tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69598012024-03-07T17:25:03.947-06:00spectr @blogspot"If you don't want a man unhappy politically, don't give him two sides to a question to worry him; give him one. Better yet, give him none. Let him forget there is such a thing as war." -
This has nothing to do with my blog. But everyone loves Ray Bradbury. Or they should.spectrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08138639705686546734noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959801.post-1116731875218174552005-05-21T21:53:00.000-05:002005-05-22T19:33:01.076-05:00movedMigrated to <a href="http://wordpress.org/">WordPress</a>. Blog is now at <a href="http://www.rcboyce.com/blog/" title="the reindeer effect">www.rcboyce.com/blog</a>, which you should be redirected to in about 10 seconds (assuming you're reading this as an HTML page). Which reminds me, new Atom feed is at <a href="http://www.rcboyce.com/blog/?feed=atom">http://www.rcboyce.com/blog/?feed=atom</a>.spectrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08138639705686546734noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959801.post-1116090699327594592005-05-14T11:44:00.000-05:002005-05-14T12:11:39.356-05:005k22:02 or so. Not too bad, although I kinda wanted to get under 22.<br />Big Show tonight.spectrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08138639705686546734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959801.post-1113968905597434972005-04-19T22:33:00.000-05:002005-04-19T22:48:36.200-05:00tech stuff<a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12863" title=-"MacOS X[CF_CHARSET_PATH]">Local root own for OSX</a><br />Known since March and still no patch... 10.3.9 apparently doesn't fix it, so Tiger probably wont help either. Just don't let anyone touch your computer.<br /><br />Also, <a href="https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/benoc/cluster/album/cluster%20album-Pages/Image0.html">nice new cluster</a> over at DCL. Mmm Xserve G5s.<!-- (Possible use for root exploit? It's right across the street...)*<br /><br />*Note: Probably can't, and wouldn't try anyway. <br />Removed because it's probably not the smartest thing to have online.<br />-->spectrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08138639705686546734noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959801.post-1113861986211419702005-04-18T17:01:00.000-05:002005-04-18T17:06:26.213-05:00adobe + macromedia<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/18/technology/18cnd-adobe.html?ex=1271476800&en=cc3a755d7d5e3450&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss" title="The New York Times > Technology">Adobe to Acquire Macromedia in $3.4 Billion Stock Deal</a><br />Holy crap. This has the potential to be great (Adobe combines Fireworks and Photoshop features, integration with Flash, Dreamweaver, Illustrator) or suck (Adobe kills off Macromedia Suite in favor of its own products). I'm pretty optimistic about the situation though. Maybe it'll mean that future Macromedia apps for the Mac won't be so poorly done.spectrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08138639705686546734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959801.post-1113431485583510122005-04-13T17:30:00.000-05:002005-04-17T21:40:28.146-05:00i'm lovin it<p><object codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" height="85" width="420"><embed height="85" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://www.rcboyce.com/temp/mcdo-0024.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" quality="best" play="true"></embed></object><br />Actual McDonalds ad. Proving there is such a thing as too much love for a hamburger.</p>spectrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08138639705686546734noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959801.post-1112244176365470522005-03-30T22:03:00.000-06:002005-03-30T22:42:56.366-06:00frist postYeah, I haven't posted in a long time. So what? There's not too much to talk about. I did pretty well at YMCA States and JO's. Third quarter is over and I think I passed most of my classes. Ooh, it appears that Gmail now does formatting. Fun. <a href="http://www.chrispederick.com/work/firefox/webdeveloper/" title="Web Developer Extension on chrispederick.com">Web Developer toolbar</a> for Firefox is proving rather useful.