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not necessarily those of the author. Or anyone. In fact, nothing you
read here is true. Except that statement. Please don't sue me.
I've got nothing constructive to say. I just wanted
to update my site. Now that I have all this wonderful
web-development experience, I might try and do something uber-cool
here. Then again, Im pretty laz... err.. ahem.... busy. so
we'll just wait an see.
Wednesday, 8-11-2004
South Dakota is beautiful. Man, if it were near an
ocean, Id be all over that.
Mostly I just want to look at how politically divided
America is right now. I doubt there has been as great a divide since
the Civil War, and its only getting worse. I think this can be seen
no better in these recent Gallup polls about Iraq.
How is it that the republicans are so galvanized for the
war, while the democrats are equally against it? Surely, there are
doves and hawks in both parties. I believe if the war were really
going badly, it would show across the spectrum... and likewise if the war
were going well. At least there wouldn't be such a difference
between peaks. Could it be that for most people, Iraq is symbolic of
President Bush's abilities as a leader? Even then, why does one side
feel so alienated?
In truth, President Bush to me looks like a mirror image
of Ronald Reagan, who to this day is still one of the most popular
presidents ever... yet they loath Bush. Because of this, I believe
that liberal outrage was not so much directed at the president, but at the
fact that in a country so evenly divided, they were not being
represented. Conservatives hold the House, the Senate,
the Presidency, a majority of state legislatures, and many would argue the
Supreme Courts. Republicans continue to eek out victories by the
narrowest of margins, but govern as if by mandate. In turn, I also
believe that all that anger has put conservatives on kind of a
defensive. They lash out back at the left like a wounded animal,
setting aside reason for political survival.
What this leaves is a country no longer governed by
reasonable debate on either side. Both have become so controlled by
raw emotion, that the issues don't even matter... only the party.
And for almost 20 years, this process of polarization has only fed
itself. Both sides do what they must to energize their bases to turn
out the voters, which means they must stoke that anger. Just look at
Howard Dean. Just look at Rush Limbaugh. These people are the
norm now.
150 years ago, this kind of polarization was truly the powder keg
that led to civil war. Slavery was the spark then. What might
be the spark now? And what could possibly lead to reconciliation?
Thursday, 7-8-2004
Good 4th of July. Unfortunately, I have a table of
fireworks sitting in my apartment because of fire hazards up at
Tahoe. And man, that drive gets longer every time. EVERY
time. I gotta get my tickets to South Dakota soon or I'll be driving
cross half the country too.
Thursday, 7-01-2004
Busy week. Actually busy few weeks. My days
seem to be going really fast at work because there is so much to do.
Meetings... coding... testing... sounds boring but somehow it works.
My evenings have been pretty busy. Gone out to the valley a few
times this week. My trip up to Berkeley was pretty cool, especially
BBQing in Walnut Creek. Mostly I wish there was more time in the
day. I'm reading a whole lot more, which is cool. Means less
time for the stupid TV, which reality shows are taking over. Good riddance.
Next up, Clinton's Memoirs.
Friday, 6-11-2004
President Ronald Reagan
1911-2004
I know in my heart that man is good.
That what is right will always eventually triumph.
And there’s purpose and worth to each and every life.
Friday, 5-28-2004
Here's an article featuring Heather, about the Berkeley
club tennis team. Go
Bears!
I expect another one for Mandy next monday, as the New
York Times interviewed her about med school.
Tuesday, 5-25-2004
Mandy and Kristy graduated from Cal last weekend.
Congratulations guys! Now that its done, doesn't it seem like it
went so fast? I miss school.
Here's a picture I dug up from when I played high school
football. Man, how times have changed.
Saturday, 3-23-04
So the updates. I'm out of my old apartment and in
with my high school friend Dave... for another two weeks. Then we
upgrade again to a duel master. Amazingly close to the same price as
the cave I had in college. Only this cave comes with tennis courts
out front, a big swimming pool 50 feet down, and... NATURAL LIGHT!
Yeah I'm excited.
Student nurse Jill Bischel checks an IV on a mock
patient in Sierra College's registered nursing program.
Saturday, 1-31-04
This is a very interesting argument for those of you who think the only
argument against global warming is economic. Not saying that global
warming isn't real or anything... there tend to be more compelling
arguments for it than against. But we should always look at both
sides.
Tuesday, 1-20-04
I've developed a very concise definition of what work really means.
(step number algorithm developed by Dave McGuire)
Sunday, 1-18-04 I'll be moving in with my friend Dave by next month, which I'm really
looking forward to. I'll be updating the mailing address as soon as
I can, here for people who read this.
Also up are directions on how to play the tic-tac-toe
game, since really this was only meant to be a engine with a GUI
(graphical user interface) covering up the real meat of the program.
Tuesday, 1-14-04 Work... it has its good days and its, well, more boring days.
I've been working on two projects mainly right now, one of which is
pictured below. This is a conceptual design for a new orbiter.
I got to help design the thrust takeout structure and the brackets
connecting the orbiter to the booster.
Sunday, 1-11-04 Skiing is great, isn't it? I got my first taste of LA skiing
yesterday up at big bear. It was like white streets leading down the
hill, all other areas being rocks and dirt where the snowmakers failed to
reach. Around 6 the lights came on, streetlamps showing the way down
our white roads. Looking up from the bottom, it was hard to tell the
difference between the hill and my neighborhood. Lots of people
playing in the streets.
Monday, 1-05-04 Welcome back to our show today. Been a while since there has
been an update (I call that a lack of REAL news). Just kidding, lots
has happened... Cal won a bowl! Who woulda thunk that. As for
me, did a single day of skiing over the break. No pictures, but you
probably wouldn't have seen me through the snow anyways. Got to hang
out with the family for a bit, which was awesome, as seen below. My
parents got me a radar detector for christmas (not like I need that, I
dont speed). I was making an internet version of tic-tac-toe, but
writing it in javascript didn't pan out. I got a C# book for
Christmas, so soon as I figure out how, I'll release my unbeatable super
Deep-Blue-Tic-Tac-Toe. and there was much rejoice...
Thursday, 12-04-03 I have to start filling out my security clearance paperwork
today. That's right, I'll soon have "secret" military
clearance. And by soon I mean 6-8 months after processing the
paperwork. "Secret" clearance shouldn't be confused with
"Top Secret" or "Classified", so don't expect me to
know who really shot Kennedy, how they faked the moon landing, or where in
the world is Carmen Sandiego.
