Damn you Taylor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Consider this:

I'm currently in a state of self-imposed unemployment.
I'm only taking 14 hours of class included some sophomore-level math (by far the easiest classload I've ever had including as a freshman).
The new semester is not yet 7 days old.

Given all that, you expect me to not have spent the last three nights in the design lab pouring over all aspects of airplane design.

...but you would be wrong.

inter-languagely speaking, should "the three amigos" actually "Los Tres Amigos" or "The Three Friends". Since when is it appropriate to change language mid-phrase?

...or maybe spanglish just offends my midwestern sensibilities.

Upon further inspection of my Vector Calculus textbook I have discovered the most wonderful author dedication in the history of math textbooks:

"To Will and Diane, with love"

You would think that by now the beings that inhabit this earth would have learned not to mess with me. But because they have failed to learn their collective lesson, my next door neighbor's door is off it's hinges and sitting in the middle of the hallway with a pleasant little note reminding him of the disadvantages of drinking and passing out while listening to loud crappy gangsta rap.

Sure there maybe hell to pay in the morning, but it's near 4 a.m. right now and I'm a little tired.

Paid my very last semester of tuition today, and to my knowledge, the check should clear. House bill is due next week. I've finally got enough saved up to pay it all. And with that I will have managed the near impossible; putting myself though college. And that, i think, is something to be proud of.

I've been enjoying one of my christmas gifts and I've had an experience.

'Into the West' performed by Annie Lennox is one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard. It ranks right up there in auditory experiences with the first time you ever hear Clapton's 'Tears in Heaven' there are few songs capable of pulling tears from nearly everyone who hears them. This, is one of those songs.

absolutely beautiful

Hey look everybody it's what I worked on over the summer!

In ancipation of the greatest sci-fi comedy to ever burst onto the big screen, I am rereading all 6 of books in the series, compliments of my brother's christmas gift to me. I haven't been this anxious to see a movie since Return of the King.

If you have know mother lovin' clue what I'm talking about, I ask you this... Have you ever seen the inside of a toothpick box?

Word on the street Channel 13 News is that Rutan's Global flyer landed in salina today and will prep for the next month or so before making its attempt to circumnavigate the globe sometime in early February.

just thought you all should know

There is really no getting around it; I’ve got no heart. I have no sense of compassion for the 150,000+ tsunami victims. I honestly don’t care. Sure, I could fake it, but isn’t faking compassion for real tragedy worse that not having any? Now, I’m not saying they deserved it, or that it was the divine wrath of god or anything. I’m just truly indifferent. Some may say that makes me a bad person, or genuinely inhuman, or that I have no apparent soul. Any of which may actually be true. The casualty numbers are near incomprehensible, but I still can’t bring myself into some state of mourning. Which I suppose makes me an ass, a dispassionate soulless ass, but at least I’m honest about it.

You may now commence chastising me…

Now taking nominations for the DTFU hall-o-fame.

Nominations for the 2nd annual induction ceremony may be for people, events, or anything else you can think of...I'm open to even the wildest and wackiest possibilities. Nominations will be taken though the 14th and the inductee(s) will be annouced shortly thereafter.

All nominations are welcome, as Juby must be getting pretty lonely.

Your iPod is stupid!

I said it because nobody else would.

Stop worshiping these little translucent gizmos as if they were the consumer electronic equivalent of the baby Jesus! It's just a damn mp3 player with a pretty interface and a trendy whiz-bang marketing campaign telling you how only the cool kids can own one and dance to their own tunes.

It's an overpriced underperforming fad whose only reason for being popular is because everybody thinks all the cool kids are doing it. Wake-Up! Other mp3 players are available, and have been for years. Your iPod sucks compared to them. Every feature on you're precious personal jukebox is available somewhere else, for less money...well except for the coolness, and I suppose an ill-gotten boost of self-esteem is priceless these days.

Like every other damn Apple product, they are over-priced, under-performing embarrassments to technology that only succeed because there is a very distinct slice of our society that feels the unique desire to proclaim their individuality with small consumer items that way they can try to make everyone think they're cool while not looking like they are trying to make everyone think they're cool. These are the same people who go to trendy nightclubs, proclaim political activism every 4 years, and like to eat soy products.

So I'm standing up to proclaim what everybody else is feeling:

Your iPod is stupid, and you are not far behind.

sadly...I'm actually proud of this: