I've been really hungry like all the time lately. MMM food.
Today's been a good day. I feel smart. yay! Physics homework. DONE. too bad he postponed it so it's not due til tomorrow...Oh well. At least I'm done! with that...I still have a long list of things to do.
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VERIZON. Today. What is wrong? A lot of people had their time set back an hour on their phone randomly...some people had this problem for long periods of time. Mine only did this for a few seconds ONCE to my...awareness. Josh's phone was wrong a lot...some were late for class as a result of the alarm being wrong. What's wrong with our phones? There are a few verizon users who did not come across this problem so I don't know what's going on. Can phones have viruses? The tower? WHAT? I mean it's not just (513) numbers but from all over! I am very confused...I sure hope my phone does not move like an hour forward because then I'll be late for class...if it's an hour behind that's fine. I have my phone set to 7am...I can manage to get ready for class by getting up at 8am. We'll see what happens. Maybe I'll find out what's going on...I've been searching online and nothing has come up yet. Oh well.
Update: Yea, it's probably a satellite rather than a tower problem. Goody. And smartphones don't seem to have this problem right now? maybe? Something about having to manually update something. I'm lazy.
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BRUCE LEE IS SWEET! His family came to speak today and it was very insightful. Bruce Lee is real deep. He was a philosophy major at U. Washington and he had very meaningful methods of approaching and going through life. There is no way I could transfer what I feel to words right now. Warner Bros made a short video about his thoughts and life which was pretty good. Um...Inspired? Yes. You sorta had to be there.
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Cofinker
Sigh. I've heard about it for some time but ... tomorrow is April. Who knows what's gonna happen? I need to deal with my computer this weekend anyway though.
Let's hope tonight's productive too! Monday and Tuesday has been good! Here's to a good Wednesday!
Loves!
P.S. I want to watch Adventureland...asap. It comes out this Friday.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Crank em out
2 Papers, 3 Hours. I'm pretty excited. 7 pages in 3 hours. Yay! It is almost my record...I think the record for me is 6 pages in 2 hours. Hey, at least I've been really productive today and that makes me happy! Maybe being productive is my own vice. Maybe. That sounds weird.
I just thought I'd say that...and maybe think about it again when I need motivation to be productive.
now I am backing up my computer.
Possibly the most productive day I've had like ever. It's been a good Monday....you know, relatively fun! and productive! I WIN! for now...
The consequences of the constant productivity is it affects the way I act sometimes. I'll still be pretty hyper at times but I am a lot more literal and my brain is more used to thinking...I guess more technically. Ugh?
So here's a demonstration of the inner science nerd in me. I went to the shriver clothing sale (you know, they have one like every few months?) and I bought a pair of jeans and a cardigan/wrap type thing. The wrap...eh, it's pretty generic B.R. But the jeans? hahahaha...Brand: Genetic Denim. GENETIC. hahaha...and there is DNA embroided (small) on some parts of it...hahaha...I had to. It fits wonderfully. I just had to.
I just thought I'd say that...and maybe think about it again when I need motivation to be productive.
now I am backing up my computer.
Possibly the most productive day I've had like ever. It's been a good Monday....you know, relatively fun! and productive! I WIN! for now...
The consequences of the constant productivity is it affects the way I act sometimes. I'll still be pretty hyper at times but I am a lot more literal and my brain is more used to thinking...I guess more technically. Ugh?
So here's a demonstration of the inner science nerd in me. I went to the shriver clothing sale (you know, they have one like every few months?) and I bought a pair of jeans and a cardigan/wrap type thing. The wrap...eh, it's pretty generic B.R. But the jeans? hahahaha...Brand: Genetic Denim. GENETIC. hahaha...and there is DNA embroided (small) on some parts of it...hahaha...I had to. It fits wonderfully. I just had to.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Brassage and Sea Monkeys
I encourage you all to check out this link:
Brassage
This Wellness Lingerie is hilarious and stupid.
Problems:
-What are these toxins that they claim are present?
-Do they even know what toxins are?
-Do they know ANYTHING about human anatomy and how it works?
-FIFTY DOLLARS?! ARE YOU CRAZY? for this? what a load of crap...
People are so gullible. Way to go...target the stupid women who know nothing about biology or have any common sense...and are willing to throw money around for something that has no legitimate information to back it up. I mean if you really want to use it you would have to wear it all the time and not wash it...or wash it every day...OR buy a bunch of them and that'll add up. I do NOT believe that this Brassage will help prevent any sort of illness. They might make you feel better if you're tense or something...but that's another matter and should NOT be mixed up.
The FDA has no jurisdiction over this unless they cause harm. I don't think this will cause any physical harm...psh...
Here's a solution. Get a boy. Problem solved.
People are so stupid. Notice how that woman runs away and then comes back. They talk about the doctor who has done a lot of research and has legitimized this product...they later find out that he's a chiropractor. I tell ya, the chiropractors are trying to push their way into the traditional scientific and medical world. Then again, doctors aren't perfect either.
Anyway, I found this entertaining. Our Epi. class definitely got a good laugh at it.
Classic Toys:
"The reason they’re so active (supposedly… I’m still bitter that mine never worked) is because one of the packets you dump into the aquarium contains a type of salt that increases the sexual activity of the little critters." ---hahahah!!!!
--Guess the toy. Go to the site and read the others!
Brassage
This Wellness Lingerie is hilarious and stupid.
Problems:
-What are these toxins that they claim are present?
-Do they even know what toxins are?
-Do they know ANYTHING about human anatomy and how it works?
-FIFTY DOLLARS?! ARE YOU CRAZY? for this? what a load of crap...
People are so gullible. Way to go...target the stupid women who know nothing about biology or have any common sense...and are willing to throw money around for something that has no legitimate information to back it up. I mean if you really want to use it you would have to wear it all the time and not wash it...or wash it every day...OR buy a bunch of them and that'll add up. I do NOT believe that this Brassage will help prevent any sort of illness. They might make you feel better if you're tense or something...but that's another matter and should NOT be mixed up.
The FDA has no jurisdiction over this unless they cause harm. I don't think this will cause any physical harm...psh...
Here's a solution. Get a boy. Problem solved.
People are so stupid. Notice how that woman runs away and then comes back. They talk about the doctor who has done a lot of research and has legitimized this product...they later find out that he's a chiropractor. I tell ya, the chiropractors are trying to push their way into the traditional scientific and medical world. Then again, doctors aren't perfect either.
Anyway, I found this entertaining. Our Epi. class definitely got a good laugh at it.
Classic Toys:
"The reason they’re so active (supposedly… I’m still bitter that mine never worked) is because one of the packets you dump into the aquarium contains a type of salt that increases the sexual activity of the little critters." ---hahahah!!!!
--Guess the toy. Go to the site and read the others!
Library Rave?
JEALOUS.
I wish Miami was like this. That looks like a blast.
We'll see what the weekend brings!
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Fear...
fear is silly.
Every day this semester I sit there and hear about disease, health problems, risk, etc. We actively discuss the topics for hours. Everybody comes out feeling a little more paranoid and at the same time better informed and relieved...at least I do anyway.
Live life. What are we protecting ourselves from? Why do we naturally block good things out? or at least potentially good things? That, I don't really understand. What is this fear?
In Epidemiology we talk about screening tests and whether or not it is beneficial to know if we have something bad. We talked about how there is no reason to do screening for something that there is no cure or aid for. Once you know that you are going to inevitably die and suffer from it...you can't even do anything about it. Talk about hopeless. It would be better to just live the best we can because the truth is we are all going to die someday. Not to say that everybody should go and do stupid things but to at least keep in mind that we only have one life to live and we might as well enjoy it to the best of our abilities. This does not impede on getting somewhere, and having a good career, or forming good bonds with people, or anything of that nature. It is hard to do everything and it is impossible to truly do so but that makes life interesting...all the variety, all the struggles we go through, all the good times, the bad times...just all of it.
This cautiousness? I'm going to need to evaluate at it and keep it in check. I don't want any of it to prevent me from living.
Every day this semester I sit there and hear about disease, health problems, risk, etc. We actively discuss the topics for hours. Everybody comes out feeling a little more paranoid and at the same time better informed and relieved...at least I do anyway.
Live life. What are we protecting ourselves from? Why do we naturally block good things out? or at least potentially good things? That, I don't really understand. What is this fear?