<br />Musical is next week. 4.5 hour rehearsals every day next week won't be fun, though I suppose the pit orchestra gets a bit of down time (in whcih I plan to do homework).spectrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08138639705686546734noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959801.post-1109911090266447542005-03-03T22:28:00.000-06:002005-03-03T22:38:10.266-06:00Netscape 8<a href="http://browser.netscape.com/" title="Public Beta out now.">Netscape 8</a> is based on Firefox 1.0... With added suckiness. There are some cool features, especially in tab options, and the ability to switch to IE rendering is pretty convenient, but the interface... That program is painful to look at. I'd probably use it if it weren't ugly in every aspect possible.spectrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08138639705686546734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959801.post-1109739717847919652005-03-01T22:48:00.000-06:002005-03-01T23:01:57.846-06:00still alive...Just not posting. Agora Days was pretty sweet, but it's kinda hectic now; getting into championship meet season. I'll be posting more (or at least have a bit more free time) around Spring Break, which is coming up surprisingly soon.<br /><br />I leave you with a little Samurai Champloo lovin'.<br /><p align="center"><img src="http://blog.rcboyce.com/files/ch.jpg" alt="てめえ!" border="4" /></p><br />Blogger ate my post last time. Let's see if this one works.spectrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08138639705686546734noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959801.post-1109048800052526422005-02-21T22:47:00.000-06:002005-02-21T23:06:40.053-06:00random title goes hereWhee DDR. I went over to Luke's this afternoon for general funness. I played Magic for the first time in months. Also saw some Warcraft 3 (FT) and this interesting Battle Realms RTS. DDRing was nice, but Extreme American edition sucks so much, and the pads were pretty bad. And Captain Jack is creepy as HELL. Still fun though.<br /><br />Swim practice was really nice. A bit hard, but I need to get in shape quick.<br /><br />WOOHOO AGORA DAYS!spectrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08138639705686546734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959801.post-1108959085020646702005-02-20T21:18:00.000-06:002005-02-20T22:11:25.020-06:00blahArgh, I sucked so much yesterday. I'd like to blame it on being sick, but I don't think that mattered very much. I totally died on the Geometry thing on the ICTM and then failed to keep Alex under control for the 2-person team. Then I went to the meet and totally messed up my 100 breaststroke. I didn't even make my seed time, and Jack Clifford beat me. Artem won though, and got his Nationals cut. That was cool.<br /><br />Yay, Scoobs reminded me to listen to Dvorak 's Symphony #9. You know, the New World Symphony. We sightread it in orchestra last week. It totally reminded me that I had almost all of Dvorak's symphonies in iTunes. Hehe. I also bought Shostakovich's Festive Overture from iTMS. Uncharacteristically happy, but still pretty good. There are some spots that have those trademark harmonies of his that I love so much, but not anywhere near as cool as the string quartets.spectrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08138639705686546734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959801.post-1108786710155285352005-02-18T22:04:00.000-06:002005-02-18T22:18:30.156-06:00babies everywhere!That Registration Day thing was pretty handy. No class (yay) as well as a chance to get to know our electives a little better. The day probably could've ended earlier, but Jono and I got to listen to some good old music. I also got to see that "I Feel Great!" Nutragrain commercial a few times. Luke decided that he had to make sure that EVERYONE IN THE SCHOOL saw it. Gargoyle came out today, and was fairly uninteresting, considering that it was like twice as big as a usual issue. That dating show article was pretty funny, I guess.<br /><br />Yay for the ICTM. I get to be with mini-supergenius Alex Zhai for the two-person team. Of course, I don't remember anything about geometry. That's really annoying cause the test is really easy if you know the theorems for the problem, but if you don't, it's impossible. And I wish I knew who I was with for 8-person team. That's always fun.<br /><br />Also, the Xbox has <a href="http://www.consumerreports.org/static/0502xbox0.html" title="Consumer Reports | Xbox Recall">firewire support</a>? Wait. No. The cables just catch on fire. Time to send Microsoft my address so they can give me a new cord. It might be a rare occurence, but I have a fair amount of AV equipment in the cabinet with my Xbox...spectrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08138639705686546734noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959801.post-1108614898966130472005-02-16T22:22:00.000-06:002005-02-16T22:34:58.966-06:00omg wtf regular updatesA sign of regular updates? Probably not, I just have a lot of free time today.<br /><br />I'm all caught up with everything that I missed yesterday except for chem, but I only have a few tests left to run there. Virtually no hw tonight, just finishing <u>Emma</u> (done already) and math (easy). Still got something of a headache but not too much. I'll prolly try to get out of fitness, cause of sickness & sectionals this weekend.