tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37357022011-11-27T19:58:04.743-05:00Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things, and I will blog about them.Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.comBlogger3311100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-69713400749762508912008-07-10T11:18:00.005-04:002008-07-10T12:33:20.283-04:00

Drunken Referee:Posted on July 8th, 3:34 PM: Not another referee scandalPosted on July 8th, 5:34 PM: You Hear That?... That Was My SkullSo which one was cited by Deadspin, With Leather and The Sporting Blog? You guessed it.Today's just not my day for spikes.

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-44095492400799634702008-07-10T10:02:00.003-04:002008-07-10T11:11:33.825-04:00

So I frequent Evan Coyne Maloney's site, Brain-Terminal, from time to time (alright, I'm a subscriber) just to get a different viewpoint on news (I watch Fox news for the same reason sometimes), and though his ideas are a bit extreme even for me, I have to say that I agree with a lot of stuff that he says.His most recent post discusses (I use the term loosely) how a common topic of complaint that

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-49041133042656472082008-06-25T17:18:00.003-04:002008-06-25T17:42:52.942-04:00

Dietz claims that I overanalyze my site stats. This is false.In any case, now that I have a significant number of hits over at Pure Point to look at(on the order of around 600 in the past 3 days, and approaching 2000 for the month of June), I've noticed that my hourly hit rate is roughly sinusoidal. It's kind of scary how close it follows a sine curve actually, peaking at noon and having a

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-84774708978182580612008-06-05T09:24:00.002-04:002008-06-05T09:26:23.027-04:00

From the ABC News Report that Hillary is dropping out of the race:"Maggie Williams, Clinton's chief of staff when she was first lady and an African American..."

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-63112466505288929242008-05-30T13:37:00.004-04:002008-05-30T13:45:09.779-04:00

I officially started studying for the GRE last night. All I have to say is that if you haven't gotten stupider since you took the SATs, you should be fine, especially if you took the old SATS (Analogies and Quantitative comparisons FTW). Though we've theoretically got 3 or so years of college under our belt, they still expect us to be fazed by Algebra II somehow. The ETS isn't very

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-2678484417786429842008-05-30T13:32:00.005-04:002008-05-30T13:36:58.768-04:00

What is everyone's opinion on e-mailing posts to everyone and their mom in order to get the word out? Acceptable way to promote or not?While it's annoying, I concede that it works. I remember being pestered by someone a couple months ago, asking me to read their blog and saying "link tradez plz!", and being like "God that's annoying." Now they sit with over 100 Technorati authority.Comments

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-52728249043781642602008-05-29T14:20:00.001-04:002008-05-29T14:22:05.800-04:00

"Real Fact" #369On Valentine's Day, there is no charge to get married in the Empire State Building's chapel.Get all the "Real Facts" at snapple.comDuring the span of the summer, I will try my best to drink one Snapple per day and publish the "Real Fact" under the cap. You learn something new every day.

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-60619802217669679192008-05-28T16:31:00.002-04:002008-05-28T16:31:54.349-04:00

If you're reading this, you've certainly already noticed/assumed, but in case you haven't, Pure Point is back in full force.

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-75251212055331797492008-05-28T11:59:00.004-04:002008-05-28T12:05:09.694-04:00

I've been debating this for almost as long as I have been blogging actually: Should PRR and PP have short or long feeds?I've almost always been against short feeds appearing on my aggregator. It's annoying to have to click through and not have everything just appear on one page.However, for my own blogs, one goal is to maximize traffic on the actual site and short feeds seemingly help

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-33312986628028743472008-05-28T11:55:00.003-04:002008-05-28T12:05:30.839-04:00

"Real Fact" #123Beavers were once the size of Bears.Get all the "Real Facts" at snapple.comDuring the span of the summer, I will try my best to drink one Snapple per day and publish the "Real Fact" under the cap. You learn something new every day.

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-28721609588015612562008-05-21T08:22:00.002-04:002008-05-21T08:25:10.330-04:00

Last night, I went to sleep at 2 and woke up at 5 with no more need to sleep.Yesterday and Monday, I didn't sleep at all, and yet was active and refreshed the entire days.No, I don't mean insomnia by the way. Insomnia is when you can't sleep. Nonsomnia is when you don't need to.Anyway, this is what happens. Usually once a day (sometimes more, sometimes not at all), I get hit by a tired spell

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-88954703075086947012007-10-23T05:41:00.000-04:002007-10-23T05:43:45.082-04:00

I know you all have been waiting for the next installment of my digital pop creations, and here it is. This is a Techno beat. I got bored at the end and it basically became Lux Aeterna like every good song should.Interference RobustnessDon't ask about the title. I made it up while searching for wireless signals.

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-60115968216380270432007-10-22T15:47:00.000-04:002007-10-22T15:49:15.690-04:00

I would update more often, but honestly my life is pretty boring.Go read Pure Point, it's the hip thing to do.

