes you think it would be a piece of cake for you?
THINGS TO THINK ABOUT!
1. You spend the first two years of their life teaching them to walk and talk. Then you spend the next sixteen telling them to sit down and shut up.
2. Grandchildren are God's reward for not killing your own children.
3. Mothers of teens now know why some animals eat their young.
4. Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said.
5. The main purpose of holding children's parties is to remind yourself that there are children more awful than your own.
6. We childproofed our homes, but they are still getting in.
ADVICE FOR THE DAY: Be nice to your kids. They will choose your nursing home one day.
AND FINALLY:
IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF TENSION AND YOU GET A HEADACHE, DO WHAT IT SAYS ON THE ASPIRIN BOTTLE:
"TAKE TWO ASPIRIN" AND "KEEP AWAY FROM CHILDREN"!!!!!
some of this stuff i've seen before, some i haven't, but the adam and eve story is a must-share.
heh. i suppose i said "the people these days" one time too many in an IM conversation, but oh well, this is funny!
re-edited
my computer had contacted a virus of sorts and it's blowing...i suppose i should say, to be correct, that it's blowing its binaries. my that sounded geeky. but my parents thought i should do my work on another computer first so now i'm on the lap top, re-analyzing most of my essay.
what fun.
the day is awfully sunny, isn't it? happy happy california. i think i'll go outside and take a walk and see if that will inspire me to write something brilliant. nah. the weather doesn't inspire quite that way. but i hear fresh air is good for you though...
happy happy spring break. graphing calculators, anyone?
what fun.
the day is awfully sunny, isn't it? happy happy california. i think i'll go outside and take a walk and see if that will inspire me to write something brilliant. nah. the weather doesn't inspire quite that way. but i hear fresh air is good for you though...
happy happy spring break. graphing calculators, anyone?
20050416
eureka
crawling under my desk to try to get my computer monitor to display properly at 8 am on a saturday morning is not exactly how i would like to start my day.
but, at least, the display's normal now.
it always makes me wonder that when people are laughing at other's mistakes and weaknesses, if they realize they have some of the same faults, or perhaps they laugh because they know they have the same faults? or is it just because they know they have the faults, but are relieved that they have not made the same mistakes? it seems reasonable...but sometimes, some people...they laugh without realizing. i laugh when i see people do absurd things too, but not too much because i always check myself for the same flaw. also because it seldom feels very nice to have people laugh at you.
rambling? yes. right before doing my homework too. shame.
but, at least, the display's normal now.
it always makes me wonder that when people are laughing at other's mistakes and weaknesses, if they realize they have some of the same faults, or perhaps they laugh because they know they have the same faults? or is it just because they know they have the faults, but are relieved that they have not made the same mistakes? it seems reasonable...but sometimes, some people...they laugh without realizing. i laugh when i see people do absurd things too, but not too much because i always check myself for the same flaw. also because it seldom feels very nice to have people laugh at you.
rambling? yes. right before doing my homework too. shame.
20050415
alack a day
"happy" spring break, because the "break" essentially starts today.
and it isn't so much the amount of stuff on my "to-do" list that is frightening as the time commitment that each task requires. only 24 hours a day, hello; and i tend to like to do things such as eat, and sleep.
we'll see how much i can get done this weekend so next week can be studying, studying, fun, studying, studying, college, studying, studying, studying. oh and the project, of course. but most of my time (as you may have noticed) will be occupied with studying.
if you have an invisible friend, how will you know when you're stepping on him/her?
needed: sleep
received: one packet of econ
needed: food
received: one schedule of math study sessions next week
needed: vacation
received: one reminder about the future cat dissection
from the logic of this trend, i think i should stop wishing for things.
and it isn't so much the amount of stuff on my "to-do" list that is frightening as the time commitment that each task requires. only 24 hours a day, hello; and i tend to like to do things such as eat, and sleep.
we'll see how much i can get done this weekend so next week can be studying, studying, fun, studying, studying, college, studying, studying, studying. oh and the project, of course. but most of my time (as you may have noticed) will be occupied with studying.
if you have an invisible friend, how will you know when you're stepping on him/her?
needed: sleep
received: one packet of econ
needed: food
received: one schedule of math study sessions next week
needed: vacation
received: one reminder about the future cat dissection
from the logic of this trend, i think i should stop wishing for things.
20050414
7.3
i definitely miss the days when spring break involved me getting a, you know, break.
so the acceleration is at 30 ft/sec and not 32. we're going there on wednesday, because the offices are closed on the weekends...but yes, something had been settled. meanwhile, i suddenly realized just how close we are (time-wise) to this whole LOAD of stuff and i think i am going to starting looking ahead one week at a time, and no further.
don't blame me for my near-sighted-ness. i am trying to salvage whatever's left of my imaginative sanity.
whoever decided that fruitbats are nutty, anyway?
so the acceleration is at 30 ft/sec and not 32. we're going there on wednesday, because the offices are closed on the weekends...but yes, something had been settled. meanwhile, i suddenly realized just how close we are (time-wise) to this whole LOAD of stuff and i think i am going to starting looking ahead one week at a time, and no further.
don't blame me for my near-sighted-ness. i am trying to salvage whatever's left of my imaginative sanity.
whoever decided that fruitbats are nutty, anyway?