Wednesday, 11-12-03
Thoughts from Scott Adams:
Troubling Questions:
1) How uninformed must a voter be before it's okay to call him dumb?
2) If all the voters have roughly the same goals and the same
information, but half of the voters vote one way and half vote the other
way, doesn't that mean half of them are dumb?
3) How can we tell which half is the dumb half?
Wednesday, 10-29-03 This is the best picture of where the fires are. What you see
here is there are really three main fires. The one on the top is in
LA county, and has gotten close to my friends Shannon and Joey.
Probably Joyce up in Thousand Oaks, but that looked ok on the maps.
The middle one is where I live, in the San Bernardino Valley. This
picture musta been taken when the winds were blowing towards us, but they
are blowing away now. The big fire now is the San Diego fire, the
bottom one. It came up to Kelli's home (my sister's roommate), where
the firemen where able to make a stand.
Tuesday, 10-21-03 More fires in Redlands. Normally not a big deal in socal, but
today was different. There were three HUGE wildfires that surrounded
the whole valley. This picture is the one to the south. Its
kinda cool, looking any which way, and seeing huge flames in the
hills. Well, I guess they don't call it Redlands for nothing.
Sunday, 10-19-03 Yesterday we went to see Cal vs UCLA at the Rosebowl... a bunch of
friends made the trip down from Berkeley. Pilan, Connie, and Miranda
are the three to my right. Mellissa is the girl at the bottom.
I can't remember the other two, they were friends of Miranda and Connie I
think. It was such a close game, such a heartbreaker. Overtime
loss. UHHH. Well, I still had a blast.
Friday, 10-10-03 Ethel and Minha came out to visit the other night. We hung out
in the downtown farmers market... drinkin smoothies from hollowed out
pineapples. Ethel proved to be an expert rock climber on the rock
wall, racing to the top. I woulda gone too, but I had a sprained
eyelash. =)
Monday, 9-29-03 Wow. What a game. If you didn't go, you probably regret
it. We were up 21-7 at the half, when Pilan wanted to make a bet
that Cal would win by more than a touchdown... but I knew better. I
told him we would win in the third overtime. He would have bet his
first child against that happening. But you know what? Triple
overtime win against the #3 team in that nation is more fun than winning
by seven.
Thursday, 9-04-03 Courtesy of Janet. http://math.berkeley.edu/~corn/haikus.html I think I found a roommate, but he wouldn't be coming till next
month. Seem's cool enough I guess, his name is Ryan. Nothings
final yet, but I'll keep any details coming. Now, in conclusion...
I'd steal Lam's joke from his web page, but
instead I'll find my own. Since my birthday is coming up
soon...
Q: What do birthday candles and the Buffalo Bills have in
common?
A: They get blown out on the same day every year.
8-27-03 So for the past month, I've been borrowing my parents minivan.
Now they are quietly starting to push me to bring it back, which means its
time to start shopping for a new car. Problem #1: I know nothing
about cars. Of new cars available, Id be interested in the Hyndai
Tiburon or a Jeep Wrangler. But thats gonna be 450 a month for like
4 years, not always a good thing. My friend John said he would sell
me his truck for 600, which isnt too bad. Though I don't know how
much more that truck has in it. My high school friend Kris was
trying to sell me his car for 15K, which it may be worth... but I don't
really want a used luxury car. I'd say between those first three, or
maybe if I can find a good used car somewhere else... thats where Im
at. Man, I wish I knew anything about cars. =P
Thursday, 8-14-03 You've seen Dr. Pepper, and Mr. Pibb... of course my personal college
standby was Dr. Skipper. You figure if it has a surname, its gotta
be pretty respectable. But I have a new rival to throw into the mix,
equal in prowess. Dr. Thunder, as seen in the machine outside of
Walmart.
I wonder if you could sell more sodas if you add end
titles? I figure the more syllables, the better. If I made a soda, it
would be Dr. Max Power M.D. Speaking of soda names, noticed dnL?
7up's new product. Apparently if you put labels on upside-down, it
also sells. Go figure.
Monday, 8-11-03 4000 Hours
Pretty funny.stuff... Ben found this very articulate clip from G.W.
Bush. I don't really have anything else... so latez.
Sunday, 8-10-03 Patrick and Hido came down to visit this weekend, and to play in some
video game tournament I guess. It's been cool being able to chill
with my college buddies still, mostly since I don't much else to do.
Niners looked good in preseason, and... Kyle Boller?!?! looked like a
PRO?!?! Who woulda thought.
Friday, 8-08-03 My sister has become vastly obsessed with Homestarrunner... almost to
an unhealthy extent. I must congratulate her, putting off her MCAT
studies to battle villagers as Trogdor. I too have made a point of
thoroughly exploring the site, and fully intend to purchase merchandise
from them. Beanies and t-shirts come first. Bumper stickers
come later.
Monday, 8-04-03 I got my own desk today. Complete with coffee mug. I tried
some caffeinated coffee (two parts coffee, nine parts sugar), but it
mostly made me sick. Maybe it was just too much sugar.
Sunday, 7-03-03 I think I found a really good church today that I plan on getting
involved with. Trinity Church, the next exit down the freeway, seems
similar in many ways to First Presbyterian Church in Berkeley... about the
same size and similar message. Most importantly, I didn't feel out
of place, but that this could be a home for me.
Saturday, 8-02-03 I got a TV now... a nice big 27 incher. Now, rather than play
guessing games about who's that actor on my tiny monitor, I'll be
"experiencing" my movies, at least according to the box.
Oh, speaking of movies, you should check out Strongbad's latest movie...
Dangeresque 2 (and a preview for 3).
Thursday, 7-31-03 Life is full of regrets. Sometimes its for the things you have
said. Sometimes for the things you didn't. I hate dwelling on
the past, but I can't help it. How would things be different if I
could have said what I wanted to? Would they be better?
Wednesday, 7-30-03 Aww, freakin roommates. Always adding drama to my life.
One minute he lifts my spirits up, then he stomps them back to the ground.
(>_<) Now I'm gonna be feelin like crap for the rest of the
week.
Tuesday, 7-29-03 I'm in the last 50 pages of Philistine, and I have to say its been an
eye opening book. It's obviously horribly biased against any Arab
perspective, where for instance, its analysis of the Arab mind says they
focus on lies and deceit, thievery and murder as a way of common life. He
goes on to apologize to the few Arabs who don't fit this description, but
says it qualifies for the masses... How people can let hate consume them
like that alludes me.
