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12:38 am
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I made an icon!
Hehe, it's the one I'm using now. :)
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
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05:03 pm
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Obviously this person has never read Snow Crash
From Wikipedia's article on Geocoding:
A very common error is to believe the accuracy ratings of a given map's geocodable attributes. ...because of this, it is quite important to avoid using interpolated results except for non-critical applications, such as pizza delivery.
... although to be honest, I never made it past chapter one.
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10:31 pm
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Total Lunar Eclipse on Wednesday
NASA has info re: times. Looks like this one will be Americas only.
Unfortunately, the weather report for South Hadley is cloudy. Still, it can't hurt to keep your fingers crossed.
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05:36 pm
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Apollo Justice demo. Sweet!
(You have to click on the screen, like a real Nintendo DS.)
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06:47 am
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Aww... I'm the cute one!
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Who is your inner CLAMP character?
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| You scored as Kero-chan You are like Kero-chan from Cardcaptor Sakura! Excuse us: Keraberos. If it were up to you, you’d be at home snacking on cakes and getting to the next level on your latest video game. You tend to find yourself in the cute "little sibling" role with many of your friends. You are not afraid to let people know how it is, but you are cute so no one minds when you call them an idiot to their face. They probably deserve it anyway, right?!
Kero-chan |
| 92% | Chii |
| 75% | Kurogane |
| 67% | Seishirou |
| 63% | Yuuko |
| 58% | Watanuki |
| 58% | Hokuto |
| 54% | Miyuki-chan |
| 50% | Sakura |
| 42% | Kamui |
| 33% | Fai |
| 29% |
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11:47 pm
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The Vanishing Girl
Today I happened to run into 4 or 5 people that I knew from high school, people who I used to interact with on a daily basis. My Calculus teacher, the guy who sat next to me in that class, my stand partner from band, and a guy I ate lunch with every day senior year.
Not even one of them could recognize me.
Which wouldn't have bothered me as much if it were more like, "Rebecca? Wow, you look totally different!" and not like, "Rebecca... ah yes, I seem to recall you existed." It hasn't even been two years yet, and on top of that I have a fair bit of "So, is this how I'm going to be remembered when I come back to MHC?"
Also at the laundromat today I managed to totally wreck all of my bedding. My mattress cover is unusable now; one of the corners is melted, and it's not even big enough to cover a crib mattress. My comforter's filling is now mostly in clumps, but I don't want to replace it because my whole dorm decor is based on it. Also this winter I had 4 blankets, flannel pjs and long underwear and I was STILL freezing, so overall this probably isn't a great loss. I don't have the courage to look at my pillows yet.
I'm pretty calm about it right now, considering I only have three days left to deal with all of this. I was pretty hysterical before, but my mom was furious, which probably didn't help.
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06:06 pm
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Woooo bloggy things.
( 10 Things You Might Not Know About Me )
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12:06 am
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Hanging in there.
Since coming home, I've left the house once to go out to eat with my parents, and once to get a haircut. Otherwise I've been stuck in bed, with Ben and his friends occasionally coming up to visit me and my video games.
Physically, this has been my most difficult semester, I think. And I bet there are people who want to punch me in the face every time I'm like "I wish I could stop loosing weight!" But I really feel awful, and "just eating more" is not working at all. I'm going back to the doctor on Monday, and I'm kind of nervous.
I really want to know if Erin and John are done with finals yet.
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04:10 am
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Angst on the Highway: How I Nearly Killed Myself Driving Home
Packing to go home was pure torture, and I apologize to Elana and Jess who ended up saying goodbye to me when I was still in the swearing and throwing things stage. It took 3 hours, and my mom used to the entire time to criticize me, my belongings, my friends, and anything else she could think of.
Near the end she was screaming at me (literally screaming) and Becca called me at the time and ended hearing a good part of that on the phone. After some running about campus and a pleasant rain delay, I got to eat lunch at Friendly's with Becca, Becca's dad, Patrick, and my mom. The whole afternoon made me really happy, despite my mom, and I was really happy to leave MHC on a sweet note.
As soon as I got on the road, it started raining. By the time I got to Springfield it was so heavy I could barely see anything in front of me. A little silver car passed in front of me rather quickly, and I swore at it for being small and hard to see. A little bit later I realized it was Patrick's car. -_-; I actually ended up following her as far as Bradley, but it was at a bit of a distance, so I don't think she noticed me.
Hartford at rush hour was a real joy, and I really wish the road had shoulders so I wouldn't have had to stop for every single emergency vehicle. The rain let up a bit when I went by Waterbury, but then my transmission went screwy. Spring break, the only gear it would go into was overdrive; at least this time it did every gear except overdrive, which is a lot less bad. I didn't even pull over, although I did agree to stop and meet my mom in Danbury.
Basically my mom made me really upset by saying a lot of stuff that will probably come up again later this week, so I won't write it now. I left Danbury crying and distressed.
