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Tried it out, it's like nothing you've ever seen

2008-08-20T03:12:00.000-07:00

Footholds in a sandstone bluff off of the trail. Shallow cave covered in carved artwork and cavities for candles. Faces. Glow from below. Marsh.

Miracle fruit tablets. Lemon/limes = sweet lemon/lime-ade. Cheese = cheese. Blackberries = Sweetberries. Vinegar = vinegar. Vanilla/tomatoes/buttermilk = ?.

Community Next Conference

2008-03-29T19:07:00.000-07:00

I just got back from a Community Next conference at Level 3. I only got 4 hours of sleep because I had to transport myself to LA by 9am to get to this conference. It was well worth it (besides the fact that the free Red Bulls kept me awake). I got to listen to a lot of really innovative people speak and I had a chance to personally talk to people with great ideas who are on the bleeding edge of technology and the Internet.

I chatted with Aza Raskin, founder of Songza and co-founder of Humanized. Aza, a huge proponent of interface simplicity, posed some incredibly unique solutions to unnecessary complexity in various types of web interfaces. Mozilla acquired Humanized recently and Aza told me he works next to Firefox developers and expects to potentially influence some big changes in Firefox's interface.

I also got a chance to talk with Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit (and drawer of the alien). I asked Alexis what types of problems the Reddit team has been thinking of in order to help users sift through the enormous variety of content of the website. Alexis said they have tried a lot of things but told me to be on the lookout for big changes to Reddit at the beginning of this summer that may combat this problem.

I took a bus back and on the way we passed hundreds of zombies walking down the sidewalk of Sunset Boulevard. Some of them banged on the windows of our bus. They did not eat any of our brains. I also had to be escorted through some gates on the way to my room because hundreds of kids were lined up to see some Nickelodeon screening and the path to my room was blocked off. Today was successful.

Space is potent

2007-07-08T18:16:00.000-07:00

Monday Japanese dinner. Tuesday delicious Russian dinner + Schwarzenegger. Wednesday 4th of July Party (lots of dessert). Thursday Los Angeles for a day with Taylor. Saw Denexxel, Kat, Frances, Amy, and Heather. We went to *Amoeba Records* and I bought the Anticon sampler album. Lunch was In N Out. Indian food + Diddy Reise was dinner. Friday Indian Food with dad. Saturday Fun. Sunday Work.

What's in a week?

I see a red door and I like it the way it is

2007-06-19T11:58:00.000-07:00

I came back to San Diego at 4pm on Friday, just in time to see graduation. I only had a few hours of sleep the night before so I was very tired all of Friday. After sleeping in late on Saturday I went to my older sister's house with my dad. My dad's family and friends held a surprise birthday party for him.

Sunday was a long day. I went paint balling at Camp Pendleton with George, Brian, and about thirty Russians. My thighs hurt whenever I sat down or stood up after this. As I was driving home Eric txted me to ask if I wanted to go to a Sage Francis concert. I ended up going with him even though I was exhausted. Eric's friend Ross drove. As we were standing in line Buddy Wakefield came out looking for a beatboxer for his act. He ended up taking Ross inside and Ross beatboxed for him. Buddy was amazing. He is not a hip-hop artist but he is far from your average poet.

Alias came out after Buddy. Alias rapped very quickly but always stayed on time with his background music. It's strange how rap-oriented he is live and yet his released music seems to be completely electronic. Buck 65 followed Alias. I would categorize his sound at the concert as folk hip-hop. The first beat he played made me think he would break straight into a country song.

Sage Francis was not necessarily my favorite musically but he was definitely the most entertaining to watch. Some of the stuff he did was pretty disgusting. He was fairly interactive with the audience, as were all the performers. That show was definitely worth going to.

My current list of artists/bands to look into:

Alias
Aphex Twin / AFX
Ben Gibbard
Buck 65
Buddy Wakefield
Johnathan Rice
Rilo Kiley
Sage Francis / Non-Prophets

Is this the city of angels or demons?

