"annnyyythhinnngggg's poooossssiiibbbblllleeee!!!"
including not winning next year
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goodness, that was way too funny when i read it on a forum.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Saturday, June 14, 2008
i remember when i watched game 3 of the 2002 ecf finals, and paul pierce and antoine walker led the celtics to that ridiculous comeback. it was a special game, and one of my favorite all-time nba games i ever watched in person (partially because of the dramatic change in offensive strategy to start the 4th quarter; no more 3s; all layup attempts)
well, this probably topped it. i'm impressed. too many things to list.
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y'kno, one of things i hate is how everytime ppl who try to justify how kobe is allowed to do what he does, is they play the jordan card, but the one that ticks me off perhaps the most is how he's allowed to be a team leader the way he is, arrogant, not really friendly, etc, "because jordan was like that." look, can we just admit jordan was a really unique case? yes, let's all do small ball and have average centers and have 2 and 3s who are arrogant as hell for our team leaders. that'll give the teams we root for 2 3-peats.
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i'm really bummed that all the trade rumors i've heard for the pistons almost always involve tayshaun prince. i really guess he's not going to play all his days as a piston; i really wished a lotta good all-around players played their entire days on the same team that drafted them; like pierce. there is one SMALL plusside to this though, that maybe they'll have piston tayshaun prince jerseys for really cheap after he leaves. always wanted one of those.
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control your emotions, and you control yourself.
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2 more weeks. i gotta quickly figure out what to do.
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that's it; i'm checking http://ecanaan.org/calendar/ every week before i practice on saturday; i'm getting tired of driving 15 minutes only to find a workshop is taking place in the sanctuary.
well, this probably topped it. i'm impressed. too many things to list.
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y'kno, one of things i hate is how everytime ppl who try to justify how kobe is allowed to do what he does, is they play the jordan card, but the one that ticks me off perhaps the most is how he's allowed to be a team leader the way he is, arrogant, not really friendly, etc, "because jordan was like that." look, can we just admit jordan was a really unique case? yes, let's all do small ball and have average centers and have 2 and 3s who are arrogant as hell for our team leaders. that'll give the teams we root for 2 3-peats.
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i'm really bummed that all the trade rumors i've heard for the pistons almost always involve tayshaun prince. i really guess he's not going to play all his days as a piston; i really wished a lotta good all-around players played their entire days on the same team that drafted them; like pierce. there is one SMALL plusside to this though, that maybe they'll have piston tayshaun prince jerseys for really cheap after he leaves. always wanted one of those.
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control your emotions, and you control yourself.
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2 more weeks. i gotta quickly figure out what to do.
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that's it; i'm checking http://ecanaan.org/calendar/ every week before i practice on saturday; i'm getting tired of driving 15 minutes only to find a workshop is taking place in the sanctuary.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
hahaha: "Police: Man in DUI Crash Said He Was Driving Around to Sober Up"
what's up with democrats FINALLY trying to impeach bush?
what's up with democrats FINALLY trying to impeach bush?
Friday, June 06, 2008
the baron davis and adam sandler tv commercial where they parody the nba "there can only be one" commericals with zohan and b-diddy cracked me up. "nooo... you haffF a dWeEaMn..." and then they cut back from cuts of the movie to b-diddy wearing the same clothes as zohan.
i bet i'm not the only one who is wondering why kg is not parking his ass on the low block. but yes, that 2-handed putback was golden. loved how the crowd erupted when paul pierce got back on the floor and nailed back-2-back threes. (but where was the love for perkins when he made it back?)
also props to ray allen; if yesterdays' game is any indication of how he's tried to change his game to complement his teammates this entire season, i admire what he's done. guarding kobe(although rivers prob wanted to do that more to keep pierce out of foul trouble). choosing to drive and pass to teammates most of the time rather than take the shot and spot up. getting 6 boards. etc.
i bet i'm not the only one who is wondering why kg is not parking his ass on the low block. but yes, that 2-handed putback was golden. loved how the crowd erupted when paul pierce got back on the floor and nailed back-2-back threes. (but where was the love for perkins when he made it back?)
also props to ray allen; if yesterdays' game is any indication of how he's tried to change his game to complement his teammates this entire season, i admire what he's done. guarding kobe(although rivers prob wanted to do that more to keep pierce out of foul trouble). choosing to drive and pass to teammates most of the time rather than take the shot and spot up. getting 6 boards. etc.
