I'll have to listen to nothing but indie for a week straight to make up for this

2006-08-15T12:02:00.000-05:00

Guys! James Blunt is at the Assembly Hall on October 21! I want to go! It's $28 for students. Who'll come with me? <_

Two Uni dances in less than a week? I vote that everyone go to the (probably subbie-free) UFU dance and skip the Howdy Hop.

2006-08-13T21:58:00.000-05:00

I've been working on the UFU website. Making a black/yellow/gray/red layout is hard, but I think this works. Any comments? (I was told to use those scrollbars, by the way; I don't really like them...)So yesterday I ordered a MacBook (white, 1.83GHz, 1 GB RAM, 60 GB harddrive) and one of those U2 video iPods! It's going to be so excellent!Well. This week should be interesting...

Somehow I still find the time to blog sometimes

2006-08-10T20:52:00.000-05:00

Hey Marquis, Quad Day is the day before school starts (August 22). It's on the calendar.So here's an amusing quote that I was going to post two days ago, but then my Internet died:Bob Dylan’s MySpace page raises many questions. Does Bob know it exists? Does Bob even use the Internet? Are Journey and Living Colour really his friends? Whatever the case, it’s a blessing to view such messages to him

More good stuff!

2006-08-08T15:03:00.000-05:00

My schedule is all fixed! It is officially:FreeP.E./PoetryFreeCalc II/IIIOrch/ChorPhysics B/CJapanese IIIShakespeare/P.E.Plus I'm doing an Independent Study to learn Java! I get to make up my own curriculum. It'll be so excellent.Besides all that stuff, my job is also going really well today. I met with the grad student dude today and he's doing a large amount of the database work that I was

as if we weren't already

2006-08-08T13:47:00.000-05:00

Noam and I have a new AIM sn: a123awesome. Now you will be able to address us as one entity!

People are crazy and times are strange, I'm locked in tight, I'm out of range, I used to care, but things have changed

2006-08-05T19:33:00.000-05:00

I started some work on college apps and essays today. I'm also about halfway through reading through the concept part of my Physics SAT II book (as opposed to the practice test section; I haven't done any practice questions at all) and a fourth of the way through the summer reading book. That might almost sound kind of impressive, except I only have a week to finish all of that! Aah! (Look at

Refreshingly Indie

2006-08-04T16:14:00.000-05:00

Life At Sea. I've known about this group for awhile, but now they have a new website that doesn't have a bunch of songs on it anymore. :( Luckily, they've got some good stuff on their Myspace.Menagerie. I found them while searching for Helter Skelter (they covered it). You can hear that and some other nice, live jams here. Unfortunately, I think they might be breaking up...Explosions In The

Augh

2006-08-04T03:35:00.000-05:00

So I had my entire evening planned out: Take a half hour nap, eat dinner, study Physics, call all the PCCs to tell them that the schedule had changed, write in my journal, watch the Daily Show and the Colbert Report, watch a little ATHF, and then do some talking on the phone.BUT NO. The half hour nap turned into a NINE HOUR NAP. From which NONE OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS WOKE ME UP. So instead of

Noam, you don't suck.

2006-07-30T17:59:00.000-05:00

I am confident enough about saying that statement that I will write it in my blog, where the whole world can read it. (Or at least three or four of my friends. Sigh. Someday I'm going to acheive Internet Fame; I swear.) Seriously though!Anyway, everyone: I saw A Scanner Darkly today. It was a good movie. I wish it had been longer, though, but maybe I just feel that way because I've been

sorry but you can't trust me

2006-07-29T23:15:00.000-05:00

Spencer and Ariana are probably two of the coolest people ever. Too bad they don't read this blog so they won't know.Noam's party was interesting.I'll write more tomorrow; I haven't been keeping up with this blog.

oh man, "one" starts the same way

2006-07-24T20:33:00.000-05:00

Ooh I'm so getting the Collector's Edition of this CD. It will look very nice next to my already-falling-apart Special Edition In Time. *grins*My food schedule appears to still be all messed up. I took a nap when I got home today and now I still don't feel like eating dinner...

i've watched you sleeping for awhile

2006-07-24T16:59:00.000-05:00

I think today was the first time I actually experienced sadness upon realizing (again) that this is going to be my last year at Uni. Today the e-mail came out talking about senior wills and all that, and... I have just thought about that kind of thing for years! And now I'm actually going to be doing it! And it says "up to three nicknames" but I have more than that! Perhaps I can pick out

in which we give up and break down into component parts

2006-07-23T19:22:00.000-05:00

Guys, I'm grounded...I can't drive the car for a week.

dude I tried to write a techno song today but it is SO HARD, I never realized

2006-07-21T22:46:00.000-05:00

I like drawing things...My blog posts have really been pretty short lately. Perhaps every day is quite similar to the last, with only a few interesting variations once in awhile...

woooo concert

2006-07-21T10:39:00.000-05:00

I'm going to go see The Living Blue tomorrow at 1! You guys should come with me!

by the way...

