February 21, 2008

  • A tribute to Xanga...

    ...I really don't think many people use Xanga still, but I'm sticking with it, to see how long I can keep it up.  Yeah, you can post on Facebook, do your own blogspot thing, or just make your own page, but remember when Xanga first came out?  We thought it was so cool!  Well, I did at least and still do.  I remember the days where I'd write everyday, sometimes 2 entries a day.  I'd go through life noticing little things, quirky things, anything really, that I could go home and write about in my Xanga that night.  That made me so excited about life.  Now, if you haven't noticed, I definitely don't update daily, and it's more like monthly if I'm lucky.  I think it's an indication that I really don't have anything too exciting to write about.  Clearly I speak the absolute truth, because I am a grad student and doomed for all eternity to my thesis. 

    hehe, in actuality, things are going quite well.  Research isn't so blah and I'm pretty interested in where it's all going, wherever it's going.  Everyday I have the same goal: wake up early!  and everday, I fail to achieve this goal.  Why?  Because it's so nice and comfy in my bed, and if class isn't starting until 12:30 or 3 p.m., why should I get up?  Oh right, to do research.  What the heck are people doing everyday anyway?  I really don't understand it.  Are they actually doing work for 8 hours of the day?  Are people doing experiments everyday?  Reading?  What are they doing?!?  I really don't know.  I look at my office mates and they are obviously not a good indicator of real grad student life.  One of them watches Indian movies and music videos and plays basketball in the office all day, the other, I don't know.  He's "updating the database".  What the heck does that mean?  Seems like he's punching a lot of keys but to no avail.  I personally think I'm an efficient worker, in terms of research.  Problem is, I really don't spend enough hours doing it.  Now, is this efficiency a result of my actual work ethics?  Or is it just that I don't spend much time on it anyway, so that when I do, I must get something done since it's such a rare occurrence?  No clue...but I'm planning on Qualifying before Fall this year, so I think I should probably get a move on with everything.

    As for real edumacation, I'm trying to be more in tune with the world, meaning reading the news (digg.com and news.google.com), watching bad popular tv shows (aka MTV reality shows and comedy central stuff), and listening to the radio (cliche easy-to-digest pop music).  These are the things that the majority of people expose themselves to on a regular basis.  I am trying to do the same, and maybe I am turning more like everyone else.  But that's ok, because now I can talk with other people!  Before I felt like I had no idea what people were talking about since I had no remote idea what was going on in the world through these media.  Now, I can have a conversation with my fellow classmates about shows like "Rock of Love," "What not to wear," and "SouthPark."  Isn't that great?!  =D  Oh yeah, don't tell, but I started downloading again.  Well, that only lasted a week.  But the reason I stopped downloading was because it took so much of my darn time.  I'd literally sit there for hours on end downloading more and more music and movies and programs and...well, you know how it goes.  You've all been there, don't lie.  I finally decided that I was so unaware of new music (besides what the radio played) that I needed to start downloading again.  Well, I did, but I stopped again.  Why?  Cuz it ain't so easy now?!  Why can't we have DC++ again?  It was sooo suh-weet.  I miss it like crazy.  So..no more downloading for me.

    One last thing...my dad has Facebook!  That is so wrong!  Parents should NOT be on Facebook and should not be allowed into the world of their kids.  Facebook should've stayed a college thing

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