Saturday, May 31, 2003
Thursday, May 29, 2003
Tuesday, May 27, 2003
hello people...this place is freaking dead. boo on you fellow mokrootoners...hehe =) anyways, memorial weekend was awesome. saturday i went to sea world..boy, i do love the fishes and mammals of the sea. =) i love sea world...woot. even though it almost turned out to be disastrous cuz i was ready to rip my hair out listening to my father tell me which i should have turned after i made the wrong turn....boooooo. but it's all good...i kept my sanity and we got home safely. on sunday, i took andy to see matrix reloaded...it was so much freaking better the second time around. =) and then on monday, rodel and i, along with a bunch of his friends went to moreno valley to celebrate barbra's birthday...that was fun. and that's all of the fun and cool stuff. unfortunately, with all the weekend fun i sadly neglected my adolescence essay and health portfolio until today... *slap kress* hehe...i procrastinate like no other...it was due today between 6-7....i started writing at 8am...hehe. actually, that's not true. i started writing last nite, but after about half a paragraph i fell asleep. =) so i wrote a 6 page essay, a health portfolio on 6 adolescence articles complete with a synopsis of each, analysis of each major topic and lists of community resources..plus, i had zoology class today from 1245-2pm...so that kind of got in my way...plus i had to pick up andy from school...so i had many gaps yet still finished. now i didn't say that it was absolutely brilliant, but i at least finished it...so yay for me. =) all i have left is one zoology final on thursday and i am done with spring semester...yay! and then next week i start summer school...*sigh* boo school. hehe...j/k. actually, i'm in a good mood today for a strange reason...=)
Sunday, May 25, 2003
click here to find out which asian action superstar you are!
You are Michelle Yeoh. you are a responsible, nurturing and caring person. you like the romantic side of life. whether it's by a british secret agent or a master swordsman. you like it all. you try and take care of the people you care about. but sometimes they dont take ur help too kindly. but that's okay. cause you got it all.
*thanks to john.. =) *
Friday, May 23, 2003
the dialogue of neo and the architect >[beware, do not read if you don't want to know it before watching the matrix reloaded...mofos.]:
The Architect - Hello, Neo.
Neo - Who are you?
The Architect - I am the Architect. I created the matrix. I've been waiting for you. You have many questions, and although the process has altered your consciousness, you remain irrevocably human. Ergo, some of my answers you will understand, and some of them you will not. Concordantly, while your first question may be the most pertinent, you may or may not realize it is also irrelevant.
Neo - Why am I here?
The Architect - Your life is the sum of a remainder of an unbalanced equation inherent to the programming of the matrix. You are the eventuality of an anomaly, which despite my sincerest efforts I have been unable to eliminate from what is otherwise a harmony of mathematical precision. While it remains a burden to sedulously avoid it, it is not unexpected, and thus not beyond a measure of control. Which has led you, inexorably, here.
Neo - You haven't answered my question.
The Architect - Quite right. Interesting. That was quicker than the others.
The Architect - The matrix is older than you know. I prefer counting from the emergence of one integral anomaly to the emergence of the next, in which case this is the sixth version.
Neo: There are only two possible explanations: either no one told me, or no one knows.
The Architect - Precisely. As you are undoubtedly gathering, the anomaly's systemic, creating fluctuations in even the most simplistic equations.
Neo - Choice. The problem is choice.
The Architect - The first matrix I designed was quite naturally perfect, it was a work of art, flawless, sublime. A triumph equaled only by its monumental failure. The inevitability of its doom is as apparent to me now as a consequence of the imperfection inherent in every human being, thus I redesigned it based on your history to more accurately reflect the varying grotesqueries of your nature. However, I was again frustrated by failure. I have since come to understand that the answer eluded me because it required a lesser mind, or perhaps a mind less bound by the parameters of perfection. Thus, the answer was stumbled upon by another, an intuitive program, initially created to investigate certain aspects of the human psyche. If I am the father of the matrix, she would undoubtedly be its mother.
Neo - The Oracle.
