January 2003
2003.01.15
Ribbit
09:36 PM PST :: comments: 2
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2003.01.13
Demonstrating Mastery
02:29 PM PST :: comments: 1The class in which I got a B- is a methods class. We learned and applied methods and techniques.
I talked to my professor about my lower-than-expected grade. He gave his rationale. There was no mistake and I won't get any points back. Though I'm sure that his grading system sounds reasonable to him, it sounds to me like he has hidden requirements and a deduct-points-for-not-being-psychic policy.
During the course of our conversation, my professor said to me "It's clear that you've mastered the skills." Sooooo...mastery of skills does not get you an "A" in a methods class? WTF?
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2003.01.12
Secret what?
04:24 PM PST :: comments: 3I was listening to the radio and "Secret Agent Man" came on. If you listen carefully, you will notice that words that are actually being sung are "Secret Asian Man". Yup. Apparently, nobody realizes that this guy is Asian.
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Lucid Nightmares
03:44 PM PST :: comments: 9Every now and then, I have a lucid dream. Sometimes I'm just aware that I'm dreaming. Sometimes I can change the rules of my dream and do all sorts of cool things (like teleport).
I have one recurring lucid dream. I have this one so often that it easily accounts for more than half of my lucid dreams. In it, I am lying down wherever I actually am in real life. My surroundings are identical to my real life setting, right down to the light levels. I'm lying in the same position as I am in real life. All I want to do is wake up. But I can't.
In fact, I'm unable to move at all. Due to the way that muscles stop responding to the brain when you are asleep (so that you don't go around acting out your dreams while you are sleeping), I am immobilized. I'm convinced that if I can move, I'll wake up. I strain terribly. My brain is shouting "Move a finger. Turn my head." My nerves refuse to carry my messages beyond my brain. I am trapped by my own sleeping body.
Paralyzed.
Then I wake up. I breathe a sigh of releif and start getting ready for the day. And then I realize that I'm still asleep. Instantly, I discover that I'm back in bed, in my original position, frozen in place.
I haven't woken up at all. I just dreamed that I did. And now I'm back where I started. I'll cycle through countless rounds of "waking up", only to discover that I'm never awake.
I hate this dream with a passion. The paralysis freaks me out. It's even more maddening that everything is so realistic because its almost impossible to tell when I've actually woken up. My eyes must be partially open for some part of the time in order for the setting to be so perfect.
I've been having this nightmare for over a decade. What recurring dreams/lucid dreams/nightmares do you have?
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Pez Dispenser of the Day
02:20 PM PST :: comments: 3
There's just something wrong about Woodstock having chest-hair, a sword and a loincloth.
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Where did the time go?
12:34 AM PST :: comments: 1I meant to post someting today (errrr...yesterday), really I did. However, I started organizing stuff 10 hours ago. I'm not really done yet, but I think I'm going to go to bed anyway.
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