2007-06-02T15:21:00.000-07:00

This year has been a good one. I've enjoyed my classes very much overall and I'm looking forward to my classes next year. Here's a quick rundown of the last three quarters. First quarter I went to Monster Massive, a huge rave, with John, Brian, Paul, and Jawon. I pulled my first all-nighter before a class first quarter, although I didn't really need to. I also met most of the friends I have now. Winter quarter was fun break from classes. I'm glad I'm on the quarter system. Winter and spring quarter were really fun. I've been getting a lot of work done also. I took my floor to The Rocky Horror Picture Show for a floor program during winter quarter. That was really fun. I went to a Hellogoodbye concert, a Muse concert, and a Ben Gibbard concert this quarter. I really like it up here, but it will be nice to be home during the summer. I'll probably be trying to put a lot of time into learning and working on projects this summer.

The Ben Gibbard concert I went to a few weeks ago was really different than most concerts I've been to in the past year. It was a small fairly venue here on campus. Johnathan Rice was the first opening act. I liked him so much I bought his EP. Jenny Lewis from Rilo Kiley was there to sing one song with him. All three of the performers that night acted very intimately with the audience. Ben Gibbard played songs from his solo albums, songs by Death Cab For Cutie, songs by The Postal Service, and some cover songs. Jenny Lewis came out on stage for The Postal Service song Nothing Better. Gibbard said he had never had the chance to sing that song live before. This is because Jenny Lewis sang half of the original song with him.

There's a lot of me inside you

2007-04-21T11:18:00.000-07:00

I haven't posted in a while... as usual. Spring Break was really fun... that was a while ago. We made lemon ice cream one night at Paul's. I mixed cream, sugar, and lemon, and a very slight amount of vanilla extract. I kept putting more and more in as I decided what it needed more of and how much we would actually make. After dinner Paul took out the liquid nitrogen and poured some in the metal container the ingredients were in while stirring. The result was a dip-n-dots like substance that was firmer on the outside and melted very easily like traditional ice cream. I think it was the best ice cream I've ever had. Although I could just be biased because it was lemon.

I went to a Muse concert about two weeks ago. I had nearly the worst seats in the whole place, but it was still worth it. Our view was very obstructed but I could still see the awesome effects they had. There were stars on a black background for starlight, large tubes full of light, confetti thrown by the singer himself while playing the piano, and large inflatable balls that bounced over the crowd for another song. The concert started with Knight's of Cydonia, the last track on their new album, and ended with Take a Bow, the first track on the album. I'm glad they played their cover of "Feelin' Good."

These things they go away

2007-02-18T15:30:00.000-08:00

I had my car up in LA last week. I did a LOT of unprotected left-hand turns. I love the grid in LA. It is happifying. Coming back on Friday, I had an epiphanic moment while driving on the 105 onramp from the 405. The onramps in LA are almost sci-fi-like. At night with colorful city lights reaching out to the horizon and long streets everywhere, driving up and over this long winding onramp above everything and seeing this incredible sight felt amazing.

The next two weeks are going to be long ones.

Life is too short so love the one you got

2007-01-14T23:14:00.000-08:00

I went to the Caltech party yesterday. This involved missing one bus route due to a bus driver that decided buses can drive on grass, getting stranded on Broadway & 3rd after chasing a bus from Broadway & 6th, walking/running to Union Station with the help of a cat-based phone guide, and taking a train to Pasadena where Matt picked me up.

The students put a lot of work into the party. Each one of the houses had their own elaborate constructions. The themes for the decorations of each house included: Soviet Russia, Apocalypse, Speakeasy, Peter Pan. I liked the people there quite a bit. It was a fairly comfortable environment for me.

I went to lunch with Matthew's relatives on Sunday. Matthew gave me a ride back to UCLA afterwards. I'm very glad I didn't try taking public transport back from where we were. That wouldn't have been very fun.

On a side note, I'm actually putting some more thought into Squirrel Muffins so it should be back up and running with new features and at least one comic up per week.

Home, Home, where I wanted to go

2006-12-28T18:47:00.000-08:00

my day thusfar:
people. stuff. people. stuff.
Nothing else compares
(piano solo)

Perl helped me sign up for my physics class

2006-12-27T00:36:00.000-08:00

I used the following perl script to check the page that showed the status of my Physics 1A discussion. If it finds certain words on the page indicating that any discussion has an open lecture or waitlist, it will e-mail whatever e-mail address it is given. I set the e-mail address to my cell phone's so I would receive a text message whenever there was an opening.

The script is currently fairly primitive in the sense that it checks every discussion and lecture for an opening in either the waitlist or the class itself. The script could fairly easily be modified for a different or more specific use.

