happy memorial day, everyone (i always thought 'happy' was an odd word to use in conjunction with this day, but perhaps it's fitting) nothing to say today except whining, and no one wants to here that. no, my computer's still broken. sigh. i've finally quit working at my dad's store, which i think is a good thing, despite the fact he avoids me now and my mom nags me about finding a new one (despite the fact i quit on friday so haven't exactly had a chance to look for one elsewhere) i'm looking forward to next month - my brother comes for a visit and emily is getting married . . .but otherwise, the days drag on endlessly, with cycles of my parents sniping at me and me sniping at my parents . . . any illusions of maturity i had are now gone - if you can't get along with your parents, you definitely cannot be called mature . . .
posted by Kecia 9:00 AM
Sunday, May 19, 2002
~whine~ still broken. still don't know what to do about it.
posted by Kecia 6:34 PM
Friday, May 17, 2002
ok. a further description of my computer's problem - if anyone out there is disposed to help, feel free to leave comments . . . so i'm calmly reading a story, when suddenly the screen blanks out. the computer sounds like it's restarting, but the monitor doesn't get the signal. so i turn everything off and try again. no dice. when i start the computer, it sounds fine for a minute, but after a while, (and pressing my ear against it) i have determined that it isn't starting all the way and is making a sound like . . . i don't know, like it's trying to open a disc. over and over again. for a while anyway, because then that stops and all you hear is the whir of the fan. :( Help!
posted by Kecia 7:01 PM
Thursday, May 16, 2002
okay, if anyone is wondering - my computer is broken. i don't know what's wrong with it, other than that it doesn't seem to be talking to the monitor, but i don't think it's just something wrong with the video card. i don't know. in any case, i won't be on very much at all until i can get it sorted out - and who knows how long that'll take . . .
posted by Kecia 1:41 PM
Monday, May 13, 2002
Whoohoo! My commentses things are working! *waves at Kevin* Now if I could only make it say how many comments are already posted . . . hrm . . . *tentatively pokes around in the code template, only to withdraw in fear and defeat* Well, it's on my to do list. As is making the banner at the bottom bigger. And fixing the Ravenclaw thing. And learning html-y things. Oh well. And as for Kevin, who apparently reads this sillyness, what I say next will embarrass him (and me, I suppose, if I were saying it to his face) but he has joined the list of people I would tell my children to look up to. And that's a pretty short list, making it a higher order of honor than the 'Lyrelle's Seal of Approval' of g.t.d.g. fame. *grins at Kevin*
Eeek! I just found a Rupert Grint website - well, I had it pointed out to me, really. Go to the 'Fun Pics' section. I was impressed with the silly-and-cute-ness. :) If you don't know (though you probably do, if you know me) he played Ron in the recent Harry Potter movie and is an excessively cute little boy. *runs off to read a R/H story*
posted by Kecia 8:33 PM
I quit with the quizzes. No, really. I'm going to bed now. Maybe. *glances at bed* Possibly, even. *sigh* At least I'll stop with the quizzles.
posted by Kecia 12:34 AM
You're more good than evil, but not by much. You've drank straight from the carton of milk in the refrigerator, and maybe kicked the neighbor's cat, but you're still good. Kinda.
Okay, I admit it. I'm bored. And I don't want to go to sleep. So I'm hanging out in the cafe, and playing with quizzles. I should go to sleep, but I don't wanna. So there.
posted by Kecia 12:31 AM
*laughs* Well, that's good, I think. Certainly my favorite. :) *blushes and runs away*
posted by Kecia 12:27 AM
Saturday, May 11, 2002
Well, my room looks a little more lived-in now, and a little less like a mountain of boxes. Still haven't heard from Matthew today. :( I don't know, exactly, how I'm going to handle this whole summer of separation thing. (Mrs. Morrow was right - there *is* a rat in separation.) I'm sure it'll be good for us; in addition, it will make at least his parents happier with the fact of us, I think. (though they're likely more annoyed about the whole moving 12 hours away thing) And, as usual, I could be totally wrong about everything. You'd think I'd get used to that after a while . . .
posted by Kecia 8:49 PM
Gah. Maybe I'm allergic to my parents? I haven't been able to stop sneezing or sniffling since I got here. Looks like church will be fun tomorrow. :(
posted by Kecia 1:37 PM
Thursday, May 09, 2002
Heh - from the front page of blogger: U.S. News: "One vote here in favor of the blogging revolution. Bloggers (from the words 'Web log') write online diaries and commentaries. The best bloggers weigh in on social and political issues, report nuggets of information that the national media miss or suppress, and provide links to other bloggers with something sharp to say."
– Ev. [5/8/2002 11:01:28 PM]
Yes, well. I don't mean to be a 'best blogger,' fortunately enough. I don't think anyone is even reading this. Well, maybe Presto, but probably not even him. :( And really, that's just as well. Gives me the freedom to ramble on about whatever I please without worrying about hurting other people's feelings, and to use sentence fragments at will. :)
Well, I'm all moved back home. Sort of, anyway. The last load is still in my car, waiting for it to get cool enough for me to bring it in. I got in from my trip to DC today around one - I got back in Atlanta this morning around twoish (am). I'm really really tired - the downside to the trip was that we had to get so much done we were exhausted every night, and didn't get to play around much. Oh well, we have five years to see the pretty monuments and such. Gah! Time's a-tickin' away already!
One bragging note: I came full circle this semester on my grades, making my first and last semesters at Tech my only 4.0s. Whee.
