Friday, May 30, 2003
A Backstreet Boys song was playing. My dad hears it and says, "Who's imitating Britney Spears? A guy?"
Wednesday, May 28, 2003
- Movie Idea: Neo and John Connor join forces to fight the war against the machines. After an intense rave/orgy, they make plans for the upcoming battle. At the same time, the Matrix and Skynet sign a multi-billion dollar merger, spelling certain doom for the human resistance. After an intense rave/orgy, the corporate giants start production on a new line of Arnold Agents and Smith-inators. Meanwhile, back at the X-Mansion, Professor X uses Cerebro to notify all the mutants in the world about the upcoming Mutant Rave-o-thon Celebration 2003. After much Kung Fu, car chases, and explosions, everyone dies and meets God, who turns out to be Jim Carrey. "Alllllrighty then," says God, flanked by a cadre of Charlie's Angels. "Let's get this party started." And Neo's like, "God, why are you speaking through your buttocks?"
It's good to see the sun again. The flight back was lame. I went to the airport early cause my parents were worried about the higher level of security alert. Thus, I sat in the gate lobby for about two and a half hours. It was boring and I fell asleep and almost missed the plane. Then, a long 3 hour layover in Chicago. There were these 4 ditzy looking and sounding girls on the plane next to me. I started to feel more stupid just sitting near them. Wow, they had never seen the ocean before. Salty water (or rather dihydrogen oxide with a little sodium chloride mixed in). So very exciting. Whee, I'm excited...wheee... Anyway, the landing sucked. It was the steepest descent I had ever been on.
In other news, I was reading Matrix and Philosophy on the plane. There's one article where the guy is talking about how the sense of taste comes into play in the Matrix. "Neo eats the cookie, but, significantly, he doesn't seem to enjoy in very much." Now I wonder, is that supposed to be a valid point of the movie or was it just part of Keanu Reeves' no expression acting.
In other news, I was reading Matrix and Philosophy on the plane. There's one article where the guy is talking about how the sense of taste comes into play in the Matrix. "Neo eats the cookie, but, significantly, he doesn't seem to enjoy in very much." Now I wonder, is that supposed to be a valid point of the movie or was it just part of Keanu Reeves' no expression acting.
Monday, May 26, 2003
Got back yesterday. More on this story later, but first...
In other news, it's time for me to go to sleep. Note that the time stamp is Boston time. I dunno if I'm gonna switch it.
In other news, it's time for me to go to sleep. Note that the time stamp is Boston time. I dunno if I'm gonna switch it.
Thursday, May 22, 2003
Crippling Depression is about Caltech, but it's just like my life here at MIT. This would describe my life exactly right now. The Tech should just buy the comic from them and run it instead of the lame comics that people draw here.
Monday, May 19, 2003
Last year, I had zero period English. So I saw the sunrise. This year, I go to MIT. So I see the sunrise.
Difference is last year I saw it after I woke up and this year I see it before I go to sleep.
Difference is last year I saw it after I woke up and this year I see it before I go to sleep.
Saturday, May 17, 2003
Voodoo is unfunny. They like to call themselves "MIT's only intentionally funny publication." There's one problem though. They are the only ones that possibly believe that. The Onion is funny, obviously.
Half of Voodoo is inside jokes that only the staffers and ex-staffers understand. The other half is forced jokes that are understood to be jokes but are not funny or things that are supposed to be jokes cannot by any measure of imagination be interpreted as a joke. Then a small part of it is recycled jokes that everyone knows already and thus fail to be humorous. Their satire is either predictable or nonexistant. Sadly, I have to say that Maddox, who I hate with a passion, is better than this. Whoa, I can't believe that I just said that considering I once wrote a post on him and deleted it due to the extreme hate that it contained.
Half of Voodoo is inside jokes that only the staffers and ex-staffers understand. The other half is forced jokes that are understood to be jokes but are not funny or things that are supposed to be jokes cannot by any measure of imagination be interpreted as a joke. Then a small part of it is recycled jokes that everyone knows already and thus fail to be humorous. Their satire is either predictable or nonexistant. Sadly, I have to say that Maddox, who I hate with a passion, is better than this. Whoa, I can't believe that I just said that considering I once wrote a post on him and deleted it due to the extreme hate that it contained.
"so if you look at the reaction: Stupid + Learning ----> Smart. There are several ways to increase the reaction rate. The obvious would be to just increase the learning. I, however opt for a more revolutionary approach. By LeChatlier's Principle, if I just increase my stupidity, the reaction should sky rocket."
Took that out of christiniekins profile. The arguement is correct in a way. However, if you consider that really stupid people have a lot of easy stuff that they can learn. Thus, the reaction goes faster. However, as more "stupid" goes to "smart" the rate of reaction drops due to the difficulty of the subject matter to be learned. This can be translated into the difficulty of collision between "stupid" and "learning" that is needed for the reaction to continue (as in learning that last stupid part is hard because the topic is hard). So in actuality, increasing the learning is the only way to speed the reaction. Not to mention that learning is most likely a catalyst.
