Day 3: Old friends and new hilarities.

Today, I found some of my friends from high school around during the campus activities. I won a game of Apples to Apples. By the end of the game, i had 5 cards, where the second most was only 3. Apparently, playing a Will Smith card while any girl is judging automatically warrants a win.

We had a speaker about relationships today. He had some interesting things to say, but was able to keep the entire audience laughing at the same time. He also seemed to think that all college relationships were about sex, which got kind of annoying. During every section of his speech, he made sure to include gays and lesbians, even if he didn’t know how to apply his knowledge to that part of their specific attitudes.

Mr. Dorman seems to be offline, so I cannot collect random shit from him as of right now.

As an ending, I present a relevant image.

Day 2: Epic Vending Machines

Second day at college. Classes don’t start till monday. I’m bored out of my mind. THere are never enough people around to talk to, probably because school hasn’t started yet, and people can still arrive in the next 2 days, AND that people living off campus have no reason to be here.

So, they don’t actually turn on our internets till sunday night, when school starts… I’ve just been bumming off of the wireless terminals in the lobbies, I can get a weak signal on my laptop from my room, but it cuts off frequently. I’m in the third floor lobby, typing this up right now. It’s got a great view of the Klamath lake, so its quite nice to sit in here and work. I wonder how busy it will be when school starts.

So far, I’ve used up a serving of applesauce, two granola bars, a bagel, and about a tablespoon of peanut butter. I’m going to save my popcorn for later, and hopefully get my parents to buy me some really cheap ramen or cup-O-soup next time they go to costco. They’ve got a week at a local resort in October from some vacation points they spent, so I should be able to grab it from them then…

Dorman’s Interlude:

Mr. Dorman says:
O________O
Now data is singing!

The OIT campus is quite funny. Its obviously been built over the course of many years, and is even under construction right now. There are many different styles used in the buildings, but many of them have attempted to carry over architectural similarities from other buildings. There is one piece in particular that makes me laugh. It’s a beam, that stretches out in all 4 sides, to make a sort of x shape. This beam shows up in many buildings, and even is integrated into the walls of the gym/pool building.

To come to the title of this post, there is a vending machine in this lobby, in about the style of the snack machines, is set up for drinks. IT has an arm that reaches out and picks up the individual drinks, and sets it down in the pickup box. I keep watching it, as I’m typing from the third floor lobby. I cant help but wonder why it must be so specialized.

Wall of text! Yay. I have no wallpapers to post, and my camera is a good walk away. I shall post some images next time.

Cheers!

Fresh Start.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Above is a picture of a lake during my 50 miler this summer, it seems that I haven’t posted it yet. Both pictures are taken from the same point, at the same time of day. The difference in lighting just because of camera angle is great.

Today, I checked into my dorm room, played Ultimate Frisbee in the dark with glowsticks, and attempted to get wireless internet on my computers. I need to go buy an Ethernet cord tomorrow, so i can get reliable and faster internet on my desktop. OIT limits all students to 5GB of bandwidth a week… I can use that easily in a day at home…

Dormans Interlude:

Mr. Dorman says:
Kirk died ;0;

Luckily, I’ve got 15 gigs of music on my hard drive, and 62 gigs of movies(HD movies are fun.). It should be enough to tide me over till i can get home. I’m a few hundred episodes behind on the animes I watched a few years ago… I have an urge to watch more of them, but I cant.

Tomorrow, I shall go and try and get my books. Tonight, I shall sleep.

Wordpress Distraction

I’ve got two copies of this blog, a Wordpress, and a Blogger. The blogger definitely has gotten the shorter end of the stick, mainly because it’s not the platform I like to use. From now on, when I make a blog post, I am going to use my blog posting program to write it to both blogs.

http://rideo.wordpress.com

and

http://latinforlol.blogspot.com/

Will both have all my posts from now on. For any posts between January and September of this year, you will have to read my Wordpress, as Its a pain to transfer them. I may eventually do it, but for now, they’ll be Wordpress only.

Also, something cool I found a little while ago.

Out with one life, in with the new.

In about two weeks, I leave for college. I’ve bought all my new supplies, save anything that comes up unexpectedly. The changes from this current life at home are seeming drastic, but needed. My parents are becoming overly protective, almost in a wish to keep me home and chained to the floor. My sister(At 16 years of age), the brat that she has always been, is acting like an only child already… Screaming and throwing something akin to a tantrum every time I ask for the car when she supposedly needs it as a locker for her soccer stuff while at school. Also, the bus is too lowly for her. I rode the bus 3 years out of my 4 years in high school, and she has yet to ride it an entire year. As soon as my sister entered high school, my mom started driving her to school and back for her soccer practice.

For the past few years, I’ve been using a terrible old CRT monitor(The Philips Magnavox 107S in this article. I cant believe it once sold for $250). This summer, I decided to buy a flat screen monitor so I could take my desktop to college with me, where I already know the desks are quite a bit too small to be able to fit a CRT and still use it as a desk. After a frustrating time trying to get a monitor from someone on craigslist, I found a 23in Acer widescreen acer monitor. This thing is dreamy, the colour is perfect, the contrast is perfect, and it plays beautiful HD video. It also has built in speakers, which may be low quality, but get the job done, and don’t take up any additional space, which I know will be at a premium soon. 1920x1080 is so much larger a space to work with than 1280x1024.