In Epidemiology we talk about screening tests and whether or not it is beneficial to know if we have something bad. We talked about how there is no reason to do screening for something that there is no cure or aid for. Once you know that you are going to inevitably die and suffer from it...you can't even do anything about it. Talk about hopeless. It would be better to just live the best we can because the truth is we are all going to die someday. Not to say that everybody should go and do stupid things but to at least keep in mind that we only have one life to live and we might as well enjoy it to the best of our abilities. This does not impede on getting somewhere, and having a good career, or forming good bonds with people, or anything of that nature. It is hard to do everything and it is impossible to truly do so but that makes life interesting...all the variety, all the struggles we go through, all the good times, the bad times...just all of it.
This cautiousness? I'm going to need to evaluate at it and keep it in check. I don't want any of it to prevent me from living.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
The road...
Dinosaurs are awesome.
Secret Life of Bees--pretty meaningful story, some parts of it were slow though.
Road to Perdition--Gangsters, cool cars, darkness, creepy sickos who take pictures of dying people...I liked this movie.
Sometimes life is just a trip. Ever go through phases of just not caring? Sometimes patience runs out and I just don't care. That's me. Right now. People are crazy.
There is a lot to think about right now. My mind keeps wandering and the time keeps winding back. Time to tell myself to stay where I am and keep moving forward.
You know what? I really like deer. Western was pretty awesome, we had nodding conversations with deer that came pretty close. That, and I fail at watching Iron Man. My two attempts of watching it? I've fallen asleep. Not that I don't like what I'm watching...maybe it just somehow reminds me I'm tired so I fall asleep. FAIL.
Secret Life of Bees--pretty meaningful story, some parts of it were slow though.
Road to Perdition--Gangsters, cool cars, darkness, creepy sickos who take pictures of dying people...I liked this movie.
Sometimes life is just a trip. Ever go through phases of just not caring? Sometimes patience runs out and I just don't care. That's me. Right now. People are crazy.
There is a lot to think about right now. My mind keeps wandering and the time keeps winding back. Time to tell myself to stay where I am and keep moving forward.
You know what? I really like deer. Western was pretty awesome, we had nodding conversations with deer that came pretty close. That, and I fail at watching Iron Man. My two attempts of watching it? I've fallen asleep. Not that I don't like what I'm watching...maybe it just somehow reminds me I'm tired so I fall asleep. FAIL.
Friday, March 27, 2009
Itunes Music
MUSIC
I really shouldn't be using itunes anyway. I'm just sorta lazy to download it other ways. Now, I've got more of a reason to stop using itunes. I wonder how this will affect what kind of music people listen to? If they are also lazy and don't avoid itunes yet don't want to pay the extra like 30% for the popular songs which are usually actually good or just Really annoying. We'll see. Sort of reminds me how the radio affects how I feel about songs. I don't really listen to it but when I do and hear the same songs over and over I usually get annoyed. For some reason it doesn't bother me if I listen to certain songs over and over on my own but I do notice that I'll stop listening to them for a while after a period of time.
Beer Can Opens Again and Again
This is so pointless. Sort of cute...but sort of stupid.
DINOSAUR DAY! ! !
I really shouldn't be using itunes anyway. I'm just sorta lazy to download it other ways. Now, I've got more of a reason to stop using itunes. I wonder how this will affect what kind of music people listen to? If they are also lazy and don't avoid itunes yet don't want to pay the extra like 30% for the popular songs which are usually actually good or just Really annoying. We'll see. Sort of reminds me how the radio affects how I feel about songs. I don't really listen to it but when I do and hear the same songs over and over I usually get annoyed. For some reason it doesn't bother me if I listen to certain songs over and over on my own but I do notice that I'll stop listening to them for a while after a period of time.
Beer Can Opens Again and Again
This is so pointless. Sort of cute...but sort of stupid.
DINOSAUR DAY! ! !
Watchmen>Physics Any Day.
Physics? Maybe I should have studied more...though honestly? it just sucked. I don't think anybody knew what they were doing. Afterward, I attempted to figure out the movie arrangements so I was on the phone, then Ali called so we ranted about the exam for some time. Jennie and David passed by and contributed to the ranting with fun gestures. Let's say the exam SUCKED. Thankfully the movie was SOON after and helped make me feel better, and candy. That may have added to my enjoyment of the movie as it definitely beat the two hours I had beforehand.
I don't know what I expected from the movie. I had talked to Paula beforehand about it because she had watched it. There are a lot of details the movie did not address so I don't think people got enough of the meaningfulness and effect but I gotta say, those were still a pretty good 2+hours. I still had to explain some stuff to Fei and Josh during the movie but that's OK. It isn't nearly as good as the graphic novel itself but it didn't take nearly as long to absorb ;) (remembering the late nights of reading Watchmen). I am really glad I read it, even if it contributed to my tiredness, lol. There were parts of it that were really corny, but that was sort of funny. Rorschach was not nearly as unsightly as expected, I was expecting his face to be all messed up. Oh well, there was enough blood to make up for that. The characters could have been a lot more developed. Not enough was explained. Anyway now there's Wolverine and Star Trek...saw previews for that and we've already made plans! haha...Now I'm not sleepy. That woke me up. And I'm enjoying the fact that I'm awake and NOT studying. Who cares that I have a lot of work left to do over the next couple of days? I'm supposed to see DINOSAURS! (FINALLY)!!!
Josh: People are always pulling you in different directions.
Feier: Like tug of war!
Josh: haha, but you're the rope.
dangit. Oh, but I do love my friends. Kait leaves in the morning. It was good to see her...2 months til she comes home again! <3
I don't know what I expected from the movie. I had talked to Paula beforehand about it because she had watched it. There are a lot of details the movie did not address so I don't think people got enough of the meaningfulness and effect but I gotta say, those were still a pretty good 2+hours. I still had to explain some stuff to Fei and Josh during the movie but that's OK. It isn't nearly as good as the graphic novel itself but it didn't take nearly as long to absorb ;) (remembering the late nights of reading Watchmen). I am really glad I read it, even if it contributed to my tiredness, lol. There were parts of it that were really corny, but that was sort of funny. Rorschach was not nearly as unsightly as expected, I was expecting his face to be all messed up. Oh well, there was enough blood to make up for that. The characters could have been a lot more developed. Not enough was explained. Anyway now there's Wolverine and Star Trek...saw previews for that and we've already made plans! haha...Now I'm not sleepy. That woke me up. And I'm enjoying the fact that I'm awake and NOT studying. Who cares that I have a lot of work left to do over the next couple of days? I'm supposed to see DINOSAURS! (FINALLY)!!!
Josh: People are always pulling you in different directions.
Feier: Like tug of war!
Josh: haha, but you're the rope.
dangit. Oh, but I do love my friends. Kait leaves in the morning. It was good to see her...2 months til she comes home again! <3
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Green House!
Check it out!
Houses practically made of boxes...metal boxes.
Awesome. This is a more permanent and way cooler version of that hobo dome from before that this kid invented.
Box-Home
vs.
Shelter-Dome
Zack, new plan. You should stay in Europe...hijack a couple shipping metal containers...build this. The dome can be kept and you can live in THAT as you build the metal box home. The rest of us will come live with you. Try to have it located somewhere with a nice view. Maybe you can hire Josh to help you build, I know he wants to build a cabin someday but this could be very appealing as well. That, and he's an engineer major and it might be helpful. Maybe. I'll make it look pretty! Laura will help make it pretty! and Kait will um...be entertainment. Declan can help you build too! and maybe cook.
Houses practically made of boxes...metal boxes.
Awesome. This is a more permanent and way cooler version of that hobo dome from before that this kid invented.
Box-Home
vs.
Shelter-Dome
Zack, new plan. You should stay in Europe...hijack a couple shipping metal containers...build this. The dome can be kept and you can live in THAT as you build the metal box home. The rest of us will come live with you. Try to have it located somewhere with a nice view. Maybe you can hire Josh to help you build, I know he wants to build a cabin someday but this could be very appealing as well. That, and he's an engineer major and it might be helpful. Maybe. I'll make it look pretty! Laura will help make it pretty! and Kait will um...be entertainment. Declan can help you build too! and maybe cook.
Ethnic
So I've studied for a bit today. I mean, I skipped two classes (5 total this semester! *gasp*...that's a lot for me, as I don't do that at all) in order to finish homework and get some studying done. Global Health Care class was good...but, really depressing as usual. Um...Studied...Studied...and now I am here. I am here because I gave up studying (as I plan to wake up early in the morning) and Kait drunk dialed me. I love my Kait. She and Josh are drunk. I am jealous because they are having fun and I was stuck studying, though I did enjoy ranting with Jenn and exploring fmylife.com.
