December 22, 2004

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  The answer to yesterday’s “More Dirty Minds” was a BEE.  Here are the clues for today:

  
  

  
  
  1. I can make your slice.
     
  2. If I penetrate you, I can make you bleed.
     
  3. You stick me in when you want to get a piece.

  
  

  As always, THINK CLEANLY, and HAPPY GUESSING! xD
  

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  WHAT A WASTED MORNING! (@_@)

  
  

  I woke up at 8am because I couldn’t sleep.  I was tossing and turning, but my back and my neck just wasn’t feelin’ any of the positions that I was in.  I got up, since that was my reason to wake up and drop off some mail in the mailbox before the first pickup.

  
  

  Today was class scheduling day.  Because of being a sophomore, with “sophomore units” [ie. no AP tests for additional college units], I was given today to register for classes.

  
  

  Tomorrow is the last day.  The first day was December 10.  ::shakes fist at freshmen with their first priorities:: @_@

  
  

  Reg time was at 1 in the afternoon.  I went a-searchin; for classes that I could take for my GEs and for open slots of em.  I was quite relieved, because with all the chaos from the previous semester, i vowed to kill myself if i couldnt get into a second year english class.  Good thing when I was registering, there were quite a few slots open.

  
  

  So, of the majority of the awaken morning hours, most of them were spent refreshing classes to make sure that all the slots hadn’t been filled up.

  
  

  I had to switch around my schedule twice.  But it’s all good.

  
  

  

  
  

  
  Man, I start at 8:10AM EVERYDAY.

  
  

  And I thought last semester with my two 8:10AM classes were bad.. =

  
  

  I guess that’s what I get for wanting a schedule with minimal breaks, and finishing before noon, so I am able to go into work.

  
  

  So as the saying goes.. You can’t have your cake and eat it too. @_@

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

  MY LAST BIG PURCHASE OF THIS YEAR… 

  
  

  [AKA: HI, IM ERIC AND I'M AN ELECTRONICS WHORE.. >_<  ]

  
  

  After three weeks of waiting.  My baby has finally arrived..

  
  

  

  
  

  The ATI Radeon 9800 Pro.  I bought it off outpost.com for $180.  I think it was the cheapest I’ve seen at any retailer.

  
  

  I needed it to replace my ATI All-In-Wonder 9600 Pro.  It won’t work with my prospective windows media center operating system =

  
  

  
  I can’t wait to get my external harddrive back.  I’m going to back up everything, format, and swap parts (surgery time! xD  ).

  
  

  It’s going to be a very fun winter break

  
  

  I still need to get a bigger power supply (300 watts for all my shit? gotta be kidding.. @_@ ) and a harddrive for more storage, and then i will be complete. 

  
  

  I like to build computers.  I like to upgrade em. 
  I have a very expensive hobby.  Man, I feel broke.  =X

  
  

  But don’t worry, I have enough for xmas presents….

  
  

   

  
  

  …  At least for some people..

  
  

   

  
  

  SPEAKING OF PRESENTS AND CHRISTMAS…

  
  

  Ten Things Not to Buy for Christmas

  
  

  GENEVA (Reuters) – Christmas gift buyers should avoid coral jewelry, crocodile skin and Beluga caviar if they want to enjoy a guilt-free holiday season, the nature protection group WWF said Tuesday.

  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  The Swiss-based body, the World Wide Fund for Nature, included the three on a list of 10 items whose commercial exploitation was endangering animal and plant species already threatened with extinction.
  

  
  

  Well-wishers imbued with the Santa Claus spirit should also avoid buying tiger products or tigers for pets, it said.
  

  
  

  “All international trade of tiger products, whether used in traditional Asian medicine, as souvenirs or for good luck charms, is illegal,” the WWF declared in a statement.
  

  
  

  Ivory in any form should also be avoided, it admonished, because the ivory trade was threatening the survival of elephants whose tusks are its primary source.
  

  
  

  Caspian Sea sturgeon, the source of Beluga caviar, face extinction due to illegal plunder and should only be bought in jars certified by CITES, the United Nation’s agency fighting trade in endangered species, the WWF warned.
  

  
  

  High fashion shahtoosh scarves woven from the hair of Tibetan antelopes should be avoided altogether. “To obtain the wool, the antelope has to be killed,” the WWF said.
  

  
  

  Many cactus species are banned from international trade. “There is a flourishing illegal trade which is wiping out native populations, particularly from Mexico,” WWF warned.
  

  
  

  Finally, the WWF advised shoppers to avoid buying appliances like televisions and stereos that consume large amounts of electricity while on standby, arguing that the drain on energy they present was another threat to the environment

  
  

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  anyways…
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  Enough of my craziness.. til tomorrow..
  LATERS GATORS!

  
  

   

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