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August 31, 2004
Ditzy to the max
I think I have re-confirmed my ditziness to my coworkers. Burning your finger on a thing that says "CAUTION HOT" and then proclaiming the reason you didn't read the sign was b/c there were "TOO MANY WORDS" probably signifies some sort of mental incapability.
I think I'm gonna go and dye my hair blonde now.
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August 27, 2004
Fridge
We got our new fridge today. :)
It's like the bestest present a landlord can give to his tenants.
I think I am going to go bask in the glory of the fridge.
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August 25, 2004
Rant
WTF is a smooth prime? Did you know that primes can be smooth , as opposed to say, ROUGH primes?
You know, there was some point in time when I was "asked" to learn this in a class. I said, "The hell with it, I can still manage without knowing it." and ended up doing ok.
Except now, I need to know what is a smooth prime. Who DECIDES that primes are smooth or not? Argh.
EDIT: Did you know that as a phd student I am supposed to know LIKE THE BACK OF MY HAND what is the probability a randomly chosen value is a prime from a set of integers with bit-size b? OR even better yet. I am supposed to know conditional probability like it's my best friend? And I am supposed to just know "If I have 10 numbers, of which half are odd, the probability that I chose one that is prime?" And if I don't, then I don't know the "BASICS" and the "FUNDAMENTALS"? Basically that I am stupid? Yeah, I didn't either.
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August 24, 2004
Suckage
After slaving (ok, not really but partially) away for the last week on my paper, 28 hours before the submission deadline, I find a HUGE (wait, I need emphasis HUGE hole in one of my proofs. This, in itself, is Not A Good Thing. We'd thought out mostly everything else, and then Mike is like, "oh, we should find an implementation that is X". Turns out that the only way to make X true is to make Y true, and Y CANNOT be true. If Y is true, then our whole paper falls apart. So, our paper has fallen apart.
And oddly enough, I am calm about this. Disappointed, but calm.
It maybe that I have been thinking about this paper for too long in too short amount time.
Pray for a miracle/epiphany to happen. Or I will be one grumpy girl when I go on vacation.
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August 19, 2004
Swim Boys
At first, I thought that Ian Thorpe looked like a dork since he wears that big, all-over body suit (I kno, I kno, there probably are some performance advantages to it, but STILL...). I didn't think I particularly like Michael Phelps either since he seemed a little bit like a cock.
But THEN, Michael Phelps got out of the pool; Ian Thorpe was discovered to be without his body suit (thank you MUA). And. . .
I changed my mind.
(Oh, and Aaron Piersol's pretty hot too. . .)
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August 16, 2004
Water snot
Nobody ever believes me when I say that I can taste the difference in bottled water. Well, d-level changed the water bottling company for a couple days this week (we ran out of Crystal's water and borrowed from another floor). This new water is significantly grosser. Can't down it quite like I can Crystal's water.
I am a water snot. :)
Posted by szujin at 02:27 PM | Comments (0)
Anklet & Stuff
On Friday, my anklet had an adventure. It decided that while I was swimming, it would fall off onto the bottom of the pool. Of course, as I was busy swimming, I did not notice this until I got out of the pool (which promptly closed after me) and got into the jacuzzi. Of course, when I noticed my missing anklet, I began searching the jacuzzi with its incessent bubbles (the massage part of the jacuzzi). And let me tell you, when those things are on, they a) make it impossible to see anything and b) DO NOT TURN THE F*CK OFF. I waited for literally 30 minutes while the bubbles kept going and going. There is no off button. Annoyed and distressed, I left.
On Saturday, I went back to the jacuzzi in hopes of the bubbles being off. I was WRONG. WTF. They were happily sputtering along with no intention of turning themselves off. Frustrated, I decided to go swim anyway. As the pool was very empty (just me and the pool), I picked the same lane again. I thought I saw something at the bottom of the pool that might look like something, but quickly dismissed it as it was too small (god, sometimes I am a retard). Finished my swimming with one eye looking on the bottom of the pool and the other trying to prevent water from gushing into the eye (my googles suck). I decide that I was going to dive for the "thing" anyway (I mean, what was I gonna lose?) and lo and behold...it was my anklet! Somehow, beyond all my imagination (so my imagination isn't particulary broad...), I found my anklet in the pool. Hehhee. Perhaps it just wanted an excursion off my ankle. You never realize how much you actually like something until it might go away. Then you (or at least I do) just get pissed. Heh.
Oh. I am a slow swimmer. I watched Olympic swimming yesterday. Those people DOUBLE (DOUBLE!!!!) my speed in the breast stroke (while I am doing freestyle/crawl)! Gah. I mean, of course I know they are Olympians. But DOUBLE?? Blah.