"Today, I was trying to convince my boyfriend that I am NOT a dumb blonde. After screaming at the top of my lungs, I proceeded to trip over a bin and hit my head on a wall. FML"
I thought that one was pretty funny. I hit my head on a wall this month. It definitely hurt.
"Today, I fell asleep in class. As a joke, my professor used an airhorn to wake me up. I got so freaked out that I punched the girl next to me in the face. She got knocked out. FML" --Hmm, I've hit people in the face by accident before, but thankfully never this badly!
"Today, I slept over at my friend's house but forgot my glasses. When I woke up in the morning, I came out of his room and forcefully kicked what I thought was a soccer ball on the floor. Turns out it was his miniature poodle - it fell down a long flight of stairs. FML"--Kait fell down the stairs tonight apparently. Another reason why she is the best.
Anyway, I don't really get it but I've heard this...probably 5 times this month, so it's been once or twice a week. What is with guys and finding ethnic girls attractive? Maybe somebody would care to explain this to me.
I really should go to sleep now, 5 hours til I wake up.
Things to look forward to: WATCHMEN (right after Physics exam), DINOSAURS (Friday, hopefully it's not sold out...if it is, we'll find something else to do), MAYBE semi-formal Friday (even though I have a ticket I don't know if I want to go). Saturday? I think there's a Miami baseball game I should go to with HSAB, besides, I haven't seen Johnny in some time and I guess watching him play almost counts. Um...yeah, otherwise there's a lot of homework...Here's to a good weekend! cheers!
"Today, I was trying to convince my boyfriend that I am NOT a dumb blonde. After screaming at the top of my lungs, I proceeded to trip over a bin and hit my head on a wall. FML"
I thought that one was pretty funny. I hit my head on a wall this month. It definitely hurt.
"Today, I fell asleep in class. As a joke, my professor used an airhorn to wake me up. I got so freaked out that I punched the girl next to me in the face. She got knocked out. FML" --Hmm, I've hit people in the face by accident before, but thankfully never this badly!
"Today, I slept over at my friend's house but forgot my glasses. When I woke up in the morning, I came out of his room and forcefully kicked what I thought was a soccer ball on the floor. Turns out it was his miniature poodle - it fell down a long flight of stairs. FML"--Kait fell down the stairs tonight apparently. Another reason why she is the best.
Anyway, I don't really get it but I've heard this...probably 5 times this month, so it's been once or twice a week. What is with guys and finding ethnic girls attractive? Maybe somebody would care to explain this to me.
I really should go to sleep now, 5 hours til I wake up.
Things to look forward to: WATCHMEN (right after Physics exam), DINOSAURS (Friday, hopefully it's not sold out...if it is, we'll find something else to do), MAYBE semi-formal Friday (even though I have a ticket I don't know if I want to go). Saturday? I think there's a Miami baseball game I should go to with HSAB, besides, I haven't seen Johnny in some time and I guess watching him play almost counts. Um...yeah, otherwise there's a lot of homework...Here's to a good weekend! cheers!
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Procrastinating
Instead of studying last night? I went to bed early.
Instead of waking up early to study? I continued to sleep.
Today is going to be the longest day EVER. First of all, it's WEDNESDAY which means I have class from like 9am til practically 9pm.
I have practically not studied for the physics exam at all.
Looks like I'm going to be very sleepy and will need lots of caffeine.
AND it's raining and will rain a while.
LOVE Wednesdays.
not.
What's happening?
P.S. I was in the bathroom and there is a REALLY tall girl...I don't think I've ever seen her before on this floor, or in this building, or at all rather. From appearance, I'd say 6'2"-6-3". Whoa!
Did not go to either Soc. Strat. or Epi. Oh dear. Physics...boo...
Instead of waking up early to study? I continued to sleep.
Today is going to be the longest day EVER. First of all, it's WEDNESDAY which means I have class from like 9am til practically 9pm.
I have practically not studied for the physics exam at all.
Looks like I'm going to be very sleepy and will need lots of caffeine.
AND it's raining and will rain a while.
LOVE Wednesdays.
not.
What's happening?
P.S. I was in the bathroom and there is a REALLY tall girl...I don't think I've ever seen her before on this floor, or in this building, or at all rather. From appearance, I'd say 6'2"-6-3". Whoa!
Did not go to either Soc. Strat. or Epi. Oh dear. Physics...boo...
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Watchmen
Currently reading it...though I should be sleeping.
We'll be watching it Thursday late evening! yea!
Kait-Kait: i cant wait to see her boobies
I love kait.
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http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/92397?fp=1
"30-45 percent of D.C. homeless people have cellphones, and they're unexpectedly essential to their way of life."
You know, this reminds me of Yes, man. Even if it didn't, I still think it is sort of cool. (Zack, I think we discussed you traveling around Europe homeless or something with that emergency shelter dome...I think you'll make it)
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AND I finished Watchmen. I enjoyed it and parts of it were actually meaningful. I think I got more out of it the second half...well, I guess more like the last 3 chapters. Things fell together (duh) but I was somewhat surprised with the outcome. Not that I had expected anything in particular, but it wasn't necessarily obvious either. There were a lot of historical references in this and that actually helped me connect a bit. Otherwise, it would've been even more out there.
Like I said, I especially enjoyed the last 3 chapters.
Maybe that was when I saw Bubastis, that cat.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090324/od_afp/thailandchildrenoffbeat
Awesome.
We'll be watching it Thursday late evening! yea!
Kait-Kait: i cant wait to see her boobies
I love kait.
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http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/92397?fp=1
"30-45 percent of D.C. homeless people have cellphones, and they're unexpectedly essential to their way of life."
You know, this reminds me of Yes, man. Even if it didn't, I still think it is sort of cool. (Zack, I think we discussed you traveling around Europe homeless or something with that emergency shelter dome...I think you'll make it)
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AND I finished Watchmen. I enjoyed it and parts of it were actually meaningful. I think I got more out of it the second half...well, I guess more like the last 3 chapters. Things fell together (duh) but I was somewhat surprised with the outcome. Not that I had expected anything in particular, but it wasn't necessarily obvious either. There were a lot of historical references in this and that actually helped me connect a bit. Otherwise, it would've been even more out there.
Like I said, I especially enjoyed the last 3 chapters.
Maybe that was when I saw Bubastis, that cat.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090324/od_afp/thailandchildrenoffbeat
Awesome.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Italian in Malta
From dinner....thanks to Edwina and Vivi...which then reminded me of this:
So...I love days like these. Beautiful, friends, busy, productive...if only I didn't have so much homework and studying! Oh, but it is still good.
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Josh Beherns: Do you know why Australia is awesome?
Feier: why
Josh Beherns: The government will pay for breast implants for any female who joins the Navy. That's a 9000 dollar value.
Feier: BAHAHAHAHAHA
...
Josh Beherns: but guns are illegal in australia, so they clearly care more about boobs and love more than war.
...
Josh Beherns: So anyways, their reasoning behind this well endowed government spending (pun intended); they claim that women who feel sexy, and have a high self esteem, are more likely to be confident soldiers and leaders.
Josh Beherns: It makes sense really.
Feier: yeah...though it's sort of a stretch
Josh Beherns: I don't think it is.
Josh Beherns: Good looks are definitely a factor in how you act.
Josh Beherns: sorta like men with big biceps.
...
Feier: maybe it'll keep the men in the navy.
I guess Pythons don't make good pets
http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/sex/user-post-it-s-all-in-the-brain-surprising-facts-about-men-and-women-433589/
"Male and female brains are built differently. While men access each part of the brain for specific tasks separately, women access both parts of the brain for lot’s of things. For example: when men use language, the right side of the brain is active. When women speak, they access both hemispheres of the brain at the same time. This is true for most other activities. When women listen, both parts of the brain are engaged while men concentrate in one side at a time. In women, both sides of the brain are busy ’seeing’ while in men only the left side is active. This explains why so many times women seem confusing to men and what we say makes no sense at all. Not only do women multi-task, we also multi-think, multi-speak and we do tend to see things from many different angles."
how curious...
Fav. quote from Animal Phys today..."Burmese pythons don't make good pets. They start out small and then grow incredibly big and eat you!" It doesn't look as funny on here, but it's just the way he said that...very enthusiastically.
