HOLY FUCKING YES!

I owe Zach Raves 8 bucks.

Kronos3113 (1:46:29 PM): get your ap scores?
mitchwdogg (1:46:40 PM): no, did you?
Kronos3113 (1:46:48 PM): yeah
mitchwdogg (1:46:50 PM): and?
Kronos3113 (1:46:54 PM): not bad
Kronos3113 (1:46:57 PM): 2 spanish
Kronos3113 (1:46:59 PM): 3 english
Kronos3113 (1:47:01 PM): 4 gov
Kronos3113 (1:47:04 PM): 5 calc
Kronos3113 (1:47:07 PM): ;-]
mitchwdogg (1:47:12 PM): not bad at all
mitchwdogg (1:47:23 PM): so you can drop that Spanish class, right?
Kronos3113 (1:47:29 PM): yep!
mitchwdogg (1:47:39 PM): I applaud you
Kronos3113 (1:48:06 PM): thanks man
mitchwdogg (1:48:16 PM): how much does it cost to get your scores?
Kronos3113 (1:48:34 PM): 8 bucks
mitchwdogg (1:48:51 PM): say, can I borrow 8 bucks and your credit card number?
Kronos3113 (1:49:20 PM): lol
mitchwdogg (1:51:33 PM): otherwise I'm gonna hafta wait for 3 more weeks
Kronos3113 (1:51:47 PM): you dont have 8 dollars?
mitchwdogg (1:52:02 PM): I don't have a credit card
Kronos3113 (1:53:24 PM): if you want i can call for you for a fee of 8 dollars ;-]
mitchwdogg (1:53:48 PM): That sounds like a pgood plan
Kronos3113 (1:53:54 PM): ok
mitchwdogg (1:53:58 PM): you need my AP number?
Kronos3113 (1:54:02 PM): yep
Kronos3113 (1:54:12 PM): or ss number
mitchwdogg (1:54:39 PM): sorry, but you're getting my AP number :-)
Kronos3113 (1:54:44 PM): lol
mitchwdogg (1:54:48 PM): 13094195
Kronos3113 (1:55:00 PM): alrighty sir
mitchwdogg (1:55:08 PM): thank you thank you thank you
Kronos3113 (1:57:08 PM): day of birth?
mitchwdogg (1:57:20 PM): 09/02/86
Kronos3113 (1:57:33 PM): ok
Kronos3113 (1:58:43 PM): micro 5
Kronos3113 (1:58:49 PM): macro 5
Kronos3113 (1:58:57 PM): gov 4
Kronos3113 (1:59:06 PM): physics 5
Kronos3113 (1:59:19 PM): physics electricity 4
Kronos3113 (1:59:27 PM): spanish 5
Kronos3113 (1:59:34 PM): stats 5
mitchwdogg (1:59:36 PM): holy fucking yes!
Kronos3113 (1:59:41 PM): lol
Kronos3113 (2:00:15 PM): thats awesome man
mitchwdogg (2:00:26 PM): I'm laughing hysterically over here
Kronos3113 (2:00:37 PM): dont hurt yourself ;-]
mitchwdogg (2:00:57 PM): Idunno, I think I deserve the right to hurt myself if I want to.




I am dancing like a maniac over here. And by that I don't mean I'm playing DDR on maniac level, cuz I'm not that good. But you get the idea.

flashbacks

You know wehn you think of one song and how it makes you think of another song, but you normally wouldn't even think of that other song at all except through the tangent of the first song? Well that's what happened yesterday. SO I was with Mom in the car and on 92.9 they played this song by NEw Radicals called "You Get What you Give." I've liked that song since it came out in like 6th grade for me. Of course, that was also when I was in my mainstream pop music phase, and also when I noted that I was my most uneasiest (if that's a word). Coincidence? Anyway, it reminded me of this other song that I liked at the same time, and hadn't even thought about for at least a few years. I found the song "Got You (where I Want YOu)" by The Flys just a while ago online, and now I'm wondering why I liked it so much. I mean, it was alright and kinda childish lyrically, but I think it was just the perceived artisticness of the video that had me mesmerized back then. Now, it's ok, and I wouldn't mind listening to it, but I think its just kinda funny how our perceptions of the past are brighter and better than they necessarily were. Take UHS, for example. Now we're at the point where we can appreciate all the effort that we went thorugh for our own rewards and how it's made us better people. Back then, though, we're just like this sucks, I hate it, maybe I should transfer to Rincon, no more freaking notes etc. I think that's weird and cool at the same time, so maybe a Psych minor wouldn't be a bad thing. Mom jokes about Psychology students in general that they;re only taking classes to understand other people so they can understand themselves. And frankly, she's got a point.

On an enturely different matter, have any of you heard of the group Seether? Is it just me, or does the lead singer seem very Cobain-esque? I mean, he kinda looks like Cobain a bit, but I think it's more in the intonations in his voice. Anyway, check out their single "Remedy" cuz its pretty good.

The waiting continues

And mom found a gray hair on my chin

what comes after seconded?