20050413
Sherlock
i am almost afraid of the impression the teachers will have of me as a result of this whole disease-detective deal. smile! shake hands! ask about their diarrhea! oh yes, i'm sure this is "our chance to shine".
oh yes.
apartment hunting this weekend! wow, acceleration into the real world at 32 ft/sec^2, feels an awfully like falling, doesn't it? but we're getting somewhere, it's just the fact that i'm still not quite sure where that "somewhere" is. maps, anyone? or should i get out my compass again?
ah yes, story time!
yesterday i arrived at spanish about a few minutes after the bell rang, and there was no one outside the door, so i reasoned that the door was open and people have already went in. so i pulled at the door, it opened, and so i think that my guess was right. and then i walk in, and there were a group of teachers sitting inside, having a meeting. among the group was my math teacher, my spanish teacher, my previous spanish teacher, and the principal. (this reminded me oddly enough, of goats and minions) all of them turned around to look at me when i entered and ...it was awkward, to say the least. i pivoted without stopping and walked right back outside. in less than five minutes two other people made the same mistake and we waited outside together wondering about ...
yes, that was interesting.
oh yes.
apartment hunting this weekend! wow, acceleration into the real world at 32 ft/sec^2, feels an awfully like falling, doesn't it? but we're getting somewhere, it's just the fact that i'm still not quite sure where that "somewhere" is. maps, anyone? or should i get out my compass again?
ah yes, story time!
yesterday i arrived at spanish about a few minutes after the bell rang, and there was no one outside the door, so i reasoned that the door was open and people have already went in. so i pulled at the door, it opened, and so i think that my guess was right. and then i walk in, and there were a group of teachers sitting inside, having a meeting. among the group was my math teacher, my spanish teacher, my previous spanish teacher, and the principal. (this reminded me oddly enough, of goats and minions) all of them turned around to look at me when i entered and ...it was awkward, to say the least. i pivoted without stopping and walked right back outside. in less than five minutes two other people made the same mistake and we waited outside together wondering about ...
yes, that was interesting.
20050412
the art of arts
if i did not realize, last year, what horrible things in-class essays are early in the morning, i would have realized it today. but such as it is, i suppose it's very good practice for the ap test day. i just don't have to be happy about it, that's all.
quote of the day: "i HATE LA!"- the response of a friend who'd had the misfortune of disagreeing with LA traffic and lost. heh. most of us know now where we're going to go, (or at least have had our choices narrowed down to a specific few) so, future is in sight, or can be plotted, and now there's something to look forward to!
oh yes, about the lit review session this morning, i believe that i have someone to thank for my ability to get every single question that's related to a certain poem correct. that poem is by emily dickinson. a friend of mine had given me a book of her poems for my previous birthday. guess who? yes! step up now! :-) thanks kate! lol. i don't know what's the likelihood of getting another dickinson poem on the ap test this year but we can hope, can't we?
hope springs eternal. ah yes.
get well soon christine. i don't know if you read this, but get well soon.
and everytime anna says "prom dress" i'm going to say "davis sweater."
quote of the day: "i HATE LA!"- the response of a friend who'd had the misfortune of disagreeing with LA traffic and lost. heh. most of us know now where we're going to go, (or at least have had our choices narrowed down to a specific few) so, future is in sight, or can be plotted, and now there's something to look forward to!
oh yes, about the lit review session this morning, i believe that i have someone to thank for my ability to get every single question that's related to a certain poem correct. that poem is by emily dickinson. a friend of mine had given me a book of her poems for my previous birthday. guess who? yes! step up now! :-) thanks kate! lol. i don't know what's the likelihood of getting another dickinson poem on the ap test this year but we can hope, can't we?
hope springs eternal. ah yes.
get well soon christine. i don't know if you read this, but get well soon.
and everytime anna says "prom dress" i'm going to say "davis sweater."
20050411
what you will
i am going to type up today's post before i do my lit reading, because i am afraid of what shakespeare will do to my already not-quite-normal sentence structures. however, the whole idea behind the play made me realize that in essence, you can't tell if a girl is a girl or a guy a guy by their face only. as kate had once said "guys shouldn't be allowed to have eye-lashes that long" so, i suppose the comedy depicted is really technically possible.
technically.
right.
feel the attraction of gravity. feel it pull down on you. don't forget to breathe.
and stress-relieving time can come with a deadline. and a stop watch.
stick a group of seniors together, give them a slip of paper with some writing on it that includes the word "sex" and watch what the hormone driven brains can think up. it's quite disgusting in some sense, and quite sad in others. honestly, you'd think they didn't know the homo sapien species usually comes in two genders. watching them blushing over their own crude jokes, though, is very interesting. i will never cease to be amazed at how many shades of red humans can come in.
technically.
right.
feel the attraction of gravity. feel it pull down on you. don't forget to breathe.
and stress-relieving time can come with a deadline. and a stop watch.
stick a group of seniors together, give them a slip of paper with some writing on it that includes the word "sex" and watch what the hormone driven brains can think up. it's quite disgusting in some sense, and quite sad in others. honestly, you'd think they didn't know the homo sapien species usually comes in two genders. watching them blushing over their own crude jokes, though, is very interesting. i will never cease to be amazed at how many shades of red humans can come in.