Also we learned that the reason they have to eat and digest really quickly is that during this metabolic process it produces a lot of methane and CO2 which could potentially put so much pressure internally that the python could (and sometimes does) blow up. I was rather amused by this.
"Male and female brains are built differently. While men access each part of the brain for specific tasks separately, women access both parts of the brain for lot’s of things. For example: when men use language, the right side of the brain is active. When women speak, they access both hemispheres of the brain at the same time. This is true for most other activities. When women listen, both parts of the brain are engaged while men concentrate in one side at a time. In women, both sides of the brain are busy ’seeing’ while in men only the left side is active. This explains why so many times women seem confusing to men and what we say makes no sense at all. Not only do women multi-task, we also multi-think, multi-speak and we do tend to see things from many different angles."
how curious...
Fav. quote from Animal Phys today..."Burmese pythons don't make good pets. They start out small and then grow incredibly big and eat you!" It doesn't look as funny on here, but it's just the way he said that...very enthusiastically.
Also we learned that the reason they have to eat and digest really quickly is that during this metabolic process it produces a lot of methane and CO2 which could potentially put so much pressure internally that the python could (and sometimes does) blow up. I was rather amused by this.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Communism
...many things in life are like Communism....they sound good on paper but make no practical sense...
Inverse Stepford Wives? Yes...
Ah, the truth eventually reveals itself, but oh my, sometimes it just sucks. This whole school year? how the hell do I get myself into such things? Hey, it could have been much worse. Looking back over the year it's still been pretty good. Nothing particularly bad has happened, just strange. I should've seen it coming and I'm sort of pissed that I wasn't more aware of my surroundings. I really should sleep more and notice more. Regardless, it's still been fun and I've learned a lot. I don't think I'm that upset...just contemplative. I'm not mad, just really curious, especially about myself. I actually feel pretty calm, just confused. I don't find myself to be that emotional of a person, I'm too practical and logical for that but I am human and I am very much alive in more than one sense of the word. Now what? just keep living...The next 6 weeks are going to be very busy and there is a long list of things I have yet to do/finish/figure out. No matter what, I'm not going to let myself get behind with life, nothing is worth That.
What a week. So much has happened...and all while I've been sick...great. Sleep deprived, ill, tired, happy, confused, spazzy, etc. All I can do is laugh at this point...and cough of course, though that, I can't even avoid very well. No matter how hard I could try, I can't be everywhere, do everything, or be everything all at once. I'm only human, but I try to be a good human at least.
Sometimes I wonder why I chose this major...I'm really not particularly good at it...but hey, if it gets me the career I want...
I am pretty happy though. I have the best friends ever that watch out for me. Life, I am looking you straight in the face. Bring it on.
P.S.
Zack, get into contact with Laura, she keeps asking me about how you are doing rather than figuring that out herself.
Inverse Stepford Wives? Yes...
Ah, the truth eventually reveals itself, but oh my, sometimes it just sucks. This whole school year? how the hell do I get myself into such things? Hey, it could have been much worse. Looking back over the year it's still been pretty good. Nothing particularly bad has happened, just strange. I should've seen it coming and I'm sort of pissed that I wasn't more aware of my surroundings. I really should sleep more and notice more. Regardless, it's still been fun and I've learned a lot. I don't think I'm that upset...just contemplative. I'm not mad, just really curious, especially about myself. I actually feel pretty calm, just confused. I don't find myself to be that emotional of a person, I'm too practical and logical for that but I am human and I am very much alive in more than one sense of the word. Now what? just keep living...The next 6 weeks are going to be very busy and there is a long list of things I have yet to do/finish/figure out. No matter what, I'm not going to let myself get behind with life, nothing is worth That.
What a week. So much has happened...and all while I've been sick...great. Sleep deprived, ill, tired, happy, confused, spazzy, etc. All I can do is laugh at this point...and cough of course, though that, I can't even avoid very well. No matter how hard I could try, I can't be everywhere, do everything, or be everything all at once. I'm only human, but I try to be a good human at least.
Sometimes I wonder why I chose this major...I'm really not particularly good at it...but hey, if it gets me the career I want...
I am pretty happy though. I have the best friends ever that watch out for me. Life, I am looking you straight in the face. Bring it on.
P.S.
Zack, get into contact with Laura, she keeps asking me about how you are doing rather than figuring that out herself.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
That was a bust
So we never got to watch Dinosaurs Alive! because they were sold out til 5pm and we needed to be back by then. Oh well...
On the bright side...we had wonderful ice cream, Kait and I became inspired to start writing together...which is pretty much our conversations recorded, haha. OMG WE SAW SENGLY'S FACE ON A BILBOARD SIGN IN CINCINNATI!!!! Kait started freaking out and yelled, and on the way back I got to see it to confirm it was him. SO EXCITING. I have not seen him in like 2 years...need to fix that.
Then we ended up at the mall...a mini adventure...
Girl time.
Kait: He has a nice little tummy. But, I don't like his arm pit hair like that.
HAHAHAHA
On the bright side...we had wonderful ice cream, Kait and I became inspired to start writing together...which is pretty much our conversations recorded, haha. OMG WE SAW SENGLY'S FACE ON A BILBOARD SIGN IN CINCINNATI!!!! Kait started freaking out and yelled, and on the way back I got to see it to confirm it was him. SO EXCITING. I have not seen him in like 2 years...need to fix that.
Then we ended up at the mall...a mini adventure...
Girl time.
Kait: He has a nice little tummy. But, I don't like his arm pit hair like that.
HAHAHAHA
Travelling Bodies--Part I
(Co-written by Feier & Kait)
Feier Cheng and Kait Barnes perished after ingesting tacos laced with arsenic. The two friends had decided in their youth to donate their bodies to the Bodies Exhibit. They chose to do this so they could travel around the world together for free. This is part of their story.
Cue Willie Nelson's "On the road again"
Feier and Kait are sitting at the back of the trailer imagining where they are going to travel on their first journey as corpses.
Feier: This is our life after death
Kait: And what a life it is
Feier: Thousands of strangers are looking at our silicon preserved bodies.
Kait: Where do you think we are going first?
Feier: A box.
Kait: No, what museum is our first destination?
Feier: I suppose the Cincy Union Terminal Museum, I mean we died around here...
Kait: I mean they've already preserved our bodies. I don't think it matters where we died.
Feier: Well, maybe for the first trial run they wanted to use a shorter distance so there is less damage to our corpses.
Kait: Yeah, I think they also wanted us to be comfortable with our surroundings.
Feier: But, we're dead.
Kait: Corpses can get homesick too.
Feier: Well, I guess we're home and happy.
So, they are in a trailer, driving along the highway.
Kait: I'd like to go to California. I never got a chance to go there when I was alive.
Feier: Well, if I could go anywhere in the United States I'd want to go to um...I guess California and Wyoming.
Kait: Why do you want to go to Wyoming? No one lives there. NObody there wants to look at dead bodies.
Feier: Well, dad thought about moving us there once and I told him I didn't wnat to go because Wyoming has nothing there...but I mean if I went there, then I guess there'd be something to go see.
Truck goes over a speed bump and Kait's skull nearly falls off.
Kait: Oh, shit! I guess they didn't preserve my head well enough!
Feier: There's nothing in it anyway.
Kait: Hey, I take offense to that!
Feier: wanna fight? it's nothing but silicon anyway, you can't move. You have no calcium flow to contract muscles.
Kait: Whaaatt???
Feier: Class. Nevermind....I'm hungry....
Kait: Wait, what do corpses eat?
Feier: Nothing. I mean, in Twilight the vampires didn't eat at school and were...sort of vegetarians...we're just...the vegetarians of the vegetarians.
Kait: You've been reading too many teen romance novels.
Feier: Only because you exposed me to them.
Kait: Whoa, look at my lungs! Look at how black they are!
Feier: Mine are pink! I told you not to smoke so much...
Kait: Whatever, it was tacos that caused my death, not cigs.
Feier: Psh.
Kait: Whoa, look at your brain!
Feier: I can see yours too...
Kait: I keep on forgetting we can see our internal organs now.
Feier: Gross. It's like being already dissected.
Kait: Ok. Enough talk about internal organs, it's grossing me out.
Trailer pulls to a jolting stop and they arrive at their first destination.
(To be continued...)
All this thinking does me no good
It's 1am.
Just finished watching Australia with Joce.
I liked it, overall, but I definitely had trouble following what the little guy was saying some of the time...Sigh.
