Life comes around again

It's amazing how long it has been since my last post ranting about going back to school. It's that time of year again, and Mr. Opportunity isn't knocking on the door. This year is the first year that I've had summer homework (I feel the pain now!), and I had to read The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck and Anthem by Ayn Rand. The former isn't half bad, but I had some fustrating moments with the latter. Life is going smoothly (so far), and I've gone to China for the 4th time in my life (I'm Chinese, if that makes any difference). I forgot what I had originally intended to put on here, but I'll try to remember it later...someday.

G-20 is heading to Pittsburgh

So as the world knows, President Obama announced that the G-20 Summit in September will be held in Pittsburgh, PA. WTF?! I will admit right now, I was born and bred in Pittsburgh. I learned that the word "yinz" is the plural form of "you." I also learned that "Djeatyet? Nodju?" (There are different spellings for it, but the same pronunciation) is acceptable. I still live in Pittsburgh. Again, G-20 IN PITTSBURGH?! WTF?! What has this world come to? Indeed, it's a great honor and all that crap, but seriously, consider the following:
Positives of having G-20 here:
1. Business would improve.
2. The city would be cleaned up.
3. Someone might realize that Pittsburgh is a city and still exists somewhere in the mountains and hills north of West Virginia.
Negatives of having G-20 here:
1. A torrent of weird yuppies and the like will come pouring in.
2. It will be a pain in the arse to have someone (most likely a tourist or something *cough*) walk up to you every five seconds asking for directions from point A to point B due to the excessive amount of one way signs, late-in-appearing directional signs, traffic issues, pot hole fixing, and the like.
3. Did I mention the torrent of foreign people?
4. Foreign (I mean anyone who lives outside of the outer Pittsburgh region or doesn't support the Steelers/Penguins) businesses will begin springing up in hopes of getting business in this recession, punting out the diverse and yet concetrated culture that we have right now, especially in the Strip District.
5. A whole lotta police men/military = A pain. Down there. Really bad pain.
5 and a half. With all those police men and military, how can the rest of us drive down those bloody one-way streets without hitting another car or waiting a half an hour before we can get about 2 or 3 streets down the road?
6. If too many "wanna have money" people come in, where will the rest of us go?
7. I, for one, like Pittsburgh the way it is now, though I'm not too enthusiastic about that casino.
8. Filthy rich doesn't apply to the majority of us. We are a small but happy city. We speak Pittsburghese. We sit on our porches at dusk. Some of us drink beer while sitting on our porches. We don't go to fancy-schmancy restaraunts every other day/night. We sit next to complete strangers on blankets and lawn chairs while watching the Pens game on a big screen. We burn couches when the Steelers win the Super Bowl. We get banned from putting furniture besides patio furniture outside for use due to couch burning. We are indeed a small but happy city.
Eh, it may seemed biased and all, but I am still happy that Pittsburgh is receiving such a great honor. I'm just hoping that no get-rich-quick idiot enters the bubble. Yinz are welcome, just be sure not to leave any garbage after you. Oh, and if yinz want to get a more "formal" like reading, view this place: http://www.anarchistnews.org/?q=node/7765

RElate, REmember, REtry

Tomorrow is Sunday. The day after tomorrow must be Monday. Monday=Back to school. I've been on vacation for a week and a half, and on Monday, it's back to school for me. The good news is, I will snap out of boredom. The trade off? No more lounging around for a while, loads of homework, and everything else that is included in the package. I have discovered two things in the midst of my boredom:
1. As I'm drifting off, it is not unusual for me to suddenly feel like I am falling through something, as if I tripped and fell into an endless vortex of some sort or I would feel like a large balloon just exploded in my head. Can anyone explain why this occurs?
2. I discovered a psychology textbook. There is one interesting concept that I found. Suppose there are two strings hanging from the ceiling that are far enough apart that they aren't long enough to touch both at the same time (meaning when you are holding one strand, you couldn't stretch out far enough to reach the other one), and there is a toolbox full of tools beside the two strings. Your task is to somehow be able to have both in your hands at the same time, though the two don't necessarily have to touch each other. Ponder the solution for a minute.
Before you continue reading this, define the use of the tool plier on a piece of paper. A plier, supposedly, is used to bend a piece of wire or something of the sort, correct? Now, if it were to be located in or next to a toolbox full of tools, that definition would be emphasized. People's natural assumption of a plier is that it is simply a hand tool. However, in this case, it can be used as a pendulum. By tying one of the string to the plier, you have created a moderately large scale pendulum. And by swinging it, you have thus created motion, and with enough speed, you could gain enough time to grab the other string and snatch the string with the plier as it is swinging. Quite fascinating, isn't it?

Christmas and the Season

So, Christmas is right around the corner. Nothing much is occurring...Just the standard "Merry Christmas!" greeting and such. Each family's celebration is different. I wonder how different countries celebrate it...Mexico's is awesome...

I hate brats

I'm at the library, minding my own business and playing halo on the computer. Suddenly, a couple little freaking brats appear on the game (LAN) I was on, and teamed up against me. 3 to 1. I was going against them and then they all decide to kill me. So I quit, and then they call me a chicken. Am I wrong to quit? My opinion is: NO. Reasons:
#1 They are fricking spoiled brats.
#2 They all suck.
#3 I hate idiotic little brats who think they're so good.
#4 They screen cheat.
#5 Did I mention? THEY SCREEN CHEAT to the point where they stare at my screen more than their own. Sigh. I hate spoiled brats.

It has arrived!

No, not a newborn baby. The items so far that have arrived are from Amazon.com. I ♥ (alt-3 to do the heart) that site. My iPod touch 2G that I had ordered from gustv_35 has arrived, and the guy (or lady) is one awesome business person to deal with. Nothing went wrong, and it arrived before schedule! Yes, I am easily pleased, but seriously, if someone ever, by some accidental chance, runs into that person, don't have any worries about ordering! PC Micro Store is another story...

Amazon

So...I went onto amazon.com (great place for everything) and looked for the 2nd generation of iPod touch.  Got one for 195.00 (plus 4.99 shipping, so $199.00).  Life is good, for now.  Also, my friends are plotting to put me in a dress (hide your eyes!).  I am in an Apple store typing this for no apparent reason, and sadly, I forgot to turn off the sound, and it was on full blast...I went to someone's profile and some heavy metal played.....and yeah. It was humiliating...that's all for now.