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silveradept) wrote2004-12-18 01:12 am
silveradept) wrote2004-12-18 01:12 am
Stuff.
Just got back from hanging out with some band friends. Had fun, indeed. No Morton's List, boo. But that's okay. It takes a particular type of people who are willing to play that game. Today wasn't bad, no major screw-ups, a little studying, a little writing, a little game-playing. Tomorrow, being a weekend, will probably have a little studying, a little reading, which may also involve writing, and some game-playing. 's bad to be working through the break like this, but I know I should be, and besides, the material's interesting. Right now, I'm working to the end of getting a viable draft down and shifting my gears into revision mode. Once I get there, I'll have to basically rework the whole thing, bit by bit, but I really need to get the draft down first.
But enough about my thesis - it's a consistent bitching thing, and I'm sure most of you know more about it than you ever really wanted to. You'd be far more interested in things like Emperor Norton's Bridge, sleeping jellyfish, and R.A. Wilson stand-up comedy.
Or that Bush plans to disrupt GPS in case of terrorism. Most of you would rather hear something interesting, I'm sure.
Unfortunately, I'm out of pontifications for tonight. Whatever it might be that was tickling at the back of my head has been put out on paper, well, it's electronic equivalent, I suppose, for the most part. There's always more to come, but for now, if I had deep thoughts about it, I've forgotten the point or put it down.
so instead, I'll just put down a couple cheap memes and go to bed. Cop-out of the highest order, isn't it?
The year in review meme:
1. What did you do in 2004 that you'd never done before?
You don't have clearance for that.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I might have made one to stay in block this year. I failed. Will I make some for next year? Probably not.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Yes. A cousin did.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Nobody that I know of.
5. What countries did you visit?
Pfft. I don't have the means to visit other countries.
6. What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004?
For starters, a Rose Bowl win. From there, an admission to a MLIS program.
7. What date from 2004 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Nov. 2. Guess why.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Probably that I have most of my thesis draft done within the semester. And making Rose Bowl block.
9. What was your biggest failure?
About five weeks or so in September-October. So I'm doing pretty good, actually.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Colds, cuts, scrapes, bruises, but nothing serious so far.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Probably a book or two, expanding my never-ending collection of esoteric material. No guarantees, though, because frankly, I don't know.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
The American populace.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
The American populace.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Tuition, gas, food, rent, utilities, manga.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Marching Band season, as bad as it sounds.
16. What song will always remind you of 2004?
No particular song - unless it directly talks about what happened in this year. It'll be an updated version of We Didn't Start the Fire, or something like that.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i.happier or sadder? A little of both.
ii. thinner or fatter? Much the same. I'd guess maybe a little on the fatter side, but I have zero clue.
iii. richer or poorer? Poorer, always. Debt does that to you, but college does it worse.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Working, but the summer was rough in that regard.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Self-absorbed, utterly useless, somewhat angsty pontification. - Hopefully I didn't do a whole lot of it, but still...
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
With the extended family, starting with a midnight Mass and continuing through the festivities of the day itself.
21. What was the most embarrassing thing that happened to you in 2004?
You still don't have clearance for that.
22. Did you fall in love in 2004?
I don't think so.
23. What were your favorite TV programs?
Television? About the only thing I might have watched semi-consistently were sports and Mythbusters.
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No, not really. The people that I might have the greatest ire for are probably to be pitied more than reviled.
25. What was the best book you read?
Thbpth. Bad question to ask - I don't remember. There may not have been just one.
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Got me. I don't think I really discovered anything that would count.
27. What did you want and get?
Another year of classes financed.
28. What did you want and not get?
An independent candidate in the Presidential office.
29. What was your favorite film of this year?
The Incredibles.
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
21. A few friends and I had some food and drinks at one of the places in town. Not much of a party, but when your birthday's on a holiday, that's to be expected.
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Enough money to ensure my entire college career would be covered.
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004?
Wind pants and T-shirt, Jeans and T-shirt, occasional suit.
33. What kept you sane?
A large social network maintained over the Internet.
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
I told you, I didn't watch much in the way of television.
35. What political issue stirred you the most?
Gay Marriage, both in and of itself and linked to the meta-issue of one religious system imposing itself through law on other people.
36. Who did you miss?
All of my family. It's hard not to.
37. Who was the best new person you've met?
My Grand-Little, Sydney!
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2004.
To find the humor in your life, look at the little things.
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
You do realize that I like instrumentals and pieces where the vocals are musically weaved in, right? But even so, let's try one: "Searching for the answers to the test that stumped them all."
But enough about my thesis - it's a consistent bitching thing, and I'm sure most of you know more about it than you ever really wanted to. You'd be far more interested in things like Emperor Norton's Bridge, sleeping jellyfish, and R.A. Wilson stand-up comedy.
