February 2008
Inglés and f(x) = xsquared - 9, f(x) = 0
okay, i may be changing my mind about English though we’ll have to wait and see. it’s nice to be asked for help from someone new.
January 2008
“proximity without intimacy.”
– Dante’s definition of hell from Dante’s Inferno.
weird words and phrases i've picked up
“BFD” — from Michael, from THE OFFICE. “frak/frakkin’” — picked it up from all the Battlestar Gallactica fans on the internet. “what’s the haps?” — don’t know why i’ve started saying this one. “ditto that, my brother.” — from Creed, from THE OFFICE. “dirty slutbag!” — something i...
Heath Ledger, 1979 - 2008
maybe it’s because i haven’t really had anyone in my family die. my dad’s father died when he was really young and my dad’s mother (Granny, as we used to call her) passed away when i was ten. and the only thing i remember from that was being happy that it happened on a Sunday because that meant i could stay home and not go to church. my mom’s uncle, whom we took...
some funny quotes from The Office, BBC version
Tim: Team leader don’t mean anything, mate.
Gareth: Excuse me, it means I’m the leader of a team.
Tim: No it doesn't. It’s a title someone’s given you to get you to do something they don’t want to do, for free. Right? It’s like making a div kid at school milk monitor. No one respects it.
Gareth: I think they do.
Tim: No, they don’t, Gareth.
Gareth: Er, yes they do, because if people were rude to me then I used to give them their milk last, so it was warm.
Tim: It's like an alarm clock's gone off, and I've just got to get away. I think it was John Lennon who said: "Life is what happens when you're making other plans.", and that's how I feel. Although he also said: "I am the Walrus; I am the egg-man" so I don't know what to believe.
final results
LDIR final: 90% on the essay, ?? on the PowerPoint grade: A (according to the report card i got weeks later) Computer Programming final: 99%, A+ grade: around 95%, A Psychology final: 96%, A grade: 90.5%, A- Government final: 90%, A- grade: around 97%, A+ English final: 92%, A grade: around 81%, B- Tennis final: none grade: A
my favorite Office episodes
“The Injury” (season 2, episode 12) — best. episode. ever. “Casino Night” (season 2, episode 22) — and not for the moment you think. “Money” (season 4, episode 4) — a solid hour of comedic and dramatic gold. “Office Olympics” (season 2, episode 3) — for the paper-thin walls. “The Dundies” (season 2, episode 1)...
TV shows i've marathoned
yes, to marathon is now a verb and for this, it means watching a whole season of a TV show in less than a week. BROTHERS AND SISTERS first season (16.1 hours spent) — my first marathon. watched the first season backwards (from the season finale to the series premiere). don’t ask me why. FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS first season (16.1 hours spent) — so frakkin’ good. ARRESTED...
not helping
i think students don’t visit their counselors more often at Keppel because (a) they close early, (b) the counselors are always busy or never there, and (c) some of the other office workers always have sticks up their butts. just a theory.
TV show name game
waiting in the attendance office, i am up with a good idea. try to come up with a story using as many TV show names as possible. here’s what i have so far: high school is a peculiar place — there are the FREAKS AND GEEKS named DEXTER and CHUCK, THE SOPRANOS in choir, the football HEROES, the LOST souls who enjoy the SUPERNATURAL and think there are ALIENS IN AMERICA. and then there...
a post on China -- coming soon
status on 1/19/08: maybe i’ll write after finals? status on 1/11/08: took pictures of everything i could take back home, uploaded them, and cropped and renamed them. still need to get pictures from everyone else, as we used their cameras in China.