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Crossposted from my other journal.
2007 was quite a peculiar year. Since I keep a journal, I'm doing a bit of a "Where have I been, where am I going" with it this year.
- January
- February
- We went to Science Bowl for the first time, and got fourth place. Which is either really really good, or really really bad, considering. It, JETS, AMC, and La Joya were all in the same week, which made life hectic.
- March
- April
- I got a new cell phone. So I finally start taking pics with a phone. Welcome to 2003 Mr. Potter.
- Nathan qualified for USAMO, first time NISD had someone do that in over twenty-five years.
- May
- June
- July
- August
- Home Owner's Troubles. They started Legal Avenues. I finally got everything situated last week.
- September
- October
- Should historians research my life, they'd find the month of October didn't exist for me. Pretty much, I got sick, I hosted a contest, I tried to keep up in calculus, and I got sick again.
- November
- December
Wait, there's only five more days? Damn.
~MP
Jan. 1st, 2008 @ 07:44 pm
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| » To My UTSA Peeps... |
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I know I've forsaken this journal for this journal, but since most of you still have me on your friends list...
On September 29th, there'll be a math contest hosted by UTSA for UTSA students and high school students. It'll be a 25-question contest, similar to the AMC-12. It's free, and there'll be prizes. Details are 9AM-12 Noon, HSS 2.01.10, No Calculators, bring a pencil and other supplies you'll need (graph paper, compasses, etc.)
If you're interested, I've got the application form at http://www.texasmath.org/UNO_invitation.pdf. Hope to see you there.
~MP
Sep. 15th, 2007 @ 09:58 pm
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| » Switching over to my own journal. |
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I am in the process of switching over to my own journal on my own system.
I installed the LiveJournal open source on my system, and have finally gotten it to work quite reliably. I upgraded my LJ account here for a month to enable the RSS feed, so it should be showing up if you friend mistapotta_tcm.
I'd suggest you not do it right now, as the RSS just loaded, and spammed that account with all the posts I've made. You should do so in a few days to save your friends page from an infusion of Potter.
I'm hoping to incorporate OpenID on my system so LJers here can comment on my system.
Time is ticking away. Already today I saw many students for the last time. I'll have about twenty taking finals tomorrow (too many for my tastes, but I can't control certain things.)
My math team books went out to the math team seniors. Old math teamers know exactly what I'm talking about. I like to write a few paragraphs of what I think and feel. Perhaps it'll be put on a shelf or in a box and forgotten, only to be reread and savored later in life.
A gift does belong to those who receive it.
I picked up a book of my bookshelf to reread it. Nightmares and Dreamscapes is a collection of short stores by Stephen King (not to be confused with Steven King who lurks around computers at O'Connor)
I still remember when I checked this book out at Texas Tech in anticipation of a long bus ride to SA. Dolan's Cadillac kept me warm for the first leg of the trip. Reading this I thought to myself, "he's still got it."
Reading it again, he still does.
One complaint about his writing style is that he takes forever. He can describe a kitchen in a hundred pages, and at times he gets quite wearisome to read. I think it's for this reason that I can't read the Dark Tower saga.
Another complaint is that it takes so long for him to get started up. The Stand is over a thousand pages, and the first three hundred is setup. The long setup made my wife give up on the book several times when she's tried to read it.
If you haven't read Cell, I suggest you do. It doesn't suffer from this problem. People start dropping in the first ten pages. Then again, as "zombie" stories go, they're kinda supposed to.
~MP
May. 23rd, 2007 @ 09:39 pm
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| » A day off, A new monitor, and stuff... |
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I got a new monitor.
Looking at the box, I wondered if something was damaged, but it was okay
With the wireless setup for mouse and keyboard, it's rather tidy. At least that part of the room.
Of course, that means I have the defective monitor up for grabs. Let me know if you want it, otherwise it's out on the curb on Tuesday.
Miguel got sick at school on Wednesday, so I had to leave third period to get him. I took him to the Dr. office and got back to school during sixth (thanks to the wifal for watching my CS class) Miguel stayed with me that day (it was against the rule, it made the children laugh and play to see the boy at school.)
Of course, I had to keep him at home today until he got better (which he is now) so I'll be there. Tests are moved to Monday.
About a week ago I saw a double rainbow.
It was an amazing sight. Not as amazing as the storage place it was above.
Someone's storage lot must be filled with Leprechaun gold!
Nathan's watch is amazing.
Or should I say, l33t?
At UIL I did take some pictures. As long as I'm cleaning out my phone, I'll put them up:
Amy at State (2nd math)
Oliver and Amy at State (4th and 5th individual NS) along with BradP and Roel
Nothing much more to see. Move along.
~MP
May. 17th, 2007 @ 09:59 pm
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| » Stormy Weather |
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The storms came through and blew out my monitor and my server. My monitor was eight years old, and I'm having to use an even ancient-er one (twelve). One of the HD on my server went out, so my web page was offline for most of the day, as was my mail server, etc. etc. etc.
Darn. Now I have an excuse to go to Altex :)
~MP
May. 11th, 2007 @ 02:46 am
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