However, the historical analysis and political arguments are top notch,
and thoroughly documented. He combines powerful propaganda and
induces strong emotions from the reader... very persuasive.
After tonight, that'll make 5 books for the summer. I can't remember
the last time I've read that much just for fun.
Monday, 7-28-03 I got a refrigerator today, on my brand new Sears credit card.
The fridge rental people missed me today, and tried to reschedule for next
week... but I've had enough of them. So naturally I bought my
own. I've never had a credit card, but, as murphy's laws would
predict, I do have bad credit. This is largely due to a mystery bill
I never received that went to collections. You gotta love the kind
folk down at the collection agencies. They are like legal bookies,
trying to hunt you down... so they can break your thumbs. I suspect
they don't care so much about the money as the pleasure of making you
squirm.
Sunday, 7-27-03 Today was my first shot at finding a new church... not all that
successful. I actually went to morning and evening services for two
different churches. I had hoped to go to my friend Chris's church,
but wasn't able to get in touch with him. I guess I'll try that next
week.
The morning was for the United Methodist Church in
downtown. It was a tossup between going there and First Prez, but
UMC started 10 minutes later and since I was a little late, that was the
kicker. The service was very old fashion, and the members were...
well... very old. The reverend talked about picnics he had during
the great depression, and they celebrated a couples 57th wedding
anniversary. As cool as that is, I felt really out of touch with the
congregation.
In the evening I went to this non-denominational church,
called "The Rock". It was one of those huge mega-churches,
complete with television audience and fire-and-brimstone preacher.
Very charismatic, much like my cousin's church... and I know the harvest
is good at churches like that. But I already know that its not my
home in God. He spent most of the time warning members not to be deceived
by other religions, picking mostly on Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses.
One interesting passage he brought up was Galacians 1:6... which warns
against false gospels, even if they are brought by angels.
Interesting case against the Book of Mormon.
Saturday, 7-26-03 I was hacked!! What the heck?? Apparently someone put several
illegal copies of a bunch of movies in some buried directories. gawd,
who knows what's on my computer now. I already found 4 gigs of crap
that don't belong to me. I think I'd better talk with my roommate
bout this, being the "l33t" hacker he claims to be.
Saturday 7-26-03 Its hot. I'm bored. I thought I'd share those two things
with you. I wish I was in Berkeley.
Thursday, 7-24-03 So Saddam's sons were killed the other day, and they released pictures
of their bodies today. Pretty gruesome stuff, Id have to say...
something I'd rather not have seen. I question the decision of
releasing those pictures, but hopefully it is what the people of Iraq
needed to see. I pray that a lasting peace emerges from this whole
mess, cause this is an area of the world in desperate need of healing.
Wednesday, 7-23-03 More of the same. I'm telling myself to just push through to
that first paycheck, then I'll have enough money to do something other
than work and sleep. Cause that's about it right now. "I
finished Daring to Draw Near", and am a few chapters into
Philistine. I'd watch TV except I don't have one. I need to
meet my neighbors, amongst other things. Being proactive about
meeting peeps has never been my strongest quality.
Tuesday, 7-22-03 I learned what all the acronyms mean, for the projects I am on.
I'm going to be working on three projects... IPAT, or the Integrated
Propulsion Analysis Tool... ISMAT, which is the Integrated Solid Motor
Analysis Tool, and ROCET, which has to do with modeling the plumbing in
liquid rockets. Sound impressive, eh? Yeah. We'll kinda,
since I still don't really know what I'll be making. My bet is snow cone
machines... no no... espresso makers.
Monday, 7-21-03 First day of work is in the books. It wasn't very bad, only a
few moments where I was afraid of screwing up. Mostly I just read
manuals about policies... and design rules. I got assigned three
projects but I have no idea what the acronyms mean. Hopefully one of
them doesn't mean I get assigned as lab rat #2, cause I'm pretty sure lab
rat #2 gets a shot for cancer and another for its highly painful
cure. I'm pretty sure I am just a code monkey though. At least
I'm not one of those happy California cows pictured below.
Happy cows live in California. -=/
Sunday, 7-20-03 Wow, new adventures every time I go down to LA. When I drove
back to Berkeley Friday night, I was stuck in traffic for three hours due
first to a car wreck, and second to a fire that jumped the freeway outside
of Pasadina. I thought that was crazy enough... but that doesn't
compare for on the way back here.
Today driving back, I was crawling along down I5 when on
the other side of the freeway, a guy in his SUV was surrounded by cops,
all with their shotguns drawn. I think he was holding a passenger
hostage. That was the first time I saw guns pointed at someone else
outside the movies or news... kinda scary.
Then that was topped when I passed through a major fire
through the grapevine. The whole hillside was engulfed in flames,
shooting up hundreds of feet at points. I could feel the intense
heat as I drove by... It must have been pretty scary on the other side of
the freeway. So as opposed to last time, I got some pictures.
Approaching the outgoing edge of the fire.
The flames came right up to the edge of the
freeway.
Saturday. 7-19-03 Byebye Berkeley. =,(
Friday, 7-18-02 I'm down here in Redlands now, moving stuff into my apartment. I
opted not to spend the 500 on a UHaul, and stuffed as much stuff as I
could in the back of the van. That means I'll be back in Berkeley
later this evening to get a second trip. Mistake #1.
Additionally, On the way down at about the 5-580
Interchange, I looked back to realize in horror that the back was wide
open (I originally thought I lost a box of stuff, but can't seem to figure
out what might be missing). So I pulled off the side of the road,
hoped out the door, and once again, turned back in horror to realize I had left the
door locked. Keys still in the ignition. Car still on.
AHHHHH. Well, with the back gate open still, I had to do some
unpacking on the freeway to crawl far enough in the back to reach the
lock. Needless to say, it was not the most pleasant trip. I
miss Berkeley already.
Tuesday, 7-15-03 I am back! Guess which is my new apartment.
Thursday, 7-10-03 Is it possible to run out of personality? I think so. My
quota is running low. I must have used it up sitting in front of my
computer. Hopefully it comes back, like Wolverine's health meter in
any game featuring him. OK, I'm off to visit my Grandma.
Wednesday, 7-09-03 I need to start packing up. Man, I have a lot of crap.