And, I am super uber annoyed at my advisor. So mad that I dun feel like doing anything. This does not bode well for my productivity. Hate advisor right now. She's not a slave driver (as some would say). She is just an uber slacker (haha, isn't that funnie that it is the exact opposite?) who doesn't get her shit done and doesn't know what is going on but likes to PRETEND that she does. I hate people (especially when they are in a position of "power") who discover a boyfriend and then forget they have responsibilities elsewhere. GRR.
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August 15, 2004
Disappointed
So, three years ago, when Tzu and I dyed our hair together, she bought Feria and I bought some other brand. Her hair turned out this bright bright red (her mom called her clown like. . .). My hair was...unnoticeable. So this time around, I bought Feria. I was really excited!! This was even the new patented "Power Red" technology or something. I was going to have some red hair, baby!!!!
Excited, I dawned on the gloves and lathered the stinky red dye into my hair. Twenty five minutes later...I rinsed out the dye and lo and behold . . .
No red hair.
Oh but wait. I had gotten my hair dyed in Taiwan over last winter break. THAT part of my hair turned the right color as the box. But my au-natural hair was still the same color. More specifically, jet black.
It was like I didn't do anything.
BOO. Perhaps I can only get my hair dyed in Taiwan. I think they have some powerful shiat there.
*sniffle* So not useful.
Posted by szujin at 04:36 PM | Comments (1)
August 13, 2004
Slugs & me
You know it's going to be a bad day when you have a 3 inch slug decide to attach itself to your jeans leg while you are waiting for the bus. Not only does it attach itself, it leaves a wonderfully huge slug stain on your jeans after you have removed him and stuffed him in the trashcan. And best yet, when you are trying to wash off remaining slug juice off your jeans, you realize that the slug juice has managed to ever so slightly bleach your jeans such that you will now know forever where the slug has been on your jeans.
YAY.
Posted by szujin at 10:46 AM | Comments (0)
August 12, 2004
Tidbit of Information
I learned something interesting yesterday. I thought I would share:
Did you know that when you feel congested, it is not because you have mucus stuck in your nose? It's actually due to the membrane lining of the nose becoming inflamed and irritated! That's why it's NOT a good idea to keep blowing your nose when your nose feels congested (ie, it doesn't really help). In actuality, excessive blowing usually leads to sinusitis, which is when your mucus becomes yellow/green.
See! Didn't you want to know that? I was (obviously) surprised. This is also why wondermous (like my word?) products such as Afrin can only be used three days in a row. Afrin shrinks your membranes, allowing you to breathe. BUT if you use it too often, then your nose membranes are like "screw you" hence why you feel congested again.
I felt enlightened. Don't you?
Posted by szujin at 04:52 PM | Comments (0)
August 11, 2004
Music
My brother sent me this link. I found it rather humorous.
Ahh...the wonders of being sick and unproductive.
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August 09, 2004
Water
This has definitely been a water filled weekend (and a, lemme eat all the fatty food in the world weekend, but I'll get to that later). So on Saturday, GSA threw a pary/free beer thing at Sandcastle ( a dinky water park in Pittsburgh). We paid $17 to get ino the park and get free beer and food. This was a pretty good thing ( as original ticket prices were in the mid twentys, although I have no idea why). The bad part was, that it was FREEZING. I think the high for the day was about 70 (if we were lucky). Needless to say, there were not a lot of people there. This meant we got to go on all the rides with minimum wait ( less than a minute), which was kind of cool. The bonus was that there was a hot tub where we could warm up with we got extra cold. The extra EXTRA cool part was that they let us take alcohol to anywhere in the park (something I have never heard of). So, we got to take beer down on their lazy river. Even though it was cold, the novelty factor just gave it an extra cool factor. hehehe.
Today, Mike took me and Scott out on his sailboat on Lake Arthur. That was really fun. We didn't get wind at first (which was sort of frustrating to Mike), but as the day progressed, wind decided to appear and we picked up some speed. Mike taught us all the basics (although. I still can't for the life of me remember what to say when you want to "attack"), and we got to steer the sailboat for a while too. It was SO peaceful out there, I think I could be there all day long (which we were). The weather was absolutely gorgeous. Not TOO hot, but not too chilly either. It was so relaxing that I think I could do it almost every weekend. Sort of inclines me to invest in a sailboat . . .