20050410
GJ update
PARALLELISM [My salutations to Edward Albee and Kate (for ranting to me about the penguin book.)]
Each to their own rooms. One window. Four walls.
Each to their own cell with no one to call.
Like parallel worlds that never do meet
We walk in one direction on a two-way street.
Each to their minds with their own thoughts to think.
Each with their own soul teetering on the brink.
Living alone in illusions created to be real
Until we can’t tell what is it we feel.
A hundred buildings. Six-storied flats.
A thousand stories. All identical, at that.
A six-inch barrier of plaster and bricks,
And a frozen silence that no one can break.
A thousand homes. A million lights.
A million tears shed in the darkness that night.
One window. Four walls. A two-D world.
We’re locked within and we don’t know what for.
Truth and illusions. It’s such a mess.
Truth and illusions. There can be no regrets.
Like parallel worlds that never do meet
We all walk in one direction on a two way street…
Each to their own rooms. One window. Four walls.
Each to their own cell with no one to call.
Like parallel worlds that never do meet
We walk in one direction on a two-way street.
Each to their minds with their own thoughts to think.
Each with their own soul teetering on the brink.
Living alone in illusions created to be real
Until we can’t tell what is it we feel.
A hundred buildings. Six-storied flats.
A thousand stories. All identical, at that.
A six-inch barrier of plaster and bricks,
And a frozen silence that no one can break.
A thousand homes. A million lights.
A million tears shed in the darkness that night.
One window. Four walls. A two-D world.
We’re locked within and we don’t know what for.
Truth and illusions. It’s such a mess.
Truth and illusions. There can be no regrets.
Like parallel worlds that never do meet
We all walk in one direction on a two way street…
flowerpot #3
my calla lilies are blooming. they're pretty. however, i have this strange...thing coming up in container #3. theoretically (yes, theoretically ) they're a different type of lillies, but the leaves look nothing like what they're suppose to look like and so i'm trying to logically deduce what on earth it could be. how's that for a little spring-time excitement? the mystery of the weird green thing in my flowerpot.
life is full of surprises. run it through murphy's law and i'm sure you'll get something quite interesting.
played badminton with my father this morning and i couldn't remember at first how to do the backhands so i kept running around. though that was good exercise i realized that i should force myself to remember it anyway. i also realized that others will only see what you remember, but only you will know what you've forgotten... .
possible psychological issues here.
i've also withdrawn my applications from the private schools, submitted my SIR, and will be withdrawing my applications from the other UCs this week. no, no regrets of whatsoever. contrarily, i feel this sense of relief that the decision is done and over with. knowing that when fall comes around you'll have a definite place to go to gives you a nice solid feeling. you don't usually get that from life.
grasp your opportunities everyone--and to those of you who still need to convince your parents so that they see it's you, not they, who are going to the colleges--good luck!
life is full of surprises. run it through murphy's law and i'm sure you'll get something quite interesting.
played badminton with my father this morning and i couldn't remember at first how to do the backhands so i kept running around. though that was good exercise i realized that i should force myself to remember it anyway. i also realized that others will only see what you remember, but only you will know what you've forgotten... .
possible psychological issues here.
i've also withdrawn my applications from the private schools, submitted my SIR, and will be withdrawing my applications from the other UCs this week. no, no regrets of whatsoever. contrarily, i feel this sense of relief that the decision is done and over with. knowing that when fall comes around you'll have a definite place to go to gives you a nice solid feeling. you don't usually get that from life.
grasp your opportunities everyone--and to those of you who still need to convince your parents so that they see it's you, not they, who are going to the colleges--good luck!
20050409
17 stillmore
"Well," she said, "I'm seventeen and I'm crazy. My uncle says the two always go together. When peple ask you your age, he said, always say seventeen and insane."
so it goes. heh.
an event this morning: i got up and went downstairs and both of my parents (our family being all early-risers) were already up. we said good morning and all that, and then they asked, since they were making breakfast already, what i'd like to drink for breakfast.
parents: so what's your choice?
me: what are my options?
parents: milk.
me: ...and...?
parents: that's it.
isn't that funny? it makes me wonder about a lot of things, namely the parallels that occur in the society. they tell you you have the power to decide, and then hand you the list of choices you can make and on that list you can see the grand total (limited for whatever reason) of one, single, choice.
much of life is an illusion that most people choose not to see through.
cest la vie.
is this one of the murphy's laws?
oh yes, homework, of course, today, and studying. if i get tired my mind'll just digress by itself and so vacation breaks (at least mentally) doesn't seem to be a problem.
