Series of Tubes

I'm back into Last.fm these days. Using it as an actual radio is cool, though I get the oddest mix of metal, folk, and folk metal. My phone is sliding ever faster down the slope of physical disintegration. I'm hard on my stuff and I feel bad about it. People have tweaked Fedora 10 to work on the XO, and are selling for the price of the SD card. I'm looking really hard at that. I've bought the card for cheaper, so as usual, I'm waiting for things to arrive in the mail. I've started my Christmas shopping, though not for anyone out of the immediate family so far. Also, I'm back on my MacOS partition and am back to playing those games. Otherwise I spend my time net cruising, which is probably unhealthy. Oi.

Movies

I really should take more notes on things. I always forget nice things. Night before last, I was having an awesome dream, but I forgot it after a minute of awakeness. Oi.

Last night in Lit class we watched the movie adaptation of One True Thing. I ended up liking the book at about three o'clock in the morning, when I should have been asleep. So it was movie night. Popcorn, soda, etc. Anyway, as is the case with most movies-from-books, the movie was different from the book. It was still good though.

Thunka Thunka

So, I'm trucking along, only a few papers behind in college. However, academia is only the tip of the iceberg, as it were, in college.

Bringing people in to the light of social networking, that's my newest motto. "Today" Livi and I inducted Derek into the annals of Facebook. This was done in the Building Three upper lobby, near the end of our hour long chat sessions. My iPod Touch (1G) was instrumental in registering him. This was rather interesting actually... we sprung it on him rather spontaneously!

Anyway, enough about that. I've become a bit of a news junkie, much to my chagrin. I still watch all my nice TV shows, half of them off nice Asian sites. I've written love all over my hands, I've possibly gotten Harvey a couple more guests. Good play by the way.

Rome: Total War has a great soundtrack. I like it a lot. I've discovered some nice little nuggets that I haven't heard in-game. Game Soundtracks are seriously awesome.

Nothing new under the sun!

Plays and things

Sunday I saw a Play. It was called Eurydice, and it was awesome. Also, we watched a docu on Einstein on the Beach, which a tweaky piece of music theatre. Other then that, nothing new really.

I voted at about 2am Wednesday Morning. That was interesting. Willamette Week has a nice guide that helped me out a bit. The Diet Mountain Dew cans pile up and I should redeem them...

There may be a follow up post, because I can't think of anything right now...

Another Week

Another Week, another Dentistry Attack...

Coping with schoolwork, coming off an NCIS binge. I love my internet TV. In other news, I'm almost applying for a job. This week, we watched Sweeney Todd: The Musical in class. That was freaking awesome. On Sunday, we go to see Eurydice in Portland. I'm looking forward to it, though nobody else seems to be available...

Ran out of easy snackables too. Bugger all.

5 Drabbles and Dribbles

So, Livi introduced me to an idea that Maggie gave her, so I though I'd try it. I set my media player on Shuffle and let her rip. I wrote each story in the time it took for the song to play. These dribbles and drabbles were inspired by the songs that are listed with them. The order goes: Song, Artist, Album.

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The ship rose upon it pillar of flame, reaching for the stars. The exultant populace watched in awe as the culmination of their dreams drew a pright line of fire in the sky. The Mammus Project had paid off. Man had reached the stars.

Aboard the ship, all was going smoothly as the ship, Bacchus, reached and surpassed the upper atmosphere, climbing into Earth Orbit. There they would stay, running tests and making observations, until they got the all-clear to head for Mars. The astronauts were driven, determined people. They would be the first humans to set foot on Mars, and they would do their species proud. It was a good day to be alive.

-Ride the Worm, Frank Klepacki, Emperor: Battle For Dune Soundtrack

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Traveling the world in search of adventure was simply amazing. He hadn't found any adventure yet, but he was sure it was just around the corner. His best friend was along to record all that occured. He had a sword at his side. He just needed something to swing it at.

"Ahah!" shouted Ardel, and spurred his horse towards a small Field Dragon. "Avaunt, foul foe! Feel the taste of cold steel!" Unfortunately for him, Field Dragons are a domesticated species, and the owner took exception to his valuable property being threatened. "Bugger off, you twit!" the ruddy farmer shouted.

-Skalds and Shadows, Blind Guardian, A Twist in the Myth

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The capitol city was simply amazing. It had a stately elegance to it that few other cities in the world could match. The center of the Empire was here. Tourists flocked to it, and foreign invasions balked at it.

Bach: Goldberg Variations Bwv 988 - Aria Da Capo, The Best of Bach

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The ring of dancers swooped and spun, as fireworks burst overhead. The festival of Hylop had begun, and the villagers celebrated. In other parts of the country, armies were massing, for the passing of the King was near, and with no clear successor, any noble with delusions of grandeur wanted the crown. All that stood in their way was the Imperial Legion, the Emperor's crack bodyguards.

-No Education, Apocalyptica, Reflections

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It was exhilarating to feel the wind blowing through his hair and watch it kick up spray as the lean sloop raced out of the bay on a port tack, The raid had been successful, and they had made off with heaps of Spanish Gold. Piracy doesn't always pay, but this time it had, and big. He and his crew would be sitting pretty for months now. He might even go into retirement.

-Wolves of the Sea, Pirates of the Sea, Eurovision 2008

Morrowind, etc.

So, besides having essays to write, my major meh right now is using Windows XP on my Macbook. This is necessary because I want to play my computer games. I have a lot more Windows Games than I have Mac games. I feel soiled, but Morrowind goes a long way towards negating that feeling.

Also, I have at least two events that I'm looking forward to in October. A Kamelot concert, and a performance of Eurydice. (Ooh! That was a fragment!)