I used a cron job to run the script on my web server every two minutes. One annoyance that this created was that until the opening was filled in the course I would continue receiving e-mails to my phone every two minutes. I had to turn off my phone during my Computer Science final because of that. Tonight the script finally proved itself useful after I successfully signed up for the physics course I needed.

#!/usr/bin/perl

#########################
# CHANGE THESE VARIABLES
#########################
$url = 'http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/schedule/detselect.asp?termsel=07W&subareasel=PHYSICS&idxcrs=0001A+++';
$email = "youremail@ucla.edu";
$subject = "Physics Opened";
$body = "The Physics 1A waitlist opened so go sign up.";
#########################

# Prints the page header
print "Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8\n\n";

# Grabs the page content
use LWP::Simple;
$content = get $url;
die "Couldn't get $url" unless defined $content;

# Defines the words to look for on the page
$str_open = '<span style="color: rgb(0, 57, 0);">Open</span>';
$str_wait = '<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">W-List</span>';

# Checks to see if either word was found on the page and attempts to send the e-mail if the words were found
if($content =~ m/$str_open|$str_wait/i) {
unless(open (MAIL, "|/usr/sbin/sendmail -t")) {
print "error.\n";
warn "Error starting sendmail: $!";
}
else {
print MAIL "From: $email\n";
print MAIL "To: $email\n";
print MAIL "Subject: $subject\n\n";
print MAIL "$body\n\n";
close(MAIL) || warn "Error closing mail: $!";
print "Mail sent.\n";
}
}

(Insert Michael's comment about UCLA vs UCSD hehe)

Things aren't as pretty on the inside

2006-12-23T14:06:00.000-08:00

In case no one noticed, I got a haircut. I watched some movies at the LAN and played Quake for about 5 minutes. Mmm boba. I've been to three Targets in two days. I need to finish up some Christmas things.

I have a hat. It fits on my head. Yay!

I walk along the city streets

2006-12-15T22:26:00.000-08:00

I'm currently sitting in the main lobby of my building waiting for Paul, Jawon, and Taylor to drive down from SLO. They shouldn't be here for quite a while.

I did well on my Comp Sci final on Saturday and I think I did well on my Linear Algebra final but I bombed my Chem final. I'm glad to be done with the class though. Last night I saw a screening for the mid-season finale for Battlefield Galactica. I'd never seen the show before so I was a little lost. It seems like a pretty addicting show, given the enthusiasm of the people there.

I like the people and places in LA. There are an amazing amount of things to do and places to go and an even more amazing mix of people here. It seems like an abundance of every type of person is here.

My RA and RA2 just left to go out for the night. I'm all alone except for the people working at the front desk. Time to play music.

I'm not catching on fire today

2006-12-05T13:42:00.000-08:00

The A Capella concert was awesome. Some of my favorite performances were One by Three Dog Night, Circle Of Life, Stand By Me by Ben E King, and I Want It That Way. Pulp Fiction was fun. There were actually quite a few things I hadn't noticed about the movie and I've seen it many times. I stayed up too late Monday morning. last night = holiday stockings. This is a weird sickness.

I think I remember the film

2006-12-03T08:55:00.000-08:00

One overdue post coming up.

Thanksgiving was pretty cool. I saw Taylor for the first time since we left for school. I also saw Kyle for the first time since sometime before last summer. Taylor and I went Thanksgiving party hopping. We spent most of the day at his mom's house and then drove to Campland to see my dad and relatives. I saw Borat later that night. I hung out at Paul's on Friday and went to Rocky Friday night. I ate pho for dinner Saturday night with Michael, Jessica, Jeff and others. My mom came back from her vacation on Saturday night and I saw her for the first time when I ate breakfast with her Sunday morning. Stoy's parents drove me back to LA on Sunday and I slept for most of the day because I only had three hours of sleep before that.

The following week consisted of catching up in Math and getting ahead in Computer Science. There was a journey to the inside of the Chem building at night sometime in there. I like the 1337 room. I slept a lot Friday, probably because I needed to catch up on sleep. Friday night / Saturday morning was fun. I stayed up all night again. Some local high schoolers found me and I ended up giving them a tour of campus. I stayed up till 2pm to sign up for classes. I had company until then due to an unexpected yet not unpleasant invasion. I slept from 3pm to 3am with only a couple (or a few depending on who you ask) phone calls. I took NyQuil and slept again from 3am to 7am. Although my roommates aren't here I've had company and food. People == good. Sickness != good. Food == good. Sleep == good. I wish I didn't have to sleep but nature requires it. I think I'll go back to sleep now. I plan on seeing an A Capella group that a floormate is on tonight. Must sleep before that.

