Do you ever write a few paragraphs in your online journal of choice, only to realize that nothing you've written has any value, to yourself or anybody else?

Yeah.

*does the almost done with break dance*

25 hours, then I'm outta here.

So I have four things to do before getting on the plane on Friday evening ( Read more... )

   
The Coriolis force does influence long-lasting vortices.

On the scale of hurricanes and large mid-latitude storms, the Coriolis force causes the air to rotate around a low pressure center in a cyclonic direction. Indeed, the term cyclonic not only means that the fluid (air or water) rotates in the same direction as the underlying Earth, ( Read more... )

So this weekend for some odd reason I decided that I needed to study so I can pull off at least a B- in chemistry. I'm actually getting this stuff reasonably well (it makes sense, unlike that pKa and bond length bullshit), so we'll see. Our second exam is the Tuesday we get back from break (what the hell ( Read more... )

If you ever buy Blizzard's hit MMORPG, World of Warcraft, be warned: it will destroy your soul. In fact, there is nothing you can do about this fact. We skip class to reach that next level. Our grades fall to ruin. I know men who have repeatedly turned down sex so that they could complete an instance. Sex, for God's sake ( Read more... )

Something about tonight demands a meaningless journal entry.

And when the night demands, Tyson delivers.

Oh. Baby.

So apparently, Disney used The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, "widely viewed as a parable of the Resurrection", to court evangelical Christian audiences. Indeed, it worked; "four religious groups lifted longtime boycotts of the company that had been largely prompted by Disney's tolerance of periodic gatherings by gay tourists at its theme parks ( Read more... )

To All East Quad Early-Morning Snackers ( Read more... )

So the doctor thinks I have strep, which is a lot better than its viral alternative, and a shit ton better than mono. Basically all that means is that I have to/get to sit on my ass all day tomorrow and drink a lot. And World of Warcraft. We mustn't forget that.