Thursday, November 02, 2006
Juggling Club 11-2-2006
Flashed NINE balls for the first time.
Qualified five clubs.
Qualified four balls in one hand.
Flashed five balls in one hand.
Learned some basic Poi tricks, such as turning around into a reverse spin and back.
Qualified Mill's Mess with clubs, but it still is kinda sloppy.
Did I already mention nine balls?
O Yeah... This post is subject to the anti-disclaimer, in which you are encouraged to tell others and discuss this post outside of this blog. :-)
L8R-- Michael
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
The Colorado School of Mines (part two)
Recent News:
Well, I am no longer sick and I turn 19 in a few hours.
It just finished snowing up here which was really cool, and continues to be…
The second Physics test was this Tuesday and we got the multiple choice scores back today. Again, out of everybody I know, I received the only perfect score. It’s not like I study more than everyone else… or more than anyone else… or at all… The point is… the reason of this post.
Something like 80% of mines was in the top five percent of their class. The average ACT score is like 29. There are ridicules statistics about this place, and yet someone who was like half way in his class, failed the ACT, is the president of a club (and an active one at that), hosts many movie nights throughout the week, member of the robotics club, plays of the flag football team, and doesn’t study can do better than them… It’s not just in Physics but as far as examples go I am sticking with this one.
I had some big thing to say with all this but now I am bored and must return to my minesweeping. I hope you weren’t expecting more with this post… my bad…
L8R-- Michael
Thursday, September 21, 2006
The Colorado School of Mines
Ok...
First off, I admit to not having written in a long time. But that is only because I feel that blogging is not a very good waste of time… Minesweeper on the other hand is a very good waste of time with very little time commitment. I also feel that the people that may actually read my blog have minesweeper of their own to play, so the more I write, the more time they will spend reading… It’s a vicious spiral of less minesweeper, so that should explain my absence.
So far college has been awesome, I can see why some people spend six years here learning then come back for twenty years of teaching. The food does get kinda old but that doesn’t really matter, a buffet every meal is still cool. There are usually a couple of cool things to do every week, like free bowling or a comedian. As far as my classes are going:
Principals of Chemistry II: Is way easy, the material we are going over I did in January, so I figure that I have another month of coasting on previous knowledge. The first test was like September 18th and I could have passed it over a year ago.
Freshman Success Seminar: Biggest waste of time, money, faculty, and resources ever. I believe the class was created for two reasons; to integrate freshmen into CSM, and to force them to attend events that they may not have. The second part, while shouldn’t be forced upon freshmen, I do agree with. The main reason I dislike CSM 101 is because all of the activities are done on your own time, meaning that once a week we have to attend a class (they take attendance) in which we get to play “the name game” with the same people we did last week.
Physical Education: They take attendance here too, but the instructor is cool. He too knows that gym at an engineering school is a joke, so about half of the classes have been, “go home and study.” However, I do seem to be much stronger and faster than I was. In January the new recreation center will be open http://www.mines.edu/stu_life/recsports/index.htm and I will go swimming and rock climbing.
Calculus for Science Engineers II Honors: The test for this class is later today, so we shall see how skilled I am. Unfortunately, I am not feeling very good about this test but keep reading and you will understand…
Physics I – Mechanics: In the lecture I understand everything and show my knowledge with my assigned clicker. However, in the studio I don’t have a flawless understanding of the material. The test for Physics was Tuesday (I think) and I got the only perfect score on the multiple guess section that I know of. And I call it multiple guess because if you look at my work for one of the questions it says “Enie Meanie Miney Moe,” Big Meanie hasn’t failed me yet.
Earth and Environmental Systems: The lecture is enjoyable; we mostly talk about hurricanes, weather patterns, and the history of the earth. The lab however is three hours of looking at rocks, most days it doesn’t last that long, like right now I am scheduled to be in it.
Overall: 16.5 credit hours seem fine for a freshman. Most likely I will study more (than none) in the coming weeks, as the next wave of testing is less than a month away.
So now let’s talk about the people that affect my life. I am leaving some people off intentionally such as instructors and the like.
Me: As hard to believe as it is, I still affect my life. Well, Out of class I am the President of the Juggling Club. I believe that I am the only freshmen president of a student organization but I am not positive. We are now one of the bigger clubs on campus with over twenty people at our meetings. I also host a “Monday night movie” where I rent a projector and invite the rest of Randall to watch. In addition I play on my floor’s flag football team.
