I'm Weird

A conversation with my step-brother:

Jamesu san 5789: do my math work
xx L33T N1NJ4 xx: i seriously had no idea what the card did before i tried that
xx L33T N1NJ4 xx: whats this math work?
Jamesu san 5789: stupid algebra
Jamesu san 5789: wtf? "solve pV/nT for p"
Jamesu san 5789: i didnt do that section yet!
xx L33T N1NJ4 xx: solve pV/nT for p?
xx L33T N1NJ4 xx: theres no equal sign?
Jamesu san 5789: oops
Jamesu san 5789: R=pV/nT*
xx L33T N1NJ4 xx: k
Jamesu san 5789: stupid fingers
Jamesu san 5789: i hate letters!
xx L33T N1NJ4 xx: R*nT=(pV/nT)*nT
xx L33T N1NJ4 xx: which equals just pV
xx L33T N1NJ4 xx: then divide both sides by V
xx L33T N1NJ4 xx: RnT/V = p
Jamesu san 5789: >.<
xx L33T N1NJ4 xx: you wanna know whats REALLY scary?
Jamesu san 5789: what?
xx L33T N1NJ4 xx: i enjoyed that
xx L33T N1NJ4 xx: o_o

I've been in school to long. I'm starting to snap.

What is up with my hair?

I've had troubles with my hair recently. I swear I'm washing it regularly, but no matter what I do, I end up with knots in the back of my head. Only on the right side, too. It's freaky. Am I sleeping on it funny you think? Or am I just weird? Oh well. I am ALWAYS weird. ^_^

That's all, aside from the picture for my desktop being being uber-cute! Lookie!

Okay, I'm gonna finish watching the climax of Ocean's Eleven.

Another For Today

Matt wouldn't let me watch the whole Green Ranger Mini-series. ;_; Oh well. In other weekend news, I control Asia in a game of Risk 2210, though I doubt that will last until the beginning of my next turn. Sigh. Red has really conquered a bunch... North AND South America, Europoe, and both of the three island water continents. I don't think we're gonna stand any chance. *Sniffle.*

GO GO POWER RANGERS!!!

I am watching the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers now.

Instead of sleeping.

I think I'm going nuts from being up all night.

Oh well.

By the way, it's the original series.

The first episode of the green ranger mini-series, to be Precice.

It's awesome.

Especially if they run all five episodes this morning.

Okay, enough of that, later.

C-c-c-cold

Sigh. I got bored tonite, so I rode down University to the 'nearby' Magic store - Challenge Games. Yes. I rode. My bicycle. In 40 degree weather. It was about a half hour, each way. I dunno if it was really worth it, either. I mean, the tournament was free, and I managed to beat a rival Tooth and Nail deck. Apparently TnN is my only Standard format deck. Anyway. I managed to win one game out of three. The first game was a rather odd matchup. I managed to counter his Darksteel Collossus with one of my own just in time, but he still was able to burn me out with a fireball, I think. It was alright. Second game poor guy, Patrick was his name, was sorta stuck. Add in that I managed to Mindslaver him twice. Once to fireball hisself for 6, and then another time when it was just a 10 mana time walk. I managed to barely squeeze out my own lethal fireball, shortly after Naturalizing a Sundering Titan as it was being copied with Kiki-Jiki. (If you don't know the names, don't worry. Neither do I ^_^) Anyway, the third game I was stuck with a lone Cloudpost after mulliganning once. I kept because I had enough mana fixers in hand that if I got one more land I would be set. Not only did I never see the second land, but when Patrick finally got enough Cloudposts on his side that I could have played a Solemn Simulacrum, he then turns around and Reap and Sow's my only post. ;_;! Ah well, so needless to say, I found my next land, a Forest, about 3 turns after I died. Shrugs. Twas a single elimination, so I went home after watching a few other games. Ah well. I'm looking forward to the Unhinged release tournament next Saturday - No not tomorrow. I'll be sure to tell you all about it.

Also in my news... .Hack Vol 3 FINALLY came out!!! It was FANTASTIC!!! I LOVED IT!!! I CAN'T EVEN... *POP*

Okay, but yeah, I like it a lot. ^_^ I'm gonna just leave it at that, and say you all must read it now. Alright, so long.