Well if I get a big place, it should be ok anyways. My main piece of
news is you must see this link to the left (on the main page)... the Ping Pong one. Its
hilarious. Also, I chopped a clip out of our spring break
movie. It was the fellowship shared amongst friends in the student
housing at BYU. The community that all the students build there is
pretty amazing, there was a lot of love for life in that house.
Wednesday, 7-09-03 Just three more days till I'm expected to have a new
apartment. Well after living in a box for three years, a slightly
bigger box is a welcome change.
Random Quote: Tell a man there are 300 billion stars in the universe and he'll
believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint on it and he'll have to
touch to be sure.
Random Poll:
I'm hoping for unanimous results.
Monday, 7-07-03 My family celebrated the graduation of me and my cousin over the 4th
of July weekend. My uncle who works at an investment firm got me
some cool books on economics and public fiscal policy, I'm sure of which
I'll be able to understand very little. None the less, they are
actually the types of books I was trying to read for fun at the beginning
of the summer, so that's cool.
The Bill Bischel family got me this engraved bible, which
is really cool. Its so awesome that they support my Christianity
like they do. In fact, its probably really important to me, cause I
don't feel like its something I could ever share with my sisters or my
mom. My sister, in a very serious mannor, told me I was in a
cult the other day, just cause I was listening to some Christian songs...
and my mother was ripping on someone cause she thinks that "Christians
carry a 'holier than thou' attitude." I don't know what
to say to them. Ug.
Tuesday, 7-01-03 Does this sound like a typical day for you? "No thanks, I
don't want the San Francisco Chronicle. No thanks, I don't want to
switch to MCI. No, my windshields are not broken. Yes I am
eating dinner right now." If it does, and unless you derive
some sort of sick pleasure from it, I strongly suggest you register your
number at www.donotcall.gov, the
new anti-telemarketer list. 10,000,000 others signed up so far, and
its only been available for a week!
Monday, 6-30-03
Terminator 3 is released tomorrow... I was a big fan of the
originals. To make things even better, it will be released on
IMAX! aww yeah. OK, I know I should lower my
expectations. James Cameron isn't even directing it.
It'll probably be disappointing like Star Wars. But I love the hype,
what can I say? I think I'm turning into an action junkie.
Also, I think I'll aim for a bbq this thursday. Just because.
=)
Friday, 6-27-03 I just got back from strolling around campus... man what a beautiful
day. I've been out taking pictures of all the buildings on
campus. I don't know why. I think walking through campus just
brings me a great deal of peace. During the school year, or looking
for jobs, peace in my mind is a luxury hard to come by. IV brought
me that peace. Playing the piano in Auburn brings me it too. I
think playing the guitar is starting to get me there.
Thursday, 6-26-03 Arg... my internet is down! I don't think I can deal! I
hate to be tied down to something... but I rely on internet perhaps more
than most. I communicate over IM with family and friends... I check
my world news at cnn or drudgereport... correspond via email with high
school friends... I keep tabs on game scores at espn... and even carry my
only link to perhaps my future employer.
UG... Im drowning here.
Gasping... for... air....
World... growing.... dark....
hmm the Washington Post will only sustain me for so long in this barbaric internet-less
world.
Monday, 6-23-03 So I'm pretty sure that I'm the only one who reads this page
anyways... and with most of my updates going to my Xanga I figure this
page is getting lonely. So I'm trying do decide, should I update
this page weekly... or maybe turn it into a journal (which I know people
don't read... all the better). Yeah, I think my Xanga will mostly
hold any insightful stuff while this will be a boring log. Yay.
OK that being said, Im gonna break the rule cause I don't
wanna piss people off who read my Xanga, but never have read this.
Today the Supreme Court returned a split decision on Affirmative Action...
striking down a point system used by the undergraduate program while
upholding a more subjective system for the same schools law program.
I've never supported affirmative action in the university system... and
frankly don't think I could ever understand where its proponents are
coming from.
I feel like white people are unfairly cast as, in general,
as racist as the deep south was 50 years ago. I grew up in a
predominantly white, conservative, small town atmosphere. Sure,
there were a few bad seeds of racism (unless those guys flying the
confederate flag were only advocating states rights... uhh yeah right),
but the vast majority of white people didn't harbor any kind of hate
what-so-ever because of race. I remember thinking to myself... can I
think of anyone in my class of 30 others who I believe could be in any way
racist? I couldn't think of one. Even still, I remember
talking to Walter, a guy I play chess with on campus at Berkeley, when he
told me he wouldn't ever go up in the hills near where I lived... he would
probably be arrested just for walking across the street because he was
black. There exists this strong assumption that, in general, white
people must be racist.
I believe there is, however, has created a sort of
desperation to avoid that stigmatism amongst white people. We will
do whatever we can to avoid being labeled as racists. Last year at
"ethnicity day", I remember how awkward it was for us to go to
the "white people" group. That's just something always
discouraged, grouping under the association of "white people",
and frankly doesn't make any sense since there really isn't an ethnic
identity to be shared. They ended up talking most of the time about
white guilt, how there is an underlying racism, or systemic racism, that
holds people back... and how we needed to repent as white people for the
sins of our past generations. In my opinion, systemic racism could
just be replaced with one word. poverty.
I truly believe that put in a situation of economic
equality, minorities would be as successful as white people. I have
trouble looking to Asian Americans without thinking... they suffer similar
racism that blacks do, and yet educationally flourish. How can that
point to racism as the main obstacle in obtaining higher education?
How could you believe a blanket solution, like preferences on race, would
really change those underlying problems? I believe that the focus
should be on the economic inequalities that hold people back in the
educational system. With out a doubt, if you come from a family with
money, its easier to obtain an education. You can afford all the
luxuries (tutors, SAT classes, a computer) that otherwise aren't
there. Solutions should emphasize on where you grew up (benefiting
areas with poor school systems), and things like the per capita household
income.
I know I've presented only a simplified version of the
whole argument, but this is a topic I've followed throughout high school
and college, and all the debates and arguments have never persuaded me
otherwise. And I know so many of my friends have very passionately
different views than I do, so if I've said anything here that has made you
angry, I'm sorry. I needed to get that stuff off my chest.
