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This Will Destroy You

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 06:43:03 GMT

http://www.myspace.com/thiswilldestroyyou

Is this life?

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:05:00 GMT

It doesn't matter. Now I'm hungry.

Music colors people's lives

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:43:47 GMT

Utada Hikaru - Beautiful World from a beautiful web blog. Too bad I have no artistic talent.

This entire summer break has been quite dream-like ... full of activities and nearly devoid of pressures. And for the first time in 3 years, I'm not looking forward to school. Yet, it doesn't seem right for a Pre-med student to be enjoying life this way. At some point, it will end. If it could just stay like this longer ...

I've realized how much things I have to finish before heading to Europe in a few days. Well, work can wait. This is summer.

Something different

Sun, 24 Jun 2007 10:13:34 GMT

I picked up a complete stranger yesterday.

I was deciding whether to take the bus or drive to school, and at the last minute, I decided to take the bus. There was a man in his mid-30s sitting at the bus stop. When I asked him if the bus had passed by recently, he told me that we had just missed it 3 minutes ago. He was carrying several baggages and was looking a bit worried, so I asked where he was headed. He told me that he was supposed to get to the airport, and that he was late because he missed the bus. Because buses come only once every 30 minutes, I thought about it for awhile, and then walked off to my car.

A minute later, I drove by the bus stop. To the man's surprise, I stopped and told him to hop in. He was stunned for awhile, and then thanked me and got in. We drove to school where I dropped him off at the other bus stop.

I think he made it in time for his flight.

No Time No Posta

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 05:09:29 GMT

It's been quite awhile since I made a post. I think I'll dedicate this post to our mysterious Kyle: DDR champion, card player extraordinaire, Starcraft expert, .., and the list goes on. Most of all, he's the guy who owns 90% of all the furniture, electronics, and systems in the living room. No one in our suite knows how he has so many connections, or how he became so good everything despite having to work much of his day.

The weird thing is that we keep on finding out more eccentricities about him everyday. Just yesterday, he got us into the theaters to watch Evan Almighty for free. The movie's not out for another 4 days. Watching free movies is almost as good as playing free laser tag every week. Oh wait, he does that too. As an old friend would say, hot damn!

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 22:58:43 GMT

We had a question about dragons on the genetics final. It's answers like this that make grading enjoyable:

Gao!

... and then there was one student who responded that the probability of the given situation was zero because dragons don't actually exist. Cute, but do we really need to explain?

Drum roll please ...

Sat, 17 Mar 2007 02:14:50 GMT

And the award for most misleading advertising goes to ...

... Disney Media for its trailer on "Bridges of Terabithia"

Disney must have taken all 20 seconds of action in the entire movie and spun an adventure trailer. No wait, I take that back. There's not even 20 seconds of adventure in the movie, let alone action.

Anyone who still remembers the book from elementary school would agree that the kids taken in by the trailer thinking that the movie is another Chronicles of Narnia are victims of fraud.

Crytek Engine

Wed, 14 Mar 2007 06:44:21 GMT

For the first time, I can't distinguish game graphics from reality. The visuals look so much better than even FFVII: Advent Children.

http://download.gametrailers.com/gt_vault/t_crysis_gdc07_crytek_leveleditdemo_gt.wmv

They could easily resell the level designer as the most realistic and prettiest home/garden remodeling suite.

Helen's Rules

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:41:53 GMT

I wrote these a year ago. Not surprisingly, they still apply. Things about Helen:

- The only thing she hates more than giving back massages is being reminded about it.

- Helen’s tummy is beautiful. She is NOT fat; she just has high glycemic and triglyceride levels. Poking her in the stomach will actually hurt you infinitely more than it hurts her.

- Helen is the epitome of being adorkable. No one else comes close … except puppies, and maybe a clueless Osaka.

- Helen has experience with guns, and she keeps a bow in her bedroom. Don't ask her to demonstrate how to apply force.

- When Helen has a final the next day, wish her good luck, or else you'll be praying for your own luck.

- Helen’s permanent address is not in Arcadia. It’s actually 9450 Gilman Drive, CLICS Library 1^st Floor.

- In Helenianism, dogs are superior to cats in every way, and they are absolutely adorable. The only thing better than a puppy is more than 1 puppy. Ironically, if Helen were an animal, she'd probably be a cat.

- After spending a month around Helen, you’ll be able to diagram the difference between a secondary S_N1 and S_N2 reaction and explain the mechanism behind aerobic cellular respiration despite your English major.

- Helen survives on sleep, studying, and puppies.

- Helen never has to worry about people stealing leftover water/juice bottles on her desk. They've been molding there for weeks, and the first sip is lethal.

- In addition to the menstrual cycle, half a month before finals week, her the hypothalamus will release a hormone whose downstream signal activates the sympathetic nervous system and inhibits any remaining concept of relaxation.

House & 24

Sun, 04 Mar 2007 05:01:44 GMT

From the 2nd season, Euphoria, Part 2:

One of House's patient dies from an unknown disease that Foreman also catches. House and Cuddy discuss performing tests on the dead patient:

Cuddy: "Don't downplay this, House. You put both of them in isolation for a reason. Joe's death elevates this situation to a biosafety level three."
House: "Oooh level three. You should call Jack Bauer."

All that's left is the missing allusion to "Heroes."