Real yogurt is where it's at

2006-11-21T10:49:00.000-08:00

I saw the Lion King play Sunday afternoon. It was definitely worth $30. I almost saw Borat on Sunday with Matthew and John but ended up at the Pinkberry. Kin bought the Wii Sunday morning and my floor tried it out on Sunday night. It's a pretty cool console.

I went on my first late-night trip in a car last night. We went to some cliffs above the beach to watch the meteor shower. I'm not sure exactly where we were but I know it involved the PCH. The clouds and city environment restricted our view some but we could see the stars surprisingly well. I hadn't gone on a late-night adventure in so long I had almost forgotten how fun they were.

I'm glad I'm going home this week. Hopefully I'll be able to get some studying in along with the massive amounts of chilling-time I plan on having.

soft silly music is meaningful magic

2006-11-05T07:34:00.000-08:00

I went to Monster Massive last weekend. It was the first rave I'd ever been to. It was very trippy. My roommate and I stayed up afterwards and watched the sunrise. I was up till 7am coding.

Matthew came to visit on Friday night. We were up till 3am I think. He left at 6am and I had a conversation with him and turned off my alarm clock but I don't remember any of it. I woke up at 4:30pm and went downstairs to watch the Cal game sometime after 5pm. There was way too much free food there so after the game a floormate and I walked around our building and passed out about a box and a half of fruit.

After studying some math I headed to In N Out with another floormate. I've been up since I came back from In N Out... which I think was about 1am. It's about 7:30am right now and so far I've worked on Squirrel Muffins, watched a really stupid movie, washed/dried a load of laundry, created comments for all of my Comp Sci project, drank tea and soda, watched the sunrise, listened to music, and sat somewhat confused until deciding I needed to post on my blog. I think I'll take a nap in a few hours. My plan is to sleep a short amount of time today so that I can go to sleep early tonight to catch up instead.

Today is November 5th. Yay for Guy Fawkes!

there are two colors in my head

2006-10-20T09:35:00.000-07:00

In the last week or two my music listening style has been shifting. In the last week or two I've listened to some songs many times. Here are a few of those in order:

1. Radiohead - Everything In Its Right Place
2. REM - Nightswimming
3. NIN - The Perfect Drug

Some more songs that are catchy and probably more fads than long-time favorites are:

1. Neutral Milk Hotel - King Of Carrot Flowers Pt. One
2. Soul Coughing - Screenwriter's Blues
3. Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan's 115th Dream

I <3 College Life

2006-10-17T21:37:00.000-07:00

I moved to UCLA on September 24. Since then I've found that overall I love it.

Good things: I've met lots of people, I sleep/study when I want and where I want, I have minimal homework, most lectures are interesting, and the lectures that aren't necessary I just don't go to.

Bad things: I haven't made a deep connection with anyone here yet, I can only get a meal on campus at certain hours (keywords: on campus), I'm away from good friends

I've started up Squirrel Muffins again. I have a scanner, paper, and black Sharpies so I should be able to get one at least once a week.

the last two weeks in few words

2006-09-02T01:01:00.000-07:00

Padres game with Matthew. Halo party at Matthew's house. Watched Inside Man with Connie and Brian. Watched the movie Cars at Jason & Maxie's house. George, Taylor, and I helped Brian move. In N Out and bowling followed with Chris. I stopped by TPHS during their first day for lunch. Picked up Michael at the airport. Lots of moving, cleaning, and more this week. Taylor & his dad with music and ginger-based drink. I now know who my roomates are. my new laptop is awesome except for the fact that the H and E keys do not work very well.

I WANT A SCANNER SO I CAN BAKE MORE SQUIRREL MUFFINS.

UCLA Trip (Aug 9 - 15)

2006-08-23T14:33:00.000-07:00

My trip to UCLA consisted of two separate parts. The first part was the Wilderness Welcome which entailed backpacking at the Kern River. The second part of my trip was the UCLA orientation.