2006-07-19T09:46:00.000-05:00

...I think the party's cancelled. >< Cause Noam is pretty busy, I guess...

yep that's right

2006-07-19T09:30:00.000-05:00

Guys! I finally have my driver's license! I can totally drive everyone wherever they want to go if they want! And I can go adventuring all the time! And I can get an I-Card so I don't have to renew this stupid temporary card every week! Wooooo!Anyway, T-Rex's bad idea--his first one--doesn't actually sound too... unlikely. Really. There's real money in online RPGs sometimes, so... I dunno.

silence magnifies sound

2006-07-14T11:19:00.000-05:00

Everyone should try this post-rock station I made on Pandora. I think it's pretty excellent.

we think the same things at the same time, we just can't do anything about it

2006-07-13T09:40:00.000-05:00

So one of the things I did last night was buy Thom Yorke's new album! (The guy at Pages was like "Thom Yorke? Without Radiohead??") I'm listening to it at work right now, and it is pretty awesome! "Black Swan" is probably the best track, but I also like the "Backdrifts"-ness of "Harrowdown Hill." "And It Rained All Night" should be on Noam's playlist for the next DANCE PARTY.Hehehe Noam...Ah

Senior Year Class Schedule, Draft II (and work stuff)

2006-07-11T15:37:00.000-05:00

Does anyone know why this works by itself but it doesn't work when it's a part of the site? Sigh...So here is my official schedule. The only change I have to make is Calc for Programming.Free (I hope to do an independent study during this time maybe...)P.E./2nd Sem. English (Poetry with Majerus)FreeProgramming (actually Calc II/III)Chorus and OrchestraPhysicsJapanese III1st Sem. English (

Senior Year Class Schedule, Draft I

2006-07-09T00:05:00.000-05:00

So the Uni Master Schedule is up. (I can't believe I've still got another year there.) Here's what I worked out my schedule to be (likely classes are in bold and other classes I could take/wanted to talk that period are in italics).World Since (Free/Social Ad/Stats)English (Shakespeare)/P.E.Free (some combination of Bio, Radio, Anthro, and Philosophy)Calc II/III (Programming ;_;)Chorus and

Enix150: does your life suck?

2006-07-07T23:06:00.000-05:00

My Stickies were getting a little overpopulated, so I moved all of my stuff to something called Xnippets. It doesn't have pretty colors, but it's easier to search through and it's a lot more organized. Now my notes won't all get lost when I change screen resolutions (which I have to do pretty frequently since my mom insists on using 1024 x 640 instead of 1440 x 900). I'm halfway thinking about

[11:11] infraredflower: :)

2006-07-06T11:19:00.000-05:00

Best thing on the whole freaking Internet. (Close behind, of course, are Dinosaur Comics and Google.)It's just so awesome... How could I not have tried it until today??

I guess when you get older, the importance of holidays becomes mostly that they give you the day off from work :P

2006-07-04T14:30:00.000-05:00

So ever since I moved here, Sarah and I have seen each other over the summer... but we're not going to be able to this year. It's not very cool. But you know what is cool? On Saturday I'm going to go with (some of) the volleyball team to Chicago, where we will either watch a tournament or go shopping (depending on the weather). Awesome!

pos-sibly maybe...

2006-07-04T02:32:00.000-05:00

I'm sorry if you'remad but all I can do isnested poetry.

the only pain I feel is all this time between...

2006-07-02T15:23:00.000-05:00

This idea bothers me. I can't exactly explain why, but I tried in the comment I left. (It should show up eventually, hopefully with the emphasis tags working.)Marquis found this. I really like it!This post was going to be much longer; where'd it all go? (I'd try to find more things to say but it is almost 3:30 and I still have not written in my journal or saved some work on the ridiculously

what happened when I was being productive today

2006-06-30T17:47:00.000-05:00

Tabbed Navigation!I don't really know what I'm going to do with that. I should probably use it on a work site of some sort, seeing as I made it at work...

