Future events such as these will effect you in the future.

Barack Obama.

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:41:59 GMT

Just a question brought up by hearing about this:

"During the 2009 Henry Louis Gates controversy, [Glenn] Beck argued that President Barack Obama has repeatedly shown "a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture," saying "I'm not saying he doesn't like white people. I'm saying he has a problem. This guy is, I believe, a racist."
Now, Barack Obama is half-white, was raised in Hawaii and Indonesia, and went to Harvard. I can't say he's had a typical life for anyone, even ignoring breaking it down into racial groups and the influence that has. I believe that him speaking in African American Vernacular English (AAVE) would be as offensive as any white guy doing it. Your thoughts?

And the health coverage bill has passed through Congress.

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:08:57 GMT

Expect ranty, stupid posts from certain members of the community (One point to whoever can guess first) within the next few days, or even hours.

Huzzah. Next semester scheduling.

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:07:21 GMT

My current (and likely final) schedule:

ANTH 045 – Anthropology 045, Cultural Anthropology. I'm mostly just taking it to get several general eds. out of the way. I have it Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 3:00 PM to 3:50 PM.
ASTRO 001 – Astronomy 001, Astronomical Universe. Once again, taking this course to fill a requirement for a general ed. requirement. I have it on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 2:00 PM to 2:50 PM.
CAS 100A – Effective Speech. It's just a speech course that everyone is required to take. Definitely looking forward to this class, given how much I hate public speaking. have it on Saturdays from 9:00 AM to 11:40 AM. Yeah... that's gonna be fun, but on the plus side it's off-campus, and closer to my house than the campus is.
MATH 140 – Math 140, Calculus with Analytic Geometry. I have to take this and another calculus course the following semester for my major. Having never taken calculus before, I'm hoping the coursework doesn't rape me. I have it Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 10:00 AM to 10:50 AM, as well as on Tuesdays from 9:25 AM to 10:40 AM. There were several of this one, but it's the only class that doesn't conflict with the rest of my schedule, so I had to do it. Sucks that it's so early.
CMPSCI 121 – Computer Science 121, Introduction to Programming Techniques. In all likelihood, this will be an extremely easy class, but it's a pre-requisite for all other comp. sci. courses, and a requirement for my major. I have it on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:50 AM to 12:05 PM.
To sum it up: I'm going to have to get better at this whole "getting up before noon" thing.

Oh my god you're a spy!

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:24:41 GMT

Steam Sale.

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:40:18 GMT

Thanks to Gordon Freeman winning GameSpot's All Time Greatest Video Game Hero poll, all Half-Life games are 55.8% off on Steam for some unspecified amount of time (I'd imagine either this weekend or for the next week). If you've never played a Half-Life game, now might be a good time to look into getting one.

Zombieland.

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:09:35 GMT

It was a good movie. Go see it.

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:14:46 GMT

Fantastic song, isn't it? He's certainly one of the greatest rock musicians of the 20th century. Ry Cooder is doing the slide guitar in this song. He's a fantastic blues-style slide guitarist, has released many albums of his own (I have one, and it's extremely good), and was ranked as the #8 greatest guitarist of all-time in Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.

All-in-all, excellent man and excellent band.

How to make a delicious sandwich:

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 10:00:48 GMT

Ingredients:
o Bread or a Croissant
o One or two meats of your choice (I like honey ham and baked turkey).
o A cheese of your choice (preferably one that melts well).
o Ring banana peppers.
o Jalapeño peppers.
o Sliced pickles.
o Pickled peppers.
o Fresh or ground black pepper.
o Dijon mustard.

1) Put the meats on a slice of the bread a half of the croissant.
2) Put the cheese overtop the meat.
3) Toast both.
4) Spread the dijon mustard on the other piece of bread, or on the other half of the croissant.
5) Put the peppers and pickles on in whatever way you want.
6) Put the ground pepper on both pieces of bread, or on both parts of the croissant (on the inside part that contains everything, obviously).
7) Enjoy.

Note that, given everything, the sandwich is a bit spicy. It is absolutely delicious, though.

Random poll [repost].

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:43:42 GMT

Apparently what I feel the average person knows about music is greatly flawed, so I just want to see how many of these bands people know. Also, had to repost the poll because I forgot to include zero.

i now haz a colleges 2 course @

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:12:27 GMT

I'll be going to PSU Altoona starting on August 24 for a major in computer science, and I am (or at least should be) enrolled in the college of engineering there. I'm not actually taking a comp. sci. course until the spring because the course I need to take is only offered then, and that particular course is the pre-requisite for all the other comp. sci. courses.

o Chem 110: Chemical Principles I — Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 3:00 PM to 3:50 PM, and Wednesday from 4:00 PM to 4:50 PM.
o Math 041: Trigonometry and Analytic Geometry* — Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 12:00 PM to 12:50 PM, and Thursday from 1:15 PM to 2:30 PM.
o English 030S: Honors Freshman Composition — Tuesday and Thursday from 9:25 AM to 10:40 AM.
o English 50: Introduction to Creative Writing — Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 1:00 PM to 1:50 PM.
o Am St 100: Introduction to American Studies — Tuesday and Thursday from 4:05 PM to 5:20 PM.

Huzzah for managing to schedule classes that doesn't much interfere with work (which is on-campus), gives me free afternoons, and gives me free weekends. That gives me all the more time to study and do work**.

* I may be looking into switching this to another class.
** :(

[Note: This is reposted from something posted on July 7th. My blog was front-page banned, so I'm reposting it now.]