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January 30, 2009 matt 365 Stupidest Things Said

“Shangri-la is in your mind
but your buffalo is not.”
-billboard in China

Well, I don’t know about you but, my buffalo is always on my mind.  Especially when I’m traveling in China.

I am in classes for the next 6 months and it’s really boring.  I have one class this semester that I find useful.  But even that bores me because I have done most of this stuff in pratice while on coop.  My other classes consist of calculus (already did it in high school and so far it’s all the same), advanced writing in the techincal professions (a load of horse manure with mutating flies on it), and Managing Social, Legal and Ethical Issues (interesting but sitting there makes me want to cry).

So coop is Shangri-la and the buffalo is school courses.  Hm, maybe they were right after all.

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Administrators

January 29, 2009 matt Personal Ideas

And not the computer types.  I’m talking decision making, highly paid professional morons.  Oh, wait, morons?  Well, not all the time.

After the events of yesterday, I’m not terribly pleased with some of the higher ups in the Northeastern food chain.  Why?  Because I had classes.  Or rather, I had one class.  But that has nothing to  do with the administration.  My professors for my first and last class cancalled the classes due to the snow and just plain horrible conditions.  The one professor who did have class is a person I’m not totally convinced is a full out prof yet.  She might be a grad student or something.  She enjoys teaching too much.

So anyway, I drove in to NU yesterday at 11.  That was quite possibly the worst time for me to drive in.  It was snowing like a crazy mo-fo and the roads were pretty slick.  But I arrived in one piece and only hit one curb (due to lack of snow plow action and I checked it out today, the thing juts out into the road… totally not my fault).  I parked in the garage and trudged my way through the muck and mess of campus to sit in the library before class.  After class I grabbed a wrap from Mondo’s and went to lay down in the classroom for my next class but, lo!  Thar be a sign on yonder door.  Class cancelled.

Most pointless day ever.  On my way to my next task (which should have been done at 11 instead of 4), I get sludged by a plow on the opposite side of Route 1.  No plow should ever go 50 and be able to launch stuff into the middle lane of the opposing direction.

Blah.  Administration of NU, I point my finger in your direction and say if it snows like this again you better cancel classes.

In other news, zombies have invaded Austin, TX (thanks to Dan) and I think I have a good calendar page for tomorrow.

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Mariah Carey and imaginary friends

January 25, 2009 matt 365 Stupidest Things Said

So, I didn’t find anything of great interest from my calendar other than this one page from January 7th.

from Mariah Carey’s “eloquent poem” (no joke, those are the exact words) “The Unicorn”:

I love my unicorn, he knows I am true,
My troubles go poof, my unicorn named Boo

Oh sweet heavens above.  What is this?

First off, Mariah Carey is nuts.  She completely jumped off the deep end and at some point came up with her imaginary unicorn, Boo.  In all honesty, I’m ok with that.  I had imaginary friends when I was little.  I had like 20 of them.  I only was close with two and I went a little over the top with the names but that’s ok.  It was only important to me.

Of course now I am 20 and I remember two names of the original 20.  Hooper and Elbow.  Yes, I named one of my imaginary friends Elbow.  It’s a cool word.  On the other hand, I guess I can see why he doesn’t talk to me any more :P

So back to Mariah.  She was hot stuff at one point.  That song Heartbreaker(??) was a little risk-ay.  But then she lost it and disappeared.  I think she released something not too long ago but I stopped watching MTV so I have no idea.  I guess when it comes down to it, you can’t be in the spotlight all the time and come out ok.

On a more personal note, I think I might be setting up my first professional job.  I’m stoked.  That would really set me on the right track for my future.  I’m hoping it pans out and I’m not getting excited over nothing.

Well, time to fix the time on this thing and get to bed.  Later.

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Driving is scary

January 22, 2009 matt Personal Ideas

So I was driving into school today and there was some serious traffic.  No complaints, I had time to get here so I tossed on some good traffic music and took a look around me.

Oh yikes, a BST.  BST – Big, Scary Truck.  Inside of this BST, a man.  Man – mostly harmless, except when driving a BST and reading a newspaper.  Yes, this dude was behind the wheel of an 18-wheeler, carrying large transport crates and had today’s news over the steering wheel.

Well, no time to worry about that, there is a dude cutting in back of me, now obstructing my view.  He looks like he is in a rush and almost cuts into the next lane over but misses his chance.  And now, he picks his nose.

Eyes forward.  Focus on the road in front of you and the music in your car.

Today is going to be an interesting day.  Now I need to go print out part of my math project.

Please, if you are going to drive, do private things in private and leave the news stories on the radio or to your passenger.

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Now is the time

January 21, 2009 matt Personal Ideas

To act for the people around you.

Does anyone else get a sense of joy and excitement from yesterday’s events?

In case you have been living in a realm void of access to the outside world, the United States has a brand, spanking new President.  His name is Barack Obama.  Barack Hussein Obama.  I’m pumped.  My dear sweet mother attended the inaugural event yesterday and hopefully will have some flipping sweet photographs that I can toss up here.

So, change.  Let’s turn over a new leaf.  Let’s look at the person next to us and give them a handshake and introduce ourselves.  Why should we make this big hoopla about just another guy who will define the actions of our country for the next 4 years?  It’s the message that makes me wonder and feel all tingly.  Together we can, yes we can, hope for change, change for hope.  It’s a positive message that makes the difference.  We have the first black president because he stood up and stopped the negativity.  He was forward thinking and didn’t care what the opposition was doing, he wanted to work with the people of this country to make it better.

And I, for one, believe in that message.  We will move forward and be an even greater nation.

Pictures -> http://mattwwarren.com/phpgraphy/index.php?dir=Obama%20Inauguration%2F

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Ok, seriously, this is a real post.

January 18, 2009 matt 365 Stupidest Things Said

Tuesday January 6, 2009

“I scare nothing! Even you become napkins!”
- English subtitle in a Hong Kong kung-fu movie

I can’t express how long I laughed at this.

Foreign movies are flipping sweet.

I don’t know if anyone watches Dragonball and has Netflix but if you do, GET THE DRAGONBALL MOVIE!
It is an import and it is horribly dubbed but it is SO AWESOME.  I watched it the other night and laughed almost as hard as I did when I read the above quote.

Anywho, I was going to talk about illegal immigration but I’m enjoying myself too much having fun.

Later!

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We all have a purpose.

January 15, 2009 admin Administrative stuff

Personally, I like kicking back and having fun.  Because of that, every year I get a page-a-day calendar, “365 Stupidest Things Said”.  Last night I got a real kick out of one page so I thought each page might spark something in my head worth writing about.

It would also get me to write almost every day.

Unfortunately I’m on campus now so the entry will wait for later.

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