Slashdot | FBI Plans Spammer Smackdown
Thank God for this (if it actually happens). I will look around for the exact statistics, but I read somewhere that spams has increased by roughly 200% within the past year. The US is leading the way in sending spam out, go figure. Apparently China will soon suprass the US though for this wonderful title.
I like to believe that in the end things are relatively balanced, regardless of who or what you believe in. I am not bashing religion, I am simply stating that my beliefs are just as credible as yours. I don’t want an organized religion. I don’t want someone telling me what to think and how I should live my life.
I will beliebe what I want entirely based on how it feels for me. No one can possibly ever know how it feels for me, and therefore I will be the one to decide what I believe.
…don’t even get me started on those dirty old child molestors, oh, I mean priests…
Why do we all place so much importance on the impressions others form about us? We are obviously very social animals, but that still doesn’t not explain why, to this drastic extent, we care what others thing.
I hate the fact that society forces people to think they have to be happy all the time. Even today while the prevalence of depression is shooting through the roof we still carry this ignorant value. Being constantly happy should not be so highly regarded. If for nothing but the fact that it’s not natural. The natural course of life has up’s and down’s…that is how life works. It’s all a matter of balance.
MDMA Paper… Done
Sports Psych Paper 1… Done
Sports Psych Paper 2… Done
Sports Psych Final… Done
Reading Antiquity Paper… Done
Reading Antiquity Final… Done
Ladies and Gentlement…I am done.
I’ll be the first one to admit that I am sad about leaving school. I already miss everyone. It’s definitely a mix of feelings though. It is very nice to be home, it is very nice to sleep and relax, but it sucks being away from everyone. It’s hard to manage going from seeing and being around these people on a daily basis to not seeing them for 3 1/2 months. This year in particular has been quite …interesting to say the least. I honestly feel like all of you made this year tolerable. Looking back on this year, I think that had it not been for all the support and caring you all provided me I probably would not have been able to return to Vassar this spring.
That was one of the most terrifying experiences of my life. I only know one other time that I have felt that scared, and this time the outcome was drastically different. Because of all the support I receieved I was able to suck it up and not give up like I did in the past. Thank you all for so much.
Honestly, I am a bit apprehensive about next year. It is going to be so hard to be happy and encouraging when all of you are enjoying the senior events and I…well, I’ll be left out.
It seems to be one of those things you just assume will happen. When you’re a little kid you can’t wait until the day you graduate from school. School, of coarse, then means high school. Once you’re actually in High School and if you so choose to pursue the college bound route then you create a new plateua of achievement. Your graduation from college will in all likelihood represent the pinacle of your higher education. You never once have to think about not graduating with the friends you have laughed, cried, and stressed with. That was the hardest choice out of everything I choose to do this first semester. Choosing to go home was easy, choosing to seek “help” was moderatly easy (though J-dogg will attest to that, lol), but trying to get myself to accept that seemingly minor fact hit man harder than I ever thought it would.
I will be there, I will be smiling (to my best ability),I will be proud, and I will be trying to not be sad. At least the class I get to graduate with has some very nice people as well. Liz and Ria, I will be honored to walk with you both. Liz, I love you. I hope you know that. Ria, for all of our bickering and joking I hope you believe that I would be there if you ever needed me to be.
It will be a very bittersweet day. Oh well, no sense worrying about that now… we still have a year of debauchery and pillaging of freshman. And how HOT is that bar going to be?
It’s strange how my mood can totally change within a 10 minute period. I am incredibly ready to be done and out of here. I know I am going to miss everyone terribly, but I am just way past tired of being here. My mood can go from being perfectly happy and upbeat to an almost debilitating depression in less than 10 minutes. The best part is that a lot of the time something very tiny and insignificant can be what sets off this seemingly random change. I wish I had more control over my emotions sometimes. Most of the time I am content with feeling the emotions strongly.
I really feel like most people don’t feel things the way I do. There is no way that they couldn’t react to things in daily life if they did.
I always have such a strong desire to do something completely spontaneous. The only thing that prevents this spontaneity is my commitments to school and to those I care about. I guess that would be the one benefit to being alone. You would never actually have to worry about upsetting others or having to explain your actions. How amazing would it be to simply wake up one morning and decide you felt like driving to Cali to see the Pacific? The key however is, you just did it. You didn’t wake up, feel it, think it, and then not act. This time you actually did it. That would be utterly amazing.
I will be quite unhappy with my life if I can’t look back at it when I am old and grey and be proud of my actions. If I have doubts and regrets they will forever weigh on my mind. If you asked me I would tell you that I try to live my life with no regrets. In a very sad and dreary reality I am plagued with more regrets than one could possibly imagine. I live such an inhibited life. The thing that has weighed me down my entire life has been my own conscience. I over analyze, I second guess, and I simply do not act how I feel for fear of making others uncomfortable.
I am not oppressed, I am not misfortuned, I am not discriminated against, I am only a slave to my own mind.
Tunes: Norah Jones – Norah Jones – 14 – The Nearness Of You (3:07)
This will be the short and condensed version of a review of Troy. I won’t spoil anything by listing specifics. I will only say that the movie was well done. The casting was well thought out, and several of the roles were filled by perfect actors in my opinion. If you do not have any deep knowledge of The Iliad you will enjoy this movie. If you are well aware of the specifics of this amazing Greek novel then you will have major difficulties with some of the “choices” selected by the director. Again, specifics aside, there are many historical errors that honestly just do not make sense. Oh well, regardless I would highly recommend this movie to anyone whom even has a slight interest in classic literature or the Trojan War.
Going to see Troy tonight!! Yeah baby…I view this strictly as studying for my Antiquity final…lol. I’ll write up my thoughts on it sometime tomorrow…
Just a slight update…3 out of the 4 papers are done and 1 out of 2 finals are done. Woohoo, lets all take a big collective sigh (for those of us who are done or nearing done). I am going to see Troy tomorrow, that is so exciting you don’t even understand. I am off to bed.
Well, after all of my complaining I think I actually might like MT 3.0 … I moved over and redid the site a bit this evening. The UI (user interface) seems to be a little cleaner and a little quicker loading. The rebuilding time has gone down a little bit, and the typekey registered comments is always a nice addition. I still have to play around and see what plugins are available for 3.0…anyways, I am off to bed finally.
Wandering the Interwebs 