It never seems to last

Yesterday I hung out with someone who I haven't had the chance to see in a while. I guess being hyper-involved in as many things as you can leaves little time for old friends. Being with them I had flashbacks of a time of my life where things were different and I was a lot less jaded. The sad thing is that this was only two years ago, in my freshman year.

Its also funny how much people can both change and stay the same over time. People can keep the things that made you glad to have been close to them, while at the same time maturing in ways that make you think that they have become totally different people. Heck, sometimes people end up losing the little mannerisms that annoyed you.

Lyric of the Day:
"Clock is ticking while I’m killing time
Spinning all around
Nothing else that you can do
To turn it back"
-Lacuna Coil:"Our Truth"

Random Story of The Day:
I spent this entire weekend trying to find my lost credit card. As I was pulling out my cell phone to call and cancel it, it fell out of my pocket. FML.

Note to Future Self: You are a baller. Don't even think you're not.

Double Posting

This is written only 10 mins after my previous post(The date on the post is irrelevant). I just had an amusing conversation with my roomies about random stuff, and I was told something. "You need to stop making excuses". I do, and it turns out that I have no one to blame for my crappy love life(or lack thereof). Well, things are changing.

I actually started this thinking about telling all the parents of the world to keep their daughters inside because big D is on the prowl. I was considering a resolution to work on my personal upkeep and being more careful with what I say. But then I realized that at this point in my life I refuse to compromise. In my management class we watched Steve Jobs's commencement speech to Harvard, where his main message was "Don't settle". I don't want to be in a relationship where my girlfriend cringes whenever I bring up DnD, Magic, or something dorky. I don't want to have an SO that runs off in the rain leaving me worried. When I'm old and burned out, I guess I'll have to change my opinon, but until then I am the human wrecking ball. of ideas.

Lyric of the Day:
"They say that kid he's got soul.
I’m everywhere that you go.
And I’ve been there, seen that, and I ain't taking you home.
No-o-o."
-Cobra Starship:"Kiss my Sass"

Random Story of The Day:
I have no idea what the hell is happening in class right now. Sadly, I don't care because I got the second best grade on the first exam.

Note to Future Self: Just because ambition is the enemy of success, you should not sacrifice ambition for the sake of success.

Red Dragon

I may think too much. While that may seem like a good thing(and to me it usually is), it comes with a serious set of drawbacks. I end up thinking about things that are touchy for some(Does organized religion make it easier for people to just accept philosophies), to the depressing(How much potential do we lose every year of our existence?), to the demoralizing(Is our purpose to ensure that our children live in a better world, or just that they have more opportunity than we did?).

This causes me to dwell on things I should have moved on with years ago(or at least months). Its just so hard to tell which things have more to it than I have figured.

I also end up giving everything some credit. There is no undefendable assertion in my mind. This becomes a problem because whenever someone dismisses something, I feel the need to defend it.

Well at least I got some stuff going for me. A sweet lab job, amusing roommates, a great view, and 21st birthdays all the time.

P.S. The title comes from a How I Met Your Mother episode where the main character realizes he has the same problem so he does shots to kill his brain. This solution will be investigated further.

Lyric of the Day:
"I’m just a curbside prophet
with my hand in my pocket
and I’m waiting for my rocket to come
I’m just a curbside prophet
with my hand in my pocket
and I’m waiting for my rocket y'all"
-Jason Mraz: "Curbside Prophet"

Random Story of The Day:
When playing video games, we get out of control sometimes. One of my roomates swears, while I end up getting scared that Hunters are going to spring on me if I don't check rooms before I enter. When playing a competitive game, I once told my roomie, "suck it". His response: "I'd rather not"

Note to Future Self: Make sure my wife does not let our kids play hockey.

Best Day Evar!

Today was an interesting day. It started off with my last ever Friday sleep in until 10 am. I had coffee with a couple people which was pretty fun, but then I had to do a simulation thing for my business class. Because I over analyzed the problem we were given, I ended up with a 60% rather than a 100% that I should have gotten. I guess I'm like Ted in that way(This brain can not be stopped!).

I went to a team meeting where I realized that I was the only one with skills necessary to do multiple parts of the project. This means that I have a ridiculous amount of responsibility. Never mind this is a team where I was told that I needed to let other people take control.