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-71141404372009418202007-10-17T12:09:00.000-04:002007-10-17T12:15:15.326-04:00

Imagine that you have somehow found yourself in this unfortunate situation. You have eaten something that severely upsets your stomach, but you decide to not deal with it until it reaches a point of unbearability. At this point, it takes basically all the muscle control in your body to make it to the bathroom with both projectile vomiting and craping your brains out. Once you reach the toilet

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-10432693182653684932007-10-15T16:29:00.001-04:002007-10-15T16:48:19.303-04:00

Classes are going pretty well, but people don't care about that facet of life anyway.I was not able to land a major role on Arun's sitcom, so that was kind of disappointing, but also not that disappointing.Pure Point is resurfacing as a legitimate blog, if you take legitimate as meaning alive. Read it, enjoy it, live it, breathe it.I'm currently only able to grow facial hair on one side of my

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-20523383326483451902007-10-08T11:36:00.000-04:002007-10-08T11:50:41.216-04:00

I don't read "Dear Economist" regualrly, but sometimes articles catch my eye. This one, published September 29th, that I just read, describes the effect of studying on grades.Harford makes the point that for the average student, an extra hour of studying per day is usually enough to rise to the top third of students in grades. However, I wonder if the reverse is true for top-tier students.

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-23246632589952755092007-10-01T12:19:00.000-04:002007-10-02T03:56:17.644-04:00

As some of you know, I'm taking a course in Digital Pop this semester. Here is a link to my first production project, "The Funny Beatdown."I'm not sure if it requires a login or not, but if it does, sorry, and I'll find another uploading spot.[edit] Here's a working link:The Funny BeatdownIt is a sample based hip hop beat with rather obvious sources.

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-71655107165300362532007-09-20T00:49:00.000-04:002007-09-20T01:13:59.276-04:00

So the school year is well under way and I haven't posted in a while because (as some may know) I dumped a bottle of water onto my computer rendering it useless.My suite is pretty awesome and the people are cool. Clubs are good and classes are fairly enjoyable. I really enjoy this one class I'm taking called "Digital Pop: From Hip Hop to Mash-up." What we do is like listen to and comment on

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-8149813008510559802007-08-25T04:14:00.000-04:002007-08-25T04:31:42.128-04:00

I realize that it's been a while, but as some of you may know, there is much less incentive for me to blog when I am not at work (read: not really really bored). Moreover, I've been focusing a lot of time on Pure Point, though it seems like my efforts may be in vain. At least for now, my 5 authority bests Alexander Dietz's 4.One other reason for my lack of posting is just a lack of things

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-77799601365638584082007-08-13T14:14:00.000-04:002007-08-13T14:23:14.298-04:00

I have once again reached the conclusion that titles are useless for a blog about nothing.Since we talked last, I became engrossed in the HBO Series, The Wire, favorite of NBA'ers, experts and bloggers alike. I'm through Season One, which means I'll likely be all the way caught up before school and new episodes start up again (there are four seasons so far).Careful examination of my hits makes

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-3833049475952193512007-08-10T09:53:00.000-04:002007-08-10T10:02:25.803-04:00

A couple conversations/quotes:Loren: It's real good, but probably better if you are black or at least from the jeks.Alex: Jeks?Loren: You know, projeks.Alex: Ah, the PJ's---On The WireAlex: She looks like the kind of person who likes going to the mall.Loren: Like a girl?Alex: Yeah

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-25016105734717227882007-08-09T14:59:00.000-04:002007-08-09T15:01:44.675-04:00

I'm just going to put it out there that using a public bathroom wearing pants with a button fly has got to be one of the most annoying things ever.

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-45834001125865868252007-08-06T23:09:00.000-04:002007-08-06T23:29:41.669-04:00

Pure Point is on the verge of passing Pretty Random Ramblings in terms of all-time (as in since the beginning of July) unique visits. PRR had almost exactly a 100 visit head start.Pretty Random Ramblings: My blog is worth $0.00.How much is your blog worth?Pure Point: My blog is worth $564.54.How much is your blog worth?And for comparison's sake...The Al Blog: My blog is worth $1,693.62.How

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-69846632699076599102007-08-06T16:40:00.000-04:002007-08-06T19:25:25.046-04:00

So I took a look at the newly (term used loosely) released 2007-2008 schedule of the Boston Celtics, and I've decided that these are the games I will attempt to attend:1. Wednesday, November 2 vs. Washington WizardsOpening night against the Wizards should be fun, but tickets will probably be hard to come by. People will still be optimistic about the season and therefore the Celtics will not be

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-3527479699886078732007-08-06T13:52:00.000-04:002007-08-06T15:15:40.318-04:00

So I have been sick recently, and as a result have not gotten out much. I've also lost my entire bankroll in poker, so I haven't done that much either. Overall, it's a pretty slow time in my life, and I'm pretty much just waiting for school to start up again.I watched Brainwashing 101 over the weekend, and I hope Indoctrinate U is shown around here. The Cambridge Metro region only needs 40 or

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-50886403884207907432007-07-27T15:25:00.000-04:002007-07-27T17:01:39.822-04:00

So I've been disappointed by the summer blockbusters that I've seen so far (Oceans' 13, Pirates 3, Surf's Up, Spidey 3, Hostel 2, HP 5, Evan Almighty etc. Transformers was pretty good.), but there still many films that I anticipate highly on the horizon.5. The Simpsons Movie Release Date: 07-27-07I only have this rated this low because I am going to see it tonight. However, it is quite possibly

