"BURN, in the fires of Inferno!"

You may have seen the above quote in my MSN name recently...it's a quote from Beast Wars, said by Inferno, a giant, mentally deranged, barbaric fire ant. I'm pretty sure it's from the episode "Code of Hero", but now that would make me even more of a geek than I am thus far.

I just wrote a Stat 230 quiz, and I'm a little less than confident about the results. I *think* I used the right method for the second question (half the marks), but it was not nearly close to anything I remember learning in class. Let's hope DeMorgan's laws apply in statistics.

I might have to be brief, I have to leave for a tutorial in fifteen minutes.

Last night our res team played the first rec basketball game. There was only six of us, one who left after half time, so we had to play almost continuously. That resulted in cramps. After half, we decided to just play slow. We got absolutley slaughtered by the other team, who was way too good to be in a non-competitive league. One guy almost made me fall over with his footwork...seriously, I lost my balance. We really have to recruit more people. My lower body is killing me right now from the strain I put it through last night, but it really was a lot of fun, and good exercise. I'm looking forward to next Tuesday (assuming we can get a few more people playing!).

Another comment I forgot to make while fantasizing about Kristen, is that just before the partner rotation last time, she gave my hand a very noticable squeeze before she walked off. Or perhaps I imagined it? Doesn't matter, I'm still hopelessly obsessed.

The clothes I was wearing during basketball created a very evil funk in my room. Thus, I did laundry when I should have been studying for my stats quiz. Doesn't matter much, I think I should have aced it (or failed it, it's all or nothing).

I got ripped off on eBay. Well, not ripped off, it was due to my own ignorance. I ordered what I thought was Beast Wars season three, when in fact it was Beast Wars: Classic Episodes Volume 3. Luckily, the person I bought it from will give me a refund (minus shipping), so after I ship it back, it will only be a loss of about $10.

It looks like I'll be going to Brampton/Toronto/Mississauga this weekend, due to Maria's moving from B-town to M-town. I'll be picking my sister up in the T-dot. I figure I might as well see her since I'm not going home for Thanksgiving. I'm debating staying here for the weekend, or finding someone to invite me for supper at their house (well, I really only have about two friends who I would be comfortable having supper with...you can figure out who you are). I think Monika's staying here for the weekend, so at least I can hang out with her.

Well, time to get ready for EXCITING CALCULUS TUTORIAL! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! ...*sigh*

Listening to... Green Day - Coming Clean
Link of the moment... Wow, this is by far the best file sharing program I've used, in terms of mass amounts of files!

Just before my nap

Yup, I saw Kristen again at the dance class yesterday. The partner rotation was a lot faster this time around. It's a good thing because I got to dance with her again, but a bad thing cause it was only for about a minute (which seemed like only a mere moment). She and I made some small chitchat about dancing, and how she'd like to try latin or ballroom dancing. I really wish I had a means of contacting her, because there are other dance classes on campus, some requiring you to bring a partner (and most latin dances are quite romantic in nature).

I'm kicking myself for not making at least some sort of gesture of interest. I've committed myself to dancing during the free dance time next week. The scary thing is that I'm already thinking of her a lot. I still don't know what that says about me. Stalker? Hopeless romantic? Obsessive compulsive? Lonely? Inferiority complex? Who knows.

It looks like I'm stuck in Music 270, so my average is going to have to take a hit this term. Of course, I could just treat it like an actual course and study the book, but no thanks, that's not for me.

There's no way I'm going to get all my work done by Wednesday. I have a CS assignment, algebra assignment, and a statistics quiz. Originally I was going to not even study for the quiz, but then I realized that each one is worth 10% of my mark, and is half the length of a midterm. The CS is looking dismal though. It's kinda funny that I hate going to CS134, and I hate the assignments, and yet I'm majoring in it all. Well, not funny. More like depressing.

Well, I only got about five hours of sleep last night, so I'm going to take a damned long nap, thereby giving me less time to work on all my shit that's due.