Hehe

2006-06-28T19:19:00.000-05:00

Microsoft redesigns iPod packaging.

once the rain begins... the funnel cloud dissipates.

2006-06-27T02:09:00.000-05:00

For some reason I was totally entranced by this video. And then my computer started falling asleep and Jimmy IMed me:12:57:03 AM enix150: HOLY CRAP12:57:10 AM enix150: i met someone in real life12:57:14 AM enix150: who is a GM in xaoswow12:57:22 AM infraredflower: a what in what?12:57:28 AM enix150: oh lol12:57:39 AM enix150: a game master in world of warcraft private server that i play onI just

there's 2 people online right now, and one of them's me

2006-06-25T13:09:00.000-05:00

Rumor has it that some people don't live through the Internet! They don't read webcomics, so their summer activities probably include mostly fishing, and doing charity work...IT MUST BE STOPPED!--Liz Greenfield of Stuff SucksSo I don't have cool stuff to do today like I thought I would. Maybe I'll have to send the first part of the application in to Wash U and Rochester. Hmmm..

12:24:39 AM enix150: and gravity pulls you down

2006-06-25T00:36:00.000-05:00

So I saw Nelly Furtado on SNL. Honestly, the whole time she was performing I was thinking about how I was gonna go blog about how bad she was. Just... believe me on this one guys.Well, it seems like I was WAY WRONG about Sam Goody not closing. There's like, nothing there. Everything is 80-90% off, which was cool, except there wasn't anything actually worth buying. Despite this, I bought a

so tired, we are drifting too far, eyes closed tightly

2006-06-24T00:42:00.000-05:00

I'm going to the mall with Noam and Mo tomorrow. Heh. So I can't really buy things from the clothing stores. Mall clothing stores (along with Wal-Mart and all that) represent everything ethical consumerism is against, you know. Maybe I can just spend a lot of time in Sam Goody or something. (I'm lucky; it's not totally being shut down like a lot of other ones are.) So what CDs should I buy?

7:31:31 PM jimishimmy: You say you want a revolution Well you know we all want to change the world

2006-06-21T21:15:00.000-05:00

Is American Apparel a bad company with some good characteristics or a good company with some bad characteristics? Articles I've found about the company have opinions that range from bad to confused to unsure. I can't figure it out, and meanwhile, tons of places sell their stuff...I've been doing a lot of research; I'll summarize my findings (to the boredom of everyone, yay) sometime.

another key

2006-06-19T17:24:00.000-05:00

I like this one. :)

I don't know what to tell you.

2006-06-19T11:57:00.000-05:00

Having thought about it for awhile, I've decided that there is a time and place for HTML tables.Just thought I should say that.So right now, I'm learning PHP. I guess I have to work with PHP 4, since that's what the Uni server supports. It appears that the server for this section of the CS Dept. doesn't support ANY version. Kind of surprising, really.Tomorrow's very busy. I'd talk about it (

don't worry, I'm still materialistic

2006-06-18T03:42:00.000-05:00

As I have become obsessed with ethical consumerism, I am staying up until 2 in the morning doing things like making sure it isn't immoral to buy a MacBook. I found this site called Gooshing that rates companies and products based on 10 categories, some of which I'm not sure I agree with (like involvement with the nuclear industry). But Apple laptops, anyway, are all rated 3.5/5 stars, which is

yay for work

2006-06-16T19:34:00.000-05:00

Look, a better key! [EDIT: the key gets better all the time, actually; this one is from 6/22] And some better websites!

[15:49] Enix150: im a great person [15:49] Enix150: not evil

2006-06-13T15:52:00.000-05:00

This is the sort of stuff I've been making at work:[um, actually, this image doesn't exist anymore, sorry guys]Besides, you know, the websites. This one is having some issues...

coping techniques

2006-06-12T11:19:00.000-05:00

Reading old Dinosaur Comics.Eating the Fair Trade chocolate.Thinking about how nice it will be to go to sleep early...

the accomplishment for today

2006-06-11T21:38:00.000-05:00

Look, a new poem...

