I have a bit of an obsession with R2D2 and my daddy has a bit of an obsession with building things... He's made one or two robots, that were VERY simple, but after stumbling across these links I have high hopes that I might one day have my own droid! The last link is the coolest but, the $120 case mod gives me the most hope that dad will make me one someday... I don't game, but if I ever did I think an R2 themed hub containing all of the major systems and some old school ones would be neat! Not only would it be epic, but it would also make my life easy... I would be able to buy ANY game and not have to worry about whether or not it is compatible with my system! Personally I'd want one anyway, regardless of whether I ever used it... I suppose I could play movies off of it...
p.s. my google chrome spell check wants me to change "Droid" to "Druid". Oh, spell check how I simultaneously love and hate thee!
p.p.s It doesn't recognise "google" identity-crisis fail?
http://gizmodo.com/5364521/awesome-r2+d2-houses-eight-game-consoles-and-projector
http://gizmodo.com/290570/r2+d2-home-theater-gets-upgraded-still-cant-project-hdtv-calculate-hyperspace-jumps
http://gizmodo.com/363426/r2+d2-pc-case-mod-warps-us-into-hyperspace
http://gizmodo.com/5180710/120-r2d2-computer-fashioned-from-love-and-a-trash-can
http://kotaku.com/5640721/
Sunday, September 19, 2010
The Joys of Second Year
So, as my blog title suggests I am a bit of a nerd-girl, so it may not come as much of a shock, that I actually like school... In fact, I love it! I'm a bit of an introvert, and very much a homebody, so for me, school means more than JUST learning (which I enjoy) but also social interaction. It doesn't take too much effort for me to talk to a friend, or be nice to a classmate. But it is hard for me to arrange and/or plan hang-outs, so school is very much a big part of my social scene.
Also, as a second year university student, I am predominantly in classes that pertain to my major, that I find interesting and fun! I'm nearly rid of icky generalized first year classes (I do have a few still).
This semester I am taking a first year Socio-cultural Anthropology course(AN 101), 3 second year Archaeology courses (AR/AN 220: Human Osteology, AR 241: Historical Archaeology of North America 1500-1900, and AR 244: Archaeology and the Physical Sciences) as well as a First year Geology class (GL 101) which I've already skipped once because I didn't feel well and it kinda, sorta sucks the life out of me...
It's only been a week but I can already tell that AR 244 is going to be my favourite lecture, and AR 220(-2) my favourite lab! 244 has one of (if not) my favourite profs from last year, and despite the necessity to write a mile a minute, and the fact that it's 7-10pm on Glee night, I have the most fun learning in that class!! The 220-2 lab, is basically an hour-to an hour and a half of examining, identifying, (and playing) with bones! I have a very weird affinity for bones, and I can tell I am going to have so, SO, SO much fun learning the ins and outs of the human skeletal system!
One of my favourite television shows is Bones, and while I assembled a disarticulated hand I sang "dancing phalanges" while wiggling my fingers in the air... if you get that reference I officially love you! I am really excited to start watching it again this week! I mean I'm gutted that I have to miss Glee (of course I'll just watch it online later...) but I am happy that I get to watch at least one of my favourite shows as it airs! (My other show that I never miss is The Vampire Diaries, but the channel I watch it on is a day behind so I have to be careful of spoilers)
It's only been a week and I've already met up and/or run into seven different friends, only one of which I have a class with! I've also met a new friend, and gotten to know better some of my acquaintances from classes last year. I can tell that this year is going to suck less and be made of more awesome then last year, and I am going to enjoy myself more than I can even imagine!
"Girl put your records on/ tell me your favourite songs/ go ahead put your hair down!/ Sapphire and faded jeans/ I hope you get your dreams/ Just go ahead, let your hair down!"
Also, as a second year university student, I am predominantly in classes that pertain to my major, that I find interesting and fun! I'm nearly rid of icky generalized first year classes (I do have a few still).
This semester I am taking a first year Socio-cultural Anthropology course(AN 101), 3 second year Archaeology courses (AR/AN 220: Human Osteology, AR 241: Historical Archaeology of North America 1500-1900, and AR 244: Archaeology and the Physical Sciences) as well as a First year Geology class (GL 101) which I've already skipped once because I didn't feel well and it kinda, sorta sucks the life out of me...