I'm certain I'll lose weight if I stick to cafeteria food. It's terrible and I always go to bed hungry. But, if supper sucks, I'm getting some fast food, and I'll certainly gain weight and lose money.

Listening to... Pitchshifter - 2nd Hand
Link of the moment... Maybe next term I'll have a dance partner for some of this

Nothing better to do

Boooooring night. Weekends are boring. No friends, and if I had many, there's no place to hang out. My basement used to always be the place to hang out. I don't have a basement anymore.

Last night was a texas hold'em tournament. I placed sixth out of 22, which is a lot better than I thought I'd do. I wound up losing with a flush against a full house when me and another guy were going all in. He got goddang lucky, but next time the championship is mine.

I think I've lost track of how many programs and techniques I've tried to back up DVDs, and all but one has failed. Unfortunately, that one that worked wound up stretching the video vertically, to the point where it's unwatchable. I know it can be done, I just can't find a simple way to do it.

I wanted to play a game tonight, but nothing is striking me as overly stimulating. I played FFX for a while, but most RPGs need committal...I can never just pick up a saved game and keep going, I can never remember where to go next. I don't feel like starting a new game in it yet either. I started up a game in Brave Fencer Musashi, but that game is difficult to control, and the version I downloaded is a bit buggy. I think I'm going to wind up just playing some FFT with my dual class challenges.

I like making lists, I've been doing a lot of it lately. Here's a list of games I'd like to play sooner or later:
Final Fantasy Tactics Advanced (GBA)
Seiken Densetsu 3 (SNES)
Viewtiful Joe (PS2)
Megaman X4 -> X7
Megaman X: Command Mission (PS2)

...well hell. I ran into a few distractions during the middle of that list and lost my train of thought. The point I'm trying to get across is that I wish I had more time to play video games. In fact, seeing as how Vicky's not on right now, I'm going to play some FFT.

Listening to... Metallica - Fade to Black
Link of the moment... I need a new printer.

Eh, why not?

Sure, let's make four posts in 24 hours. Lots for you stragglers to read.

I came back from a part time job fair just now. It was nigh useless, the jobs I'm looking for are only hiring for next term, and the work study program (huge collection of jobs) needs for me to be offered OSAP, and I didn't apply for this year (not did I need to). Well, it looks like I'll have lots of free time this term, with not quite as much free money (oxymoron?).

I went to the mall with Monika and John this morning too. I loaded up on snacks and makeshift meals. I got a Cinnabon, but it kinda made me sick. Note to self: take the highway next time. I still want to get some DDR dance pads, but not at the price I saw at EB. Superstore definately had them for $20 each.

So, the other day (Sunday), I went to the first two hour swing dance lesson. They had a partner rotation thing, so I got to meet a lot of people (girls nonetheless). The last girl I wound up dancing with, at the end of the class, was pretty cute. All I remember is her name starts with K and she's in first year pre-op. We made a pretty good dance couple (if I may say so myself), and it felt like the whole time we were dancing, we kept looking at each otherand just kinda smiled. The whole time, she tried to keep this real intense eye contact with me too, which is perfect for dancing, but it's awkward when you're with someone you don't know. Still, the way she looked at me just made me feel good, as though I was that "older boy" crush. I hope I see her next week.

I'm still looking for a decent program to rip DVDs. I've still got to use up my $2 off coupon for September at Blockbuster. Jeez, so that's how they get you. They gave me the rewards membership free, and now I'm committed to go at least once a month. And, while I'm there, I'll probably pick up a new release movie. Good for them.

i,Robot was a great movie. Well, at least I thoroughly enjoyed it, I don't know if my opnion decides a movie's greatness.

I'm sure I had another topic to discuss, but it's getting too close to CS to try to ramble on until I remember. CS is soooooo draining.

Listening to... Eyelid - Invention of Hope
Link of the moment... Hey, I think the Rots are playing with the Casualties sometime this week. Well, they were, but Kyle's gone now, so I'm not sure.

