I suck at blogging regularly. That's pretty much all I have to say right now, as I'm too tired (i.e. lazy) to write an effective blog post today.
Also I want to work on my novel!
I'm gonna go do that now...
bai.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Long Week, Longer Weekend
I haven't had the opportunity to post all weekend because I've been pretty busy. Busy with a lot of stupid friend drama that I'd rather not talk about it. But now I'm here at work, chilling out for a few hours. I've spent the first forty minutes of my shift listening to all kinds of weird music and trying not to think about how busy today will most likely be.
Today Will and I are looking at two different apartments, and we're also playing D&D, which I'm really not looking forward to, because of the aforementioned drama. I might blog more later about the events of the weekend - as they were fun... but ye gods I'm too fucking tired right now. I promise more will come later, but right now I just need to read some webcomics and relax for a while.
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Today Will and I are looking at two different apartments, and we're also playing D&D, which I'm really not looking forward to, because of the aforementioned drama. I might blog more later about the events of the weekend - as they were fun... but ye gods I'm too fucking tired right now. I promise more will come later, but right now I just need to read some webcomics and relax for a while.
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Friday, July 11, 2008
Ow
So today's shaping up to be a real barrel of laughs. On my way to work this morning I fell off my bike.
Twice.
The first time I was cutting through the parking lot outside of the nearby high school and I decided to hop the kerb instead of going through the driveway. this is normal for me. Now, bearing in mind that I had my iPod in one hand, this was probably an ill-advised course of action. I of course being in my usual hurry to get to work, didn't think of this, and went for the kerb.
So I took the kerb funny and my bike slid to the right, meaning I went down with my whole body to the left, scraping up the left side of my face, both palms of my hands, my left knee and my left foot. I also lost my right flip-flop (don't worry, I retrieved it) and to add insult to injury, my backpack flew up and hit me in the back of the head. Which hurt, because my laptop was in it.
So that was the first one. I'm glad I was wearing a helmet for it.
That first accident was entirely my fault, and I know it. However, the second one? Well, let's see:
I'm biking down 16th street heading towards the library to get to work, and as I'm passing Phi Mu sorority house I go off the path and onto the grass to go around a pedestrian. Evidently I didn't go into the grass far enough as my tire got stuck in that little spot between the pavement and the grass, and I went over. Again. Head-over-handlebars onto the pavement, this time to the right. So I scraped up my RIGHT cheek, right knee, right ankle, did even more damage to my already stinging hands, and got a really nasty scrape on my right shoulder.
Now as well as that, my head is still hurting, my left arm feels bad (abnormally weak bad, kinda like the muscle hurts), I have gigantic bruises on my right knee and a scrape on my left. My left foot hurts when I walk and my right ankle hurts when I put pressure on it. Lots of pain...
And all of this before nine AM.
...
I'm kinda thinking I should have stayed in bed...
:'(
Twice.
The first time I was cutting through the parking lot outside of the nearby high school and I decided to hop the kerb instead of going through the driveway. this is normal for me. Now, bearing in mind that I had my iPod in one hand, this was probably an ill-advised course of action. I of course being in my usual hurry to get to work, didn't think of this, and went for the kerb.
So I took the kerb funny and my bike slid to the right, meaning I went down with my whole body to the left, scraping up the left side of my face, both palms of my hands, my left knee and my left foot. I also lost my right flip-flop (don't worry, I retrieved it) and to add insult to injury, my backpack flew up and hit me in the back of the head. Which hurt, because my laptop was in it.
So that was the first one. I'm glad I was wearing a helmet for it.
That first accident was entirely my fault, and I know it. However, the second one? Well, let's see:
I'm biking down 16th street heading towards the library to get to work, and as I'm passing Phi Mu sorority house I go off the path and onto the grass to go around a pedestrian. Evidently I didn't go into the grass far enough as my tire got stuck in that little spot between the pavement and the grass, and I went over. Again. Head-over-handlebars onto the pavement, this time to the right. So I scraped up my RIGHT cheek, right knee, right ankle, did even more damage to my already stinging hands, and got a really nasty scrape on my right shoulder.
