The end is near...

So, after realizing that I needed to pick courses for the upcoming semester for HMC, and then for study abroad, I got caught up in so many decisions. Do I care about a meal plan? What is my take on religion/religious services and the family I'm to stay with for a few days? My hobbies, my interests, my preferences... golly!

As far as classes go... Abroad or here, I'm not quite sure. And I'm getting very excited about the whole thing - new people, new places, new things to see and do. I also Link-plussed a bunch of books on England, travel guides, books about culture, and once classes finally finish I'll have time to actually read. The summer should be fun no matter how it all works out.

I've got a big-deal E80 presentation left, a community service project, paperwork (of course), a lesson plan to make and think about, and finals galore! It's all coming together and it makes me full of glee. Gleeful? hm. Maybe not. Oooh, I've babbled too much now. Turns out that babbling is something done by children that is naturally instinctive except for linguistically deprived children (whose cases are quite sad).

There are important things to do as well, so I best be off and at least pretend work. :)

Flowers and a Word

The things that can make or break a day include:

Flowers, and aren't they pretty and uplifting...


and then one word from some asshole, and the day is done.

BBC NEWS | Europe | Brussels protest over MP3 murder

It's really great when people can come together for a reason. A good reason like this poor boy's death. No one does this in America, or if they do, I never hear about it. We have marches against political activity, be it war or people, but never something so far from home yet close to home at the same time. All of it makes me feel gloomy.

BBC NEWS | Europe | Brussels protest over MP3 murder

Summer

The summer is approaching, making me wish more and more that I was already done with the work for this semester. Too bad I'm busy procrastinating. My plans for summer are hopefully to be worked out in the coming week, all in all considering it's almost already here in 3 weeks. WOW. I can't believe the semester is over already.

I suppose I ought to go back to working considering the weekend is almost over too. Darn on that part.

Ten Commandments of the Female Nerd@Everything2.com

Ten Commandments of the Female Nerd@Everything2.com: "Thou shall be user friendly.
Thou shall love thineself, for thou art a rare and noble breed, and worth it.
Thou shalt never use thine sex or thine superpowers for ill.
Thou shalt not start drama, for it is the bane of all nerd-dom.
Thou shall know thine shit, and not rely on thine sex appeal to keep thyself in good standing with the non-mammaried nerds.
Thou shall have good fashion sense, if it pleaseth thee, and if not, thou shalt not care, regardless of social convention.
Thou shalt not mother thine colleagues, for they are well able to care for themselves.
Thou shalt not take shit.
Thou shalt not care if a man giveth thee shit, and if a woman giveth thee shit, thou shalt not take it personally, for they know not what they do.
Thou shall be generally awesome, and all shall love ye (and despair)."

Interesting...

Harvey Mudd College - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

After a big todo about MIT stealing the Caltech Cannon, read this.... "There is a long-standing rivalry between Harvey Mudd and the nearby Caltech; except this rivalry is basically unacknowledged by Caltech." This is funny. Why? Becuase HMC thinks that Caltech and itself are rivals. People are thinking of some kind of revenge.

Harvey Mudd College - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Is it irony, lying, or something else?

The people I hate are those who say they'll never do something, and then do it. Its one thing to dance around a topic in not deciding about it, to be wishy-washy, etc., but it is even another to go against everything you once stood for or against. What makes people change their minds so much? Is it the changing of the tides, aging, and realization that one wants their own life to change? Now - I do think hate is a strong word, so maybe I did lie in the beginning – and speaking of a lie…

Are these people just lying to themselves, lying to others on purpose, or just because they aren't sure and would rather say something than nothing? Is the goal in life to appease others or to suit oneself?

Or are people just hypocrites? It’s really hard to tell, and I hate to judge, but it just happens. Hypocrites are those that go around doing this sort of thing… or do they just do these things and seem like hypocrites to avoid something or another at that given time.

Perhaps I’m just a hypocrite myself, and too mean and pessimistic to realize otherwise.

Flock

Heard of flock? It's pretty neat. I downloaded the between alpha and beta version, and was pretty impressed. I suppose it's even more useful for those who are addicted to del.icio or flickr, etc., and less so for me. It's very pretty, much like firefox overall, and is a wonderful idea. And then I uninstalled it. It's nice to see, and then wait for the final version... These things always dissapoint me, but I really don't need the hassle of even another browser.