The Architect - Please. As I was saying, she stumbled upon a solution whereby nearly 99.9% of all test subjects accepted the program, as long as they were given a choice, even if they were only aware of the choice at a near unconscious level. While this answer functioned, it was obviously fundamentally flawed, thus creating the otherwise contradictory systemic anomaly, that if left unchecked might threaten the system itself. Ergo, those that refused the program, while a minority, if unchecked, would constitute an escalating probability of disaster.
Neo - This is about Zion.
The Architect - You are here because Zion is about to be destroyed. Its every living inhabitant terminated, its entire existence eradicated.
Neo - Bullshit.
The Architect - Denial is the most predictable of all human responses. But, rest assured, this will be the sixth time we have destroyed it, and we have become exceedingly efficient at it.
The Architect - The function of the One is now to return to the source, allowing a temporary dissemination of the code you carry, reinserting the prime program. After which you will be required to select from the matrix 23 individuals, 16 female, 7 male, to rebuild Zion. Failure to comply with this process will result in a cataclysmic system crash killing everyone connected to the matrix, which coupled with the extermination of Zion will ultimately result in the extinction of the entire human race.
Neo - You won't let it happen, you can't. You need human beings to survive.
The Architect - There are levels of survival we are prepared to accept. However, the relevant issue is whether or not you are ready to accept the responsibility for the death of every human being in this world.
The Architect - It is interesting reading your reactions. Your five predecessors were by design based on a similar predication, a contingent affirmation that was meant to create a profound attachment to the rest of your species, facilitating the function of the one. While the others experienced this in a very general way, your experience is far more specific. Vis-a-vis, love.
Neo - Trinity.
The Architect - Apropos, she entered the matrix to save your life at the cost of her own.
Neo - No!
The Architect - Which brings us at last to the moment of truth, wherein the fundamental flaw is ultimately expressed, and the anomaly revealed as both beginning, and end. There are two doors. The door to your right leads to the source, and the salvation of Zion. The door to the left leads back to the matrix, to her, and to the end of your species. As you adequately put, the problem is choice. But we already know what you're going to do, don't we? Already I can see the chain reaction, the chemical precursors that signal the onset of emotion, designed specifically to overwhelm logic, and reason. An emotion that is already blinding you from the simple, and obvious truth: she is going to die, and there is nothing that you can do to stop it.
The Architect - Humph. Hope, it is the quintessential human delusion, simultaneously the source of your greatest strength, and your greatest weakness.
Neo - If I were you, I would hope that we don't meet again.
The Architect - We won't.
The Architect - Hello, Neo.
Neo - Who are you?
The Architect - I am the Architect. I created the matrix. I've been waiting for you. You have many questions, and although the process has altered your consciousness, you remain irrevocably human. Ergo, some of my answers you will understand, and some of them you will not. Concordantly, while your first question may be the most pertinent, you may or may not realize it is also irrelevant.
Neo - Why am I here?
The Architect - Your life is the sum of a remainder of an unbalanced equation inherent to the programming of the matrix. You are the eventuality of an anomaly, which despite my sincerest efforts I have been unable to eliminate from what is otherwise a harmony of mathematical precision. While it remains a burden to sedulously avoid it, it is not unexpected, and thus not beyond a measure of control. Which has led you, inexorably, here.
Neo - You haven't answered my question.
The Architect - Quite right. Interesting. That was quicker than the others.
The Architect - The matrix is older than you know. I prefer counting from the emergence of one integral anomaly to the emergence of the next, in which case this is the sixth version.
Neo: There are only two possible explanations: either no one told me, or no one knows.
The Architect - Precisely. As you are undoubtedly gathering, the anomaly's systemic, creating fluctuations in even the most simplistic equations.
Neo - Choice. The problem is choice.
The Architect - The first matrix I designed was quite naturally perfect, it was a work of art, flawless, sublime. A triumph equaled only by its monumental failure. The inevitability of its doom is as apparent to me now as a consequence of the imperfection inherent in every human being, thus I redesigned it based on your history to more accurately reflect the varying grotesqueries of your nature. However, I was again frustrated by failure. I have since come to understand that the answer eluded me because it required a lesser mind, or perhaps a mind less bound by the parameters of perfection. Thus, the answer was stumbled upon by another, an intuitive program, initially created to investigate certain aspects of the human psyche. If I am the father of the matrix, she would undoubtedly be its mother.