Wallpaper Corner

Since I’m now using a 1920x1080 monitor, I shall post my favourite wallpapers in this resolution.

   

Dorman’s Interlude:

Mr. Dorman says:
whhhhaaaaaaaat?

Don’t ask.

Photo Madness

I’ve taken these photos over the past month, all of them on my new phone. It takes 2 megapixel photos, which are more than sufficient for daily activities, and if i really want artistic photos, ill take my 8MP camera, or my dads 12MP with me.

This last weekend was a 3 day weekend. With my family, my girlfriend, and my sisters psuedo-boyfriend, we went to the Oregon coast. All the photos down to the skateboarding ones are taken at the coast… except for the bird in the first photo, that one was at home. The rest are at random places around Medford.

My blog posts are mostly long winded, but this one I shall keep to mostly pictures, enjoy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.

Another day past, another great set of events for blog posts. Very few of those events will ever end up making it to the web. It shall be my job to do at least my small part to expand the Blogosphere.

Love your enemy, it'll scare the hell out of him. -Mark Twain

Some say Twain was overrated, but I say he is still underrated, even with how prominent he is. Twain shows the essence of America, the cynicism, the content of our people, everything he writes about is both great literature, and great history (Well, except for those like “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court”, which are just good literature.)

Also…

Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot.
BY ORDER OF THE AUTHOR.

We Shall Survive,
No Longer Shall We Dance,
In The Darkness Of Abandoned Time,
We Shall Resist,
We Shall Endure,
We Shall Survive

Vehemence of the dirt,
Vulgar Gardening,
Cursed Petals,
Prisoner to Winter

Screaming vouchsafe, vouchsafe at myself,
Wicked jesting apparatus,
Embrace my goblet,
Deliciously!

Wench(lol)

I got bored during my English class on Friday, so I was messing around with the magnet words on the wall behind me. The Ogame planet names are mostly random, but kind of fall together into one program.

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Wallpaper Tiems!

Somehow, I missed this for December… I only made two short December posts in total…

So, here you shall receive 4 handpicked wallpapers.

O’rly?

As.a.starter,.my.keyboard.is.old,.decrepit.and.broken.
I.no.longer.have.the.use.of.the.Spacebar,.the.3.key,.the.4.key,.and.the.6.key.
Therefore,.I.must.write.my.blog.entry.with.either.CTRL.+.V.or.the.period.
The.period.is.much.faster.

Those.owls.above.are.photographed.from.the.room.where.my.
Scout.Troop.met.for.their.meeting.this.past.Monday.
This.Monday.is.the.day.that.I.earned.My.Eagle.Scout.rank.
I.had.to.sit.through.an.hour.and.a.half.interview.to.finish.the.final.requirement.

Many.people.look.upon.Scouting.with.resentment,.yet.they.know.nothing.
about.it,.and.have.never.experienced.the.fun.that.comes.with.the.responsibility.
and.adventure.that.comes.innately.with.the.program.

The.rank.of.Eagle.Scout.shows.that.you.can.get.through.hard.
work,.and.can.be.depended.upon.
Just.having.the.rank.of.Eagle.raises.your.starting.pay.scale.
when.you.enlist.in.the.military.

The.BSA.emblem(right).represents.many.of.the.values.of.
scouting.The.three.points.of.the.fleur-de-lis.
represent.the.three.parts.of.the.scout.oath.

Scout Oath

On my honor I will do my best
To do my duty to God and my country
and to obey the Scout Law;
To help other people at all times;
To keep myself physically strong,
mentally awake, and morally straight.

The.Eagle.and.shield.represent.a.scouts.readiness.
to.defend.their.country.The.scroll.bearing.the."scout.motto” is.turned.up.at.the.ends.as.a.reminder.that.a.scout.should.
smile.as.he.does.his.job.The.knot.represents.the.scout.slogan
”Do.a.good.turn.daily.”.Finally,.the.two.stars.symbolize.truth
and.knowledge.

The.world.Scouting.movement.has.a.similar.logo(Purple).
where.the.fleur-de-lis.is.the.same.

In heraldry, white represents purity and purple represents responsibility and assistance to others.

The.rope.and.knot.on.the.logo.represent.the.unity.of.the.worldwide.scouting.system.

Unknown propultion, life support, mechanical workings, etc...

I watched the new version of "The day the earth stood still" last weekend. It was quite a good movie, but many things about it both baffled, and annoyed. Why wouldn't they stay and help humans to pass that point of no return. Why were their only actions: Go away, or kill.

I am currently downloading, and I shall soon watch the old version. I want to know how much artistic liberty modern filmmakers take when they remake old movies like this, and 50's sci-fi is great.

Maplestory is quite fun, but its getting slightly annoying... Too much grinding, but the grinding is so much fun... I can't really tell which way I actually am leaning on this right now... I think its a good game, but I don't know whether I want to continue playing.

Physics, the x2 multiplyer for fun.

When you start thinking of the standard super hero strength as the amount of Newtons of force that can be used, you may have gone too far...

Also, I have some great physics drawings I need to either scan in, or make a digital version of...

Maybe later...