In other news, that just then was so insanely nerdy, I feel the need to post something insanely stupid.
Took that out of christiniekins profile. The arguement is correct in a way. However, if you consider that really stupid people have a lot of easy stuff that they can learn. Thus, the reaction goes faster. However, as more "stupid" goes to "smart" the rate of reaction drops due to the difficulty of the subject matter to be learned. This can be translated into the difficulty of collision between "stupid" and "learning" that is needed for the reaction to continue (as in learning that last stupid part is hard because the topic is hard). So in actuality, increasing the learning is the only way to speed the reaction. Not to mention that learning is most likely a catalyst.
In other news, that just then was so insanely nerdy, I feel the need to post something insanely stupid.
Friday, May 16, 2003
Thursday, May 15, 2003
People talking about The Matrix Reloaded piss me off.
Stupid comparing between the first one and this one. Whether or not the plot and philosophy lived up to the original? Things they should have or shouldn't have done. This is stupid. At least wait until The Matrix Revolutions comes out in November before seriously talking about anything. Obviously, a lot of things happened in this movie that set up stuff for the next one. The first one could stand alone because they didn't plan for a sequel, but this one obviously does have continuity with another movie.
Basically, it depends on your expectations. Personally, I feel I had high expectations in general and for certain details and explainations. However, I was satisfied with the job that they did. But I have also watched most of The Animatrix and read essays about the movie (like The Matrix and Philosophy). In some ways it helps me understand certain elements and in other ways rose my expectations of what the movie needed.
Now call me a hypocrite but I really haven't said anything about the movie except that I liked it.
Stupid comparing between the first one and this one. Whether or not the plot and philosophy lived up to the original? Things they should have or shouldn't have done. This is stupid. At least wait until The Matrix Revolutions comes out in November before seriously talking about anything. Obviously, a lot of things happened in this movie that set up stuff for the next one. The first one could stand alone because they didn't plan for a sequel, but this one obviously does have continuity with another movie.
Basically, it depends on your expectations. Personally, I feel I had high expectations in general and for certain details and explainations. However, I was satisfied with the job that they did. But I have also watched most of The Animatrix and read essays about the movie (like The Matrix and Philosophy). In some ways it helps me understand certain elements and in other ways rose my expectations of what the movie needed.
Now call me a hypocrite but I really haven't said anything about the movie except that I liked it.
Matrix Reloaded was great.
I got to see it at the earliest showing in Boston (and probably in the world). 7:00PM April 14. That's a day early than the release and the one screening earlier than the other 5 advanced screenings around 10:00PM. Yeah, it rocked.
I got to see it at the earliest showing in Boston (and probably in the world). 7:00PM April 14. That's a day early than the release and the one screening earlier than the other 5 advanced screenings around 10:00PM. Yeah, it rocked.
Sunday, May 11, 2003
Saturday, May 10, 2003
I was checking my counter for site references and apparently I'm ranked 13th on MSN search of "college anal girl".
Because at some point in my college blog, I said the words "college," "girl," and "anal" in the same paragraph.
Amazing, I am the top reference from MSN on "MIT acceptances". It's sort of cool that my little college blog is ranked up there, strangely, I'm ranked higher than actual MIT sites.
Other counter related stuff:
Got a hit from someone searching for "harvard easier than MIT." Then, there was that time I complained about this thing called MessageApp. I get a lot of hits from that too. Got a few references from phrases similar to "cutco sucks." Then, I got a bunch from people searching for music. Which reminds me that I need to upload some new songs, but I'm so lazy I'm not gonna do that right now. Of course, there's a bunch of strange ones like "naked pictures "pizzeria uno" -madonna -eye -eyes".
Because at some point in my college blog, I said the words "college," "girl," and "anal" in the same paragraph.
Amazing, I am the top reference from MSN on "MIT acceptances". It's sort of cool that my little college blog is ranked up there, strangely, I'm ranked higher than actual MIT sites.
Other counter related stuff:
Got a hit from someone searching for "harvard easier than MIT." Then, there was that time I complained about this thing called MessageApp. I get a lot of hits from that too. Got a few references from phrases similar to "cutco sucks." Then, I got a bunch from people searching for music. Which reminds me that I need to upload some new songs, but I'm so lazy I'm not gonna do that right now. Of course, there's a bunch of strange ones like "naked pictures "pizzeria uno" -madonna -eye -eyes".
Friday, May 9, 2003
bor ob din (8:09:57 PM): hay
shoefliepie (8:10:03 PM): hay!
bor ob din (8:10:13 PM): holy crap
shoefliepie (8:10:21 PM): about hwat?
bor ob din (8:10:22 PM): no one has ever said hay back to me
shoefliepie (8:10:30 PM): hahaha
bor ob din (8:10:33 PM): they always do some lame thing like "is for horses"
shoefliepie (8:10:03 PM): hay!
bor ob din (8:10:13 PM): holy crap
shoefliepie (8:10:21 PM): about hwat?
bor ob din (8:10:22 PM): no one has ever said hay back to me
shoefliepie (8:10:30 PM): hahaha
bor ob din (8:10:33 PM): they always do some lame thing like "is for horses"
Late night ramen session.
