Wednesday, November 19, 2003

swk seeking mental help

This article is an update of the internet renown star wars kid. Here's the lowdown:
People are trying to get him in a movie
he doesn't want to; he dropped out of high school and is in a psychiatric ward
his parents are suing the kid who put the video online
more at the article...

Friday, November 14, 2003

anths.org launch (finally!)

For the past few weeks I have been working on re-designing our school website, anths.org. Well, today was the day my teacher (Mr. Z of all people) told me, so I uploaded what I had done and before you know it, there it is. Take a peek and let me know what you think.
It is a fairly simple 2-column design coded in dreamweaver using PHP, Advanced CSS, raw HTML, and a teeny bit of javascript. This is the webpage our entire school will rely upon for email, grades, and class information whenever they are at home, or even at school sometimes. Kind of a big deal I guess. Whatever. Post a comment already.

Wednesday, November 12, 2003

wtf?

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/sfu/unixproresources/
um... yeah. I am fairly speechless. If I read this correctly - and I may not have - microsoft is making a suite of software for UNIX operating systems. Class is starting, but I just wanted to blurt this out.

Tuesday, November 11, 2003

making up for my stupidity

A few weeks ago I went to Chico State's "on the spot admission" day. They let me in provisionally on the basis that I would complete all credits necessary for admission. Well, I am down a few classes. Three to be exact. And I am going to do something about it.
I have enrolled in an online class (History 43 - America from 1851) to make up for a class I failed last year. It is a class through Brigham Young University online through the independent study program they have there. Actually, I think it will be pretty easy, but I am not looking forward to it AT ALL. I am a geek, so the onine part doesn't bother me. It is the fact that I have to pace myself, and I am the only one who can get me to do the work. I mean, they say that I have a year to take it, and knowing me I am going to want every second of it. But then again, I have to finish it before I graduate. In addition to another online class (English 1A) and a math class (Algebra II). Before I graduate. Otherwise I won't be going to college. Anyway, back to the online class: I just visited their website to begin the class and read the introduction to the class. The professor (a slightly overweight elderly man with seemingly no personality - according to my analysis of the videos) is one of ten kids in his family, and has seven kids himself. In fact, between the ten of them, their family reunion has over 200 people. Did I menton that this is a mormon college?
Anyway, I am mainly venting at myself for how STUPID I was last year as far as school goes. Who knows, maybe their was a purpose to trek.

"Its basically the same as high school, except without all of that unneeded bull shit" - Tony, on college

Thursday, November 06, 2003

revolutions

I was on my way to my volunteer internship/job when I got a call on my cell phone. It was a guy named Jonathan who works with me. He simply said "Where are you? Your ticket is on the table." I could only guess as to what he was talking about. Utilizing my superior powers of deduction, I figured out that it was opening day of The Matrix: Revolutions, Jonathan is geeky enough to want to see it, and he implied that he had three tickets to go see an unbeknownst movie.
I simply said "Jonathan, I love you."
I'm not gay, but I really did love the guy at that moment.
Turns out, our bosses (both of them!) were away at a meeting all day, and wouldn't be back until late that night. Jonathan and the other guy who just started working with us had gone to go see the 1:30 showing, but their lunch ran late so they had to buy tickets for the 3:40 showing (otherwise I would be at work alone), so they bought a ticket for me. As soon as I got to work, we piled in to the station wagon and headed for movies 10.
So now you want to know what I thought of it, if it was worth going on opening day. Well. hmm.... I can't say much, but I will say that I am pretty sure that I liked it better than the second, but it was (as suspected) nothing compared to the first. It was a lot more action than I was ready for while walking into the theatre, but that wasn't necessarily a bad thing. Some of the scenes were a bit drawn out, but again, it was eye candy so I didn't mind. And before I start giving stuff away, I will say that I was not prepared for some of the plot twists. I am still reeling from it. But that doesn't mean it's bad. It was a good movie. I want to see it again before I start dissing it or praising it too much.
But go see it anyway. I mean, it's The Matrix.

Tuesday, November 04, 2003

oh my fscking GOD!!!

Richard, as you may remember from the last few posts, has done it again. I just heard about it a few minutes ago, so I went to the horses mouth for the whole story. I can't post the entire story yet. Here's what i can post:
Richard was driving Jay's ML320 after school around 3PM after school yesterday. They were looking for a good spot to go 4-wheeling, so the two of them went out driving. Richard was behind the wheel. They were driving (from what I know) behind the school close to our usual spots, only driving a little bit further than normal down the paved road. While driving on the paved road, Richard put the petal to the metal. As they were going faster, they hit a bump in the road and the back end drifted out to the side for a bit. He corrected, and it slid to the other side. They hit one final bump and they got massive air. When they landed, he lost control completely, and the back end flew around and around, right into a tree. They were going pretty fast when they hit, and it totaled the SUV. Airbags didn't go off, and it was said that they would have flipped if it weren't for the tree. CHP was on the scene, as were Richard's parents who whisked him away before Jay's parents had arrived. I haven't spoken with Jay yet, but he should show up here within the hour... I'll keep you posted.

Monday, November 03, 2003

SAT and Belmont

Stassia says hi!
Moving on, the SATs were on Saturday. I hate the SAT test. The first time I took it, I felt bad about it because I didn't study at all, and whatnot. This last Saturday, I didn't study. I didn't really eat breakfast. And what's more, the night before was Halloween! Not to mention it was my best friends moms' wedding. Yeah. If I get better than my previous 1280, I will be amazed.
RIGHT after the test, I met up with my dad to drive to Belmont for my mothers **th High School reunion. Wow. My mom graduated in 19**!!! That's cool, plus we got to see all of her teachers and previous classmates whom all attended Notre Dame Belmont. On the way back, we stopped at the new IKEA in East Palo Alto which was gobs of fun as usual. My parents stepped inside the store, and the FIRST couch, no joke, was the one they bought. I guess they wanted to but futon for the sewing room (which was my room, by the way), so thats what they got.