Yeah, I know technically most of the festivities would normally be last night, but I was just so pooped! Ahh, it’s the pig year. I like pigs =P.
Well, wish you all good fortune and lots of happiness and wealth to spare. Sorry, I don’t have a digital card this year ^_^;;.
Today, I received a gorgeous, gorgeous Prismacolor drawing that, besides its artistic brilliance, also brushes and caresses deep in my heart – everything about it – the color scheme, the animals, the hat designs – just resonates with me, and I know this was created for me and it’s the most wonderful feeling in the world. The hand-assembled/decorated frame is also a testament to genius. Finally, I have something to replace that lousy Periodic Table print-out I have sloppily taped onto the wall. Something that’ll warm my heart every time I feel weak.
If I were a cat, I would be purring non-stop so loudly I’d make the Harvard Bridge tremble. Now *that’s* one happy kitty.
Sorry, I couldn’t resist the Magritte / html reference =P.
Oh man, I’m so excited. I hope that this mini-project turns out pleasantly (I know that it won’t turn out how I expect it =P so I’m not putting my money on that).
Ahaha, there’s a guy on YouTube playing flute and beatboxing at the same time – it’s hilarious. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59ZX5qdIEB0
This blog will be upgrading to WP v. 2.1 tonight! I’m exciting =)
From here on out, this is just an organizational post to remind myself of exactly what I have to do in order to make today work out.
– Total materials needed: violin loaded with violin lesson music + gig music
– Suit w/ shirt + tie – use the silver bag
– Backpack needs 20.330 pset + notebook + MGH paperwork + music stand
* Buy a lock from the Coop first + place in backpack
* Go pick up gig music from lab + practice
* Leave the violin + suit in lab before 20.330
* After 20.330, go directly to MGH (eating lunch is okay)
* Coming back to lab, pick up violin + suit before going to violin lesson.
* Change right after lesson and go directly to E52 with music stand + violin + gig music
My trio is playing the Dvorak E major “Dumky” piano trio this term. It’s an exciting piece with many personalities and even more gorgeous melodies. It’s really a wonderful composition, so please look forward to it!
I know I did this one before, but I can’t figure out when, so I just took it again.
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[an online translator is adequate]
Si je n’existait pas, peut-être ce serait un meilleur monde.
Je me déteste – Dieu soi-même dit, «Ah, désolée. Tu étais un erreur.» Je n’ai mérité jamais la vie, mais je vis encore. Et pourquoi?! À cause de ma stupidité, mes amis précieux éprouvent plus de douleur.
Et elle a dit, «You could have timed it better,» mais je ne peux pas controller ces choses (j’ai résisté pendant presque un mois, et finalement je suis devenu faible!); mes sentiments, ils me ruinent … ce n’est pas bon pour moi aussi …
“What do you have to study?”
“I forget the title. Name a musical made in 1967. It involves the words ‘rain,’ ‘roof,’ and ‘singing.’ ”
“Uh .. singing in the rain?”
“Yeah! Wait, no.”
“Fiddler on the roof?”
“Yeah, that’s it.”
“………”
I’m now trying to install Vista on my D:\ drive. It may or may not work, but we’ll see how that turns out, I suppose. It took me awhile to clear out the 15+ GB necessary on that drive .. I guess I had to do so at some point, anyway. I’ll be keeping XP, since that’s sitting on my C:\ drive; if I can’t use Aero due to graphics card limitations, then honestly XP will be better (since I modified my uxthemes to allow for a much cleaner theme that I really like).
Well, I’ll let you guys know how this experiment goes … currently writing the .iso to a DVD.
I was at 7.23 recitation last night, and the instructor asked a question for which I knew I didn’t really know the exact right answer. But I answered anyway, and it was predictably not quite on the mark. I’m sure the TA was thinking, “Wow, what an ignorant person.” And everyone else was probably amused at my foolishness.
But answering a question I had misconceptions about, throwing my ignorance onto the table, was probably a hundred times more valuable than the other questions that I answered correctly that evening. What is the value of answering a question that you know? You have confirmation that it’s right, and I suppose it makes you look smart. But looking smart is only cosmetic; one does not gain anything by showing off intelligence. But being corrected has done me permanent good. I still remember, right now, about the PAMPs and PRRs, and about semi-specificity, and about my thoughts on how pattern-recognition was very similar to spam-screening technology. To confront a weakness is more important than reinforcing a strength, perhaps?
Ahaha, just kidding. But it’s a pretty cool coincidence.
Remember this entry, though? I posted a few months ago – all about what it’d be like to grow up and find out that your parents have blogged about all your stupidities and pooping-fests and childhood crushes. Well, James Poniewozik has written a funny and cool article in Time Magazine on just this subject (yay!) called “Too Cool for Preschool.” I think you can read it from this link (hopefully – let me know if it doesn’t work).