I guess it keeps life interesting

I can be a nervous test taker. I'm sure everyone is in some way, but for me, I had to pee before my first Chem 1a midterm, during, and after. That's 3 pee stops within 1.5 hours. Regardless, I'm over that and I'm better now, but I still arrive to my midterm location a good 20 minutes early. So I did that for my Physics 8a midterm the other day and another student told me, "you know we're sorted out by lab section and not discussion section right?" So I listen to him and walk to VLSB, took the whole test... and realized I was in the wrong room. I'm never going to listen to random students before tests again.

On another note, after the walkout/protest (which seems to me to be a yearly thing because it's happened the two years I've been here though i know it's not) i saw a line of police officers near Sproul. This made me happy because they were all geared up on mountain bikes. That is all.

I can speak parseltongue!

Today, I ran the fire trail. Since I'm not such a great runner, I like to run by myself with music and usually people don't bother me, not that anyone did today, but the man i was passing stopped me said, "Hey hey! there's a snake just taking a nap around the corner, so watch out!"

So I turn the corner, and sure enough, there was a snake there... taking a nap i guess. I looked at the snake and said, "Snake! Move please!" AND IT DID. Some people can sing, some people can dance, but I can speak parseltongue. I need to marry Harry Potter. Win. Life is good.

My professors are AWESOME!

My physics prof is adorable. Today we were learning about static versus kinetic friction and he had this little machine that would tell him how much force he was using. When he put weight on the object he was trying to move, he said, "So you can see that the addition of weight causes me to use more force. Good thing I had my Wheaties today!"

Adorable!

Then, in chem lecture, my professor spoke briefly about palladium, the element. This made me excited. Why? Because it's related to IRONMAN. That's the element he uses to fuel his heart thing. What a win.

Since the last football game, I've been fully experiencing Cal football by being an active audience. Not only did I crowd surf and let people do pushups with me, but today I got on TV for it! win! i love bear territory.

Race and Dr. Laura Schlessinger

When you're in a position where more than just your local community knows you, like Bill Clinton, Tiger Woods, Michael Phelps, and Dr. Laura Schlessinger, you really have to watch your back. Yes, many men cheat on their wives. Yes, many athletes smoke pot and party. Yes, many people say the "n" word and are racist, but again, when you're in a position where you have more "friends" than your Facebook says you do, you should be careful because you don't want the people you're being a role model to to follow your bad footsteps. I guess in a way, everyone needs to do that because you don't know who's watching you and you don't know who you affect. But seriously, if you're famous, come onnn!

But more on Dr. Laura Schlessinger: We still live in a racist world, or at least from my eyes, it's still pretty racist. For example: I hate it when people try to mimic Asian languages with the sounds of clanging pots and pans. I laugh it off, but really, I don't think it's okay. It's more okay when Asians joke about Asian mom's taking forever to take a photo, but if any of my Caucasian friends tried to pull that, I'd be thinking: excuse me, homegirl, what did you just say about my mama? I mean, there's stereotypes for a reason, but when you're not a minority, you can't make jokes about minorities. I'm glad that Dr. Laura Schlessinger apologized. I can't be sure that she meant it, but whoever advised her to was smart as it would at least boost her public relations from where it dropped to now. Come on Laura, you live in a world with white supremacy. I'm not hating, but just be careful, please?

Siblings

Every summer my siblings and i develop this huge addiction to mah jong. this year, we decided that the overall winner of each night go to pick a punishment for the rest of the players (losers). This summer, I've had to lick the Honda Accord, eat a whole banana with it's peel, and sleep on the couch for the night. As much as all of those things were not so awesome, I had a lot of fun with my siblings this summer. It's nice to be with the family at Disneyland or a Padres game. I kinda miss it already.


And Michelle. Start using flash. Blurry pictures are ruined pictures because you can't fix them through editing even if you want to. Please and thank you.

Chelsea Clinton

Usually, things that earn time in the news or on magazines have some sort of significance to the general public whether it acts as a warning to others, an example of courage, stories of sadness or an important announcement. I get that Chelsea Clinton's wedding was important as it showed an inter-religious (is that a word?) marriage, but 3 million dollars for some pictures and huge publicity on tv and publications? I'd say that's a smidgen ridiculous. Chelsea Clinton is the daughter of people who have/had political power... but she didn't contribute to that did she? so why the huge dealio, yo?

California and Katy Perry

I recently saw the music video to the hit song, "California Girlz" and i guess i shouldn't have had preconceptions about the music video as California has a varied climate and geography. Aside from the beach, there's mountains on the east, deserts southwest, forests up north and a valley in the middle; however, from the song and the lyrics, it just seems logical that it would take place in a beach setting.

Regardless, California is not Candyland (as Katy Perry portrayed it as). The last time I checked, no one was wearing cupcake bras and candycane underwear or chilling naked in the clouds. What was Katy Perry thinking when she agreed to use this as a theme to the music video. goodness. there must have been something in the water.