Or that Bush plans to disrupt GPS in case of terrorism. Most of you would rather hear something interesting, I'm sure.
Unfortunately, I'm out of pontifications for tonight. Whatever it might be that was tickling at the back of my head has been put out on paper, well, it's electronic equivalent, I suppose, for the most part. There's always more to come, but for now, if I had deep thoughts about it, I've forgotten the point or put it down.
so instead, I'll just put down a couple cheap memes and go to bed. Cop-out of the highest order, isn't it?
You Are a Visionary Soul |
 You are a curious person, always in a state of awareness. Connected to all things spiritual, you are very connect to your soul. You are wise and bright: able to reason and be reasonable. Occasionally, you get quite depressed and have dark feelings. You have great vision and can be very insightful. In fact, you are often profound in a way that surprises yourself. Visionary souls like you can be the best type of friend. You are intuitive, understanding, sympathetic, and a good healer. Souls you are most compatible with: Old Soul and Peacemaker Soul |
The year in review meme:
1. What did you do in 2004 that you'd never done before?
You don't have clearance for that.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I might have made one to stay in block this year. I failed. Will I make some for next year? Probably not.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Yes. A cousin did.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Nobody that I know of.
5. What countries did you visit?
Pfft. I don't have the means to visit other countries.
6. What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004?
For starters, a Rose Bowl win. From there, an admission to a MLIS program.
7. What date from 2004 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Nov. 2. Guess why.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Probably that I have most of my thesis draft done within the semester. And making Rose Bowl block.
9. What was your biggest failure?
About five weeks or so in September-October. So I'm doing pretty good, actually.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Colds, cuts, scrapes, bruises, but nothing serious so far.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Probably a book or two, expanding my never-ending collection of esoteric material. No guarantees, though, because frankly, I don't know.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
The American populace.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
The American populace.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Tuition, gas, food, rent, utilities, manga.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Marching Band season, as bad as it sounds.
16. What song will always remind you of 2004?
No particular song - unless it directly talks about what happened in this year. It'll be an updated version of We Didn't Start the Fire, or something like that.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i.happier or sadder? A little of both.
ii. thinner or fatter? Much the same. I'd guess maybe a little on the fatter side, but I have zero clue.
iii. richer or poorer? Poorer, always. Debt does that to you, but college does it worse.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Working, but the summer was rough in that regard.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Self-absorbed, utterly useless, somewhat angsty pontification. - Hopefully I didn't do a whole lot of it, but still...
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
With the extended family, starting with a midnight Mass and continuing through the festivities of the day itself.
21. What was the most embarrassing thing that happened to you in 2004?
You still don't have clearance for that.
22. Did you fall in love in 2004?
I don't think so.
23. What were your favorite TV programs?
Television? About the only thing I might have watched semi-consistently were sports and Mythbusters.
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No, not really. The people that I might have the greatest ire for are probably to be pitied more than reviled.
25. What was the best book you read?
Thbpth. Bad question to ask - I don't remember. There may not have been just one.
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Got me. I don't think I really discovered anything that would count.
27. What did you want and get?
Another year of classes financed.
28. What did you want and not get?
An independent candidate in the Presidential office.
29. What was your favorite film of this year?
The Incredibles.
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
21. A few friends and I had some food and drinks at one of the places in town. Not much of a party, but when your birthday's on a holiday, that's to be expected.
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Enough money to ensure my entire college career would be covered.
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004?
Wind pants and T-shirt, Jeans and T-shirt, occasional suit.
33. What kept you sane?
A large social network maintained over the Internet.
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
I told you, I didn't watch much in the way of television.
35. What political issue stirred you the most?
Gay Marriage, both in and of itself and linked to the meta-issue of one religious system imposing itself through law on other people.
36. Who did you miss?
All of my family. It's hard not to.
37. Who was the best new person you've met?
My Grand-Little, Sydney!
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2004.
To find the humor in your life, look at the little things.
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
You do realize that I like instrumentals and pieces where the vocals are musically weaved in, right? But even so, let's try one: "Searching for the answers to the test that stumped them all."
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It's rather more interesting than that actually - that's only half of the story. Know about Europe's Galileo system? It was intended as a stand-alone global positioning system controlled by a consortium of countries with easily avilable, lower cost kit than the US GPS system. However, when it got to the point where it looked like Europe had started to get things going and sveral other places like China signed up to be onboard, the US threw a strop and said that if they did not have a means at their disposal to shut down the network when they decided they wanted to, they would attempt to deliberately jam it. And if that failed they would destroy the galileo satellites (http://www.thebusinessonline.com/modules/news/view.php?id=23925).
Yup, they'd effectively declare war on Europe. The lunatics really are running the asylum.
Now Galileo is completely compatible with the US GPS system and the US can shut down chunks wherever and whenever they want.
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