My boss also decided that we need 7 am group meetings. This was fine with me until he told me he needed a 7 am individual meeting with each of us.

Finally, I went to a friend's for her b-day. We hung out for a while, which was great fun since I haven't seen a bunch of them in a while. They decided to go to the bars, which I decided to tag along for since I hadn't ever gone. Not only was I told I couldn't go in, I was also told that even if I got my ID there would be a $10 for guys. *begin rant* The next time a girl talks about not getting equal pay, I need to point out that we do not live in a gender equal society. *end rant*

And to top it all off, I've decided to forget about giving up something this Lent. Apparently I'm too opinionated for my own good. Especially since I feel people in steady relationships would hang out on a Friday night...

Lyric of the Day:
"Please understand
This isn't just goodbye
This is I can't stand you
This is where the road crashed into the ocean"
-+44:"No It Isn't"

Random Story of The Day:
Today my friend told me she was having a get together at her place. I had made a cake yesterday so I brought it over so that we could snack on it. The only people who had cake were my roommate and his gf. FML.

(Those two and one of her awesome friends who has similar tastes as me in terms of candy :D)

Note to Future Self: At 37, single women will want to settle down and have families. Too bad they'll still be crazy control freaks. Thank you Baby Momma.

Uncertainty

Today I had another one of those "What will I do with my life?" days. I still feel as if I have so much potential and I could do anything that I decided to do. Well not anything(I still remember my two day "Could I be a doctor?" thing).

Lyric of the Day:
"Children don't stop dancing
Believe you can fly
Away...
Away..."
-Creed:"Don't Stop Dancing"

Random Story of The Day:
Talking with my roomie and his gf before dinner.

Him: Any strong girly drink is made with vodka.
Me: To get girls drunk, make vodka drinks. Good to know.
His GF: I'm never letting you meet my hot, available friends
Me: That's fine, I'll settle for moderately attractive.
She glares at me disaprovingly
Me: Actually, nevermind. I don't think I have time to date this semester, maybe next semester?

Note to Future Self: Sometimes you think you like candy corn, but the aftertaste is something you can't accept.

Valentines Day

So 1/2 my apartment is part of a couple, meaning that for V-day it was me and my roomie. Too bad he decided to go home for his little sister's birthday :P

With no one else in the apartment I spent the first half of the day not doing much. I actually watched the part of How I Met Your Mother where Ted meets Victoria. That, not surprisingly made me slightly depressed.

Things turned around when I got a call from my friend. I had asked her roommate if they wanted to hang out Saturday(seeing as we were all single with nothing to do), so she asked if I wanted to come over and have dinner. We ended up having dinner, watching a movie and watching Demetri Martin's new show. So apparently all is well that ends well :D

Lyric of the Day:
"You've slipped away like a fistful of sand
You are gone, you are gone, you are gone"
-The Bravery: "Fistful of Sand"

Random Story of The Day: Playing telephone charades, we went from "I just died in your arms tonight" to "Happy girl beats man with lollipop under the sun". That game is awesome :D

Note to Future Self: Model the market as a system with mass. Momentum changes everything.

Surprises

The past week kind of sucked. I had assignments in my classes that really battered the idealistic side of me. In management we looked at the strategy of helping to improve poor neighborhoods for the purpose of exploiting the people there as consumers. My finance class essentially outlined the need for class disparities across the world, emphasizing that having low factors of production(low wage labor) helps to drive economies. With all these things on my mind all I could to was play Pokemon and bask in my powerlessness.(I thought being able to use that world was pretty sweet :P)

Then on Saturday I went over to visit one of my friends who I hadn't seen in a while. Catching up and being distracted by the things that were important in my life made me feel better.

That night as I walked into my apartment I was greeted by more than twenty of my friends charging out of the bedrooms yelling "Surprise!". It turns out my friends had decided that my birthday being in winter break meant that my party should happen when we got back to school. After a great night of lasertag, Rock Band, charades, Bang, and copious amounts of smash brothers, I remembered how awesome humanity was, and the privileges of the life I live.