Saturday, May 31, 2008
new season, improved bench, same coach, same result. i seriously think game 3 was the deciding factor in this series.
welcome to die, pistons (and piston followers).
it's stuff that makes me glad i have multiple hobbies, or i'd be constantly bummed every june.
not that i hate the c's; i pulled for them during the 2002 ECF's. here's hoping they get the chip.
welcome to die, pistons (and piston followers).
it's stuff that makes me glad i have multiple hobbies, or i'd be constantly bummed every june.
not that i hate the c's; i pulled for them during the 2002 ECF's. here's hoping they get the chip.
Friday, May 30, 2008
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Friday, May 23, 2008
is it wrong to have a negative outlook on life, so that when bad things happen, you're not surprised by them? cause everytime i hope so hard for good things to happen, and they don't happen, that drags me down so much. or maybe it's possible to EXPECT bad things to happen, but always hope for the good?
guess the celtics finally have to win on the road; i'm hoping the pistons don't go easy on them; ride DAT home court advantage. seems like the guys at need4sheed kept making fun of sheed and chauncey rocking the tights in game 1; maybe that's why they lost. and i keep thinking it, but somebody finally beat me to putting it on paper or audio: rodney stuckey is sorta like dwyane wade. in that case, you COULD say joe dumars corrected his 2004 draft mistake; remember that he could've gotten dwyane wade, but passed him up. stuckey's just been incredible in the playoffs. the other thought somebody beat me to on espn.com was that rasheed wallace and kevin garnett really are the same type of player; defensive-minded, likes deferring to teammates and not taking low-post shots but when they do, have an unblockable turnaround, etc, oh yeah, both are kinda emotional during games.
i've been keeping an anime journal on my desktop; not so much a journal and review and critique, but more just a list of anime i've watched and completely finished as well as how many volumes there are, anime i'd like to watch but isn't at the library, anime i'd like to watch, and is at the library (cause i'd like to believe eventually someday down the road i'd like to buy a couple of different animes). it's kinda long, lol. i always have some anime volume on request by reservation at the library. i'm planning to eventually put up the 2008 list at the end of the year.
along those lines, i wanted to do something similar; start a music journal, but when i listen to music i check out at the library, i usually don't always get through the entire album; listen to a couple of songs, then return. i started the anime journal before 2008 rolled around, but i didn't do anything at all for the music journal, so it's very tough to recollect all the music i went through. fyi i'm going through a couple of pearl jam and goo goo dolls cds currently as i speak. pearl jam's clearly one of my favorite music groups; top 5 i'd say. listening to their greatest hits album, rearview mirror, was like a trip down memory lane. i already have the "ten" album, but i'd like to get the rearview mirror album someday. i also went through a steve vai cd prior to that(actually went through the entire album). basically, unless the album's an artist i REALLY like, chances are i won't just push play on the cd player and leave it.
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i am really kicking myself mentally for realizing i put down wrong entries on my midterms. it sucks. and i think i still gotta figure out a better way to study. that's the one thing i hate about myself; i just haven't found that one best method to study that enables me to not have to be very very tired because of having to stay up late at night the night before. i think it has to do with the flash card software i have(jMemorize is awesome, it really is; you should try it sometime), that much i know, but i'm still working on the other components of it.