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-79347812705540095572007-07-18T13:12:00.000-04:002007-07-18T13:29:04.408-04:00

My DVD Boxed Set of every episode of Arrested Development ever plus extras came yesterday. It is seriously beautiful.Yesterday, I was playing in a Railbirds freeroll and the following occured.Sitting in the small blind with about twice the average stack (I think about 13K), I look down at pocket 3s. 3 people limp to me, and I, willing to pay for a set, call the BB, who checks.Flop: 3c 8c 6dI'm

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-68376558644932055902007-07-16T13:09:00.000-04:002007-07-16T13:14:57.875-04:00

Due to increased popularity of the sports section of this site, I have decided to branch that off into a separate site, Pure Point, which is a fairly obvious reference to the basketball position. I'm not sure how often updates will be made, or how good they will be, but we'll see.I will keep this site, and it will keep the same functionality as it did before, as a general un-updated meta-blog.

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-85421040215952642072007-07-13T10:01:00.000-04:002007-07-13T11:05:11.693-04:00

Before I delve into this next post, there are a couple things I want to make sure is out there. There are players that I like because I've followed them for many years since they were 14-15 solely because they were Chinese (Sun Yue, Yi Jianlian, Chen Jianghua). I usually ended up also following the teams they were on as a result, too, and growing a liking for them.The Houston Rockets are not

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-64262112780112063962007-07-12T09:13:00.000-04:002007-07-12T23:35:55.578-04:00

Non-Basketball Fans can stop reading this post now.This is the type of post that I would usually make in a comment on a certified sports blog (and be shot down), but I feel like my blog is actually becoming a viable medium now with readership higher than it has ever been. Also, I was banned from commenting on Deadspin for reasons unbeknownst to me.Here you will see my unabated and very biased

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-26478710971614425242007-07-11T14:11:00.000-04:002007-07-13T00:53:04.093-04:00

According to Master Blogger Alex Dietz (the link goes to his facebook, because his blog has unfortunately been executed by King Romney), it should be a blog faux pas for a blogger to discuss his own blog. But I'm going to contend that my blog in still in its fledgling stages (despite having been in existence for going on 5 years with a peak in popularity about 2 years ago), and I talk about it

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-17152261783422991802007-07-11T09:57:00.000-04:002007-07-11T10:10:10.129-04:00

Last night/this morning, this blog received a flurry of hits from Google. This marks the first time since I installed SiteMeter that someone has arrived at my blog via a search engine. Upon investigation of the hits, I found that:1. My blog ranks first or second when searching for "Brandon Wright has Braces," after I made a specific note about that in my NBA Draft live blog. Not surprising,

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-18391748791728227562007-07-10T09:25:00.000-04:002007-07-12T12:25:09.507-04:00

The Sports World, the inspiration for the majority of my posts, is mired in the dog days of summer, with not a lot of action going on. Biggest stories right now are the Home Run Derby, Arena Football League playoffs, NBA Summer League, and something happening in soccer that I don't care much about at all.I've been watching some of the webcasts of NBA Summer League games just because I love

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-64691353039812435432007-07-03T12:20:00.000-04:002007-07-03T12:44:23.396-04:00

I have been spending pretty indiscriminately lately. That's OK though because I have a job and probably over the course of writing this post I will have made 5 dollars.I think I will chronicle everything I buy, which so far has amounted to about 200 dollars, and at the end of the summer make a culminating post that is basically a list of unnecessary things so that you guys can ridicule me. Of

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-11547292185158190432007-06-29T12:49:00.000-04:002007-07-03T12:20:33.005-04:00

Boston now has Allen Ray and Ray Allen on the same team.I don't really see how analysts sing praises of the Seattle draft when they basically did what Atlanta did in three years within the span of an hour. And now Atlanta has traded away Al Harrington so they aren't even that bad in the SF respect.Seattle SF Depth Chart:1. Kevin Durant2. Rashard Lewis3. Jeff Green4. Wally Sczerbiak5.

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-69994064529052417142007-06-28T18:44:00.000-04:002007-06-29T12:57:13.531-04:00

Hey, I don't know if anyone is reading this right now, but I'm going to be liveblogging the NBA Draft with analysis and commentary. I'll try to make it good, but I'm making no promises in terms of entertainment value or expertise. Pre-draft coverage starts at 7 PM, at which time I will probably be eating dinner, but I'll be glued to the screen and my computer making updates whenever I deem it

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-50407007290910483212007-06-08T17:04:00.000-04:002007-06-08T17:21:11.066-04:00

Per Post Mandatory Update on Volleyball:Newton North Volleyball manage to squeak out a sloppy win over undefeated Western section champions, Agawam (14-25, 25-15, 12-25, 25-22, 15-12). They now face Central Section Champion and BSC rival Natick for the State Championship. This is a rematch of last year's State Semi-final game in which Newton North won the first two games of the match only to see

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-45922336971876772422007-06-05T11:06:00.000-04:002007-06-05T11:29:57.109-04:00

