I just have to get through the next few days. I have a big final exam. Right before it I have to hand in a big final assignment. In lieu of all this I need an outlet to dispense of weird thoughts in my head to help me focus.

I wonder if Kristin and Stephen will ever get back together. At first I felt sorry for Lauren, but after watching the second season I totally don’t. I mean Kristin and Stephen were together and Lauren was just interfering. Stephen is so Archie from those comics. I wonder what’s all going on in the third season right now. Cami is fun drama.

What is Britney doing to her career? Why is she flashing her nether regions everywhere? How did the affectionate name for a feline companion come to denote nether regions of a woman? Where are her children? Didn’t she just give birth? Doesn’t that child need breast milk? Or is he drinking formula? Who is feeding this boy formula then? The boy’s supposed to wake up every few hours at night no?

What the heck is this business about old KGB spies being radiated to death? Someone is sending a message. Mess with us and we will put radioactive pellets in your food, drink or wound. Cuz spies are so not supposed to get this kind of attention.

Why in the world do some people have faith? In certain cases they have absolutely no reason to. In certain cases it seems quite stupid that they would. So does that mean they have uber faith? Or does that mean they follow like blind sheep? Do they realize that it’s not supposed to be this way and they trust that higher powers are not pleased with the way things are and therefore are able to separate human corruption with following a faith? Or do they believe that the injustices that they face are encouraged or atleast tolerated by their faith?

Ok, I’m done venting for now.

It’s about 8am-ish right now. The current temperature is -22 degrees celsius. With windchill it’s -32 degrees celsius. Why are we here? Tuesday and Wednesday I did not leave the apartment once. My throat was soar, I had a slight fever my back hurt and I thought I should just stay in and study. Situations like this work out well for me, I like sitting very still and just studying when I need to. Lord knows I get distracted easily so I find I study best like veal are raised. Small box, little distraction.

I am running out of provisions however. I have no bread and no milk and no tortilla chips. All three of which are regular staples for me. I’ve been telling myself each day that I’ll go and get these things and each day I look outside and think… I can really just eat something else.

My detest of the winter has spiked all of a sudden. I think it’s ridiculous where we live. I should be able to just run out for things without wondering if my car will start. I want the melting to begin immediately.

Slightly boring movie. About a poor guy who falls in love with the duchess at a very young age and keeps the flame. He comes back for her years later as an accomplished illusionist. Kind of slow.

2/5

Excellent movie. I will write more about it later. (10pm-ish, Nov. 19th)

Sometime later (3:30am, Nov. 20th)…

Did you know that 007 movies are from a book? I didn’t. Yes I’m out of it. Well Casino Royale is the first of the series written by Ian Flemming. I didn’t know that when I watched the movie last night. In retrospect it makes sense because in different parts of the movie I was suspicious of Bond’s slight change of character. In the movie he falls hard for a woman which is uncharacteristic because he usually has flings. All throughout the movie Bond is accused of having a terribly large ego which you didn’t hear as repeatedly in other Bond movies. So since it’s a remake of the first book he’s still a little soft/human and he hasn’t quite proven his abilities yet. Also, there is no gadget guy either b/c I guess he would show up later. The movie starts off with him earning his “00″ status.

I’ll write more later.

Later arrives (3:30pm, Nov 21)

Where was I? Ok, so another feature of Bond movies are the women. Eva Green is gorgeous. The other woman, who’s shown first in the movie has the most severe dimensions I’ve ever seen. I’m not sure whether or not the big screen compounded her image but it was very strange. She was a stick with the largest chest I’ve ever seen. Think Iranian Barbie. I’m not sure where she’s from by the way, just throwing out a guess.

No crazy gadgets in this movie. There’s an amazing foot chase though right at the beginning. Have you ever seen those freaks of nature who jump from buildings and up walls? Think Spiderman but no string. This movie has some world renowned stunt guy who does these crazy things that I do not believe a human is supposed to do at a construction site.

Why am I so heavily promoting this movie? Because I don’t like the idea of tap-dancing penguins beating Casino Royale at the box office. I saw the “march of the penguins”. Not to say that I’m an expert or anything but these birds seem to have an incredibly difficult life not an entertaining one. That being said, I know I’ll see Happy Feet pretty soon anyways, I’m actually holding out until they start showing it at Imax.

Also, I think the actor Daniel Craig does a really good job in this movie. A lot of Bond fans were very anti when he was chosen b/c they didn’t think he was pretty boy enough, had too many muscles and didn’t have dark hair. I think they were hoping for someone younger too. Anyways, I really like the idea of an actor proving himself on the screen. I also like the idea of a franchise re-emerging. Bourne Identity and Mission Impossible are good but 007’s a classic.

5/5

This post is of little use. Not much up right now. Went to a rollerskating rink last night. I think the last time I went to one was in fifth or sixth grade. A friend had booked it out for a group of people. I don’t understand why rollerblades took so long to come out. I mean ice skates have been around forever, so what took people so long to figure out putting the wheels in a row, in the middle and having them thinner than your fist? How do people socialize while rollerskating? I didn’t quite figure it out.

I’ve been spending quite a bit of time in the clean room lately. Trying to sputter oxide. There’s something awfully frustrating about that environment. You look like the Michelin Man. You’re also fumbling around in un-taut gloves (they don’t have small enough sizes) trying not to touch your face, sneeze, or break your sample (which I’ve done). A simple task can take easily a half an hour. You’ve also got to schedule your tasks so it kind of reminds me of the laundry room.

I started going to the gym again. I am working harder than before. Consistently breaking a sweat. I realize I need to make changes in my eating habits. I stopped eating chips. I stopped eating fries. I got the most amazing cheesecake and I took it to school and shared it with my labmates in attempt to reduce the risk of me eating it all by myself. I baked chocolate chip cookies this weekend. They turned out amazing. I’ve limited myself to a maximum of three in one day. Tipu will end up finishing them before long. I think I’m going to hide some for myself.

Started playing around with a mask design software called Cadence. I find it aggravating. All software is awkward when you start out but this one really tests my patience. You can tell by the fact that some of my files are cuss names. I think I’ll eventually like it though. The last software I learned was Matlab I think and I really like it now.