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a penny for your thoughts:
eick: The point is the Price of peace is often too high and many don't realize it.
eick: They think peace is something that is done in a room full of ambassadors.
so it goes. heh.
an event this morning: i got up and went downstairs and both of my parents (our family being all early-risers) were already up. we said good morning and all that, and then they asked, since they were making breakfast already, what i'd like to drink for breakfast.
parents: so what's your choice?
me: what are my options?
parents: milk.
me: ...and...?
parents: that's it.
isn't that funny? it makes me wonder about a lot of things, namely the parallels that occur in the society. they tell you you have the power to decide, and then hand you the list of choices you can make and on that list you can see the grand total (limited for whatever reason) of one, single, choice.
much of life is an illusion that most people choose not to see through.
cest la vie.
is this one of the murphy's laws?
oh yes, homework, of course, today, and studying. if i get tired my mind'll just digress by itself and so vacation breaks (at least mentally) doesn't seem to be a problem.
[edit 18 49]
a penny for your thoughts:
eick: The point is the Price of peace is often too high and many don't realize it.
eick: They think peace is something that is done in a room full of ambassadors.
20050408
it never rains but pours
hear, hear!
hypothesis: this is an "el nino" year. therefore the strange weather pattern will continue and there will be a chance of rain in june.
i was a little worried about not being up to the task mentally today, but then i realized that everyone was a bit "out of it" (funny phrase, what exactly is the "it" that you're out of? mood? homeostatis? humor?) and so whatever state i was in is unnoticeable. i love relativity. arbitrary standards make the world go-round.
quote of the day:
"what is this sky that you speak of? i swear! it's a government conspiracy!"
christine? if the sky suddenly started raining hammers right where you stood we all will know what had happened. way with experimentation, no?
another established pact made during lunch today: if anna and i were to live together, she's doing the grocery shopping, and i the cooking. anna can "make a mean sandwhich" though. lol. and we both can make bunny-shaped cakes...with gumballs for eyes. LOL.
my head apparently makes a good handwarmer, since my hair is so efficient at absorping solar energy. this just took the "it's nice to feel useful" and answered it an entirely different way, but well!
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i'm not visiting berkeley after all, it turns out; i'm indirectly saved from a potential confrontation by OPEC and the district's horrible parking problems. mr. a.'d be jubilant. heh. thanks lucy, for offering to go with me though!
hypothesis: this is an "el nino" year. therefore the strange weather pattern will continue and there will be a chance of rain in june.
i was a little worried about not being up to the task mentally today, but then i realized that everyone was a bit "out of it" (funny phrase, what exactly is the "it" that you're out of? mood? homeostatis? humor?) and so whatever state i was in is unnoticeable. i love relativity. arbitrary standards make the world go-round.
quote of the day:
"what is this sky that you speak of? i swear! it's a government conspiracy!"
christine? if the sky suddenly started raining hammers right where you stood we all will know what had happened. way with experimentation, no?
another established pact made during lunch today: if anna and i were to live together, she's doing the grocery shopping, and i the cooking. anna can "make a mean sandwhich" though. lol. and we both can make bunny-shaped cakes...with gumballs for eyes. LOL.
my head apparently makes a good handwarmer, since my hair is so efficient at absorping solar energy. this just took the "it's nice to feel useful" and answered it an entirely different way, but well!
[edit 16 29]
i'm not visiting berkeley after all, it turns out; i'm indirectly saved from a potential confrontation by OPEC and the district's horrible parking problems. mr. a.'d be jubilant. heh. thanks lucy, for offering to go with me though!
20050407
los proyectos
exam, quiz, and an oral presentation. what fun. half way through my spanish dialog today my partner forgot her lines so, to try to salvage the situation, i get to go impromptu and try to keep my pronouns straight at the same time. i don't think the teacher noticed our...deviation, and it was an interesting challenge.
what is it with cats and screen doors /windows? or is it only certain cats that have this habit?
oh yes:
widg·et ( P ) Pronunciation Key (wjt)n.
A small mechanical device or control; a gadget.
An unnamed or hypothetical manufactured article.
thank you lucy, for providing that definition.lol. now when we have to calculate the marginal revenue of the widget market, at least we know what we're calculating--that is--we're calculating the "unnamed or hypothetical manufactured article".
widget. funny word. funny language.
and now i shall realize that i have still three chapters and many portions of the brain to memorize.
what is it with cats and screen doors /windows? or is it only certain cats that have this habit?
oh yes:
widg·et ( P ) Pronunciation Key (wjt)n.
A small mechanical device or control; a gadget.
An unnamed or hypothetical manufactured article.
thank you lucy, for providing that definition.lol. now when we have to calculate the marginal revenue of the widget market, at least we know what we're calculating--that is--we're calculating the "unnamed or hypothetical manufactured article".
widget. funny word. funny language.
and now i shall realize that i have still three chapters and many portions of the brain to memorize.
