Life

Doing hard work is not the same as working hard.

I just have to post this piece up

because I’ve been searching for it for five years. My mind kind of exploded when I heard it.

The funny thing is that I found it while creeping the Youtube channel of a robot researcher/family friend whom I really look up to. Awesome.

I told myself that I would only make a new blog post when I either a) got my L, or b) finished my online portfolio. But I think this discovery is equally as satisfying as achieving either of those two things. Besides, I’m going to get my L tomorrow anyway. I will get it.

Must. Not. Fail.

I guess it’s about time for me to get my L. Ungghh.

May, June, July

A combination of all my to-do lists since May. Now I can cross stuff off.

• Finish watching all the episodes of Glee
• Finish watching all the episodes of The Big Bang Theory
• Finish watching all the episodes of The Office, American and British versions
• Finish watching all the episodes of House
• Finish watching all the episodes of How I Met Your Mother
• Fix up my resume
• Get hired as a specialist at the Apple store
• Make an online portfolio
• Get an internship at a web design company
• Watch all the open course ware programming lessons from Stanford
• Work my way through Java for Dummies
• Prep for my Chinese course placement interview
• Find a brand of contact lens that won’t make my eyes implode into little blood pools
• Get a pair of shoes that actually fits properly
• Learn some stuff about computer hardware and networking
• Get my own computer
• Learn enough about computers to be able to hold conversations with other comp sci majors without sounding like a fool
• Sleep earlier
• Math
• Flail arms around while running in circles with glee
• Read The Year of the Flood
• Go biking
• Go camping
• Have a picnic
• Buff up 3d modelling portfolio
• Figure out how to draw stuff properly
• Watch all the movies I wanted to watch over the past two years but couldn’t
• Go people-watching from the roof of Oakridge mall
• Take Robot Unicorn lessons from Nancy
• Get Adobe products to work on my computer again
• Put that large database of computer programming tutorials to use
• Go bungee jumping
• Purchase prim paraphernalia in preparation for the Pinale (alliteration ftw!)
• Have a Compendium celebration dinner
• Compose beautiful musical masterpieces with Aastha on the keyboard at the Apple store
• Go to the planetarium
• Not waste the days away on Facebook

Well… at least there’s still August.

wooooooot

I think I know what I want to do with my life now.

Yum. Covers.

I’ve found yet another Youtube violinist to temporarily obsess over until I find someone new.

I love his violin covers. Look at how HAPPY he is when he plays!

Speaking of violin covers, I’m going to start recording a few of them with Karen next week :D Too pumped for that. I’ve been meaning to do something like that for the past year or so. And I’m sure there’s still room for a clarinet, flute, or any other instrument to join us… you know, when you guys aren’t busy nudgenudge. So watch out for us. Maybe we’ll end up being semi-successful haha

It’s organic!

So I only found out today that people feed their plants with fertilizer made out of blood and bones.

That was the only image running through my mind for the rest of my trip at Canadian Tire.

Dinosaur textbooks

The costs of textbooks these days are so incredibly high. I was checking out the student forum to find some cheap used textbooks, and I ran into this large hunk of awesome:

The dinosaurs are obvs there to increase the book’s value. These publishers sure know how to sell their stuff.

Cool stuff

can be found here.

Finally registered for my courses! I also found out yesterday that SFU offers study abroad programs in England at places like the University of Manchester.

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MAAHHHNNNCHESTAAAHHH!!!!

nguhhh

need to mooove.