A Little Quiz For You

Feel free to E-mail / comment you're answers, whatever. I can't wait to read them.

01. Give me a nickname, and explain why you picked it.
02. Am I lovable?
03. How long have you known me?
04. When and where did we first meet?
05. What was your first impression?
06. Do you still think that way about me now?
07. What do you think my weakness is?
08. Do you think I'll ever get married?
09. What makes me happy?
10. What makes me sad?
11. What reminds you of me?
12. What is my best quality?
13. How well do you think you know me?
14. When's the last time you saw me?
15. Ever wanted to tell me something but couldn't?
16. Do you think that I could kill someone?
17. Who would play me in a movie?
18. If I were to be a color, what one would I be?
19. Describe me in one word.
20. Do you think our friendship is getting stronger/weaker/or staying the same?
21. Do you think that I am stubborn?
22. Are you going to put this on your xanga and see what I say about you?
23. Have you ever liked me as more than a friend?
24. What do you think I'm going to be when I grow up?

Time For Something With Substance

Funny thing happened just now. I saw a person log onto AIM, and briefly considered saying hi, but he beat me to the punch. I got the one word message "fag" from him. Then he signed off before I could say something back. I'm confused. But also, I'm a little flattered. The idea that someone cares enough about me to want to sign on and off again soley to offend me (I guess) is sort of an empowering feeling. Especially because I don't know what I did to piss him off. He know's I'm bi. I know I'm bi. What's he trying to prove? Ah well. I feel special, kinda. ^_^;

Lesse... I got to go back home this weekend! The internet there sucks. Terribly. Sigh. I hate that house. I've been spoiled by the T1 line here at school. However, it was good to be able to go back and see my family. I spent Saturday at the mall Christmas shopping for others, and got things for about 5 people, I think. I also picked up the last three volumes of CCS I need. Now I can finally finish Sakura's tale of whimsy and wonder. Afterwards, I got dropped off at my Aunt's house and played with Clara, my two-year-old cousin/niece. (Don't worry, my Aunt isn't also my sister, or some random hillbilly nonsense. They call me Uncle Greg, but I'm really a cousin.) After that, and a nice family dinner at the Guadalajara Mexican resturaunt, I went home, finally got in touch with Matt and Dan to go see the movie we'd been planning on seeing since Thursday, The Incredibles. While I waited for the 955 showtime, I got to go back and finally defeat Oogie Boogie, clearing Halloweentown once and for all. I was PLANNING on doing that Halloween Weekend, but travel plans sucked for me. Anyway, I did manage beat that, though only after putting the game on pause at the very end of the Boss battle to see the movie.

The movie, by the way, was GREAT! Its not really a kids movie, the way most Pixar films have been thus far. I mean, yes, most Pixar films had jokes in there that both adults and kids could enjoy, but some parts of the Incredibles, including a man suing the hero for foiling his suicide attempt, may require some delicate conversations with parents. I enjoyed it, though. I have a big interest in the field of Superheroics. Jason Lee plays the fanboy villian, and you can almost tell that the role was written just for him. It was like Kevin Smith flashbacks all over again. Also, it was sort of neat how none of them could really fly. That's the one super power that so many people take for granted in their super heroes.

So then the question remains, what super power would I pick? Hmmm... And I'm not just talking about in the ones from that movie. I'm talking about all heroes ever. (Except for ubermenches like Superman. He's just unfair.) I think I'd have to go for Nightcrawler's (X-men) teleportation. That would be cool. It's not inheriently violent, and being a pacifist, I appriciate that. It's also got a really cool sound effect, "Bamf." That's the mark of a good power. ^_^

Alright, later. Oh yeah, along with that question, I still have the question of "What famous actor would star as me in a movie of my life?" Any suggestions on this would help me out. Okay, so long.

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Then They Came for Me

I was reading over CNN, and got the inspiration to seek out this poem I learned in school a few years ago:

First They Came for the Jews, By Pastor Martin Niemöller

First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me.

For those of you who were on the winning side on Tuesday, and need a little help with the analogy, here's my modern revision.

First they came for the Arabs
and I did not speak out
because I was not an Arab.
Then they came for the homosexuals
and I did not speak out
because I was not homosexual.
Then they came for the liberals
and I did not speak out
because I was not a liberal.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me.

