It\’s interesting what Alex said yesterday while we were studying Ling…

And it took me a whole day to decide that I agree and disagree with certain parts of it.

I had mentioned that I was one of the founders of the BLAH club, which is a blogging club on campus. He bought up the idea that having a club was against everything that blogging is about. That blogging is supposedly something where you create an online persona and have other people interact with that. And he also mentioned how a recent cyberpunk author reflected on his blogging experience…and realized that it had a negative impact on his creativity.

I agree with the part of creativity. I can\’t write like I used to before I ever had an online journal/online blog. Perhaps, it\’s because I find myself writing for an audience rather than myself which was I had intended the entire blog and journal to be about. And it even spreads to my papers and essays. My papers turn out very choppy and graced with long complex conjunctions.

But the community. It\’s not that at all. Consider rbj. The message board is one of most popular aspects of being part of the community. And yes even the-protagonist.com community. It\’s not that we create an online persona and have other people look it in awe. It\’s rather that it becomes more of a support group of whiny teenagers and lost college students. We don\’t have less to say because of it…but more to say. As a result of such communities, we can reflect on ourselves with prompts.

One reason that I blog is because I don\’t want to keep repeating the day\’s story over and over again.

In other news, I had an interview today. The company is made up of people who are obviously recent Chinese immigrants. It was hard for me to understand them. Their accent is similar to that of my mother\’s…but usually I can understand what my mom is saying…but not them. And the odd thing was, the interviewer asked me if I had residency or a H-1 visa. I said that I was a U.S. citizen. She asked the question again. I started to say that I was a U.S. citizen again, wondering if she knew that being a citizen means that I am a resident (am I not wrong?), but instead said that I was a resident. GAAAAAAH.

Remember the plot in The Game? If the movie had ended right when he landed on the cushion, we would have all been mad and given the movie a thumbs down. Except we found out the \”truth\” of why Nicholas was screwed around…and around. That\’s what made it such a good movie.

I really hope that the Matrix turns out the same way. Reloaded left me feeling confused and disappointed. But on the surface, one-liners? Please, I thought we already had enough of that in other movies. The first 30 minutes of Reloaded was a waste and shouldn\’t have been left it. Now that we know that Trinity and Neo are together…there\’s nothing but kissing and sex. If I were her, I would have already killed myself over the amount of skin exposed. Yet the special fx are as always excellent. As well as the set design. Matrix philosophy was good, but not as good as the first one. It\’s sad that the originality is lost in the drive to meet the hype of the first Matrix. I am voting for the Revolutions to end up with Neo waking up in yet another world…and saying OMG IT WAS JUST A DREAM.

And a fantastic review here

I saw the movie at the UA coronent (it was a good theater ALEX despite your doubt!) with Lulu (thank you Lulu!) and several of her friends. And ate at this fantastic Japanese restaurant that had a lot of goodies on the house. IF YOU COME TO CALIFORNIA, I SHALL TAKE YOU HERE (instead of Todai!)

Now to await Revolutions!

I am seeing The Matrix TODAY! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. BUT NOT YOU LOZERS OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE WHERE THERE ARE NO SNEAK PEEKS! :D

I would just like to declare that I have spent a lot of time helping Aaron set up his new webpage. *cough* WELCOME NEW HOSTEE. AND PROBABLY ONLY HOSTEE EVER. YES. ME!!!!!!!!

The horror of this semester is almost over. Somehow my schedule this semester was more than I bargained for. Along with all the drama that I naturally caused and the procrastination that bloomed out of nowhere…this semester has been my least favorite.

I wrote 13 pages for cog sci (after study group hopping and spending hours in gsi\’s office hours – after calculating, I spent over 23 hours on this). Then wrote 5 pages for cs. Then cs midterm. THOSE TWO HORRIBLE CLASSES OVER!

Last year around this time, I was freaking out and studied really hard for my electrical engineering final. Oh and this was when I met Seth (YES SOMEONE I KNEW ONLINE) and we went to watch Spiderman. Then this was also the same time last year when I had my NINJA STYLE thing!!!!

Professors, no matter how horrible they are, always get an applause at the end of the semester…during the last lecture. Today was the last day of Linguistics. The professor is good sometimes, but usually bad most of the time. As she ended the lecture, the usual noise of shuffling and tables pushed aside grew. Then after several seconds of that, there was finally applause.

It\’s sad that there was hesitation for her applause.

I used gaim in the lab and I noticed that my buddy list from two weeks ago was uploaded again. So everyone that I had unblocked is now blocked once again. This time though, I think I may leave it all blocked just because it just wasn\’t worthwhile to unblock certain people.

My photolog of yesterday is done! With a commenting system, per Lele\’s request.

SPITE!!!!

A few days ago, my roommate asked me not to bring anybody over for the next two weeks, because it\’s finals time. Rational and valid, right? Because I am always slow to react, I agreed. But the thing is…I rarely bring anybody over. When I do, it\’s not like we start throwing a party. Perhaps last semester when I invited my sister and another friend over…to watch a movie on my computer…*cough* maybe that was loud? But I didn\’t think so. This is my living space too.

I always find it contradictory because last year she had mentioned she could study/sleep with noise. Surprise surprise, her attitude toward noise changed drastically.

Sometimes I wonder whether my roommate has a life. But that is obviously a criticism from me. I know my dad was like that in college, consistently avoiding the social aspect of college. But he says he regrets not taking advantage of it, forcing himself to hours upon hours of studying.

Carpe Diem, I say. Carpe Diem.

I find it better study with other people, because they fill in the gaps that you may have had in learning.

Bottom line: THIS IS MY APARTMENT TOO.

Very uneventful Saturday. I had an orientation for my job. Study group. My dad bought me my supplies from home. Sniff, thanks Mommy for making me all the food. :D HAPPY MOTHER\’S DAY!!!!

I got accosted by news crews while I was walking through campus. FOX NEWS wanted to know my opinion on how the campus was preventing students with SARS from entering the campus, etc etc. They asked me for some input, but because I was in a rush, in the presence of someone that already said no comment, and also I knew I would say something derogatory about the entire nation (WELL I WISH I WOULD GET SARS SO THAT I COULD INFECT THE ENTIRE CAMPUS AND THE CURVE WILL BE IN MY FAVOR. ACTUALLY LET\’S MAKE SURE THE WORLD DIES.) I refused an interview. My chance at 15 minute fame is gone!

My photolog of today will portray more of my uneventful day. Hopefully, with the amount of stuff (paper #1, paper #2, final) I have to do…I\’ll be able to finish it.

Anybody want to see Matrix RELOADED with me this Thursday?! SOMEWHERE IN THE BAY AREA? I WILL DRIVE YOU THERE. OMG. PLZ?