Fat Tuesday Post

Good afternoon every one,

Today is rather slow, I just had one class and now work. So we can only put a couple of items on the check list. Here’s what I got:

Quantum Mechanics and Relativity- This is getting cooler by the day. We are knee deep in Relativity and getting deeper. It’s really interesting, especially when the professor’s introductory remarks on the subject are: “If you just forget your idea of the normal passage of time, this will be much easier.” How awesome is that? I am loving this class to say the least.

Theoretical Electromagnetism- Ok, I was not the expert that I hoped I would be, but I had come close. In fact, I would say about 80% of what I wanted, which is not bad. He also did not cover all the necessary material last time, which means that homework for the time being has been postponed. That will give me time (this is the normal passage of time mind you) to fill the remaining 20%, assuming of course by brain is not “full”.

Work- Is slow. That’s about all I have to say about that. People are getting new positions, transferring around, and kind of just disappearing as other opportunities present themselves. I will be here as long as I can, at least through college, but hoping for more on the horizon (obviously, if I went through all this school and just stayed here, I would be pissed).

Other things are going well, I printed some of my pictures last night (to From Russia with Love’s dismay/boredom) from my trip in December and hope to put those up tonight on the Photography page (the link on the left, appropriately labeled). I haven’t watched any movies lately, or read any interesting books, just text books and the usual cartoons. I know, my life can be very uninteresting at times. So what can be interesting? How about the news:

Hippies strike (or not?) again….

Get a load of this: I found an article on Yahoo News saying that voters are going to decide today on whether to transform Alcatraz (a.k.a. one of the coolest places in the Bay Area, a close second behind my Aunt L.’s pad) into a “Global Peace Center”. That’s not the worst of it. The plans are to make a Medicine Wheel (ride?), a Labyrinth (wouldn’t take much work) and a conference room for non-violent conflict resolution. In doing so, ruining one of my favorites! I know, I am one to embrace the counter culture at times, but this is ridiculous. All of this was from Da Vid, the president of the How Can We Ruin Every Thing For Everyone Else? Organization, a.k.a. HCWRETFEE?O. This is actually on the ballot folks! And all I have to say is: Peace Conference Room huh? Let’s take it outside then.

Hell in a hand basket every one. There is not Hell on a Bus joke here, because the antagonists here (irony?) are probably incapable of driving, and that’s not a pot joke. I think they are just too retarded. Oh, sorry ‘Da Vid’, I mean ‘Re Tardeed’ (thanks to Dr. MookieLove for that one). I will post some Alcatraz pictures that I took from my last trip for posterity, because it may start to suck very soon, under the control of people who literally can’t spell their own name.



Today is Fat Tuesday, the procrastinating holiday of vice. Enjoy yourselves everyone, for tomorrow is Lent. Lent is the religious tradition of asking yourself “Where the beads worth it?” If the answer is yes, then you have done well. If the answer is no, you need cooler friends.

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