Biol 4469 Molecular Biology A
Biol 4570 Immunology A
Biol 4803 Human Molecular Genetics A
Psych 2240 Personality Theory A
Tomorrow I'm going on my big job hunt. I'm hitting the library, the bridal shops, and other non-threatening places first. We'll see what comes of it. I also have to do my fellowship application, email Gail, and . . .er . . . something else . . . oh, yes - send the formal acceptance to UMD. That's an important one. I also am going to start my summer exercise program. No, really. Ok, maybe not. But I'm going to try.
It's getting dark outside. Time to go move in the boxes . . .
posted by Kecia 8:27 PM
Saturday, May 04, 2002
"When I first came to Tech, I couldn't even spell 'engineer.' Now I are one!"
So I thought it appropriate, on the eve of my graduation, to list a few quotes I picked up along the way these past four years:
"We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love."--Tom Robbins
"on my wedding day, i will be getting married and the man i would like to marry will be getting married, and if i'm really
lucky we'll be marrying each other." - hetal kapadia
"We are all reminded of the ancient Chinese curse, 'May you live in interesting times.'" - Dr. Biritz, on 9/11
"Oh, obsession. It's not just a fragrance." - Arabella
"the test plates show more than total clearing - they show slaughter" - shana, in lab
"There was a man with tongue of wood Who essayed to sing, And in truth it was lamentable. But there was one who heard The clip-clapper of this tongue of wood And knew what the man Wished to sing, And with that the singer was content." -Stephen Crane
Moderator: "Why did you make Quirrell the bad guy instead of Snape?" J.K. Rowling: "Because I know all about Snape, and he wasn't about to put on a turban. "
"No, theatre is a guy standing on a stump shouting words that he has previously committed to memory. Nothing else is needed to define it. Maybe not even the stump. Maybe not even the memory."
By 'hold our hand' you mean 'teach us the material we will be graded on'?" -Michael Powell, on CS 2130
"But I will hold strong - I do not need Nookie - I am a scientist!" - Craig Rennak
"Majors are like penises. Unless the one at hand is your own, it just ISN'T any fun." - Tony Kasten
"Science is like sex: sometimes something useful comes out, but that is not the reason we are doing it" -- Richard Feynman
"One must have the right of choice, even to choose wrong, if he is ever to learn to choose right." -Josiah C. Wedgewood
"When 9 years at Tech you reach look as good you will not."
"I am returning this otherwise good typing paper to you because someone has printed gibberish all over it and put your name at the top." -English Professor, Ohio University
"The Y-chromsome is a vast wasteland." - Dr. Choi
"In his youth, the born poet often wavers between science and literature; and his choice is determined by the chance attraction of one or other of the alternative modes of expressing his imaginative joy in nature. It is essential to keep in mind that science and poetry have the same root in human nature."-Alfred North Whitehead
"You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands." - Isaiah 55:12
"I'm sure we all can come up with a list of people who would best serve humanity by roasting slowly on a turning spit."
"Beware of dragons for you are crunchy and go well with brie."
Procrastinator's Creed #7: I shall never forget that the probability of a miracle, though infinitesmally small, is not exactly zero.
"You can pick out actors by the glazed look that comes into their eyes when the conversation wanders away from themselves." - Michael Wilding
"Every woman should own a dress capable of making a grown man cry."
"Stress is when you wake up screaming and then realize you haven't fallen asleep yet."
"It's this pain that tells us we're alive, it tells us that we aren't just marking time on this planet - we're dancing. And I would rather trip and fall on my face a million times than give up on a chance to fly." - Craig Rennak
And that's what I really learned at Tech.
posted by Kecia 8:56 PM
Thursday, May 02, 2002
i am full of done-ness! done is what i am! look at me, being done. never again shall i take a final in this week, because i am done and as such i am one who is done. donefulness is me. and the name with which you shall call me shall be one who is done, for it is with that name that i shall take over the world, for i am done, and graduating, and all shall fear me! . . . or maybe i'll just take a shower. because i'm done. and so i can.
This is me, though I'm also heavily Oasis. Except for the whole assassin-killer-robot thing, which I'm not so much. Though the newsgroups seems to think I'm Gwynn. Whatever. Everyone, go read the comic! Is it not nifty?
posted by Kecia 7:34 PM
Your past life diagnosis:
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I don't know how you feel about it, but you were female in your last earthly incarnation.
You were born somewhere in the territory of modern Arctic around the year 700.
Your profession was that of a dramatist, director, musician or bard.
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Your brief psychological profile in your past life:
You were a sane, practical person, a materialist with no spiritual consciousness. Your simple wisdom helped the weaker and the poor.
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The lesson that your last past life brought to your present incarnation:
You should develop your talent for love, happiness and enthusiasm and you should distribute these feelings to all people.
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Do you remember now?
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Hrm . . . not sure how I feel about this - but hey, wasting time is wasting time . . .
posted by Kecia 8:25 AM
Heehee . . . this is great. :) Especially the love interest part - mmmmpoetry. I have a paper due at five today and a final at eight tomorrow, so, welcome to procrastination central!
posted by Kecia 8:22 AM
a home for my blatherings on the web, because i have a real need to procrastinate more than i already do
Gah. Maybe I'm allergic to my parents? I haven't been able to stop sneezing or sniffling since I got here. Looks like church will be fun tomorrow. :(
i am full of done-ness! done is what i am! look at me, being done. never again shall i take a final in this week, because i am done and as such i am one who is done. donefulness is me. and the name with which you shall call me shall be one who is done, for it is with that name that i shall take over the world, for i am done, and graduating, and all shall fear me! . . . or maybe i'll just take a shower. because i'm done. and so i can.
