:: So It Is Written... ::

:: Monday, January 28, 2002 ::

 

you know, it's one thing to try to figure out where manda keeps finding these tests... it's another thing to try to figure out why I feel compelled to take them, too :)





other than that, not much has happened... I nearly cut off my finger trying to install my new geforce3!!! yes, I have a geforce3, and richard and I think it must be slightly Satanic (but highly accidental) to annoint your new video card in blood before you install it... it also makes it difficult to type with a bandaid... and I cut my clicky finger! how much does that suck? I played wolfeinstein and could shoot anyone! but the graphics looked great before I died :) when people breath, it shows a cloud of vapor disappating in front of them :) it's cool :)

later...

:: posted by Tmber :: 12:14 PM ::

 

hey...

if anyone posted a comment on my last couple of posts, can you put them back? someone erased all my comments... (probably cause I had one with 44 comments, no?)

:: posted by Tmber :: 6:12 PM ::

 

ok... ok... richard one-upped me on a couple of the questions:

10. I would give anything for a chance to… become lord high ruler of the planet, because it's the only possible way I could weild enough power to over come my irrational fear of pinguins...

4. Favorite childhood memory? Birth

:: posted by Tmber :: 2:46 AM ::

 

Just so people don't complain about me never updating... here is today's update.... it is a copy of my homework that I just finished printing out to turn in in my spacecraft design class... The professor is the director of LASP... a big professional research center... it's kinda funny that he would ask such open ended questions :)

Homework #1: General Questions about the Students

1. What do you hope to become? A moderately well-paid aerospace engineer working for NASA in the area of human space flight.

2. What was the last good movie you saw? I watched The Lord of the Rings last night.

3. Coke or Pepsi? Dr. Pepper

4. Favorite childhood memory? This is a relatively difficult question. I’m not sure if I have a single favorite memory, but I would say any memory of my grandmother is a happy memory.

5. Nobody knows that I am… stalker… Well, at least according to one overly paranoid girl who saw me once too often walking across campus. The fact that I’m a stalker is so well guarded that even I didn’t know it until the campus police notified me.

6. If I were going to the moon I would take… a roll of duct tape. NASA can provide the essentials, but when everything starts to break, duct tape can fix anything. I might also consider my Gerber utility knife, but only if there’s enough room once I’ve packed my duct tape.

7. I ate for dinner last night… I ate a bag of M&M’s while I was watching Lord of the Rings. I’m sure this counts as dinner because it cost me more than a Big Mac meal at McDonald’s.

8. Now that I am growing up I can no longer… play on the playground at Burger King. This isn’t something I try often, but they seem very determined in their decision to keep me off the playground equipment.

9. The worst advice my mother ever gave me was… “Wait until your financial stable to get married” I’m not married yet, but if I waited until I was financially stable to do so, I’d die single. No one is ever financially stable. If this was sound advice, no one I know would be married, including my parents, thereby negating my entire existence. Therefore, I think it is fair to disregard this tidbit of parental guidence.

10. I would give anything for a chance to… go into space. Like most aerospace engineers, I truly want to be an astronaut, but my eyesight is borderline, and my height and weight are against me. By the time I qualify to be an astronaut, I’ll probably be disqualified. That’s why I plan to win the lottery and buy a ticket into space.


Now not everything is off the wall answers, but I hope he appreciates the fact that I'm a stalker and I value duct tape over oxygen... We'll see :)

:: posted by Tmber :: 2:20 AM ::

 

So I just had a pretty adult conversation with my Dad... that's cool... other than that, not much is happening... been busy... I miss Deedee, and she's out right now, so I can't pick up the phone and call her... that sucks...

oh, and amanda... if you read this before I talk to you... answer your phone!!! I need to ask you something...

:: posted by Tmber :: 8:33 PM ::

 

I nearly got ran over by a deer yesterday... Was walking to the bus stop, not paying much attention to where I was going and this flash of brown went right under my nose... I looked up kinda startled, and the deer had stopped about six feet away and turned his head around to look at me, and I could have sworn he had a look that said "Watch where you're going next time". That's not to say he was a very rude deer... he was actually very considerate because after he crossed the street, he got on the sidewalk and walked down the rest of the street on the sidewalk...

Also... I'm thinking about taking Kenpo... any objections?

:: posted by Tmber :: 3:18 PM ::

 

Let it be known that I RULE scrabble...

Final Score:

Brian: 90
DeeDee: 109
Me: 237

:: posted by Tmber :: 9:00 PM ::

 

Ok... this was too good not to post... I've already been to all my classes this morning and wondered around the building some before getting on a crowded bus and coming home... So I'm sitting here on the computer, and I stretch and feel something on my shirt. I look down and realize that I had a huge plastic sticker that said "XL - X-LARGE" running down the entire length of my new sweatshirt I wore today... I actually stopped and talked to people today... Makes me wonder if they think I'm an idiot or what! :)

:: posted by Tmber :: 11:51 AM ::

 

I saw a snowflake today... So what, right? It's just a snowflake... Well... for all you people back in the south, the snow flakes I'm used to seeing there are just little specks of white, and if you strain your eyes while using a microscope, you can sometimes see some of the neat snowflake patterns that you used to try to make back in kindegarden by folding up squares of paper and cutting out little triangles... And if you happen to see big snowflakes in the south, they are nothing more than a bunch of those little while spots that are all clumped up together. Today, however, there was a light snow flurry outside as I walked to the bus, and I looked down at my coat sleeve, and saw a dozen or so HUGE snowflakes. Not groups of snowflakes, but individual snowflakes in all their glory with their unique crystal patterns and everything, and I thought to myself, "so this is what a snowflake is supposed to look like." It was interesting...

:: posted by Tmber :: 11:30 AM ::

 

school started... that sucks... oh well... I have a bunch to rant about, but I think I've already told everyone who might read this blog... except maybe like JP if he happens to drop in on my page... he'll just have to ask Amanda... Basically, my parents believe that marriage before graduation will ruin my life forever.. not exactly the outlook I was hoping to get from them... they think that when Deedee graduates, she should just sit around and twiddle her thumbs for three more years waiting for me to graduate and become "finacially stable"... is anyone ever financially stable?? no one I know, at least...

ok, ok... I have to stop writing... it's late and my wrists hurt...

goodnight

:: posted by Tmber :: 1:07 AM ::

 

I DID update.. stupid blogger wouldn't let me publish it, though...

:: posted by Tmber :: 12:57 AM ::

 

Not sure if I agree with this one or not, but oh well.. here's the results:

My anthem is "Bliss", by Michal. When something bad happens, I remind myself that the end of something good means the beginning of something better. I try as hard as I can to be a peaceful person, no matter what the cost. But at least I'm not ignoring the problem itself. Find out what YOUR anthem is HERE!

:: posted by Tmber :: 11:25 PM ::