Musing

Why Ho is Not Good With Dates Appeared without Ho-commentary in the Indy Star on 1/24/03 1. "Show up on time (never early). Don't bring a gift or flowers on the first date; chances are slim you'll pick something to her taste." ~ OK, I was always told that you should get there five minutes early or so in order to make a good impression on her rents and so that you don't keep her waiting. Silly me. 2. "Listen to what she says. Don't talk all night about your dog, car, boat, favorite sports team, job, or last girlfriend." ~ Those seem like the best ways to find out what the two of you have in common on a first date to me. Besides, my memory is so horrible that even when I DO listen, I would fail a quiz given by the date the next day. 3. "Do hold the door or chair for a woman. Don't use the line that "Women's lib made us equal." Any women will appreciate good manners." ~ No shit. Finally, one for three....

***Warning: Do not read this if you have anything against learning things outside of the classroom.*** This may not be anything new to you Zharticans, but I learned that absolute zero does NOT mean total lack of movement at the atomic level. I tried to question the prof about it afterwards, and he just gave me something about a ground level energy state that all atoms/molecules have to maintain. This seems incredibly obvious now that he says it, so I had to give myself a hearty slap on the forehead. On a more revolutionary front, I was skimming a book by Stephen Hawking in Waldenbooks yesterday and I came across something even more interesting: while parallel universes are things of science fiction and science fiction only, similar universes exist...somewhere. Things got technical beyond my ability to grasp in a simple skimming, but the way I understood it, there's a LOT of other J. A. Holewczynski's out there, which rocks me in this world, if not all of the others....

Updates in the World of Ho: 1. Chicago, while freezing, was a lot of fun. We all came home with pizza coming out of our ears, frostbitten earlobes, assorted gifts for ourselves, and for some of us, less gas than we left South Bend with (if you don't know, you don't want to know, trust me). 2. Although I don't have the specific grades with me, my GPA for the first semester was 3.7. Physics was the big hurt: B. Hopefully things will look up next semester... 3. This rolly-chair really kicks arse. I would highly recommend a rolly-chair to any dorm student. Or anyone else for that matter. 4. Oh yeah, my flu is gone. For all of those out there who were unaware of that fact... 5. So...who's up for Chicago? Kidding. 6. The only reason I love the computer at home is because I can burn wonderful CDs like the one that's playing right now. Otherwise, I'd like to nuke that son of a bitch. Thankfully, Heaton used exactly that word ("TOT...

Ho will not be with you today. Ho's got the flu. :-(

Reading the paper today, I found an article about a German-Christmas festival type thingie in Chicago. Then I thought to myself, "Hmm...we never DID get that pizza from Gino's..." Heaton, Jerm, do you guys want to fix that problem over break with a little trip? I'm not sure how it would work with my own work schedule, but I think I could get a day off somewhere from Joe for it. No, this does not include the trip to the Tip Top Tap. :-P I think I'm actually going to beat this physics final! Go me. It's supposed to get really messy here this weekend; if that's true everywhere, then I hope all of you are careful on the roads. Don't drive like me.

Sometimes when the physics homework is just too overwhelming, I like to take those interesting little personality tests. This one came to me courtesy of (as I later discovered her to be) my evil twin, Voldemort #1. She claims to be more evil. I have my doubts. Anyways, here are my results. Is this me or what? "As Lord Voldemort, you are extremely intelligent, talented and brilliant. One minor drawback though... you are the personification of all evil. Although you have a clear understanding of moral issues, you prefer to take the more murderous or destructive option. Your strong powers of leadership attracts people, but for all the wrong reasons. Your favourite past-time of blowing up people does not go down well with the neighbours." Muahahaha...

Time to get bitchy. I guess, as one of the most cynical people I know, I shouldn't be so disillusioned. It just really irks me to see stupidity running so rampant at this stage in our lives. Maybe getting into college is too easy. Maybe there should be a character test of sorts. When I see guys like I did last night, playing football in the hallway at 1 AM, mocking me by telling me it's past my bedtime, and in all likelyhood WAY under the influence, I don't get mad. I get sad. I can shrug off their shit. I think all of us have taken our share of shit in our lives and are able to deal with it accordingly. It's the fact that the guys even got into what is supposed to be "an institute of higher learning" that makes me wonder. What the hell are they doing here? Maybe you think I'm going off on these guys for this one little provocation, but you'd be wrong. I'm know, from VI, that Tori knows what I'm talking about. And I'm sure...