After wins versus Norwood and New Bedford, Newton North Volleyball is the sectional champion. They face undefeated Agawam on Thursday for the State semi-finals.Lately, my days have been spent working, losing money in poker, and watching random movies. The most recent one I watched was The Black Dahlia, which was somewhat disappointing in that I fell asleep twice while watching it. In total, it

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-40618275221587240612007-05-31T10:24:00.001-04:002007-05-31T11:01:06.650-04:00

Many things have happened my last installment.The nerds and I went to see PotC3, which I thought was passable at best. During the movie, I realized that from now on, anytime someone says , "This is madness" (Keira Knightley), everyone will immediately think of "300".I went to VT and NH for Memorial Day Weekend, where I watched Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny, Garden State, and Little Miss

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-85413171459886626402007-05-23T16:35:00.001-04:002007-05-31T10:51:29.471-04:00

USA Basketball added 8 players today and the way it is going, in a couple years the team roster is going to look something like:Shane BattierCarlos BoozerElton BrandKobe BryantLuol Deng (American?)Chris DuhonMike DunleavyDaniel EwingGrant HillShaun LivingstonCorey MaggetteJosh McRobertsShavlik RandolphJJ RedickJay WilliamsSheldin Williams(Note the addition of Kobe Bryant and Shaun LIvingston as

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-91612548327105118592007-05-23T12:30:00.000-04:002007-05-23T16:49:18.115-04:00

As you probably (almost definitely) know if you are currently reading this that I am currently employed. The work is sometimes tedious, often very tiring, but it beats school by a long margin and is also much better than sitting alone at home wasting away.I think I might start blogging like the folks at http://www.freedarko.com, which has vaulted itself to the spot for my favorite blog (possibly

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-53000091533077912012007-03-30T17:51:00.000-04:002007-03-30T18:15:37.673-04:00

As you might gander from the title, it is now Passover/Easter Break. Which means that I get to sit at home doing nothing for a week and a half.I am currently feeling very envious of people who go to Northeastern because their school has so much more pull than ours when it comes to Spring concerts. While we have to pay $15 dollars for our Springfest of The Wailers and Reel Big Fish (who aren't

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-49156002892862252012007-03-27T19:57:00.001-04:002007-03-27T19:57:36.391-04:00

As many of you already know, The Al Blog has gone on extended leave for reasons unknown. His frequent musings will surely be missed by many, if not all.I have 3 BOGOF tickets for Celtics games that I need to burn before the end of the season. I have decided that I'm going to the April 13th game against the Bucks. Anyone who would like to come with can leave a comment and then perhaps we can

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-59012263209415676412007-03-18T23:26:00.000-04:002007-03-20T23:04:22.175-04:00

I made a little rasterbation, didn't turn out that well though so I will not post pictures.It's kind impressionisty now that I look at it from very far away. Close up it just looks like splotches.My Bracket is pretty good so far in that it has a lot of points, except that my Champion is dead so I will gradually go down in the ranks as the rounds go on. But hey I'm 78,000th on facebook right now

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-23858277907041922182007-03-12T04:09:00.000-04:002007-03-12T04:20:31.583-04:00

Madness? THIS IS... March Madness.King Leonidas upon learning that Drexel and Air Force were left out.Today was Selection Sunday and my early first-round upset picks are OD over Butler, Winthrop over Notre Dame, and sadly VCU over Duke.Final Four: Florida (because who is seriously going to challenge them ffrom that section. Maaaybe Oregon), UCLA, Texas, Texas A&M.Championship: Texas over UCLA

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-5274333377003279342007-03-08T12:59:00.000-05:002007-03-12T04:08:52.126-04:00

This next section will only make sense to Deisians, but with Josh's number we were able to pull a Rosenthal 4. Our side of it includes Seth Coburn and Josh in singles and Me and Chris Lavery in a double. The other side was ARUN, Jason Young, Vasin, and Aaron Laufer.I find it funny that I'm going to be living with Arun next year. I need to inform Tarun of this.Rockets rocked the Celtics last

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I'm becoming increasing annoyed with Yousendit so I went hunting for an easier way to send large files. Luckily, Stephen J. Dubner of Freakonomics recently posted an entry about a relatively new program called Pando, which is a program that lets you send up to 1 GB of files at a time. This is cool in that you don't need an account to send the files (although I think that the person you send

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-14584929618134484782007-03-07T14:38:00.000-05:002007-03-07T14:52:27.081-05:00

Today, we get to select housing and because of my roommate's very very good lottery number, I'll be living in a suite next year.I don't know if I have chronicled my raffle winning antics this year, but I think I will give you a list of everything I have won this semester in order of estimated value.Boston Tea Stop T-Shirt$10 Gift Certificate to Tom Can Cook$20 Gift Certificate to Absolutely Asia4

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-49955884094056886042007-03-06T13:14:00.000-05:002007-03-06T15:20:46.168-05:00

So... it has been a while since my last post, but I guess I don't have much of an excuse not to blog anymore since I have a blogger dashboard widget now.Also, I have mucho free time anyway. Except that this week, I have to do 2 p-sets, an 8-10 page paper, and 3 midterms.As a general update on life, my time has been spent about equally between TV, online poker, and sleep. Most recently, deciding

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1162842562272137472006-11-06T14:48:00.000-05:002006-11-06T20:45:51.856-05:00

Here's the beginning of a little video diary for you guys. I hope it will attract more readers (viewers?)(Video Below, if you haven't already figured that out) [edit] Apparently I didn't know how to capture sound along with the video for my first installment. Sorry about that. I was basically talking about how I am not going to shave over the month of November to see how much facial hair

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1160417672745391602006-10-09T14:14:00.000-04:002006-10-12T15:16:08.343-04:00

First off, I will give a little shout out to Dietz, whose blog is probably the only one I read completely regularly nowadays.I'm settling into a good routine here, I guess. I'm balancing my time better, as shown by my ability to find time to blog. Tonight, I have my first Table Tennis Society meeting, which means that a professional is going to swing by and give us all a lesson on how to play.