It's only been a week but I can already tell that AR 244 is going to be my favourite lecture, and AR 220(-2) my favourite lab! 244 has one of (if not) my favourite profs from last year, and despite the necessity to write a mile a minute, and the fact that it's 7-10pm on Glee night, I have the most fun learning in that class!! The 220-2 lab, is basically an hour-to an hour and a half of examining, identifying, (and playing) with bones! I have a very weird affinity for bones, and I can tell I am going to have so, SO, SO much fun learning the ins and outs of the human skeletal system!
One of my favourite television shows is Bones, and while I assembled a disarticulated hand I sang "dancing phalanges" while wiggling my fingers in the air... if you get that reference I officially love you! I am really excited to start watching it again this week! I mean I'm gutted that I have to miss Glee (of course I'll just watch it online later...) but I am happy that I get to watch at least one of my favourite shows as it airs! (My other show that I never miss is The Vampire Diaries, but the channel I watch it on is a day behind so I have to be careful of spoilers)
It's only been a week and I've already met up and/or run into seven different friends, only one of which I have a class with! I've also met a new friend, and gotten to know better some of my acquaintances from classes last year. I can tell that this year is going to suck less and be made of more awesome then last year, and I am going to enjoy myself more than I can even imagine!
"Girl put your records on/ tell me your favourite songs/ go ahead put your hair down!/ Sapphire and faded jeans/ I hope you get your dreams/ Just go ahead, let your hair down!"
Friday, September 3, 2010
Mixed emotions...
So about an hour ago I was gearing up to write a depressingly sad post about my body-issues and how my mother always makes me feel worse about myself, and how I was basically one step away from becoming annorexic in grade nine, I put on alot of weight since then and I currently only eat about a meal and a half with some random snacking. But beacuse I don't excersize and I eat alot carbs and fats, and mom is only ever around for my bigger meal she doesn't get it. Today she actually said "That looks like an awful lot for someone who doesn't excersize, that' how you pack on pounds... " Then she said somthing about how she doesn't mean to offend me, but how could it not? It took all joy out of my dinner, and I ended up wrapping up what was left (over half) even though I was still hungry. I was about to write all that, only I was in a far more hurt and vulnerable place an hour ago.
I literally had this window open and was about to start a post I would've named either "Maybe I should just stop eating" or "If I was skinny would you love me?" but as I was about to start typeing dad called up the stairs "Alissa, I'm going to the store if you need to get out of the house!". Boy did I ever! Dad is such a Ilifesaver, my mood literally did a 180* as I stepped outside... I'm still alittle sad, but between this blog and mylittle outing, that was all the therapy I needed. I might still text my best-friend, see if she can go out later, because I need to spend some time with someone who won't tear me down.
I think the hardest part about my mother's criticsm, isn't that it's true, I COULD stand to lose 20 pounds... but it's that she's no twig herself and she always seems to sense when I'm happy with myself and chooses THAT moment to strike. As if I don't deserve to have good self-worth... Anyway, I should drop it,before I lose it again. She doesn't mean to hurt me this much, I think she hates herself a little and sees herself in me, and I feel like if she can mold me into the dream-girl she wishes she was then she'd feel better about herself. It's not right, and it's alot to live with, but I understand that she thinks she's helping me...
It's just hard when it feels like she only compliaments me when it looks like I've lost weight, and that she's quick to tell me to watch what I eat, but whatever.
"If I kiss you where it's sore/ If I kiss you where it's sore/ Will you feel better, better, better?/ Will you feel anything at all?/ Will you feel better, better, better?/Will you feel anything at all?"
I literally had this window open and was about to start a post I would've named either "Maybe I should just stop eating" or "If I was skinny would you love me?" but as I was about to start typeing dad called up the stairs "Alissa, I'm going to the store if you need to get out of the house!". Boy did I ever! Dad is such a Ilifesaver, my mood literally did a 180* as I stepped outside... I'm still alittle sad, but between this blog and mylittle outing, that was all the therapy I needed. I might still text my best-friend, see if she can go out later, because I need to spend some time with someone who won't tear me down.
I think the hardest part about my mother's criticsm, isn't that it's true, I COULD stand to lose 20 pounds... but it's that she's no twig herself and she always seems to sense when I'm happy with myself and chooses THAT moment to strike. As if I don't deserve to have good self-worth... Anyway, I should drop it,before I lose it again. She doesn't mean to hurt me this much, I think she hates herself a little and sees herself in me, and I feel like if she can mold me into the dream-girl she wishes she was then she'd feel better about herself. It's not right, and it's alot to live with, but I understand that she thinks she's helping me...