20050406
what's a widget?
sra. mora is an exceptional exception. noted. lol.
i felt very smart during the late discussion today when i realized that i'd managed to, by myself, reach the big conclusion that ms. stebbins was try to get us to come up with in class today (i.e. the story of the invisible man is essentially the story of each of us. as for how i came up with that...that'll take too much explanation) about two weeks ago. then i felt like an idiot because i spent five minutes hunting for my pencils, which were in the bottom of my backpack once again.
two hundred points essay, three books to analyze. what fun.
here's the question though: if you are a reflection, are you still invisible?
the flyer for the opening house for berkeley came, and my parents really wanted to go. i suppose that, since they'd allowed me to go along with my wayward decision regarding college choices, it's only fair that i should go along with them on visiting berkeley, to even out the happiness factor, so to speak. nevertheless, being resigned to my stubborness doesn't mean that they've given up trying to convince me yet so...anyone want to go with me on berkeley visiting day? i don't trust myself enough and might need a buffer.
i felt very smart during the late discussion today when i realized that i'd managed to, by myself, reach the big conclusion that ms. stebbins was try to get us to come up with in class today (i.e. the story of the invisible man is essentially the story of each of us. as for how i came up with that...that'll take too much explanation) about two weeks ago. then i felt like an idiot because i spent five minutes hunting for my pencils, which were in the bottom of my backpack once again.
two hundred points essay, three books to analyze. what fun.
here's the question though: if you are a reflection, are you still invisible?
the flyer for the opening house for berkeley came, and my parents really wanted to go. i suppose that, since they'd allowed me to go along with my wayward decision regarding college choices, it's only fair that i should go along with them on visiting berkeley, to even out the happiness factor, so to speak. nevertheless, being resigned to my stubborness doesn't mean that they've given up trying to convince me yet so...anyone want to go with me on berkeley visiting day? i don't trust myself enough and might need a buffer.
20050405
nanobots
the double definition behind the phrase "the future is only one click away".
physio today involved me being spun around in a chair with my eyes closed ten times to test my space-coordination. i felt somewhat centrifuged, but i could still make my index fingers meet afterwards, so kate, it seems that i am "cured" after all. lol.
sra. mora had "a dios le pido" on replay again (i hear that the spanish honor society is performing that this week), and we had to sing the song twice in class, with me still trying (and failing) to figure out when i can pause for breath. the international week decorations for the language wing had gone up today and it looks spectacular. the bright orange tissue flowers are slightly scary...but it may be just me.
which reminds me: lucy, i'm afraid i'll have to refute your argument for the ap teachers v.s. stress case. i just realized today that sra. mora teaches spanish 5 (ap), spanish 4 (honors) and spanish 3 (regular), and she's always cheerful, never stressed, and always on schedule with her lesson plans. i wonder how she manages...since she has something like six classes a day.
another point with the spiders. when i see them they are usually vertical in the corners where two walls meet, so it'd be difficult to slide a paper underneath them. not to mention they scurry, a lot, and will be none to happy to be carried outside. what i meant, i think, was something more along the lines of "lavender-in-closet-keeps-moths-away" remedy, but oh well, i'll list the spider-remedy under my questions and maybe look it up sometimes this summer.
faith is as much an emotion as it is a rationale, is it not?
physio today involved me being spun around in a chair with my eyes closed ten times to test my space-coordination. i felt somewhat centrifuged, but i could still make my index fingers meet afterwards, so kate, it seems that i am "cured" after all. lol.
sra. mora had "a dios le pido" on replay again (i hear that the spanish honor society is performing that this week), and we had to sing the song twice in class, with me still trying (and failing) to figure out when i can pause for breath. the international week decorations for the language wing had gone up today and it looks spectacular. the bright orange tissue flowers are slightly scary...but it may be just me.
which reminds me: lucy, i'm afraid i'll have to refute your argument for the ap teachers v.s. stress case. i just realized today that sra. mora teaches spanish 5 (ap), spanish 4 (honors) and spanish 3 (regular), and she's always cheerful, never stressed, and always on schedule with her lesson plans. i wonder how she manages...since she has something like six classes a day.
another point with the spiders. when i see them they are usually vertical in the corners where two walls meet, so it'd be difficult to slide a paper underneath them. not to mention they scurry, a lot, and will be none to happy to be carried outside. what i meant, i think, was something more along the lines of "lavender-in-closet-keeps-moths-away" remedy, but oh well, i'll list the spider-remedy under my questions and maybe look it up sometimes this summer.
faith is as much an emotion as it is a rationale, is it not?
