Snow!!! November 30, 2006
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It is so incredible. So amazing. Snow!! It has been snowing practically all day! How can you not be excited? Especially living off in a place that got absolutely no snow the year before. Oh, I’m so happy 
I’m hanging in there for a snow day tomorrow. Of course, in this town we need like six feet of snow for a snow day, which our town never gets… but who knows? Maybe the lab director will crash and they’ll have to call a snow day, after all, if the roads are to dangerous for the lab director… Oh, today has been amazing, and the snow only makes it better
Post-Publish Update: This day just got even better. My picture in the yearbook is going to be in color! Those who saw what I was wearing on picture day will understand my excitement.
Another Friend’s Blog November 29, 2006
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Okay okay, so another friend of mine has a blog: supersherri. Take a look, it’s really pretty interesting actually. I would like to give a deeper discription, but there are three things that are preventing me from doing so: (1) I haven’t read enough of it, from what I read however, it’s very much set up like a diary or journal, whichever term you prefer. (2) I’m super busy right now… post-Thanksgiving homework load – now is when I’m wondering why in the world I took all those AP classes. (3) WordPress is being stupid and saying “___ mins from now, your dashboard will be temporarily unavailable while we perform database maintenance,” so I’m kind of in a rush. Oh, by the way, Firefox 2.0 is being incredibly mean to me too.
November 28, 2006
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A scaled dow version of god, and a nitrus powered audi tt
Isolation November 26, 2006
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Isolation, loneliness, a feeling of utter darkness, being perpetually lost in the world: feelings people know all to well. People go through life alone – with nobody’s help. No one is there for us to confide our most secret thoughts in. No one is there to help guide us in the direction we desire. No one is there to reassure us that the direction we are traveling in is right; except, perhaps, for the closest of our friends. Life is a journey for oneself, and therefore no man is capable of helping us. “No man is an island.” Hah! Every man is an island. A continent does not exist, however we wish for it. No matter how much we wish that we are not alone in our journey through life, we are. This is a fact that cannot be changed. And even if it could be changed, it mustn’t be. Self-discovery is journey that we must embark upon. And more importantly, it is a journey we must embark upon alone. If we allow others to discover us, then we are equivocally allowing them to decide who we are. It does not matter how content we may be with who they decide we are. In fact, it is a horrible thing to be content with that illusion, because by accepting it, you become another, and therefore hide yourself. For no other person can tell us who we are or what we want other than ourselves. No other man can discover us without us permitting him. However, for us to allow another to discover us, we must first know who we are ourselves. And therefore, we must set out, alone, to discover ourselves.
Chess November 26, 2006
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Some people have too much time on their hands. I happen to be one of them. I enjoy having an almost entirely flexible schedule. And don’t make fun of me for it; I know you guys are jealous.
The question becomes, though: what do I do with my free time? The answer is not much. Usually. On rare occasions, though, I become bored enough to try something ambitious. This is always some sort of programming project, and generally it’s small or stupid, like writing an invincible tic-tac-toe program. It usually doesn’t go very far. But sometimes something worthwhile comes out of this. Like a program that lets you play chess with other people over the internet.
The url is http://lab.marvinxart.com/chess. It’s the second version; the first really sucked so I started from scratch. Granted, there are a few flaws: the game pieces look like crap, for one. Also, it is possible to trick the program and thus cheat (but it’s hard to figure out how). Occasionally it will screw up the display of your available moves. But all in all it works, and I’m proud of it.
Relationships, Friendships November 25, 2006
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Relationships are… difficult, to say the least. It’s hard to create, and more importantly maintain, a relationship. Is it possibly because we are naive and maintain the idea that there exists “true” love? Or perhaps it is more than that. I, for one, find myself having three reasons why a relationship is difficult. First, I’m a junior in high school, when relationships are not particularly meaningful. Second, I find that I have mixed feelings – such that I am not sure who I desire to have a relationship with. Lastly, friends I have of the opposite sex, are friends… and I see them as friends only. Moreover, a relationship should be placed higher than the highest form of friendship, I believe. And that’s kind of hard.
Another incredible movie November 23, 2006
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I have seen a whole bunch of amazing films. Among these, one can count Star Wars, LOTR, Hotel Rwanda, Braveheart, Happy Feet, and others. Tonight, I have just finished watching another movie, which I believe is to be placed up at the very top of the list of best movies ever made. This movie is German film, telling the tale of a Jewish refugee family during World War II. This movie is called “Nowhere in Africa”. I recommend this movie to everyone. It is truly a beautiful film.
Awesome Song November 22, 2006
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Ok, I really have to thank Luke for giving me this song. I love it! It’s interesting how Luke and I have similar music/movie tastes… but I love it, makes trading music/movies so much more fun.
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Musical Taste November 22, 2006
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I never really realized it before, but I my musical taste is pretty much composed of oldies. I absolutely love The Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Who, Eagles, Alice Cooper, all of those old bands. My basic opinion of things, I suppose, is that many modern musical artists are mediocre and just plain suck. For one, most (not all) recycle the same sound they’ve always had, recycle lyrics, or mimic the old bands mentioned above. Of course, that is not to say I have no modern songs. In fact, I have many… I have quite an eclectic musical collection, actually (like French rap…). However, the songs I’ve been listening to recently seem to be of the hippie generation… just an odd observation. I can’t really describe my musical taste… it’s just what I listen to and what I like, which can range from country to rock to folk to rap, even, to…
