Too weird to live, and too rare to die.

There's something wrong with black people.

2007-06-20T18:34:53Z

http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/8083422.html

-Dave

Lordy Lou

2007-05-08T00:25:50Z

My grades: A-, A-, B, C+. Amazing, considering I did little or no schoolwork this last semester, I just worked, hung out with Shelly and slept. I have to start packing soon and I'm NOT looking forward to being in Stuart. I figure at least a few people will be there that I can have college level contact with, and I'm close to the Regency 8 movie theatre, so I can just see every movie that comes out. Like Hostel 2. But there are a lot of good family movies coming out, so I can take my bro and sis to movies too and be an awesome big brother and purposely embarrass them in public like I always do. And I get to raid my brother's DS game collection. And I don't have to pay for food. Maybe it won't be so bad. Shelly is going to come visit me before I leave for Arizona, so that'll be great.

I decided when I land in Arizona, the first thing I'm going to do is listen to "By The TIme I Get To Arizona" by Public Enemy. It's going to be so effing hot. Maybe I'll sweat 30 lbs off.

-Dave

So.

2007-04-25T16:51:44Z

I'm going home for the summer. My dad got me a job at Carrabba's in Stuart, which means one last summer spent at home. However, to sweeten the deal, my dad said he'd finally break down and buy me a car, so I'm looking at the Toyota Yaris Liftback and the Hyundai Accent 3 door hatchback. Both are similar is style and perfect for me. I'm also going to Pheonix, Arizona and the Grand Canyon this summer, as well as West Virginia and North Carolina. So with that and work and taking a GMAT prep course, it looks like a busy summer!

Tests went ok, I still have one tomorrow morning at 7:30 in the AM. I felt like I did really well on the finance one I took today; if I got an 88 I can get a B in the class, which would be phenominal.

Anyway, hope everyone's trudging through exam week alright.

-Dave

I am going to be so tired tomorrow.

2007-04-12T08:45:53Z

From an old email I sent:

I don't think I could date a girl that was completely ignorant of current affairs and politics.

Funny!

And Salsa flavored Bugles have MSG in them. Yum!

-Dave

hana_bi_san @ 2007-03-25T02:42:00

2007-03-26T06:46:51Z

PERFECT! MARRY ME NOW!

-Dave

Need proof?

2007-03-24T03:27:46Z

http://www.longmontfyi.com/Local-Story.asp?ID=15357

Thank me later.

-Dave

hana_bi_san @ 2007-03-15T00:37:00

2007-03-16T04:47:50Z

So. I won't TMI you with the details, but I've been.... peeing funny for the last month or so. Then this last week I had sporadic shooting pain in the left side of my lower back. And then tonight it stopped being sporadic. It. Fucking. Sucks. It's in and out now, but yeah. Excrutiating. I have an appt with Thagard tomorrow afternoon. I'm 90% sure it's kidney sediment / stones; my brother had them a few months ago, and my mom had them two years ago.

I also found a kid's wallet on the sidewalk on campus today. I facebooked him, he IMed / facebooked me, we're meeting on campus tomorrow so I can give it back to him, I thought it was awesome, the title of his facebook message was "my faith in humanity is restored." I'm just glad I found it instead of some shit crap head.

-Dave

It just occurred to me...

2007-03-12T18:23:52Z

... how the fuck did people write research papers before the internet? I don't know what I'd do if I had to actually go to the library and crack open a book. That would require time... and lots of reading... thank you internet. The wealth of information you provide allows me to write papers the day before they're due.

-Dave

As if I needed another reason to want to be Bam Margera...

2007-03-01T05:54:37Z

Part of some celebrity photography thing.

-Dave

hana_bi_san @ 2007-02-27T22:50:00

2007-02-28T03:50:36Z

Tired of those pesky seizures? Use them!

http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=ba24e923c31c68210422cbff018ca473.1799986&cache=1

-Dave

I'm totally flipping out right now.

2007-02-21T18:23:51Z

FOUR, not one, not two, not three, but FOUR Japanese girls we met in Japan at Nihon Univeristy are going to be here this week. Val called me, and put some Japanese girl on the phone. I woke up to the phone call, so I was half asleep and assumed it was Mitsuki, who comes on Saturday. But it was freakin' SU. The Goddess herself. And Mayumi. I don't know how they got here and fell underneath our radar screens, but they're here. And then Mitsuki comes, and then Michiko. So much Japanese girl awesome... will I be able to cope? WERGJL AJJ#$JT#LJQT$#QKT#Q
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-Dave

It's the best day ever.... best day ever....

2007-02-11T09:45:54Z

I woke up, and had amazing pancakes Claire made. Then I accompanied Will to get his first haircut since April of last year. It ended up turning out really great. But as I was waiting, I decided just to ask on a whim if they had any openings, which they did. We went to a hair stylist school deal, where students cut your hair under teacher supervision, so you get a nice cut at a great price. Anywho, they indeed had an opening, so I went back. The girl that cut my hair was cute, and as she started, she kept denigrating herself, so being myself, I made it my goal to make sure she felt like she did an amazing job on my hair, which she did. (It was only her second week on the floor, I later found out.) We talked a lot, and as we were walking to the front, she said "So, what are you doing tonight?" All I could say is "I'm going to a party." She replied with a "me too."

