| Soul Consumption |
[18 May 2007|08:13am] |
So I've been horrible about school work this term. It's not just the whole "I don't know what I'm doing with myself" thing, but it's really all the commitments I kind of just walk into. I'm becoming more aware of how I do this, and it's kind of funny - I wish I had some Pavlovian device to train me to do something else.
Regardless, this past week I was consumed by the crew video I made for the novice openweights, not just in editing, but because software really hates me when I try to do something cool like burn a DVD. So I eventually gave in and posted it online, but I really need to be putting a more decent DVD for our coach.
http://web.mit.edu/yehc/Public/crew/video.html
As usual, constructive criticism is welcome with anything I make. Unfortunately I had to take down my other videos from my public space to do this, so I just realized that I broke a dozen+ links on my site. Great.
-C
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| note to self |
[06 May 2007|10:43pm] |
When compressing video or preparing it for DVD burning, the % complete status doesn't necessarily correlate linearly with time.
Trying to do 2.006 while trying to resist facebook and sudoku. I gave into LJ.
Wishing I weren't so lonely in the New Media Center - although the Logs appear to be creating their final video in the opposite corner.
Steer Roast 2007 was relatively quiet. I think I can confirm my skill of "avoiding the party." Crew is my anti-drug, whee!
Still unsure of where I want to live next year. Staying in SH would be nice in that I wouldn't have to be somewhere and all "whee, I'm a senior but a n00b on your hall and in your dorm." I kind of need a matchmaker in terms of specific rooming. Unfortunately, I'm greedy for space because I have a lot of stuff (art stuff, mech. e. stuff), and I like entertaining people in my room. My current room is okay, except that I don't have much of a view, and a bunch of people go by it all the time.
Sweet, 98%! More rooming angst later.
-C
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| lovin' is what I got |
[02 Apr 2007|10:32pm] |
It's the beginning of the week, thus my sunny disposition.
mini-summaries:
-I got a tan from staying in Cambridge and rowing 5 hours a day. Of course it was still cold, so really it's just the back of my hands and my face that have color.
-We went to PA and beat Georgetown! We walked the boat on command for the first time and it was awesome. We also went on a run to the Philadelphia Museum of Art and ran up the steps like in Rocky. Fuck yeah.
-I think coaches are going to let me work on the crew video. Hells yes.
-Heavyweight men beat Army!
-Went on a bike adventure with Brett to Lizzy's Homemade Ice Cream in Waltham, MA. 20.5 miles. Oops. The ice cream was super good though.
-Seat racing happens tomorrow night. Eeeeeeeeeek! I was switched to port for our race in PA, it seems like I've been settled into bow seat. We'll see how things go, I guess. Can I be officially bisweptual yet?
-xkcd lecture will happen at the end of this month!
-I'm behind on my step for the Cambridge Science Festival, but I think that will be fixed this week.
Yay. Let's see how long the good mood lasts.
-C
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| Wait, my LJ still exists? |
[21 Mar 2007|08:52am] |
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Yesterday was my first time out on the water at MIT this year. True to Boston weather, we were stepping on melting snow and ice on the docks to get the boats out. We had two rowers to the water, and my pair got stuck with longer oars, because for whatever reason, there were only seven of our normal set.
The wind bullied our boat. Our recovery was a pushing war to get the blades back. Rowing by fours to keep the boat set was probably slower than just running along the river. We didn't do any drills, we just went up the river and back. The water was choppy and our boat drifted dangerously close to significantly larger, significantly more solid objects. We barely escaped crashing into another boat during landing. My hands were frozen by the time we came back in.
*grin* I can't wait to go out again.
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| oh hey |
[14 Mar 2007|09:49am] |
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it's pi day!
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| roar! |
[10 Feb 2007|02:01am] |
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| que aburrido |
[13 Dec 2006|03:39pm] |
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New Order - "Age of Consent" |
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So I thought there was going to be a 312 crunk dance party...
But it looks like it's falling apart.
I unfortunately don't have much of a dependable social life. That is my fault.
Maybe I should just hang around my hall for once - although I caught wind of an MTG deal, in which case everyone is going to be out.
Boo.
-C
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| little pieces of me are dying |
[24 Nov 2006|06:58pm] |
I was forced to give up my hair. My hair color now matches my mother's.
I have a new phone. It is a RAZR.
...
I kind of want to kill myself.
That is all for now.