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Tyrannies of Majorities scare me. ;_;

Of Traps And Shrimp

Another link that needs immortalizing.

The ultimate wisdom of Admiral Ackbar.

Shut Up Wesley

I saw this on Star Trek just now. I couldn't resist. These links must be shared with the world!

Shut up, Wesley!

24 Hours Later

Bush won.

I found out as soon as the news broke. I woke up at 10, checked out CNN.com, and found that it was still a dead heat, with Ohio becoming the deciding state. "Oh great," I thought, "Another Florida." The debacle last election was still being contested even today, and the thought of having to go through another four years of that was almost as disheartening of the fact that my candidate lost. Then a funny thing happened. I checked out Fox News, who had early on called Ohio for Bush. They had a headline I had never expected.

"Kerry Concedes."

What? It's over? I was just getting ready for a good week at least of vote contesting. All those people who filed lawsuits are probably kicking themselves now. Oh well. Kerry conceded, and I'm sure that he wouldn't have done it unless he was sure he didn't have a chance. I have to admit, I don't see why Ohio wan't being called for anyone by CNN. It had a larger difference than some of the other states that had already been called one way or the other. I think they were just holding out until everything was settled, not wanting to make a pre-emptive call.

I've made no secret that I don't like Bush's presidency. I think that he's destroyed America in the eye of the World. I think the war in Iraq was a mistake, and I'm disheartened that now no one will make Bush own up to it. Honestly, that was the only issue that I felt strongly about. I know different people who feel very strongly about certain moral or domestic issues. I don't, really. Honestly, I respect their opinions, I really do, I just have over the past few weeks gotten tired of people who have opinions about things they really don't know about. I've met people on both sides of the fence with this problem, and I suppose the point of a campaign is to simplify complex issues into simple black and white coinflips for voter processing. And really, the Bush administration has been working on this since 2001. The Axis of Evil, himself being sent to do God's will, drawing definative lines between people, places, ideas. I think it's a little bit scary that (A) they believe they have the right to do this all unchallenged, and (B) they HAVE gotten away with this mostly uncontested. I remember watching the Daily Show, when Zell Miller was speaking at the Republican National Convention, berating the Democrats for questioning the President, which Jon Stewart then paraphrased with "How dare the Democratic party field a candidate; And during an election year!" I've seen similar sentiments expressed by far to many people. I have to admit, when the Daily Show hinted they may postpone the elections indefinitely, I only partially dismissed it as a joke, and I'm still not ruling it out for an October surprise in '08.

Gah. I need to calm down. Bush really isn't that bad a guy. The country didn't blow up over the past four years (except for that one time, but I'm not dumb enough to blame him for that). I may not agree with him, but I'm not the first time to note that there are much worse candidates for presidency. In the mean time, I've started preparing for the 2008 election: Jeb Bush vs Hilary Clinton. O_O!

Big Day, No Time For Titles

Wow, what a day. Election is still going on, so I'll save that for another day. First: IT SNOWED (a little). Oh well.

Also, I recently got invited to a forum - PSP vs DS. Since I really don't care for either of them, that makes me a perfect impartial judge. Anyway, I proceded to take an active part in the boards, and currently have 44% of the posts. I was, this evening, named moderator of their off-topic board. So I guess I would encourage you all, especially the gamers out there, to join up and voice your opinion over there. Registering is free, easy, and its a cool place to hang out and just talk about whatever. Especially my forum, where basically anything goes. I dunno what that is exactly, but its probably a lot. Alright, I guess that's it. What an election, eh? I'll voice my opinion on it when I come back.

Official Forum Plug: Voice your opinion on the war of the hand-held consoles @ the PSP vs DS forum: http://s8.invisionfree.com/pspvds or visit the easy to remember www.freewebs.com/pspds for the redirection link!!! Spread the Word

I feel like such a whore. ;_;

TIC TAC TOE BITCH!

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Okay, I stayed up all night working on my CS project. Actually, it was more like a couple of hours, but still. *Glances at clock.* Hmm, its seven. I have class in three hours. Oh well. Lemme tell you about the night.

I played Magic.

