Kurt Vonnegut is one of those authors (another is Douglas Adams) who write the type of book that is chock-full of quotable quotes.
Here, a passage from Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle. (more…)
“Anything Else We Have to Take Our Chances With” 23 October 2009
I’m reading Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams (Of Hitchhiker fame). I like this line from the book:
“The light works,” he said, indicating the window, “the gravity works,” he said, dropping a pencil on the floor. “Anything else we have to take our chances with.”
Blue Roses 21 October 2009
A poem by Rudyard Kipling:
Roses red and roses white
Plucked I for my love’s delight.
She would none of all my posies–
Bade me gather her blue roses.
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Candy Sales 21 October 2009
I sell candy for MAO. I get about $10 profit on a $20 box, which is really pretty good. We sold last spring and now we’re selling until the end of October. I have always had an issue with selling candy: I feel guilty for selling stuff that is so unhealthy. (more…)
Happy Diwali! 17 October 2009
Today is Diwali, only the most important Hindu festival evar. Theoretically, it involves lots of awesome food and other fun stuff. Except, we don’t really celebrate Diwali that elaborately. Someone hosts dinner party or two every year and that’s about it. I was feeling a little unwell today, so I decided not to go to today’s party.
The most memorable part about Diwali is the traditional story we hear from the adults every year at the party. It must have been at least ten years that I’ve been hearing that story. There is a lot of nostalgia in the Diwali story. it kind of sucks missing it this year. I wish I could have gone. (more…)
Languishing 15 October 2009
I feel so apathetic. I’m barely keeping up with homework, not to mention extracurriculars. I’m sick right now, and I might not get over it for another week (it’s a cough, but it makes me feel terrible because I’m coughing constantly. Apparently I have a sinus infection, which is causing the cough. God I feel like crap).
I didn’t go to school today because of the aforementioned cough. It hasn’t been that bad today because I haven’t been speaking a lot. But I just answered the phone and I’m coughing more. I’m just so fed up with everything. I don’t feel like playing the piano anymore. I’ve been wasting a lot of time doing pointless things.
I need to get motivated again. And hopefully it’ll happen soon. Because it really sucks to be languishing.
My Awesome Friday 11 October 2009
Yesterday, my friend Adrika visited. Adrika moved away from Pensacola to Tuscaloosa this summer, and I miss her a lot a lot. There is an Adrika-shaped hole in my life now. :( That hole is partially filled when she visits, which has happened twice so far.
This time, her family drove down on Friday and dropped her off at our school so she could say hi to teachers and see her friends. Then, after school, we had MAO, during which she met up with more people and took a bunch of pictures on people’s cameras. (more…)
A Happy Post 9 October 2009
Yesterday were tryouts for the county all-stars quizbowl team. I balled it up and got first place, beating Nathan by half a point (of which I think Robo will remind Nathan eternally). But it doesn’t really matter. The fun part was getting back into quizbowl mode. We have not yet played a legit tournament, since this one was for individuals and not teams; we plan to head to the UF collegiate tournament at the end of the month. It’s going to be fun and the best part will be trying our hand at the UF, FSU, and USF (if they show up) teams. It seems likely we won’t have a problem with the rest, since they are basically all community colleges (or, I suppose, high schools).
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Tomorrow, Julie and I will finally give our presentation on methamphetamine for IB Biology. I am pretty excited. I feel super knowledgeable about the topic; not to mention we have to show everyone up with our awesome slideshow.
Also tomorrow, Adrika’s coming to visit!! I miss her a lot a lot, and I am so happy I get to see her. We are going to hang at Julie’s house, go to Olive Garden, and generally have a blast. It will be amazing.
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That’s it for now; I should really get to bed. I’m feeling a little sick (it’s not the SWINE FLU, I promise. If it were, I wouldn’t be blagging because I wouldn’t want you to catch it). Fun fact via my bud Nishant: Jay Sean, an Indian guy who lives in the UK, is at the top of the charts (in UK I believe). Yeah yeah.
Los Tryouts 6 October 2009
(Entitled such because I’m digging Spanglish right now. If you don’t like it, just chillarse. Whatever you do, don’t doucharse.)
Tomorrow is the county academic team tryouts. I am…I wouldn’t say nervous, but maybe excited. I am 99% sure I am going to make the team, unless I completely bomb it and forget everything I learned these past two years (I’m not saying it couldn’t happen…). (more…)
Esoteric Joke 5 October 2009
As we labor deep into the night, working on calculus homework, biology labs, and geography papers, Julie and I tend to get a bit silly. But I am loving Julie’s calculus joke. (If you don’t understand this, I’ll explain it. But I don’t want to explain it just to have Mr. Multivar come and correct me on a technicality or something. So I’ll explain over AIM or in person or whatever.)
Level of caring about calculus homework: f(x) < 0, f’(x) < 0.
It’s ridiculously true. I laughed for probably a full minute after I saw it. I don’t think anyone else will find it as funny. I’ve learned that about my sense of humor.