G'Bye!

Week in Review....not so!

If I actually kept notes I might remember everything.

Anyway, tonight after class I spent an hour out in the cold talking to Livi and Derek. That was fun. Also, I have to say, Analyzing/Deep Reading is tough stuff. I did my journal entry on the latest short story in between classes today. Yeah. Seems to be working so far. Also, Livi brought her computer to school today! Yeah! It does the job. I pawned off my unuseful headphones on her today too. She seems to want to pay me for them....I won't say no. Despite going to bed late last night, I managed to wake up to my first alarm at 7:30 am. Yup. I'm a winner. Livi and I got coffee, and Livi was only a little late to class. I managed to print out my assignment in Writing, which was good. Unfortunately, I forgot to do my Vocab...Jose was absent today too, leaving me the only guy at my table. Oi.

This week, I managed to get back on Skype, voice chat with friends on Skype, set up an ooVoo/Skype fusion video conference with friends, and generally have a blast. Also, I carried ivy from Mom's crusade against English Ivy. I shall probably have to do that again. Also, I believe it actually rained in The Dalles. Huzzah for us! In Theater Appreciation we watched half of Tartuffe, by Moliere. Tis funny. We shall watch the rest of it later today. I look forward to that.

hmmm.... There may be a follow-up to this post...

On Wireless Hijinks

So. Today I woke up at noon, per my usual non-school schedule. Following my schedule of planning homework but not doing it, I went to my computer to surf the net, etc. Unfortunately, this was the day our wireless decided to be snotty. The computer sees the network. Can it connect to it? No. Endless frustration. I try both Leopard and XP. No luck. The wired connections work. Ergo, the wireless router is being funky. I unplug the network cable and plug that in again. No luck. I give up briefly. Do I use the time to do homework? No. I read a library book. Boundary, by Eric Flint and Ryk Spoor. Good book, read it sometime. Sentence fragments abound in this post. Anyway, after lots of doing other things, Papa unplugs the router's power cord and plugs it in again. Voila! The wireless is connectable again. My shiftless ways are saved. I'm proud that I didn't even use the computer. I can be seperated from technology without ill effects! Yay!

So much for Wednesday

Right, so I had this idea that I would update my blog on Wednesdays. I was distracted by strike-era Daily Shows. Really awesome stuff. Oh, and my approach to schoolwork, ie procrastination, still seems to be working. We'll see if it holds up.

overview of what I remember ,at the moment, of the last two days

Right, so school started again. I was rather looking forward to it. I disappointed either, so that was good. Actually, I was rather surprised by the amount of people that I knew that were going to college the same time I was. It was nice to see familiar faces. Theater Appreciation is shaping up to be pretty interesting. After reviewing/learning the fundamentals/basics of theater, we're going to see some plays. Unfortunately, we have to write down our impressions and formulate essays on the subject. Writing is fine, I just don't like to write essays. Otherwise, I know a lot of the faces there as well as the instructor, Mr. Parker, so I feel pretty confident.

My Writing class is perhaps my fullest class. There are a lot of students there. I know a few from high school though so that's cool. Dr. Wild teaches that. I've had him before and he assigns (big surprise) a lot of essays. I just hope I'll write them all in time.

My Lit class is my latest class and another with a small amount of students. Livi's in that class. That's awesome. I know Jen Hanlon-Wilde, the instructor, from Friends Meeting. I was surprised to see her, but it was pretty sweet. This class too has a lot of writng involved, though there's a lot of reading as well.

I suppose I should get used to the amount of writing that college entails. I know all my instructors, which is odd but cool. I'm thinking about adding some more classes because I feel like I have too much time on my hands. Anyway, that's pretty much what I have to say so far about college. Oh, the renovation design choices are kinda odd, but I suppose I can go with it.

Late Night Shtuff

So. I've been playing SPORE fairly obsessively. It's a good game. If I get bored with Flitting through space, I can create creatures, or vice versa. Yup, good game. It's graphics aren't too demanding either.

I went to Portland today and sang Sacred Harp. It was the usual session. We sang some good stuff. Not all of it well, but we enjoyed ourselves. Mom and I ate at... the Daily Cafe. It's pretty laptop friendly, so I was glad I brought Sakukka, my trusty Macbook. The kitchen was closed from 4-5 for some reason or other, so we hung out until it opened again.

Saturday night was basically a blast. Livi, Laura, and I had a movie night at Livi's. We weren't sure what movie we'd watch, but we "decided" on Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. The books are at least as good. At any rate, I lugged all my tech over in my awesome backpack/messenger bag. I showed off the OLPC/XO laptop to Livi's dad. He seemed interested, anyway. The movie was of course awesome, and we rounded the night off with some interneting. I took photos of course, but not my Facebook 60. Ah well...

Laura gave me a ride there and back, which was good. Her car is pretty awesome. We attacked a block of old cotton candy on the way, and made some literal dents in it.

Meh, that's all the news that coming to mind...

In the beginning...

This blog may contain anything whatsoever. I ramble.

CGCC Fall Term starts on September 22. I've been lazy all summer so I shall have to get back into the swing of things. I've got my classes finally sorted out. Note: It is important to schedule things as early as possible. Other people have the same class reqs as you. Anyway, I've got three classes, English Literature (Fiction) Writing 121, and Theater Appreciation. TA, in contrast to the other two classes, is a bit short on students. Still, I like the instructor, so it should be good. I can't wait for the next Theater Rehearsal and Performance class. We're supposed to do A Midsummer's Night Dream, which is an awesome play. Thank you Mr. Shakespeare.

Eh, that's all for now folks. Stay tuned for semi-regular postings.