Childhood weirdness
Did you spend your childhood time with mostly real or imaginary friends?: well, they were real to me
Did people consider you an odd child?: not really
Do you have memories that go back to when you were only a few months old?: No
Do you remember any thoughts you had when you where very young?: The first was when I was like maybe 20 months?
If you answered "intricate", give an example of one of those thoughts: N/A
Were your dreams very vivid as a child?: yes, and they still are
What is the strangest memory you have from early childhood?: Putting Lysol on my tongue to see what it tested like- after all, it smelled nice
Were you a child prodigy or did you display any gifts at a young age?:when they noticed I could count past 100 in kindergarten they thought I was pretty smart.
What was the most "grown-up" thing you ever said as a child?: What's 5 Q plus 5 Q
What were your favoite TV shows in early childhood?: Tiny Toon Adventures, The Super Mario Brothers Super Show
Were you afraid of monsters?: can't recall
Did you believe that fictional characters were real?: no
Were you more quiet and artistic or loud and physical?: I went in phases. I still do.

Issues and US Stuff
Do you eat meat?: yeah
If you do, what is your justification for it?: I serioulsy think I'm allergic to most vegetables, but no one believes me
If you could legalize 3 things in the US, what would they be?: Gay marriage, universal healthcare, assassinating a president
Do you belive in the death penalty?: to an extent
What country would you have liked to have been born into? It seems that if I don't say Sweden, then I'll be lonely in Russia
Describe your feelings about marijuana legalization: Congress should establish a national two week vacation for everyone to try it and then sell it like beer or cigarettes with the same consequences.
Red, White and Blue is a ghastly color combination, right?: Not on my Spirograph
What television news coverage do you detest the most?: I'm not liberal enough to hate Fox, cuz in all honesty I like watching those car chases
What will you do if Bush is re-elected? Seriousy think about moving to Sweden.
Which state do you think will drop off into the ocean first?: In order to be dropped, it must be picked up. Therefore, Rhode Isalnd since its the lightest.
Who do you consider "American Heroes"?: Captain America and the Avengers (SHIT! It's like Republicanism in disguise and tight pants)

Completely Obtuse And Silly Questions
Have you ever taken something apart just to see how it worked? I must have
Do you ever yell at the television while you are alone? even when I'm not alone
Name a few things (if any) that you bought on Ebay recently: none
Are the Muppets sinister? WTF?! Of course not!
Do you watch the Science Channel (Discovery) on a regular basis?: more or less
Ever gotten into an "in person" argument with a total stranger? no
sugar or honey? sugar
how many e-mails do you recieve a day?: <1 on average
Do you think that time travel is a possibility?: obviously not, cuz time is just a manmade facade
Have you ever had a past life regression?: nuh-uh
San Francisco or New York City?: What's that crooked street in SF?
Are you slightly addicted to online tests and surveys?: apparently so
Close your eyes and type the first random image that pops into your head: A Mouse with Sunglasses carrying a bomb (From SMB 2?)
If you could choose a time period in which to live, which would it be?: 1920's before the Depresion

Emotions And Such
Have you attempted suicide more than once?: nope
Cutting?: nope
Do you get violent when you are angry?: I do, and it worries me
Which emotion are you most consumed by?: fear
Are you highly emotive?: Oh yeah. Too emotive (thirdeded?)
Do you discuss problems or keep them to yourself? bit of both
Do you fall in love easily? apparently not
What age/year was the most difficult for you? 5th, 6th grade
How do you channel your anger/sadness? sleeping
List a few simple things that make you happy: good music, comforting words
When were you most recently your happiest? like, really? um, right after graduation?

Friends
Describe your best friend as if you were describing a character from a film: Exit stage left?
Do you have friends that are drastically different from each other? yeah I guess so List a few key traits that all of your friends have in common: They all like me to some extent.
Have you ever been betrayed by a close friend? not really
If yes, are you still friends with that person? N/A
Are your friends mostly your age, younger or older? mostly mine, and roughly normally distributed.

Family
Are you close to your family? ish
What traits are you glad you inherited from them? smarts? artisticish ability?
Which traits are you mad that you inherited from them? My dad's premature graying, bad allergies, inability to put eye drops on myself.
What sitcom does your family most remind you of? Growing Pains??????????????
Does your family live locally or far away? local
Have you ever stopped speaking to someone in your family? No.
Have either of your parents died? No.
Is your family very much like you or are you opposites? both
How many siblings do you have? none
Has your family ever thrown food at each other? No.
Are the holidays a nightmare or a time of joy? more of a nightmare, cuz we never actually spend it together. Everyone does there own thing mor or less
Do you look like your parents? yeah
List one interesting fact about your family: um, we...... have nothing interesting?

Lovers
Gay, Straight, Bi-sexual or no idea? all of the above?
Married/partnered? nope
Ever gone out with someone you were embarrassed to be seen with? no
Ever broken someone's heart? no.
How many serious relationships have you had? 0!-1
Do you believe in monogamy? for the most part
Have you ever lusted obsessively over someone you knew you couldn't have? not really
Do you believe in the theory of soulmates? I do.....
Ever cheated? No.
Been cheated on? No.
Most important emotional qualities of a lover? funny, nice, caring (doubled)

Would You Rather...
Eat a steak or a whole tube of toothpaste? If they came out with Ketchup flavored minty toothpaste, then maybe both.
Be covered in papercuts or cigarette burns? Papercuts
Be percieved as intelligent or street-smart (but not both)?: book smart
Eat a bottle cap or a spider the size of a bottle cap?: spider, if I could mash it up and put it on some crackers perhaps (doubled)
Be ruled exclusively by your heart or your mind? They're both pretty whaqcked out right now, so I'll say my feet.
Have the power to read minds or make anyone fall in love with you? Read minds,
Chew shards of broken glass or sit on a lighted barbeque grill? can you really CHEW glass?
Be able to fly or be able to render yourself invisible? Depends on how fast I could fly
Have questionable integrity or no sense of humor? the first one
Granted the answers to any 3 questions or ability to resurrect one person? wish my three wishes, I could resurrect THREE people! Oh... they're not wishes, but the three nevertheless