POST NUMBER THREE FOR TODAY

2006-06-10T23:13:00.000-05:00

This person is selling some doodle for two dollars and seventeen cents on Etsy! What's the deal? Who's gonna buy it? What would they do with it? Aren't doodles more valuable to the doodler as a record of your drawing ability (under classroom conditions) at that point in time or something? I think if someone wants a doodle, they should draw something themself! Perhaps while talking on the

roamnoth (8:52:08 PM): ain't no...something

2006-06-10T21:58:00.000-05:00

The ACT. Yeah. I think I did better on the SAT; whatever. I didn't exactly finish the science section. THIS TEST HAS FRIED MY BRAIN, PLEASE DO NOT JUDGE ME TODAYDude, one of the summer reading books for the subbies is by Salman Rushdie. He's in this U2 book I've been reading (U2 at the End of the World by Bill Flanagan). Pretty cool. I guess most people are in this book, actually; U2 knows

Ben must be defeated

2006-06-10T07:34:00.000-05:00

So I fell asleep last night a little after 7 with some intention to wake up eventually. I guess that didn't really happen until 6:20 this morning when my alarm went off. That should mean that I won't be tired for the ACT, but I don't know if that will help me much since I am feeing particularly inarticulate this morning.One of my dreams last night involved Luke taking the ACT for fun even

sigh

2006-06-07T21:49:00.000-05:00

So I've been working. It's really nice. Not too much time for partying, though.

Summer's here and the time is right for dancing in the streets

2006-06-04T17:57:00.000-05:00

I have been going to parties. It's nice: instead of feeling like my life is shaped by thoughts and words it's shaped by events. Nothing's really been happening to me. I'm really content with my life at the moment. :)Last night, not so much, but Noam's party was still fine. I left a little after 11, but I heard most people left after 2 (and Jimmy, Domier, and Aut stayed until 5 or something..

"And then I went surfing."

2006-06-02T16:18:00.000-05:00

I've been pretty busy today: Graduation Choir rehearsal (we didn't spend much time singing at all, it was pretty dumb, but I saw the graduation video and it was good), library, bank, back home (where I tried, in vain, to find someone who could give me a ride to Cahill's :P), Siebel, grocery store, and now home again. And soon I'll go to Cahill's party. I guess there hasn't been time for me to

Eventually we will see how everything turns out... maybe

2006-06-01T20:13:00.000-05:00

I'm feeling really good! My job looks like it's going to work out excellently, it's starting to sink in that there really isn't any more school, and tomorrow will be Party 1 of 2! (Earlier today, Noam was talking about how few parties she's going to this weekend: "Only five!")Hmm. I took a rather long nap today but even so I'm feeling tired again. Heh, I guess I told the professor I'm working

oh well

2006-05-31T18:03:00.000-05:00

Finals are over.

AAAAAH PLEASE GET RID OF THE PHYSICS

2006-05-30T10:57:00.000-05:00

So here I am at Grainger. Meebo says Noam's online, but that is surely a lie, as I saw her just a few minutes ago in Graduation Choir. The Japanese final was okay; many pages of multiple choice plus a short essay. The freshmen and I swear that we were never taught some of the kanji, though.I am having so much trouble concentrating on studying for Physics. If I take out a worksheet and try to

Current favorite album: ( )

2006-05-29T22:48:00.000-05:00

This is pretty awesome. It's fanart for the webcomic Stuff Sucks. And look, Hawk drew the author.By the way, if you don't feel like reading Stuff Sucks, read the eight Binky the Fish comics intead (they might make a little more sense with knowledge of the storyline, but it's probably all right).Ugh I still have a bunch of stuff I have to do (like who knows what the Japanese word for "

Weekend: day 2 of 3

2006-05-28T13:26:00.000-05:00

So I'm going to Cahill's party and Noam's party. I guess I've gone through a bit of a mindset change lately, and now everything is just an adventure. Especially the summer! It will be so excellent; I'll be able to drive, buy things, hang out at Noam's house all the time... Unfortunately, I've gotten into the summer mindset a little too early; I've still got to study for finals...

short day, kinda

2006-05-25T09:51:00.000-05:00

Cahill's class party has been rescheduled again. I have no idea if I'm going or not. That's too far in the future for me to safely consider...So the only school things I will really have to do are:English portfolioStudy for the Physics finalLook over some things for the Japanese finalThat's it! Excellent. (Studying isn't really necessary for the Calc final, I think, since it's just like the

Is this the real life...

2006-05-23T21:09:00.000-05:00

Tomorrow I'm going to do a found poem of song lyrics as my blog post (it's not original enough, really, for the other blog). I'm feeling a little biopolar, or maybe just sinusoidal--with a rather large frequency. (That's almost poetic, but it's really more nerdy than anything else.)There's an Orchestra/Chorus concert tomorrow, Smith Hall, 7:30. I guess it's a little uncertain whether I'm going

thoughts aren't making it to my fingers...