Wednesday, 6-11-03 So just for the heck of it, I was reading up on income redistribution
through progressive taxes... maybe try to get a better grasp of in what
ways the income gap is important to a society such as ours. The idea
is that a growing economic gap between the wealthy and middle classes is
dangerous for society and unfair to the impoverished, because everything
is concentrated amongst a few. I've always felt that a better
measuring stick is quality of life, if standards for the middle class are
rising, then the gap becomes less important. Its when the gap forces
down the quality of life for everyone else that it becomes
dangerous. Anyways, the first google hit was a study that talked
about the failure of progressive taxing to achieve its goals of
redistribution of wealth, even that it has had the opposite of the
intended effect. I wasn't buying into the argument, but the second
hit was another study that suggested that theoretically speaking
progressive taxation could cause real wealth of the middle class to go
either up or down. What I really wanted was a study that talks about
the successes of progressive taxing, or what factors specifically are
important. Maybe its time to hunt down a good econ book and figure
it out. Anything you've read that's a little more persuasive?
Tuesday, 6-10-03 I was trying to comment in a friends Xanga guestbook today when I
decided that it was time to sign up for an account of my own. I'm
debating weather or not to make that my default blog. I guess it'd
be nice, its a little easier to deal with. For now, I'll just link
myself on the left, and backlink to here from my Xanga. I'll have
fun with it later. Heh Heh.
Sunday, 6-08-03 OK, now I remember why I wanted to stay down in Berkeley rather than
go home... my parents drive me nuts. I got home and spent the whole
night enduring nagging about getting a job. Hey, I'm trying down
here. Library is just for the summer. My parents totally
changed our house; they got a new floor and repainted the inside a
different color. I still have to share a room with my 12 year old
bro unless I opt to sleep on the couch (which I did). It looks really
nice, but Auburn is becoming less and less my home. Then again, I
don't know how good I feel about calling my cubicle of an apartment in
Berkeley home. I don't even trust sending mail here. I guess
its kinda a point in my life where I have to rediscover where I belong.
Oh, I did manage to get a guestbook for my webpage! It makes up for
having no sort of response to my home-made blog. Im hoping to get a
response from everyone on my AIM buddylist at some point. So go make
my guestbook less lonely!
Friday, 6-06-03 Going home for the weekend... man I cant even remember the last time I
could say that. I don't think I even went home for Easter this
year. Oh wait, I did... just slept through the egg hunt. haha.
Well I guess I am overdue then. Im gonna try and do a major upgrade
of my website next week, so keep your eyes open. =)
Wednesday, 6-04-03 Helped Emily move into her new place today. Two u-haul trucks to
get it there, and dang was so tired after moving it in. I got home
and crashed about 3:30 and slept till maybe 7:30, so yeah my hours are all
screwed up again. But it was all good, she treated to lunch and
dinner so I'm happy (mmm thai food).
So I have a job interview I have to schedule for next week in San
Diego. Its a programming position at a company called Advatech
Pacific. I've been scrambling to put together some references (kinda
hard to get in touch with TAs over the summer). Hopefully things go
ok, cause I don't have a whole lot of options right now. =X
Tuesday, 6-03-03 Wow, I really liked Matrix. I mean, at least as much as the
first one. Is that because the first one was hyped up so much?
Or cause this one got mixed reviews? Maybe cause I saw this one on
IMAX the first time and the other one on my computer monitor. But
dang, what a cool movie. I'm already looking forward to the third
one. And despite many peoples reservations, I liked the story
also. The twist was pretty crazy at the end, and the whole
philosophy about choice versus fate was extremely interesting. Like
Emily said after seeing it: "Those guys musta smoked a lot before
making that movie". True, True.
Monday, 6-02-03 CWOW was pretty cool last night. The pastor, Phil, introduced
himself to me and told me a little bit about the church. I talked to
a couple other people, including Di, or Dianne, or something like
that. I forgot to ask but I think she was one of the speakers at DAC
this year. The church has a tiny congregation and what seemed like a
close nit community, which is cool... and most of the people were IV
grads. It may be a little too small for me, but I like it better
that way than too big like first prez. You know, even though I went
to first prez for a couple of years, I only new like three or four people
who went there. And when I found out later that others I knew went
there, it was surprising, cause it was so big I never saw them. I
think thats one of the advantages of a smaller church. Thanks
Sharon, for coming out with me. I don't think she liked it as much
as first prez, but thanks for going anyways. Next week I think I'm
gonna goto Mosaic for sure.
Two other things that made today a good day....
1) Matrix Reloaded on IMAX tonight! Heading out to Dublin to
see that. AWW YEAH!!
2) I got an interview down at Advatech in San Diego, thanks to a
friend. Hopefully that will work out well.
Sunday, 6-01-03 I got my grades this morning, found out that I passed my one
class. Phew. After that last final, I was sure I failed.
You would think its easier to do well with less classes. That is not
necessarily the case. Well I met my goal of making it through
college without ever failing a class. I'm also trying to find a new
church right now, First Prez has been a good place, but I don't feel it is
my home. I was going to go to Mosaic this morning, but I had to help
my sister move to her new place. I'm going to CWOW tonight at 5
instead. Maybe Mosaic next week.
Saturday, 5-31-03 So today, I was trying to get our family's car to drive for world
impact, but I couldn't get a hold of my sisters. I managed to leave
a message on one of their machines before picking up the car, but my
younger sister didn't get the message... and reported it stolen. Uh
Oh.... Fortunately I didn't get pulled over, and considering how many cops
I passed I'm kinda surprised I didn't (lazy cops), but this is not going
to be so fun a mess to clean up. Heath is pretty pissed off at me
right now, which sucks cause I still promised to help her move out
Sunday. Maybe I can arrange it so I do the moving while she is doing
something else. I don't wanna do anything else to bother her right
now =X. Hope she forgives me soon.
Wednesday, 5-28-03 Janet and Lulu graduated yesterday in Math, making that the last
graduation of the year. All told, I went to the English, Rhetoric
and Film Studies, Molecular Cell Biology, Engineering, Computer Science,
and Math graduations. No offense to all the other speakers, but the only good
one came
from my Engineering graduation. I guess it just shows that engineers
are so cool =).
Yesterday I also got to hang out with the underclassmen in the New Student
Project. Being able to hang out with all these people I care about
is really important to me. Just when I was getting down that summer
was stealing my college life away from me, all these people pop back in...
I can't even begin to say how uplifting that is. I was planning on
going over there this morning, but stupid registration fees threatened to
block my graduation if I didn't get on the ball. So I'm going to
head back over there to hang out tonight instead, after work.