20050404
absolutely valued
negative signs, i think, will be the bane of my career, from math to economics to science and including everything in between. really now, how hard do you think one little dash mark can get? it's times like this when i really wonder about my own intelligence.
christine had an odd fixation for banana slugs today; she went around bothering everyone about her "slugs" (her hands, with the index and the pinky playing the "eyestalks") until i threatened that i'll bring a can of salt tomorrow. granted, cans of salt are not exactly school utensils, but "desperate times calls for desperate measures", and when christine hit upon the topic of "aerodynamic slugs" (those were her very own words), the times had gotten very desperate indeed.
many people donated blood today, and many of them didn't feel well afterwards. hope you feel better soon, everyone! ashley spent brunch lying on the cement (get well soon ashley, and thanks for the rayearth art books!) and ramya was groggy much of 6th period today. don't ever donate blood on an empty stomach.
kate gave me the CD, complete with a CD-case today (thanks kate!) and i also had a look at some of the scholarships that were around. sometimes after the interact meeting anna established that if she and i were to rent an apartment together next year (because dorm rents are that much more expensive), i am to kill all the spiders for her.
it's so nice to feel useful. of course, the spiders might disagree, but spiders "are highly disagreeable anyway so their opinions can and should be disregarded."
i wonder if there's a healthy, non-lethal way to get rid of spiders. suggestions, anyone?
christine had an odd fixation for banana slugs today; she went around bothering everyone about her "slugs" (her hands, with the index and the pinky playing the "eyestalks") until i threatened that i'll bring a can of salt tomorrow. granted, cans of salt are not exactly school utensils, but "desperate times calls for desperate measures", and when christine hit upon the topic of "aerodynamic slugs" (those were her very own words), the times had gotten very desperate indeed.
many people donated blood today, and many of them didn't feel well afterwards. hope you feel better soon, everyone! ashley spent brunch lying on the cement (get well soon ashley, and thanks for the rayearth art books!) and ramya was groggy much of 6th period today. don't ever donate blood on an empty stomach.
kate gave me the CD, complete with a CD-case today (thanks kate!) and i also had a look at some of the scholarships that were around. sometimes after the interact meeting anna established that if she and i were to rent an apartment together next year (because dorm rents are that much more expensive), i am to kill all the spiders for her.
it's so nice to feel useful. of course, the spiders might disagree, but spiders "are highly disagreeable anyway so their opinions can and should be disregarded."
i wonder if there's a healthy, non-lethal way to get rid of spiders. suggestions, anyone?
20050403
solution to one mystery
luna (1:55:38 PM): oh dude
luna (1:55:47 PM): i have figured out the 'ap teacher stress' thing
luna (1:56:17 PM): the teachers that are most stressed are the ones that, on top of ap classes, have to deal with the, um, non-ap crowd of students
luna (1:56:25 PM): stebbins: world core+ parenting
luna (1:56:40 PM): ferrante: super sweet algebra..
luna (1:56:45 PM): morse has world core this year
luna (1:56:50 PM): mr a?
luna (1:56:54 PM): ONLY 2 econ ap classes
sceresian (1:56:54 PM): history
sceresian (1:56:59 PM): world history
sceresian (1:57:06 PM): he teaches world history
luna (1:57:06 PM): not this year
sceresian (1:57:08 PM): no?
luna (1:57:19 PM): i think this year it's only us
luna (1:57:41 PM): i know he doesnt have anything after 3rd, not sure if he has a first
luna (1:58:10 PM): oh and physio
luna (1:58:15 PM): she has the bio thing
sceresian (1:58:24 PM): hmm
luna (1:58:40 PM): and physio is like double bad coz it's a hard class but not ap so you still get some of the 'non-ap' crowd
luna (1:55:47 PM): i have figured out the 'ap teacher stress' thing
luna (1:56:17 PM): the teachers that are most stressed are the ones that, on top of ap classes, have to deal with the, um, non-ap crowd of students
luna (1:56:25 PM): stebbins: world core+ parenting
luna (1:56:40 PM): ferrante: super sweet algebra..
luna (1:56:45 PM): morse has world core this year
luna (1:56:50 PM): mr a?
luna (1:56:54 PM): ONLY 2 econ ap classes
sceresian (1:56:54 PM): history
sceresian (1:56:59 PM): world history
sceresian (1:57:06 PM): he teaches world history
luna (1:57:06 PM): not this year
sceresian (1:57:08 PM): no?
luna (1:57:19 PM): i think this year it's only us
luna (1:57:41 PM): i know he doesnt have anything after 3rd, not sure if he has a first
luna (1:58:10 PM): oh and physio
luna (1:58:15 PM): she has the bio thing
sceresian (1:58:24 PM): hmm
luna (1:58:40 PM): and physio is like double bad coz it's a hard class but not ap so you still get some of the 'non-ap' crowd
factoring in the weather
they say that when "life gives you lemons, make lemonade," (or, in the less common but more well-liked version, "chuck it at someone"). the weather has not been good for citruses lately i hear, so what would happen when life no longer can afford to give out lemons? what's something else that can normally considered inedible? brussel sprouts?