Reminds me of this one time that my brother and I were on a flight to Taiwan and we asked for ramen over and over. We probably had 7 cups each. Then, they actually ran out of ramen and kept giving us sandwiches. We had like 3 or 4 of those.
Reminds me of this one time that my brother and I were on a flight to Taiwan and we asked for ramen over and over. We probably had 7 cups each. Then, they actually ran out of ramen and kept giving us sandwiches. We had like 3 or 4 of those.
Wednesday, May 7, 2003
Some might want to start the same thing in the US.
If there ever existed a person deserving of a prank, it would be this person.
If there ever existed a person deserving of a prank, it would be this person.
Snow in May is good. Well...only if it's on a computer.
In other news, I'm watching The Matrix Reloaded on the May 14th. Yup, special early screening. I know the action is going to be excellent, but will it live up to it's predecessor's philisophical side? The Matrix is quite possibly one of the most well done movies ever. It addresses one of the most basic philosophical questions: is what we perceive as reality actually reality or a complicated "dream"? Or put another way, could this reality be the dream and the dream of this reality the actual reality? I bought The Matrix and Philosphy a while ago but haven't been able to get through it yet. So far though, it has basically confirmed the ideas I already understood but with specific references. This site also offers a lot of useful ideas. And this is just damn cool.
In other news, I'm watching The Matrix Reloaded on the May 14th. Yup, special early screening. I know the action is going to be excellent, but will it live up to it's predecessor's philisophical side? The Matrix is quite possibly one of the most well done movies ever. It addresses one of the most basic philosophical questions: is what we perceive as reality actually reality or a complicated "dream"? Or put another way, could this reality be the dream and the dream of this reality the actual reality? I bought The Matrix and Philosphy a while ago but haven't been able to get through it yet. So far though, it has basically confirmed the ideas I already understood but with specific references. This site also offers a lot of useful ideas. And this is just damn cool.
Monday, May 5, 2003
Gah! I just saw the trailers for The Italian Job and Shaolin Soccer. They both give away the entire movie. That ruins the movie when you actually see it because you know certain things are going to happen. Not good for a grifter movie like The Italian Job. Also, the American release of Shaolin Soccer looks like it's going to suck a lot. The dubbing is entirely inaccurate and adds American pop culture references and is entirely too FOBy. (Also, Window Media called it a "hip new flick," however its been out for 2 years in Asia and I think the DVD was imported already.)
MIT is helping better the world of urinal users (why are women trying it out?) with this nifty device. This video might help you visualize exactly what it does.
In other news, people not at MIT have too much time on their hands as well.
In other news, people not at MIT have too much time on their hands as well.
Sunday, May 4, 2003
Illegal activities to counter other illegal activities are illegal. Seriously. When a companies even think about creating viruses and trojans to send to users, it's wrong. What else is wrong with the RIAA? Selling shiny plastic discs for $15.
The strangest scene of Ocean's Eleven is after the poker game. All the stars walk out and get asked for autographs. Then, George Clooney and Brad Pitt walk out unnoticed. It seems to be that their the biggest stars walking out. It's a strange cameo because the stars are playing themselves while Brad Pitt and George Clooney are playing non-celebrities.
Saturday, May 3, 2003
Baker rooming lottery results:
320 riverview double with a freshman. I don't like it though. I wanted a 4-6 floor single on the west wing. Stupid shitty lottery number. 47 out of 60. I guess I'm gonna enter the summer lottery of rejects. Well, not exactly rejects. More like people who don't want their rooms plus all the rooms that don't have anyone in it. That's sort of like rejection if you think really hard about it.
320 riverview double with a freshman. I don't like it though. I wanted a 4-6 floor single on the west wing. Stupid shitty lottery number. 47 out of 60. I guess I'm gonna enter the summer lottery of rejects. Well, not exactly rejects. More like people who don't want their rooms plus all the rooms that don't have anyone in it. That's sort of like rejection if you think really hard about it.
Friday, May 2, 2003
Airtoons. Reminiscent of those linked in this
In other news, I'm sick...with SARS. Just kidding. It's only a sore throat. I thought I was gonna get by frosh year without getting sick, but it didn't work out.
In other news, I'm sick...with SARS. Just kidding. It's only a sore throat. I thought I was gonna get by frosh year without getting sick, but it didn't work out.
Thursday, May 1, 2003
Stole this link to a cool video from Diana.
In other news, I found the following slightly interesting:
Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.
Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.
Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.
Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both Presidents were shot in the head.
Now it gets really weird.
Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln.
Both were assassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.
Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.
John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.
Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both names are composed of fifteen letters.
Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.
In other news, I found the following slightly interesting:
Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.
Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.
Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.
Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both Presidents were shot in the head.
Now it gets really weird.
Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln.
Both were assassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.
Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.
John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.
Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both names are composed of fifteen letters.
Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.