Final Questions
Ever had a great song ruined for you after it was used in a commercial? Yes, but now I can't remember it
Ever yelled at an SUV? the vehicle itself, no. The driver, sure
Hummmer? likewise
If you could turn back time and change one thing, what would it be?: making a better Valedictorian speech at my middle school.
Bambi or Nemo? Nemo
How long have you been on xanga? I'm on Blogger, bitch. (thirdeded)
Do you find it to be a fulfilling experience? when I finsh, yes.

freaking out

As I've been going through all the trash of my room, I've had the constant fear that I would lose something of actual importance among all the piles of recyclables. And now I fear I've lost my Sparky. He's been there at my side since 8th grade and through all of high school. Through thick and thin he's helped me become the successful, arguably brainy student that I am. (sob) I can still remember how your little STAT button would always stick. Oh God, what have I done? Where are you? Sparky, please come back home! That other one I have means nothing to me! It is you who I've always turned to. And I got you at CostCo for only 87 bucks! Sure I might've been lustful at those newer, sleeker, faster ones, but that means nothing to the times we shared together. I miss you, Sparky.

Chinese Cotton

Happy anniversary, my dear blog! The times we've shared, the tears we've cried, the joys of victories and the agonies of defeats. I love you, my dear bloggie! So our so called honeymoon is over- big whoop. We can stil celebrate, though maybe now you can do my laundry.

the memories. Oh god, the memories.

So I'm still in the process of cleaning my room. yes, still. Well, as evidenced by the fact that I still had my 7th grade pre-pre algebra worksheets, I am a very bad packrat. SO now I've been scrounging thorugh my closet, which has had boxes of stufff that I never bothered to empty out from when we moved TWO YEARS AGO! So I'm looking at things that I haven't seen in a very long time. On the plus side, I found a LOT of POst it notes.

Then I found some more Mathcounts stuff and Then I stumbled upon the Middle School Honor Band Festival. God, that was so long ago. I looked into it to see who all I recognized from either middle school or afterwards at UHS.

Some people of mention:
Elise was in it. She's seventh on the flute list. Aslo among the flautists is Lisa Mason.

Keli was first oboe.

Collin Mechler was second chair clarinet, and I was the lead (if that's any kind of actual title, I do not know) Third Clarinet. Jordan was a couple chairs behind me.

Greg Nix played Tenor Sax next to Colin Scott Fleming, unfortunately.

Mauney was first Bari Sax

Jesse Marshall and Erin Pyron played Trumpet (did Erin leave after Sophomore year or something?)

And Zach Raves played percussion.

It's just funny how none of us really knew each other back then, and my my how times have changed. Now the list as a whole is far from a who's-who of UHS people, but I just find it hard to believe that it was over four years ago, and yet barely four years ago, when we were practically complete starngers. Also, how come they wouldn't let us keep the sheet music?

new specs

I got new glasses yesterday. they're smaller, slightly more tinted, and made of titanium so my skin doesn't react. But now I feel like a hippie.

brainstorm

Hey guys I was thinking about establishing a blog just for our dreams and whatnot. Would anybody be interseted in contributing and/or getting it off the ground? We could analyze and interpret and make full-hearted attempts at everyone else's dreams and, maybe in a way reminiscent of APCHAM or something try and figure out why we get them in the first place. Who's with me?

kickass

Heard this online today, and I likes it. It's all up ons!! Find the video yourself; it's not that hard. It's by Ben Moody (the guy who left Evanescence) and Anastacia (prolly some pop singer). A mi me gusta mucho. El segundo verso es poco lame, pero por lo general la cancion es maravillosa!

"Everything Burns"

She sits in her corner
Singing herself to sleep
Wrapped in all of the promises
That no one seems to keep
She no longer cries to herself
No tears left to wash away
Just diaries of empty pages
Feelings gone astray
But she will sing

Til everything burns
While everyone screams
Burning their lies
Burning my dreams
All of this hate
And all of this pain
I'll burn it all down
As my anger reigns
Til everything burns

Walking through life unnoticed
Knowing that no one cares
Too consumed in their masquerade
No one sees her there
And still she sings

Til everything burns
While everyone screams
Burning their lies
Burning my dreams
All of this hate
And all of this pain
I'll burn it all down
As my anger reigns

Til everything burns
Everything burns
(Everything burns)
Everything burns
Watching it all fade away
(All fade away)
Everyone screams
Everyone screams
(Watching it all fade away)
Oooh, ooh
(While everyone screams)
Burning down lies
Burning my dreams
(All of this hate)
And all of this pain
I'll burn it all down
As my anger reigns
Til everything burns
(Everything burns)
Watching it all fade away
(Oooh, ooh)
(Everything burns)
Watching it all fade away

ONE TINY QUESTION:

ALice, is it possible to double major from two different colleges (IE Science and Engineering?) I thought I remembered them saying that you couldn't. HOwever, its been a long while since UA Science Day, so I can't recall, and my mom can't support nor refute my claim. What do you know??

