Cute or Creepy?

Soap.

NO. THAT IS DEF JUST CREEPY.

My Uncle is Badass!

This post is to celebrate my uncle's latest achievement: he got a big promotion!

Congratulations, tio Claudio!!

I love you and we are all very proud of you! You deserve it! <3

Where have I been...

Sorry I haven't been posting. I've been scheming though. That is all I'm going to say for now. Scheming - cheers Will (great word!)

That time of the year...

So, it's once again time for Halloween costume shopping!

(And this time around I actually have been invited to a really awesome event - Thanks Chad!)

So I started browsing ... I was looking under sexy (of course!) costumes and I think I might have found my costume for this year:

"You'll fly off the shelf in this unique Pretty Polly Poseable Dolly adult costume. Comes with piping and straps to give structure to the box, and slits on the side allow for arm movement. Plastic cover is removable and secured with velcro. Comes with assembly instructions. Great on guys too! "

How much sexier does it get?

Ok... but seriously. I am looking for a costume. Suggestions please?

Gadfly

- a person who persistently annoys or provokes others with criticism, schemes, ideas, demands, requests, etc.

I JUST LOVE THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE!

(So much better than the word of the day dictionary.com provided me)

<3

For my CS homies.

Thanks mom! You rock!

=/

Scott so gave me the flu.

Thinking of... Jeanine and our trip cross country... I love you!

Hey Jeanine, Thank you so much for introducing me to India Arie. I always feel closer to you when I listen to her!
You're one of the greatest things ever to happen to me, and I will always have a place for you in my heart!


These Eyes

These eyes never saw you leavin
This heart is in need of some healing
These arms are letting you go
Our life is the greatest story never told

How many more ways can I explain this to you boy
We had had this conversation several times before
I will except nothing less than your complete respect
If you cannot give me that then maybe I should step

These eyes never saw you leavin
This heart is in need of some healing
These arms are letting you go
Our life is the greatest story never told

All this cryin all this fightin simply ain't my style
Though you're one of the most important people in my life
I love you from the day we met, I know you love me too
But at this point walking away is the best thing we can do

These eyes never saw you leavin
This heart is in need of some healing
These arms are letting you go
Our life is the greatest story never told

Are we meant to be man and wife?
The answer I don't know
Of life's many mystery's what intrigues me the most
Is who our children would have been
I guess we'll never know
Even as I walk away I'll always keep the hope

These eyes never saw you leavin
This heart is in need of some healing
These arms are letting you go
That's life

That's the way the story goes
Truth is every relationship is a lesson
Truth is I saw it coming but it hurts anyway
Truth is I'm not the reason you're so angry
Truth is you're not the reason I'm so passive
Truth is I've got to take back my power
Truth is

The reason why it hurts so bad
to walk away from you

These eyes I never saw you leavin
This heart my heart is in need of some healing
These arms, These arms are letting you go
That's life is the greatest story never told (2x)

Our love is the greatest story never told
Our life is the greatest story never told (2x)

And that's the way the story goes...

NONSENSE 5. anything of trifling importance or of little or no use.

Hey y'all

I haven't posted in a while, so I decided to post some ramblings, even if they aren't exactly prettily written... (and by the way, somebody help me here, is "rambling" a noun? dictionary.com doesn't think so).

As I wrote the first line of this entry I decided to check the spelling of "Y'all" (I wasn't about to get yelled at by Phil ;) ) AND YES! THERE IS INDEED AN ENTRY ON WIKIPEDIA ABOUT IT!

And I found out that it's sometimes misspelled as "Ya'll", "Yawl", or "Yaw" (YAW??? REALLY?) . Anyway.. thanks to wonderful wikipedia, that is not a mistake I'm making.

But the internet is really a wonderful, informative tool. The other night I had a strong craving for raisinets (my favorite candy, because it reminds me of my mom). So I dragged Harry and Scott to Redners. On the way there we noticed a shoe in the middle of the road... we've all had a similar experience at some point in our lives and we've all wondered "How the hell did it get there? Is it part of a cult? Did someone got pissed off in traffic and decided the middle finger wasn't enough to express his anger? Does it involve sex somehow?" Well, fear no more. I have THE ANSWER(s). Yes, someone actually wrote a thread about it, and, what is best, people replied to it (some people actually wrote on it more than once).

I will leave you today ( pretend it's still the 16th - I haven't gone to bed yet <3)wishing a wonderful International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer!- Especially for those of you under the hole in Brazil.

Shoe of Shoes

WOW - That's all I have to say.

I AM SPEECHLESS

GO ACM GO!

Julia's first Video

YOU GO SCOTT!

HALO 3 LAUNCH TOURNAMENT

9/25/07

COME JOIN US AT OUR FIRST VIDEO GAME TOURNAMENT OF THE YEAR

1^ST PLACE: HALO 3 COLLECTOR’S EDITION + $50 GIFT CARD

2^nd PLACE: HALO 3 STANDARD EDITION + $25 GIFT CARD

3^RD PLACE: HALO 3 STANDARD EDITION

RULES

Players will sign up in teams in 4 (or we will put you in a team of 4, if you do not have one)! Each match will be a 4v4 match, so it's one team against another. Each team will play against each other team once.

