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| For my "Leisure Lifestyles" class. |
[Tuesday October 6th, 2009 @ 1:53pm] |
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It’s hard to say exactly which activities I spent the most time with, owing to the fact that the more I think about it, the more I remember. As is not at all uncommon among children, I had a pretty vivid imagination when I was young. I spent a lot of time running, climbing, and jumping off of inappropriately elevated structures all for the sake of emulating Star Wars, Power Rangers, or whatever action/adventure television series or movie I had most recently seen. Ideally, I would be able to involve anywhere from one to five of my peers in this role play, though I was just as capable of destroying the Death Star on my own (without a targeting computer) as I was in the company of my most trusted Jedi X-Wing pilots. I also fancied myself quite the artist (again, it has been my personal experience that most children – as well as a staggering amount of adults – tend to have an exceptional opinion of their own artistic abilities despite a complete lack of similar sentiments among anyone else). The pencil was my weapon of choice. Oh, I would dabble in crayons, washable markers, sidewalk chalk, even watercolors. But I would always return to the steadfast #2, with which I produced some of the busiest and most unimpressive drawings I have ever seen. Two pirate ships colliding while their respective crews run their graphite blades through each other without batting an eye for their fallen comrades being eaten by what is probably a shark in the scribbled waves below. An intergalactic spaceship battle, wherein entire planets have been literally erased or redrawn on a whim, and the only thing standing between a marooned astronaut and the agony of being sucked into a black hole (the obvious source of all alien life) is the strength of his lazily-sketched jetpack. Yes, I was a young Walt Disney. I cannot - with a clean conscience – disclose the details of the diversions of my days as a youth without mentioning those marvelous building blocks of which we were all so fond: Lincoln Logs Legos. Oh, the places I have built! And destroyed! Entire civilizations raised and razed in a matter of hours! I am solely responsible for the construction of a remarkable number of castles, hospitals, vehicles of public transit, and at least one time machine. With Legos, I was able to accomplish more in the realm of urban planning and development than I could ever have hoped to in reality. (But seriously, I actually did have Lincoln Logs. However, they lacked the flexibility found among their multicolored and many-shaped cousins. The only thing I could ever manage to convincingly construct was – of all things – a log cabin.)
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| 5-Year Plan |
[Friday May 15th, 2009 @ 12:53pm] |
My objective is simple: World Domination. My motive is a little bit more complex: Power Stage One To begin my plan, I must first seduce a senator. This will cause the world to give one another worried looks, paralyzed by my arrival. Who is this criminal mastermind? Where did he come from? And why does he look so good wearing the skin of another human? Stage Two Next, I must steal the grand canyon. This will all be done from a floating fortress, a mysterious place of unrivaled dark glory. Upon seeing this, the world will gibber like madmen, as countless hordes of the undead hasten to do my every bidding. Stage Three Finally, I must reveal to the world my time machine, bringing about the return of the antichrist. My name shall become synonymous with blood, and no man will ever again dare beat me up. Everyone will bow before my cunning intelligence, and the world will have no choice but to grant me three maidens of virtue true.
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| MATH 110: Mathematical Reasoning - Excel Assignment |
[Wednesday February 4th, 2009 @ 3:53pm] |
11. What do you do if a cell displays "######"?
Because you'll inevitably have a panic attack upon seeing this, the first thing you'll need to do is relax. Controlled breathing is a great method for this. Using your diaphragm rather than your chest, breathe in for 4 seconds through your nose, hold for 4 seconds, and exhale completely through your mouth. Do this until your heart rate returns to normal.
Then simply widen your column until the cell is big enough to display the value.
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| Basic Computer Applications Project |
[Thursday September 18th, 2008 @ 4:08pm] |
I had to write a short autobiography for a Microsoft Word lesson in my basic computer applications class. It's actually surprisingly hard to write about myself, but here it is, nothing omitted.
Background
I was born in Gatlinburg, Tennessee on July 12th, 1985, but was almost immediately relocated to Two Rivers, Wisconsin after my father retired from Impossible Mission Force (IMF) and entered my family and I into a “discharged agent debriefing and relocation program.”
I spent equal parts of my youth in books and at leisure, eventually pursuing a course of study in Alarmist Theory at Yale. While at university, the only thing that rivaled my interests in the writings of Daniel Kay was fencing. I am currently partaking in an experiment with the Social Sciences department to find out how long a person can remain an undergraduate student without ever receiving an actual accredited degree of any sort.
Hobbies
As previously mentioned, I took up the gentleman’s sport of fencing during my Yale years. Though clumsy at first, I quickly became adept with a blade and proceeded to advance through the ranks of my peers, winning 4 medals in Men’s Foil, 2 in Men’s Epee, as well as leading the co-ed Saber Team to 4 consecutive national championships. I also hold the current Yale record for most consecutive matches in Men’s Foil.
I still fence, and indeed I have only improved. I owe much of my success not only to the influence of the writings and philosophy of 17th century Alarmist Theorist Daniel Kay, but also those of L. Ron Hubbard. My deep studies in Dianetics and Scientology have allowed me to reach levels which would otherwise have been unattainable.
Career Goals
With a substantial amount of achievements behind my proverbial belt, I wouldn’t be simply flattering myself by saying my options at this point are abundant. An ideal plan would involve becoming the leading 21st century Alarmist Theorist within 10 years.
However, within 5 years, I will be completely off the map, as I plan to follow my father’s footsteps by becoming an IMF agent, something which does not allow a conventional lifestyle.
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[Sunday August 19th, 2007 @ 6:31pm] |
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[Wednesday April 25th, 2007 @ 4:22pm] |
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Sick of seeing black and white pictures of some dirty house or some shitty city or even just some trash in a filthy alley framed as though they are art.
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| Computer Science Department Computer Lab |
[Wednesday April 25th, 2007 @ 10:38am] |
" . . .and it did all of that and protected stuff, and that's all I did. And since I was doing sockets and you know I had to test it for the initial thread, so it wasn't that bad."
"That's not that bad"
"It took me a long time though. I kept having it crash for the longest time and i couldnt figure it out. stupid me. i forgot to clear memory so i was getting random garbage nad it was just dying. the catch to doing a multi threated program is that the debugger is useless."
"GDB - every time it was scrashing it was showing that it was crashing in the thread. I thought it was a threading problem and it wasn't. It sucked."
"That does suck."
"We had to write a stupid ATM. I could have two people log into the same account at the same time and it would work."
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| cats sleep 80% of the time, on average. |
[Thursday January 18th, 2007 @ 2:32pm] |
Sneaked around SE MI to learn about the shoe game. It's outta control.
Just so you know, I'll be in Las Vegas 21-25(6?) being the best dude for Mike Spliff. It's a different time zone over there, so I'll be sure to call you at a really awkward time of day.
Thanks,
Management.
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