Idunno, cuz I remembered that they had the whole Speech and Language Science curriculum. Also cuz of Math, or Physics, or something else.

pathetic

So I'm stuck at my mom's work for the course of two hours. I have with me a book I've been telling myself to read for the past year and a pack of cards. Suddenly, I get a craving for something mathematical. So I devise a chi squared test to see if I had all the cards in my pack. Later I relalized that I failed two of the major assumptions:

That my sample size was less than 10% of the entire population, and
That it was a Simple Random Sample of the population (though I did shuffle really well, I tought)

Though I did make sure each expected cell count was _> 5

SO I shuffled really well and made 6 chi squaed tests of 4 groups, so df= 4-1 = 3, and the total number of each sample was 20 cards, based on the formula X^2 = E((o-e)^2/e) these were my actual results. They go in order H, D, C, S

[expected cell count is: 5 5 5 5]

1 6 2 11, X^2 = 12.4
8 0 8 4, X^2= 8.8
8 5 5 2, 3.8
6 6 5 3, 1.2
6 5 4 5 , 0.4
3 6 7 4, 2.0

Todd, I hope you're taking notes since this is practically ALL of chapter 12 right in front of you.

Though I haven't bothered to find the p values yet, though I'd suspect I may reject H0 on the first one @ a= .95

Whoops! I almost forgot:
H0= pi1= pi2= pi3 =pi4 = .25
HA: Ho is false

So then I went into wondering how likely it actually IS to get exactly 5 of each card, so I began experimenting with (quadronial?) expansion (a+b+c+d)^20, etc. As I went through sample sets without a calculator, I came upon something really cool, thogh it's probably been well documented and whatnot

YOU CAN DO A 3-D PASCAL'S TRAINGLE, and it works with the expansion of (a+b+c)^n, and the sum of all the coefficients is 3^n, as opposed to 2^n. So I started drawing it out, and it uses a 2-D Pascal's triangle as its sides and for the inner number you add the 3 numbers above it. I just think its's so cool. I wish I could draw one on the computer to show y'all, but you can draw it out by yourself.

Also, thanks to my handy dandy TI-89, I hope to actually find the probabnly of 5 of each card by doing (.25heart + .25 club + .25 spade + .25diammond) ^20 and finding the coeffcient with all 5 in it.

Windmill, Windmill for the land.
Learn forever hand in hand
Take it all in on your stride
It is sticking, falling down
Love forever love is free
Let's turn forever you and me
Windmill, windmill for the land
Is everybody in?

me thinking about this waaayy too much

What I'd need for a minor in _______ (Titles in orange indicate classes I may receive AP credit for and wouldn't need to take. Ones in blue just mean I haven't bothered to undo the hyperlink)

For Econ: 18 unites = 6 classes

ECON 201A -- Principles of Economics (3 units)Description: Nature of economics, price theory for the product market, factor prices, international economics.

ECON 201B -- Principles of Economics (3 units)Description: Introduction to the theory of national income and employment, money and banking, economic growth and stabilization.

ECON 225 -- Contemporary Economic Problems (3 units)Description: Analysis of various problems such as poverty, crime, discrimination, and unemployment facing individuals, institutions, and society using various methodologies of economics.

ECON 332 -- Intermediate Macroeconomics (3 units)Description: Analysis of output, employment, interest rates, and the price level; the effects of these on changes in monetary and fiscal variables.

ECON 361 -- Intermediate Microeconomics (3 units)Description: Determination of prices and quantities in product and factor markets.

ECON 431 -- Games and Decisions (3 units)Description: Introduction to decision theory and game theory and their application to various economic situations under conditions of complete and incomplete information.

For Math: 18 units = 6 classes

MATH 124 -- Calculus I with Applications (5 units)Description: Introduction to calculus with an emphasis on understanding and problem solving. Concepts are presented graphically and numerically as well as algebraically. Elementary functions, their properties and uses in modeling; the key concepts of derivative and definite integral; techniques of differentiation, using the derivative to understand the behavior of functions; applications to optimization problems in physics, biology and economics. A graphing calculator is required in this course. Registration in math courses numbered 125 or below, 160, and 263, requires all students, including transfer students with or without college level math credit, to take the UA Math Readiness Test. Credit will not be given for this course if the student has credit in a higher level math course; these students will be dropped from the course. Students with unusual circumstances can petition the Mathematics Department for exemption from this rule. This policy does not infringe on the student's rights granted by the university policy on repeating a course.

MATH 129 -- Calculus II (3 units)Description: Continuation of MATH 124 or MATH 125. Techniques of symbolic and numerical integration, applications of the definite integral to geometry, physics, economics, and probability; differential equations from a numerical, graphical, and algebraic point of view; modeling using differential equations, approximations by Taylor series. A graphing calculator is required for this course.

MATH 223 -- Vector Calculus (4 units)Description: Vectors, differential and integral calculus of several variables.

MATH 254 -- Introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations (3 units)Description: Solution methods for ordinary differential equations, qualitative techniques; includes matrix methods approach to systems of linear equations and series solutions.

MATH 322 -- Mathematical Analysis for Engineers (3 units)Description: Complex functions and integration, line and surface integrals, Fourier series, partial differential equations.

MATH 461 -- Elements of Statistics (3 units)Description: Probability spaces, random variables, standard distributions, point and interval estimation, tests of hypotheses; includes use of statistical software.

For Spanish:

SPAN 201 -- Second Year Spanish (4 units)Description: Credit allowed for 201 or 203, but not for both.

SPAN 202 -- Second Year Spanish (4 units)Description: Credit allowed for 202 or 333, but not for both.

