boredom
I'm currently at work, bored out of my mind. This whole UROP thing would be awesome if only people would show up and give me something to do! Plus the AC is out *again*, although it's not as hot this time as it was last time it was out. I think I'll start bringing in books from tomorrow -- I'm currently rereading Godel, Escher, Bach (stupid work computer won't let me put the umlauts in). Or maybe I'll keep teaching myself Python. Hmmm.
I finally got around to reading the Great Gatsby this summer, and I watched Gattaca yesterday. Both were intriguing. I wasn't really a fan of the Great Gatsby until I got to the last third or so, and then things started getting sort of interesting. I think I need to reread it with the end in mind, and more slowly as well. I really enjoyed Gattaca, though. If for no other reason than that I felt happy that that sort of thing most likely will never happen. But it also raised issues about the use of technology and oppressive systems and all sorts of fun things that are good to think about.
I still have some major goals left for the rest of the summer. I must install Linux on my laptop, finish my tie skirt, make the dye in my hair fade as quickly as possible so I can redye it blue, bug Lanthe to make that Rocky Horror trip happen, and pull together this whole Global Thermonuclear War party for Rush. I should actually start exercising, too.
Okay. Off to waste time in some other way.
I finally got around to reading the Great Gatsby this summer, and I watched Gattaca yesterday. Both were intriguing. I wasn't really a fan of the Great Gatsby until I got to the last third or so, and then things started getting sort of interesting. I think I need to reread it with the end in mind, and more slowly as well. I really enjoyed Gattaca, though. If for no other reason than that I felt happy that that sort of thing most likely will never happen. But it also raised issues about the use of technology and oppressive systems and all sorts of fun things that are good to think about.
I still have some major goals left for the rest of the summer. I must install Linux on my laptop, finish my tie skirt, make the dye in my hair fade as quickly as possible so I can redye it blue, bug Lanthe to make that Rocky Horror trip happen, and pull together this whole Global Thermonuclear War party for Rush. I should actually start exercising, too.
Okay. Off to waste time in some other way.