<br />Japanese speech went well. The judge said I did good, though I stumbled a few times<br /><br />Man was the Daily Show good. Steven Colbert revealed that he was a distant relative (by which he meant grandson) of Hitler, that he used to be a Columbian drug mule, and that he killed and ate a panda. Jon Stewart couldn't even look at him without laughing for the entire segment.<br /><br />Cartoon Network now has One Piece and Naruto. Both quality Shonen Jump anime. I think I'll have to keep watching Naruto fansubs though, despite the fact that it's US licensed. Why? Because it's coming to Toonami 3rd quarter (this fall). Toonami runs once a week. There are 52 weeks in a year. I watched episode 121 the day before yesterday. It'll be over two years before I get to see new episodes if I wait. Plus it'll be dubbed. <br /><br />If anyone has any plans for the now-11 dismissal on Friday tell me.spectrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08138639705686546734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959801.post-1108592892542372942005-02-15T21:31:00.000-06:002005-02-16T16:28:12.543-06:00real updateI think I'll write up a real post today. I went home early today cause I've got a nasty headache. Not really a good excuse, but it's like the worst headache I've ever had. I don't get headaches very often. I still have to do the math homework (no trig book), as well as make up the math quiz. Fortunately I have 2 free periods tomorrow, and the math quiz shouldn't take long at all.<br />I also missed the orchestra concert. Domier tells me that Max Goldberg wasn't there either, so John Mark was the only one. Oh well, he's plenty good, and there aren't that many hard trombone parts.<br />There really isn't too much going on before Agora days... That noon dismissal holds great potential for fun. I also just realized that tomorrow night will be the last homework that I have to do before Agora days. That's neat.spectrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08138639705686546734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959801.post-1108520877963714722005-02-15T20:24:00.000-06:002005-02-15T20:27:57.976-06:00agora days final schedule<ul> <li><a href="https://www.uni.uiuc.edu/agoradb/index.php?action=view_class&id=150">Breakfast with Aria and Elizabeth</a></li><li><a href="https://www.uni.uiuc.edu/agoradb/index.php?action=view_class&id=67">Badminton</a></li><li>FREE</li><li><a href="https://www.uni.uiuc.edu/agoradb/index.php?action=view_class&id=65">Cell Game</a></li><li><a href="https://www.uni.uiuc.edu/agoradb/index.php?action=view_class&id=131">South Park</a></li><li><a href="https://www.uni.uiuc.edu/agoradb/index.php?action=view_class&id=184">Jazz Improv</a></li><li><a href="https://www.uni.uiuc.edu/agoradb/index.php?action=view_class&id=144">Japan Trip 2005<br /></a></li><li>FREE</li> </ul><br />Got all first choices except Halo and <acronym title="Ghost in the Shell">GitS</acronym>. Not too bad. A lot of people have 3rd and 8th free, so there will likely be some gaming going on those hours.spectrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08138639705686546734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959801.post-1108093773561551352005-02-10T21:29:00.000-06:002005-02-10T21:49:33.563-06:00stuff's happeningI, for one, am glad I'm not on the chess team or in Journalism.<br /><br />The (Parkland) ICTM is next Saturday! Yay! So is swimming Sectionals tho... It'll be tight getting to both, but sectionals isn't a big deal. The IHSA state qualifying times are faster than Y National cuts. And ICTM state isn't until April 30? That's a long time from now.<br />Also, early out omorrow! So DDR at the Union until 4 for me. Yay!<br /><br />Agora Days are so close....<br /><br />I seem to be in a good mood today.spectrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08138639705686546734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959801.post-1107795653300308552005-02-07T11:00:00.000-06:002005-02-07T11:00:53.300-06:00more agoraFirst (first choice):
<br /><a href="https://www.uni.uiuc.edu/agoradb/index.php?action=view_class&id=150">Breakfast with Aria and Elizabeth</a>
<br />First (second choice):
<br /><a href="https://www.uni.uiuc.edu/agoradb/index.php?action=view_class&id=84">Cohen Brothers Filmfest</a>
<br />Second (first choice):
<br /><a href="https://www.uni.uiuc.edu/agoradb/index.php?action=view_class&id=50">Halo, Bulk</a>
<br />Second (second choice):
<br /><a href="https://www.uni.uiuc.edu/agoradb/index.php?action=view_class&id=67">Badminton</a>
<br />Third (first choice):
<br />FREE
<br />Third (second choice):
<br />FREE
<br />Fourth (first choice):
<br /><a href="https://www.uni.uiuc.edu/agoradb/index.php?action=view_class&id=65">Cell Game</a>