It's just hard when it feels like she only compliaments me when it looks like I've lost weight, and that she's quick to tell me to watch what I eat, but whatever.
"If I kiss you where it's sore/ If I kiss you where it's sore/ Will you feel better, better, better?/ Will you feel anything at all?/ Will you feel better, better, better?/Will you feel anything at all?"
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
CAN YOU PLEASE LEAVE ME ALONE FOR FIVE MINUTES!?!?
Sorry for the caps locks guys, but I'm REALLY frustrated at my mother right now...
Yesterday in the car she talked at me for over half an hour about what's missing in my life, what's wrong with me, whether or not I should see a shrink, how I can't afford not to have a job, how even though I'm just like my dad and everyone loves us I fail at life because I don't communicate and I'm happy to sit by myself and do nothing... How someday I'll make a wondeful mom because of that, but for now I need to do something worthwhile... etc. etc. etc.
4 O'clock today, "Why are the windows open with the air-conditioning!?" (I dunno, you did that before you left this morning, all the windows looked closed and locked to me, sorry I didn't check behind the drapes in the living room...)
4:30 "What have you done today...?" *tells her* "Did you go online and look for jobs?" (No, I just turned my computer on 5 minutes ago...) "OH! Good for you!"
4:35 "So you didn't look for a job yet? I guess it's ok since you were busy..."
At dnner "Family meeting time!"
20 minutes ago *Walks in looks at mess* "You doing laundry soon?" (Yeah, soon...)
*looks over at corner* "I noticed that corner looked nicer... this morning... I think you need to re-organise your desk, so that you can make your shelf look nice..."
A few minutes ago "What are yo doing?" (*looks down at laptop* Internet...)
"Are you talking to real people?" (Yes) "Real people that you actually know?" (uh, yes...) "People you know, who you could meet on the street?" (YES!)
GAHHHHHHH She makes me so angry sometimes!!!
Just leave me alone for five freaking minutes!!!
I'm careful, who gives a crap if I'm talking to someone I met at school or someone only online... I'm carefull. This is 20freaking10... The internet is more than some annonymous name... I don't meet people IRL, I check more than one portal before I really befriend someone, I don't give out personal infomation... GOSH! Enter the FUCKING future and LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!!!!
I'm probably going to regret this later... and I might take it down when I'm in a calmer mood... But for now I'm pissed, and I don't want to blowup at her, because that would just make her worse!!!
I need to get out of here!
Yesterday in the car she talked at me for over half an hour about what's missing in my life, what's wrong with me, whether or not I should see a shrink, how I can't afford not to have a job, how even though I'm just like my dad and everyone loves us I fail at life because I don't communicate and I'm happy to sit by myself and do nothing... How someday I'll make a wondeful mom because of that, but for now I need to do something worthwhile... etc. etc. etc.
4 O'clock today, "Why are the windows open with the air-conditioning!?" (I dunno, you did that before you left this morning, all the windows looked closed and locked to me, sorry I didn't check behind the drapes in the living room...)
4:30 "What have you done today...?" *tells her* "Did you go online and look for jobs?" (No, I just turned my computer on 5 minutes ago...) "OH! Good for you!"
4:35 "So you didn't look for a job yet? I guess it's ok since you were busy..."
At dnner "Family meeting time!"
20 minutes ago *Walks in looks at mess* "You doing laundry soon?" (Yeah, soon...)
*looks over at corner* "I noticed that corner looked nicer... this morning... I think you need to re-organise your desk, so that you can make your shelf look nice..."
A few minutes ago "What are yo doing?" (*looks down at laptop* Internet...)
"Are you talking to real people?" (Yes) "Real people that you actually know?" (uh, yes...) "People you know, who you could meet on the street?" (YES!)
GAHHHHHHH She makes me so angry sometimes!!!
Just leave me alone for five freaking minutes!!!
I'm careful, who gives a crap if I'm talking to someone I met at school or someone only online... I'm carefull. This is 20freaking10... The internet is more than some annonymous name... I don't meet people IRL, I check more than one portal before I really befriend someone, I don't give out personal infomation... GOSH! Enter the FUCKING future and LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!!!!
I'm probably going to regret this later... and I might take it down when I'm in a calmer mood... But for now I'm pissed, and I don't want to blowup at her, because that would just make her worse!!!
I need to get out of here!
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