Sunday I went to BC and watched the Superbowl. My friend is a hardcore Steelers fan, but since they beat the Ravens everyone at his college was supporting the Cardinals. After a full sixty minutes of football we had the Steelers as Superbowl champions and Mike Tomlin as the youngest coach to ever win the Superbowl.

Lyric of the Day:
"You were a child,
crawlin' on your knees toward it.
Makin' mama so proud,
but your voice is too loud."
-MGMT:"Kids"

Random Story of The Day:
My roomates and I play Wii Tennis while pretending to be Roddick, Federer, and Nadal :P

Note to Future Self: For every action there is an equal but opposite reaction. Those who peer into the darkness often are overlooking the light. Balance is key.

Day Two

Updates two days in a row, must be a new thing, right?

Nope, today is an anomaly. It was the second day of class and the first snow day. I had 12 hours, and I only just finished my hw for wednesday. This semester will be awesome.

Lyric of the Day:
"But not everybody knows
That everybody goes
To a better place
And not everybody knows
That everybody could be living their last days
But the hard times will come
and we'll keep movin' on
We're moving on
Keep movin' on!"
-Good Charlotte:"Movin' On"

Random Story of The Day:
A friend came over to make dinner. We were talking about different recipes for vegetarians when he blurts out "You should meet my new girlfriend, she has huge cans of chick peas that we use for curry". Needless to say, halfway through his statement I was in a state of disbelief.

Note to Future Self: Find snow friends. Not a snow bunny, snow friends :P

First Day

New set of classes, which overall was not bad. I have to figure out how this semester will work. Heat transfer looks reasonable, but it will be a pain unless I find a good HW group. Mondays seem pretty awesome, 3 hours of Business and English. I should drop a class, but the only thing I could think of if Vibrations, and that is because I'm afraid of a class with 15% As. Plus another problem set each week sucks.

Lyric of the Day:
"My apologies dear,
For all my mistakes and I’m sure to make more.
Cause I forget to enjoy
the small things in life, I just let them slip by."
-The Hush Sound:"My Apologies"

Random Story of The Day:
So I was convincing a friend of mine to help me find a girlfriend.

Me: So I want a girl who won't yell at me.
Her: So she has to be quiet?
Me: Well, someone who wont make me feel bad.
Her: So she has to be passive?
Me: She also has to be squishy.
Her: So she has to be fat?
Me: So, got any friends that I could date?
Her: Um, You don't need a girlfriend...you need a body pillow.
Me: You are a genius!

Note to Future Self: You want to build robots.

Just another day in the life.

So I went snowboarding yesterday, and it was better than I expected. Granted I fell like 200 times, and my body hurts, but it was an experience. Not one that I think I will repeat soon, but an interesting one nonetheless.

School starts next week and this semester will be interesting. Twenty-three credits plus work. Hopefully my GPA keeps rising :P

Oh yeah, and here is something Elan found:

Lyric of the Day:
"In the night, I hear 'em talk,
the coldest story ever told.
Somewhere far along this road,
he lost his soul, to a woman so heartless..."
-Kanye West:"Heartless"

Random Story of The Day:
My roomate on the phone to his GF:
"Did you just say (some phrase I forget)? I mean it is something that you would say, but I wouldn't expect you to say that now"

Note to Future Self: Make an AMV for RomeoXJuliet to Taylor Swift's "Love Story"

Superman xD

THE LOVE STORY:How To Avoid Trapped Arm Whilst Cuddling In Bed

MLK/Inaguration

Tomorrow we will have a new president. I'm not sure what it will mean for us as a nation, but I am sure that it will be historically significant. Plus, DC is going to be ridiculously packed...
So with two days off I managed to work on my comic, enjoy :

* He also needs to figure out whether he'll talk in first or second person :P

Lyric of the Day:
"Give me the Green Light
Give me just one night
I'm ready to go right now
I'm ready to go right now"
-MGMT remix of John Legend and Andre 3000:"Green Light"

Random Story of The Day:
While watching the AFC championship, Yohance keeps getting trash talk texts from his Raven-supporting friends. When the Steelers win he sends out a message to all of them:"Congrats on getting to the Superbowl".

Note to Future Self: Remember Barney's graph. y>x!!!

On the Road

Gran Torino was awesome. Academy award winning awesome. The Spirit was interesting, but not as impressive. Oh yeah, and the road trip was legendary.