<br />Fourth (second choice):
<br /><a href="https://www.uni.uiuc.edu/agoradb/index.php?action=view_class&id=65">Cell Game</a>
<br />Fifth (first choice):
<br /><a href="https://www.uni.uiuc.edu/agoradb/index.php?action=view_class&id=131">South Park</a>
<br />Fifth (second choice):
<br /><a href="https://www.uni.uiuc.edu/agoradb/index.php?action=view_class&id=134">The Way of the Fighting Game</a>
<br />Sixth (first choice):
<br /><a href="https://www.uni.uiuc.edu/agoradb/index.php?action=view_class&id=154">Masamune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell</a>
<br />Sixth (second choice):
<br /><a href="https://www.uni.uiuc.edu/agoradb/index.php?action=view_class&id=184">Jazz Improv class</a>
<br />Seventh (first choice):
<br /><a href="https://www.uni.uiuc.edu/agoradb/index.php?action=view_class&id=144">Japan Trip 2005 (This class is required for the members of Japan Trip 2005.)</a>
<br />Seventh (second choice):
<br /><a href="https://www.uni.uiuc.edu/agoradb/index.php?action=view_class&id=144">Japan Trip 2005 (This class is required for the members of Japan Trip 2005.)</a>
<br />Eighth (first choice):
<br />FREE
<br />Eighth (second choice):
<br />FREE
<br />spectrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08138639705686546734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959801.post-1107666348649454872005-02-05T22:25:00.000-06:002005-02-05T23:05:48.650-06:00boredNot much going on. The only interesting thing happening before Agora Days is the Japanese speech contest. Which I should probably be working on.... :/ Watched <span title="from Lunar">Gundam SEED Destiny 16 (recap episode), <span title="from AKing" bleach="" 17="" way="" am="" getting="" jinki="" extend="" 1="" anbu="" because="" yesterday="" today="" was="" thinking="" about="" downloading="" it="" from="" a="" few="" lesser="" groups="" cause="" read="" some="" of="" the="" manga="" thanks="" luke="" s="" pretty="" cool="" and="" then="" for="" no="" particular="" reason="" i="" go="" to=""><a href="http://anbudom.net/">anbudom.net</a>, and WHAM -- new release, <a href="http://anbudom.net/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=23&amp;t=1729&view=getlastpost">Jinki: Extend 01</a>. So I'm rather pleased with that.
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<br />I still have a chance at going to the AIME, since they take the top 5% of AMC 12 scorers. That's pretty good too.
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<br />Take a look at <a href="http://erasing.org/i_ate_ipod_shuffle/" title=""I ate iPod shuffle"">this</a> too. Pretty amusing, although the warning is no longer on Apple's site. :(</span></span>spectrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08138639705686546734noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959801.post-1107489541417550682005-02-03T21:29:00.000-06:002005-02-03T22:26:59.720-06:00agora daysMy prospective Agora Days schedule:
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<br /><h2>1</h2>-<a href="https://www.uni.uiuc.edu/agoradb/index.php?action=view_class&id=150">Breakfast with Aria and Elizabeth</a>
<br />-<a href="https://www.uni.uiuc.edu/agoradb/index.php?action=view_class&id=84">Cohen Brothers Filmfest</a>
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<br /><h2>2</h2>-<a href="https://www.uni.uiuc.edu/agoradb/index.php?action=view_class&id=64">Ultimate Frisbee</a>
<br />-Free if I can't get in.
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<br /><h2>3</h2>-Free, but I'll prolly go steal food from the kitchen.
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<br /><h2>4</h2>-Teaching <a href="https://www.uni.uiuc.edu/agoradb/index.php?action=view_class&id=65">Cell Game</a>
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<br /><h2>5</h2>-<a href="https://www.uni.uiuc.edu/agoradb/index.php?action=view_class&id=131">South Park</a>
<br />It'd be hella lame if I didn't get in.
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<br /><h2>6</h2>-<a href="https://www.uni.uiuc.edu/agoradb/index.php?action=view_class&id=154">Ghost in the Shell </a>
<br />-<a href="https://www.uni.uiuc.edu/agoradb/index.php?action=view_class&id=184">Jazz Improv</a>
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<br /><h2>7</h2>-<a href="https://www.uni.uiuc.edu/agoradb/index.php?action=view_class&id=144">Japan Trip</a>
<br />I'd be all over <a href="https://www.uni.uiuc.edu/agoradb/index.php?action=view_class&id=201">Medieval Combat</a> and <a href="https://www.uni.uiuc.edu/agoradb/index.php?action=view_class&id=50">Halo</a> if I had a choice. :(
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<br /><h2>8</h2>-Free, if I need a class, I'll go for <a href="https://www.uni.uiuc.edu/agoradb/index.php?action=view_class&id=132">Family Guy</a>.
