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Monday, November 24th, 2003
1:51 am	yay just a couple more days until thanksgiving! (12 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 19th, 2003
8:44 pm	I have a really fun paper due friday. It's on the Burgess Shale, which is one of my most favorite topics in the whole world. I get to write about Opabinia and Marella splendens!!! Woo hoo! My scarf is coming along, I have a foot and a half now. It has alternating 3 inch stripes of black and mauve. :-) (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, October 19th, 2003
9:22 pm	I'm Updating My LJ (Part 2) So Nate visited me this past weekend. I gave him the grand tour of the campus, and he met a good proportion of my friends here. My first Madrigals (a capella) concert was last friday, and Nate was there to hear it. We didn't do badly considering how it sounded just a week ago. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
12:48 pm	Oh My God! I'm updating my Livejournal! (Part 1) Whoa! I spontaneously decided to write in this thing again. So here's the quick version of the past year and 2 months or so. Last year was freshman year of college. It was very strange for me, but I survived it alright. I lived in a really neat room which was one of the three special rooms in that dorm. Basically it was about 3 feet wider on one side so we had space for a foosball table which got a lot of use I'm tellin ya. I had a really great roomate, Daniel Teitelbaum. I hung out with him and 5 other really super cool people from my unit a lot. They are: Ilya Kreymer, Leland Price, Thomas Schumann, Reid Thompson, and Jimmy Dorroh. Ilya is a computer programmer who works for Big Huge Games which just came out with the game Rise of Nations. He was born in Russia and came over after the fall of the Soviet Union. At the end of last school year he went to E3 in LA, and stayed a couple days afterwards and I took him around places. The first day we went around Hollywood, and then we went to Koreatown to find a Go club there that we had read about in an article. This year I'm living in Alpha Delta Phi, the coed literary society. I am really enjoying it a heck of a lot. Last year I wasn't quite happy with the fact that I hung out with a bunch of guys all the time, super cool people though they were, and this year it's much more like high school with a good mix. I'm having a real blast, and I have to say that this is probably the best time of my life right now. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, August 9th, 2002
10:33 pm	Oh my god I'm updating my LJ!!! I just saw Akira. Crrrrrraaazy movie. Really insano. My birthday passed recently (6th). So I'm 18. Interesting. I got a surround sound system (5 piece; subwoofer with satellites), a fairly good mic, and a sound recording/editing program for my birthday. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, June 9th, 2002
9:26 pm	John and I were invited to the rocket launch today. He swung by my house at 4 AM and we went off in the pre-dawn dark. There was really interesting fog before the sun came up. There was one area where it was suddenly extremely dense, with severely limited visibility. We took a slightly longer route to get there, but it was alright. At 5 minutes to 6, we stopped by a McDonalds, and even though I usually refuse to buy from them, I was (reprehensibly) lax in my moral principles, more specifically, in my adherence to my self imposed injunction against eating there for the purpose of protesting the evil propagated by that corporation, and I got a snack. I decided to get hash browns because they don't serve fries until much later in the day, so I asked the cashier how much they cost. I could have sworn she said 7 for a dollar, so I said I'd have seven (even though I knew it sounded ridiculously cheap). It turns out she said they were a dollar each, and when I asked John immediately afterward (so he still remembered everything clearly), he said she didn't say anything that even remotely sounded like the word seven. So I had seven hash browns to eat. I ate 5 and left the rest for later (commenting that the limit as hash browns go to stomach of Ronnie is 5 due to the greasiness). We were using John's GPS navigation system to find our way around. We got to the nearest stretch of paved road to the little mark that John had programmed into the device. We went back and forth a bit and found a little dirt road that led to a little dried lake bed that had a ring of vehicles on it. It was a really bumpy road so we could only go 10 mph, and a lot of times, it was very wavy up and down, and John had to drive diagonally back and forth to prevent the tops of the "waves" from scraping the bottom of his car. We spent 40 minutes driving in along that road and we got to the ring of vehicles. It turned out to be a jeep club. John got out and asked about the rockets, and they point us to a spot beyond a ridge, which