This may technically be on the same day as the last post, but I wanted to include a few more things in the record. As of now my neck injury sustained at eagle mountain is receding. This is good, as the neck stiffness was getting old fast. Thank science for adrenaline and the like to allow me to complete the day of tubing fun times.
Feeling better today, as I predicted, because of sleep, a steven king book i began reading and some decent breakfast. Not helped, of course, by the terribly buggy nature of fallout new vegas. Really wish I did not have to rely so exclusivley on auto saves. Maybe its for the best, I should continue reading my book. Oh, just remembered that my wrist also stopped hurting this morning, which is awesome because that was a major annoyance. I think thats all, not too much else to mention, good night and good luck.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
elportalo updato
good day today, went to el portal with brianna marquardsen and andre under the pretext of getting new tires for my car, got some ink for my printer, finished atlas shrugged, also got a tea kettle and a sauce pan. Pretty sweet, am I right? Kinda tired now though, all christmased out because of the late night nature of our christmas-seafood dinner tonight and the resultant present opening. Also, andre, stop reading this over my shoulder because that is not even that funny. I am way more funny than you. No, in reality. The presents were great, I love being with the family and all that but I think I may just need some time to myself. I seemed to get that alot more in st. cloud than I do here, understandably, so I think the excessive human contact is wearing on me somewhat. Kind of bummed over all, hopefully I'll feel better tomorrow. Yeah, sleep and a new book will do that much for me. Nothing I cant handle.
Anyways, I am really looking forward to the yearly twilight zone marathon coming up on new year. I hope to go bowling as well, possibly as a family activity, but it may not happen...I dont know, it would be fun I think.
Oh, for future reference, by myself, I did really well this last semester, so I should do that again this next one. Straight A's in this critical semester before my summer REU applications go out is a great thing as far as my competetiveness in the selection process. I simply want to put this to writing that I must study just as hard as I did before, probably harder, in order to keep this up, because a 3.5 gpa by the end of my collage career would be a great acheivement for me. There, that is my goal I am embarking upon this very night: 3.5 gpa or better by may 2012.
Awesome, well, the writing wasint all that well...written, however I think I've decided that this is basically a record of MY life, so few people read this it may as well be a personal diary, I simply find this easier to do than writing in a physical one. In that sense I care less about my prose. It's theraputic in a sense, much like the meditation I do sometimes which I should really get back to doing. Right now, I think I'll just focus on my new book, my now aching wrist and sleep.
Anyways, I am really looking forward to the yearly twilight zone marathon coming up on new year. I hope to go bowling as well, possibly as a family activity, but it may not happen...I dont know, it would be fun I think.
Oh, for future reference, by myself, I did really well this last semester, so I should do that again this next one. Straight A's in this critical semester before my summer REU applications go out is a great thing as far as my competetiveness in the selection process. I simply want to put this to writing that I must study just as hard as I did before, probably harder, in order to keep this up, because a 3.5 gpa by the end of my collage career would be a great acheivement for me. There, that is my goal I am embarking upon this very night: 3.5 gpa or better by may 2012.
Awesome, well, the writing wasint all that well...written, however I think I've decided that this is basically a record of MY life, so few people read this it may as well be a personal diary, I simply find this easier to do than writing in a physical one. In that sense I care less about my prose. It's theraputic in a sense, much like the meditation I do sometimes which I should really get back to doing. Right now, I think I'll just focus on my new book, my now aching wrist and sleep.
Friday, December 24, 2010
Holiday Spirits
What ho, my friends, I come bearing gifts for all! Yes, you guessed it, the gift is my prose; the prose which you have come to look forward to each day, due to my daily update promise, to bring your day to new, uncharted heights. I will say right now that I NEVER go back on a promise. Which is why I have been updating several times in a month, if you're lucky. Well thats all on that subject, lets move on to something new that happened to me recently. Lets take today, for instance.
I'm beginning to lose faith in my brother and his issues he's dealing with. Initially, he was standing ready to receive a loan of some notable sum from me to help pay for his engagement ring, however at the last minute he decided not to rely on my help but instead opt for getting the money from my father. I guess it is nice having all my monies open for eating at el portal many times for this next week, however I still feel off...as if I missed an important bonding opportunity with my brother, who has always been somewhat distant from me since childhood. As if this is some kind of expression as to how uncomfortable he is relying on his brother rather than the parents. I hoped to kindle this trust, as we had been associating much more ever since he came back from an academic year in St. Petersburg.
