everybody having the same point of view seems so stifling.
berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2005/01/24_freshmen.shtml
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8427-2005Mar28.html

and being reminded of old debates bothers me cuz in many ways they aren't resolved in my head:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-party_system
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamentalism
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some of these things i just thought of recently; others, been "looking for the right opportunity".

1) Visit Tilden Regional Park (hope multiple times, biking, hiking, just chilling)
2) Take a random trip to SF: no particular reason
3) Visit more parks: apparently, the Eastbay has a lot of beautiful natural sights that I didn't even know about (ebparks ( Read more... )

1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10+11+12+13+14+15+16+17+18+19+20=210
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20=-208
1*2*3*4*5*6*7*8*9*10*11*12*13*14*15*16*17*18*19*20=2432902008176640000
1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11/12/13/14/15/16/17/18/19/20=1/2432902008176640000

wow how completely pointless.

Perhaps I should try reading this winter break.  *GASPS* :P  Trying to find something to do that will get my mind off of mechanical engineering for a little bit, yet not totally destroy my brain.  So here's a few books that my bro had lying around that seemed interesting:

China Men by Maxine Hong Kingston (Berkeley grad '62 woohoo!)
Selected ( Read more... )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xBNAwwqjkw

I'm such a loser.

in past finals seasons, I've never reached the point I'm at right now until after the 3rd final, when I'd be studying for my 4th and last final.  Right now I don't really care for studying and am somewhat resigned to whatever grade I will receive.  It's very odd, unless I consider how this semester has just sucked all willpower and desire to study ( Read more... )

10:45 woke up ( Read more... )

Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive-aggressive_behavior:

Passive-aggressive behavior refers to passive, sometimes obstructionist resistance to following through with expectations in interpersonal or occupational situations. It can manifest itself as ( Read more... )

From Google:

Definitions of cynical on the Web:

• believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others
  wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
• Cynicism (Kυνισμός) was originally the philosophy of a group of ancient Greeks called the Cynics, founded by Antisthenes. The Cynics rejected all conventions, ( Read more... )