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<br />Links are a pain.spectrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08138639705686546734noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959801.post-1107487671263409242005-02-03T20:21:00.000-06:002005-02-03T21:27:51.263-06:00ARGHCRAP. I got a 99.5 on my AMC 12... Half a point from qualifying for the AIME. I got a 119.5 last year on the AMC 10, also a half point from qualifying. Blargle. Answeres are online: <a href="http://www.unl.edu/amc/e-exams/e5-amc10/e5-1-10archive/2005-10a/05AMC10AB-answers.html" title="2005 AMC 10 Solutions">AMC 10</a> and <a href="http://www.unl.edu/amc/e-exams/e6-amc12/e6-1-12archive/2005-12a/05AMC12AB-answers.html" title="2005 AMC 12 Solutions">AMC 12</a>. Hopefully I'll do better at the ICTM. Probably not though, since I forgot every geometry theorem I ever learned. Calculator team looks good though, especially since super-genius Alex Zhai is likely to be the freshman representative, so I get to do e-a-s-y problems.
<br />Japanese speech time. Later.spectrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08138639705686546734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959801.post-1107214909535470292005-01-30T22:04:00.000-06:002005-01-31T17:41:49.536-06:00quick stuffBlah. This week's Gundam SEED Destiny is a recap, and new Naruto isn't out yet.
<br />AMC 12 is on Tuesday. Remind me again why I'm the only person in the sophmore class taking the 12?
<br />Betrayers of Kamigawa looks fun. As Dom put it, "Magic: Now with NINJERS".spectrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08138639705686546734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959801.post-1107138652921523292005-01-30T18:29:00.000-06:002005-01-30T20:30:52.920-06:00house of flying daggersSaw House of Flying Daggers at the Art on Saturday. Pretty good movie. TOO many plot twists though. There normally isn't such a thing, but the characters' motives begin to contradic themselves. The fighting was pretty neat. And also, dramatic season changes. Like, summer to fall to winter over the course of three or four days. And if you like rape, this is the movie for you. Ew. It's PG-13, so not that kinda ew, but still.spectrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08138639705686546734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959801.post-1106800670641475792005-01-26T22:28:00.000-06:002005-01-26T22:37:50.640-06:00firewalls et alHistory test went well, tho I did badly on the chem quiz. Only 10 pt quiz tho.
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<br />I'm becoming a bit paranoid about viruses or something. I've got two anti-virus programs running (though one's out of date), a hardware and a software firewall, and check what programs are accessing the Internets fairly often. Oh well, I don't think I've ever gotten Trojaned, which isn't bad for someone running XP Home.
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<br />Blah I have to go. More tomorrow or something.spectrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08138639705686546734noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959801.post-1106714937364358352005-01-25T21:58:00.000-06:002005-01-25T22:48:57.363-06:00harro againHistory test tomorrow shouldn't be too bad. I did alright on that math test/quiz that took the whole hour too. Japanese kaiwa quiz got delayed to Thursday for me, and the start of the speech isn't due until Friday. Also, Illinois came back to win the game vs. Wisconsin. So yay for that.
<br />Swim practice was hard... Too much butterfly. 750 butterfly pull; I'll be sore for days. spectrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08138639705686546734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959801.post-1106628447668432692005-01-24T22:29:00.000-06:002005-01-26T20:26:14.980-06:00I'm so 1336.I'm so 1336.
<br />I totally forgot to get the math problem numbers and lost my English syllabus. Got a scan of the latter from Ford tho now, so thats okay.
<br />Oh man, I got the new Pillows album. (Illegally... but it's pretty niche Japanese music, what're you gonna do?) <a href="http://impact-media.me.uk/phptracker/download.php?id=edf7e321f5ea43911743a9698fa8eda7c7c9c224&f=The%20Pillows%20-%20Good%20Dreams.torrent" title="The Pillows - Good Dreams">Original torrent.</a> I'll burn an iTunes CD w/ the album cover and better ID3 tags if anyone asks. FYI, the Pillows are the people who did the music for FLCL/Furi Kuri/Fooly Cooly.
<br />spectrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08138639705686546734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959801.post-1106448606488582862005-01-22T18:42:00.000-06:002005-01-22T20:50:06.496-06:00ahh, to go to winter formal or not?I'm thinking not. Sorry, but I didn't get back home until just now, and I'm really tired and hungry. I'll prolly jsut do some homework and watch anime for the rest of the night. Wait, no. I have KOTOR2 to play, since its due back at Blockbuster tomorrow. I won't be able to beat it tonight tho... :(
<br />Jake/Spencer/Taotao's appeal was denied by the provost. Unsurprising, but still sad. Good luck at UHS/wherever to them.spectrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08138639705686546734noreply@blogger.com0