2006-05-22T20:03:00.000-05:00

I'm running for SFAC against Michael Belmont, the incumbent representative. It will probably be pretty hard to win, especially because of the gender factor:abbysobh (8:11:53 PM): and i think the fact that he's male may push the vote to his side....o.OWhat a jerk.

Prom prom prom

2006-05-20T15:20:00.000-05:00

Well, I thought I was going to be setting up during this time, but Krista kind of forgot to pick me up, so I'm not. That's all right with me, though!Anyway, I am pretty excited about Prom! It should be awesome!Well, maybe not the music. This is what I might play if I were Prom DJ:Twist and Shout--The BeatlesFight For Your Right (TO PAAAAAAARTAY!)--The Beastie BoysAngels Don't Fall in Love--The

At least that's what you said

2006-05-18T23:08:00.000-05:00

Prom is in two days! The only thing I'm really sure about is that I love my shoes, I know what my dress looks like (although I have not yet formed an opinion of it), and I'm going to cut my hair. Everything else will be a surprise. My tentative schedule for pre-Prom activities is as follows:2-4: help setting up (decorations, etc.)4-6: Paige's party6-?: Noam's houseAnd of course:8:30-11:30:

10:48:28 PM infraredflower: where's noam T_T 10:48:36 PM mtmcannon: who knows

2006-05-16T22:52:00.000-05:00

I'm enjoying the Beastie Boys' Paul's Boutique. The Beastie Boys shouldn't really be a band I like, but they are, I suppose (the same way I enjoy 311).But the Jazz Band concert was so bad. Tony's fault!! Well, perhaps not exactly, but... oh, I don't know, but I feel kinda bad about it.And my friendthatIalwaysseemtohaveissuesgettingalongwith is mad another friend, and this is all very middle

What about people who came from eggs? Like, for example, EVERY DINOSAUR EVER.

2006-05-15T17:41:00.000-05:00

So it's just taken ALMOST 200 COMIC STRIPS for a week to pass in QC. The art style was even different back then! That Yuuki guy from Red String is pretty creepy, I must say.I think that's all I have to say about webcomics for today.But there is a JAZZ BAND CONCERT TOMORROW. Whatever. Time to write another poem.

MTMCannon (9:51:41 PM): as far as I'm concerned, poetry contributes very little to society as a whole

2006-05-14T21:52:00.000-05:00

So I've got an RSS feed for that literary blog set up in the sidebar, but I guess I'll have to manually title the entries. I think this is Blogger's fault, not RSSPECT's. At least it sort of works, I guess.Noam, I hear, might not get back until Monday night! This is unfortunate. I hope she is having a good time traveling!I think I'll do a little bit more for the layout of the other blog (or

MTMCannon (3:59:47 PM): :P

2006-05-14T16:00:00.000-05:00

Here's the link to that blog, by the way.*goes back to doing Calc*

On and on from the moment I wake to the moment I sleep

2006-05-13T23:33:00.000-05:00

Annie made a poem/story blog! It will be excellent! (Now I can no longer use poetry as an excuse for not updating my blog with something event-related...)But everyone should check back regularly to comment on our writing. MAYBE I WILL USE RYAN NORTH'S RSSPECT TO SHOW WHEN IT'S UPDATING!In other news:I went to Big Show, and it was pretty cool.I also ran a FIVE KAY. Some stupid subbies thought

The Beatles and I both know that there will be an answer

2006-05-12T20:07:00.000-05:00

I've been working for hours on a rhyming blog post in iambic tetrameter. It's hard stuff, especially because I have specific ideas I want to get across while being appropriately vague! I hope to finish it tomorrow.In other news,dito629 (10:13:25 PM): it is supposed to rain all day tomorrwo thoughWill the 5k and Cahill's party be cancelled, leaving my weekend free but potentially causing other

Fences II (the third sestina)

2006-05-09T19:48:00.000-05:00

Tonight the sky will fill with colors,even above a hidden placewhere people are said to live like fools.The place is enclosed by a fence,and the fools live in clouds of dustand are scarcely seen by the city's bright eyes.The city gazes at the fence with curious eyes.A city boy with a mouth full of colorsSays he knows all about the place of dust,and he says it's a pitiful place.One day, he said,

Fences I (the second sestina)

