a whole lotta nothing

little people

essentially, the new year started off with a lot of pain (after the a lot of pleasure).
3 days ago, monday night, after spending a pleasant evening in VIP with a whole lotta people (rokham, meto, andrew, and others), tim and i went home where we found a beautiful stand for his kitchen. we successfully carried it in, but about 3 minutes after we did that i tilted it and dropped it on my foot. the next 2 hours were spent in me dying from pain and tim taking the best care of me that i could ask for.

next day we headed to the er, because i got worried that it was looking like it could get infected. they took an xray and it turned out that nothing is broken, and that within a week i should be feeling fine.

at the moment i’m on painkillers – the moment they stop acting i start hurting like a …. like, a lot. a real lot. but, thankfully its only 2 advils/12 hours, so twice under limit. and today i even walked around the block!

today was a very strange day. got up late (as usual), around 2, tim was a sweetie and made me tea, and i dipped head first into work until around 4, when i walked tim to the bus, and did my walk with shady around the block.

i was hoping hesi would come back by today, and we’d go see superkev, but alas, i had neither hesi nor a car until 7:30, thus superkev was not to happen. next week!

christina and i were trying to meet up downtown at her place, so i scheduled that for around 11 so that i have time to meet with kev (if that’d happen). but, she left home with her aunt, so that didn’t happen.

tim and i were going to go out tonight, but after i picked dad up i went shopping, which turned out to be the biggest outing of the day: i got a sweatshirt, and 2 cute tshirts, and a toiletry bag (beige, 3 fold, transparent pockets, hanger for shower), and after i came home, i spent some time with parents and when i was going to leave, turned out that tim fell asleep. so, i stayed home!

and that’s where i am now. watching reruns of csi on tv, and terribly craving some burger king. i wish i moved the car out of the garage anyway so that i could go spoil myself (not like i deserve anymore spoiling… that little silver camera has earned a permanent residence in my pocket, within a little velvet bag that suits it perfectly). i should go and whip something tasty and healthy anyway, cause my parents fridge has about 40 times more variety and content than tim’s :))

tomorrow: work on the project. meeting with oleg + co for a going away party. eat. drink. talk.
saturday: dave (friend from cs program) has his birthday dinner. drink. eat. talk.
sunday: work!
monday: work!
tuesday: submit work!
wednesday: get haircut! and hopefully get hesi to go to superkevs for an evening.
and more!

i am preemptively missing everyone.

how i was reduced to a crying happy mess, or the story of how my friends gathered up and shocked me to my core, also known as the day after after my birthday

birthday present (reverse) birthday present me and my cameras me and my cameras

p.s. happy new year everyone! i have no doubts that it will be exciting, interesting, and if yours wont, just read my blog. :P i love you all!

large shrimp




large shrimp

Originally uploaded by MatthewA.

i’m addicted to food porn.

study sucks. my progress:

1 Sept 13 Introduction
2 Sept 20 The ER model , The relational model
3 Sept 27 Relational Algebra
4 Oct 4 Relational Calculus
5 Oct 11 SQL – 1
6 Oct 18 SQL – 2
7 Oct 25 SQL in an Application
8 Nov 1 Recursive Queries
9 Nov 8 Functional Dependencies
10 Nov 15 Normal Forms
11 Nov 22 From ER to Relational Model
12 Nov 29 XML, Xpath and XQuery

done @ 2:16am! taxi ordered for 8:30am, exam is @ 9-12. then, nap, snack until 2, and review until 7, write 3rd exam at that point. i’m feeling good! the autofail for this exam is 30%, so as long as i get above 30% (which i definitely can), i pass. at this point… thats all i care for.

1 down, 3 to go, 6 days left

so, in good news, first exam went like hot pancakes. totally sweet. i completely didn’t answer one question (4 marks out of 60), but i can afford to miss like 16 marks and still get 82% as final mark! i’m feeling good. my hand feels like it totally will die.

distractions: videos: don’t work so hard – totally applies, canon d on guitar – very inspiring music, and the guy looks so into it that its just sweet.

this is a wicked idea. next time i have a chance to paint a wall in my room (or two) with this paint, i’m so doing that. its paint that has metal in it, which makes your walls magnetic. *sweetest* *idea* *ever* (and no lead, totally safe).

cool website for cute semi useful stuff.

lovin’ right now

i present THE WEBSITE OF MY DREAMS: cuteoverload. pictures of cute stuff.

going to eat tonight: garlic mashed potatoes, and very awesome steak.
garlic mashed potatoes:
boil potatoes with some bayleaf and garlic until smooshy. throw away the water, and mush with minced garlic and cream and butter, to texture desired. cream makes them smooooth.

steak:
no clue yet. probably just steak with some spices – its really good meat, should taste awesome. :D

yay for all the fluffy snow outside!

coffee

coffee cup

one day i’ll have a machine that will allow me to make tasty coffee drinks like that.

//back to studying philosophy… in which i will get *80%* if i pull of a 75% on the exam!

update @ 12:01am
that’s it! i can’t do it anymore. the names are starting to mix up in my head. i guess i’ve been studying (with some breaks here and there but mostly studying) since 2pm. wow!
who i have read (book), revised (class notes), reedited (together with overheads) and thus reviewed:
Nagel, Goldman (I, VIII), Kant, Stein (II, V),
who i have done at most 2/3 of the above (and thus not totally reviewed yet):
Singer – done the second half of Kant’s critique, but totally didn’t get first half. e-mailed prof.
Mendus – reviewed but don’t feel confident – keep forgetting what she wrote about (all jokes aside, marriage faithfulness. but she’s arguing AGAINST it)
Hajdin (2) – nothing done except rereading class notes. no lecture notes, so i have to reread the whole thing
Rapaport (I, III, IV) – done all 3 but its all a huge mess in my head and on the paper so still have to totally do

that’s for the short answer part.

for the essay part i have 4 people:
Elliston – “Gay Marriage” (4-5)
Jordan (both arguments) – “Is it Wrong to Discriminate on the Basis of Homosexuality?”
Nussbaum (everything except section II) – “Objectification,” Specific examples from D.H. Lawrence and Playboy, seven ways of treating as an object, discussions of D.H. Lawrence and Playboy.
Primoratz (4-5) – “What’s Wrong with Prostitution?” – first and second feminist critiques

i’ve got a superficial overview of all of them, but for the essay part i need to be cracking these guys off in depth. i’ll probably sketch something out for nussbaum, as her paper is HUGE, one merged gay marriage argument(almost wrote gay prostitution – now THATS a philosophy paper topic), and definitely primoratz as he could appear in both short answer AND essay part.

anyway. time for a break..nnnnow.

update @ 12:22
fun links:
cute illustration of the website development proccess

an interesting japanese magician

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