Tuesday, 5-27-03 Man, only like two days old and summer already is sucky. I need
a job, most of my friends have moved out, and I'm desperately trying to
keep from moving home on a more permanent level. When did summer
turn from a care free time of going to the baseball card shop with
friends, riding bikes, and chucking water balloons? Remember those
good ole days? I think the fun ended when I started taking
"summer jobs", also known as life-draining mind numbing
boredom. OK, tomorrow, after the math graduation, I'm gonna get down
to bidnez. Bye bye idleness.
Monday, 5-26-03 So my friend, who will remain nameless, finally got around to telling
this girl that he really liked the last few years how he felt. This
is someone who he always walked home, bought dinners for, drove to where
she needed to be, and always took time out of his busy schedule to be
there for her. She would always complain how she didn't have a
boyfriend to him, but I guess she never realized what she had standing
right by her, if she would only pay a little attention. And when he
told her, she reacted with surprise. Surprise. Man,
that's exactly why nice guys like us just don't have
girlfriends. Despite what they say, girls never seem to want
to get together with the guy who gets to know them first, and likes them
for the more important reasons, like because of who they are. Now my
friend is depressed and the girl he likes is off to Europe for summer
break, before heading off to grad school. Hopefully something will
click for them, if only for a while, when she gets back. I feel for
ya, man.
Monday, 5-26-03 Guess what? I'm actually done! I'm gradumacated!!!
Four years of nights down in the lab are finished. Wow. I'm
still kinda in shock about all this. Thanks all you guys who showed
up to the engineering graduation. It meant a lot to all of us down
there, hearing that creative use of pots, pans, air horns, and of
course... toilet paper. Thanks, sistah manda and sistah heathah, for
the cool guitar. I'll be jammin with you guys all summer.
Saturday, 5-25-03 Yep, I graduate in less than 9 hours. At least if I decide to
pay off the rest of my registration fees. Pretty crazy. OK,
time to get the wrinkles outa my gown, see you in the morning I hope.
Friday, 5-24-03 Whoa, just got done watching "The Ring", the American
version. Pretty creepy movie I have to say. Uhh, is there
anything else I can say about it? Why did the little boy know
everything? What was with the cord coming out of her mouth? I
think I'd sum up this movie by saying.... what the hec?? Also like
to thank both the guys of 304 on Dwight for spending all day cooking for
your graduation celebration. And to everyone at Durant Park
Apartments, who's weekly get-togethers have been a wonderful blessing for
all of us.
Thursday, 5-23-03 Done with college. Can't say it finished on the greatest note,
but it did end. I get to walk this Saturday, for those of you who
are still around and interested in being bored for 4 hours or so.
Family, if you read this, I'm sorry but attendance is mandatory. In
addition to searching for a job, I'm gonna look for cool things I can do
with my site, like add homemade games or whatnot this summer. I need
some inspiration first.
Tuesday, 5-21-03 Final is tomorrow, 8am. Remarkably unproductive today.
Unless watching the season finally of Smallville is considered productive.
Hopefully I'll have a dream about one of the lectures I missed.
Unless its one of those dreams where you are looking at a book but can't
read the words.... I don't see how that could help. Wish me
luck.
Monday, 5-19-03
OK, I admit it, I've been slacking in studying. Worse than usual for
this time of year. My final is in two days and I really have to get
started! I found myself studying at my friends graduation today,
something I don't think she's gonna let me live down. I'm totally
lacking motivation right now, hence why I am writing this. Usually,
utter panic sets in by now, causing me to go on like a 5 day study session
which pulls me through. But I really feel like I'm already done...
kinda the story for the entire semester. At least, if I fail this
class, I'd still graduate. That's the benefit of getting all your
classes done a semester early. Well, Wednesday approaches like a
train wreck, so I better get off to the library.
Sunday, 5-18-03
Went to the Greek Theater to see the English majors graduate today.
I didn't realize how many people I knew who were graduating today!
There was Joyce, Dan, Elizabeth, and for some reason, Dave Lai, from
IV.... I saw my high school friends, Rachael Rubin, and Karla
Langner. There was Miranda and some other Union City peeps.
This is the first graduation that I've attended at Berkeley; it seemed
even more casual than my high school graduation. Next Saturday, I
get to be the one who walks across that stage.... that's almost scary.
Before the english graduation, I went to see Emily and John get
baptized... though I didn't know John was gonna get baptized too.
Full out dunk tank... haha. I've only seen the annointing done
before, so it was alittle different than I was expecting. It was a
cool reminder though, of the forgiveness that we constantly need and receive
through God's grace. Oh, also.... guess what I found.... IV
has a Xanga blog ring! Almost makes me wish I had a xanga account
=). If you wanna check it out, its linked on the left.
Saturday, 5-17-03 OK, now my sleep schedule has been totally thrown off. I now
wake from 9am-3, sleep for four hours or so, wake again till 3am, sleep
and repeat. This can't be good for studying. That and the
total lack of motivation (thank you Senioritis). Today they released
the summer schedule for work, and was pretty shocked when I only got two
shifts a week for the summer, which won't be enough to stay in
Berkeley. I am left with the unappetizing choices of going home, or
finding some other sort of menial labor to pay the rent. Maybe the
Tildon golf course is hiring, that could be fun. I have no idea what
I should do anymore, I feel kinda trapped into moving home, but we'll see
where God leads me. I'm looking forward to tomorrow, gonna head out
to First Baptist to see Emily get baptized. She's my first friend I
know of who will have been baptized while in college. Keep her in
your prayers.
Friday, 5-16-03
Last all-nighter (as far as I'm concerned) happened yesterday. We
had a lab report due at 2 this afternoon, and spent all night writing
it. Three of us, writing non stop. turned out to be like 40
pages long, which makes it officially the longest paper I've had to be a
part of turning in at Berkeley. We got it done with like 10 minutes
to spare... unfortunately so did the rest of the class, and the printing
queue took forever. When we walked in to drop it off, at 2:20, the
professor's secretary almost didn't accept ours. Ugg, that's the way
to pass around the heart attacks. Well, its done. On a
brighter note, our BBQ was really cool last night. Terry brought out
these huge baskets of shiskabobs, fish, and pork, to go with my bags of
chicken, Cindy's chicken and beef, and hotdogs and sausages. Man, I
swear I never will see so much meat again in my life! Props to Terry
for cooking stuff so well. I also got to watch the Lakers lose,
followed by the Kings winning. By many definitions, that comes close
to a perfect day. Thanks all for coming out, and next week (5/24) we
will be doing our end-of-semester bonfire at ocean beach. Hope you
can make it!