We didn't get back on the road until after 8:00, and just after I got onto 684, I realized my medicine was wearing off. I was smart enough to pack it into my purse, but not smart enough to realize that there was no way I could remove the childproof caps while driving. It was at least 40 miles until I could get off the highway. It was getting dark. And then the rain got worse.
It was the kind of weather no one should have to be out in. The rain was coming down so heavily that there weren't even any raindrops, just a constant flow of water. The water covered the highway, and the light from my headlights scattered into a million bits of mist and reflected off the road like crumpled foil. It took all the concentration I didn't have just to keep track of where my lane was, and each bolt of lightning blinded me temporarily. This was on the NY Throughway, which has a lot of construction and closed lanes right now. I was panicking, and in my head I kept imagining exactly how each of my friends would find out how I died driving home in a rainstorm. It was terrifying.
At that point there were lots of exits, but I was so focused on the road I didn't even notice them. Finally I saw a sign that said "LAST EXIT BEFORE TAPPAN ZEE BRIDGE" so I took it. I got off the road safely, and pulled into a Stop & Shop parking lot in Tarrytown. I turned off the engine, cut the lights, and then proceeded to turn into a lump of shivering tears.
I stayed in my car for half an hour, because I could hear thunder at exactly the same time as the lightning, so I was too scared to walk across a mostly empty parking lot. I went to the Stop & Shop and used their bathroom which was in a SCARY BASEMENT and I wish I had my camera so I could take pictures. It put every MHC scary basement to shame. I bought some snacks, and got back in the car.
It had stopped raining, but at that point the last place I wanted to drive was home. I drove around for a bit and ended up at Washington Irving's estate. It's very nice, but not open for visitors at 10pm. So I decided to finally drive home. As I got on the parkway, Jack FM played "Highway to Hell". I found it to be very appropriate.
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09:36 am
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Yeah right.
It's 9:30am, my mom just called from Danbury, I'm still depressed and in bed and in my pajamas, and my room is still mostly full of unpacked stuff.
Chance of me being out of here by 12? Not likely.
I don't want to go home...
Current Mood: sad
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05:20 pm
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Almost done!
Yesterday I took my Algorithms exam and ended up doing the AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH RUN TO HOOKER TO TURN IT IN ON TIME marathon. The actual test was fun, although a bit long. I'm guessing A or A- for the course.
I finished arranging things for my music project this afternoon. After dinner I'm going to add track automation and pan effects and just play around with the sounds a bit. I'll see what I can get done and hopefully just finish it at about midnight or so, even if it isn't totally "perfect". It's my last final, so I kind of just want to be done.
By the way, could someone recommend a good restaurant? Kristine owes me lunch, and she was like, "oh, we can just come back here and eat at Main Moon", but she totally owes me better than that. No Chinese, and no Italian because I had pretty good Italian yesterday. Indian or Thai would nice, though...
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03:40 am
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*sigh* I'm ready to be done with finals.
Unfortunately, I'm nowhere near ready to take my Algorithms exam Sunday afternoon. Last I heard, I was getting an A in the class, but then I got 65% on the last homework and the final two chapters I didn't understand at all. So I'll take the exam Monday when I'm more prepared, but hopefully find some time to pack and work on my music project in the meantime so I'm not pressed to do stuff at the last minute.
My Music & Technology final is really fun. It's a remix of Dave's Theme from Maniac Mansion. But I want to do sort of an OC Remix style arrangement, and all I have now is just a weird edit with a cool tenor sax solo. I want it to be AWESOME... *crosses fingers*
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03:29 am
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Tomorrow should be a cooler day.
I e-mailed the MacGregor HP yesterday morning about getting my fan from the trunk room. No response yet.
*dies of heat stroke*
I only fell down once today, unfortunately it was down the front steps of 1837 Hall as I was carrying Rob's Wii to bring to Maddie. We both fell kind of hard, but I didn't break it. Maddie and I played for at least an hour just to make sure.
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10:52 pm
[Link] | Opening Credits -- "There She Goes", The La's
Waking Up -- "Iron Man", Black Sabbath
First Day at School -- "Goodbye Cruel World", Pink Floyd
Breaking Up -- "Airbag", Radiohead
Prom -- "Friday I'm in Love", The Cure
Life -- "Yellow Submarine", The Beatles
Making Babies -- "Kratos", Tales of Symphonia
Mental Breakdown -- "Get Up, I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine", James Brown
Driving -- "Fly With Me", Alien Skull Paint
Flashback -- "Lucky", Britney Spears
Getting Back Together -- "The Hunting Song", Tom Lehrer
Birth of a Child -- "Under the Blade", Twisted Sister
Final Battle -- "The Canada Song", MST3K
Death Scene -- "Anvil Chorus", Looney Toons
Funeral Song -- "Exit Music (For A Film)", Radiohead
End Credits -- "Vitrolic a Stroke", Baten Kaitos Soundtrack
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10:32 am
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This is why you need to read the syllabus.
At 6am: What? Report? I have to write a report also?
... I think I just wrote 10 pages in less than 4 hours.
... My brain is trembling...