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1159998862590670042006-10-04T17:40:00.000-04:002006-10-04T17:54:23.103-04:00

I have way too much free time. I need to join more clubs. Table Tennis Society meets for the first time next Monday when they are having a professional coach come teach us how to play. Maybe I will join Badminton Club. I had my reservations about that originally since it met from 10 to 12 PM on Tues and Thursday, but I now realize that I don't even have class on Friday so I don't know what

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1159386106809898832006-09-27T15:20:00.000-04:002006-09-27T15:42:09.206-04:00

My time here at the 'Deis is being split pretty evenly between class and foosball, with little inklings of sleep, food, and random crap thrown in sometimes.I joined Quiz Bowl, which is very fun. Other organizations I am in include Asian American Student Association and Chinese Culture Club, and most recently (I joined today) Brandeis Republicans. I signed up for WBRS (the radio station) but I

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1157911737737299912006-09-10T14:08:00.000-04:002006-09-13T00:53:41.030-04:00

I have a 2-page paper to write about Identity (kind of reminiscent of AA Lit) but I am going to do what ever I can to put that off until tonight. So, I guess loyal readers of this will now pray that I get a good amount of work so that I feel like I cant go out and do stuff, but also don't want to do work out of sheer laziness, and end up just posting on this when facebook and fantasy sports

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1157123335914937272006-09-01T10:43:00.000-04:002006-09-04T13:07:31.226-04:00

After reading over Elliot's new post, "Overdue (not a good sign)", I realized that it's been a much longer time since I posted so here I am.Orientation wasn't too bad, kind of packed at times. I don't think I could put it much better than Elliot did."We've just been going through the usual orientation activities, tours of the facilities and icebreaking games, eating a lot of free food, and

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1156547043532440532006-08-25T18:57:00.000-04:002006-08-25T19:04:03.930-04:00

College is beckoning. It seems like I lose more of my friends to its call every day also.Sigh.In other happier news, China advanced to the Round of 16 (or strangely called "Eighth-Finals" by FIBA). They play against Greece Sunday morning at 7AM ET, which means that I might just be able to catch a bit of the game while it is still worth watching before heading off (Move-in Day officially starts

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1156285937410435862006-08-22T18:12:00.000-04:002006-08-23T01:51:59.496-04:00

If you are reading this on my Facebook, you probably already know that Facebook just introduced a "notes" feature that allows people to write little notes on their profile. On top of that, it lets people like me to import blog posts so pieces of them show up on my profile page.I'm kind of skeptical about doing this because I feel like allowing people to access my blog through facebook will cut

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1155839470292731912006-08-17T14:30:00.000-04:002006-08-22T18:42:46.940-04:00

Thing 1: Trust me, I'm an economistTim Harford is basing a TV Series on his pretty successful book, The Undercover Economist. He delves into how the ideas of economics can be used for love and career problems (albeit somewhat questionably in my opinion). It seems like a interesting premise though. Social Economics is pretty fun, even though a lot of traditionalist don't like it. The show will

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1155796611387605072006-08-17T02:14:00.000-04:002006-08-17T13:43:00.683-04:00

This is the first official post I am making from my Macbook, which arrived today (pretty fast since I think I ordered it on Friday).If you care, here are some random specs that separate my Macbook from other computers:13.3" Widescreen Display2.0 GHz Intel Core Duo Processor1 GB DDR2 SDRAM80 GB Hard DriveDVD+-R/CD-RW SuperDriveClean, White Look. =].It's pretty cool. The only thing I noticed is

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1155418545218839712006-08-12T17:21:00.000-04:002006-08-13T06:38:54.486-04:00

Possibly because of the fortnight I spent not posting, my readership has once again dwindled to an infinitesimal number.Since I returned from the Cathay, my time has been spent doing absolutely nothing, save for a few random walking expeditions to nowhere in particular. The highlight of my time back in the New World probably was when Elliot and Tarun decided to crash my house for some emergency

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1154278495424471572006-07-30T12:37:00.000-04:002006-07-31T11:03:21.953-04:00

My plane leaves at 12:45 PM Tuesday, arrives in SFO at 8:50 AM (whoa) Tuesday, and then I get to Boston at 7:45 PM. Whoopee.I got my iPod working again. After a series of troobleshooting tactics, I finally discovered that what worked was just letting all of the battery life drain out and then starting over. But now I was so excited that I listened to it so much that the battery is gone

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1154030431183380062006-07-27T15:38:00.000-04:002006-07-27T20:23:28.720-04:00

So I came home yesterday (or I suppose, two days ago now) from a two-day excursion to Thousand Island Lake. There wasn't really anything notable to blog about from the trip other than that we saw a crapload of monkeys who tried to steal our food. You could tell when the alpha male arrived b/c all of the other monkeys ran away while he just strutted and occasionally grunted at lingering ones.

