I woke up at 6 pm today.

WTF?

It's not like I even went to bed all that late - I crashed at about 4 am and didn't set my alarm because I wanted to sleep in. Normally, when I sleep in after a week or so of less than 8 hours of sleep each not - as in, on a typical Saturday or Sunday during the school year - I only sleep about 8 or 10, maaaaaaybe 12 ( Read more... )

What idiot merchant is closed before 4 on a Saturday - prime errand-running time - particularly when one of the primary customer bases in the area is college students, who tend to sleep late on Saturdays ( Read more... )

I am fucking PISSED right now. Expect general grumpiness for several days. Tina and I have allowed ourselves a bitching/mourning period of about a week, which is to say till classes start. (Then we get to complain about p-sets ( Read more... )

I'll do a post. I really will. I'm just really busy with this whole college-thing right now.

Stuff to post about:
-Sears (then again, maybe not... don't want to have to dwell on it)
-FAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-Orientation
-Rent
-The Book Barn, parts 1 and 2
-Orange Tour
-General Happiness

Anyways, I'm home now - have been here for a week. And I'm not talking ( Read more... )

My shirt for tomorrow:


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1) Single, Taken, or Flirty?
Flirty, very much so.

2) Are you happy with where you are?
Quite. However, this is subject to change without notice, as most things are.

3) When you meet the right person, do you fall fast?
Um. Hard to say, really. I'd say it varies from person to person.

4) Have you ever had your heart broken?
I've certainly had some ( Read more... )

http://www.danah.org/papers/essays/ClassDivisions.html

The social class structure of MySpace and Facebook. Very interesting. Makes me consider getting a MySpace just to rebel against the system and show that though I am a hegemonic kid, I am also a subaltern kid too - actually, that would be rather suitable for me, since I'm not into the white prep ( Read more... )

http://counterpoint.mit.edu/archives/Counterpoint_V21_I3_2001_Nov.pdf
Scroll down to pages 12 and 19. The article on page 12 is based on very small sample sizes - particularly for MIT - but it is nonetheless quite entertaining. Looks like I got some work to do! ;-D The article on page 19 is of broad interest to those going to college this fall.
Not ( Read more... )

Friday I got done all the stuff I needed to get done. I went out to dinner with my parents and Thomas to Piccolo's, a family tradition I hadn't participated in in some time. We sat near a middle-aged couple who go to our church and who also often go to Piccolo's; the wife is a total Southern sweetie, and the husband is quite funny. After our ( Read more... )

http://www.williams.edu/mathematics/eburger/BurgerMathHorizons.pdf
DISCLAIMER: This story may not be appropriate for all readers, especially those who are offended by explicit math acts.

I finally did my MIT freshman advising stuff. I'm going for a freshman advising seminar, with my top 5 seminar choices being: Programming the Universe; Practical ( Read more... )