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In case you're lacking human contact, but still have man's best friend..

pet plus dog leash

This is really semi-creepy. The leash has a hand hold, as a substitute gf/bf, as if you missed the contact. It's all done as a part of a project to get animals closer in social interaction to the owners.

I think this hand/leash thing just scary. If you need this kind of contact so badly... please don't do this.

Good music makes the world go round...

Or makes happiness spread just the little-ist bit. The Rolling Stones 500 Top Songs that I found on the network is just perfect. If someone really compiled the list, they are way on!

Life is tough, friend comes to visit, CSP weekend and ASP creeping up as well as more work on the horizon. And there's always room draw to cheer everyone up.

:)

Time

"People find life entirely too time-consuming."
- Stanislaw J. Lec

Pictures

So, I too went through the ones I had, so so many, and chose a few to share through Yahoo. And thanks to my camera, the pictures are huge and it took forever. Well, not exactly forever, but you get the jist. See for yourself.

Yahoo! Photos - San Francisco Slideshow

Happy Endings

An interesting movie about a whole lot of characters. Yes, the plot is reminiscent of soap operas (which I watch only when they are disguised otherwise), but all in all it was fairly fascinating and semi-realistic about life interactions. I can't imagine the bravery and openness some feel, but it also brings to mind the terrible things done to people in humanity.

Watch this movie only if you feel like a complicated movie with tons of story lines, that ends happy, yet only happy in a strange sense, and not in the "happy ending" kind of way if you get what I mean.

San Francisco Blast

So, spring break is still continuing, except now the real work begins, meaning the homework pile I left to finish during break. San Francisco was really fun, we did all the tourist things, saw most everything, and had gales of laughter. The drive up was a pain, and the drive back was easy. It's really nice to spend a few days with no stress, and just enjoy fun and life.

Pictures to come soon. Maybe.

24

A good ending to the first season. It's all my fault I got super addicted and had to watch the whole season, and I'm up to debating whether to continue with more. Unless I watch the whole season (24 40 minute episodes) I don't think it's possible, and that's a hell of a long time to waste.

Looking forward to the upcoming week with Spring Break, the rest should be nice.

Quote of the day

So I steal these from my google homepage. So what...

"The world only goes round by misunderstanding."
- Charles Baudelaire

Wowser

I really had stop re-reporting the news. Maybe I should just let the journalists do their job. Today was the WEST conference here at school run by another and yours truly. Went off almost without a hitch, enjoyable and all that jazz, only to result in very tired helpers. So tired...

A day of no work, means there's much more for tomorrow. I really had better crack-down and realize that work is important. There's so many other things to get done too.

And spring break is soon, so that's good too. :)

Feeling Hungry...Cannibal film banned in Germany

No one believes me about this story, but I remember when it was on the news a few years ago. Apparently the other man (who got eaten) shared some of his body with Meiwes before offering himself up for the kill. There was some video that was airing on the internet about it, but I thought it better not to watch. So now the movie's coming out, or perhaps not.

The world is a strange and interesting place. What makes cannibalism so interesting? Is it that it's not often done, and spurs our curiosity...?

BBC NEWS | Europe | Cannibal film banned in Germany

When we run out of real news....Bush 'waving when fell off bike'

So, what happens when we run out of real news: we talk about old news, when our honored president falls off his bike and hits an officer. LaTiDa. More articles on the side about Bush's bruises and choking scare as well as when he fell off the Segway. Terrible now.

Shouldn't they be discussing something important?

BBC NEWS | Americas | Bush 'waving when fell off bike'

Jack and Diane

Some songs you just love, love to appreciate, really enjoy.

"Oh yeah life goes on
Long after the thrill of livin is gone
Oh yeah say life goes on
Long after the thrill of livin is gone, they walk on"

It just is interesting the way music influences life. Some people don't listen, some people don't hear, and others just don't care, but I'm not one of those. Maybe I stand out in my own group, referencing life to music and music to life. Maybe it's outside the realm of normality, or maybe it's a personality trait. I'm not a music expert, but I appreciate what I can.

So it's true, what the music says -- in this case where life does go on.