The Vision Dance performance was wonderful, a tradition I've enjoyed over the years. Jenn did a fabulous job and I applaud her for all her hard work and everything she's been able to do over the years. It was a good break from life.
Friday evening was definitely a good break and very fun.
It's Saturday and I get to see Kait in about 12 hours. I'm pretty excited. It'll be an interesting day, a very full one...I hope I know what I'm doing. At least majority of the people have managed to be included, with some mild difficulty and a lot of explaining. It gets to be a bit of a hassle at times...but ya know, it's a way to get everybody together.
I do try...really.
There are a lot of things I can hope to happen but you know, not everything is in my hands. Ah, timing. I've managed to screw a lot of things up but what's done is done. There is always something I don't know, and I'm always going to make mistakes. Eh, I hope I've learned but it never comes easily. So much happens with time and maybe we learn better the hard way, whatever that is, haha.l
Just finished watching Australia with Joce.
I liked it, overall, but I definitely had trouble following what the little guy was saying some of the time...Sigh.
The Vision Dance performance was wonderful, a tradition I've enjoyed over the years. Jenn did a fabulous job and I applaud her for all her hard work and everything she's been able to do over the years. It was a good break from life.
Friday evening was definitely a good break and very fun.
It's Saturday and I get to see Kait in about 12 hours. I'm pretty excited. It'll be an interesting day, a very full one...I hope I know what I'm doing. At least majority of the people have managed to be included, with some mild difficulty and a lot of explaining. It gets to be a bit of a hassle at times...but ya know, it's a way to get everybody together.
I do try...really.
There are a lot of things I can hope to happen but you know, not everything is in my hands. Ah, timing. I've managed to screw a lot of things up but what's done is done. There is always something I don't know, and I'm always going to make mistakes. Eh, I hope I've learned but it never comes easily. So much happens with time and maybe we learn better the hard way, whatever that is, haha.l
Friday, March 20, 2009
FRIDAY
ABOUT TIME!!!
Status: I still cannot breathe very well but it is rather fun...strange.
School? Well, Epidemiology was very awkward...well, more funny than anything else. We discussed old people sex at the end of class (not really related to our lecture for the day...just because) and the spread of disease, especially with the introduction of Viagra. Anyway, then some students shared some experiences of senile grandparents who have become more vocally perverted, especially when really out of it.
One girl's share (my fav) of her grandmother. Her and her cousins had been aware that she was dying for like 5 years and one weekend (they figured she was goin to die that weekend but actually it was the week before) they were all in her bedroom and at one point the grandmother pointed out that she had a tattoo. Some of the cousins had been taking care of her and never noticed this said tattoo. The grandmother lifts the covers, looks down, and exclaims, "well, I guess my p**** ate it!" Yeah, our class was very amused...we felt mildly awkward but it was hilarious.
Oh, and the teacher discussed the elderly at the Knolls and all the drama, especially since the old women outnumber the men 7 to 1 or something. hehe...I'm sure those old men feel pretty popular now!...
I wonder if that's what it is going to be like when we're all old...
VISION DANCE PERFORMANCE TONIGHT ! yay
and probably Dinosaurs Alive! exhibit at the cincy museum tomorrow...and who knows? there's a lot going on, and def. enough people to keep track of this weekend. How am I going to manage to be productive? I don't know...
Status: I still cannot breathe very well but it is rather fun...strange.
School? Well, Epidemiology was very awkward...well, more funny than anything else. We discussed old people sex at the end of class (not really related to our lecture for the day...just because) and the spread of disease, especially with the introduction of Viagra. Anyway, then some students shared some experiences of senile grandparents who have become more vocally perverted, especially when really out of it.
One girl's share (my fav) of her grandmother. Her and her cousins had been aware that she was dying for like 5 years and one weekend (they figured she was goin to die that weekend but actually it was the week before) they were all in her bedroom and at one point the grandmother pointed out that she had a tattoo. Some of the cousins had been taking care of her and never noticed this said tattoo. The grandmother lifts the covers, looks down, and exclaims, "well, I guess my p**** ate it!" Yeah, our class was very amused...we felt mildly awkward but it was hilarious.
Oh, and the teacher discussed the elderly at the Knolls and all the drama, especially since the old women outnumber the men 7 to 1 or something. hehe...I'm sure those old men feel pretty popular now!...
I wonder if that's what it is going to be like when we're all old...
VISION DANCE PERFORMANCE TONIGHT ! yay
and probably Dinosaurs Alive! exhibit at the cincy museum tomorrow...and who knows? there's a lot going on, and def. enough people to keep track of this weekend. How am I going to manage to be productive? I don't know...
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Awesome
LAURA is Home!
Yesterday? Frisbee with Joce and Josh. I got cut by grass. I got pinched.
"Come to the bathroom with us!"
You just had to be there to see the sparks.
Ready for a long day? maybe.
Yesterday? Frisbee with Joce and Josh. I got cut by grass. I got pinched.
"Come to the bathroom with us!"
You just had to be there to see the sparks.
Ready for a long day? maybe.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Overwhelmed...
but, I've finished my homework! That is a small accomplishment at least.
I'm having trouble focusing. My thoughts are very distracted.
Sometimes I feel that my schedule interferes with my life in some way.
I really am trying but sometimes responsibilities suck. Actually, sometimes it's not even that. It's not that I don't know how to say "no" but I mean everybody is going through (essentially) the same thing...getting through college. We all help each other, convenient or not. Sometimes it's just inconvenient but I know that when I need help it is not always convenient for them either.
Drained, sometimes it's just hard to just chill and enjoy my time the way I want to. Generally, I'm a pretty chatty person so whenever I am just silent, I feel awkward, and that results in even more silence (yes, beyond the usual silence). Maybe I should not think about it so much, maybe people get it. But, there is always a chance that they don't.
Sometimes I just don't know what to do. Sometimes I get nervous. Gahhh, what am I doing?
I know there are things I should do to not let things get out of hand and slip out of reach but I don't know what I am doing.
The dynamics between people can be so unnecessarily confusing. WHY? I have no idea.
Ew.
I'm having trouble focusing. My thoughts are very distracted.
Sometimes I feel that my schedule interferes with my life in some way.
I really am trying but sometimes responsibilities suck. Actually, sometimes it's not even that. It's not that I don't know how to say "no" but I mean everybody is going through (essentially) the same thing...getting through college. We all help each other, convenient or not. Sometimes it's just inconvenient but I know that when I need help it is not always convenient for them either.
Drained, sometimes it's just hard to just chill and enjoy my time the way I want to. Generally, I'm a pretty chatty person so whenever I am just silent, I feel awkward, and that results in even more silence (yes, beyond the usual silence). Maybe I should not think about it so much, maybe people get it. But, there is always a chance that they don't.
Sometimes I just don't know what to do. Sometimes I get nervous. Gahhh, what am I doing?
I know there are things I should do to not let things get out of hand and slip out of reach but I don't know what I am doing.
The dynamics between people can be so unnecessarily confusing. WHY? I have no idea.
Ew.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
End of summer plans
ZACK, I have to write this somewhere to make sure I don't forget. You are currently nearly drunk so I'm not going to depend on you to remember this.
Zack's move-in day (with 7 other guys):
-Party
-Drinks
-Paper airplanes off the roof!
-water guns to shoot said airplanes
-MIA (obvs)
I am very excited. Esp. about the roof.
Zack's move-in day (with 7 other guys):
-Party
-Drinks
-Paper airplanes off the roof!
-water guns to shoot said airplanes
-MIA (obvs)
I am very excited. Esp. about the roof.
Goodbye Spring Break
Lots of things running through my mind right now.
It's been a decent day thus far.
Moved in, took a walk, Zach visited for a couple hours, re-did (this sounds grammatically incorrect...then again, I'm sure a lot of things here are) the physics assignment...I should take a dinner break.
I need to not think so much. Eh, just stuff I should eventually figure out...
My head still sorta hurts and I feel rather slow. Maybe I hit my head harder than I thought on Friday. Actually, I suppose I wouldn't know how hard I hit it because I was like unconscious for a while...well...I guess I'll never really know...
There are things I sorta just want to get out, but this does not seem like the best place to do that...I guess I'll just wait til a good opportunity arises. Hopefully sooner rather than later.
