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Isn’t it ironic

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

Yes, Alanis Morisette used that line to sell her music, way back when. Ironically enough (pun definitely intended), it describes my weekend thus far.

Friday was all scheduled out, as any busy day ought to be. Classes, lunch, shoot for The Breeze, pack, get David, drive to Ashburn. Of course, that plan crumbled when my car took up smoking on the way home. I got to North 38 for the pictures and couldn’t figure out what was wrong, but it smelled like burning coolant. After snapping what I needed, I made the mile-long drive to my apartment and popped the hood.

My …

This weekend flew by…

Monday, January 26th, 2009

Fer serious. I don’t know where time went.

I spent all day Saturday in Charlottesville. That was fun – lots of hot sauce at Chipotle, walking tour of U.Va, crazy drive home on Route 33.

The better part of today was consumed with a MacBook Pro hard-drive upgrade. Mi amiga Tori decided she wanted to go from 120 GB to 320 GB. Not a bad upgrade on her part. I lucked out as well… she paid me for the installation and file transfer. Installation was fairly simple, assuming you’re not easily wigged-out by lots of miniature screws. Seriously, I did not know …

Well, okay then.

Monday, January 26th, 2009

This is what I get for cloning one hard drive to another, both with the same name:

macintoshhd

The end of an error.

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

I have this bumper sticker at home. It’s on a white board, because I don’t put stickers on my car. When I bought the sticker at a little shop in Leesburg, I didn’t really know what was in store for the future. All I knew was that George W. Bush had taken a great nation and slowly torn things apart.

The 2008 Presidential election was the first of which I really took an interest. Sure, I knew of the Clinton administration. I followed the Bush/Gore and Bush/Kerry elections of 2000 and …

Let’s do the fork

Monday, January 19th, 2009

in the gar-bage disposal!

Ting ting ting ta-ding ting ta ding!
*waves arms violently*

tingtingting

Partay Time

Saturday, January 17th, 2009

I ended up going out with the Chandler crowd tonight. The party was a Shorts Hall reunion of sorts, and it was also celebrity themed. All I had to do was add a purple $4 top hat, and I looked like Willy Wonka, so… I went.

I also played DD. Didn’t feel like drinking, and there’s that whole gotta-drive-home part because I don’t live on a drunk bus route. Allison gave me the keys to her tank of a car that legally seats six – a Buick Century – and off we went.

In all, it was a good time. We did …

Oh my sweet Jesus

Friday, January 16th, 2009

it’s COLD outside. Hell, it’s cold INSIDE!!

colddddd

Re: Education

Friday, January 16th, 2009

Gonna try replying to Ben here.
I can’t count the number of times I’ve read in a syllabus that late assignments will be deducted by X amount, no make-ups will be given for missed tests, and unexcused absences will result in grade deductions. These clauses have become a staple to nearly every class I’ve taken, and I don’t see them fading any time soon.
Same here. Using this as a jumping-off point, I take issue with professors who either state something like the above and don’t enforce it, or who do just the opposite. A certain SMAD prof who shall not …

Record lows

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

It’s way too cold right now. Tomorrow’s low is 3. Really?

Newton is here!

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

I’m really excited about this new-to-me gadget. I have no idea what to do with it yet. The batteries work, the screen is accurate, and that’s about all I know for now. I got the highest-end model. It’s a 2000, which has been upgraded to a 2100. The big deal is that the 2100 had the fastest processor of all MessagePad devices.

Some pictures, now. It’s quite a bit larger than my iPhone.

newton1

NewtoniPhone

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