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Had my first white Christmas ever.  It's not something I expect in the Bay Area at all.  Several years ago we experience about 2 seconds of snow which turned to hail and then rain.  That was not on Christmas Day.  However, Christmas day was characterized by a very violent rumble of thunder early in the morning which then had a noticeably outpouring ( Read more... )

Being home obviously has an equal share of positives and negatives.  I like being back in the bay area.  The quality of air is cleaner.  The driving habits of the residents are far more polite and defensive oriented contra Southern California drivers who love to be inches away from bumpers and enjoy a certain dangerous thrill in veering across ( Read more... )

What is an oxymoron?  It is essentially a combination of two contradictory terms that are meant to express and emphasize a certain phenomenon in a rhetorical/figurative sense.  Little known fact is that the etymology for the word shows that it itself is also 'oxymoronic' in nature.  But that is besides the point.  I am, quite literally, stressfully ( Read more... )

CHINA MEN'S GYMNASTIC TEAM WINS TEAM GOLD!  YES!!!

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GO CHINA WOMEN'S GYMNASTIC TEAM!

ps:  I like gymnastics.

Finally home after so long.  It's weird but I am definitely not used to this weather.  Being in Riverside for so long with near 100 degree days and average of 88 degree evenings totally screws with my acclimation to home weather.  San Diego Zoo was nice but it was weird.  Very hot that day but I was apparently quite used to it while my parents and ( Read more... )

Sunday morning I will be moved out of my current place of residence and into a new location.  Afterward, I will be going home.  And thus ends perhaps one of the most stressful years of my college life, not due to academics, though certainly an exacerbating contribution, but due entirely to what I have branded as the "Bane of my Existence"... at ( Read more... )

So I'm not going to sleep again because I have my last paper due for my Analysis of God class.  This one is taking particularly long because I'm to choose one of 7 lectures given and transcribed at Oxford University and do a whole... whatever it is that Philosophy people do to things.  However, it is so dry and tedious.... more so than most of what ( Read more... )

It has been awhile since any type of update.  I could talk about all the stupid issues I have with this thing I have considered "The Bane of My Existence" but I will not.  I could complain about the heat and my apartment being terribly hotter than the outside, but I won't.  Instead, I'm just going to post an essay I got back today from my 'Analysis ( Read more... )

It has been literally 4 weeks since I've had hot water in my apartment for anything: washer, sink, bathroom, shower etc.  No hot water at all.  It was pleasant enough during the freakish heat wave that made temperatures average around 100 degrees during the day.  My apartment also averages about 87 degrees 24/7 due to God knows what.  But suffice ( Read more... )