SPAN 253 -- Elementary Composition for Heritage LearnersI (3 units)Description: For students who can speak and understand Spanish with some degree of fluency but who are unfamiliar with the writing system. Covers basic issues in orthography such as silent letters, written accents, and common misspellings. (Native speakers should take 253 instead of 251; credit is not allowed for both.)

SPAN 323 -- Intermediate Composition for Heritage Learners I (3 units)Description: Moving beyond the mechanics of composition in Spanish, the course focuses on the rhetorical conventions used in the elaboration of the essay. Grammaticalconcepts are treated within a functional framework and emphasis is placed on the logical organization of ideas in the essay. (native Speakers should take 323 instead of 325; credit is not allowed for both).

SPAN 371A -- Spanish for Business and Economics (3 units)Description: contact department.

SPAN 371B -- Spanish for Business and Economics (3 units)Description: contact department.

For Psych:

PSYC 101 -- Introduction to Psychology (3 units)Description: Only for students who have not taken the psychology section of INDV 101 (The Structure of Mind and Behavior). In the absence of INDV 101, this course is required for admission to all other psychology courses. See University General Education, Tier One. Survey of psychology including history, systems, and methods; structure and functions of the nervous and endocrine systems; learning; motivation and emotion; perception; memory; thought and language; personality; development; social cognition and behavior; psychopathology and psychotherapy.

PSYC 230 -- Psychological Measurement and Statistics (3 units)Description: Measurement, quantitative description, and statistical inference as applied to psychological variables.

PSYC 273 -- Psychology of Excellence (3 units)Description: Psychological theories, research, and intervention strategies relevant to performing in life settings as diverse as academics, career, athletics, performing arts, and interpersonal relations.

PSYC 319 -- Mechanisms of Learning (3 units)Description: Review of learning processes and related research methods and findings.

PSYC 326 -- Human Memory (3 units)Description: Introduction to scientific study of human memory including structures and processes, memory failures, acquisition and retention of knowledge, memory development, and memory disorders.

PSYC 368 -- Psychology of Terrorism (3 units)Description: Introduction to theory and research on the psychology of terrorism and cross-cultural psychology. An interdisciplinary consideration of this contemporary problem, analysis, Post-Traumatic Shock, as well as conflict resolution procedures will be examined.

So, theoretically I'd only need an additional 14 classes (VectorCalc and Diff EQ are required for Mech Eng majors) to get ALL 4 MINORS! Let's see, 14 classes divided by 7 semesters (since I already registrede for the first one) = 2 classes additional per semester, which isn't incredibly strenuous, at least I don't think.

super happy survey time! (insert geisha giggling here)

Nicknames: mitchy, mitchdogg
B-day: 9-02-86
Age: Add it up yourslef!
Sex: male
Where do you live: Tucson, Arizona
What school do you attend: formerly UHS, now the UofA Honors college
Siblings and their ages: NONE!
Pets: 1 cat who is older than I am
Sign: Virgo
Lefty or Righty: Righty

********************YOUR LOOKS*********************

Hair color: brownish-black?
Eye color: changes
Height: 70" I think
Do u wear contacts or glasses: specs
Do you have/want a tattoo: not really
What and where: If I had to, maybe a dragon on my arm
Do you wear any rings: nope
Do you have a certain fashion you follow? um, the discount rack?
******************JUST LATELY***********************

How are you today: achy, but not breaky
What pants are you wearing right now: the shorts I went to sleep in
What shirt: A bar shirt I bought at Ross last year
What underwear are you wearing right now? said shorts
What does your hair look like at the moment: probably like a mini fro
What song are u listening to right now: Whatever track 6 on the New Foo Fighters CD is (and yes, I said CD)
Thinkin bout? how long it's gona take to fnish this survey
What was the last thing u ate: I almost swallowed a piece of gum last night
How is the weather right now? getting toasty
Who was the last person u talked to on the phone: my mom
Last Dream you can remember? My cat was talking to this neighbor cat in our patio but they both looked very sphinxlike
Who are you talking to right now: myself
What time is it: 9:34 AM

***************MORE ABOUT YOU!*********************

What are the last four digits of your phone number: 55^2
If you were any color crayon, what color would you be: right now? forest green sounds good right now
Ever almost died: when I had a (I hate to admit this) Bush-like choking incident, except mine was Diet DP.
Do u like the person that sent u this: I cut and pasted it from Elise's.
How do u eat an Oreo: ugh, first I twist off one end. If that works, then I eat the cookie that has the most filling, then I eat the other hald
What makes you happy: it varies, but probably inner peace
What cd are you going to buy next: Hard to say
What's the best advice ever given to you: "Life sucks, and then you die"
Have u ever won any special award: A few, but I don't think they're worthy of mention
What are your future goals? not having to work when I'm retired.
Do u like to dance: DDR and that's it
Worst sickness u ever had: I get sick a lot, so it's hard to say
What's the stupidest thing u ever done: last Monday.... friend..... bonfire..... styrofoam packaging..... gag
What's your favorite memory: wow, it's sad that I can't think of one quickly. The first won that comes to mind was when I won Mathcounts at State
If u could change anything about you what would it be? Go from flab to fab in just minutes a day!
Where do you shop the most: Target?
How many kids do you want to have: If I screw up like that, then 2
Son's name: Charles Woodrow or Alvin Clarence (not really, but they sound funny)
Daughter's name: Louisa Abigail or Michelin Rosanne
Do you do drugs: just prescription
Do you drink: soda, of course. but none of the other stuff
Shampoo and Conditioner do you use: Whatever the blue bottle of H&S is
What sport do you hate the most: maybe boxing
What are you most scared of: driving, knowing I bring the demise of everyone I know and care for, etc
How many TV's do you have: 3, bt only 1 works
Phone lines?: cell line
Do sleep with a stuffed animal: Used to. Jack still sits on my bookcase
Who do you tell your dreams to?: all you guys
Who's the loudest friend you have?: a lot of them are kinda loud I think
Who's the quietest friend?: maybe Alice
Is Cheerleading a sport?: give me a Y. Give me an E! Give me a... wait how do you spell that?
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop? 174
Which came first, the chicken or the egg: the egg