Now as well as that, my head is still hurting, my left arm feels bad (abnormally weak bad, kinda like the muscle hurts), I have gigantic bruises on my right knee and a scrape on my left. My left foot hurts when I walk and my right ankle hurts when I put pressure on it. Lots of pain...
And all of this before nine AM.
...
I'm kinda thinking I should have stayed in bed...
:'(
Thursday, July 10, 2008
A Plethora of Excitement
As I stated in my previous post, I'm officially done with my logic class, which is a cause for celebration. I'll save that piece of philosophy for the post below -- I won't ask you to think as you read this one.
As a reward to myself for getting through the final I went to the student union and purchased a couple of books for reading while at work -- Diary by Chuck Palahniuk and Straw Dogs by John Gray. I'll be posting my thoughts on both as I read them.
Talked to my mom today. She's going to be back in town after a 3 week absence while attending a festival on the coast. She will be arriving with presents, stories, and the promise of many family outings to movies and other such things.
Today at 4.30 Will and I are going to look at 2 apartments. Hopefully he'll find one soon. After that he'll make a few more phone calls and we'll see where we stand.
I also ran into Noel today. She's officially the manager of the Eastview Dorm Snack-Hut, which is awesome, as I'm planning on returning to work there at the end of August. We chatted about work and other fun ideas, including Talk Like a Pirate Day (which is the best holiday ever). Hopefully she'll be hanging out with us later, though I doubt we'll be very exciting. I promised Will I'd play Magic with him because on Saturday, when the Eventide set gets released, our local gaming store has an event going on involving tournaments and he wants to brush up his playing skills. So I told him I'd be glad to help, and even come along for moral support.
More later. For now, I'm going to read a bit and listen to more Korn.
Liz.
As a reward to myself for getting through the final I went to the student union and purchased a couple of books for reading while at work -- Diary by Chuck Palahniuk and Straw Dogs by John Gray. I'll be posting my thoughts on both as I read them.
Talked to my mom today. She's going to be back in town after a 3 week absence while attending a festival on the coast. She will be arriving with presents, stories, and the promise of many family outings to movies and other such things.
Today at 4.30 Will and I are going to look at 2 apartments. Hopefully he'll find one soon. After that he'll make a few more phone calls and we'll see where we stand.
I also ran into Noel today. She's officially the manager of the Eastview Dorm Snack-Hut, which is awesome, as I'm planning on returning to work there at the end of August. We chatted about work and other fun ideas, including Talk Like a Pirate Day (which is the best holiday ever). Hopefully she'll be hanging out with us later, though I doubt we'll be very exciting. I promised Will I'd play Magic with him because on Saturday, when the Eventide set gets released, our local gaming store has an event going on involving tournaments and he wants to brush up his playing skills. So I told him I'd be glad to help, and even come along for moral support.
More later. For now, I'm going to read a bit and listen to more Korn.
Liz.
Jubilation?
That's it.
It's over.
I'm done.
Done with Logic.
Done with Math.
Forever.
For always.
...
3 credits closer to graduation...
...
3 credits closer to growing up...
...
...
...
Neverland's looking smaller every day.
It's over.
I'm done.
Done with Logic.
Done with Math.
Forever.
For always.
...
3 credits closer to graduation...
...
3 credits closer to growing up...
...
...
...
Neverland's looking smaller every day.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Study, study, study *headdesk*
So, it's t-minus approximately 17 and a half hours until my logic final. Which means I still have anywhere between 5 and 10 hours left to study, depending on how much time I want to spend doing other things, like sleeping and not drilling holes into my skull with proofs and translations.
Yeah, the studying is still raping my brain, but parts of it are raping me a little less. I can officially do predicate proofs and relational predicate proofs ladies and gentlemen, so be shocked. That said, translating sentences is still absurdly complicated...
Luckily I know for a fact that the prof gives partial credit for trying, so as long as I try to do every problem, I won't fail this class horribly. Hooray!