Three in 24 hours

I'm a blogging maniac today.

I don't think I've ever mentioned Monika on here. She lives here, at Resurrection, and she's the girl who John thinks wants in my pants. I concur. I'm living by the golden rule this year, don't fuck the floor. I see now that dating people in residence, or floorcest, is not a good thing after all is said and done.

I admit, I initially (and presently) felt some attraction to her. She's got a cuteness to her (she's Indian), and she laughs at all my jokes (a trait rare in the human race). As of late though (and I must phrase this politely, as she may be amongst my readers one day), she can tend to be an irritant in larger doses. We both enjoy each other's company, but the harder we try to get along and have a nice decent talk, the more we tend to say things that irritate one another.

She has a tendency to talk, but not listen. Either she'll cut me off completely when I start talking betwixt her sentences, or I'll say something to redirect the topic at hand, and she'll keep talking about herself as though I'd said nothing. She also says I take things too seriously, and that I pick apart everything she says (just so the complaining isn't one sided in this post).

Well, we'll continue to try to not irritate each other and realize that our unattraction beats out our baser instincts...besides, there's always the cute girl from the swing dance club...oh man, that's an entire post in itself, we'll see how my schedule is tomorrow for blogging.

Listening to... Queens of the Stone Age - Give the Mule What He Wants
Link of the moment... Weakerthans in Guelph on the 3rd

CDs I wanna buy

CDs I want to buy, but am not willing to dish out large amounts of cash for:

Chore - Another Plebeian
Chore - Coastline Fire
Chore - Take My Mask and Breathe
Witness Protection Program - BAAM! JAM!
Witness Protection Program - He has the technology
The Weakerthans - Left and Leaving
The Weakerthans - Deconstruction Site
Static-X - Beneath...between...beyond
Alkaline Trio - Maybe I'll Catch Fire
Alkaline Trio - Good Mourning
Best of Johnny Cash
bigDUMBface - Duke Lion Fights the Terror
Eyelid - If It Kills
Alexisonfire - (whatever good cd they may have)
Face to Face - How to Ruin Everything
Face to Face - Ignorance is Bliss
Face to Face - Reactionary


Listening to... Chore - Virginia Creeper
Link of the moment... Fuckin awesome band (mp3s at newmusic canada)

Ah fuck.

Fuck off. Please don't tell me I just slept for 2 and a half hours. The point of waking up at 8:30 is so that I can make the most of my day, not waste the few sunny afternoons I have left.

I started downloading SuSE linux again today. The last time I tried, I reached my download limit and had to use John's internet access. This time, I fell asleep and couldn't pause the download before it hit the download limit, and again I'm using John's internet.

Why the fuck isn't anyone commenting anymore? Maybe the question is why isn't anyone reading anymore? G tried posting and said it froze up on him, but I was able to leave a comment myself.

I want to go to the mall today, but then again FUCK! I don't like apathy. I can't find anyone to go with tonight so far. Where is everyone?

Tomorrow night (Tuesday), Alexisonfire, Hopesfall, and Closet Monster are playing in Guelph. Part of my wants to go, but part of me wants to stay for the intramural basketball league I signed up for, and also realizes that 7 o'clock is easier to wake up at after more than 5 hours of sleep. Plus, I have no one to go with.

Turns out Chore recently broke up. I've always wanted to see them live, but I'll never be able to now. Same goes for Face to Face, to a lesser extent, they're no longer together. Fuck, Chore played some of the fuckin best, heaviest shit out there. Well, I've gotta pick up the cds now, I guess, if I can find them anywhere, they're very hard to find.

That's most of it for now, and I'm the king of algebra. I own you, algebra! SUCK IT!

Listening to... Chore - General Warning
Link of the moment... RIP, you were a friend I was never able to meet.

Why do I wait so long?