Well, in any case, I am very satisfied with life at this time. Of course, there could always be more family, more friends, more solitude, but as those factors often conflict, I should simply be thankful for what I have at this time of the year. Goddamn though, its really freaking cold in this house. I'd like to change that, haha.
Almost done with Atlas Shrugged. I know, I can almost hear you say "its about time! you first told us about that in september!" Yeah...After blowing through the first portion the second portion bogged down with excessive philosophical jargon. Slogging through that took some time, in addition, I had found myself working much harder at University this year than I usually do. And, as a result, I received top marks in all my courses. This I suppose is favorable to completing a book quickly, but none the less I would like to move on to another. I believe I will read a simple, trashy novel, possibly a tom clancy, steven king or dean koontz. Getting Shrugged under my belt is great, but I just need some time to relax with what I read for awhile; something I dont fall asleep after reading literally 2 pages. Ah! reading is so amazing. So is Fallout: New Vegas though.
Kind of upset about some of my older friends I havent had the chance to hang with recently. Over the summer I was with mike, zach and leah quite alot, however now they seem to deliberatly ignore or bypass my company. For instance, Mike went to Tron in theaters without even asking me if I might come with. Other than that he just seems to seldom return my calls. I dont know, I may have been a shitty friend throughout the semester, but I've been working my tail off in my course work and really havent spent time with much of anyone. I simply embraced my solitude. Hard to come back to a friendship after four months of virtually no contact, I guess. Oh well...I've done it before, I suppose I'll have to go through the favor song and dance once again, just like after spring semester '10. Buh. Well its been fun talking to you, oh intangible person whom shall never read this, wish me luck in my relationship frustrations. Oh did I mention my romantic illusions? I didint? shucks, well, for another time, I will be off to sleep soon.
I'm beginning to lose faith in my brother and his issues he's dealing with. Initially, he was standing ready to receive a loan of some notable sum from me to help pay for his engagement ring, however at the last minute he decided not to rely on my help but instead opt for getting the money from my father. I guess it is nice having all my monies open for eating at el portal many times for this next week, however I still feel off...as if I missed an important bonding opportunity with my brother, who has always been somewhat distant from me since childhood. As if this is some kind of expression as to how uncomfortable he is relying on his brother rather than the parents. I hoped to kindle this trust, as we had been associating much more ever since he came back from an academic year in St. Petersburg.
Well, in any case, I am very satisfied with life at this time. Of course, there could always be more family, more friends, more solitude, but as those factors often conflict, I should simply be thankful for what I have at this time of the year. Goddamn though, its really freaking cold in this house. I'd like to change that, haha.
Almost done with Atlas Shrugged. I know, I can almost hear you say "its about time! you first told us about that in september!" Yeah...After blowing through the first portion the second portion bogged down with excessive philosophical jargon. Slogging through that took some time, in addition, I had found myself working much harder at University this year than I usually do. And, as a result, I received top marks in all my courses. This I suppose is favorable to completing a book quickly, but none the less I would like to move on to another. I believe I will read a simple, trashy novel, possibly a tom clancy, steven king or dean koontz. Getting Shrugged under my belt is great, but I just need some time to relax with what I read for awhile; something I dont fall asleep after reading literally 2 pages. Ah! reading is so amazing. So is Fallout: New Vegas though.
