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Today, after I got back from my statistics group project meeting, Eph and Eug walked into my room and surprised me with an early Christmas/bday present: What was it you ask? Look left.
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So they got me the Special Extended DVD Version of Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Holy crap. They rule. Like madmen. I wanted this badboy so badly. Let’s review the features: 4 DVDs, 30 minutes of new and extended scenes. 2 DVDs of 6 hours of bonus material relating to the movie. Holy crap. AND it has the ill packaging. I mean, LOOK AT IT. Wowza.
My roommates: past and present rule like madmen.
There once was a boy named Clarence
He was truly loved by his parents
Then one day he failed an orgo prelim
And for him, his parents had no more feelin’
So they stopped paying his tuition
And his dreams never came to fruition
–My answer to the last question on the Organic Chemistry Prelim. The rest of the exam was pretty much like that. Bleh. At least its over.
On a brighter note, the last actual hardcore labwork was done today for Orgo Lab. And I gotta admit, even though it was Lab Practical 2, we had a lot of fun. Some memorable quotes:
Me: Hot damn Chris (my TA)! Look at the size of that boiling chip! It’s the size of a cornflake!!
Chris: HAHAHAHA, lemme see… HOLY CRAP! That is huge! I must say, that is the biggest one I’ve ever seen! Maybe we should go upstairs and get Prof. Russo to take a look at this…
Andrew: Are boiling chips considered impurities?
Me/Evan: AHAHAHAHAHAHA
Chris holds his straight face for about 3 seconds before he cracks up as well
Chris: Yes.
Yeah, so anyway. Crappity Crap Crap: orgo = sux0rs. At least my first Lab Practical went ok: 79% yield, 97.5% purity. I am a niiiiiiiiice chemist… :D
Don’t you hate it when people act so hard just to impress their girlfriends? I mean, who do you think you’re fooling? We all know that you’re a little pussy, but when you’re with your girl, you think you can grow a little backbone and charm the hell out of her.
I don’t buy it. No one does. If you wanna act all hard, be prepared to back it up. “That was a lot of class you showed there buddy.” You spent half an hour trying to come up with something impressive to say to me and that’s the best you can come up with? Damn dude, you are one scary guy, I’ll be sure not to mess with you again. I bet your girlfriend’s really impressed too.
What is it with guys needing to impress their girlfriends by acting like someone they’re not? Your girl’s with you not because of someone you can be, but because she adores the person you are now. Is that so bad? Do you need to impress her by growing another personality out of your ass? Chill. Be yourself, she loves you for you.
On a brighter note, last night was Fall Tonic featuring the Hangovers and Tufts’ Amalgamates. Damn, they are good. I love a cappella groups.
Chilled Utopia was nice too: free funnel cakes, and a free wax mold of my hand:
Waxhand: FOB style :-D
It’s so easy to complain about life: I mean, I do it all the time. It’s like breathing to me. Whenever I have work to do, its “UGH! I HATE MY LIFE!” Come on. It’s so easy to take our lives for granted. We joke about it all the time: “If I died right now, I’d be happy.”
Bullshit.
No you wouldn’t. Would you be happy knowing you’d never be able to see a sunrise, feel newly cut grass between your toes, hold a loved one, laugh, cry, live?? No, I don’t think so.
What’s the meaning of life? It’s life itself. Live your life. Don’t take it for granted, don’t envy how others live, don’t feel like you can’t take anymore. Sure, life ain’t a bed of roses all the time (although, I don’t see how a bed of roses is comfortable) but you gotta roll with the punches, pick yourself up, laugh a little, and jump back on that horse, or wagon, or organic chemistry textbook–whatever.
Always remember that life is just so amazing, and no matter how awful things get, at least you have life, and you’re not that little rock that gets kicked around on the street: at least you can complain about getting kicked around.
God. Life. Love. That’s what it’s all about baby. Live it up. We’re alive, we’re young, take advantage of it, you only live once.
Being niiiiiiiiiice ain’t all its cracked up to be.
Neither is being noice.
True-nicity.
They say honesty is the best policy. Happiness is the best revenge. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. And laughter is the best medicine. They say ignorance is bliss. Knowledge is power. Necessity is the mother of invention. And all the world is a stage. Or a banquet. Or an illusion. Or whatever you make of it. They say you can’t fight City Hall. They say every man has his price. Money talks. Sex sells. Power corrupts. Truth hurts. Psychiatry kills. And Time heals all wounds. They say it’s a dog-eat-dog world. The early bird gets the worm. The grass is always greener on the other side. And when I was your age I had to walk to school in the snow uphill both ways… So remember to stop and smell the roses. For today is the first day of the rest of your life. And don’t you worry about what they say.
Stay true to yourself. Who cares what people say? Life’s all about 5 things: God, family, me, myself and I. Gotta look out for Number 1.
A list of things that have made me happy recently (in no particular order):
1. my pooh :D
2. Finally being able to watch My Sassy Girl with English subtitles. (One of the greatest movies ever made; seriously, go watch it, or IM me and i’ll send it to you.) props to Eug for the hookup.
3. Having your best friend come up to visit you in boring ass Cornell
4. Dolsot Bibimbap
5. Fried Ice Cream
6. Chinese section with Zhang Laoshi
7. Nappy Roots - Po’ Folks
8. A pile of eprops/comments (heh, i’m a xanga whore :-P)
9. Finally being able to watch My Sassy Girl after a year of wanting to see it.
10. Mr. Boombastick
11. Finally kicking my Counter-Strike addiction.
12. Warm milk black bubble tea with tapioca.
13. Hearing about how great the Jr/Sr conference was.
14. Seeing people who deserve to be giddy be giddy.
15. Finding myself accidentally speaking in Mandarin at random times.
16. Johnny’s plan for Say What! Karaoke (Saturday, November 16, 2002) GO!!!!
17. My Sassy Girl
18. The warm feeling inside knowing you made somebody’s day.
19. Brunch at Rulloff’s
20. Looking forward to Axis: Asian Unity Party Friday night.
21. Not having to gel up my hair in the morning.
22. My new “look”
23. People who give up smoking. :D
24. Getting to class on time.
25. Late night chocolate chip cookies and cupcakes.
26. My friends
27. The Winter Training
28. Chillin’ at Court
29. Steak/Chicken Quesadillas from Ivy Room
30. Shaggy - Strength of a Woman
31. Seeing people happy/giddy
32. Having an umbrella on a rainy day
33. Pimpin’ it
34. Having you read this far down my happy list. Thanks. :D
35. Naps
36. Planning to make a short happy list, and realizing a lot of things have made me happy recently.
37. Realizing how truly lucky I am to be me.
38. My Sassy Girl
39. Eug’s sister coming up for the weekend.
40. Not having eaten Hong Kong for over a week
41. Smelling the banana smell of isopentyl acetate during part I of my Orgo lab practical
42. Reading stuff written by great writers (i.e. Nahdan)
43. Feeling loved.
44. Being so touched by a movie that my eyes well up with tears (fine, i’m a fag, lol :P)
45. Random funny/cute flash animations on the internet.
46. Finding a sparkling clean toilet/sink in the communal bathroom.
47. Smallville, Friends, and Off Centre.
48. Finishing a load (or two) of laundry.
49. Making people laugh.
50. Having 50 things to be happy about. :D