At the end, the number of kills each team scores is tallied.The team with the highest number of kills gets the 1st place prize, the team with the second-highest number of kills gets the 2nd place prize, and the team with the third-highest number of kills gets the 3rd place prize.

But which of the four in the team will keep the titanic prizes?

MASSIVE TWIST!!! --- A new catch is going to be added this year. Once the prizes have been awarded to the teams, there will be the final EPIC BATTLES between the Halo gods of Ursinus. Once your team has placed in the top 3, your war is just beginning.

For each of the top 3 teams, there will be a 4-way free-for-all between the former teammates. The single winner of this match will win his/her team's prize!

Will YOU be the one to finish the fight?

http://ursinus.facebook.com/event.php?eid=18543425808

FINISH THE FIGHT!

MASTER CHIEF IS WAITING…

Heims+Julia skyping.

Check list. Heims can:

* Jump
*Climb
*Fetch
*Play football (catch)
*Skype with his favorite human ... (that would be me)


I will never ever ever ever (!) love another cat as I love Heims.

Algorithm March! with Ninjas!

Watch it to the end.

Me? Proud?

AWESOMENESS

Success! (or Let the games begin!)

Back to school

Classes started again on Monday. Although I am glad to still be in school – as this is a refuge from the real world- life on campus without Jeanine or Philip feels really odd. So far I am enrolled in Physics and Independent research for economics – none of which excites me to the least.

I am, however, excited by my newest project (it’s been a while since I’ve head a project of my own): Studying language. I’ve decided to undertake this project for a simple fact: anything I might ever want to announce to the world will have to be in words. I’ve came to terms with this fact, so it’s probably a good idea to attempt to understand my means of communication.

I’ve always thought that passion, initiative, and interesting thoughts are often born out of boredom. I still believe that. It’s been quite a while since I felt bored – I’ve rather felt overwhelmed through out the five years I’ve inhabited this country. This summer, for the first time in a while, for the fact I was single, the fact that I did not have a job for most of it, I was finally beginning to feel, well, bored. And with it came the wonderful desire to learn. A desire I haven’t felt since I was 18. It feels good – and I hope it will last even though school has started. You shouldn’t let school get in the way of your education. That is often how I feel.

So I went nuts and bought 4 or 5 books on language, in addition to Lolita and Catch 22, which are books on language on their own way. I am, of course, reading them all simultaneously (is there any other way?) and as fast as I can, so I can read more and other things. I plan on hiding from any social life this semester – with the exception of ACM events – and dedicating myself to my new friends: the books. Noam Chomsky is excellent. Nothing he has said so far (I’ve only read 50 pages) on his On Language has been new to me, yet the concise way in which he presents his points, the clarity and specificity with which he addresses these issues, as well as the great examples he explores make this book absolutely phenomenal, and a delight to read.

Language in Thought and Action on the other hand has proved to be less than exciting. Its writing, while eloquent, is far from beautiful, and its content so far is quite childish and dull. It talks of how different humans are from other animals for we can 1. learn from other humans (who communicate their experiences to us through language – verbal or written) and 2. because we can make use of symbols that stand for something. Although those are both valid points, I find them to be rather common knowledge and I don’t see the need for discussing it as thoroughly as they have in this book. I have, however, only read 30 pages of this book, so I still have hopes for it.

More on other books later – but just as a teaser, as far as I can tell (again, I’ve only read 20 pages worth of it) Empires of the World, A Language History of the World is quite the work of art.

Cultural Differences

Today, as most days, I ordered a cheese quesadilla at Zack's (our school cafeteria). For two (or three?) years now you no longer order your food from a human being; instead you go to a touch screen and place your order there. You select what you want to eat and drink and then press "PAY". Then a screen comes up giving your total (again) and asking if that is "OK". Yes, it's ok.
I wonder how such a machine would work in places like India, Israel or Morocco. Would it accommodate bargaining?

Your sandwich comes to a total of $30 dollars. Is that ok?
1.Yes
2.No.

>> 2

Please select a reason:
1. Simply won't pay this much. I'll walk out.
2. I don't have that much on me.
3. My house is on fire.
4. I just got fired.
5. I need to teach the value of money to my kids.

>>4.

Sorry to hear that. Please make a counter proposal.

>>$2

Sorry we are not able to accept that price. Your new total is $25 dollars. Is that ok?
1.Yes
2.No

>>2

Please select a reason:
1. Simply won't pay this much. I'll walk out.
2. I don't have that much on me.
3. My house is on fire.
4. I just got fired.
5. I need to teach the value of money to my kids.

>>1

Wait! Maybe we can figure something else out! Is $12 dollars ok?

1. Yes
2. No

>> 2

...

Duly Guidance

Americans don't love as well as Brazilians. But then how could they, without Vinicius?

Para viver um grande amor perfeito, não basta ser apenas bom sujeito; é preciso também ter muito peito — peito de remador. É preciso olhar sempre a bem-amada como a sua primeira namorada e sua viúva também, amortalhada no seu finado amor.

GOOGLE RULES! (or Playing Barbie)

meaning

in·ten·sion

5.Logic. (of a term) the set of attributes belonging to all and only those things to which the given term is correctly applied; connotation; comprehension.

-- dictionary.com

Take 2

Hello World! (again)