is where the mark on the GPS was anyway. The reason we didn't trust the GPS exactly was because the mark the John had made wasn't exact, and we knew it, so we were looking in that general area (which was really open so we didn't have much trouble scanning for groups of vehicles). We tried going up the dirt road that went up the ridge but one of the tires sank in and so we had to push it out. We decided not to take that road. We backed down to the dry lake bed again, and looked for the way the Jeep club people with their Jeeps and their huge RVs came in. We found a little road and went down it a bit when the front of the tires again sank into the soft fluffy dust of the road, and this time we couldn't get it out. We got out of the car, and walked 8 minutes (at a fast pace) down to the jeep club, and one of the people there offered to pull us out with his Jeep. There was only room for one other person in it, so I insisted John go (because he could get the process started, knowing about his car) and I walked back. By the time I walked back, they hadn't succeeded yet, but they had just attached a big chain to the cars. This worked and John's car was pulled out of the holes it had made. We backed down the road and the guy pointed out a huge flat nice dirt road that we had totally missed. We were going to pay him $5 for his trouble but all I had was 2 ones and 20s and John only had a credit card so we couldn't do it. As we drove out , I ate another hash brown, finishing off the bag. John called his house and had his sister and then his dad look at the instructions on the website to how to get there. By this time it was half past 8, and the launches had started at 8. It turns out that John had marked the spot wrong on his GPS, so we went down to the correct location. It was 10 or so by the time we got there. It turns out that Cami and Mr V weren't there because of winds, so only the people who didn't care about the wind were there. The launches that normally go till 2 PM went till 11 because there weren't as many people. But we still got to see some neat stuff. Aside from a whole ton of teensy A, B, C rockets, we saw some bigger ones up to a J. The J rocket's main chute failed to open after falling to 500 feet (or at all for that matter) so that was not happy for them. John had comfy portable luxury chairs that we reclined on until 11 when it ended. We then took off, and headed back. I fell asleep from around 11:30 to 12 or so. When I woke up, John had gone down the wrong road and was just u-turning back. It is then I realized that I had only eaten 6 hash browns, although I specifically ordered 7. Close inspection of the bag confirmed that I had only gotten 6 hash browns although I payed for 7. We stopped briefly by Laura's house so that John could divide up their prom pics with her, and then we headed back to his house. I was picked up there and brought home. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, June 5th, 2002
11:04 pm	This week is the week of fun and food. Today I had mongolian barbque. I went to 3rd street for the first time with John and Jess. You know, if you assign numbers to letters (a=1, b=2, etc) and you add up the numbers of the names John Ross and Jessica Dyer, you get the same number (118). We also went to the beach twice and marina del rey. It was fun indeed. Tomorrow I'm going to IHOP for the last time as part of our final exam tradition with Andrew and Chris. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, May 26th, 2002
11:03 am	Yay! Prom yesterday was fun! Stef was a super date! I actually danced. The food was good. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 14th, 2002
8:38 pm	APs are over! (Comment on this)
Sunday, May 12th, 2002
8:25 pm	APs! (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, April 26th, 2002
9:54 pm	Whee! The second night of the play was tonight, and it was a blast! It was worth everything times a billion to the billionth power to the billionth power ... [a billion times repeated]. (Comment on this)
Friday, April 19th, 2002
8:21 pm	yeah (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, April 9th, 2002
11:47 pm	hmph I have no time for anything anymore. When the play is over, I'll breathe a huuge sigh of relief that I can actually have time to do stuff. These past two days I've been up till past midnight doing homework, when I used to get to bed 11ish or 10ish. Hrmph. Not that I don't enjoy the play because I do. It's just that I'm being burnt out by everything. I feel like when you take a motor and put it on too high a voltage and it spins like crazy and starts to smoke. My only time to do anything just for enjoyment is my free periods. I know you'll all say "but you're a senior, you can slack." Thats not true. If anything I should work the hardest now. It's not a matter of grades, it's a matter of integrity. The only thing keeping me back is my schedule. I'm exhausted after only 2 days of school. I'm slipping. I don't want to fall. I'm all cheery and energetic at school, but that comes at an expense. I'm pulling my energy for school out of my at home reserve, which is already depleted because of sleep deprivation. Thank you all for replying to the college post. Now I know that people actually read these things. Not that I say anything worth replying to normally, so I'm glad that the one time I did, you took advantage of the opportunity. (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, April 6th, 2002