Actually, skimming it over, it's not that bad... Or at least it's at par with the rest of the work I've done for Data Mining. *cringe*
The ironic thing is, I think it's my highest grade right now.
Now it's time for me to go do my good deed for today. There's an 84 year old man who can consume no food but protein shakes. He's about to get a lot of protein shakes.
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01:58 am
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Happy Ending
I was really happy I found out an ending to the main campaign that didn't involve me dying or killing everyone else.
Priscilla and all the other pieces of the goddess merged together to make a huge chaotic beast thing made of Priscilla bits and also rocks, gnats, slime, Cuke, a sword, and some other things. And then she tried to fly around and kill some party members, but her physical attack was kind of lame, and Rob was being annoying and kept preparing counterspell every turn. BAH.
So after a really long battle Priscilla still had a zilliondy hit points left but couldn't actually do any damage. So instead she just grabbed her girlfriend and flew off into the sunset. Where she joined together with the warring good and evil goddesses and they all became one nice and gentile and pretty neutral/neutral goddess who loves everybody and Miakoda was her pet.
And then everybody lived except for Old Joe, but he was old anyway, and Ellie and Hecate went on a massive killing spree because they were mad that they were no longer the reincarnations of pure good and evil. THE END.
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11:21 pm
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Ewww gross
My parents came up yesterday, and they were concerned with how much weight I've lost, so they brought me an entire case of protein shakes.
I just tried one, and now my breath smells like nail polish remover.
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05:18 pm
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Happy Birthday to me
Now that I'm an adult, I haven't cried a tear since my 20th birthday (yesterday). Still feel horrible and sick, but I had lots of fun yesterday evening and survived having my parents over today.
I'm going to have prospies tonight, but I'm not sure how many. But I cleaned my room today, and realized I could easily fit two or three people in here comfortably. It's so sad, because I love my room, but I'll probably never be lucky enough to get another like it again. *sigh*
Also, I just realized I haven't done any homework since last Tuesday. *time to panic*
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12:00 pm
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You mean they let MEN attend college?
I got an e-mail from DePauw, asking if I would prefer to live in a coed or single-sex apartment. I have no idea because, stuff like that doesn't even occur to me anymore.
Wow... I'm so excited.
Working the phoneathon last night was weird because we were calling mostly 50-ish year old alums, and a lot of people who had given pretty big gifts (like $100 or more) in previous years said they didn't want to give anything at all this year. Then the girl next to me had an alum tell her that she wasn't going to give any money because of the article in the Boston Globe last weekend. Seriously...
High point of the evening was when an alum pledged $10 extra because I could pronounce "Metuchen".
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12:58 am
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Thoughts about Ren-Con
First of all, I think I need to say that the reason I've been so depressed this semester has nothing to do with any specific person, people, or event. I've been really unhappy ever since before this j-term started, and at the very least I know things will be a lot better for me once this semester ends.
That said, right now I kind of feel like I never want be at another Ren-Con again. Not even just to attend.
I feel like I helped out a lot this year. I helped Jess set up the Ren-Con committee meetings, I had the flyers printed, I put together the schedule, I made lots of frantic e-mails and phone calls, and I drove Saturday morning (with Becca and Ashleigh, who are awesome) to get the food and the cotton candy machine. Assuming I can get reimbursed for the deposit I paid at the party rental (they put it towards the rental cost, meaning the recipt shows $20 less than what I actually paid), I still had to put in a bit of my own money for printing the flyers and for gas from driving around.
Considering all the fun things that happened at Ren-Con, it was almost worth it. Playing Guitar Hero with Becca, Erika, and Elana; getting a chocolate bunny and a really sweet card from Jess; and playing with the cotton candy machine were some of the best times I've had this semester.
But I'm just not sure if it was worth all the stress. I know a few people were concerned that not everyone was being kept up-to-date about Ren-Con planning, but I think we honestly did our best to keep people informed if they showed up to the main campaign. And when I did remind everyone that that's when business happens, more than a few people were making noise and not helping us get stuff taken care of as quickly as possible. I was really upset when Elana had to yell at everyone to be quiet; that really shouldn't have had to happen.
Another thing I was concerned about was the Throwdown. I hear a lot of people had fun, but I'm not sure if it was a good idea to have it the same day as Ren-Con. I think it took a lot of attention away from the main event, as well as from cleaning up after the main event. While this year's Ren-Con was better planned, I think last year we did a better job offering more activities for people to participate in.
I think the last straw was reading ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) therenegades this afternoon, where Maddie listed a bunch of people to give special thanks to making Ren-Con happen. Becca noticed that my name was left out, and noted that I drove with her and Ashleigh (I love both of you, btw) to pick up the cotton candy machine and all the food. Maddie said, "I'll make sure to add them" and then added Becca's name and not mine.
I know it's not a big deal, but... it would have meant a lot to me.
Elana, perhaps half-jokingly, declared that Jess and I should never take any responsibility for any Ren-Con ever again. I have to admit I'm more than a little curious to see what that would look like, but I'm not sure if I could be that cruel. ;)
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