Jeez, I should post more, I have lots of semi-interesting things to talk about. I guess I'll just keep typing until G comes online, we're going to the mall today to celebrate the weekend.

I have a feling that G's feeling that Meg has a slight crush on me might be right. For that matter, I think that I have a slight crush on her too. I know she's not my type though, but she listens to me, and she makes me smile, and I'll be damned if she isn't a total babe.

Monika, from residence, tends to laugh at nearly everything I say...it's good to have positive reinforcement once in a while...even if I'm not funny, it's nice to pretend that I am.

This week has been terrible because of two review assignments that were due today. I finished them before 10 last night, but it was still the bane of my existence for a few days. The more I think about it, the more I think I'd make a decent professor, or at least a TA.

I really am lucky that I live so close to campus...well, luck has nothing to do with it, anyone could have applied to live here. I don't think I could stand living much further away.

I'm not a fan of my calc prof. I've used two rather insulting ways to describe him. If you could picture a rock talking, it would be much like his manner of talking. Very monotonous and uninteresting. Also, he seems to be as interesting to watch as a board. Unless the board is oddly shaped or coloured, in which case the board is much more interesting. He also stutters. He stutters mostly on the word "derivative", which is likely the most frequent math term spoken in calculus.

I've been doing half decently in music class, I can sight sing perhaps a bit better than I thought I could. It's still kind of embarassing, since Meg is sitting right next to me, but at the same time she encourages me.

There are a few awesome people that I've met in residence so far, namely Taylor and Carrey (the spelling of which I am not yet sure). So, you may expect to see them popping up in posts more frequently.

Some of the residence is getting an intramural basketball team together, and I'm committed myself to join. I haven't played in a long time, but it should be fun, and a good way to get to know people better.

For fun, I'm going to see how many people I know by name in my residence so far:
Naoki
John
Neon
Carrey
Taylor
Ryan
Ryan
Stacey
Tina
Amy
Monika
Tunde
Marina
Nikolai
Pranab
Grace
James
Robyn

Pretty decent list so far, eh? More to come I guess.

I've got my second hard drive installed and ready to fill with crap. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find a decent program to rip DVDs to a common filetype under light compression.

Still no G, but I can't think of much else to write. I need a shower, but I think I might be too lazy.

Listening to... Planet Smashers - Blind
Link of the moment... F'n unbearably boring

Whoopie!

Hoorya! I suddenly feel pride, because a bunch of people who happen to have been born in the country that I was born in, and who have been funded by a country in which I love have defeated other countries in hockey. This truly must mean that I'm living in the best country in the world, or that ALL people, including myself, are better physical specimens than any other country. Good for me.

Well, I suppose that's not as bad as rooting for a team representing a city that doesn't even have any players from that city.

I got my hard drive and fan controller in today, and I "fixed" my sound card with some superglue. The whole installation of everything cost me an extra $30 at Radio Shack, but noce again I must remind myself that it's all worth it in the long run. Money really is a fical thing. The amount of money one makes in a week pays for some trivial things. A washing machine, for example.

This wireless internet is just goddammed irritating now. I really think it's worth the $50/month just for the unlimited bandwidth and consistency. I'm even willing to take it out of my own wallet instead of my parents'.

I'm going to bed, I'm too irritated, and I have to get up at 7 tomorrow.

Listening to... Hoobastank - Never There
Link of the moment... Closest mall. Not the best, just the closest.

Breakfast? Maybe Toast

Well, here it is. The first day of classes. It's here. I got up at 7, and that seems to be too much time. I could go on about my toast, but maybe later.

Last night we had a meeting and a bonfire, complete with marchmallows. A few of us played frisbee. For once I said "she totally wants in my pants" and John agrees that that might not be too far fetched an idea. However, I'm trying to restrain from dating the residence this year. The running into each other in the halls is awkward.

G mentioned me in his website. It's weird seeing someone DIRECTLY mention you in such a way, I'm sure G can attest to that after seeing his own name at the beginning of this paragraph. Oh, you left your jacket here G. It must be yours.