Oh my angles are amazing.

But even if I wanted to get some digits, I couldn't, because I'm dating someone now! Michele. She's really cute, funny, and got a 730 on the verbal part of the SAT. And she has lip piercings. mmmm.

Then Kevin, Will and I went to Goodwill and Walmart. Got Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back on DVD. I've never seen it, which I am ashamed to say.

Then we played How to Host a Murder, kind of like a role playing Clue game, which was surprisingly fun. I ended up being the murderer though. Which was sweet.

Then to Nikki, Teri and Chelsea's party. Michele met me there; she had just come from a Valentine's cocktail party, so she was dressed nicely. I wore my suit for the Murder Mystery game, (we all dressed up,) so I just left it on for fun, tie and all. I looked A-M-A-Z-I-N-G. And her and I together... freakin' incredible.

But yeah. I hate to be a braggart (ok, not really) but these days are few and far between.

-Dave

THANK YOU.

2007-01-30T21:42:00Z

Two New Books Confirm Global Warming is Natural; Not Caused By Human Activity
Tue Jan 30 2007 10:02:32 ET

Two powerful new books say today’s global warming is due not to human activity but primarily to a long, moderate solar-linked cycle. Unstoppable Global Warming Every 1500 Years, by physicist Fred Singer and economist Dennis Avery was released just before Christmas. The Chilling Stars: A New Theory of Climate Change, by Danish physicist Henrik Svensmark and former BBC science writer Nigel Calder (Icon Books), is due out in March.

Singer and Avery note that most of the earth’s recent warming occurred before 1940, and thus before much human-emitted CO2. Moreover, physical evidence shows 600 moderate warmings in the earth’s last million years. The evidence ranges from ancient Nile flood records, Chinese court documents and Roman wine grapes to modern spectral analysis of polar ice cores, deep seabed sediments, and layered cave stalagmites.

Unstoppable Global Warming shows the earth’s temperatures following variations in solar intensity through centuries of sunspot records, and finds cycles of sun-linked isotopes in ice and tree rings. The book cites the work of Svensmark, who says cosmic rays vary the earth’s temperatures by creating more or fewer of the low, wet clouds that cool the earth. It notes that global climate models can’t accurately register cloud effects.

The Chilling Stars relates how Svensmark’s team mimicked the chemistry of earth’s atmosphere, by putting realistic mixtures of atmospheric gases into a large reaction chamber, with ultraviolet light as a stand-in for the sun. When they turned on the UV, microscopic droplets—cloud seeds—started floating through the chamber.

“We were amazed by the speed and efficiency with which the electrons [generated by cosmic rays] do their work of creating the building blocks for the cloud condensation nuclei,” says Svensmark.

The Chilling Stars documents how cosmic rays amplify small changes in the sun’s irradiance fourfold, creating 1-2 degree C cycles in earth’s temperatures: Cosmic rays continually slam into the earth’s atmosphere from outer space, creating ion clusters that become seeds for small droplets of water and sulfuric acid. The droplets then form the low, wet clouds that reflect solar energy back into space. When the sun is more active, it shields the earth from some of the rays, clouds wane, and the planet warms.

Unstoppable Global Warming documents the reality of a moderate, natural, 1500-year climate cycle on the earth. The Chilling Stars explains the why and how.

Oh man... it's so fucking cold.

2007-01-30T06:42:38Z

Let the games begin.

- Not one but TWO Japanese kids coming this semester.

- Tests, projects and homework galore.

- New romances (?).

- Movies, parties, and mayhem.

- Working like mad.

And on another note, I made the most AMAZING sweet and sour chicken at work tonight. From scratch. And I made fried rice. From scratch. I love when tons of people eat the food that I single-handedly created. *self worth*

With hints of cherry and ginger and Oriental Five Spice...

-Dave

WATCH IT NOW.

2007-01-24T00:39:13Z

THIS IS THE BEST THING IN THE WORLD. EVER. I'M SERIOUS.

BEST.

THING.

EVER.

MADE.

BY.

MANKIND.

Take that, bears!

Hold up.

2007-01-20T09:21:16Z

That song that contains the lyrics "God bless the broken road, that led me straight to you..." is amazing. I hate country music, but damn. It's a powerful song. Rascal Flatts I think? AMAZING SONG. They played it at a wedding reception we did at work, oh man. Sent goosebumps everywhere.

-Dave

Eight kinds of crunk

2007-01-19T08:01:35Z

The Yin Yang Twins concert was pretty awesome. Strangely, though, they censored themselves throughout the act, even go so far as to replace "bitches" with "females" in Get Low. I mean, no one under 18 is allowed in, and I think if you come out to a Yin Yang Twins concert, you know you're in for a whirlwind of foul language and general malfeasance. All in all it was good. I got 7 kinds of crunk on the dance floor, too. Lost that 8th one though...