So as for my unhealthy diet this weekend (including no excerise, to my chagrin). Let me do them in days:
Saturday: breakfast: scrambled egg, two jelly filled biscuits
lunch: 1 1/2 chicken sandwich, pasta salad, potato salad, some fruit
dinner: 1 1/2 hot dogs, 1 hamburger, 1 sausage, lots of chips
Sunday: breakfast: chocolate chip pancakes, bacon, eggs
lunch: 1 1/2 fried chicken, pasta salad, mac 'n cheese, peach
dinner: 1 bratwurst, rice w/ onions, linguine, salad, Doritos with french onion dip, 1/2 pork chop drenched in bbq sauce, ice cream sandwich
Wow. Reading that makes me feel bloated. Heh. It was a caloric binge. YUM. :)
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Posted by szujin at 01:55 AM | Comments (0)
August 04, 2004
Goobs
Goober got even bigger while I was away *sigh*
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August 03, 2004
Good bye Atlanta *sniffle*
As I sit here on my last night in Atlanta for a while, I am torn between wanting to go back to Pittsburgh and wanting to stay in Atlanta. Now that I no longer am in school here, I feel happy to visit and see all the familiar places. I realize that Atlanta isn't so bad a place (albeit the ridiculous heat, especially when the AC is broken in your house), and I realize that I miss it more than I would think. I think there is a small part of me that wants to move back, and maybe go back to the good old undergrad times, and another part of me that is happy that I am in a new place (ok, maybe Pittsburgh is not the ideal place, but it is somewhere different, I suppose). Now it is just up to seeing if this is where I want to be. Half of me thinks that I should escape and try greener pastures, the other half of me thinks that I should stick around. A perpetual fight in my head, between what I want to do, what I think I should do, what makes me happy, what depresses me. It seems I am back to the same old thing where I don't want to make a decision. I'm not sure what is right anymore. . .
Oh, on the other hand. I did get to have dinner with Dan and his wife, Anne-Marie, last night. Of course, being the horrendous guest that I was, I ended up being slightly later than expected (although, upon reading his email later, he said 7:00-7:30, and I showed up at 7:45, so it wasn't TOO bad, but I did feel bad at first when I thought it was 7:00, but that's besides the point). Dinner was really nice, their two dogs are really nice, and their apartment is nice. They make me feel like I should get married. Hahaha. Not necessarily the romantic aspects of it (ie, "I want to love and be with you forever"), but the "I have a nice place, I have new kitchen ware, I have nice china" that makes me jealous. I am so superficial and I know it. :) But yeah, it was nice to catch up with Dan and finally meet his new wife.
Today, I went out to dinner with Eric at Blue Point. That place is nice . He reminds me of the fact that getting a steady job also allows you to make nice money (ie, have awesome dinners, have a nice place, nice electronics, etc), and not have to be married. Hehhee. Of course, he is half the reason I also want to graduate and start my life. Sometimes it really feels like going to grad school just impedes me on my superficial wants in life. Heh. Think I will be quiet before everybody thinks that all I care about are these things. Heheh.
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August 02, 2004
Vision
Ahh...here I am at 5:30 in the morning, writing in my blog (of course this will get posted later). Just got back from Vision. It was...good I suppose. I kind of expected more people that I knew to be there (there were only three or four), as Bert (and basically the rest of the ATL crowd) had been telling me that it was super awesome and everybody went there. However, there were suprisingly very few people I knew, which was a little disappointing. But, I got my drink on, and it was slightly better.
There are a few things I learned from the night though, that I figured I would expound on:
1. I cannot dance worth SHIT. So, I had been telling myself that I was getting better. And alas, Pittsburgh has built up my confidence a little bit as well. But, I get to Vision, where all the little undergrad Asian girls are born with some rhythm, and all of a sudden, I am just the Asian who is swingin' her hips back and forth like a moron. If it were not for my drink, I think I would've been relatively depressed.
2. I am ugly. 'Nuff said. It's hard to explain, but sometimes, a girl just feels ugly. Apparently, (and I have heard that ATL girls aren't even that hot) ATL Asian girls (and the guys that hit on them and not hit on others) can make me feel f'ugly. God, what would I do with myself if I went to Cali??
3. Meeting the ex of the gf of self's ex is refreshing. So, I hadn't seen my ex in two (almost three years). We had been trying kind of hard to meet up with each other, until a month ago where we had a huge fallout. So, I see him at Vision, and I kinda wanna catch up with him. But, he is totally enthralled with his hoochie-slut looking gf (which, btw, I find, is his sort of girl, and I was just the exception). I try to talk to him, but he is having his gf all up on him (picture her leg up on his waist, and this is how they dance), that I just gave up on it. so, I will admit that I was slightly disappointed (although I guess I am also happy for him that he has found someone new), but I guess I was more mad that he had been making such a big deal about meeting up, and when we finally did, he totally blew me off. Turns out though *wicked grin*, the guy that Bert told me to meet up with (we met at his house first) is said gf's ex. And he knows all the dirt on her. And we exchanged gossip. It was refreshing. Mean, but refreshing. Sorta said that his ex was only a few months ago, and that mine was almost four years ago, but that's just the way it goes sometimes, I guess.
I think that's about it for the learning. Got to Atlanta to find out was in the middle of "Restaurant Week" which was really cool (Ruth Chris steakhouse for $20/person including salad and dessert). Stuffed face there and raced over to Kimmie's for homemade Vietnamese food. Stuffed face there was well, and caught up with old friends, so it was good. Then of course, left Kimmie's late and managed to find myself in downtown 30 minues later than scheduled. And then the fun began. . .
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