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1153748677825810092006-07-24T09:29:00.000-04:002006-07-25T12:44:35.146-04:00

I think that if you put a mirror into the shower, the time I take to finish would double, if not more, as I have learned by showering with a mirror on the wall. Actually, it was worse before I cut my hair, because then I would jsut mess aorund with it and make it into like funny shapes. Now, I don't have very many options in that respect.My ego took a pretty significant hit when I got utterly

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1153548361702019142006-07-22T01:54:00.000-04:002006-07-23T00:19:03.353-04:00

Quite early, in fact, if you're in China during the summertime.Many times I have awoken to my east-facing window being filled with sunlight but still being deathly tired. Not having a clock in my room, I would typically refuse to get out of bed for what seemed like a couple hours, and then venture outside to look at the clock, hoping that it's before 11, and see that it is actually 6:30.The sun

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1153240487621268232006-07-18T11:46:00.000-04:002006-07-19T07:15:00.483-04:00

Thus the need for the aforementioned MEGA MAC.Actually, by "Chinese people are," I mean, "I am."As a sort of ritual when I got to China, they measured my height (1.77m) and my weight (55kg).These numbers were just slightly higher than those posted when I visited two years ago (1.74cm, 51kg).But after about 3 weeks of eating out, sleeping, sitting on my fat butt, and watching TV, they measured my

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1153062027180072382006-07-16T10:47:00.000-04:002006-07-16T11:00:27.470-04:00

A typhoon (hurricane, Pacific-style, that's right, more peaceful) is sweeping through China, meaning that it's getting pretty windy and kind of rainy and a little bit less hot. Still about 34 degrees though.I had a slight fever yesterday, but I'm pretty much recovered by now. This morning my uvula was really swollen to disgusting lengths. It was very big and stretched down into my throat so I

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1152841266440354702006-07-13T21:32:00.000-04:002006-07-14T15:26:05.786-04:00

They have double Big Macs here, which they call "Mega Macs". I think it's the best invention since inventions were invented.The tagline is "Are you BEEF enough?"Holy Moley

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1152676310688316292006-07-11T23:25:00.000-04:002006-07-11T23:52:18.756-04:00

Day 1: YichangThe first day of my trip was spent in Yichang. Yichang is the second biggest city in China's Hubei Province, which, when compared to the rest of China, is kind of comparable to being the second biggest city in Montana. The population is about 400,000. There is a common saying here that the chief export of Yichang is beautiful women, so I was on the look out during our bus tour

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1152674540325191492006-07-11T23:09:00.000-04:002006-07-12T23:21:36.183-04:00

I've been busier than I've expected so far on my trip. So much that I've only been able to catch a couple minutes of Tuna and Steph on WBRS FM. My Gosh.So I just got back from a 5-day bost cruise on the Yangtze River past the Three Gorges, and I will update on that later. Probably meaning later today.But first I will note that I didn't post for a while because flesh-eating bacteria was eating

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1151592474439628542006-06-29T10:42:00.000-04:002006-06-29T19:35:21.036-04:00

I arrived in China at about 4 PM. It was a pretty good flight.It's about 10:40 PM now.This internet doesn't let me go to Alex's Blog. It is just about the only site I can't access that I've tried.I feel as if a grave injustice has been served upon me.[edit]Thanks for the tip, Alex and/or Elliot. Unfortunately, "??????"Also, Blogger here has fewer capabilities than Blogger back home. And

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1151210805835789142006-06-25T00:37:00.000-04:002006-06-25T00:55:01.346-04:00

I wasn't getting as much revenue as I would have liked, so I added Google Search onto the sidebar. You can use it to search for long forgotten posts, such as a certain one about the Lao People's Democratic Republic.Although, technically, you can't since I think I installed it wrong since no matter what you search for, it always comes up with no results.Oh well, you guys can try it out and give

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1151189936322035332006-06-24T18:42:00.000-04:002006-06-25T17:18:46.406-04:00

Sadly, it had to be done.Now that we have entered the knockout stage, I feel obligated to make and publish my World Cup Tournament Predictions.Round of 16Match 1: Germany over SwedenMatch 2: Argentina over MexicoMatch 3: Italy over AustaliaMatch 4: Switzerland over UkraineMatch 5: England over EcuadorMatch 6: Netherlands over PortugalMatch 7: Brazil over GhanaMatch 8: Spain over FranceComments:

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For the first time ever, as of yesterday, Alex's blog was not the leading referrer to my blog.That's right, cower in fear.I think this is cause for celebration.Referrer Rankings:My Xanga 16 hitsAlex's Blog 14 hitsMy Blogger Profile 12 hitsMy Facebook 1 hitMy Last.fm 1 hitLikewise, my blog experienced its highest amount of unique visitors in a single day