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sometimes if your brain is smart, you end up discovering methods and things others don't really get; here are two things i've discovered:
1. How to avoid static electricity when reaching for a door handle: take the bottom palm of your hand and touch it to the door above the handle, before touching the handle. works because the skin under your palm is a lot thicker than on your fingertips(horray for somewhat learning something during science classes at uc davis), so even if static did hit your hand, you won't feel it as much, plus your fingertips are very sensitive, compared to your palm. as for touching the door as opposed to the handle? dunno, just seems to work better that way. when i do this, i never get static shock(drum fill for referencing the cartoon). happens all the time when i'm rubbing my hands on my jeans, which i tend to do often. i still get shocks from all other different stuff though, because i'm not always touching other stuff with the bottom palm of my hand. guess i should start touching my car handle the same way.
2. How to do a "natural smile" for a camera shot: i'm not good at smiling on camera, but i more or less discovered what you need to do to give a natural smile a few months back, the few times i had to interview for a job: show teeth, but leave a tiny gap between the upper and lower teeth. also, squint your eyes a little. those three tips usually tend to do it; should make you look like you're giving a shy smile; but it looks natural, like you're half-chuckling from a joke. my most recent photo is the only one which i use this technique, but it looks completely natural: my de anza id card.
3. How to low post. (LOL) I gotta head back to work. So i'm not gonna list it here now. But I will say if you memorize the number 24 or 222, you will be able to figure out what moves to use, what counter-moves to use.
guess the celtics finally have to win on the road; i'm hoping the pistons don't go easy on them; ride DAT home court advantage. seems like the guys at need4sheed kept making fun of sheed and chauncey rocking the tights in game 1; maybe that's why they lost. and i keep thinking it, but somebody finally beat me to putting it on paper or audio: rodney stuckey is sorta like dwyane wade. in that case, you COULD say joe dumars corrected his 2004 draft mistake; remember that he could've gotten dwyane wade, but passed him up. stuckey's just been incredible in the playoffs. the other thought somebody beat me to on espn.com was that rasheed wallace and kevin garnett really are the same type of player; defensive-minded, likes deferring to teammates and not taking low-post shots but when they do, have an unblockable turnaround, etc, oh yeah, both are kinda emotional during games.
i've been keeping an anime journal on my desktop; not so much a journal and review and critique, but more just a list of anime i've watched and completely finished as well as how many volumes there are, anime i'd like to watch but isn't at the library, anime i'd like to watch, and is at the library (cause i'd like to believe eventually someday down the road i'd like to buy a couple of different animes). it's kinda long, lol. i always have some anime volume on request by reservation at the library. i'm planning to eventually put up the 2008 list at the end of the year.
along those lines, i wanted to do something similar; start a music journal, but when i listen to music i check out at the library, i usually don't always get through the entire album; listen to a couple of songs, then return. i started the anime journal before 2008 rolled around, but i didn't do anything at all for the music journal, so it's very tough to recollect all the music i went through. fyi i'm going through a couple of pearl jam and goo goo dolls cds currently as i speak. pearl jam's clearly one of my favorite music groups; top 5 i'd say. listening to their greatest hits album, rearview mirror, was like a trip down memory lane. i already have the "ten" album, but i'd like to get the rearview mirror album someday. i also went through a steve vai cd prior to that(actually went through the entire album). basically, unless the album's an artist i REALLY like, chances are i won't just push play on the cd player and leave it.
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i am really kicking myself mentally for realizing i put down wrong entries on my midterms. it sucks. and i think i still gotta figure out a better way to study. that's the one thing i hate about myself; i just haven't found that one best method to study that enables me to not have to be very very tired because of having to stay up late at night the night before. i think it has to do with the flash card software i have(jMemorize is awesome, it really is; you should try it sometime), that much i know, but i'm still working on the other components of it.
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sometimes if your brain is smart, you end up discovering methods and things others don't really get; here are two things i've discovered:
1. How to avoid static electricity when reaching for a door handle: take the bottom palm of your hand and touch it to the door above the handle, before touching the handle. works because the skin under your palm is a lot thicker than on your fingertips(horray for somewhat learning something during science classes at uc davis), so even if static did hit your hand, you won't feel it as much, plus your fingertips are very sensitive, compared to your palm. as for touching the door as opposed to the handle? dunno, just seems to work better that way. when i do this, i never get static shock(drum fill for referencing the cartoon). happens all the time when i'm rubbing my hands on my jeans, which i tend to do often. i still get shocks from all other different stuff though, because i'm not always touching other stuff with the bottom palm of my hand. guess i should start touching my car handle the same way.