2006-05-08T22:03:00.000-05:00

There is a girl with a voice no one heardwho often sits near an old, worn fence.Today it is raining because the sky is cryingand the girl's vacant eyes are staring at nothingas the clouds moved slowly through the sky.She is listening to the silence.I sometimes walk with her in silenceand ask her what she's heardin the ground or the sky.We always come back to the fencethat guards nothing and

A sestina for Noam

2006-05-06T23:05:00.000-05:00

There was something about the summer,something that made her close her eyes,so oppressive always was the sun,as the dragonflies would come to stop,sometimes resting on her hand,while she thought again about a ghost.The wind in the trees was the breath of the ghost,as she stayed in the shade in the heat of the summer,with her face concealed behind her hand,and the tips of her fingers hiding her

Noam, remind me to tell you a really stupid Calc joke sometime

2006-05-04T23:08:00.000-05:00

I will post tomorrow!

XVI

2006-05-01T22:58:00.000-05:00

http://bash.org/?636765

2006-04-30T20:54:00.000-05:00

8:46:59 PM nightcrawler1089: You know your birthday is Nicole and ours seven-month anniversary?!8:47:08 PM infraredflower: lol8:47:08 PM infraredflower: cool8:47:36 PM infraredflower: that sounds like a good title for my next blog post8:47:58 PM nightcrawler1089: Well, it could use some jazzing up a bit8:47:59 PM nightcrawler1089: some action8:48:30 PM infraredflower: lol what?8:48:50 PM

I will keep walking until there is peace

2006-04-28T22:50:00.000-05:00

Oops, I guess today was a bit different from yesterday! Hmm. Yeah. I am pretty sure I know what I am doing...But today was not too horrible, really. I mean, three free periods? Not too bad of a deal. During 2nd I drew something and read webcomics, during 3rd I had tea with Mr. Rayburn, and during 4th I worked on my English project.I guess a lot of people are changing lockers; I think I'll

Today I started singing a new song

2006-04-27T20:30:00.000-05:00

Today was rather good, and I don't see any reason why the days that follow won't be good as well.

The good times are killing me

2006-04-26T18:44:00.000-05:00

I've definitely decided that I like Modest Mouse's The Moon and Antarctica more than Good News for People Who Like Bad News. Of course, the latter got more critical acclaim, but sometimes that happens: people usually pay more attention to an album if there was a good one before it. I guess I feel like TM&A is just more cohesive or something. It fits together as a whole better. GN4PWLBN is

In which Opinions prove flexible

2006-04-25T22:30:00.000-05:00

So tomorrow is the Day of Silence, and this year there is no communication allowed at all. Of course, the line between communicating and not communicating is pretty blurry. What about actions speaking louder than words and all that? I guess the main thing is that we can't do something that is directly replacing talking (writing notes, sign language, etc.).Okay, I would say more but I have to

10 packets of sugar is way too much (although any sugar is too much for JJ)

2006-04-23T17:55:00.000-05:00

So I'm back from that CS conference-y thing now. It made me feel really good about having chosen CS as the thing I want to major in. I met all sorts of people there, too. One girl told me all sorts of things about the people at her school. Her stories (such as the one about the band kids influencing the band director in such a way that caused him to resign :P) ended with statements like, "We

what about society

2006-04-22T04:13:00.000-05:00

All right, all right, I'm just going to go to sleep for 4 hours or so to get a new perspective on things. (Hopefully not a really depressing one, but if it is, then I suppose it can't be helped.)Stay tuned to see how much sleep I actually get. (Cause, you know, that is really the only issue in my life right now.)

not better than me, just different

2006-04-22T03:19:00.000-05:00

So the plan is to stay up at least 24 hours (if not 40ish). The 24 hours will be over in less than 3 hours, so I'm probably good. I'm really not tired. Also, this is a good way to avoid waking up in the morning.Things are going to be different now, I guess is the plan. Seriously. If I weren't serious I wouldn't be blogging about it (cause I really haven't before, you know).All right, I admit

Should I do an obnoxious Ms. Finch-style countdown to my birthday?! DAY 10 (except she said the day of the event was DAY 1, so today would be DAY 11)

2006-04-21T19:03:00.000-05:00

So I guess I've decided that I'll be doing Volleyball next year. I guess it'd just be weird not to. Of course, it'd be good for college apps, but that's not really my sole motivation.Today is the one-year anniversary of the Another Planet blog, which I set up to be a collaborative effort between myself and a few other then-Sophomores. It didn't amount to anything, really. The latest post