Day 1
The Wilderness Welcome started off with guides and kids sitting at benches at the Rec Center at UCLA. Nine kids and four guides were going rock climbing. Six kids, including myself, and two guides were going backpacking. That night all twenty-one of us slept on the dry patch of dirt between the sprinklers.

Day 2
The next morning the two groups parted our ways. We had a five hour drive to the Kern River ahead of us. This consisted of the game "Two Truths and a Lie" for much of the way. I also found out dried shrimp is one of the worst Mexican treats to buy in a gas station. After arriving we realized we had forgotten propane. The two guides split up so Sheela could go back and buy propane while Regina lead us down to a camping spot. The five-star rating system was tested out on the first night by many of us (you probably don't want to know). The view of the stars that night were twenty times better than the view in LA.

Day 3
In the morning we made pancakes. We hiked 5.5 miles to the Big Kern and set up camp there that night. There were bugs at this campsite during the day but they settled down by sunset. We made hummus, pita, falafel, and onions for dinner. Regina and Sheela brought cheesecake mix for us to prepare a surprise dessert. We used a shallow part of the river to "refrigerate" our cheesecake. I ate all the leftover pudding-like cheesecake mix out of a Nalgene bottle with a knife. Both of our water pumps also broke this day and we had to boil river water to make it drinkable. The dinner was delicious. We spent most of the night solving riddles.

Day 4
On the last morning of our adventure at the Kern River we almost had oatmeal for breakfast. I say "almost" because our propane ran out so we couldn't boil anymore water. We hiked back all 8 miles that day. I drank my two cleanest water bottles first. I saved the one with the most sediment for the last two miles of the journey. We each hiked the last 2 miles back individually. I made it back first but only because I convinced myself there would be clean water at the top. We stopped for ice cream and In N Out on the way back. Once we got back to campus the three of us were staying for orientation tried checking into our rooms early so we could shower and change. They said we'd have to wait an hour and come back. It's a good thing this happened because if it hadn't I probably wouldn't have found four computers which turned out to be very useful throughout the week. After the nights activities I met my roommate and went to sleep instead of trying to stay up till 1am to see a meteor shower through the LA pollution.

Day 5
The first day of orientation consisted mostly of introductions and meeting people. I was in a panic for a while this day because I wasn't sure how my math course would transfer, but everything turned out better than I expected. The day ended in a Cabaret performed by the orientation counselors. I walked into Westwood with some kids I had met during the first day at orientation and during the Wilderness Welcome. I love that there is an In N Out burger so close to campus.

Day 6
I slept in on the second morning because I didn't need to take any placement exams and the morning workshops did not interest me. This day and night consisted mostly of trying to find which courses I should take and what times and days were available for me. After everyone finished selecting their classes we all participated in Carpe Noctem, a late-night scavenger hunt. Afterwards I was very tired and used a vending machine for a late-night snack. I think I finally went to bed at 3am.

Day 7
The next morning we signed up for our classes. I didn't get the times I wanted for my classes but I'll probably get better luck next quarter. The Wellness discussion was awesome. A three hour tour of campus followed after lunchtime. I was glad to be heading home but I already miss UCLA.

Utah Trip, July 11 - 15

2006-07-15T20:26:00.000-07:00

Day 1
We left at 6:30am on Tuesday July 11, 2006. The first stop was Zzyzx Road (me on the overpass at Zzyxz) in California. There was an open area out there that appeared to have absolutely no rocks and was eerily flat. The first dumb thing Michael and I did on this trip was here. We climbed a hill to see what the view was like from the top. This doesn't seem very unreasonable except that the climb was a steep one. We estimated that the hill was over 500 feet tall. We didn't take water with us nor did we put on sunscreen. Michael brought his camera and I brought nothing. The temperature spiked once we started reaching the top.

The city of Baker is the next exit east of Zzyzx. When we arrived there the temperature was 113 degrees farenheight. That was the hottest temperature I've ever walked barefoot in. It was also the only time I've walked around in a gas station barefoot (speaking of gas, a street called Lamb in Las Vegas had the cheapest gas on our trip). After a long day, we arrived in Zion National Park around 17:00 PST.

Day 2
The first place we went to on the second day was Weeping Rock. It was much cooler than the surrounding places because it was shady and water was falling from the ceiling (hence the name). After that we went to the Emerald Pools. I climbed the rocks and waded in the water in the upper pool.

