Joy of Zen

I’m in biology this semester and this past Monday my late start government class started. All I have to say is Holy Fuck. 13 writing assignments due each week. They aren’t really all that big, but there is a lot of reading to go with it. I don’t think the writing will be too terrible since it is just me giving my opinion on stuff… but good lord, this is going to be A LOT of work to pile on top of my already NUTS workload.

Here is what the site (online class) says about the midterm:

C. Mid Term Exam Preparation: 300 Matching, Multiple Choice,
or True/False questions (25% of Semester Grade)
1. Placing the names (only) of all Presidents in order
Example: Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President
2. Matching Key Terms, Bardes Chapters 1-8
3. Questions on Articles 1-7 and first Ten Amendments
to the Constitution
4. Select questions from Bardes Chapters 1-8 Mid Term
Preparation Questions
5. Select questions form Huber Chapters 1-4 Mid Term
Preparation Questions
6. If you do not take the Mid Term or Final you will fail
the class.
7. Score/Grade for Mid Term – 300 questions (25% of Semester Grade)
270 – 300 = A
240 – 269 = B
210 – 239 = C
180 – 209 = D
0 -179 = F

Here is what it says for the final:

D. Final Exam Preparation : 300 Matching, Multiple Choice,
or True/False questions (25% of Semester Grade)
1. Identify the location of 30 states or capitals on a map
You must know the name of the state and name of its
capital and where they are on a map)
2. Matching Key Terms, Bardes Chapters 9-15
3. Questions on Constitutional Amendments #11-27
4. Select questions from Bardes Chapters 9-15 and Cummings Lectures Mid Term
Preparation Questions
5. Select questions form Huber Chapters 5-10 Mid Term
Preparation Questions
6. If you do not take the Mid Term or Final you will fail
the class.
7. Score/Grade for Final – 300 questions (25% of Semester Grade)
270 – 300 = A
240 – 269 = B
210 – 239 = C
180 – 209 = D
0 -179 = F

This morning I dreamt that Brian, Erica (his gf), and I were on a plane to somewhere. I needed to transfer flights and there were too many people on the plane. So Brian & Erica got off in Australia where they had to be for 45 minutes at would be staying on a catamaran.

But while on the plane there was this evil man who wanted to hurt me, which I didn’t seem to have a problem with. But then he went for my brother and I jumped on him and stabbed his eyes and bashed his face in until it was all bloody while I yelled to leave him alone.

The next part of the dream I was in a hotel, seemingly in Australia too. The door to my room didn’t seem to have a lock on it. I looked closer and there was a little tiny push button type lock that didn’t look very convincing. So I called the front desk and asked if the little lock would keep the door closed because the man from the plane was going to try to come get me. The lady said yes it’d be fine, and the door couldn’t even get kicked down.

Then, even though I didn’t hear anything in the dream, I told her he was coming and I had to go. I ran over to a window and opened it and popped out the screen so I’d be ready to jump out onto the ground if I needed to. Even though I was a few floors up. Then I walked back in the living area thinking I was wrong about the guy coming, and I got to the door, which was closed when I realized he’d come in and was hiding in the shower in the bathroom. He jumped out of the shower and chased me out of the room.

Thankfully it was a time when I had some control of my dream and was able to stop that one right there. Usually I can’t do that if I’m already being chased. I’m soooooo tired of fucking nightmares. Just writing this creeps me out, because I felt that this guy was standing behind me this morning in the bathroom and then here at work. GAH.

The Everything Test

There are many different types of tests on the internet today. Personality tests, purity tests, stereotype tests, political tests. But now, there is one test to rule them all.

Traditionally, online tests would ask certain questions about your musical tastes or clothing for a stereotype, your experiences for a purity test, or deep questions for a personality test.We’re turning that upside down – all the questions affect all the results, and we’ve got some innovative results too! Enjoy

Personality You are more logical than emotional, more concerned about self than concerned about others, more atheist than religious, more loner than dependent, more lazy than workaholic, more rebel than traditional, more engineering mind than artistic mind, more cynical than idealist, more leader than follower, and more introverted than extroverted. As for specific personality traits, you are romantic (86%), religious (60%), greedy (59%).

Stereotypes Old Geezer 83% Prep 69% Punk Rock 67%

Life Experience Sex 54% Substances 38% Travel 11%

Politics Your political views would best be described as Liberal, whom you agree with around 59% of the time.

Socioeconomic Your attitude toward life best associates you with Middle Class. You make more than 0% of those who have taken this test, and 10% less than the U.S. average.

If your life was a movie, it would be rated R. By the way, your hottness rank is 45%, hotter than 65% of other test takers.

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THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

March 6, 2007

by David R. Baker, Chronicle Staff Writer

(I got this from Reuben’s blog)

Fuel expands in heat, but special pumps could compensate for temperature swings. When you buy a gallon of gas at the service station, you don’t always put the same amount of energy in your tank. Gasoline, like other liquids, expands in high temperatures.

Although gas pumps always dispense the same amount, the fuel is less dense when it’s warm. That means you spend a little bit more to get the same amount of power for you car. Consumer advocates say drivers are getting short-changed, particularly in warm-weather states such as California. “This is a system that is totally rigged to misrepresent how much gas you’re getting,” said Jamie Court, president of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights.

How much does this cost drivers? A study by the Kansas City Star newspaper, which brought the issue to light, estimated that Californians would save about $450 million if the state’s gasoline pumps adjusted for temperature. Such pumps exist, just not here. Canada uses temperature-adjusting gas pumps, as does Hawaii. Consumer groups want those pumps installed in California and across the country. Indeed, Gilbarco Veeder-Root, a North Carolina company that makes temperature-adjusting gas pumps, recently won approval from California regulators to sell its equipment here. But the company dropped its plans after being pressured by oil and gasoline businesses that don’t want the pumps sold in California, the Star reported, citing unnamed sources.

TAKE ACTION:Send a fax California Attorney General Jerry Brown and Demand He Take Action To Bring the Temperature-Adjusted Pump To California.

How’s it going? Things are good here. No work. No school. It’s fun times. We haven’t been up to anything exciting, but I’m enjoying it. We are going to go on a hike tomorrow, weather permitting. Had some pho last night It’s walking distance from Brian’s place, so that is cool. Tonight we are going to a Moroccan restaurant and also to see a movie, we think at the Baghdad teather where you can have a beer while watching the movie. We are seeing The Departed I love that movie and am glad it won for best picture.

My brother says hi. He is mumbling something about poking some cunts. He’s an interesting lad. His girlfriend, Erica, is quite awesome. And she was nice enough to drive us to Castle Rock, WA yesterday to see my friend Ellen One of the best things about the trip is getting a break from driving about 80 miles a day.

In case you didn’t read my comment below, here it is:

She freaking made it through. And now she has to have a colostomy bag for the rest of her life. Me and Cherise didn’t know anything about that before, otherwise we would’ve protested the surgery. Dammit.

My grandma just went in for surgery. It lasts 2 hours. She has a 50/50 chance of living. All of us want her to pass during the surgery though. I saw her at the hospital yesterday, she was just a mess. She also had no idea who I was. My aunt and uncle had a priest come and read her her last rights.