2. How to do a "natural smile" for a camera shot: i'm not good at smiling on camera, but i more or less discovered what you need to do to give a natural smile a few months back, the few times i had to interview for a job: show teeth, but leave a tiny gap between the upper and lower teeth. also, squint your eyes a little. those three tips usually tend to do it; should make you look like you're giving a shy smile; but it looks natural, like you're half-chuckling from a joke. my most recent photo is the only one which i use this technique, but it looks completely natural: my de anza id card.
3. How to low post. (LOL) I gotta head back to work. So i'm not gonna list it here now. But I will say if you memorize the number 24 or 222, you will be able to figure out what moves to use, what counter-moves to use.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
that recent page 2 article scoop jackson wrote about the pistons is so spot on... so spot on. i was so impressed in 2004... and then, from there on out? it's been all up and down. up and down. but you can't ignore them, can't turn away, cause they're so unique, and have that feel about them making them so unlike any other team in the league.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
you do realize that david stern's worst nightmare OR sweetest dream could occur this june? there's a very good chance the spurs and pistons play each other again, or the lakers and celtics.
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i'm gonna be a dead man walking by the end of this week; just midterm after midterm, and not enough time to study.
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i'm gonna be a dead man walking by the end of this week; just midterm after midterm, and not enough time to study.
Saturday, May 17, 2008
youtube video is blurry, really blurry at the library, but it was good enough for me to finally watch the lebron dunk. that was impressive. i guess iso plays for players who have speed are now done everytime at the top of the key as opposed to the wingside, eh? the head fake james threw at posey was probably what was most impressive during that sequence.
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if you've wondered where michael cooper was after that awful stint trying to coach the denver nuggets and trying to get them to play defense only(good luck), the answer is... the los angeles sparks' head coach. i was taken aback when i saw it.
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i see james lin everytime i volunteer at kaiser; cool eh?
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if you've wondered where michael cooper was after that awful stint trying to coach the denver nuggets and trying to get them to play defense only(good luck), the answer is... the los angeles sparks' head coach. i was taken aback when i saw it.
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i see james lin everytime i volunteer at kaiser; cool eh?
Thursday, May 15, 2008
i genuinely thought before i left the library yesterday that the cavaliers were going to win game 5. celtics don't look as complete a team in the playoffs that they looked in the regular season. you HAVE to be able to win on the road. maybe not all the time, but have to at least 2-3 times during the journey to the magical number of 16 wins.
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i didn't say this, but the pictures that show tayshaun stopping hedo's dunk look a LOT more like he's getting posterized because his head is back, lol(maybe the cameramen shouldv'e taken the picture earlier). thank god that wasn't what happened.
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*sigh* i'm not gonna be having a lot of fun this weekend and next week.
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i wonder how much drive i have. couple that with my above-average IQ = ?
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i didn't say this, but the pictures that show tayshaun stopping hedo's dunk look a LOT more like he's getting posterized because his head is back, lol(maybe the cameramen shouldv'e taken the picture earlier). thank god that wasn't what happened.
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*sigh* i'm not gonna be having a lot of fun this weekend and next week.
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i wonder how much drive i have. couple that with my above-average IQ = ?
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
the prince of the palace doing his thing on d
all-defense team:
1st:
"G": kobe, bowen
"F": duncan, garnett
"C": camby
2nd:
"G": bell, paul
"F": tayshaun, battier
"C": howard
my only main objection is that camby should NOT be on there. at all, 1st or 2nd. not closing out on shooters so you don't give up rebounding position is not good d. move howard to 1st, put tyson on 2nd. debatably, bell shouldn't be on there either; shaun marion was clearly the suns' best defender, but now he's gone.