8:15 pm	which "monty python and the holy grail" character are you? this quiz was made by colleen (Comment on this)
Friday, April 5th, 2002
2:08 pm	I finished hearing from Colleges. This post will be divided into two sections: 1) The Facts, and 2) The Drama The Facts Accepted: Brown UCLA UC Berkeley UCSD Reed Waitlisted: Princeton Harvard Denied: Yale The Drama I heard from the UCs and Reed first. Reed, with characteristic flair sent it priority mail and it had sparkly sequins inside. Then there was a bit of a wait. Keep in mind that I really wanted to go to one of the 4 that were left. So I hear from Harvard and Yale first. And I'm a bit disappointed but not really worried because I have 2 chances left. Then I hear from princeton the next day. And so now I was worried. In fact, I was terrified. So when I hear from Brown, I was really relieved. Phew. So I'm 99.99% sure I'm going there. Ok that didn't sound very dramatic, but trust me it was. :-) Current Mood: giddy (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, April 1st, 2002
12:57 pm	[What does your name mean?] It comes from the Old Norse name Rognvaldr, which is made up of the words regin, which means advice, decision, or the gods, and valdr, which means ruler. [Birthday?] Aug. 6 [Zodiac Sign?] Leo [rrraaarrrr!] [What are your plans for tonight?] write music [What time is it?] 12:59 AM Who was the last person that... [Called you?] Nate to remind me about his movie [Slept in your bed?] me [Saw you cry?] it's been a looong time since anyone has seen me do that [Made you cry?] nobody [Spent the night at your house?] hmm... it's been awhile... [You shared a drink with?] probably... hmm... I don't remember [went to the movies with] my mom hahaha [You went to the mall with?] um my mom? [Yelled at you?] my mom... [Sent you an email?] sam Have you ever... [Taken a picture of yourself with a milk mustache and sent it to the milkpeople?] no... [Said "I love you" and not meant it?] nope [Gotten into a fight with your dog/cat/bird/fish/etc?] nah my cat is too mellow for that [Been to New York?] yep [Been to Florida?] no [California?] where's that? oh! right under my feet! [Hawaii?] no {Mexico?] yes [Philippines?] No [Danced naked?] under our clothes, we are all naked! [Had a dream about something really crazy?] sure, all the time hehe [Stalked someone?] no [Had a mud bath?] nope [Wished you were the opposite sex?] no Had an imaginary friend?] no, only as temporary jokes [What time is it now?] 1:07 [Apples or Bananas?] both [Red or Blue?] hmmm... both? [Wal-Mart or Target?] neither [Spring or fall?] either way [Do you have a boy/girlfriend what is his/her name?] none [Santa or Rudolph?] hahahaha [What time is it now?] 1:08 which one of your friends . . . [Has the most distinct laugh?] well, nate when he's being tickled... people have commented on my laugh before... [Will grow up and be a model?] stef! [Is going to have the most kids?] uhh... not sure [Have you known the longest?] Chris Crooks [Knows you the best?] hmm... well everyone knows slightly different parts of me [Is the loudest?] most of them are loud at times [Is the quietest?] most of them can be quiet at times [Do you have the most classes with?] hmm 3 with John... 4 with Nate... 5 with Stacey... 5 with Brian M... [Do you miss the most?] everyone! I haven't seen you guys in awhile [What are you going to do after you finish this survey?] various [What was the last meal you ate?] breakfast [High school or college?] i'm in highschool and am currently getting letters from colleges hehe [Are you bored?] no! I'm never bored! [How many of your buddies are online?] 6 but I'm not talking to any of them at the moment [Last movie you saw?] well if you include watching them on video, it would be E la Nave va (the official English title is And the Ship Goes On) directed by Frederico Fellini. It was magnificent! [Last noise you heard?] the soft hum of my hard drive spinning [Last birthday party you went to?] not sure... most of them aren't for birthdays [Last time you went out of state?] spring break a year ago [What is your lucky number?] elephant [MY HAIR:] is black/brown [MY MAKEUP:] does not exist because I'm a guy [MY OBSESSION:] haha [MY MOST ATTRACTIVE FEATURE:] uhh ??? [MY FAVORITE THING TO DO:] read, learn, have fun [I'M WEARING:] clothes [I'M EATING:] nothing at the moment [I'M DRINKING:] tea [I'M LISTENING TO:] the hum of my computer and the sound