Lyric of the Day:
"No one on the corner has swagger like us.
Swagger like us, swagger-swagger like us"
-M.I.A. sample from T.I.:"Swagger Like Us"

Random Story of The Day:
Driving down to FL we put our heads out of the car and yelled the name of each state as we entered it. We also yelled at certain streets that we did not appove of.

Note to Future Self: Everything has its upside.

The aftermath of St. Nick

Today I accomplished very little. Got through half of The Elder Gods, watched Futuresport and Forever Mine. Futuresport was fairly entertaining(Got to love Rasta Wesley Snipes) and Forever Mine was your classic romance epic. I also just realized that Smallville is still on TV. Seven Pounds was fairly good, as was playing through the last temple in Majora's Mask 3 times. All in all a relaxing day.

Well at least yesterday I managed to get some pans and a tool set :P

Lyric of the Day:
"What's that you're saying there
Oh well
Rain rushing window pain
Oh well
Can't see what space i'm in
Oh well
But i'm safe inside me here
Oh well"
-Frou Frou:"Old Piano"

Random Story of The Day:
When watching Seven Pounds, I couldn't help but notice that the pager that they gave Rosario Dawson was the same one that they give out at TGIF. Yohance thought that was messed up.

Note to Future Self: Invisibility will be achieved when we can affect the structure of our bodies. Spaced crystals are the key.

Getting into The Spirit

Christmas Eve was basically me catching up with watching stuff online, like Naruto and Lost. I managed top create a pretty nice gift basket for my grandparents.

Christmas involved a lot of good food, and going to see The Spirit. While not the best movie I've seen, it wasn't the worst. Very stylized and cliche. I had good ideas when I started this, but the fact that it is 3am has worked its magic.

Lyric of the Day:
"Have yourself a merry little Christmas,
Let your heart be light
From now on,
our troubles will be out of sight
Have yourself a merry little Christmas,
Make the Yule-tide gay,
From now on,
our troubles will be miles away"
-Hugh Martin:"Have yourself a merry little Christmas"

Random Story of The Day:
So I was going to go to Midnight Mass on Christmas, but I had a couple hours before I needed to leave. I decided to kill time by starting the latest book from my reading list, the new Edding's series. When I paused from reading I realized it was 12:30. For the second time in a row I eneded up watching mass on TV :P

Note to Future Self: Figure out what you want to do.

Milk and Cookies

More like Cookies and Milk, but whatever. I realized earlier this week that I can make ice cream sandwiches myself, an ability that essentially was the only thing I felt I had after my fluids test. Apparently everyone was rocked by it, and my circuits test was do-able so I'm good.

Bowling was a lot of fun, though the entire night made me think of Kal Penn in the Namesake. The scene with him and the girl who went to France and came back super-hot?

I also saw Milk today, which was really interesting. As someone raised Roman Catholic, and who shifter from leaning to the right towards the left it really made me think about religion's place in our society. While religion shapes our morals and values, the degree to which it can be used to change society is debatable. The fact that discrimination is a vital part of society, yet causes injustice sucks.

Lyric of the Day:
"Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high
And the dreams
That you've dreamed of
Once in a lullaby"
-Leona Lewis:"Somewhere over the Rainbow"

Random Story of The Day:
As we're playing Rock Band, we manage to score a 750,000 points. In joy, CC raises him drumsticks and yells "750,000 points!". His momentum from raising the sticks causes him to falls backwards into a lamp and table. No college kids were hurt in the making of this scene.

CC also yells out "1! 2! 3! 4!" before he has a part on drums. Even in the middle of songs...

Note to Future Self: Wedding tattoos instead of rings? Think about it.

Finals Crunch

Tried to write an entry after Fluids wrecked me. It failed,

Lyric of the Day:
"I'm the opposite of moderate, immaculately polished with
The spirit of a hustler and the swagger of a college kid
Allergic to the counterfeit, impartial to the politics
Articulate but still would grab a nigga by the collar quick."
-T.I. feat. Rihanna:"Live your Life"

Random Story of The Day:
Me: I kind of want to see 7 pounds.
Friend's GF: Yeah, Will Smith is so hot!
Me: He is like fifty or something.
Friend: Yeah, we were going to see it, you could tag along.
Friend's GF: Threesome!
Friend: Ummm....that not the word I would use...

