11/22/2003
Yeah, ok, it's 1:30AM and I'm playing around with my chucks. Oh boy. I guess I need to join the martial arts club or find somebody good at chucks willing to teach me or something. I'm probably doing everything wrong by myself since I only have low quality Real Video files to guide me. That and Maxi but he's kinda in a video game. Though his moves are somewhat attached to reality...I don't ever want to sound like him though...those are some high pitched screams...
// posted by Me @ 11/22/2003 01:29:00 AM
11/21/2003
Nunchucks came! Whoo hoo. Now I look like this:
I mean, before, it was just without the chucks. But now I have chucks. Been chuckin' away and already smacked my left nipple once. Oh well. That's why I got foam chucks I guess.
// posted by Me @ 11/21/2003 06:34:00 PM
11/20/2003
And so I know what to do about all my papers except the Shostakovich. What do I write about? I don't want it to end up as a summary research type paper. Then again, I guess I can't aim for an AMS-worthy eveyr single time, what with my being a theorist and all. And beisdes, I've got the spiritual complexity paper to throw at them for fun. So I guess...yeah...in exactly two weeks, I need to have all my papers written.
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SH*T!
// posted by Me @ 11/20/2003 11:06:00 PM
and the answer to that last question in the previous post is...I can't...
// posted by Me @ 11/20/2003 12:31:00 PM
Holy butt it's late. I can't believe it's almost 3:00. And I can't believe that I didn't write more on Ligeti. Why is it that one tends to delay things one doesn't like doing until the last moment? It's just more pain and frustration. Then again, I guess if you really don't want to do something, that implies that there's some sort of a dilemma and you don't want to make the wrong decision. Well, ok, for things like doing your homework, there's no wrong decision in doing it but for other, let's say, more philsophical queries. Ugh. I should sleep. How am I going to wake up for Shostakovich tomorrow?
// posted by Me @ 11/20/2003 02:48:00 AM
11/19/2003
CNN-fest!
Whoo hoo! Right here in Santa Barbara! Although seriously, I kinda feel bad for the guy...
And Kasparov ties again. I like the computer's quote the best: '"With your brainpower, you challenged my Intel Quad Processor, Xeon 2.8 Mhz chip with four gigs of RAM," it said. "Not an easy task."'. Amusing.
Silly China. Taiwans are for kids.
// posted by Me @ 11/19/2003 12:13:00 PM
Blogs keep getting lost in the rain...and I don't ever feel like retyping things...
This littly ditty over at Penny Arcade about sums up my experiences with AT&T customer service. The reception I get out here is a bit flaky but I can get by. Still, the customer service is just dumb, if not as malicious as the new customer service droid...
And a folding bookshelf from Staples later, my books have much more breathing room. No more squeezing each other into one bookshelf for those babies. Now where are my nunchucks?
// posted by Me @ 11/19/2003 11:56:00 AM
11/18/2003
1) ASS!!!! I just lost all my blogs...oy. Well basically, Rake's progress fits into my spiritual complexity and exoticism thesis...yeah...
2) Ligeti paper is getting long...
3) Analyze Tromba Lontana
4) Need Stravinsky paper topic...just do something!
5) intro. to transformational theory for CMS
6) need shostakovich thesis...
Gosh durn it! stupid blogger....
// posted by Me @ 11/18/2003 01:00:00 AM
11/17/2003
I'm a nerd. w00t.
and
So my desktop is Mac-ish. And all transparent and stuff.
On my desk: a keyboard for when I type long things so I don't get carpal tunnel typing on nasty inclined laptop keyboards, one mouse for each computer, an iPod, cell, speakers, and a multifunction machine round out my accessories to my main compute r(IBM T40) and what has become the media center computer (Inspiron 4000). I need a bigger desk...and this keyboard isn't in the best position...
// posted by Me @ 11/17/2003 10:35:00 PM
"Excuse me."
"Huh? what?"
"Do you work here?"
"Oh..uh...no.."
"oh!...oh..sorry..."
"Excuse me sir?"
"Yes?"
"Where can I f...oh do you work here?"
"No!"
"Oh. Sorry."
That's what I get for wearing a short sleeve polo shirt to an OfficeMax.
Got a $10 64MB USB drive and a keyboard and a mouse free after rebate though. w00t.
I hate it when I lose focus. You're humming along, everything is wonderful, you just managed to read through a David Lewin article in half an hour and understand it all in the morning, things are looking OK, and then *kapow*. Focus gone. Blegphthoracicsurgery.
// posted by Me @ 11/17/2003 10:01:00 PM
So let's see, what have I purchased recently for not terribly good reasons?
The CX5400 is supposed to print near-laser quality text decently fast with OK scanning/photo capabilities. Since I'll be printing out papers most of the time, that works for me. A nice flat bed scanner and the ability to make copies independent of a computer is a bonus. Haven't had much experience with it yet but the cost per page is supposed to be low (cheap cartridges and separated color cartridges). In any case, now I can scan in my figures I do for papers and attach it as part of the document. The better thing to do would be to digitize these sketches with some sort of a program (finale?) but I've yet to figure out a good way to do it that doesn't involve a hojillion hours.
I can't believe I just watched through all of Fuishigi Yuugi again. It's fun, in an often repetitive way I guess. Gets addictive (what happens next?!) in a normal TV-series kind of way. It's been about 4 years since I first saw it so I thought I might as well review it for fun. Also finished reading Pillars of the Earth [where Earth = Pr0n] recently. Kind of like Fushigi Yuugi in a way: they both revisit the same sort of devices over and over again and after a while, you start expecting bad things to happen just to move the plot along. Except in the case of Pillars of the Earth, half the time it involve random rape/sex scenes. Hence Pillars of Porn. It's a decently written book, though a tad on the long side. Fun to just do a quick read through.
So Now it's almost 1:30 and I need to read David Lewin. Sleep now, wake up at 9:30, read David Lewin until 11:00 and then go to my piano lesson, class at 12:30-3:00, then Shostakovich and Ligeti paper...and biblio...and Stravinsky...uhm...
...oh...and laundry...and when was the last time I checked my e-mail...
// posted by Me @ 11/17/2003 01:19:00 AM