all-defense team:
1st:
"G": kobe, bowen
"F": duncan, garnett
"C": camby
2nd:
"G": bell, paul
"F": tayshaun, battier
"C": howard
my only main objection is that camby should NOT be on there. at all, 1st or 2nd. not closing out on shooters so you don't give up rebounding position is not good d. move howard to 1st, put tyson on 2nd. debatably, bell shouldn't be on there either; shaun marion was clearly the suns' best defender, but now he's gone.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Monday, May 12, 2008
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
showing some love for tayshaun via need4sheed:
turning the corner off of the pick n roll
throwing the oop to sheed
turning the corner off of the pick n roll
throwing the oop to sheed
impressive list of 75 things every man should be able to do
now i get about 7 days of no tests, but i gotta keep up.
got a buncha cds from best buy thanks to their 4.99 cd sale. gonna be listening to rush and soundgarden in about 1 week! the spirit of radio is one of my favorite rush songs, maybe one of my favorites of all.
i love how rasheed wallace loves dwight howard. if you keep up with various news, you'll notice that rasheed wallace always pulls dwight howard aside and whispers in his ear at various times, but it's always stuff about how to get better, not where to eat, etc. the reason? rasheed likes how dwight howard is not concerned about his fame and money. if you read the article on espn a bit back on sheed(which was good, btw), you'll notice how much rasheed wallace is not into money, not into fame. he was unwilling to do a photo shoot with espn the magazine for his article, and kept looking down and not maintaining eye contact during the interview. and if his teammates wears something stupid from their money they get(i'm thinking rip hamilton's furcoat with the foxheads count here), he pins it on the blackboard, and writes a big ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!?! on it. rasheed wallace states himself that he's old school; i believe him.
(i will say that the love is reciprocal; during the 2005 season, i think dwight howard pulled for the pistons to win the championship, because he said that if he did go to college, he would've gone to unc)
now i get about 7 days of no tests, but i gotta keep up.
got a buncha cds from best buy thanks to their 4.99 cd sale. gonna be listening to rush and soundgarden in about 1 week! the spirit of radio is one of my favorite rush songs, maybe one of my favorites of all.
i love how rasheed wallace loves dwight howard. if you keep up with various news, you'll notice that rasheed wallace always pulls dwight howard aside and whispers in his ear at various times, but it's always stuff about how to get better, not where to eat, etc. the reason? rasheed likes how dwight howard is not concerned about his fame and money. if you read the article on espn a bit back on sheed(which was good, btw), you'll notice how much rasheed wallace is not into money, not into fame. he was unwilling to do a photo shoot with espn the magazine for his article, and kept looking down and not maintaining eye contact during the interview. and if his teammates wears something stupid from their money they get(i'm thinking rip hamilton's furcoat with the foxheads count here), he pins it on the blackboard, and writes a big ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!?! on it. rasheed wallace states himself that he's old school; i believe him.
(i will say that the love is reciprocal; during the 2005 season, i think dwight howard pulled for the pistons to win the championship, because he said that if he did go to college, he would've gone to unc)
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
news article on tayshaun playing the 1 / being more aggressive on offense
-and didn't joe dumars step out of the shadow of the other bad boys to win finals mvp when they won their 1st title?
-to elaborate, i think tayshaun needs to step out of the shadow of the other dudes and demand the ball more; dude's a walking mismatch, and could probably get a shot in the paint almost anytime he wants. i just hope he's not iffy when he does it.
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i was KINDA right on the spurs-suns. suns didn't represent the west. but i still stand by the fact that spurs' key to victory was their backcourt. guess that marion for shaq trade didn't work at all.
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dwight getting almost a 20-20 every night the magic win is ridiculous; even the sole loss numberswise he was still pretty good. admirably ridiculous; don't even forget about the 3-6 blocks he gets on the side. i think the east conference matchups look good 2nd round in anyway that it's cut, really.
in fact, 1st round's been kinda good i guess too. nobody expected the hawks(al's apparently VERY good and has a very high IQ) and the sixers to give the other two teams that much trouble, everybody loves dwight and the washington-cleveland series has been full of drama, if you're into that.
