In the midst of everybody losing their composure, I am, once again, perfectly calm.  After I finish this entry, I’m writing my paper on wind power (it blows… har har har) and continuing with my studying.

History?!

During the semester, I have been doing all my reading and I can recall a lot of information.  Yet, I have been getting Cs on my all-essay tests.  During the tests, I write practically nonstop.  To gain a better understanding of the situation, I visited the TA on Friday.  Unfortunately, that was counterproductive as I left more ticked off because they appear to just want regurtitation of information and little sense of organization.  I ran into one of my colleagues while checking out the synchrophasor stuff Professor Mack Grady just finished setting up, and he echoes my sentiment.

My ability to maintain my composure seemed incredible at the time, but as soon as the final is over, I’m selling those books and ensuring those blue books are taken care of like company top trade secrets.

Funny Pics

Also on Friday, I spent the evening with some friends at a barbecue.  On the way back, I noticed that a storefront has this painted: “If it’s in stock, we’ve got it!”  My car trip today involved taking a picture of this:

My challenge to you: Devise something to contradict this statement.  Now for something not so obvious:

I found the typo on the receipt after I went to the Asian food mart to get this sauce.  I shall refrain from making jokes here…

I received an ad for this in the mail today along with my weekly grocery store ads.  When I saw this, I wondered, “Is the manufacturer seriously desperate for some revenue or something?”  After all, it is pretty obvious when someone is over the age of 65.  Nevertheless, I do see some gag gift value in this item.

Here’s the ad.  Have at it, folks!

(11:43:22 AM) Friend: my calc teacher once called the Down Industrials a 30-dimensional vector
(11:43:28 AM) Friend: I’d love to be able to visualize that!
(11:43:30 AM) Me: Down Industrials?
(11:43:33 AM) Friend: *Dow
(11:43:34 AM) Friend: lol
(11:43:46 AM) Friend: that was rather ironic I should type that
(11:43:48 AM) Me: Wow… where can I invest in a market that’s doomed to go down?
(11:43:51 AM) Me HA!
(11:43:56 AM) Friend Yay shorts!
(11:44:03 AM) Friend I just put mine on, they’re dark blue
(11:44:12 AM) Me ha!
(11:44:19 AM) Friend can’t go out for breakfast in my undies

Note: In the finacial market, “shorts” refer to selling something not in your possession and then buying it back later.  Typically, you would want to “sell” when a stock is high and “buy” when it is low.  This is a dangerous endeavor and should not be tried unless you really know what you’re doing.

(12:54:16 AM) Me: ******* it… I just broke my multimeter.
(12:54:25 AM) SteVO: aww! suck
(12:54:34 AM) Me: Aaw, well… I’m going to get myself a Fluke…
(12:54:48 AM) SteVO: that’s why i don’t have one, i figure i’d break it fast
(12:54:59 AM) Me: These buggers are actually made to last.
(12:55:04 AM) SteVO: Hmm
(12:57:35 AM) Me: Oh, well… I’ll just tell my parents what happened
(12:57:50 AM) Me: See if they want to buy me a new multimeter…
(12:58:05 AM) SteVO:
(12:58:34 AM) SteVO: some things you have to buy yourself; for everything else, there’s MasterParents
(12:58:40 AM) Me: HA!

Me: Time to start sorting…
Me: I have tags of people I have pics of
Me: (and so you too have a tag in my library!
Elizabeth: I’m honored
Me: [redacted]’s about to get one
Elizabeth: Tag?
Me: Yep!
Elizabeth: I want to see the photos
Me: Hold your horses, missy!
Me: And you’re the only ‘J’ in the catalog
Elizabeth: :-$ But these are wild mustangs…I don’t know how much longer I can hold them
Me: Huh/
Me: What’s that supposed to mean?
Elizabeth: It means I’m curious to see the photos
Me: Oh… hold your horses… LOL
Elizabeth: yeeah, haha

Note: This is an addendum to “Girl Scout Cookies,” posted on 2/12/2007.

I know I am jumping the gun on this, but this snippet just cannot wait!

[22:23] Friend: *GasP*! Thin Mints!
[22:23] Friend: You bastard!
[22:23] Me: LOL
[22:23] Friend: *[redacted] <3 thin mints*
[22:23] Friend: *misses the days when she was a gs*
[22:23] Me: Just be on the prowl at the supermarket on the weekends around February.
[22:24] Friend: I know, I was the best cookie salesgirl in my troop.
[22:24] Friend: Gasp. You are a cold hearted person.
[22:25] Me: I know… got anything to thaw it?
[22:25] Me: And congrats on being the best cookie salesgirl. Cookie?
[22:25] Friend: *grins and attacks cookie* Yummy!
[22:26] Me: Now how about my heart? Do you have anything to thaw it?
[22:26] Friend: *snuggle/cuddles*
[22:26] Me: YAY!
[22:27] Friend: YAY!

I woke up this morning to a hurting right jaw.  I don’t know how I managed to carry about my everyday life, but I did anyway.  While telling my friend of my little predicament…

(04:56:26 PM) Friend: Hello!
(04:56:36 PM) Friend: Sorry your wisdom teeth hurt
(04:56:42 PM) Friend: Culprit?
(04:56:44 PM) Me: I have a nice macro shot of it using my camera
(04:56:56 PM) Me:
(04:57:22 PM) Friend: haha
(04:57:29 PM) Friend: my, what a big mouth you have!
(04:57:53 PM) Me: Ooh… you just skipped to the good part
(04:58:06 PM) Me: *wolf voice* All the better to EAT you, my dear! ROAR!!!
(04:58:28 PM) Friend: =-O oh no!

Friend: what the heck is going on w/ number 20
Me: One sec
Me: It’s the equivalent of drawing that “stairstep function,” if you will.
Me: It’s the floor function!
Friend: so that’s all i need to do
Me: How else can you draw the graph?
Friend: you could draw a field of bunnies
Me: You can do that, and we’ll see which one is correct.
Me: I’d like to see your solution if it were to be a field of bunnies, though…

(12:11:14 AM) Me: So about that transistor problem
(12:11:22 AM) Friend: yes
(12:11:24 AM) Me: Did you solve it? If so, how?
(12:11:31 AM) Friend: i haven’t done any further research
(12:11:38 AM) Friend: i’ve been busting my butt on other things
(12:11:49 AM) Friend: and largely not home this weekend…
(12:11:52 AM) Me: I’ve been anxious to know whether my suggestion works.
(12:11:58 AM) Friend: yes
(12:12:13 AM) Friend: i might consult you again once I get a chance to do it
(12:12:25 AM) Friend: but I have a feeling I’m going to be screwed to the roof till Wednesday
(12:13:06 AM) Me: Aaw… *hands {Friend} a cordless drill set in reverse direction, set of screwdriver bits*
(12:13:37 AM) Me: That’s what friends are for.

How many candles can a normal cake hold? Realistically, anything more than 30 is pushing your luck. So how do you go about placing candles for your parent or grandparent? Not to worry — David Yanoshak to the rescue!

Friend: so i put 6 candles on my mom’s birthday cake, lit - lit - not lit - lit- lit-lit
Friend: recognize anything?
Me: The 3rd candle is out.
Friend: 110111
Me: What are the candles’ arrangement?
Me: Oh… for her age?
Friend: yeah
Me: 2^5+2^4+4+2+1
Me: 32+16+7 = 55?
Friend: yep
Me: Way to save candles, ****!
Friend: haha
Friend: and to make her feel better

There you have it, people!  The binary system can really help to make your birthday celebrations a lot more economical!