Wow, I haven't updated in over 2 months? I don't think that's ever happened before...

This semester has been tough. Things are good in general. I will hopefully get it together to write a proper entry once the semester is over next week.

One of my classmates died a few days ago. Her name was Haosi Wu, and she was home in China visiting her family. Apparently they went to an amusement park, where there was an accident: Amusement park accident kills 6 in China. Two of the others killed were her parents, which somehow made me feel better. It seemed awful to think about two parents ( Read more... )

I'm having a great time in Toronto so far. Today I went to the Bata Shoe Museum for a bit; it was interesting, but somewhat small and not so exciting. I think I was there for about an hour or so. Had cheap but tasty Mexican for lunch, then I went walking around a couple of the downtown neighborhoods for awhile (The Annex and Yorkville) and ( Read more... )

New Jersey Senate Defeats Gay Marriage Bill ( Read more... )

Came into work today forgetting that we have our office holiday party today and only have to work until 1:45. Sweet ( Read more... )

It's been a pretty good day today, aside from my stress at having tons of schoolwork to do and feeling almost paralyzed by that and unable to really concentrate ( Read more... )

Orientation today was good. Mostly, it just got me even more excited about school and what's to come (internships, possible study trips abroad, various groups to get involved in, etc.). I have to decide on a specialization within my International Relations degree, and I've been having a hard time with it, but find myself leaning more and more ( Read more... )

Retailing Era Closes With Music MegastoreI remember going to the Times Square Virgin Megastore many times when I was a young teenager and being overwhelmed each time. It was three stories of ecstacy - computer games, books, graphic novels, CDs, DVDs, European and Asian magazines, and just random fun crap. They always had stuff you couldn't find ( Read more... )

Escapee gives glimpse of North prison camps

The more I read about North Korea, the more terrifying it seems.

Arnold Schwartznegger to Scrap Textbooks for E-Books

This totally reads like an Onion article. Especially: "Holding up four large books he joked: 'I can use these for the curls,' in a nod to his bodybuilding days before he became one of Hollywood's biggest stars."