Yeah, I promised, no more fan-boy-ish-y stuff, but let's face it. I AM a fan boy. So all the stuff about me will be fan-boy-ish-y. I'll try to spare the in depth details. Anyway, the decks I made were alright, if you ask me. Mana screw was a common occurance at the table, with four players. It was odd, if you ask me. Shouldn't have happened THAT much. Anyway, my Last Laugh deck went off a few times, which pissed people off, so the time I DIDN'T get a good hand with it, I was being double teamed from the start. My squirrel deck preformed admirably, I think, and the enchantment deck... Well, it needs some work. Actually, I have long been planning to make a tournament quality Enchantress deck, so I may do just that, and swap out red for blue, and cheaper, less wacky enchantments. Or maybe go White/Green. I dunno.

The point is I'm tired. Two and a half hours till class, I think I'd better get some sleep. If you wanna see the Tic-Tac-Toe game, message me, I'll send it on over. Laters.

Multiball!! MULTIBAAAALLLL!!!!!

Umm... The title is cuz shouting Multiplayer just doesn't have the same ring. Anyway, I just spent the early afternoon making up two magic decks. It felt good. It's been far too long. What prompted me to make not one but two decks after such a long period of not? My roommates brother. He calls us last night, telling Matt that he arranged a multiplayer game or two with a friend. Naturally we accept. Problem is, he didn't have a deck. So I got drafted to make one for him, because none of my other decks, aside from my precious Last Laugh deck (you can't spell slaughter without laugh...) aren't really cut out for group games. So, I asked him what kind of deck he wanted. "Black and white or red and green," comes the responce. As I'm looking through my rare binder, which I often do for inspiration, I notice a large number of "Junk" enchantments in the colors. So I mention them to him, and he says "Sure, I haven't done an enchantment deck in a while." My original plan was to simply have it be you're basic dumb red and green deck, elves and fast mana on the first few turns, then ramp up to huge mana for huge stupid-big effects. However, upon him calling the idea an Enchantment deck, I'm reminded of the four Verduran Enchantresses I have, and the four Enchantresses Presences. Stupid Enchantress Deck was made shortly thereafter, with a light sprinkling of all the junk enchantments I could find. I through in Confusion in the Ranks for sheer dumbness, as well as Teferi's Puzzle Box out of Masochism. I will annoy EVERYONE at the table tonite, even though I didn't play the deck. Maybe Mike will annoy everyone, instead, while I quietly Armageddon the field to death. Speaking of combos, based on the sheer number of one- and two- ofs in the deck, there are some spiffy interactions. My favorite is the Mana Flares with either Saproling Burst or Words of Wilding (or even Dragon's Roost if things get really out of hand), to create ungodly amounts of mana. Meanwhile, there are maybe two mana sinks in the deck. Umm.. Oh well.

Also, as I sloshed though my common and uncommon boxes for cards to fill out "the most expensive deck I've ever owned I think," I passed through the remains of my old squirrel deck. Once I had the Red Green Dumbness created, I went about making a better squirrel deck, if only for flavor. I hope Unhinged has more squirrel cards, I need them. Oh, and Deranged Hermits if anyone out there has some. Plus, if you couldn't tell from my nonsensical rant, I'm excited to test these babies out. If you're up for an online game over AIM, lemme know when I get back from class. Speaking of which, I gotta go to class now, bye!

....Oh, and sorry about the pair of nerdy-type rants in a row. I'll see about putting up some non-fanboyish posts later on, promise.

Revenge Of Starcraft

Here's something I wrote in Calc and Film class for this. Enjoy.

I've told you about how I bought Diablo II and such. Honestly, I'm getting bored of the game. One of these days I'll start a game from scratch, and play through at a normal place. It's no fun rushing through what should be a long and in depth story line in an hour or three with my higher level friends' help. I know for some people see customizing their characters as being half the fun, but it doesn't have any appeal to me. Questing for the sole purpose of leveling up seems pointless. I prefer the adversarial nature of Starcraft because it puts each player on an equal playing field. The "collect and dress-up" element isn't there. It's just one player against another, winner take all. Or none. I like the Red Vs Blue description of the situation.

Simmons: Seriously though, why are we out here? As far as I can tell it's just a box canyon in the middle of nowhere...no way in or out.
Grif: uh huh...
Simmons: The only reason that we set up a red base here is because they have a blue base over there. And the only reason they have a blue base over there is because we have a red base over here.
Grif: Yeah, that's because we're fighting each other.
Simmons: No, no, but I mean, even if we were to pull out today and they were to come take our base they would have two bases in the middle of a box canyon. Whoop-dee-fucking-do.