Oh, so I've been watching more Arrested Development and I have come to the conclusion that it is one of the funniest things I've watched in a while. That, and I've started to read Watchmen. I feel I should read it before I watch the movie, for once. So, hopefully I get that out of the way ASAP. There's a lot of things going on lately...a lot of projects I need to really get working on, people to meet up with this week (hopefully none of it awkward)...goal: not to get overwhelmed.
I'm looking forward to the upcoming weekend though. I don't think I'll be bogged down with a ton of work, so that'll be nice. Hopefully plans will be made to make it extra fun.
Lastly: I think I know where I want to go for school. University of Michigan, it's only 4 hours away, number 5 for public health, and it just sounds cool. Of course if I got into John Hopkins (whoa...) and got money/good opportunity I'd go just because it's an awesome school (maybe go?)...U. of Minnesota is good too but it's like 13 hours away...
Anyway, I should take a break and then get back to working on assignments. Goodbye spring break...hello, school...way too many things going on, and hopefully some fun stuff!
It's been a decent day thus far.
Moved in, took a walk, Zach visited for a couple hours, re-did (this sounds grammatically incorrect...then again, I'm sure a lot of things here are) the physics assignment...I should take a dinner break.
I need to not think so much. Eh, just stuff I should eventually figure out...
My head still sorta hurts and I feel rather slow. Maybe I hit my head harder than I thought on Friday. Actually, I suppose I wouldn't know how hard I hit it because I was like unconscious for a while...well...I guess I'll never really know...
There are things I sorta just want to get out, but this does not seem like the best place to do that...I guess I'll just wait til a good opportunity arises. Hopefully sooner rather than later.
Oh, so I've been watching more Arrested Development and I have come to the conclusion that it is one of the funniest things I've watched in a while. That, and I've started to read Watchmen. I feel I should read it before I watch the movie, for once. So, hopefully I get that out of the way ASAP. There's a lot of things going on lately...a lot of projects I need to really get working on, people to meet up with this week (hopefully none of it awkward)...goal: not to get overwhelmed.
I'm looking forward to the upcoming weekend though. I don't think I'll be bogged down with a ton of work, so that'll be nice. Hopefully plans will be made to make it extra fun.
Lastly: I think I know where I want to go for school. University of Michigan, it's only 4 hours away, number 5 for public health, and it just sounds cool. Of course if I got into John Hopkins (whoa...) and got money/good opportunity I'd go just because it's an awesome school (maybe go?)...U. of Minnesota is good too but it's like 13 hours away...
Anyway, I should take a break and then get back to working on assignments. Goodbye spring break...hello, school...way too many things going on, and hopefully some fun stuff!
Saturday, March 14, 2009
I really should be more careful
Note to self: Don't wear myself out so much. Oh, and stay away from sharp objects when tired.
I got really excited about peeling potatos and accidentally ripped/tore my nail a bit. Yeah...I really should've trimmed them. I had even thought about earlier in the day but no...now I have two bandaids on it to prevent it from tearing further (a mistake from the past that I have thankfully learned from). These bandaids make it slightly difficult to type, though I am quickly getting the hang of it.
Oh, and I passed out. Scared the crap out of Josh though. Poor guy. I wasn't alarmed by my fainting, it was just too bad I didn't know it was coming. Faint number 3. Apparently I made a pretty good fall and hit my head on stuff. Well...no wonder I was confused when I saw carpet... Oh, and I guess I'm a lot heavier than I appear. hahaha. Is that a good thing? maybe it just means that I do have muscle and that it weighs more than fat. I mean, I would hope so...or maybe it was because I ate a lot for dinner. I definitely ate two times more than Josh. Pig.
But yeah, I'm a mess. I feel very good right now though, still a little tired but that is to be expected. More breaks=Good=Sleep. Hah.
Oh, and I've gotten really into Arrested Development lately. I can't believe I didn't know it existed until recently. GOSH.
So yeah, thanks to those lovely turn of events I came home much later than expected. Oh well...here's to a Saturday of productivity! and hopefully a fishing trip. Man, I don't even remember the last time I went fishing.
Why the heck am I awake? Who knows.
I got really excited about peeling potatos and accidentally ripped/tore my nail a bit. Yeah...I really should've trimmed them. I had even thought about earlier in the day but no...now I have two bandaids on it to prevent it from tearing further (a mistake from the past that I have thankfully learned from). These bandaids make it slightly difficult to type, though I am quickly getting the hang of it.
Oh, and I passed out. Scared the crap out of Josh though. Poor guy. I wasn't alarmed by my fainting, it was just too bad I didn't know it was coming. Faint number 3. Apparently I made a pretty good fall and hit my head on stuff. Well...no wonder I was confused when I saw carpet... Oh, and I guess I'm a lot heavier than I appear. hahaha. Is that a good thing? maybe it just means that I do have muscle and that it weighs more than fat. I mean, I would hope so...or maybe it was because I ate a lot for dinner. I definitely ate two times more than Josh. Pig.
But yeah, I'm a mess. I feel very good right now though, still a little tired but that is to be expected. More breaks=Good=Sleep. Hah.
Oh, and I've gotten really into Arrested Development lately. I can't believe I didn't know it existed until recently. GOSH.
So yeah, thanks to those lovely turn of events I came home much later than expected. Oh well...here's to a Saturday of productivity! and hopefully a fishing trip. Man, I don't even remember the last time I went fishing.
Why the heck am I awake? Who knows.
Monday, March 9, 2009
Tips for More Happiness fromt he 1800s
“1st. Live as well as you dare.
2nd. Go into the shower-bath with a small quantity of water at a temperature low enough to give you a slight sensation of cold, 75 or 80 degrees.
3rd. Amusing books.
4th. Short views of human life—not further than dinner or tea.
5th. Be as busy as you can.
6th. See as much as you can of those friends who respect and like you.
7th. And of those acquaintances who amuse you.
8th. Make no secret of low spirits to you friends, but talk of them freely—they are always worse for dignified concealment.
9th. Attend to the effects tea and coffee produce upon you.
10th. Compare your lot with that of other people.
11th. Don’t expect too much from human life—a sorry business at the best.
12th. Avoid poetry, dramatic representations (except comedy), music, serious novels, melancholy, sentimental people, and everything likely to excite feeling or emotion, not ending in active benevolence.
13th. Do good, and endeavour to please everybody of every degree.
14th Be as much as you can in the open air without fatigue.
15th. Make the room where you commonly sit gay and pleasant.
16th. Struggle by little and little against idleness.
17th. Don’t be too severe upon yourself, or underrate yourself, but do yourself justice.
18th. Keep good blazing fires.
19th. Be firm and constant in the exercise of rational religion.
20th. Believe me, dear Lady Georgiana.”
-Sydney Smith, 1820.
******************
He was def. on to something.
2nd. Go into the shower-bath with a small quantity of water at a temperature low enough to give you a slight sensation of cold, 75 or 80 degrees.
3rd. Amusing books.
4th. Short views of human life—not further than dinner or tea.
5th. Be as busy as you can.
6th. See as much as you can of those friends who respect and like you.
7th. And of those acquaintances who amuse you.
8th. Make no secret of low spirits to you friends, but talk of them freely—they are always worse for dignified concealment.
9th. Attend to the effects tea and coffee produce upon you.
10th. Compare your lot with that of other people.
11th. Don’t expect too much from human life—a sorry business at the best.
12th. Avoid poetry, dramatic representations (except comedy), music, serious novels, melancholy, sentimental people, and everything likely to excite feeling or emotion, not ending in active benevolence.
13th. Do good, and endeavour to please everybody of every degree.
14th Be as much as you can in the open air without fatigue.
15th. Make the room where you commonly sit gay and pleasant.
16th. Struggle by little and little against idleness.
17th. Don’t be too severe upon yourself, or underrate yourself, but do yourself justice.
18th. Keep good blazing fires.
19th. Be firm and constant in the exercise of rational religion.
20th. Believe me, dear Lady Georgiana.”
-Sydney Smith, 1820.
******************
He was def. on to something.
Safe out of the mountains...
That trip? AWESOME. Let's hit the highlights...
-Fun car ride, great group of people.
-Um...Iori/Zack/other must have misplaced poles to this tent Joce and I were supposed to use...but, um...there were only 2 and you need WAY more than that to even make a structure for it. It was hilarious, and turned out for the better as you will find out later.
-Food was awesome at our first stop (not the actual hiking yet). We made potatos and cooked them in foil in hot coals with carrots and broccoli. Broccoli was burnt (at least for us girls...) and the carrots tasted like sweet potatos. Josh had good broccoli.