Thursday, 5-15-03 Spent the last few hours marinating meat for our apartment dinner BBQ
tomorrow night. Man we have a TON of meat! Apartment dinners
are one of the great things about my place... they've been going on for
the past year and a half? Something like that. This semester we've
been doing it pretty weekly, usually up at Liz and Lisa's apartment.
Last week we had probably 20 people show up (mostly IV people... which is
pretty cool), so this next week is probably a good time to move it
outside. Next week (5/24), as is end of semester tradition, we will
be doing a bonfire at ocean beach which should be a lot of fun! And
you should come to both the bonfire and the bbq, cause you are so
cool. Seriously. Come.
Wednesday, 5-14-03 I finally got my Mr. Men/Little Miss book from the IV junior group
today. I get to be "Mr. Snow", cause of all the ski trips
I went on this year. I managed to get up to the mountains with the
Juniors, the Super-Seniors, and with Elliot, Wendy, Leon, and Wayne.... as
well as numerous other ski excursions. Yep, Mr. Snow fits me
well. Sam left me a nice note in the cover, making sure to boo those
darn Kings fans (namely me). Man, why you gotta rub it in when we're
down? My hardcore Kings friend confessed he cried when Webber got
injured last week... and I'd believe him. Oh well, at least I can
take some solace in the fact that the Lakers aren't likely to make it to
the finals again. SO THERE Sam! heheh. j/k.
Tuesday, 5-13-03 Do you remember that scene from "Bowling for Columbine",
where Michael Moore randomly walks into people's homes to see if they
leave their doors unlocked? Yeah, I fit into the crowd of getting
walked in on. As much as my roommate tries to get me to lock the
door, if I'm home, what's the point? I like having unexpected
visitors drop by. In a similar fashion, I generally leave the front
curtain open if I'm home. That's right, get a good look... I'll
probably be sitting at my computer, listening to music, and updating my web page.
Exciting. But I have to admit, for the second time this semester I
was startled awake when my friend came in while I was asleep on the
couch. Imagine, your eyes open to see two eyes staring right
back.... I think its her way of actually getting me to lock the door while
I'm asleep. Earlier this semester, when my roommate came in at 5 in
the morning on Saturday (when I left the door unlocked), I almost took a
nine iron to his head thinking he was someone breaking in. This is
causing me to re-evaluate my open door policy. Maybe I'll add the
provision, *you can come in, so long as I'm awake. Basically, this
means you have to be psychic to know if I'm asleep, which has the
drawbacks in that generally, people aren't psychic. So I'm still
working on a solution.
Monday, 5-12-03 My friend Gorretti wants to trade apartments with me. Wow, would
that ever be a good deal; she has the nicest apartment I've seen in
Berkeley. She's just attracted by our cheap rent... haha. I'd
seriously consider it, its only a block out from where I live now, but I'm
not sure my roommate is up for moving. Maybe he'll be more willing
when our power gets shut off by PG&E. Apparently, they haven't
received our checks for the past few months, and claim we now owe them 210
dollars. Dang! Just when I thought my money was gonna make it
through the month. Ok, I don't have any other randomness to
share.... except this.
Sunday, 5-11-03 Happy Mothers Day mom! All you kids out there better be calling
your moms this coming morning, cause if you don't... well... you suck
then. I was trying to put together a cool card made of pictures of
me and my sibs with our mom when I realized how camera shy she is.
None of us have pictures of our mom! =(. I'm forced to pull out my
one framed family picture for my plan to succeed. Note to self: next
time you go home bring a camera and see if you can't catch a picture of
mom. Two other things to mention, ended up going to see Beethoven's
9th Symphony at Hertz tonight, instead of going to the J5 concert.
Hey it was worth it to me, I got to hang out with Sharon, Joyce, and Chris
and listen to some great classical music. Second, I'm going to go
see my friend Emily get baptized next Sunday. Go Em! Gotta go
get work off for that day, tomorrow. =)
Saturday, 5-10-03 I don't know how to describe everything that went on yesterday, except
that it was marked with a lot of closure. We started with our
technically last day of World Impact tutoring. I worked with a
really smart 1st grader named Alphonzo, who loves to read. The kids
presented us with books which they went around the room signing for us...
it was really cute. Then, after taking some pictures, Joyce and I
took off for senior large group prep. We were both in a skit about
the last four years in IV, which turned out pretty well. Gotta give
Elliot a bunch of credit for the skit he wrote; it was really funny.
Everything was great through the slide show and most of worship, then
Jessie got up front for the last song... I don't even remember exactly
what he said, but from then on out all I wanted to do was cry.
During the open mike, he came back out, and told us, "All I wanted to
do all night, was get to that song and play it. And when I got
there, I never wanted it to end. Now while that song did come to an
end, I hope our song never does." I think that is something I'm
going to remember for a long long time. Thank you, Intervarsity
Christian Fellowship, for all the wonderful memories.
Friday, 5-09-03 How many of you saw the Kings game last night? After routing the
Mavs in game 1, they were blown out of the water in game 2 by a Dallas
team that couldn't even miss a shot if they tried. I mean, at the
end of the first quarter, the score was 44-40. Hec, there are
days when our Cal bball team would hope for a simalar game score. To
top it off, our first half of the season MVP candidate Bobby Jackson broke
his cheekbone, and our second half of the season MVP candidate Chris
Webber had to be carried off the court by his teammates with an injured
knee. Back to the good news side of things, tonight is the last IV
large group for the year, put on by the seniors. Stop by the First
Prez gym at 6:30!
Thursday, 5-08-03 Last night was our senior small group's last official
get-together. We went down to this restaurant on San Pablo, a really
classy place we dressed up for. Man we are a snazzy bunch =).
I'm gonna be missing these guys so much.... it seems like the closer that
I get to graduating the more nostalgic I get about it. And to think,
just a few years ago when classes were chewing me up and spitting me out,
I was already wanting to graduate. I guess Berkeley has grown on me,
eh? Well, down to two more classes before I'm done with
college. Wow, does time fly. Oh, also I finished 2nd place in
my class tennis tourney... not too shabby. I won two cans of balls
for my feat. By the way, Happy Birthday John!