-C
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| post midterm evaluation |
[10 Nov 2006|08:33am] |
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Holiday in Spain by Counting Crows |
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So all things considered, I think I need to list cool things I've done or things that have happened this year to remind myself of where my time has gone, and why I'm like never in my room.
incomplete list starting from january:
-LSC refreshments director (pre-existing)
-Maeda UROP (pre-existing)
-Lewis Music Library sub (pre-existing)
-stirling engine "best craftsmanship"
-underwater robot in 3 days
-knitting seminars
-rube goldberg contest mentor
-campus movie fest "best MIT comedy"
-sport death-mobile
-video work (first time)
-videoed cape cod SIMPLICITY retreat
-met Michel Gondry
-NYC Whitney Biennial
-graffiti w/ Tats Cru
-dinner w/ Katia Lund
-Wicked
-LSC summer chairman
-WTP-ME residential tutor
-WTP-ME DVDs (first iDVD experience... ew?)
-met my niece, Kara
-LSC bifcomm
-Shauni dyed my hair
-FAP VA counselor
-orientation leader
-FASAP associate advisor
-scuba certification
-QWiLLTS lunches
-P-town retreat
-QWiLLTS apple picking
-threaded projectors (n00b)
-glass lab
-bobrauschenbergamerica
-attended surrealist film festival
-Marjane Satrapi talk
-sweet potato fries (first deep-fry!)
-Fierce Forever 6 set
-ate at Sunny's Diner (first time!)
-made negatives for LSC posters (n00b)
-made colored candles
-musical robot workshop (ha ha ha)
-crew
things to improve/work on:
-pritchett art gallery
-art activity
-100GB of UROP footage
-music
things upcoming
-enter insomniac film festival
-LSC scifi marathon
-LSC termcomm
Too many directions, not enough accomplished. Fmeh. I need a better memory.
-C
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| *blink* |
[30 Oct 2006|09:06am] |
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Jose Gonzalez - Heartbeats |
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I am alive.
But tonight, I will be spending the night in N52.
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| eve of all hallow |
[25 Oct 2006|06:02pm] |
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Would it be cheating to be the number 5 for Halloween?
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| crap. |
[08 Oct 2006|07:30am] |
I think someone may have stolen my GBA and my iPod. I'm unfortunately cleaning my room and thus can't really tell if I have temporarily misplaced such items.
But the only suspicious thing that occurred today was walking into my room and noticing that someone had logged out of webmail in Firefox on my laptop.
... Crap?
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| LSC log 2006/09/29 |
[29 Sep 2006|11:47pm] |
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5:00 - Star Market run for corn oil
5:40 - Set up & discover that we didn't really need oil
6:40 - Opened for Dave Chappelle's Block Party (26-100)
6:45 - gloryn comes by saying she feels like an asshole waiting around in 10-250 with no one around
7:00 - Paid slides & trailers!
7:10 - bow saves the day and grabs some candy from the Refreshments room to sell in 10-250
7:15 - Leave 26-100 to cover for ditched shift in 10-250
7:20 - Opened for Fallen Angels (10-250)
7:30 - Paid slides & trailers!
7:40 - Stayed and watched the movie with holmesmd
9:15 - Movie ends. Take Classics cash box and return to 26-100.
9:20 - Check email to see if anyone responded about covering. Instead got a pleasant surprise that jovenkat agrees to be a subdir!
9:30 - Set up for second show of DCBP. ashdavis says she could subdir if we need her to!
9:45 - Opened doors. Night worker ditched both shifts.
10:00 - Paid slides & trailers!
10:15 - Leave 26-100 for 10-250 with the Friday cash box and Food Stamp box.
10:30 - Paid slides & trailers!
10:45 - Student center to count the moneys
11:30 - Print out some shitty Restock Forms
11:45 - Record journey in LJ
Oh wait, I can look into the future...
12:00 - 26-100 Cleanup
12:45 - Pass out in room.
12:50 - Dream about paid slides & trailers
-C
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| -_- |
[28 Sep 2006|02:34am] |
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"There's a Fire" - OK Go |
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I should have known.
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| desks... desks... let's get some desks.. |
[19 Sep 2006|10:16pm] |
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Shooting Star // From A Basement On The Hill by Elliott Smit |
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I'm changing the layout of my room. Again.
Last month I kicked out my desk, only to say, "Sorry baby, I didn't mean it. Baby, please come back." Little did I remember how easy it is to fall asleep on the floor.
So here it is. Back in here. I'm too cheap to buy some work desk that may be more compact or functional, but really just temporary as my dorm life will be. It's hard to invest yourself in something that you ultimately think you'd get rid of sooner rather than later.
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