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maybe being more right-brain dominant leads to more visual learning strength? i wonder about that one. but if it's true that information zips between the 2 hemispheres via the corpus callosum a lot, then is it the brain leading to the person being lefty or the dominant use of the left hand and feet leading to the right-brainedness?
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lol at lucky star anime finally being decided to be released in the us by bandai visual; i really thought they would never do it, y'kno, with all the ridiculous anime references and etc.
sometimes i wonder why i watch anime nobody else is watching. ie, why am i NOT watching initial d, bleach, prince of tennis, naruto, inuyasha, dragon ball z, etc. well, ok, the last 2 are kinda weird. does devil may cry count?
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1 midterm down this week, 2 more + 1 project's hw to go... i think i did alright, but i'll have to wait and see.
i wonder why today's felt like a thursday the entire day to me. maybe i'm just subconsciously wishing the week would end tomorrow.
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guess i have to STILL wait another week until i actually do stuff at kaiser...
-and didn't joe dumars step out of the shadow of the other bad boys to win finals mvp when they won their 1st title?
-to elaborate, i think tayshaun needs to step out of the shadow of the other dudes and demand the ball more; dude's a walking mismatch, and could probably get a shot in the paint almost anytime he wants. i just hope he's not iffy when he does it.
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i was KINDA right on the spurs-suns. suns didn't represent the west. but i still stand by the fact that spurs' key to victory was their backcourt. guess that marion for shaq trade didn't work at all.
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dwight getting almost a 20-20 every night the magic win is ridiculous; even the sole loss numberswise he was still pretty good. admirably ridiculous; don't even forget about the 3-6 blocks he gets on the side. i think the east conference matchups look good 2nd round in anyway that it's cut, really.
in fact, 1st round's been kinda good i guess too. nobody expected the hawks(al's apparently VERY good and has a very high IQ) and the sixers to give the other two teams that much trouble, everybody loves dwight and the washington-cleveland series has been full of drama, if you're into that.
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maybe being more right-brain dominant leads to more visual learning strength? i wonder about that one. but if it's true that information zips between the 2 hemispheres via the corpus callosum a lot, then is it the brain leading to the person being lefty or the dominant use of the left hand and feet leading to the right-brainedness?
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lol at lucky star anime finally being decided to be released in the us by bandai visual; i really thought they would never do it, y'kno, with all the ridiculous anime references and etc.
sometimes i wonder why i watch anime nobody else is watching. ie, why am i NOT watching initial d, bleach, prince of tennis, naruto, inuyasha, dragon ball z, etc. well, ok, the last 2 are kinda weird. does devil may cry count?
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1 midterm down this week, 2 more + 1 project's hw to go... i think i did alright, but i'll have to wait and see.
i wonder why today's felt like a thursday the entire day to me. maybe i'm just subconsciously wishing the week would end tomorrow.
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guess i have to STILL wait another week until i actually do stuff at kaiser...
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
blessings in disguise today i guess...
b/c of the power outage, i get one extra day to study for the midterm, which is good, because i felt i wasn't ready.
and the group presentation gets moved to tuesday.
although i feel like crap today because i feel so tired.
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sixers = warriors of the east? although no jacking of 3s(which i like better). still want pistons to advance, but the way recaps are, they seem to be like a high offense team with scrappy defense. pistons would be so much more worse than they are right now if mcdyess was not playing HORD and tayshaun was not locking up iguodala.
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go sharks i guess; i should really pay more attention to nhl boxscores.
b/c of the power outage, i get one extra day to study for the midterm, which is good, because i felt i wasn't ready.
and the group presentation gets moved to tuesday.
although i feel like crap today because i feel so tired.
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sixers = warriors of the east? although no jacking of 3s(which i like better). still want pistons to advance, but the way recaps are, they seem to be like a high offense team with scrappy defense. pistons would be so much more worse than they are right now if mcdyess was not playing HORD and tayshaun was not locking up iguodala.
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go sharks i guess; i should really pay more attention to nhl boxscores.
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