Wednesday, 5-07-03 How many of you guys have checked out Buddyzoo.com? Dave Lai
sent this link to me earlier tonight, and its pretty cool... you can see
the degree's of separation between people. It declared that I had a
popularity of 5, meaning I'm on 5 other peoples buddy lists. Smarterchild, if you were wondering, was most popular. Earlier
today, I was hanging out on Sproul when a camera crew came up to ask if we
had anything to say about the UC's new policy of not allowing students
from SARS affected regions. While I didn't have anything to say, I
may have been seen sitting in the background of the interview on channel 5
last night. Maybe my 5 seconds of fame will help me boost that
buddyzoo popularity rating to 6 ;-).
Tuesday, 5-06-03 You ever notice that at three in the morning, you can barely put
together a coherent sentence in conversation, while feeling incredibly insightful
when writing a paper? Maybe I should start proofreading my papers a
little more thoroughly after waking up the next day, to make sure my brain
didn't trick me in my sleep deprived state. On a completely
non-related note, I picked up some free tickets for the Jurassic 5 spring
concert next Saturday. But I am torn between that and going to
Beethoven's 9th Symphony with Sharon, at the same time. I'm right
now leaning towards the latter. Any suggestions?
Monday, 5-05-03 Today started pretty badly. My boss called me at 7:30 in the
morning to yell at me because someone lost the keys to the library... and
somehow since I was working the morning before, I must be involved
in some conspiracy to steel books. Do I strike people as
irresponsible or something? I heard she did that to several
employees, so I'm convinced she was trying to scare a confession out of
someone. A few years ago a similar thing happened while I worked at
Staples. Some electronics equipment was stolen, and they brought in
a private investigator to try to scare confessions out of the staff by
locking them in a small room, and making trumped up accusations.
Man, is there ever a lack of trust in the American workplace. If you
don't believe me, you should read Dilbert and the Way of the Weasel...
a great book by Scott Adams my friend gave me the other day. I can
hardly put it down, I've been laughing so hard.
Monday, 5-05-03
Today was senior appreciation day for IV, thrown by the staff. We
drove out to Vallejo to one of their grandparents homes, where they
prepared a ton of different deserts for us =). Basically we spent
the whole night taking pictures and telling funny stories about things we
did together in the past. I got to hear some great stories about the
group before I got involved with IV, such as Elliot throwing up all over
himself and Carolyn's tendancy to "bite" people she is friends
with. A lot of the stuff people talked about was really touching;
this was a really special group of friends. Jess closed asking us,
as we entered life after college, to figure out what we need to let die in
our lives that we might find life again in Jesus.
Sunday, 5-04-03 Went to see FCS A
Cappella (yeah I had to look that word up) at Dwinelle Hall tonight...
err... technically yesterday, along with Stanford's Testimony. Both
were very good, and I had a great time getting to listen to a bunch of my
friends singing. I think the biggest surprise was listening to Ben
sing... I didn't know he was such a talent! I play poker sometimes
with him and a bunch of other guys from aacf, so I was really surprised to
even see him up there. My favorite song they sang I didn't recognize
at first, but Janet told me afterwards it was a slightly rewritten
Michelle Branch song.... ugg. I actually like their a cappella
version better, so Janet said she'd send it to me on MP3 when she got the
chance. After the performance, I went to see X-Men 2 with a bunch of
friends... pretty good movie. I invited another friend along but we
couldn't find her another ticket... dude I felt so bad. =P. I owe
her another movie, or at least Yogurt Park.
Saturday, 5-03-03 Today was the last large group for IVCF, not counting the one we are
going to put on next week as a senior group. Its so sad, IV really
became my home this year. I know I'm gonna be the kind of person who
comes to the fellowship for a few months, even though I'm not a
student.... haha. So we didn't get to see X-Men 2 afterwards, cause
it was sold out. We ended up hanging out at Jessie's place instead,
where I got to meet his roommate Dave, and Dave's cool keyboard. I
know where I'm going to spend all my time this month (I miss my
piano). Another next-to-last was World Impact today. When we
got down there, my car's radiator hose sprung a leak, spraying coolant all
over the street. We had to creep back home trying to keep the engine
cool enough... watching the temperature gauge like it was a baseball
score, creeping back and forth. Just another sign that the
Bischmobile is on its last leg. Anyways, X2 is gonna be pushed back
to Saturday night, call if you want in.
Thursday, 5-01-03 At about 9pm, my neighbor from upstairs came running in to tell us
that an angry mob had formed out in front of our place, complete with
torches and riot police. Nice, the angry mob count at our place can
be pushed up to three! Naturally, we head out to chase down this mob
and take pictures, Ethel still in her pajamas. Our adventure started
towards telegraph, since we figure that's where all the action is.
All the streets a block east and west of telegraph were blocked of by
meter-maid cars in squadron formations. A rumor took us to Peoples
Park, but that was to no avail. On our way back, we spotted some
protesters on the edge of campus... finally some action. But alas,
it was the campus republicans staging a counter protest. Apparently,
the big crowd was some kind of pro communist group. A cop told us
that the crowd had headed down University, so we missed the real
fun. The republicans seemed pretty disappointed too, one guy
shouted, "You hear that? We missed them, lets go get
blitzed!" So we went home, passing the riot police in a staging
area across the street from our apartment. I took a picture of Ethel
and one of the riot police... but they weren't up for my idea of posing
with her in a headlock, or taking a fake swing at one another. Oh
well. Maybe next riot.
Thursday, 5-01-03 So its 6:45 in the morning, and I just walked in from lab. Man,
this is one part of eecs that I WON'T miss. You know that its a bad
sign when the only time you see sunrises is on your way home for the
night. We had a guest speaker at small group last night, talked
about prayer and how to make it effective in your life. It was our
last small group together at Sharon and Karen's place... next week we will
be going out to dinner to wrap up the year. It's really depressing
knowing that all these great people I've met this year will be moving on
with life, when all I really want to do is continue to get to know them
better. At least some of them will be around for the summer... I'll
still be able to hang out with them for a while.
Wednesday, 4-30-03
It seems to me that the blog craze is reaching a frenzy... everyone has
one now and I'm falling out of the loop. Now while I may have
escaped (so far) the leash cell phones put on their users, and since I
finally finished all those spring break pages, its
time I let myself get hooked into one of these fads. Anyways, I
generally approve of blogs as a good way to keep in touch with people...
and seeing as I am graduating soon, well I might as well start one.
Also, maybe my website will see some regular updates =). Now the
plan is to make this just general random observations. Take it all with
a grain of salt.
