From the department of DUH!

http://arstechnica.com/journals/science.ars/2006/10/23/5712


Who knew that saying that some groups of people can't perform as well as others would cause them to doubt themselves.

Since I know you all wanted to know what the words are....

itsumo kuchi kara demakase bakkari shabetteru
IESU, NO- dochira demo nai koto mo aru deshou
itsu datte sekai ha watashi wo tanoshiku sasete
itsuka ugokanaku naru toki made asonde ne
shakushaku yoyuu de kurashitai yakusoku datte mamoritai
dareka wo aisu koto nante hontou ha totemo kantan da
zuibun tooku made nagare nagarete setsunai'n desu
taisetsu na omoidesae wasurete ikisou desu
tashika na kimi ni aitai hyakunensaki mo soba ni itai
donna ni hanarebanare demo futari wo tsunagu jumon ha J-O-Y
kashi no ki ga yureru hi ha, sugu ni omoidashite ne. watashi wo.
itsumo kuchi kara demakase bakkari shabetteru
unmei ha hitsuzen ja naku guuzen de dekiteru
itsu made tattemo wakannai yakusoku datte yaburitai
dareka wo aisu koto nante tokidoki totemo konnan da
tashika na kimi ni aitai hyakunensaki mo soba ni itai
donna ni hanarebanare demo futari wo tsunagu jumon ha J-O-Y
shinu made DOKIDOKI shitai wa
shinu made WAKUWAKU shitai wa












Haha just kidding, here you go:

We're always just saying nonsense
Yes or no, sometimes it's neither
Anytime the world makes me comfortable
Play until the day you can't move anymore
I want to live with composure to spare, I want to keep my promises
To love someone is really quite simple
Flow, flowing away to a rather far distance hurts
It seems like I'm only going to forget my precious memories
I definitely want to see you, I want to be by your side one hundred years from now
No matter how far apart we are, the spell that joins us is JOY
When the oak trees sway, remember me right away
We're always just saying nonsense
Fate happens out of coincidence, not necessity
I'll never get it, I want to break my promises
To love someone is sometimes rather hard
I definitely want to see you, I want to be by your side one hundred years from now
No matter how far apart we are, the spell that joins us is JOY
I want to be giddy until I die
I want to be excited until I die

Yuki - Joy

Since Melissa was posting about bad music videos, I thought I'd post a good one for her.

I've seriously watched this 4 times already this morning. I just can't move my eyes away.

http://www.transbuddha.com/mediaHolder.php?id=1201

So little time, so much to do

Greetings from the depths of exhaustion
Things have been good with me overall, but I have been feeling very drained for reasons that I cannot figure out. It is mostly emotional. What is so exciting in my life that would cause me to be emotionally burned out? I really feel as if I am missing something, and I can't figure out what it is. Spiritual warfare maybe? I'd really been working on regaining the emotional part of my relationship with God (having spent too much time focusing on the intellectual), so I guess it wouldn't suprise me if that were where I was getting attacked.

We went to Portland last weekend for Mia's wedding. It was fun to see people.
This next weekend we have two parties.
Weekend after that we have Mia's reception.
Weekend after that we have who knows what (please be open)
Weekend after that we have Christina's wedding.
Weekend after that we are free (FREE!!!!)
Weekend after that we will be in AZ for GS's wedding
All the weekends after that till the end of the semester I will be working on getting my thesis finished and preparing for finals.

Sigh

We are thinking about renting an apartment in Fresno with our renter money. Just a small place. It would be nice for the nights we don't need to be in Visalia (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) just so we wouldn't loose those two hours of driving. We will have to see though. I'd have to change around my workout schedule a bit if I wanted to have those nights free which would probably mean giving up tennis.

In case I forgot to mention; my thesis proposal was approved, and I am on to the research part of the process. Still looking forward to the work, just worried about how I am going to find the time.

My class (advanced network security) is actually directly applicable to the work I am doing for my job, so that is kind of nice.

To everyone I haven't had time (or been able) to spend time with/talk to, I miss you.

TGIF

No, Seriously, TGIF.

It has been a weird week. I've been stressed, but I haven't really had any obvious reason to be stressed. I gave up caffine for the most part last week, so I think my body is still just getting used to the change. Deb and I are going camping at Pismo Beach this weekend, so maybe that will help me relax.

Starting next week I am going to be working a ton of overtime. So basically between work and school I will literally not have time for anything else. Except for Bible study and church of course. We will have to see if I will keep playing Tennis, and I will definitely still do my personal training sessions at the gym. So other than those things I will literally not have time for anything else. Oh, and I will spend time with Deb. So other than that and those other things I will literally not have time for anything else. Except Josh is coming to visit on Tuesday, so other than him coming and that, and those other things I will literally not have time for anything else.

Work is good for the moment. We finally just got a new Chief Technology Officer here, which should really help the work environment quite a bit.

School wise things are good. I've actually managed to stay on top of everything so far. I only have one class since I am working on my thesis. I just finished getting my proposal and commitee forms turned in, so I'm pretty much good to go on that front.

Toodles.

My computer is so fast...

It does an infinite loop in five seconds. Beat THAT!


(as seen on slashdot)

I totally was just thinking of calling you

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/05/telephone_telepathy/

So now scientists are studying the fact that some people correctly guess who is calling them. I sure hope they take into account that most people subconsciously know people good enough to estimate when they would call, assuming that they are friends at least.

So as our poll for today ( and to see if anyone is still reading ):

Have you ever picked up the phone phone to call somebody only to end up answering the phone before it rang because that person had just called you?

How about calling someone only to get a busy tone because they had just called you?

I've had both happen, with the latter happening on a monthly basis with Josh.

Time to think

I've been going back through my blog posts since I first started. Has anyone else noticed how much I've shifted from writing about my opinions on things towards only writing about what is going on in my life, and lately not even that? It is interesting how much that has followed my stress levels over the past (almost) two years. Most of the time recently I've barely felt like I was staying afloat, much less that I have time to think about interesting things.

This weekend I went camping in the Sunset camp ground at Grant Grove in the National Park near here with a couple friends. It was probably the first time in a long time that I was able to just sit for three days and not worry about what was going on in my life without feeling guilty for neglecting something of mine that needed taking care of.

Things are going OK at work for now. I am still waiting for some big changes to happen, but unfortunately they are big changes that don't care about little ol' me, so there isn't much I can do to influcence when they happen.

Sigh... that is all for now.

Big Baldy

Not me...


http://judy.pbase.com/jokerz17/big_baldy

Tomorrow will be three years....

from the date when I was married to Deb for one whole year. Here is to another 90 years with the most amazing woman on earth.