Ahriel: Well, if anybody else has an affect on me here then most likely it would be my roommate. He is from Brazil and moved here when he was ten I believe. He likes chess almost to an insane degree, if he is in the room he is playing it. This is unfortunately, now getting in the way of his homework. His days are fairly packed with school, Brazilian martial arts, chess, work, and meeting his dad. Apparently his dad is an electrical professor here. Ahriel is cool, he was headed down the “WOW” path for a while but managed to uninstall before it consumed him.
Mike: The first week we decided that he would be Mike and I would be Michael. He lives with Scott in 007, and is usually in there studying. He is an only child of parents who didn’t allow TV. So you kinda get the idea…
Scott: Spends most of his time on the internet. He seems to lead Mike as they went to high school together. Not the kind of person that I could see someone spending time with.
Nate: Is the local RA, I barely know him. He is usually in his room chewing and playing online poker. The rest of the time he is at Blackhawk. He seems cool / lenient. He played football for most of his life, except for this year, where he is just quarterback for “The Base.” He defiantly is carrying the team too.
Luke: The VP of juggling club, lives with Chris (BC) in 005, is probably the coolest on the floor. His parents are moving to like Nigeria so just about every weekend he is saying goodbye to them.
Chris (BC): BC = Bad Chris, might be an unfair name because the other one is pretty bad too. The more fitting Hick Chris is too hard to say, so we call him BC. Everything he says is so hick-ish it’s funny. He always says the toughest things too, even though he is 6 foot and like 100lbs. It is kinda scary to look at him, he is just bones.
Chris (JC): JC = Jock Chris, is very athletic for an engineer. He would be cool if he didn’t speak. Sorry. If somebody says something and he wasn’t paying attention or was across the room he will walk over and say, “What are we talking about?” If nobody says anything he will walk up and say, “So what’s going on?” Despite the obvious answer usually present. After somebody says something he will say, “Yeah,” then repeat it. While it’s obvious he doesn’t know what the topic is. BC does this too but it’s so easy to ignore him.
Trevor: Lives with JC in 003, and spends most of his time sucked in to “WOW.” He is 6’2” 210lbs so whenever we meet we pseudo fight in some way. He is probably the third coolest after Luke and I.
Brody: Very un-cool, fortunately he stays in his room most of the time. Whenever he has juggling balls he has to be the only one jugging and everyone else has to be watching him. He isn’t very good. The floor’s only out-of-state.
I am many steps closer to finding THE solution to minesweeper, bring it Phill.
L8R-- Michael
Thursday, April 27, 2006
April 27, 06
I don't believe that there has been a time when I was more angry than I am now. The cause of this I believe to be a single source however, you the reader that has no other better to do right now should know all of the sources so that you can make a more informed opinion of these events. Possible reasons for me to be angry today: My computer is not working correctly and will cut in and out. The pressure of prom in about a week could be getting to me. It may have something to do with the fact that I am attempting to start a relationship, but that seems unlikely to me. The two hours of homework that I had tonight I didn't understand at all, even though I recognize that I should be able to do what it is asking. LHS AP Chem / AP Calc is way further ahead of Silver creek AP's. So therefore I could have had a better preparation for these tests, and the people that don't get it have held me back. (The only other person I know of that has voiced an opinion about the unbearable slowness of the learning in AP Calc is Diana.) Graduation is coming in 22 days, and if you want you can see that as a source of anger. There are more, but I think that I should move on to the real reason of this post and why I believe I am angry today. Earlier today I was asked one of those questions that the answer not only doesn't matter, but won't even be heard by the one asking. And I didn't feel like answering it. It was a question about my personal life, that though the person asking was socially obligated to ask, was not obligated at all to push the issue until it became one. A single flaw like that is not enough to push me over, I believe this because there are SO many of them that I see everyday and have learned to not focus on. Anywho, after the incident the same family member confronted me and repeatedly asked the same question to which I gave the same answer which I believe answer the question and should advance the conversation to the next question. In case this is the first post you have read of mine. I hate when people repeat things. So after repeating this unnecessary and unimportant question they proceeded to lecture me for no reason. Maybe lecture is not the right word... I believe that they were talking for the sole purpose of hurting me. Their comments were directed at me and offered no solution or help in any way. Repeating things and unnecessary things I do hate a lot however, I hate hurting things for no reason much more. So after they said this very hurtful thing, I thought of many ways to tell them how flawed their live was, and how they could improve their life, not only to help themselves but to help those around them. However, I bit my tongue and let them get away with the attack. So now I am left with way to much homework, and I am super pissed, so I thought of doing all the actions that I condemn others for, but did none of them because I saw no gain in the world if I did do them. Which is it. I believe in making the world better. Everything that is done should have a net good effect. The events today that involved this person did not. And I believe that they intended for them to not. Well, it is sleep time now... I hope nobody reading this is effected outside of this blog by this post.