-Dave

PS: BRAGGART ALERT: Having no classes Monday, Wednesday and Friday is GLORIOUS.

Perfect movie week

2007-01-09T03:38:37Z

Everyone needs to catch (FSU kids only, obviously,) the two movies showing at the SLB this week: Science of Sleep and jackass number two. If there were two movies that ever fit me perfectly it'd have to be these two. We're seeing Science of Sleep at 10:15pm on Tuesday, and jackass is showing Thursday and Friday, 7pm and 9:30pm. Call me if you're interested.

:)

-Dave

They don't make 'em like they used to.

2007-01-06T19:28:10Z

Furyô anego den: Inoshika Ochô (1973) (Sex and Fury)

Yet another reason why Japan is amazing. Sex, violence, drugs, gangsters.

-Dave

This list...

2007-01-05T14:17:27Z

...this list will keep me poor if I let it.

http://efilmcritic.com/feature.php?feature=1214

New Years Resolution... 1 DVD per week, only. That's 4 DVD's per month. I think I can do it.

-Dave

Push it to the limit

2006-12-31T16:01:21Z

So I'm sitting in Miami, in Ashley's appt, typing on her MacBook and watching Fox News on mute, waiting for her to get dressed. Her and Jess called me at 2:30pm yesterday, and I was heading down there by 3. Yesterday it almost felt like we were just driving around Stuart, but then I saw the big buildings and more Jews and gay people than I've ever seen in one area. So then it felt like Miami.

Today we're going to the Bodies exhibit, which I'm super pumped for. Then a Thai / Japanese place. Then watching our perfect movie, Who's Camus Anyway. Then ringing in the New Year.

Sounds like a damn near perfect day to me.

-Dave

I'm looking forward to the new semester :)

2006-12-30T02:42:11Z

So I've been having a blasty so far during break. I'm ever so glad our family trip to Colorado was scrapped, because whenever I turn on the news all I see are reports of people sleeping in the Denver airport.

I went golfing with my dad and bro yesterday, went to a Florida Panther's game with Ashley Cicconi and crew, went to the Nutcracker with friends, went to a few parties, etc etc. Re-reading that sentense, it makes it seem like I did ALL those things yesterday. That is not the case.

I bought new Puma's today. They're brown and lime green and orange. They're GORGEOUS. I've never owned a pair of Puma's; I'm actually surprised they had my size. But green and brown... mmmm. Love that combo.

-Dave

My break so far.

2006-12-23T16:24:09Z

I haven't smoked since I got down here. Not as hard as I had expected, but everytime I see someone smoking or someone mentions it, my skin crawls a little. I've been cooking a lot, for my brother's Christmas party last night, etc. Renting / Buying lots of DVD's. Going to the theatre a lot. Running tons of errands. Pretty much exactly what I wanted out of this break. I do not envy those traveling about this Christmas; it's far more trouble than it's worth, traveling. Oh and CLOTHES SHOPPING LIKE MAD. I honestly replaced 3/4 of my wardrobe in the last 2 days. Thank God for American Eagle, Gap, Old Navy and Hot Topic (for cheap, awesome t-shirts.) Fuck Hollister. You and your XXL shirts that hardly fit me... learn to be normal like the Gap where I can fit into a large. Bitches.

Pursuit of Happyness - fairly good, although I swear it gave me an ulcer, I can't take stressful movies. But then again it does make the payoff at the end that much more gratifying
Talladega Nights - horrible, funny for two minutes, then disjointed, unfunny mess for 118 mins
Apocalypto - incredibly well directed, paced action / thriller / gorefest. Wasn't nearly as violent as the reviews play it out to be, then again I'm used to Japanese gore, so maybe my ability to digest gore is somewhat stronger than the average American's
Invincible - glacially paced, sporadically entertaining, as by the books as they come. Elizibeth Banks (Scrubs, Slither) makes a nice appearance as the protagonist's love interest

I also watched the Korean horror movie Cello and 2/3 of the Japanese mini series MPD Psycho.

Tonight's the Nutcracker... I'm so super pumped. I love getting dressed up, I love Tchaikovsky, and I love that I'm the only guy there besides Jess's boyfriend. It's been a tradition every Christmas, but every year it gets a little smaller. I'm glad I'm still in that inner circle, even though I go to a different college.

-Dave

ok, it's officially Christmas time!

2006-12-20T18:47:53Z

Leave it to Zach Braff to put me in a Christmas mood. If you don't see the irony in that, then... you're dumb.

-Dave

La la la la la

2006-12-14T10:51:41Z

I'm wide awake. Like two in the afternoon awake. I'm listening to The Brown Bunny soundtrack on repeat.

I posted an impromptu poem on Nate's wall.

From battles we fought,
Exams lay vanquished.
Victory we sought,
And in it we languished.

I am a fucking poet.

-Dave