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1150815653704573002006-06-20T10:53:00.000-04:002006-06-21T14:39:39.713-04:00

This is not going to be a very substantial post so don't get your hopes up.So there were rumors circling that I would not be doing very much blogging during my stint in China (June 28 - August 1). These rumors are false.I will be living with my grandparents when I am in China. Because of the way the Chinese Government works, former high-ranking officers from the army receive certain benefits

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1150747724117679312006-06-19T15:43:00.000-04:002006-06-19T19:05:59.796-04:00

I haven't updated in a week and judging by my Website Statistics, that has caused my readers to visit less frequently. My lack of posts is not due to a resurgence of my apathy towards this blog, but rather just a dearth of things to write about.Last week, I did basically nothing for the entire week, save for watching "Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights" on Friday. It was not terrible, but I wouldn't

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1150146667078601512006-06-12T16:52:00.000-04:002006-06-14T17:45:13.783-04:00

The sermon went well yesterday. I guess it would have been hard for it not to have, given that people weren't exactly expecting "The Sermon on the Mount"But I got a generally positive response.Who is that dashing fellow?Scrub a dub dub, thanks for the grub. Amen---Andrew Habermehl, stating the main thesis of his sermonAndrew did a great job too, even though our sermons could not have been more

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1149881348410386472006-06-09T15:05:00.000-04:002006-06-12T14:56:54.916-04:00

The World Cup is now underway in Germany, but sadly I will not be blogging about that today. It was just another of my irrelevant titles. Also, I don't know how England will do without Wayne Rooney or Michael Owen.The Newton North Boys' Volleyball Team lost sadly yesterday to Natick. It was a very good, well-played very exciting game that we just happened to be on the losing end of. This

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1149698261322539972006-06-07T12:07:00.000-04:002006-06-09T13:42:22.446-04:00

Prom was very fun. I had a marvelous time if only because it was spent with a certain someone. *blush*The picture-taking fest beforehand was somewhat tedious I thought. But I don't like taking pictures, so maybe it was only me.The result of many many hours of picture takingWhen the night came, we saw a range of personalities, supported by crutches and pimp canes, donning bowler hats and trucker

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1149281294695883602006-06-02T16:48:00.000-04:002006-06-02T22:02:41.450-04:00

That title has nothing to do with the ensuing post, I just couldn't think of a fitting one. Also Maria Sharapova just came on, and she's pretty... tall. Also I just got a new Canon PowerShot SD600, which is a step lower than her SD630, but really just has a 2.5 instead of 3-inch LCD screen.In any case, what I really wanted to blog about is a dilemma that I am currently facing.I remember a time

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1148621719073756322006-05-26T01:35:00.000-04:002006-05-26T20:43:02.350-04:00

This is not a real post, just a list.Because I actually want to:Akeelah and the BeeDown in the ValleyArt School ConfidentialStick It!Because society demands me to:The Da Vinci CodeX3: The Last StandSuperman Returns (Not Before Prom)And finally maybe like 50 more times each:My Sassy GirlPing PongSearching For Bobby Fischer

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1148352243445382272006-05-22T22:33:00.000-04:002006-05-22T22:44:03.710-04:00

The final Table Tennis Club in my high school career came and went fairly uneventfully.The only members who showed up were a handful of equally nostalgic seniors: Tarun, Dan Werb, and Mike Kirby.We had our usual gripes about missing equipment (one of the Naifus mysetriously disappeared again) and broken equipment (We struggled to find a suitable ball) before Dan proceeded to beat the crap out of

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1148263154642445452006-05-21T21:44:00.000-04:002006-05-21T22:52:25.290-04:00

Is it just my browser or is my blog template not showing up right?It makes me really sad actually.Not really, but a good aesthetic feeling is the first step to a good blog, and if I don't have that then what is this?[edit]It's just my browser.But of lesser importance to me, my StatCounter does not seem to be working. Not a good day for my blog.I got "Spirited Away" and "My Sassy Girl" today to

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1148148673362728972006-05-20T14:04:00.000-04:002006-05-21T17:43:11.966-04:00

I will try not to make this too too bitter. And if I sense that it is becoming bitter then I will try to keep it short.So, in short, I hate praise-whores.If you do the right thing, that does not make you a great person, it just means that you are not a bad person and possibly a halfway decent person.So you don't need to publicize your antics on every single medium available to you just so people

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1147841102617399502006-05-17T00:44:00.000-04:002006-05-18T18:47:45.096-04:00

The link in the title sends you to a live feed of the panda exhibit at the San Diego Zoo.Don't ask me why, but I have been checking up on my little panda friends. They are so adorable.Also I've concluded that they do nothing except eat. I have looked at all hours of the day (including right now as I am writing this post) and I haven't seem them do anything other than consume massive quantities

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1147744591280373602006-05-15T21:19:00.000-04:002006-05-17T10:04:10.516-04:00

So as you may or may not have noticed (most likely the latter), I changed the skin on my blog, in a possible attempt to gain more viewers. I also reworked the links section and added AdSense to my blog (not that I'm trying to draw attention to it) because I thought I was pretty broke and may as well make some money if I write here and no one reads it. But then again if no one reads this, I