Again please never talk to me about what is said in here out of this blog...
L8R-- Michael
Monday, April 24, 2006
"I can see advantages to knowing everything" --Me
"Because that is part of everything and I can see advantages in knowing everything..." --Me
"Intellectual backflips" --Me
I may add to this and I may not...
These are all original quotes.
No taking them... (especially the first one)
L8R-- Michael
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
In case you were wondering...
(however the items listed below are really what I would do if elected dictator of the U.S.)
1: Social Security: This is one of many things that has the potential of ripping this country apart... I honestly do not believe that the money I am putting in now will ever be returned to me in any way... So, why do I have to put money in? **POOF** Supreme ruler of the U.S. says no more... Now everybody gets privatized social security... And those who don't live to be 70 (the earliest money can be withdrawn) will have their money donated to the national debt... Well what about the 64 year old who has put money in the system his whole life? Hum... To bad? Yeah pretty much... I am thinking they will get about 30% back of what they have put in their entire lives... Unreasonable? Well, I agree unless we somehow found a way to make old people less expensive... Bingo...
2. Prescription Drugs: Simple issue, without just giving all of the medicine making to the Chinese. (who are very good at making cheap drugs) We give the ruler of the world (me) the power to set price caps on all drugs... And of course allow imports of all drugs from Canada legal... But wait... Where does Canada get their drugs for so cheap? Well, we simply sell them cheap drugs then turn around to ourselves and sell the same drugs for a ridiculous mark up... Won't that just make prices of drugs go up in Canada? Yes... Unless there were price caps arbitrarily put on all drugs by me...
3. Death penalty: Simply put, when the judge's gavel hits the stand the people behind the defendant get a lapful of brains... Cost of execution goes to $ .15 (for the bullet) I honestly believe that it would be a successful deterrent... Statistics today say that the death penalty is not a deterrent but I believe it has potential, if we were to simply step back from the situation and see the crime and the punishment... In fact I would make it easier to seek the death penalty... Such as first degree murder, would now be required to be punished by death... (my policy here is not entirely thought out, incorrectly implying that the others are... FYI)
4. Abortion: If it is before 4 months then it is ok...
5. Hum, well this is boring... If any of you loyal readers would like to know my opinions on any other issue then don't hesitate to ask...
L8R-- Michael
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Post
Not this one...
I believe that computers haven't destroyed Lisa's life...
and I am not entirely convinced that they have mine either...
otherwise...
L8R--Michael
Saturday, February 18, 2006
Levels of thought...
These levels of thinking are very important to me... Not these exact ones but the idea of being able to control how I think of how I think... (back from dinner... I stopped playing minesweeper) Well, it seams that the point of the phyciatrist is to think a level above the one you are thinking at... Simply by asking himself, why is he telling me this? How could this have developed? Whatever... I believe that most people spend their time in "level 0" which would be just be thinking and doing... It is common for people to enter "level 1" which would be like, "why is he telling me this?" or "what does he have to gain?" or "why am I feeling this way?" I believe that it is uncommon in a regular day for someone to enter "level 2" of thought such as, "why do I care how this affects anothers?" or "how does it change things if I feel this way?"
Whatever... Time to play some Halo...
To satisfy my "level -1" of thought... Which ironically enough involves no thought...
L8R-- Michael
Saturday, January 28, 2006
Tar re dat ion?
I have been noticing recently that I am changing / have changed I think my mind may no longer be in "mint" condission... I have been making more errors recently... Like leaving lights on and dishes out... A year ago it would have been impossible for me to do either of those... As well I have been forgetting things... Like important things, such as when something was or what day it is... And even now I am miss typing more than I ever have... Thankfully this blog has a spell check so you people reading this won't see them... Although you shouldn't be seeing them anyway because you should have something better to do with your time than to read a half witted blog about me losing my mind...
If I watch a movie nowadays I am still not moved (no change) but after the movie I just stand up and walk away like nothing had happened... I don't remember if I used to taste things either... Now, it seams that most of what I eat tastes the same... And I find myself thinking of eating just for the sake of continuing life... Another physiological recent change is that I think getting into college really took the edge off... I can now do something not to the best of my ability and not care after wards... (just in case anybody is taking this seriously I also grew a ruler out of my finger...) well I have been listing to the music for too long and forgotten why I am writing this...
And I guess this post sense it is so open ended I will end it with a very open ended disclaimer... Basically on this one you can make up your own disclaimer and use it... But don't you dare violate that disclaimer... Unless in it, it says you are allowed to do so... L8R--Ael mi ch
