This. Endless entertainment!

I'll make it short and sweet, because I'm busy: this is so true. I'll post the image as well.
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I really wanted to make a meaningful post, but I'm feeling sort of like a vegetable after a busy couple of weeks. Just as Dr. Frankenstein says, I'm going to go to bed and 'collapse like a bunch of broccoli.'

As the subject suggests, I'm having risotto for dinner tonight, which reminds me of that one Seinfeld episode. carolinelise will probably know what I'm talking about. "I think it moved!"

Anyway, I wanted to post a video that I forgot to post a long time ago. As a result it's a little out-of-date, because it's about the 2008 election. But since the inauguration is in the blessedly-near future I thought I might post it. Sadly, I couldn't find it on The Youtubes, but it's on the Daily Show site. There's so many Johns/Jons in this video: Jon Stewart, John Oliver, John King.

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I'm too tired to talk about me and I'm not in the mood for complaining anyway. We all need some hilarity, because life is more hectic than a...life? Don't ask me to be eloquent right now; I'm not up to it.

























Note: The Daily Show's embed code for this video is screwed up. Sorry.

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Sweet and savory is best. My ideal breakfast would probably include a drink: either sweet coffee or sweet English breakfast tea, fresh-squeezed orange juice (not the pasteurized kind), and a slice of tortilla de patata. It's sort of a quiche-y thing, the primary ingredients being potato, onion, and olive oil. Tortilla is best between two slices of thick bread with olive oil and tomato spread on them. Another main ingredient of breakfast is the newspaper or an interesting book.

Wow, I just had breakfast and then made myself hungry all over again.

First and foremost, I must mention that I'm procrastinating. I'm reading my book, the one by Jim Al-Khalili, instead of doing work the way I'm supposed to. I'm learning more from this book than from schoolwork, however, and the topic is so ridiculously engrossing. Though the book is more scientific than philosophical, the book is about black holes among other things, including time travel. Therefore, a chapter on the nature of time was required. I found this paragraph especially interesting:

"Many philosophers have argued that time itself is an illusion. Consider this: time consists of past, present, and future. Even though we have records of the past and memories of certain events that have taken place, it can no longer be considered to exist. The future on the other hand has yet to unfold and therefore does not exist either. This leaves the present which is defined as the dividing line between past and future. Surely the 'here and now' exists. But although we 'feel' that this line is steadily sweeping through time gobbling up the future and converting it into the past, it is nevertheless just a line and as such does not have any thickness. The present, therefore, is of zero duration and cannot have a real existence either. And if all three components of time do not exists then time itself is an illusion! You may, as I do, take such clever philosophical arguments with a pinch of salt."

Isn't that fascinating? It makes me wish I was smarter. I don't have that much trouble understanding the science in this book if it is explained clearly to me. What is truly beyond me is the idea that physicists can extrapolate upon these ideas and think of new ideas about the nature of the universe, especially when many aspects of it are not readily available to scientists.

Okay, nerdiness is done for tonight.

I HAVEN'T BEEN WRITING FOR A LONG TIME BECAUSE I'VE BEEN BUSY/MUDDLED AND KIND OF HAPPYSAD. AND NOW, AS SOON AS I FEEL LIKE WRITING, I HAVE TO LEAVE MY HOUSE.

GOODBYE, NOW.

UGH.

Oh, and Gameboy plans are currently off due to unscheduled expenditures. Meh.

http://xkcd.com/370/

This is confirming my beliefs. Just read it. It's amazing.

More about Christmas. Later.

This holiday season, you'll be getting...A Furby

Some people are just packrats, and sometimes those well-intentioned people buy gifts, wrap them, and then rediscover them about 6 years later. Just ignore the fact that you never wanted one of these even when they first came out, it's the thought that counts, right?

What bad holiday gift will you get this year? - Created by ptocheia


Besides the fact that I'm getting a Furby for Christmas, I'm not doing so well. I'm tired, it's late, and I can't concentrate. I also rhymed; unintentionally, however.