of a japanese video that my mom is watching [I'M FEELING:] just fine thanks [I'M THINKING:] about the questions [I SEE:] photons APPEARANCE [eyes?] dark brown [height?] not sure [weight?] let me go weigh myself right now... ok right now I'm 62.6 kg (138 lbs) [kill?] nobody [shag?] uhh I'm not quite sure what that means... [slap?] nobody (yeah I really hate this nobody person) [hear from?] everybody! [get really wasted with?] yuck [tickle?] hehe well, stacey and jessica are ticklish hehe [look like?] umm... ??? [be like?] me [avoid?] nobody (see? I really do hate that nobody person) FAVORITE [food?] anything savory and yummy [drink?] there are so many sweet drinks out there, I wish there was a savory drink hehe, like hot gravy in a can lol, but I suppose I like cream soda [color?] orange and purple [album?] I have lots of CDs that I like [shoes?] uh well I have 3 pairs, the sneakers, the dress shoes, and the boots [site?] http://www.link.cs.cmu.edu/link/submit-sentence-4.html http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ http://www.research.att.com/~njas/sequences/Seis.html http://www.webelements.com/ http://www.stetson.edu/~efriedma/packing.html http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/junkyard/ http://tolweb.org/tree/ http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Maps/Los_Angeles_eqs.htm http://www.sluggy.com http://www.acidrefluxcomic.com [dance?] we are all always dancing! [song?] ummm ??? [vegetable?] a lot of them are good [fruit?] a lot of them are good... mandarin oranges... mangoes.. [berry?] not much of a berry person... strawberries LAST PERSON YOU [touched?] don't remember... [talked to?] in person? my mom [hugged] dont' remember [instant messaged?] Stef [kissed?] never done that [had a crush on?] hahaha [who broke your heart?] hee hee hee WHERE DO YOU [eat?] where there is food [dance?] continuously! [cry?] umm ??? [wish you were?] usually I'm happy wherever I am (Comment on this)
Thursday, March 28th, 2002
10:58 pm	Hello! (9126) It's been awhile since I last posted. Today we climbed all the way up the stream from the rock pools at malibu creek. It took 2.5 hours and the return journey along the path that goes around from the top of the stream took 30 minutes. 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. N-QB3 N-KB3 Yes, chess has been on my mind lately. Umm yeah. The original Star Trek is more involved in moral and ethical issues than the next generation, but the next generation actually looks real. Consider the category of all categories that do not contain themselves. Does it contain itself? Let there be light. Progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy is a fatal demyelinating disease of the white matter and involves multiple areas of the brain. Beshninka! Current Mood: sleepy Current Music: Chopin Mazurkas (Misc.) (Comment on this)
Tuesday, March 19th, 2002
11:16 pm	What Star Trek: The Next Generation character are you? a freaking cool quiz by Devotion (Comment on this)
Tuesday, March 12th, 2002
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8:23 pm	I love this! It's so incredibly neat!!!!!!! (Excerpt from The Cyberiad by Stanislaw Lem) Klapaucius thought, and thought some more. Finally he nodded and said: "Very well. Let's have a love poem, lyrical, pastoral, and expressed in the language of pure mathematics. Tensor algebra mainly, with a little topology and higher calculus, if need be. But with feeling, you understand, and in the cybernetic spirit." "Love and tensor algebra? Have you taken leave of your senses?" Trurl began, but stopped, for his electronic bard was already declaiming: Come, let us hasten to a higher plane, Where dyads tread the fairy fields of Venn, Their indices bedecked from one to n, Commingled in an endless Markov chain! Come, every frustum longs to be a cone, And every vector dreams of matrices. Hark to the gentle gradient of the breeze: It whispers of a more ergodic zone. In Riemann, Hilbert, or in Banach space Let superscripts and subscripts go their ways. Our asymptotes no longer out of phase, We shall encounter, counting, face to face. I'll grant thee random access to my heart, Thou'lt tell me all the constants of thy love; And so we two shall all love's lemmas prove, And in our bound partition never part. For what did Cauchy know, or Christoffel, Or Fourier, or any Boole or Euler, Wielding their compasses, their pens and rulers, Of thy supernal sinusoidal spell? Cancel me not -- for what then shall remain? Abscissas, some mantissas, modules, modes, A root or two, a torus and a node: The inverse of my verse, a null domain. Ellipse of bliss, converge, O lips divine! The product of our scalars is defined! Cyberiad draws nigh, and the skew mind Cuts capers like a happy haversine. I see the eigenvalue in thine eye, I hear the tender tensor in thy sigh. Bernoulli would have been content to die, Had he but known such a^2 cos 2 phi (1 Comment |Comment on this)