I for one like that semi-rediculous nature of games. Two players are boiled down to their cores. It is sport at its purest. In a Starcraft match, your name doesn't matter. All those hours you've spent on the campaign don't matter in a match when your mining SCV train wanders through a canyon overlooked by Dragoons. Each player starts the same every time. Four peons. A town hall. Fifty minerals. Zero vespine gas. And the knowledge that your opponant starts with the same. After the game is over, nothing has changed. The winner gets nothing but a tick mark somewhere on the Battle.net servers, and maybe bragging rights. Aside from pride and dignety, nothing is taken from the loser.

And then there are the memories. Both players take a small bit of experience with them of the game. The loser is made aware of a strategy, and either learns to adapt it for his own use, or how to beat it next time. The winner may have noticed something he could do better next time, or some tip from his opponants strategy could be gleamed. Or maybe it was simply two comrades-in-arms enjoying a friendly skirmish. I've got a few memories that still bring a small smile to my face. Like the time I hid my last building in a random corner of map to avoid the enemy gang of roving Carriers. ("Our big... spaceship... gang." "Ar-ma-da?" "Yeah, that.") Or the time I finished my opponents last two buildings with the most overkill ever.

Game: Nuclear Launch Detected.
Game: Nuclear Launch Detected.
Him: I KNOW NUCLEAR LAUNCH WAS DETECTED!!!
(Silence as not one but two nuclear missiles, one per building, crash into his final installations.)

One of my favorite memories wasn't actually from a multiplayer game. It was a campaign mission: Johnny the Homocidal Ultralisk from New Gettysburg. Anyone who's ever played the mission tell me if this sounds remotely familiar. The mission has three goals: Protect a Zerg outpost, destroy the attacking Protoss forces beneath you, and don't let Kerrigan die. However, while you are protecting the Zerg, they are feeling no such thing about you, and see no reason to not attack you. Ingrates. Anyways, at one point in the mission, the Zerg rise up and swell past any defences you have set up. The first few times I played it, I noticed an even more shocking event taking place. One lone Ultralisk, who we shall call "Johnny, the Homocidal Ultralisk", was charging straight past any other units I had, and made a direct bee line to the lone chick in the ghost uniform. Bam. One solid swipe of the tusks, and that's it. Kerrigan lets out a high pitched scream/squeal, and the game alerts me that the game is over. I watched this happen at least three times before I caught on, and on the fouth time, I knew how to beat it. I went in and immediately built a dropship for Kerrigan. As soon as it was done, the USS Canadia set course for parts unknown, far from the intense violence, miles (I guess) above the looming Ultralisks, and out of my mind from then on. I was able to beat the mission on my own, without worrying about pissy dignitaries or whatever Kerrigan was.

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Then, Kerrigan dies (captured, really) to the Zerg anyway!!!! Talk about a downer.
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Anyway, I ended up with a small tick from that mission. I have a tendancy to favor using dropships from now on. I like them. I trust them. They're nice. Now you may all go ahead to plotting my eventual downfall by destroying my dropships... If you dare!

Sigh. That was a long rant half of you probably don't care about. Oh well. Anyone who wants to play, lemme know. You will be destroyed. Or not.

Here I Am Again

So anyway, it turns out that just after I posted my last entry, they showed Mean Girls on the college network. It wasn't too bad, actually, though I suppose I can now never watch it again. I won't be worse off. In other news, I believe Lindsey Lohan is 18. *Does his "yay, another celebrity is now old enough to turn me down legally" dance"* Aww, I made myself cry...

Also, someone needs to explain to me why 9/11 caused an economic downturn. As I recall, last time there was an attack on American soil by a foreign enemy, there was a 10 year depression, but, no, wait, that was the decade BEFORE Pearl Harbor got attacked. If memory serves, that attack brought our economy into a boom. Yeah, most wars have, in fact. So, then, why are we currently in a recession again, or just coming out of a small one, or what have you? Sigh. I'm serious, though. Anyone who can explain to me why the 9/11 attacks created a downturn, please do so. Thanks.