Neo - The Oracle.
The Architect - Please. As I was saying, she stumbled upon a solution whereby nearly 99.9% of all test subjects accepted the program, as long as they were given a choice, even if they were only aware of the choice at a near unconscious level. While this answer functioned, it was obviously fundamentally flawed, thus creating the otherwise contradictory systemic anomaly, that if left unchecked might threaten the system itself. Ergo, those that refused the program, while a minority, if unchecked, would constitute an escalating probability of disaster.
Neo - This is about Zion.
The Architect - You are here because Zion is about to be destroyed. Its every living inhabitant terminated, its entire existence eradicated.
Neo - Bullshit.
The Architect - Denial is the most predictable of all human responses. But, rest assured, this will be the sixth time we have destroyed it, and we have become exceedingly efficient at it.
The Architect - The function of the One is now to return to the source, allowing a temporary dissemination of the code you carry, reinserting the prime program. After which you will be required to select from the matrix 23 individuals, 16 female, 7 male, to rebuild Zion. Failure to comply with this process will result in a cataclysmic system crash killing everyone connected to the matrix, which coupled with the extermination of Zion will ultimately result in the extinction of the entire human race.
Neo - You won't let it happen, you can't. You need human beings to survive.
The Architect - There are levels of survival we are prepared to accept. However, the relevant issue is whether or not you are ready to accept the responsibility for the death of every human being in this world.
The Architect - It is interesting reading your reactions. Your five predecessors were by design based on a similar predication, a contingent affirmation that was meant to create a profound attachment to the rest of your species, facilitating the function of the one. While the others experienced this in a very general way, your experience is far more specific. Vis-a-vis, love.
Neo - Trinity.
The Architect - Apropos, she entered the matrix to save your life at the cost of her own.
Neo - No!
The Architect - Which brings us at last to the moment of truth, wherein the fundamental flaw is ultimately expressed, and the anomaly revealed as both beginning, and end. There are two doors. The door to your right leads to the source, and the salvation of Zion. The door to the left leads back to the matrix, to her, and to the end of your species. As you adequately put, the problem is choice. But we already know what you're going to do, don't we? Already I can see the chain reaction, the chemical precursors that signal the onset of emotion, designed specifically to overwhelm logic, and reason. An emotion that is already blinding you from the simple, and obvious truth: she is going to die, and there is nothing that you can do to stop it.
The Architect - Humph. Hope, it is the quintessential human delusion, simultaneously the source of your greatest strength, and your greatest weakness.
Neo - If I were you, I would hope that we don't meet again.
The Architect - We won't.
Thursday, May 22, 2003
howdy hey peoples... =) it's been a long and exhausting week for me...having 4 finals this week, but i'm glad it's just about over.. =) good news is that i totally kicked butt on my exams. geology wasn't so bad, although i could have studied more and done better...but i think i will get an A in that class no matter what. the teacher really likes me and offered to write a recommendation letter or be a guest speaker or get resources for me when i teach science. mr. greenwood...you are the best! =) and susan, my lab partner, is the best too. she gave me a card and a gift, wishing me luck. she's actually going back to school to get an AA to stay an instructional aide, and i told her that i really admire her hard work and going back to school. geology was a good class. actually, all of my instructors this spring have been sooo great. mr. greenwood, karah street, travis vail...they've all had a positive impact on me and teaching. =)first aid was cake...and zoology...oh man, i totally thought i was going to be screwed over since my test was this morning and i barely studied last nite cuz i was talking to jackie about her and nutti not together and to rodel about the whole flo & keane fiasco over there...i got off the phone at like 230. i came home late and didn't really start studying til about 1130...but i sort of reviewed tuesday, so that helped i think. anyways, i woke up today and studied whatever i didn't study last nite, and went to class. i didn't even re-review the stuff i studied the nite before in slight consciousness. hehe..but i felt pretty ok with the material. turns out i got an 88 [without extra credit], the 2nd highest...yay!! and travis also graded our last lecture exam and i aced that one too...a 98/100...woohoo! =) i am on fire...i rock. =) hehe...so despite being a long, study-filled, tiresome week, it was a good week.
