Zhou Dynasty

Today Today I went to my 2361 lab and finished it like 5 mins, all because my partner and I met up on Sunday and pretty much did most of the work. It was pretty weird going to the CSCI building on a Sunday night and seeing people there and also being one yourself. After our lab, Danny and I helped two white guys to learn how to play Mah-jong. It was fun and they had a good time, they had to learn about the game for a presentation in class. For lunch I went to Dragon Court with Julie, Amy, Danny, and Will. Oh yeah, Will's got a new buzz...very short. Busy Week Wow I got two midterms on Friday and then one more on Monday. The ones on Friday shouldn't be too bad but the one on Monday is going to be challenging. Just for those of you who care, EE2361 & CS2011 on Friday and EE3015 on Monday. Happy Birthday Helen! My friend Helen from New Orleans who I met on the internet like 8 years ago is turning 21 today! CASA Site Yes I've been working on the site lately, it's got a new look, check it out again sometime. Word of the Day labanotation (lah-buh-noh-TAY-shun) noun, also Labanotation A system of notating details of a dance movement on a staff.

Yes I'm still alive Ok now that the first wave of midterms are over, I'm able to write something down on the blog again. I took 3 midterms in the past week and the results were not bad, better than average. Damn I missed a lot of stuff here, I should've kept up with the blog. Hmmm....let me think of what I did... This weekend, ummmm...CASA had their Game Night, it was kind of lame, people were just sitting around and stuff. I went to downtown Minneapolis this weekend with Lisa and David just to roam around and look for a dance club but we didn't find one. I went to Ryan's house party finally, it was pretty cool. My cousin Jon came up to visit as well. And last night I went to Edina to see the Audi 200 that I'm gonna get soon. It's a 1989 Audi that's an equivalent of a Audi A8 today.

Sitting Idle Wow it's so nice to have your professor forget to assign homework this week. It's Thursday and I've had nothing to do since Wednesday! Last night a group of us went to Mystic Lake for their seafood buffet. We waited so fucking long that some of us almost fainted. The people who went were Steve, Levong, David, Lisa, Jaime and Will. We left campus at around 6:15 and didn't get their till about 7:45 because of the traffic. Then we waited in line for like 2 hours. Those long agonizing hours of wait felt kind of short because we made of a game called Three Way Rock Paper Scissor. It was an awesome game that we playing until we were about to pay. I was the undefeated champion that night with 4 wins and no losses. By the time our group got to our table, we were ready to attack and ravage them. Steve and I employed our buffet-eating tactics carefully and we raped them pretty hard. Everyone else did okay, better than I expected. We didn't get home until 12:30. When we got home, Me, Steve, Levong and Xai watched A Chinese Ghost Story Part 2. That movie was awesome, it was so funny. Yeah so that was my Wednesday and this is what happens when profs forget to assign homework.

Car Update Yes I bought that 89 Audi but it's home right now cuz we don't have insurance for it yet. Once we get the insurance and a parking spot on campus I'll probably bring it. The other day when I was trying to get good at driving it, I stalled it twice at two different stop lights. There was a car behind me and I felt pressured to do good on the first gear, it was just too much pressure and I messed up. At one stoplight I had to actually put on my distress signal to tell the car behind me to pass. It was so embarassing, but good thing it was at night and they didn't see who I am...haha.

How to Beat Telemarketers! I suppose some degree of commerce would grind to a halt if telephone solicitors weren't able to call people at home during the dinner hour. But that doesn't make it any more pleasant. Now Steve Rubenstein, a writer for the San Francisco Chronicle, has proposed "Three Little Words," based on his brief experience in a telemarketing operation that would stop the nuisance for all time. The three little words are "Hold On, Please." Saying this while putting down your phone and walking off, instead of hanging up immediately, would make each telemarketing call so time-consuming that boiler rooms would grind to a halt. When you eventually hear the phone company's beep-beep -beep tone, you know it's time to go back and hang up your handset, which has efficiently completed its task. Fight Unwanted Mail! When you get ads in your phone or utility bill, include them with the payment---let the companies throw them away. When you get those pre approved letters in the mail for everything from credit cards to 2nd mortgages and junk like that, most of them come with postage paid return envelopes, right? Well, why not get rid of some of your other junk mail and put it in these cool little envelopes! Send an ad for your local chimney cleaner to American Express. Send the pizza coupon to Citibank. If you didn't get anything else that day then just send them their application back! If you want to remain anonymous, just make sure your name isn't on anything you send them. You can send it back empty if you want to--just to keep them guessing! Eventually, the banks and credit card companies will begin getting their junk mail back in the mail. Let's let them know what it's like to get junk mail, and the best of it is that they're paying for it! Twice! Let's help keep our postal service busy since they say e-mail is cutting into their business, and that's why they need to increase postage again!

I WON SOMETHING! Yes! Yesterday I found out that I won a pair of tickets to go "The Truth About Charlie" from StarTribune. I'm gonna go see it tonight! My new mentor Yes I got a new mentor this year, his name is Dave and he works for Mel Foster. He sounds like a really cool guy, he just graduated from EE 2 years ago.

I'm getting new lappy! A few days ago, I placed an order with Dell for a new laptop. It's an Inspiron 8200 with 1.6Ghz, 128mb, 40gb, and has a 64mb geforce4. I can't wait till it arrives. Except I checked the status of the order and it's been in the Testing phase for a whole day! Other good news, I got a 97/100 on my last Discrete Math test, I haven't gotten such a high score since freshman year. Everyone should come visit our bathroom here at W312 cuz Steve and I just cleaned that bitch and now it's so clean you can eat off the tub!

Birthday Today is my birthday! 21...that's old.