"when life gives you brussel sprouts...."
no, that just doesn't have the same ring to it. besides, with lemon you can make all sort of things (partially due to an ironic contribution by lemon extract), what can you do with brussel sprouts? brussel sprout juice? that sounds very nasty, doesn't it? to quote a line from garfield "if scientists can find a use for it, we wouldn't have to eat it!"
kate called me yesterday afternoon [no transition] and asked about this "computer problem" that she can't download zip files. after going through all the options and configurations we discovered that the culprit was, in fact, zonealarm, which i didn't know she uses and she didn't know could affect the download. but now that that was fixed, i'm forcefully reminded of when we had to download that thing for a lab in networking...and i had to go and manually change the settings (on both ashley's computer and mine) because the thing kept blocking the connections when we were using explorer. needless to say, i'm none too fond of zonealarm. another item added to the list of programs i-will-never-use-if-i-can-help-it category.
physio has started to remind me about networking, except it's slightly [yes, slightly] more useful.
"when life gives you brussel sprouts...."
no, that just doesn't have the same ring to it. besides, with lemon you can make all sort of things (partially due to an ironic contribution by lemon extract), what can you do with brussel sprouts? brussel sprout juice? that sounds very nasty, doesn't it? to quote a line from garfield "if scientists can find a use for it, we wouldn't have to eat it!"
kate called me yesterday afternoon [no transition] and asked about this "computer problem" that she can't download zip files. after going through all the options and configurations we discovered that the culprit was, in fact, zonealarm, which i didn't know she uses and she didn't know could affect the download. but now that that was fixed, i'm forcefully reminded of when we had to download that thing for a lab in networking...and i had to go and manually change the settings (on both ashley's computer and mine) because the thing kept blocking the connections when we were using explorer. needless to say, i'm none too fond of zonealarm. another item added to the list of programs i-will-never-use-if-i-can-help-it category.
physio has started to remind me about networking, except it's slightly [yes, slightly] more useful.
20050402
what goes
last night my parents and i went out to dinner, which was nice, except i was really sleepy so most of my energy was spent repressing the yawns. Not very diplomatic of me, I know, but one can't always be a diplomat now, can she? the main focus was suppose to be for my parent's wedding anniversary, but since the colleges had decided to send in all their stuff...that got dragged in as the conversation until i pointed out that their marriage preceeded my birth...hence, you know, priority listing. oh yes, i use my logic system with my parent too, feel sorry for them?
i also noticed a very big flaw in my connection of ap teachers with stress. mr. a. does not seem to be very stressed (less stressed, in fact, than janson, it seems). true he was "impassionate" (his very own words) about the "inequity" of the rules in the little league (which his son is in), but that's not quite the same thing. or perhaps he's just a better dissembler than anyone noticed.
happy?
happy.
time is the limiting resource. it always was and always will be. "world without end. amen."
i also noticed a very big flaw in my connection of ap teachers with stress. mr. a. does not seem to be very stressed (less stressed, in fact, than janson, it seems). true he was "impassionate" (his very own words) about the "inequity" of the rules in the little league (which his son is in), but that's not quite the same thing. or perhaps he's just a better dissembler than anyone noticed.
happy?
happy.
time is the limiting resource. it always was and always will be. "world without end. amen."
20050401
personal annoucement
i just checked mail. snail mail, to be exact. NYU's stuff came, as they promised, on april fool's day. they sent a cardboard folder...complete with a small magazine and the envelopes and the works. very impressive, it was. Berkeley's packet also came today in the form of this...thing (I really don't know what you'll call it). I found what's written there highly amusing and as a result I'll share a bit of it, with bits of my editorial-styled comments added for your amusement.
This is what you've been waiting for, the good news. (No kidding.) ...The sound you hear is the world opening up at your feet. (Sounds horrifying, like I'm about to take Dante's legendary descent into hell...which makes you wonder at the allusion...) It's the sound of ideas popping. (As in exploding? From the ground? Like mushrooms or like grenades?)
LOL. Three posts in one day, more than enough for me.
This is what you've been waiting for, the good news. (No kidding.) ...The sound you hear is the world opening up at your feet. (Sounds horrifying, like I'm about to take Dante's legendary descent into hell...which makes you wonder at the allusion...) It's the sound of ideas popping. (As in exploding? From the ground? Like mushrooms or like grenades?)
LOL. Three posts in one day, more than enough for me.
another beginning
it is not that different really.
as for why i "started" another blog (the old one's deleted, but the system will allow it to "exist" for a while yet), there are several reasons. yes i must have more than one reason to justify my actions, especially something as "earthbreaking" as this. too many quotation marks? lol. deal with it.
reason: 1. the old blog is getting much to big and somewhere between my browser and my internet connection publication is getting to be a pain. i don't know why it only affected my blog, and not the group one, but something needed to be done. 2. blogger system no longer allows the underscore, so i'd have to switch url anyway. 3.. it's the beginning of another phrase in my life so i thought having a "fresh" start that is not altogether new is symbolically significant. (yes you can argue that english ap is finally getting to me...but whatever.)
since i'm famous (or is it infamous?) for my three-point arguments. there are my three points and there goes my argument. now, without further ado, i will recap my day. if you'll notice, my style of posting hasn't been affected by the new post. and i don't think anything will be changing for another...oh...month at least in terms of general stuff and even longer before a change in the style of my posts.