**************YOU and LOVE************************

Do you believe in Love: sure
Do you have a girlfriend or boyfriend: um no
Do you have a crush: no my fridge is empty. We have Diet Coke, though.
Who is your crush: oh! that kind. Well N/A
Will you send this to your crush: N/A
Do you believe in Love at first sight: its really iffy.
Where would u like to go on your honeymoon? Don't ask me why, cuz I don't know, but Cincinnati
What song do you want played at your wedding?: "You've lost that loving feeling" by the Righteous Brothers
What's the first thing you notice about the opposite sex?: face?
Longest crush: there was a girl I had a small crush on for a while in drama, but then I realized she was self centered and not that cool
Are you shy to ask someone out?: if I weren't, she'd be mine already
Who do you want to spend the rest of your life with: which life?
Are you a virgin?: I would hope so.
***************WHICH IS WORSE:**********************
Making out with Marilyn Manson or Rob Zombie: Rob, cuz Marilyn is a hot..wait.. ew no
Whats worse having your tonsils or appendix removed?: my appendix cuz then I'd have neither

***********ON GUYS (for girls only) ***********

Boxers or brief?
Six pack or muscular arms:
Good or bad guys:
Hat or no hat:
Ears pierced or not:
tan or no tan:
Stubble or neatly shaven:
Rugged or sporty:
Studly or cutie:
Glasses:
Smart or dumb: smart.
What sport should he play:
Dependent (whipped) or independent:

***** ON GIRLS (for guys only)*****

Granny panties or thongs: grannies, cuz less is more
Painted nails or not: not
Regular or sports bra: both, but not at the same time
Bra straps showing or not: not
Cute n' mysterious or wild n' sexy: more 1 than 2
Dark or blonde hair: no biggie
Long or short hair: no biggie
Curly or straight hair: no biggie
Dark, light, or crazy cool eyes: crazy eyes
Long or short nails: short so they don't make me bleed
Hat or no hat: If its THAT GIRL then a hat is a must
Good or bad girl: good
Hair up or down: no biggie
Jewelry or none: preferably none
Tall or short: no biggie
Pants or dress: no biggie, whatever they're comfortable in
Tan or fair: no biggie
Glasses: why not?
Pretty indoor chick or crazy party chick: the first one
Freckles or none: no biggie
Shy or outgoing : bit of both
Funny or always cool: bit of both
Talkative or shy: bit of both

**************** PICK ONE: THIS OR THAT****************

Lights on/off: generally off
Sun or rain: rain, yes
Micky D's (McDonalds) or (burger king): McDonalds cuz they have more mascots that are less freaky
Do u like scary or happy movies better: happy
Backstreet Boys or NSYNC: If you asked me this like 7 years ago, I'd say both, but meh kudos to BSB for bothering to do another album
On the phone or in person: in person's better, but I still get nervous
Paper or plastic: paper cuz now the plastic bags at Safeway SUCK
Sausage or pepperoni: depends on the time of day
Summer or winter: fall
Hugs or kisses: can't say
Chocolate or white chocolate: chocolate
Root Beer or Dr. Pepper: see, this is an unfair question becasue the two products and not comparable substitutes. ie Coke vs Pepsi or Sprite vs Sierra Mist are comparable rivalries, but that's like saying who's better: the pole vaulter or the curlingt team? Cuz I like em both, dammit
Glass half full or half empty: partially capacitated
Video Tape or DVD: DVD
Cats or Dogs: cats
Mud or Jell-O wrestling: Jell-O, cuz then you could lick it off
Vanilla or Chocolate: vanilla
Skiing or Boarding: skiing
Pie or Cake: Cake
Diamond or pearl: just bling in general
Sunset or sunrise: Sunrise

***************YOUR FAVORITES*******************

Color: aquamarine for the time being
Food: Chinese sounds goos right now
Fast Food: Those 99 cent Chicken Sandwiches from Jack In The Box aren't half bad
Candy: Butterfinger or Skittles
Flavor: Lime or black Cherry
Sport to watch: Beach volleyball
Music: it varies
Station: The Music Choice Rock Channel on TV
Song: "Be Yourself" by Audioslave cuz the guitar rocks!!!!
Number(s): 17
Actor or Actress: oh, what's her name? You know, the hot one.
Fav. Month: I know early May is my least favorite and late May is my favorite
Show: Lingo, The Daily Show, family Guy-o
Board Game: Trivial Pursuit still holds up well
Saying: I do the whole "like" thing like way too often for my own good

*********************** EVER***********************

Loved someone so much it makes you cry: nope
Drank: I was too young to remember it
Broke the law: I Jaywalked last month :(
Ran from the cops?: no
Stole something: yes, some stickers for the SUPER MARIO BROTHERS movie
Tried to kill yourself: thought about it

*************** ON A FINAL NOTE***************

Do you like filling these out: sometimes.
Do you want your friends to write back: if they want to
Who is least likely to respond? no se
Any last words you would like to say: "Well be right back after these messages"

another weird dream

perhaps inspired by my degree claims, I had a freaky weird dream last night. It consisted of 3 parts:

1. So I'm at what I guess is the UofA, and they assign us all into different groups, probably of 12 or 16 people. The group I was in was doing something I had no input in, let alone no one would clue me in on what even the assignment was or what we were working on. I tried to ask, but they kept ignoring me. Somebody kept saying "Engineer" a lot.