It's Wednesday, so that means I have therapy after work. It's been two weeks since the last time I saw my therapist (last week I had a project due, so I canceled my session), so we'll have a lot to talk about. So much we probably won't be able to fit it all into a 45 minute session. But meh, at least I'll be talking about my problems.
After that I'm hoping I can talk Meg into taking me somewhere for food, so I'll have something good to eat while I study. I have no idea what that would be though... maybe pizza or something. Pizza makes an excellent study aid.
Will also makes an excellent study aid. He sits there and lets me talk at him while I try to work out the problems that make no sense. He did take logic a couple semesters ago, but then he stopped paying attention, skipped the final, and subsequently failed it. Which of course means he gets to take it again sometime in the next three years. I've promised him I'll help him with it, but he shouldn't have any trouble as long as he keeps up with the reading. Which, as I now know, is a lot easier said than done...
In other news, Will is officially apartment-hunting. He's got an appointment to look at two different places tomorrow after he gets off work. I'm coming with for moral support and because I'm anal-retentive enough to ask the right questions. Both places are within biking distance of campus, and we've found more properties on craigslist.org that have a lot of potential. Hopefully he'll find somewhere to move into by the end of the month, and we can be out of Jeff's house. Nothing against Jeff; he's a good guy, but the house just reeks of negative energy. It's like being sucked into a little black hole when you walk through the door. Everyone pisses each other off, nobody picks anything up, and there are roaches. Big ones.
I'm also excited because when Will gets his own place, he can have cats! Both of us really want kitties to play with, animal lovers that we are. I'm going to take him to the local cat shelter at the end of August, and help him pick out a cat (or maybe even two cats) as my birthday gift to him (because his birthday is at the end of August). I'll also be helping him furniture and appliance hunt, which means we'll be trolling goodwill, salvation army, and yard sales for a while. That'll be fun.
I've already gotten a good amount of study in today, as I actually paid attention in class today (shocker), and I monopolized the office whiteboard again. I also purchased Untitled, the most recent Korn album. I'm a big Korn fan, and the album hasn't disappointed me at all. Favorite songs include 'Starting Over', 'Hold on', 'Kiss', 'Ever Be', 'Love and Luxury', 'Innocent Bystander' and 'I Will Protect You'. I like 'Evolution' too, but it's been so overplayed on the radio that my opinion of it has been reduced to considering it mediocre rather than good. Ah well, it'll be back in my good graces once the radio stops playing it. Or I stop listening to the radio, whichever comes first.
EDIT: Okay, so I've discovered that I pretty much love just about ALL of this album. Holy cats it's amazing. Listen to it if you haven't already.
That's about all today has brought so far. Anticipate more studying for me... and hopefully some fun with Will later this evening. I've sure as hell earned it.
I'll post again tomorrow after I've collapsed with joy from being done with the final. Wish me luck!!
Liz.
Yeah, the studying is still raping my brain, but parts of it are raping me a little less. I can officially do predicate proofs and relational predicate proofs ladies and gentlemen, so be shocked. That said, translating sentences is still absurdly complicated...
Luckily I know for a fact that the prof gives partial credit for trying, so as long as I try to do every problem, I won't fail this class horribly. Hooray!
It's Wednesday, so that means I have therapy after work. It's been two weeks since the last time I saw my therapist (last week I had a project due, so I canceled my session), so we'll have a lot to talk about. So much we probably won't be able to fit it all into a 45 minute session. But meh, at least I'll be talking about my problems.
After that I'm hoping I can talk Meg into taking me somewhere for food, so I'll have something good to eat while I study. I have no idea what that would be though... maybe pizza or something. Pizza makes an excellent study aid.
Will also makes an excellent study aid. He sits there and lets me talk at him while I try to work out the problems that make no sense. He did take logic a couple semesters ago, but then he stopped paying attention, skipped the final, and subsequently failed it. Which of course means he gets to take it again sometime in the next three years. I've promised him I'll help him with it, but he shouldn't have any trouble as long as he keeps up with the reading. Which, as I now know, is a lot easier said than done...