After a day of walking we pakced the car with some food and drove to Lava Point to watch the sunset. The drive to Lava Point is beautiful and the road there is mostly void of cars.

Day 3
We started off the third day by hiking up The Narrows. The Narrows is a trail up the Virgin River. Most of the hiking involved is in ankle to chest-high water. The hike was an enjoyable one even though the rubber soles of my boots fell off. I remedied that problem with duct tape. After heading back to camp we drove to Bryce Canyon to get a head start on the rest of our trip. After arriving there we watched the sunset at Sunset point and went to bed.

Day 4
Michael woke up early to see the sunrise and walk around in the canyon. After I woke up we drove to Mossy Cave. This may have been the coolest place we went on the whole trip. We saw the waterfall in the man-made river there and then headed over the the cave. Water drips through the ceiling from a spring and thick carpet-like moss grows all over the walls and ceiling of the cave.

After leaving the cave we drove to Bryce Point and Inspiration Point to get a good view of the area. We met some nice crows on the way back. I think they were locals.

The second stupidest thing we did on this trip (possibly the stupidest actually) was go for a hike just before sunset. Going for a hike wasn't the stupid part actually... not bringing a map was the stupid part. We intended on hiking from Sunrise Point to Sunset Point and watching the sunset from there. Instead of the short less-than-a-mile hike we intended on taking we managed to hike all the way to the opposite side of the canyon and ended up at Bryce Point. I still don't know which trails we took exactly but I think the hike was around 5 miles. Once we ended up at Bryce Point it was 21:20. Michael was exhausted and can't see as well at night so I ran 5 miles to the Visitor Center before hitchhiking a ride to the car at Sunrise Point with a group of college kids that liked Weezer and Johnny Cash. The rest of the details are lengthy and somewhat unimportant. Basically, we made it back to camp alive, ate Ramen, and slept.

Day 5
Michael and I were both exhausted when we woke up. I was somewhat sick of Utah at this point and I think Michael started to catch the cold I had. Instead of driving to Arches Park we drove home. A highway patrol officer followed me for a couple miles in Utah but turned around as we approached the Arizona border and I was still traveling the speed limit. The needle on the car engine temperature gauge was all the way at the top at one point. I pulled over the side and let the car coast with the heat all the way up to cool the engine off. The car odomoter reached 100,000 miles somewhere in California on the way back. It was 122 degrees farenheight in Baker on the way back. After arriving in San Diego I took a nap. That was an amazing trip.

Dapper

2006-07-02T18:11:00.000-07:00

I installed Ubuntu Dapper last night with the help of Jeff. I was forced to upgrade after I corrupted my Ubuntu Breezy system the night before. It works great so far except for the usual problems I had in Breezy and a few others I haven't solved yet.

Things I need to solve currently:

F Lock Key Fix (I'll implement my own fix soon)

Install nvidia drivers properly (I've installed them but they don't work)

Setup dual monitors

64-bit version of Flash for Firefox (this involves waiting for it to be released)

Multimedia keys don't work in quodlibet (they never have but should)

Install perl, python, and any other resources I decide I need

2006-06-25T18:50:00.000-07:00

My presence on the Internet has been lacking recently. I've been working and goofing off away from my computer. I went camping, went to a Styx concert, etc. Styx didn't play Mr. Roboto, but they played I Am The Walrus. They ended with Renegade. They also didn't play Crystal Ball, Superstar, and Rockin' the Paradise (all of which I would have liked to hear). Maybe I'll make some money this summer.

it was awesomeness

2006-05-29T00:32:00.000-07:00

Paul. Text replacement badness. IHOP mm blueberries. 7th. No night train. Slides at night. I need to do my Calculus homework...

how do I feel?

2006-05-21T20:59:00.000-07:00

On Saturday I spent 7 hours working on a Java-based legos robot that is supposed to be able to draw. It was originally going to play tic tac toe but I don't know what It will be able to do by Tuesday when it is due. I should be doing Calculus today but I keep getting distracted. Bleh. At least I don't have more work than I do now... it could be worse. I'm making a mostly synth-heavy 80's mix and I'm having trouble finding good candidates for tracks. Ideas anyone?

I see a ship in the harbor
I can and shall obey
But if it wasnt for your misfortunes
Id be a heavenly person today