2. Then I'm at some school that I associated as UHS (though it clearly wasn't) for some kind of class reunion party. Zach Raves' band was playing some set, but I headed over to the volleyball courts, and no one would let me in. The one time the volleyball landed by me off the court as I tried to hit it back it wound up going in reverse.

Now for the weird part.

2 (continued). SO I head back to where the music was playing and I spot this treehouse type of building. I head inside, and there's this GOth/Satanic-like shrine in the corner. I looked at it for like 2 seconds, but got disgusted by the images and all the redness. The room was maroon. Suddenly I hear what sounds like a young baby crying. I turn around, and I see Ms. Balzer reading a book. She looked upset the first time I saw her but then she looked fine after a double take. She showed me this book she was reading; it was about animals, and it was one of those dual sided books, you know, if you go to the back cover it's actually a different book. So the first side was about basic, common animals: cats, ducks, and I distinctively remember seeing a hamster picture. Then she flipped it around and it was about all of these rare, obscure, unknown animals that have no other name besides their scientific designation. Then the music from outside ends and one guy dressed in all black was apparently looking for me. He asked me to put my finger of the back of a suction cup that he was taking out of his pocket as he spoke. It looked clean and unmarked, so I did so. Then he squeezed my finger into it a little more for a fingerprint or something, and this other lady whom I hadn't noticed before started laughing. Afterwards I get out and start looking for a car.

3. I'm with my mom in some sort of parking garage. She says she doesn't feel well and wants me to go get her some McDonalds. So I get out an next thing I know I'm at some sort of fancy looking food court with a McDonalds at the far end. So I'm squeezing thorugh all these tables and stuff trying to get to Mockey D's and I notice A LOT of people from school, just all over sitting and chatting. Then I'm at a corner and I can't remember for the sake of me which way I was going or what direction I was coming from. So I make my way thorugh a bunch of tables when I see all the UHS alum and I realize that I'm back where I started at. SO I make my way AGAIN through the plethora of chairs and tables and make my way to the McDonalds. They have a little Chinese girl on the intercom, suposedly looking for her parents cause she sounded upset, that's my best guess at least cuz she was speaking in chinese. So at last I make it to the counter and the cashier guy is trying to deuce me into getting two drinks because of the super cool contest they had. But I said no and just ordered a chicken sandwich combo, but I can't recall if I was buying it for my mom or myself. The gu really wanted me to buy a 46 oz. drink.

So yeah, see what summer vacation does to me? I've already got cabin fever, no thanks to you people :!) Somebody, please make headway of this.

I think I has the solution

I shall graduate with honors with a major in Mechanical Engineering and QUADRUPLE MINOR in math, econ, psychology, and Spanish. There; it's that simple.

Now I will see this in the morning and wonder what was in that soda I drank.

Memory overload

So like I said a while ago, I need to clean my room. Mom is for some reason 100% confident that I'll need to take my bookcase to the UofA with me, and the only way to properly do that is to go through ALL the papers and keep only the REAL important ones. But I'm a packrat at heart. So as I was looking thorugh all the scrap papers I had, so many memories came flooding back. And it was weird. I was particularly fond of some of the things I still had from Mr. Colville's class: my vocab sentences, my Trojan Horse play, an essay/story about Noah and the Great Flood I titled "Ark! The Herald Angels sing!" among others.

I threw out finally 80% of my geometry notebook from Mr. Roberts' class as well as 90% of my Junior Spanish Notebook. Those ones felt good. Then I found a bunch of MathCounts worksheets and a complete chronology of my PreCalc/ Trig homework. The fact that I had it so well organized shows how much UHS changes a person, or maybe just life in general. I was such a good little student. What happened?

Then I found this one page that made absolutely no sense whatsoever. It was about 3-armed people playing softball, because if they played baseball they would hit their heads too much. I don't think I tossed it away, but I might've.

It's just so weird, like my bookcase was a time capsule of my academic history since I moved up here to Tucson. and now that I have one and a half garbage bags full of papers from that period, it just feels a little odd. Not empty, per se, but more like unfull.

I'm about half done with my bookcase now, and I still have to go through the area around my desk and my closet. Who knows what other long-lost goodies I will scrounge up? Only time will tell. BUt for the time being my room looks even worse then it did before since I have piles of books and old college brochures strewn about the carpet.

I forgot to mention that as I was cleaning I found the copy of HHG2G (or HG2TG or however you guys say it) that I bought at O' Hare on my way back from MIT. That day I read like 80, 90 pages, and now I'm almost finished with it. This will mark the first time I've read a non-school book from start to finish in quite a while, so it's a start. Is the movie still playing anywhere, and if so does it go beyond the first book so I'd have to invest in more literature?

And as for my continuing struggles of the college major, I've been looking into a major in Engineering mathematics w/ minors in Econ and Psychology. And I was freaking out about choosing between 4 colleges! NOw I have a much larger number of possibilities and it seems like they're all drops of water, interchanging and constantly moving between the surface and the bottom.