In other news, Will is officially apartment-hunting. He's got an appointment to look at two different places tomorrow after he gets off work. I'm coming with for moral support and because I'm anal-retentive enough to ask the right questions. Both places are within biking distance of campus, and we've found more properties on craigslist.org that have a lot of potential. Hopefully he'll find somewhere to move into by the end of the month, and we can be out of Jeff's house. Nothing against Jeff; he's a good guy, but the house just reeks of negative energy. It's like being sucked into a little black hole when you walk through the door. Everyone pisses each other off, nobody picks anything up, and there are roaches. Big ones.
I'm also excited because when Will gets his own place, he can have cats! Both of us really want kitties to play with, animal lovers that we are. I'm going to take him to the local cat shelter at the end of August, and help him pick out a cat (or maybe even two cats) as my birthday gift to him (because his birthday is at the end of August). I'll also be helping him furniture and appliance hunt, which means we'll be trolling goodwill, salvation army, and yard sales for a while. That'll be fun.
I've already gotten a good amount of study in today, as I actually paid attention in class today (shocker), and I monopolized the office whiteboard again. I also purchased Untitled, the most recent Korn album. I'm a big Korn fan, and the album hasn't disappointed me at all. Favorite songs include 'Starting Over', 'Hold on', 'Kiss', 'Ever Be', 'Love and Luxury', 'Innocent Bystander' and 'I Will Protect You'. I like 'Evolution' too, but it's been so overplayed on the radio that my opinion of it has been reduced to considering it mediocre rather than good. Ah well, it'll be back in my good graces once the radio stops playing it. Or I stop listening to the radio, whichever comes first.
EDIT: Okay, so I've discovered that I pretty much love just about ALL of this album. Holy cats it's amazing. Listen to it if you haven't already.
That's about all today has brought so far. Anticipate more studying for me... and hopefully some fun with Will later this evening. I've sure as hell earned it.
I'll post again tomorrow after I've collapsed with joy from being done with the final. Wish me luck!!
Liz.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Logic is Raping Me in Uncomfortable Places
Symbolizing Relational Predicate Logic:
Section 17
Meh, well... I'll ask Will for a hand when he gets off work - he's got one hell of a logical mind ( he's a future lawyer, so naturally his brain is well-suited for logic. He took a practice LSAT without studying anything last semester and got a 167 out of 180 on it).
And I still have tomorrow's class period and all of tomorrow afternoon to take care of it... hopefully it'll make a bit more sense.
Wish me luck blogosphere! If I don't pass this class I will be severely ticked off at the universe... I'm so close to being done with math!
Section 17
f) Doctors who respect all of their patients will be liked and respected by them all
(x)(__ ⊃ __)
x is a doctor who respects all of his/her patients:
Dx • (y)(Pyx ⊃ Rxy)
x will be liked and respected by all of his/her patients:
(y)(Pyx ⊃ (Ryx • Lyx))
(x)((Dx • (y)(Pyx ⊃ Rxy)) ⊃ (y)(Pyx ⊃ (Ryx • Lyx)))
(w)(Pwx ⊃ (Rwx • Lwx))
I know... what the fuck, right? Welcome to my life. And don't even get me started on the proofs. Sweet monkey crapfuck they confuse me:
(x)((Qx ν Wx) ⊃ (Ex • Rx)
(x)((Ex ν Rx) ⊃ (Qx • Wx)
/∴ (x)(Qx ≡ Rx)
shouldn't be too hard: if you use biconditional exchange then the conclusion should easily translate into:
(Qx ⊃ Rx) • (Rx ⊃ Qx)
and that's all well and good... but how the fuck do I get there from the two premises? That's what I want to know...Meh, well... I'll ask Will for a hand when he gets off work - he's got one hell of a logical mind ( he's a future lawyer, so naturally his brain is well-suited for logic. He took a practice LSAT without studying anything last semester and got a 167 out of 180 on it).
And I still have tomorrow's class period and all of tomorrow afternoon to take care of it... hopefully it'll make a bit more sense.
Wish me luck blogosphere! If I don't pass this class I will be severely ticked off at the universe... I'm so close to being done with math!
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