I had a nice chat with Vic the other night til 4 AM. Well, I'd be lying if I said it was a nice chat, I got real cranky about life and stuff, like I seem to when chatting that late at night. Quite depressing.

After realizing that I have 17 hours of class a week (*snicker*), I've been thinking that a part time job would be a great addition to my schedule. MWF afternoons and TTh mornings would go well. I guess it's just a matter of actually finding employment, I've never been too good at that. I want to work on campus, since I'm a lazy tit, and it's a better environment to work in.

I'm totally going to get lost on the way to the engineering building.

Listening to... Modest Mouse - 3 Inch Horses, Two Faced Monsters
Link of the moment... Come on over, take some classes

Water water water! Loo loo loo!

Well, here I am. After a week, I really don't have much to say either. Well, plenty to say, just no real highlights.

This keyboard is a whore to type on ever since I cleaned it. They used to have a much lighter touch to them, now I've gotta make sure I hit them hard enough to register. Just something I've got to get used to I guess. I've got a terrible desk, it's really long and shallow, and the keyboard is way too high to type comfortably on, so I have the chair I'm on raised really high.

I've met a ton of people in my residence so far. Tunde's a cutie, she smiles and laughs a lot. That's all she really is though, she's a lot older than me, and I fall in love with everyone anyways.

I'm really annoyed by this wireless connection. It keeps cutting out. It's really unreliable. But, it's free. I hope it doesn't give Diablo any problems, cause Vic will kick my ass if it does.

I miss Vic. I don't know why. If you asked for any reason, I couldn't give one, I just kinda do. I'll always be a fan of her.

The room is starting to take some sort of form. This bookshelf sucks, there's no room for lots of stuff, stuff looks plain old ugly, there's no good work space...but it won't be getting much better anytime soon, I fear.

John and I went to go see Cellular tonight, that was a really good movie. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and so did John (which is amazing in itself since he likes only a few movies).

I've racked up what must be about $600-700 on my visa lately...just from random things really. $250 on books and $200 on my new hard drive/fan controller would be the two largest purchases. It's no problem since I saved up so much from my job...no major purchases during the summer.

Well, the math faculty fucked me over with my statistics class. When you add up all the sections together, they're overloaded, and there is at LEAST one student (me) who isn't enrolled in it, which is a complete and utter necessity for my degree. I might be able to get around it by switching a few of my courses to ones in St. Jeromes.

G's got facial hair now. It's weird. And his hair is longer than before. He seems different from last year...maybe it's just cause now I'm driving to see him.

The cafe served vegetable quiche ("keesh") for lunch today...absolutely stomach wrenching. In fact, I'm very hungry right now. Too late to go get something though, it will keep me up later than I already am.

Dr. Wily is absolutely raping me in Megaman 8. Games are hard when you can't cheat at them.

I got to see Laura again, twice now. Her and her crazy southern Ontario/Newfoundland accent. She's fun to be with, and I don't know if I can picture myself in a relationship with her. Well, we certainly had one at one point...I guess. I really backed off on it though, cause of a few things. I wasn't much about public affection or hand holding, and I restrained from saying "I love you". I just didn't want to lie without knowing it. Hard to explain perhaps?

That reminds me of something I was thinking of today...sometimes the best thing you can say to someone you love is nothing. Maybe it's better that they don't know. Is it better to suffer in silence, or to know that you've hurt someone you love? Maybe it's best to get castrated and forget the whole thing.

Well, I was gonna make a huge post that would take a damned long time to read, but now I've gone and depressed myself with that last thought. I'm going to bed, I guess it will leave more stuff for the next post.

Listening to... Guttermouth - Chicken Box
Link of the moment... Insurrection College

Last post from this post

I'm only doing this post cause I said I would. I don't wanna get a full fledged post going, I'm in the packing mood. And no, Sivji, not the fudge packing mood.

Listening to...
Link of the moment...