recap:
it took mr. ferrante approximately three days before the therapeutic value of his trip to disney land to wear off. noted. i wonder if being a teacher for an ap class has "stress" as a pre-requisite (sp?)...there's ms. stebbins, for example, who cracked her tooth because she was clenching her teeth too hard, as a result of her stress.
in networking eric changed all the bios password for all the computers so no one could log on. and i thought there was something wrong with the keyboard but no, it was april fool's day. this reminds me to remark that a. i have certain friends who're a "wee" bit too obsessed with harry potter (you know who you are. come now, 'fess up! lol.) such that when mugglenet played an april fool's joke yesterday they freaked out.... which leads me to the fact that i'm apparently not gulliable (sp?) enough for my friend's amusement. heh. well, i do stupid things...just not necessarily on april fool's day, so it's all even.
somewhere between kate and christine they worked out that cheetos (copyrighted) is love. as in it's red and crunchy. i understand the red part, and i understand that the crunchy part hasn't been worked out yet...but i trust that it will show up eventually. given kate, given christine, it will.
the guy sitting beside me at the bus stop randomly started talking to me...he's a freshman...and guess what? i got mistaken for a freshman. lol. so much for the idea that i got "promoted" to sophomore status. and yes, he did "happen" to be taller than i am, why'd you ask?
a life determining two days, no? now we'll need the weekend to try to re-align our priorities, our emotions, our world.
happy friday everyone. satifactory-ly long post?
as for why i "started" another blog (the old one's deleted, but the system will allow it to "exist" for a while yet), there are several reasons. yes i must have more than one reason to justify my actions, especially something as "earthbreaking" as this. too many quotation marks? lol. deal with it.
reason: 1. the old blog is getting much to big and somewhere between my browser and my internet connection publication is getting to be a pain. i don't know why it only affected my blog, and not the group one, but something needed to be done. 2. blogger system no longer allows the underscore, so i'd have to switch url anyway. 3.. it's the beginning of another phrase in my life so i thought having a "fresh" start that is not altogether new is symbolically significant. (yes you can argue that english ap is finally getting to me...but whatever.)
since i'm famous (or is it infamous?) for my three-point arguments. there are my three points and there goes my argument. now, without further ado, i will recap my day. if you'll notice, my style of posting hasn't been affected by the new post. and i don't think anything will be changing for another...oh...month at least in terms of general stuff and even longer before a change in the style of my posts.
recap:
it took mr. ferrante approximately three days before the therapeutic value of his trip to disney land to wear off. noted. i wonder if being a teacher for an ap class has "stress" as a pre-requisite (sp?)...there's ms. stebbins, for example, who cracked her tooth because she was clenching her teeth too hard, as a result of her stress.
in networking eric changed all the bios password for all the computers so no one could log on. and i thought there was something wrong with the keyboard but no, it was april fool's day. this reminds me to remark that a. i have certain friends who're a "wee" bit too obsessed with harry potter (you know who you are. come now, 'fess up! lol.) such that when mugglenet played an april fool's joke yesterday they freaked out.... which leads me to the fact that i'm apparently not gulliable (sp?) enough for my friend's amusement. heh. well, i do stupid things...just not necessarily on april fool's day, so it's all even.
somewhere between kate and christine they worked out that cheetos (copyrighted) is love. as in it's red and crunchy. i understand the red part, and i understand that the crunchy part hasn't been worked out yet...but i trust that it will show up eventually. given kate, given christine, it will.
the guy sitting beside me at the bus stop randomly started talking to me...he's a freshman...and guess what? i got mistaken for a freshman. lol. so much for the idea that i got "promoted" to sophomore status. and yes, he did "happen" to be taller than i am, why'd you ask?
a life determining two days, no? now we'll need the weekend to try to re-align our priorities, our emotions, our world.
happy friday everyone. satifactory-ly long post?
last post
this is the last post from my old blog, i thought i'd paste it here to make the "transition" less "shocking".
recap: what a day
i'm thinking in exclaimation points now.
it's my parent's wedding anniversary today!
i got wait-listed for cornell!
i got into berkeley!
too much excitement!
no math homework!
calming down a bit, admission letters seem to make quite good an annerversary present, considering my parent's reactions.
everyone's "news" is coming out today. i wish them luck!
and this blog is going to get "moved". the url will change by 2 letters if i have anything to do with it...if not...
well anything may happen at this point. who knows?
recap: what a day
i'm thinking in exclaimation points now.
it's my parent's wedding anniversary today!
i got wait-listed for cornell!
i got into berkeley!
too much excitement!
no math homework!
calming down a bit, admission letters seem to make quite good an annerversary present, considering my parent's reactions.
everyone's "news" is coming out today. i wish them luck!
and this blog is going to get "moved". the url will change by 2 letters if i have anything to do with it...if not...
well anything may happen at this point. who knows?
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