-Um...seeing as Joce and I weren't sure how we were doing sleeping arrangements we put it off and slept in the van that night (aware that we'd eventually have to figure it out when we were in the mountains).
-Van--incredibly uncomfortable. When we woke up...I wanted to get out...well I guess it set off the alarms...Yeah...
-Alarm: OBNOXIOUS. EMBARASSSING. YEA. none of us could figure out how to shut it up...so Josh drove it off and tried to look for the horn in the hood...eventually just unplugged the fuse for the horn. The lights continued to blink every time we opened the door (panic) and stuff, but at least the horn wasn't sounding off. His mom didn't know what to do when we called and the dealerships were not open at the time. Dangit.
-The hike? ROUGH. Like "rough trails" are Actually Rough. Carrying like 40 lbs all day isn't very pleasant but you don't really notice it all that much until you're going up the mountain or having to climb something. Then you really feel the burn. I fared rather well and I am grateful. Jocelyn did not wear proper shoes and was having a lot of pack problems and such so that was really painful for her. Josh had to take her sleeping bag and coat. OK, Zack, THANKFULLY the tent was not taken up because instead of splitting weight and stuff I wouldve been stuck with it because Jocelyn's load had to be reduced to like...just food.
-Red River Gorge is beautiful. Really bare as far as wildlife goes but it was beautiful. The cliffs and trails were not exactly safe though.
-We explored a lot, ate good food, I got really dehydrated (duh). Did a lot of exploring without the pack, mostly with Josh because the others were sorta slow...
-Saw a few birds, one caterpillar, a few crickets, a dead mole, a few ants, one whole acorn, a couple empty ones, a buzzard, a sparrow, 5-ish butterflies...That was practically it as far as wildlife goes...and apart from TALL trees (a good deal were dead and fallen, and many burnt).
-Us girls made an awesome fire on our own. I hunted in the dark far from the camp in order to find decent wood, twas a fun adventure...as was all my exploring, most of which resulted in my bleeding from lots of scratches...
-Sometimes trees would have fallen and blocked trails so we couldn't see them and we'd go off the wrong place and then have to back track UP slippery slopes. GREAT.
-Thankfully Josh planned it well and it was only like 12 or so miles because we could go at a relatively leisurely pace...Relatively.
-I got to climb a lot of rocks and explore little caves. The other girls didn't want to climb the last one because it looked scary, but really? it was a lot easier than expected...sorta slippery at times but if you're careful, it's alright.
So many other things happened but I am so tired...I have documented a lot of it through pictures but...there are some things you just had to be there for to see for yourself. It was amazing.
What do I have to show for it? Better muscles with an incredible work out, lots of pictures, happiness, memories, probably 20 decent scratches that still sorta sting, bruises on my feet, my hips, maybe an elbow...mostly bruises. NO blisters, even with NEW boots!
-Fun car ride, great group of people.
-Um...Iori/Zack/other must have misplaced poles to this tent Joce and I were supposed to use...but, um...there were only 2 and you need WAY more than that to even make a structure for it. It was hilarious, and turned out for the better as you will find out later.
-Food was awesome at our first stop (not the actual hiking yet). We made potatos and cooked them in foil in hot coals with carrots and broccoli. Broccoli was burnt (at least for us girls...) and the carrots tasted like sweet potatos. Josh had good broccoli.
-Um...seeing as Joce and I weren't sure how we were doing sleeping arrangements we put it off and slept in the van that night (aware that we'd eventually have to figure it out when we were in the mountains).
-Van--incredibly uncomfortable. When we woke up...I wanted to get out...well I guess it set off the alarms...Yeah...
-Alarm: OBNOXIOUS. EMBARASSSING. YEA. none of us could figure out how to shut it up...so Josh drove it off and tried to look for the horn in the hood...eventually just unplugged the fuse for the horn. The lights continued to blink every time we opened the door (panic) and stuff, but at least the horn wasn't sounding off. His mom didn't know what to do when we called and the dealerships were not open at the time. Dangit.
-The hike? ROUGH. Like "rough trails" are Actually Rough. Carrying like 40 lbs all day isn't very pleasant but you don't really notice it all that much until you're going up the mountain or having to climb something. Then you really feel the burn. I fared rather well and I am grateful. Jocelyn did not wear proper shoes and was having a lot of pack problems and such so that was really painful for her. Josh had to take her sleeping bag and coat. OK, Zack, THANKFULLY the tent was not taken up because instead of splitting weight and stuff I wouldve been stuck with it because Jocelyn's load had to be reduced to like...just food.
-Red River Gorge is beautiful. Really bare as far as wildlife goes but it was beautiful. The cliffs and trails were not exactly safe though.
-We explored a lot, ate good food, I got really dehydrated (duh). Did a lot of exploring without the pack, mostly with Josh because the others were sorta slow...
-Saw a few birds, one caterpillar, a few crickets, a dead mole, a few ants, one whole acorn, a couple empty ones, a buzzard, a sparrow, 5-ish butterflies...That was practically it as far as wildlife goes...and apart from TALL trees (a good deal were dead and fallen, and many burnt).
-Us girls made an awesome fire on our own. I hunted in the dark far from the camp in order to find decent wood, twas a fun adventure...as was all my exploring, most of which resulted in my bleeding from lots of scratches...
-Sometimes trees would have fallen and blocked trails so we couldn't see them and we'd go off the wrong place and then have to back track UP slippery slopes. GREAT.
-Thankfully Josh planned it well and it was only like 12 or so miles because we could go at a relatively leisurely pace...Relatively.
-I got to climb a lot of rocks and explore little caves. The other girls didn't want to climb the last one because it looked scary, but really? it was a lot easier than expected...sorta slippery at times but if you're careful, it's alright.
So many other things happened but I am so tired...I have documented a lot of it through pictures but...there are some things you just had to be there for to see for yourself. It was amazing.
What do I have to show for it? Better muscles with an incredible work out, lots of pictures, happiness, memories, probably 20 decent scratches that still sorta sting, bruises on my feet, my hips, maybe an elbow...mostly bruises. NO blisters, even with NEW boots!
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Ready?
Bass Pro Shop was a lot of fun today...
that made the not so fun day good.
I got new hiking boots, socks, under armor shirt...I'm going to the market tomorrow to get lotsa food and stuff. Then the packing for home, and I'll be ready to go at like 2pm! Yea! This'll be really tiring but I bet it'll be worth it. Besides, I bought boots for it...geez, it better be good ;-).
Anyway, apart from that I'm still somewhat annoyed. Sometimes I just get confused and I can't help but feel skeptical and wary. A little frustrated. Maybe I'm losing touch, maybe things just change. I dislike feeling insecure, so I'm not gonna fall into that. I know I act more normal when I know what is going on, but all I can do is try to do the same when it's just a mystery....though, that is not easy. Oh well...I'm gonna try to not think about it...whatever happens...happens.
I should probably sleep relatively soon.
that made the not so fun day good.
I got new hiking boots, socks, under armor shirt...I'm going to the market tomorrow to get lotsa food and stuff. Then the packing for home, and I'll be ready to go at like 2pm! Yea! This'll be really tiring but I bet it'll be worth it. Besides, I bought boots for it...geez, it better be good ;-).
Anyway, apart from that I'm still somewhat annoyed. Sometimes I just get confused and I can't help but feel skeptical and wary. A little frustrated. Maybe I'm losing touch, maybe things just change. I dislike feeling insecure, so I'm not gonna fall into that. I know I act more normal when I know what is going on, but all I can do is try to do the same when it's just a mystery....though, that is not easy. Oh well...I'm gonna try to not think about it...whatever happens...happens.
I should probably sleep relatively soon.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
"...and in-flu-enza."
The movie we watched in Epi was just depressing...about the Influenza epidemic in 1918. There was this chant the children sang..."I had a little bird and his name was Enza. I opened the window and in flew Enza."...Influenza...
It was just depressing.
That and I guess there are a lot of things right now that are Not positive.
-People are confusing and sometimes I don't know what to do or how to react
-School is kicking my butt and it's not looking up
-I have a lot of projects/assignments to do OVER break. What kind of break is this?!
-I can't go backpacking because I don't have the time to prepare for it and it is being a major hassle right now...I can't handle that right now.
-I'm feeling real moody lately and that's just getting on my own nerves
-School is just generally taking over my life. I want summer, I miss feeling like I have my life. I miss feeling more like myself. Lately it's just been tiresome and it's just hard to be energetic. Drained, and I am afraid it has affected my interaction with others.
