Use this...

...To make your computer run faster
http://www.iobit.com/advancedwindowscareper.html?Str=download

songs stuck in my head this week

Lucky - Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat


Everybody Knows - John Legend

Not everyone should vote

This happened like 2 minutes ago:

I have the election coverage open on my laptop, and my mom walks in:

Mom: Whatchya doing? Sleeping? *I do work on my bed
Me: No. I'm doing work. And following the election.
Mom: Oh. Oh hey...Bin Laden is really ahead!
Me: ...

She actually wasn't joking, but then she realized what she said was really stupid and we bust out laughing. Aiya

We rock

It's not done yet, but it's about 90% of the way there. This is our project for a mechatronics design class. We made a horizontal leveler.



Translation:
Me: Ok.
Sarah: So we need the 7414 buffer...blah blah blah
Me: My video's cooler than Sarah's!
Sarah: Shuttup.
Alvin: NOT!!!
Everyone: Hahahahahaha
Sarah: Fail Fail!
Alvin: Make yours change directions.
Everyone: Hahaha
Sarah: *Sings "Lucky" by Mr. AZ

Hah!

I had to watch this twice to appreciate it. Then I watched it 8 more times.

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Mi Reflejo, yo

I haven't been feeling like my "normal" self lately. I think this semester is frying my brain.

Throwing the lemons back

I guess I could look at things another way. I got a pretty nice suit (for the interview) for 5 bucks at a thrift store. I haven't been able to find nice clothes that fit me well, so this was unexpected. Also, the fact that I got an interview means that I'm that much closer to getting in. AND, I'm pretty excited about this church retreat I'm going to this weekend. I think things are going to be alright.

I was always the optimistic one.

When it rains, it pours.

I'm not talking about salt. I'm talking about life.

Seriously. This week has started out swimmingly (I only use words like this when I'm sarcastic) - yesterday was uneventful other than a not-so-bad pop-quiz in one of my classes, but today has seriously brought the suck factor to a whole new level.

First of all, I got a ticket that I'm pretty sure I didn't deserve. Here's the story: I put 21 minutes in a meter at 3:03 PM, went into a store, came out at 3:23 PM, and drove off. That was when I noticed this white thing tucked under my windshield, flapping around just to spite me. I pulled over, checked out the ticket, and it said "Parking violation...blah blah blah...issued at 3:08 PM). Wtf? So I drove back to the meter to get proof that I had paid, but it had already expired. I swear, some bitter old meter maid issued tickets before the meters ran out of time, then ticketed cars exactly when the meters ran out. I hate Lafayette.

When I came home, I turned on my laptop and within a few minutes an error message came up that said "No Disk - Windows: Exception Processing Message...blah blah blah." That was weird, so I went online to find the source of the error. NORTON ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE: the king virus you install on your computer to get rid of other viruses. It turns out that Norton can mess up your system because of glitches in its setup/updating processes, so that's what happened to my computer. Segway-slash-not really: Norton effs up registry values on your computer, and when you try to uninstall it (which is very difficult), it tears a jagged hole in your system. So basically, I uninstalled Norton from my computer (links on how to do this at the end), had to fix everything it left in its wake of destruction, and reinstalled a different antivirus thing on my computer. I was ready to take a nap, but then I noticed a notification that I had a new virus on my computer. This one was pretty nasty, and I think I got it in the interim when I was deleting Norton from my computer. This whole process took me the whole afternoon.

And to top it all off, I have an interview for a graduate program at my school tomorrow. I'm not prepared at all, so wish me luck.

Links:

http://www.consumingexperience.com/2007/11/windows-no-disk-exception-processing.html

http://bleuken.i.ph/blogs/bleuken/2007/06/29/viruses-that-uses-autoruninf/

Can't stop them now

I didn't think it was true, but writing your dreams down (or blogging about them) really does seem to help you remember them. This one was from last night:

I was on my hands and knees looking at my front door step because there was a big-ass bug crawling on it. It looked kinda like this, except black, with fewer legs, and with a pair of antennae:



I don't remember being scared - more fascinated than anything - and I remember inching closer to the bug slowly to get a closer look. All of a sudden, someone (no one I know) came out of my front door and stepped on the bug's head. The head didn't crunch like a regular bug's head, though...it kinda just squished flat like it was made out of play-doh. That was the weird part.

I wasn't gonna jot this dream down, but it's been bugging me all day (no pun intended). Oh yeah. I never knew this for sure, but after last night I now know I dream in color.

Another weird dream

I don't even know how to explain this one. Basically, I was in the audience of Jeopardy, but the unusual thing was that all of the contestants were fobs. There was one guy who was about 20 who was owning, a brother-sister team who sucked, and an old lady. I woke up with the biggest wtf feeling ever.