Sophomore Year, 1/3 of the way done

I can't believe fall quarter went by this fast. Granted, I don't have much to say in the way of interesting...things...but honestly what do you expect, I'm a pre-med who's not particularly good at science and needs to study more or less at every opportunity. I feel accomplished, though, and that's a good feeling to have. I don't have many regrets this quarter, and if I do they're social in nature, and in the grand scheme of things that's probably how it should be.

Anyway, finals are coming up and I have 8am classes next quarter 3 times a week, so this may very well be my last post for a while. As in, months, a quarter, maybe a year, who knows. But I get my writing experience and practice with papers, especially this quarter, what with German 232's weekly papers and AMAZING LECTURES, so it's all good. Congratulations on making it through my personal expository material. Peace.

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OH I almost forgot: I'm starting a new blog that I'll use to write reviews about all the disparate stuff I'm into. I realized today how random my interests are, so with the variety of things I own and kill time with, I figured I might as well share online to the occasional web-surfer. Not that there'd be many viewers, I'm sure, but y'all got to agree with me that writing reviews is strangely compelling. Maybe it makes us feel like we're having an impact. I wouldn't know about that, I'm no philosophy-spouting shrink, but long story short, new blog soon.

WOW

Seriously?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090419/ap_on_re_eu/un_un_racism_conference

You'd think a black president would jump at something like this. Call me crazy, but "denouncing Islam" seems a bit racist to me. And here America is worried that it'll be outlawed? The logic is lost on me.

We need some real, honest healing when it comes to the issue of racism, not some more high-and-mighty Western posturing.

Bit of news...

So for everyone that doesn't know yet:

1. I'm pledging Delta Chi. Go ahead and laugh in disbelief.

2. My current workload is killing me.

I thought I'd have a lot more to write about, but I guess not. But, yes, my current pile of work is becoming a backlogged pile of ridiculousness.

bleh...

So, the quarter's drawing to an end and because I REALLY can't concentrate on statistics right now I thought I might as well post something. Anything. Maybe I'll just get a Twitter account (I just of heard of it) and not have to worry about these long-winded updates. Anyway, for everyone back home in SoCal I'll be seeing you guys soon. Man, I always start missing home toward the end of the quarter, which makes it pretty difficult to study. Sucks. But, then again, I signed up for this when I decided not to go to UCLA. I think I was considering transferring for a while a month or so ago. Go figure.

If something worthwhile comes up I'll blog about it. For now, the only big news is that I got elected to the Academic Chair post of my res college, Shepard RC. The best one, btdubs. Right, well then, time to get back to work. Peace.

WTF

Fly Khicks over Strikers? Seriously?

ABDC has collectively lost its mind.

At least they didn't eliminate Quest.

Wait, I have an idea.

 I, Eric Steven Liang, hereby issue this ultimatum to ABDC: Either get rid of Fly Khicks in the next episode or I will personally put a bullet in a puppy's leg. Save the puppy. Dump that shit crew.

Why on God's green Earth am I still caring about, much less watching, this dreck.

'Atta boy

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090218/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/holder_race

I feel good about where this is going.  I think it's what we really need in this day and age: to stop tip-toeing around racial issues and just confront them once and for all.  If we get problems into the light, then maybe we can finally answer them.  Unfortunately, there exist quite a few obstacles in the way of frank racial discussions.  If there weren't, then this post could be much more pointed, focused, and, most importantly, bluntly honest.  If this statement is the impetus for change, then I applaud it.

Good work, Mr. Holder.

Me? Reflective? You must be mistaken.

A mom tortures her 2 year old daughter to death...a dad kills his entire family of 5 kids and wife before committing suicide...multiple children died in the attack on Gaza...wealthy money managers cheat their blue-collar clients out of millions...

The world's going insane and all I can worry about is my statistics midterm.

Sometimes, the contradictions in life slap me across the face.

My Life's Boring

Yep, my life is pretty much a string of uninspired prose that would be right at home in a Fitzgerald novel: there're abundant opportunities for needless descriptions and commentaries, but anyone listening in could care less.  I haven't been up to much, which is why I haven't made a new post in about 4 or 5 months.  A daily existence that defines the word "monotony"--couple it with an annoyingly heavy workload and you might as well expect me to shut down this blog.  But I've written a few good posts in the past, and dictating my private, personal thoughts on to a website open to just about any creeper lurking in cyberspace is therapeutic for me, so I guess I'll go right ahead with this silly little pastime.  Even if no one ever reads this, at least I can get my thoughts in order.

Hold up; I just thought of a way to see if this blog will ever get read.  ELECTING BARACK OBAMA WAS A MISTAKE! BRING BACK THE NOBLE REPUBLICAN DYNASTY BY INSTALLING JOHN MCCAIN AS PRESIDENT OF THE FIRST AMERICAN GLOBAL IMPERIAL DEATHSTAR EMPIRE!  BUSH WAS A GENIUS!

If I get any angry comments, people must somehow be giving a damn about my ramblings.

Anyway, for those who care, updates:

1. I'm going pre-med.  Yep, my dream of becoming a history professor lies dead right next to my literary aspirations and non-profit intentions.  Actually, the latter is still breathing shallowly.  I'm not really an evil person, trust me.  Money still does the trick, though.

2. I'm enjoying calculus.  If you know me, that should surprise you without explanation.

3. I hate statistics.  Depressing for me, because I think writing down the equations for expected value, total probability, Baye's rule, variance, and whatnot makes me look very smart.

4. I gave a girl here at NU a score of 45 out of 6.  I must've been a little caught off guard.  Or plastered.  Seriously, I don't drink.  Also seriously: north campus > south campus in terms of hormonally driven distractions.  If you think by now that I'm actually getting around, you CLEARLY don't know me very well.  I'd sooner become a particle physicist than hook up with anyone.

Four updates.  All I can give you after 5 months of silence.  If you're that sad about it, we should be better friends.

Until next time, peace.

...I love Barack Obama.  Hussein nothin'.