Geek Perspective

As the footage below demonstrates, everything is going according to plan. My fully operational battle station is in position, and the reconnaissance fleet has begun deployment operations. All too easy.

My dorm’s check-in is on August 27th, but we’re heading up a day early. So that’s actually just ten days away.

I’m going to miss my family, friends, and my amazing dog Sparky, but I’ve been waiting to go to college for my whole life and already had to delay it a year because of my health.

It’s almost time. I can hardly wait.

Unless you’re new to my blog, you know by now that one of the careers I dreamed about as a kid and very nearly decided to pursue was that of a judge. I don’t really watch television courts because often the judges there are more interested in drama than jurisprudence, but I came across this video of one judge putting some arrogant prick in his place after he tried to belittle her opinion in her own courtroom.

Granted, there’s a certain expectation of sass from the people who go on television court that would never be allowed at all in more traditional courtroom settings, but as you’ll see, this fellow was an exceptional moron. And don’t forget that he apparently went to law school for two years, too. If I were a judge and somebody did to me what this guy did to her, I’d shut him up and warn him that he risked being held in contempt. Then I’d give him basically the same scathing lecture that Judge Millian did. And feel awesome.

Enough blabber! The video speaks for itself anyway. Enjoy.

Hell. Yes. So basically, Judge Millian is my hero for the day.

As a real quick unrelated note just to get it out of the way, Krystal and I have split up. We talked about things and agreed that it would be best if we were just friends again. Since we still like each other as friends and all and feel pretty much the same way about it, we’re just going to be cool and skip the whole “awkward avoidance phase.” There’s still anime to watch and cookies to eat, after all. So there you go. No drama; just friendship. We will now resume our regularly scheduled internet.

In about forty days, I’ll be checking in to my dormitory at the Academy of Art University way up in foggy San Francisco. A week after that is orientation, and then classes begin. So here’s how I’ve prepared.

1. Social: I’ve updated the About Me page here on my blog, cleaned up my Facebook, and joined a few niche communities like Last.fm and Plurk, so I should be “connectible” without having to spend much effort.
2. Physical: I’ve started a workout regimen that I’m hoping will be good for anybody starting at zero, like me. On Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays, I’m doing the Couch-to-5k-in-6-Weeks plan. On Thursdays, Saturdays, and Mondays, I’m doing the Hundred Pushups plan. And just because that left Tuesdays free and I want to go swimming, guess what days I’m going to try to hit the pool.
3. Monetary: I’ve saved up a few hundred dollars, so I’ll be able to afford the cheap flight back to San Diego every once in a while, and that’s in addition to the regular school breaks that my family will pay for. I should also be able to afford the occasional movie and restaurant.
4. Scheduling: All of my classes are spread out from Monday through Thursday, which means that I’ll have long weekends without having a “dread day.” My classes are later in the day so I can sleep in. It’s pretty ideal.

Everything is going according to plan. If any of you that are already out at college have any tips though, please leave a comment.

I’m hoping that the Washington Times is conducting a social experiment or making a very inappropriate and scary joke, because this is just insane.

The Department of Homeland Security has expressed great interest in making everyone that wants to get on an airplane wear a special bracelet that can be used to shock you so badly that you won’t be able to move for several minutes per shocking. It also features a built in GPS, so they can monitor you and shock you from anywhere. It will have all your personal information stored in it, and can be used for “interrogation purposes” as well.

Expressing interest isn’t the same as seeking implementation, but with stuff like this combined with President Bush pardoning himself against potential war crimes, I’d almost bet that you thought about George Orwell before I even mentioned him in this sentence.

We need January. Immediately.

I recently asked the girl I’ve liked if she wanted to go out with me, thus entering my first relationship (we’re both new to this, which automatically makes us a cute and funny couple, heh). Although she said yes and we’ve been super duper happy together, I now see that I clearly did it all wrong! I could have been so much more suave and attractive!

Alright, before you die from wondering what the heck I’m talking about, here is how I totally should have asked her. Enjoy!

Wasn’t that just wonderful?

Anyway, on a completely unrelated note, I’m going to try to get myself Comic-Con tickets for Saturday and Sunday. I’ve been getting emails from people wanting press passes lately. Sorry folks, but media pre-registration closed quite a while ago.

There’s still on-site media registration, but since I don’t have the energy to jump through the hoops again this year, you’re on your own. If you have a blog with an RSS feed (they pretty much all come with a feed anymore), I can add easily incorporate it into Bagelwood Central and syndicate your stuff, but that’s as much as I’ll do this year.