All of my APUSH historian articles are in the trash. !hallelujah! And check out the Foo FIghters' "Best of You" video if you get the chance. It's cool weird, like mega sensory overload. The balloons made me feel like crying. Cursed balloons. Now I've never liked balloons my entire life; I dread them more than I enjoy them cuz I'm always afraid that they're gonna pop for some reason and make that noise thta hurts my ears, so I try and avoid them whenever possible, but just seeing that whole group of them floating off, with no direction, with no way to fight, just each other... Crap I feel like watching the li'l brudder show now or just watching the sbemail that started it.

arts and crafts nostalgia

We should definitely do this sometime, either now or once school starts up, cuz it looks like it would make somebody's day. I mean, if I saw one of these it would make mine!

on second thought

Now double majoring in Physics and Astronomy doesn't seem like a half-bad idea.

But, of course, I'm a rather indecisive person, and if I could go to college for next to nothing for 20 more years I probably would.

Is triple minoring looked down upon?

pregunta de bailar

Hey, this is directed to anyone who can help me out w/ something. Apparently there is a new dancing game called IN The Groove slated for PS2 release in like the next week or two. My question is DOES ANYONE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS GAME???!!! It says that they have a machine at Golf N' Stuff, but I wouldn't know since I don't get out much. So my 1 major question is:

Is this worth the 40 bucks that it's been MSRP'ed, or is this just a rip off of DDR? Or is it an improvement? I heard a sample of the music on the official website, but it seems more than just a little canned for my taste. Am I just misinformed and this is the next best thing since sliced bread or is this a total waste of time?

I heard that it has these weird shit things you can do like make the arrows rotate or spin around or (can you believe it?) make the player hit 3 or all 4 steps at once. Would those really make a difference, or are they just cheap bonuses?

If you know, I'd like to know.

And we were worried about the border patrol down here!

The 1 2 Step

God I really need to work back up my DDR stamina. After 2 songs I was completely exhausted and drenching from the head down- surely not a sight for anyone's eyes. With about 8, 9 songs under my belt from yesterday, with most of them in Standard Mode (cuz, serioulsy, I'm not THAT good!) now my whole lower body ached this morning. I think all the songs ranged from like 5 feet to 7 feet: I did do one song on Heavy- Share My Love; I just like the little off steps cuz its's like do de-do do do do de-do.

But now I really have to clean my room. I started by putting most of my clothes on hangres, and after just that it looks reasonable tidier. But my desk is a hellzone, just cuz it has all my papers of my UHS history pretty much, so it's gonna take a while to go thorugh those. I should keep just the important papers, like tests or those Spanish assignments from freshman year when the temporary Senyora Caballero put little smiley stickers on EVERYTHING! But I get too freakin' attached to my stuff, and it's really unhealthy.

Maybe I should do a Psychology minor and figure out my own dreams and what they mean. Or could I get a History minor with my APUSH credit as a guide? But what would I do with a History Minor? It would be cool, but cool doesn't equal money in the long run, unless you're on a game show.

Ooh, the possibilities.

academic suicide

How do I get myself into these things? So I finished my UofA orientation, and why do I torture myself so? I have 5 classes, 3 of them honors, and a lab. So it goes.

Mondays:
12-1250
Chem 105A-subgroup 001H (The fundamentals of chemistry) (The H indicates honors)
in Chem 134

1-150
Math 223 (Vector calc, and this was like the only one available for me)
ENGR 304

3-350
ENGR102- subgroup 007H (Introduction to Engineering)
PAS 201 (Physical and Atmospheric Sciences)

Tuesday:
8-915 AM
TRAD 102-046 (The Beginnings and Roots of Western Culture)
M LNG 350

930-1045 AM
English 109H-007
Educ 535

11-1150
Chem
now @ KOFFL 216

1-150
Math

Wednesday:
9-950
Engineering 102
now @ Comm 206
same chem as Monday
same Math as before

Th:same TRAD as Tuedsay
same English as Tuesday
Same Math
6-850 (PM!!!)
Chem 104A-049 (Chem Lab?)
KOFFL 521

Friday:
Same Engineering as Weds
Same Math

So at least I only have two classes on Friday, and don't start on Monday til noon. Sleep-ins make me happy.

But so now I've orientated, but I'm seriously think of just dropping my TRAD class, cuz as of now I have 17 credits pending, and I'm just not sure if I wanna go in full blast. I could hold off on calc, but the longer I wait the sooner I forget. Oh well, at least my housing is still up in the air. And I'm still up in the air about a minor, whether or not I should even think about it. The Aerospace Eng curriculum is very similar to the Mech Eng routine, so I could get a minor in Aero w/o too much addt'l work and look a little more well rounded.

I took a Language Placement Test on Tuesday, and it only took 10 minutes to determine that I was well efficient as Spanish (I could sign up for Spanish 253, which is like 5th semester language or something). So I don't have to take ANY language classes to fufill the general requirements for graduation. That's good, but placement is not the same as credit, and if I don't get a 5 on the Spanish AP then I'm in trouble about continuing with Spanish as a possible minor. And Astromony and Econ are still in contention.

But now its pary time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And Alice, I'm sorry I forgot to give you your graduation card.

I spent most of the UofA time with Zach Raves and Sean Whitsitt. We had a lot of fun playing pool for Free and Eating Panda Express for next to nothing (My meal cost 49 cents!) It was pretty cool overall; I just hated all the walking, but I better get used to that might soon, especially since the dorm I put at the top of my list is SOUTH of campus. And Arabic is the new Chinese.