Oh yeah, and here's who I'm voting for come November:
I approve of their middle class values, coming from a middle class family themselves. I know their war record, I served with them through all three of the Mushroom Kingdom Wars in the Plumber Battalion, and the continuing Tours in Dinosaurland. I know they won't hesitate to use our armed forces when threatened, but at the same time they know the risks, and won't put our troops in unnecessary danger. They're the ideal candidates.

Vote Mario Mario / Luigi Mario in '04.

Villians

In English class today, the professor presented three topics for discussion: a plan for re-buffaloizing the mid-west plains, and something about expatrioted, two things I didn't know anything about, and then the third topic, a discussion on whether girls the "Plastics" from the movie Mean Girls, girls who are the rulers of the school and exist as a kind of elitist nobility among the students, really exist. I've never seen the movie, but I saw the commecials enough, combined with how most Hollywood movies work, to put forth a nice theory for the class. I said that the reason the girls are portrayed as such, as being some how in power while at the same time being universally hated or what have you, is simply an attempt by Hollywood to villianize the girls. I pointed out that if the movie had been done with them not being in power, and just bitches, then the hero, Lindsey Lohan's character, whoever, would lose all credibility and justification. "Those girls picked on me so I'm going to be mean back to them" isn't as persuasive an argument as "Those girls are tyrannical and evil incarnate and must be stopped."

Of course, we couldn't talk about this all period long. We had to actually learn. But the issue tugged at the back of my mind, and I decided to show them to you, since I must release my ideas somewhere, and I have no friends, it seems. Anyway, the whole thing stems back to the nessessity to villify characters in movies. The plastics are BLATANTLY evil, partially because its funny, and partially because audiences are stupid. They need things laid out for them in very obvious terms. The girls are evil because they're the bad guys, its just that simple.

I also realized that there were two kinds of bad guys, in general. The overlord and the minion. The mean girls are obviously overlords, the big bad guys, whatever. They're the characters who personify evil. They come from a long line of overloards. Darth Vader, the Iceland Team in the Mighty Ducks, Saddam Huissein, whoever. The minions are just that. Faceless pawns. They're interesting to me in how similar they are. Stormtroopers (who many people thought were robots when the first movie came out) and TIE Fighter Pilots all wear face-concealing helmets, where as their rebellion counterparts have their faces in full view. Remember the beginning of Star Wars IV: A New Hope, how they show the rebel soldiers lined up ready to defend the princess? They show a close up of a soldier who looks like he could be your grandfather, not so much that he's old, but that he has a loveable face. Right away you look at him and think: "This guy is a good guy, I like him."

Then he gets shot. WHAT THE FUCK! I LIKED THAT GUY!!! YOU BASTARDS KILLED HIM! I HATE THE EMPIRE!!! Yeah, that's how movies works. I noticed a similar thing in Top Gun. Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer barely wear oxygen masks, but their Russian (or whoever) bad guy enemies have their faces entirely concealed, and have tinted visors. They aren't human.

Gah, I hate when I get all rambly. Seems like a good reason to stop and lie down.

Internet Has Returned

Well, I got the Internet back, as well as my perennial lazyness. A bunch of stuff has happened recently, but I haven't really been keeping track. Oh well. Lemme go over recent memory...

I'm not gonna be able to vote! Not on time, anyway. I forgot to update my voter address, so I'm gonna do an absentee vote in Lakeway, most likely after the election. Oh well. MY VOICE WILL BE HEARD. *Imagines someone in 1946 discussing a possible retaliation to Pearl Harbor.* Agh. I suck at analogys it seems. Anyway, next item.

My mom visited this past weekend. She brought doughnuts. Not much else there, except to note that I'm coming home some time soon. At the very least I'll be there the weekend of the 5th. November 5th. WAI~! I can't wait. I wanna go to Frys and Borders and all sortsa... Well, I guess thats it. I dunno. Anyway. I need to go about building a computer when I get there. I'll post more on that when I know more.

I also need to get that CCS boxset. The guy at the local anime shop says they're not out yet, but I KNOW I've seen it. He's got a varied selection, but none of the things I want. He doesn't have CCS, or a new title I've decided to try out, Azumanga Daioh, which seems pretty popular. It's a bunch of four panel comics about schoolgirls, and their comedic lights. The pictures I've seen of the characters are cute. In the chibi way, not cute sexy.I wanted to at least give it a try, possibly buy it.