Formal to Forms

How can a teacher get away with changing the due date of an assignment 9pm the night before they want it due? I don't even know.

Well, I'm off to work on another lab report.

BTW, Gems Formal was phenomenal. Sometimes you gotta take time and just enjoy yourself.It was good seeing Michelle, bumping into my section(WAVES!), and meeting up people I hadn't seen in a while(campers!). Feeling empowered to voice how you feel is intoxicating, or maybe a result of it.

Lyric of the Day:
"Run and tell all of the angels
This could take all night
Think I need a devil to help me
Get things right"
-Foo Fighter:"Learn to Fly"


Random Story of The Day:
Bruck to class: "And what do we use lubrication for?"
*awkward silence*

Prop 8, The musical

Neil Patrick Harris is the man.

Lyric of the Day:
"So far away we wait for the day,
For the lives all so wasted and gone;
We feel the pain of a lifetime lost in a thousand days-
Through the fire and the flames we carry on!"
-DragonForce:"Through the Fire and the Flames"

Random Story of The Day:
So apparently I have not been missing my lab's group meetings, my PI just hasn't had one for two months. Our first one is today, so I guess I better go make something to show...

The End Complete

So, I just had my second to last GEMS class as an SL. When RT asked who wanted to do it next year, only one person raised their hand.


Wasn't me.



I also made a sick tuna casserole. Pigeon peas + Tuna = delicious. Formal should be entertaining.

Lyric of the Day:
"He was a skater boy,
She said 'see you later boy',
He wasn't good enough for her
Now he's a super star,
Slammin' on his guitar,
Does your pretty face see what he's worth?"
-Avril Lavigne:"Sk8ter Boy"



Random Story of The Day:
"After reading an entire chapter on kidney function, ending with the nervous control of urination, I kinda need to pee"

"And I'll leave you with the house"(meant to say goodbye and failed)

My friends :P

Resolutions

For New Years, I've decide working on my list of resolutions a bit early this year. Here are a couple big ones.

1. I will not be a GEMS SL. Ever again. Except if I get to do 100 with a good friend. My logic for this decision is based on the fact that I've had an amazing time doing 102 and 202. I followed a group of students from Gemscamp, to team formation, up to their preparation for their thesis defense. I don't think I will be able to replicate this experience, especially since I'm not going to be a 102 SL next semester. SLing was something I enjoyed alot, but its not something that I think I can do again. Plus, all those overachiever gems kids who need it for their resume need a chance to SL.

2. I will have my polymerization model done by Thanksgiving. I've been slacking at work due to distractions, be it HHMI, Fluids, or pretending to be a BIOE. I need to work out the kinks in the dynamics and add in polarity. Hopefully I'll even have a decent looking GUI by the end of this semester.

3. I will go to Badminton on Mondays once I recover. This semester I kind of slacked off in terms or going to badminton, but after I injured my ankle I realized that if I were a couple of pounds lighter maybe having to limp around wouldn't be so bad. Plus, badminton was a great way to keep in touch with a couple of friends who I rarely see these days.

4. With a similar idea, I will setup my schedule so I can go to ballroom next semester. Just because I have HW and work doesn't mean I can't make time for something that I really liked. Maybe I'll even be able to organize my old partner coming with me so that the learning curve won't make me look silly as I get back used to dancing. Heck, maybe I'll try to convince a new person to go with me.

5. I will go home this winter. I usually end up coming up with some excuse to avoid leaving campus, but this winter I think I'll head to FL, at least for Christmas, if not my birthday as well. Its my little brother's last year in high school, and I really think should spend sometime with him before he is off to college.

Lyric of the Day:
"His keeping busy, yeah he's bleeding stones,
With his machinations and his palindromes
It was anything but hear the voice
Anything but hear the voice
It was anything but hear the voice
That says that we’re all basically alone"
-Andrew Bird:"Imitosis"

Random Story of The Day:
Heard in the ME lounge-
Tom: There is no way that you could get with her.
Dude: Ignore him, That's just Tom being a dick.
Tom: This is just Tom being honest.

Check out "Silent Library". The Japanese remain amusing.