About a day or two ago, my sister started sending me texts about the awesome hats in this show called Peaky Blinders and insisted I watched it, which I ignored (like I do whenever anyone recs a TV show because I'm stubborn and ridiculous like that). However, she started becoming extremely adamant, so I gave it a shot. If she'd told me it had ( Read more... )

I tried to go rollerblading today and got about 1.5 miles before one of my blades felt like a wheel was stuck. After stopping to investigate, I discovered that a screw had actually come out and that the wheel's axle was about to follow. I had to sit down, work the axle out with a small rock (because I stupidly pushed it back in) and then limp my ( Read more... )

So after my last post bemoaning my lack of interest in any thing fandom related, I went rollerblading. As per usual, while clearing my mind, it gave me an idea that I should catch up with what Little Kuriboh has done recently (I still think he hit his peak a few years ago, but there's always the chance that something incredibly brilliant will make ( Read more... )

So in the space of a day, I went from moderately enjoying the odd episode of Deadwood after a day of studying to absolutely loving it and watching it instead of studying. And I couldn't help but notice a few things...

The first was how much Swearengen reminds me of Gene Hunt: uncouth, loud, opinionated, does things his way, uses his underlings to ( Read more... )

School started this week and I really feel on top of things. I've pre-read all the lecture notes the day before the lecture and I've had this miraculous ability to actually pay attention during lecture, thus proving that I don't need caffeine to concentrate. And when I compare my self-confidence and my acquaintances to that of last year, I'm in a ( Read more... )

Had another boring Ultimate game today. I dunno what it is, but when I play, I either feel incredibly bored and entirely unmotivated to put forth any effort, especially on offense or I feel this ecstatic energy and feel like I can run forever. I think it might have something to do with who I'm playing with: if there's camaraderie I'm more likely to ( Read more... )

The worse seems to have passed: I've had only minor headaches all day. I still can't believe how so simple and minor a routine can influence one's physiology. The human body is remarkable, though, such an attribute is in the process of making my life very challenging, especially since I doubt I remember anything I've learned about it this past year ( Read more... )

We had a pickup Ultimate game yesterday at about 6:30pm. It was hot and humid and the sun was merciless. And I stayed for the entire two hours. After a rough start, I actually didn't do too badly. I was definitely making some great catches. But every second I was out there I was bored out of my mind and wished desperately that I was playing rugby ( Read more... )

A local high school was recently in the news for having all the copies of their yearbook snatched back up due to a section in which, as far as I can gather, used the descriptor "mentally retarded" on a dedication page to students with "special needs".

So, apparently, "retarded" isn't an appropriate word to use? I've suspected this since I started ( Read more... )

I was on Facebook before I checked my key for this morning's micro exam and I stumbled across someone's status, a quote, that read "Don't get angry about not getting what you don't work for." I knew, as I started checking my answers, that that's exactly what would happen. And it did. I barely prepared for the exam and yet I'm a bit disappointed in ( Read more... )