As bad as it sounds, sometimes I feel like class is like a competition. I don't want it to be but it's hard to resist, especially when it's going to be difficult to get to where I want to be. Physics especially has sort of pointed this out to me. Teacher has stressed over and over to us to do our homework and quizzes on our own. On one hand this frustrates me because a lot of our grades is based on this and it is important to get whatever points we can get. On the other hand, I feel like I am a guinea pig. That is not a pleasant feeling. With my schedule as it is now, time is tight, and I've gotten into the habit of rushing into things and doing things as early as I can. Rushing is bad. But, I do want to get things out of the way. Unfortunately, not everybody starts that early. I don't mean to whine and it's nothing personal but it's something to think about. This does not make me feel comfortable but I am just generally overwhelmed lately and whatever time I do get a hold of I try to get more stuff done and I get a little impatient when I have to backtrack and look over stuff from a couple days ago again because when you're in the zone, your mind gets so focused and when thrown off, it's hard to get back on track. But, at the same time, I am not against mutual helping at all, but I guess it's difficult to know where to draw the line. This jut sort of sucks. Since when has school become less about the actual learning and more about the numbers? I guess, it's been like that for a while, but I really do like learning and I guess all I can try to do is to not let it all get in the way and impede on my taking it all in.
On the bright side...I am going rock climbing tonight. It'll be a good vacation from stress. I really should stop worrying this much.
Oh well, now that that's out of the way, I feel a little better. AND that didn't take long! oh good.
Time to be productive again.
P.S. I am going backpacking! though that's another weekend preoccupied.
It was just depressing.
That and I guess there are a lot of things right now that are Not positive.
-People are confusing and sometimes I don't know what to do or how to react
-School is kicking my butt and it's not looking up
-I have a lot of projects/assignments to do OVER break. What kind of break is this?!
-I can't go backpacking because I don't have the time to prepare for it and it is being a major hassle right now...I can't handle that right now.
-I'm feeling real moody lately and that's just getting on my own nerves
-School is just generally taking over my life. I want summer, I miss feeling like I have my life. I miss feeling more like myself. Lately it's just been tiresome and it's just hard to be energetic. Drained, and I am afraid it has affected my interaction with others.
As bad as it sounds, sometimes I feel like class is like a competition. I don't want it to be but it's hard to resist, especially when it's going to be difficult to get to where I want to be. Physics especially has sort of pointed this out to me. Teacher has stressed over and over to us to do our homework and quizzes on our own. On one hand this frustrates me because a lot of our grades is based on this and it is important to get whatever points we can get. On the other hand, I feel like I am a guinea pig. That is not a pleasant feeling. With my schedule as it is now, time is tight, and I've gotten into the habit of rushing into things and doing things as early as I can. Rushing is bad. But, I do want to get things out of the way. Unfortunately, not everybody starts that early. I don't mean to whine and it's nothing personal but it's something to think about. This does not make me feel comfortable but I am just generally overwhelmed lately and whatever time I do get a hold of I try to get more stuff done and I get a little impatient when I have to backtrack and look over stuff from a couple days ago again because when you're in the zone, your mind gets so focused and when thrown off, it's hard to get back on track. But, at the same time, I am not against mutual helping at all, but I guess it's difficult to know where to draw the line. This jut sort of sucks. Since when has school become less about the actual learning and more about the numbers? I guess, it's been like that for a while, but I really do like learning and I guess all I can try to do is to not let it all get in the way and impede on my taking it all in.
On the bright side...I am going rock climbing tonight. It'll be a good vacation from stress. I really should stop worrying this much.
Oh well, now that that's out of the way, I feel a little better. AND that didn't take long! oh good.
Time to be productive again.
P.S. I am going backpacking! though that's another weekend preoccupied.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Versa--"I turn, I reverse"
I am worried that I am not as worried about things. Does that make any sense? I did not push myself to study til I could study no more...but, sleep is good.
Let's just say, even if I studied more...that exam was just horrible. I should have stuck with my instinct (first choice) on some of the questions. GO FIGURE. Anyway, I'm over that for now.
Sometimes I think I'm in the wrong major. Sociology is so much easier for me and just comes rather naturally. Oh well... Just need to keep reminding myself of what I want to do with my career and to reassure myself to keep going.
It's good to have a class or two that does not require my brain to jump hoops and fall into pits.
The LG Versa (verizon) came out YESTERDAY. I've known for some time but yesterday I wanted to look at how much it would cost if I upgrade but the website was so incredibly slow. Maybe there was a lot of traffic because a lot of people wanted to check it out? I was really excited about it but I definitely want to wait a while to see how it stands through time. There are a lot of mixed reviews about it but it's still sort of neat, even if the optional casing is absolutely hideous but I bet I could do something about that if I really wanted to. Here is a full review that I found:
LG Versa: Full Review Hmm...if only the case wasn't so ugly.
Versa--"I turn, I reverse." So, I guess this fits the nature of the phone appropriately. It can revert back from a full touchscreen phone to a physical qwerty keyboard one. Or... they just thought Versa sounded cool.
4 days til Spring Break...Not a total break but hey, more sleep is GOOD and NECESSARY. Of course, teachers have given us stuff to work on anyway. WHY?...ugh...Stupid.
P.S. So reviews are saying Versa is for Versatile..."turning, revolving, moving, capable of turning to varied subjects or tasks." I mean they are related...at least the Versa part of Versatile and is still "turning" with its accelerometer, the animated rotating home screen cube, and I guess the detachable keyboard itself. We'll see.
Let's just say, even if I studied more...that exam was just horrible. I should have stuck with my instinct (first choice) on some of the questions. GO FIGURE. Anyway, I'm over that for now.
Sometimes I think I'm in the wrong major. Sociology is so much easier for me and just comes rather naturally. Oh well... Just need to keep reminding myself of what I want to do with my career and to reassure myself to keep going.
It's good to have a class or two that does not require my brain to jump hoops and fall into pits.
The LG Versa (verizon) came out YESTERDAY. I've known for some time but yesterday I wanted to look at how much it would cost if I upgrade but the website was so incredibly slow. Maybe there was a lot of traffic because a lot of people wanted to check it out? I was really excited about it but I definitely want to wait a while to see how it stands through time. There are a lot of mixed reviews about it but it's still sort of neat, even if the optional casing is absolutely hideous but I bet I could do something about that if I really wanted to. Here is a full review that I found:
LG Versa: Full Review Hmm...if only the case wasn't so ugly.
Versa--"I turn, I reverse." So, I guess this fits the nature of the phone appropriately. It can revert back from a full touchscreen phone to a physical qwerty keyboard one. Or... they just thought Versa sounded cool.
4 days til Spring Break...Not a total break but hey, more sleep is GOOD and NECESSARY. Of course, teachers have given us stuff to work on anyway. WHY?...ugh...Stupid.
P.S. So reviews are saying Versa is for Versatile..."turning, revolving, moving, capable of turning to varied subjects or tasks." I mean they are related...at least the Versa part of Versatile and is still "turning" with its accelerometer, the animated rotating home screen cube, and I guess the detachable keyboard itself. We'll see.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Just Dance...no.
OK...See that video? Well, it is annoying and catchy at the same time. Our PSP chapter chose that as the music to make this video-invite to send out to other chapters to invite them to our Semi-formal.
AWKWARD.
Some of us brave/stupid "brothers" danced on the tables...at least I can say I didn't care how stupid I looked...but, it was still rather awkward. Thank goodness for Sam. Funny, of all chapters to come to, he ends up at a really awkward one.
I wonder if I'll get to see this video in the near future. They're adding more to it. Ugh, the one day I wear sweatpants to chapter is the day we are on video. GREAAAT. Really now? couldn't we have been forewarned so people could look presentable? I guess not.
I do want to dance though, just NOT at chapter. Now, if only school wasn't blocking the way...stupid wall.
"school sucks big fat gooseballs"--Jenn-i-fer.
Affirmative. Animal phys is consuming my time and the exam is in the morning...I do NOT feel sufficiently prepared and I don't know if that's even Possible. I have not really studied for Social Stratification at all, but I'm hoping I can somehow cram that during my lunch break tomorrow...Animal Phys takes precedence, sorry Soc Strat., you're apparently just not important enough.
Note to self: Stay.Calm. and Quit.Thinking.So.Much.
P.S. I took a nap today. First of 2009.
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