Kind of upset about some of my older friends I havent had the chance to hang with recently. Over the summer I was with mike, zach and leah quite alot, however now they seem to deliberatly ignore or bypass my company. For instance, Mike went to Tron in theaters without even asking me if I might come with. Other than that he just seems to seldom return my calls. I dont know, I may have been a shitty friend throughout the semester, but I've been working my tail off in my course work and really havent spent time with much of anyone. I simply embraced my solitude. Hard to come back to a friendship after four months of virtually no contact, I guess. Oh well...I've done it before, I suppose I'll have to go through the favor song and dance once again, just like after spring semester '10. Buh. Well its been fun talking to you, oh intangible person whom shall never read this, wish me luck in my relationship frustrations. Oh did I mention my romantic illusions? I didint? shucks, well, for another time, I will be off to sleep soon.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Circadian
I woke up at 230 am today. It is not as bad as it sounds, as I did go to bed at 8 pm last night. I feel like an elderly man, but really, waking up early is so much better than staying up late in every way, there is really no comparison at all. So, I did what any chemistry student would at 230 in the morning: put on a pot of coffee and worked the homework. I worked on my proposal, fleshing out my abstract, results and conclusion sections and, at around 430 am I walked downstairs for my 3rd cup of coffee to see my roommate chris still awake. Naturally, I realized this to be the perfect time to play axis and allies, as the intricate board game takes only 3-4 hours to play and I clearly had that time until 8 am, when I had to show up at wick science building to preform some science. However, he seemed to want to sleep! some people are actually tired at 430 in the morning! imagine that! So, alas, I as not able to play the board game crowding my obsession. I still have 3 hours till I must leave for campus...I am really at a loss, I suppose I will check out some of my AFST 250 materials. Thats my deal for today, hopefully I'll be able to stay awake until 5pm or so...but what happens of import after 5pm? Why not just change my schedule over completely to a ridiculously early morning one? It kind of fits for most of my classes, plus I can concentrate so much better at this time and it would totally screw with my roommates' nocturnal behavior. Food for thought, per se. Thanks for reading.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
The Interblags
Well, not too much has changed on my front over here. I'm still reading Atlas Shrugged and it is still amazing. I forgot to bring it to my house for two days and it was missed dearly for both days we were parted. It's that good. Read it. Anyways, other than those two days,and I say this in complete seriousness, my life has been fan-freaking-tastic. There is really nothing that could make it better, save school starting sooner. Well, on second thought, I can't really say that the two days were totally terrible. I went down to the dugout with my roommates to make common decks of magic cards for about 3 dollars, which is always fun.
"Mr. Rearden," said Francisco, his voice solemnly calm, "if you ... saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood... his arms trembling but still trying to hold the world aloft with the last of his strength, and the greater his effort the heavier the world bore down on his shoulders – what would you tell him to do?"
"I...don't know. What...could he do? What would you tell him?
"To shrug."- Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
"Mr. Rearden," said Francisco, his voice solemnly calm, "if you ... saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood... his arms trembling but still trying to hold the world aloft with the last of his strength, and the greater his effort the heavier the world bore down on his shoulders – what would you tell him to do?"
"I...don't know. What...could he do? What would you tell him?
"To shrug."- Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
Friday, August 13, 2010
TITLE
My, my, what a titillating title. Anyways, I moved more things to my house yesterday, including all my favorite books, my desktop and another chair. Plus we hung up this massive picture in the living room which has been in the family for awhile, mostly in the sense of people desiring to get rid of it. In addition to all that, I may have found a solution to the whole terrible heat of the house, as is well known by Ryan, I know you're reading this. My dad and I pumped some R-22 refrigerant into an old A/C unit we had at the hardware store. The thing has a slow leak, on the scale of months rather than days or hours. Plus the thing will actually fit the wall unit on our house, wheras the current device is far too small in is most likely running inefficiently as a result. But enough of that, I almost died last night! The rain and wind was so terrible at around 830 last night that I almost came to a stop on I-94 because I had zero visibility. Needless to say, I made it home alive regardless, but while I waited for the storm to die I bought a copy of rise of nations for myself. When I went home I proceeded to LAN with my brother and nuke some computer nations senseless. Fun times. Hopefully D+D tonight, we'll see.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
The Longest Update Wait
So, in my gracious magnanimity, I have decided to update this obscure blog among blogs. Much has happened since I last updated. I went to the greyhound bus museum in Hibbing, MN. I biked on the mesabi trail in northern Minnesota. I conquered the world, in both the modern age and in the classical age as Alexander the Great. I found some sweet glasses which perfectly match my prescription. I moved into my house. I did some research for Dr. Lidberg at SCSU. Well, that is most of what I have been up to. Oh, forgot to mention I'm reading an amazing book which I highly recommend to ANYONE. The title is Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand. I have been addicted to this book for the last 11 days. The addiction is almost as bad as when I read The River of Doubt. Anyways, I am about 1/3 through and already I know the rest will be as high-quality as the beginning. Read this book. It will change your perception of the world. It's already done that to me. SO yes, I will try to update more often from now on, I really do like writing on this thing. It's almost like a journal. But, to whoever reads this still, adeiu.
PS, woah, did you ever have one of those days when you wake up, put something on and only realize what you're wearing like half-way through the day? That just happened to me. Hell, I could have been wearing a porcupine for hours and not noticed at all.
PS, woah, did you ever have one of those days when you wake up, put something on and only realize what you're wearing like half-way through the day? That just happened to me. Hell, I could have been wearing a porcupine for hours and not noticed at all.
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