PLEASE TRY TO FOCUS ON THE TOPIC AT HAND

2006-04-19T10:35:00.000-05:00

So I asked Ms. Harris if she could buy the Dinosaur Comics book for Uni's library, and she said she would, except libraries affiliated with the University aren't allowed to spend any more money on books for this school year. But she said if I raised the money, she'd buy it. So that's what I'm going to do! Not only would I be able to read the book and stuff, but future generations of Uni

an unusual occurrence

2006-04-17T21:29:00.000-05:00

I felt sick during English, so after I took the test (which was easy, but in my altered state of mind I might have been rambling a little during the essay...) I went to the office and called my mom. But she wasn't at home, so I just sat in the office for awhile. It kind of reminded me of being a little kid and sitting in the nurse's office once. (Perhaps my childhood isn't over? More evidence

Is there a reason you believe and then you close your eyes?

2006-04-16T22:31:00.000-05:00

I have a feeling this week will be really busy. There's no school on Friday, though, which might be nice. I'm finally listening to Enya's Amaratine. I'm stuck on "Someone Said Goodbye"--I can't get past it and listen to the stuff after it. It's a different sort of Enya song, really. I must be stuck on it because of the lyrics, though. Heh.Anyway. Time to go watch some of BackBeat... it's

I guess it was somewhat ineffective ice cream

2006-04-16T00:30:00.000-05:00

At least half of the websites I go to these days must be Google-related. (See, look, I'm saying this from Blogger.) I got converted to the new Google Calendar thing yesterday or something. Maybe it'll be pretty useful. And today I've been spending a fair amount of time Google Groups, which is interesting to me because it's a way to see how people feel about things. Plus I found the posts

Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines

2006-04-12T21:50:00.000-05:00

I'm gonna be gone on Saturday (and probably most of Sunday, too). I leave right after school on Friday. Just thought I'd mention that.

(there's still a cynic in the shadows)

2006-04-10T22:06:00.000-05:00

So! Today was good, especially considering it was a Monday. A conversation before 8th was especially nice. (I wonder if that person reads my blog anymore?) Also, the weather was warm! It's supposed to be pretty warm this whole week.I'm feeling good about my quest to find a job. Sam Smith told me what stuff I should put on my resume (who knew I had so many skills, seriously), and I found a

yep, terrifying

2006-04-04T23:02:00.000-05:00

I must talk about tonight's Questionable Content (don't click there if you haven't been keeping up, though...)! My comments:Dora is the Jeph dude's favorite character? But for the longest time I thought he was subliminally wanting we readers to NOT WANT HER TO GET TOGETHER WITH MARTEN. I mean, what about Faye? We're supposed to feel really bad for her, right? And if she has any faults (well,

which, according to jónsi, is likely to characterize the band’s future releases

2006-04-01T13:24:00.000-06:00

I really don't like Sigur Ros's Refur, which is supposedly a Saeglopur b-side... Maybe they're kidding? "Haha we don't actually suck, April Fools guys"? Oh well.I came across something really awesome today but I don't want to ruin it for anyone who hasn't seen it yet, so I'll talk about it tomorrow.So... Spring Fling today! I'm going to wear the coolest thing ever (well, pretty cool anyway).

it spoils your complexion

2006-03-29T21:31:00.000-06:00

I've been slacking off a lot on Calc (my only homework!) a lot lately. No, Noam, it's not Senioritis... it's just... I'm not sure. I'm still on Spring Break. And speaking of spring, it's going to be warm tomorrow! It might even get up near 70! :DWell, tomorrow actually is Jazz Band, and I have to remember to find a ride home (Ethan, perhaps). I also have to remember to ask Kovacs if Jimmy

Yay for no Jazz Band

2006-03-27T19:16:00.000-06:00

I missed my camera today at school. I guess I'd just gotten used to carrying it around with me everywhere while I was visiting colleges...And it's weird with Jimmy gone, but so far I guess it hasn't been too much of an issue. I did just see him yesterday, I suppose.So! I was late to Physics today because of Domier and Noam! Pretty uncool.I guess I better do some Calc...

yeah, yeah, yeah

2006-03-26T14:44:00.000-06:00

.flickr-photo { }.flickr-frame { float: left; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Case no. 5 I got home from visiting colleges yesterday afternoon, and already a lot of stuff has happened. Fairly unexpected, really.So I've got a few photos from my college visits up on my Flickr account. I'll add more later;

infraredflower (6:15:33 PM): im in ithaca todayMTMCannon (6:15:50 PM): in greece?

