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Monday, 23 November 2009

Music Monday

I get a week of Thanksgiving break! Woohoo! Well, kind of. I still have to write an individual lab report (due a week from turkey day) that can literally make or break my grade, seeing as it's worth 10x as much as any of our group lab reports, 10 more points than either of our midterms, and the same as our final exam. So yeah, the oxidation of copper at high temperatures will consume a great portion of my week.

Enough of that, on to the music! I was originally going to share a music video by the band mewithoutyou, but they disabled the embed feature (but you can still watch it by clicking the link). mewithoutyou is an interesting band, but if you give them a few tries, you may decide to add some variety to your playlist.

Today's featured artist, who I only discovered today, is Abandon. Here is the music video for their song Hold On:

Have a great week!

Tuesday, 17 November 2009

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Monday, 16 November 2009

MLIA Monday

On occasion, I'll waste some time at MyLifeIsAverage.com, and I thought I'd give you the opportunity to waste a few minutes of yours with a few recent ones I've enjoyed.

Today, my sister got a letter from a college she had applied to. The envelope was purple and there was confetti inside. They must really want her to go there. MLIA

Not gonna lie, this would make me reconsider whether I would attend, unless they were somehow a very engineering/nerdy sort of confetti.

Today, I had to cut my lawn, so I put my Ipod on and turned the music all the way up so I wouldn't have to hear the lawn mower. 30 minutes after pushing the lawn mower around I realized that I had never turned it on. MLIA

Not gonna lie, I would cry. Or at least I would (secretly) want to. Only for a little while. Where no one could see me.

Today, while cleaning out my attic, I found a gigantic blanket my grandma knitted me when I was a kid. I asked my mom why it was so huge. Her response? My grandma knew I liked to make forts cover my entire bedroom. Best grandma ever. MLIA

We would have made good friends. Blanket forts ftw.

Today, I watched in amusement as my little sister showed my mother how to open a child-proof pill bottle. MLIA.

Reading this provided me much amusement.

Today, I realized that the word "huddle" is a combination of the words "hug" and "cuddle." Suddenly the football teams huddles seem a lot less manly. MLIA

Reminded me a lot of this.

I was reading a Wikipedia article today about books. I then noticed the various languages offered on the left side of the website. In particular, I noticed "Simple English." Curious, I clicked it. It makes all of the big words go away and only leaves definitions and words that anyone would understand. I had no idea anyone did this. Awesome. MLIA.

After I read this, I had to check it out for myself, and "Simple English" does exist! Check out the normal and the simple English entries on books for an example. To tell the truth, I was hoping that the Coriolis effect or structure factor would be on there. Would have made studying for Dynamics and Materials Characterization easier...

Enough from me. Which one(s) did you enjoy the most?