Oi! I found a source for Chobits DVD #5. Whee! Anyway, thanks to Kathy and Stacy for giving me their copy. I owe you two.

Here's a final version of my wish list to finish things off. By the way, I'm PISSED that Kingdom Hearts:Chain of Memories isn't coming out till just AFTER Xmas.
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Transformers
Mom has a list of transformers I need, except for the Toys’R’Us exclusive reissues. Here’s a list of the one’s I want:
Power Master Optimus Prime
Rodimus Prime
Dirge
Hoist
Tracks
Hound

Game Boy Advance games-
Pokemon Fire Red
Metroid Zero Mission
Final Fantasy I & II (Releases Nov 21st)
Mario Pinball

PlayStation 2 games-
Slim console unit
Disgaea: Hour of Darkness
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Grand Theft Auto: Double Pack

DVDs-
Chobits # 2, 3, 4, 6, 7
Star Wars Collection
Invader Zim #2, 3
Aladdin Special Edition

Tech Equipment-
Longer battery, light-weight laptop (I’ve been eyeing the Compaq V2000 series)
Ipod, other portable mp3 device
Flatsceen Moniter
Wireless Keyboard / Mouse

Magic Cards-
Boosters / Booster boxes from the following sets:
Darksteel, Fifth Dawn, Champions of Kamigawa, Unhinged

Alright, I suppose I should go. Sorry I've been gone for over a week, I'll try to post more often. So long.

WHERES THE BANDWIDTH!?!?!

Those damn dirty Techs, they blew it all up. I got in from calculus, and was exstatic about getting a B++ on a test I didn't really prepare for. If I'd studied, if I'd done the stupid notecard thing, hell, if I'd just remembered that (d/dx)sin(x) = cos(x), which isn't the hardest thing on Earth to remember, I'd have gotten an A. As it was, and I don't know what B++ means, cuz I did the math and the grade was 255/300 = 85% = solid B, but whatever. I'll take all the ++'s I can get. Oh, and also, aside from doing better than I'd though I'd done, that test was the Midterm for Calculus. Not hard at all, if you ask me. So yeah. I was all happy.

Then I came home, and my room had no internet connection. "OH CRAP," though I. I went through and found out it wasn't cuzza my router, that thing was working fine. No, it was the fault of my good for nothing data port, and the fact that they weren't porting data. I called up the Tech support line. They said I got shut off because its against tech policy to allow wireless routers. Or any routers at all, for that matter. So yeah, that means the $100+ I've spend on routers has all been a waste. U_U. They should tell me this stuff sooner.

Seriously. I doubt anyone from TTU tech support or w/e is reading this, but if you are, for future reference, give me some warning and a reason as to why you're shutting me out. And give me a day to figure it out, and solve the issue on my own. Just randomly shutting me down is a huge problem. I thought for about two hours that the problem was on my end before I thought to call in. It wasn't fun. Also, the way you have it set up now, its currently YOUR fault I can't get online. I didn't do anything (that I knew not to do) to get me offline. Your actions were seemingly arbitrary, and now because of YOUR random actions, I can't get online for probably the whole weekend in my dorm room. I'm in the schol library now, btw, and probably will be all weekend, it seems. U_U

DAMN YOU TECH SUPPORT!!!

Read This, And Be Amazed

FuzzyElf22: here's that joke
FuzzyElf22: The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid-term exam paper:

"Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat), or endothermic (absorbs heat)? Support your answer with a proof." Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools off when it expands and heats up when it is compressed) or some variant thereof.

One student, however, wrote the following:

FuzzyElf22: First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So, we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Some of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since, there are more than one of these religions, and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all people and all souls go to Hell.

FuzzyElf22: With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell, because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand as souls are added.

This gives two possibilities
FuzzyElf22: If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.
Of course, if Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.
So which is it?

If we accept the postulate given to me by Ms. Krissy Jones during my Freshman year that "it will be a cold night in Hell before I sleep with you" and take into account the fact that I still have not succeeded in having sexual relations with her, then (2) cannot be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic.

This student got the only A.

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Thanks to Mike Hill for forwarding me the source.