2006-03-21T18:16:00.000-06:00

So I've been to Case and Rochester so far, and Rochester seems to be the better of the two. For one thing, the curriculum at Rochester is a lot more to my liking. Not only would I not have to take Chem, it really offers a lot of flexibility and even can allow for things like triple majors. (My tour guide was triple majoring.) You don't really have to do that sort of thing, though, but you do

sharks don't have fur

2006-03-19T19:04:00.000-06:00

I'm in Cleveland and I have Internet access. And I guess I will tomorrow, too, but that will be it until I return to Champaign Saturday afternoon. Not much else to say. (The post is in Central Time, although it's really Eastern Time where I am. This means I don't have to wake up as early to go to college visit-things!)

2:18:11 PM mtmcannon: and then do it right

2006-03-18T16:29:00.000-06:00

I've been making so much progress on the website. I accidentally wrote over a lot of it last night, but Marquis heroically fixed it for me and even improved upon it a little. After I'm done with that, I'm going to have to write two papers (one for this project and one for History). It's a good thing I'm feeling productive today.I'll be gone tomorrow morning through Friday night/Sunday morning

it was not actually a good day for a party shirt

2006-03-17T17:56:00.000-06:00

So what am I going to do without Jimmy going to Uni...He's done a lot of nice things for me over these past few years. And over the past few days. (Even if sometimes we don't agree.) I know he'll still be in town and stuff (he'll be going to Central), but he was just in so many of my classes that it will be really different.I'm sure there is a joke in here somewhere--what will we do with our

Why she had to go, I don't know, she wouldn't say...(Or alternatively: Hmph. This is why I hate change. It changes things.)

2006-03-14T10:34:00.000-06:00

So I just talked to that one guy who just had that horrible thing happen to him. It's hard to understand how bad something is until you actually talk to the person it's happened to, I guess. His situation really is so depressing. Augh! She just betrayed him. Wasn't really trying to be considerate of his feelings. She was like, the most important person to him ever, and he had no idea that

where is my quadruple-expresso latte monstrosity

2006-03-13T10:29:00.000-06:00

So there isn't going to be a Physics quiz today; the stuff from this unit will just be covered on the midterm. Pretty cool.That Ben guy must read that Married to the Sea comic like, first thing when he wakes up in the morning or something. What is the deal. He is definitely missing out on illegal weepy shenanigans.So... a retake for the Calc test? Perhaps she shouldn't have told us about that

8:11:21 PM roamnoth: get a job

2006-03-09T21:01:00.000-06:00

I'm sure this is very typical, but I think I'll talk about it anyway.Lately I've been going back and forth a lot about how I feel about going away to college. Sometimes I think something along the lines of "UGH I HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE RIGHT NOW because I want to leave my parents/high school/people I'm tired of and I want to go someplace cool/meet new people/do whatever I want/have more control

part 2: revenge of the...?

2006-03-08T21:40:00.000-06:00

So. Please Please Me is better than With the Beatles because it has more excellent songs, but perhaps WTB is a more consistent (and perhaps an even slightly more sophisticated) album? (Noam, what do you think?) A full half of PPM is absolutely awesome, but almost all of WTB is solid (with some awesomeness, too, of course).About The Mamas and the Papas: it seems like their career started off

11:09:47 PM nightcrawler1089: Calculus monks know all

2006-03-07T23:29:00.000-06:00

I've got 2 new CDs from the library: With the Beatles and The Mamas and the Papas Greatest Hits. I am so excited about these. I just read about With the Beatles in the Beatles book (now I've gotten to the making of A Hard Days Night, the film), so it's pretty nice to be able to hear it. I rather like Harrison's "Don't Bother Me." Also, "I Wanna Be Your Man" (the eleventh track on WTB) has

I hope this is allowed

2006-03-05T17:35:00.000-06:00

Everyone, look how good my blog looks now! See, the header problem is all fixed. Er, "fixed." Oh well. (This is only the second time ever that hitting "next blog" a whole bunch of times has proved beneficial; I just figured out stuff from some random guy's blog.) Anyway:5:10:02 PM [my mom]: hi5:10:04 PM infraredflower (Autoreply): working on history :/5:10:09 PM infraredflower: hi5:10:20 PM

This is the old blog!

new blog!

You will end up like always, back where you were before

Laptop! iPod! And I haven't opened that printer yet...