oh, and i haven't even blogged about jason mraz yet. you know...the concert was really cool. =) it was a lot better than i thought it was going to be...but he's sort of more perverse than mayer..hehe. talking about sex a lot [has it on shirts & buttons]...he's a bit funky and odd, but he's hilarious and very cool. he pulled some people up on stage to scat with him...but the girl he picked couldn't scat, so he started grinding/freaking...lol. sooo hilarious...and i like his onstage banter. =) all in all, a very good concert...but long! he didn't start playing until almost 1030...he had 2 openers. and i even left early [around 1230ish] cuz i was exhausted and had 2 exams that day. lisa stayed til the end...leaving approximately after 1am...gosh. it was hot, sticky, crowded and full of freaking tall people, all of whom were standing in front of me...hehe. but i still had fun, i like his music better and i think he's a great live show to see. now i'm excited to see all sorts of concerts. i think i enjoyed duncan more than mraz[less people, better view, and duncan stayed after]...but no one beats mayer...yet. =) well, i need to get off this computer at work and go home! hehe... =) bye peoples. =)
oh, and i haven't even blogged about jason mraz yet. you know...the concert was really cool. =) it was a lot better than i thought it was going to be...but he's sort of more perverse than mayer..hehe. talking about sex a lot [has it on shirts & buttons]...he's a bit funky and odd, but he's hilarious and very cool. he pulled some people up on stage to scat with him...but the girl he picked couldn't scat, so he started grinding/freaking...lol. sooo hilarious...and i like his onstage banter. =) all in all, a very good concert...but long! he didn't start playing until almost 1030...he had 2 openers. and i even left early [around 1230ish] cuz i was exhausted and had 2 exams that day. lisa stayed til the end...leaving approximately after 1am...gosh. it was hot, sticky, crowded and full of freaking tall people, all of whom were standing in front of me...hehe. but i still had fun, i like his music better and i think he's a great live show to see. now i'm excited to see all sorts of concerts. i think i enjoyed duncan more than mraz[less people, better view, and duncan stayed after]...but no one beats mayer...yet. =) well, i need to get off this computer at work and go home! hehe... =) bye peoples. =)
Monday, May 19, 2003
ok, i know how incredibly cheesy the bachelor is....but i think he is so adorable and i am smitten...and i am so glad he picked jen!! =) she's so sweet, warm and lovely...and i'm glad that bitch kirsten was sent packing! her comments after the show were completely egotistical and hateful...saying the thought of andrew and jen together made her sick, how she felt like storming out after he said he loved jen, how she hoped jen wouldn't move to san francisco so she could say HAHA to andrew's face on what he missed out on...and i think the best part was when kirsten said that she didn't think jen was better than her at all, and how she had so much more to offer andrew than jen and that jen was completely wrong for him...what a shrew. lol. anyways, it's so cute to see jen & andrew together because they have these wonderful glowing smiles...hehe. i am an absolute sucker for a guy with a cute smile. the only thing that gets my pulse racing even more are cute guys named rodel. =)
Saturday, May 17, 2003
shalome all. today was muy unproductive. except for going to work, i did a lot of sleeping. which isn't actually that bad of a thing, so whatever. :) tomorrow i have the day off, but hopefully i shall be a little productive. i just had midterms in two of my classes, so there isn't much by the way of studying that i could do. i guess i could get started on my lab report that is due in two weeks. bleh... maybe not. :)
ok, well i have 4 finals next week...then during finals week, i have one final and one essay/portfolio due...why can't people put your damn finals during finals week?? grr...booo. =( and to top it off, i have summer school starting the very next week after spring semester ends [june 2nd] until august 15...double booo. =( then fall semester begins august 25...wow, i get one week of summer vacation....woot.
Tuesday, May 13, 2003
Monday, May 12, 2003
Saturday, May 10, 2003
Friday, May 09, 2003
hello peoples...well, like i said, the 17th was only tentative...we have to move it to MAY 16th...next friday. so everyone post up whether they can go or not...it'll be at lisa's...not sure of the time, but i won't be off til after 6pm, so i'm guessing around there...please let us know if you are going...otherwise, it's me and lisa just getting drunk...lol =)