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1147671722265126142006-05-15T01:37:00.000-04:002006-05-16T10:43:34.326-04:00

Yes, I hate it when I write about sports too.But my life is so bitterly uneventful that it's the only thing I can blog about.Not that I'd give a synopsis of everything I do everyday anyway.But I guess now that I'm done with school other than a few minor technicalities (Asian American Literature, my only class left, which convieniently meets A-Block) maybe I will blog more. And maybe I will gain

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1145494349458607472006-04-19T20:04:00.000-04:002006-04-19T20:52:29.756-04:00

This year in baseball is shaping up to be pretty interesting.Interesting in that it is pretty messed up.Here are the top ten messed up things about baseball so far this year.10. Bronson Arroyo (CIN) has 2 more HRs than Barry Bonds (SF).9. A Rookie, Jonathan Papelbon (BOS), is leading the major leagues with 7 Saves in his team's first 15 games. Last year, Huston Street (OAK) won the ROY by saving

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1141868378092673202006-03-08T20:29:00.000-05:002006-04-03T20:37:15.186-04:00

The link in the title refers you to a NY Times article that discusses the probability (and likelihood) that college basketball games are slightly rigged by players on a team that is heavily favored (Say by more than 10 points). Given this large point-spread, the favored team is able to shave off points of their at the end of the game so that they don't meet the spread, but they still aren't in

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1139360514080874542006-02-07T19:58:00.000-05:002006-03-25T16:45:09.110-05:00

I was fine yesterday, when I saw that it started without me. As they said, "You might not know you haven't been selected until you see it on TV."Today, though. I saw Katie get the crap kicked out of her by Matt who jsut went on a spree.It's one thing to be like "Oh they didn't want me that's fine, I'm sure they had better people."But to see someone that I tooled on in the audition make while I

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1139171401967658352006-02-05T15:26:00.001-05:002006-02-05T15:30:01.970-05:00

Just a disclaimer: This entire post is copied-and-pasted directedly from ESPN.com's Page 2. Link to the actual article in the title.Thursday was one of the biggest holidays of the calendar year: Groundhog Day. Inspired, I decided to come up with my own top-10 list of best animal team nicknames.A quick aside: It's amazing how many D-I teams are named the Tigers, Panthers, Wildcats, Cougars, etc.

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1138508161735172732006-01-28T23:13:00.000-05:002006-01-28T23:16:01.746-05:00

So I went on a prolonged hiatus, mainly due to lack of material. But here I am with my like tri-monthly submission.I just read possibly the most interesting Wiki article I've read, to me at least. Non-physics/engineering/math types might not find it so.It's on the aerodynamics of Insect flight.I was thinking that you could use Nano air vehicles for probing unreachable places such as inside the

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1125362775793408922005-08-29T20:35:00.000-04:002005-08-29T20:46:15.796-04:00

He has served us wellSigh, the end of the housing boom too.

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I got my backpack together and slung it over my shoulder as we headed toward the exit. As we approached the revolving door, I wondered whether or not I should piggy back, but ultimately decided against it, both because previous experience had shown that I'm not good at it and because it, in general, didn't seem like a tact thing to do.We were greeted were a burst of warm air as the outdoor

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1124768851921692422005-08-22T23:08:00.001-04:002008-06-27T16:56:29.410-04:00

I know I haven't updated this in a while. I'm sorry that I'm not going to whet your appetites with a substantive post. (I think this is one of the first times I've referred to my audience in the plural).So one of the last days I spent at Harvard, I saw a girl that I had sat next to/talked to a few times eating her lunch in the Greenhouse Cafe. Her name is Rewadee, but we all call her Apple,

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1122665272415913402005-07-29T15:25:00.000-04:002005-07-29T22:53:57.636-04:00

"The only reason I'm going out with you is so that you can father my children."--Anonymous[edit]I guess an update is long overdue. So I'm going to recount the most idiotic thing that I have done in a long time.So I have a tendency to lose my wallet. Except most of the time I don't actually lose it, and just mispace it. For example, earlier this year, I couldn't find it for 2 weeks until I put

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1121787679931608152005-07-19T11:40:00.000-04:002005-07-19T20:23:15.543-04:00

I'm sitting next to one of the two girls from last night. We are chatting. Alllllright.Her name is Michelle Kwon. Teehee.

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1121134425562420702005-07-11T22:12:00.000-04:002005-07-11T22:13:45.566-04:00

You know, chicks dig the long ball.And if things go right I might be showing her my O-face.Quite the pithy installment I'd say.

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1121018914062579602005-07-10T14:05:00.000-04:002005-07-10T14:08:34.066-04:00

So I made it past the preliminary written test, which gives me about a 1 out of 6 chance of making it on the show. Even if I don't, I feel really good about being in the top 10% of people who audiitioned. And on top of that, I got a nifty pen and water bottle.Now I have to study like crazy. But first I have my Harvard homework to attend to... A lot of it.

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So I ate at the dining hall today thinking that it would be free. However, I was sadly mistaken when I swiped my ID card and the machine rejected it. So I ended up having to pay 11 dollars for lunch, which I probably would have spent 4 dollars on if I didn't try to get it for free.One perk of eating in the dining hall is that the 11 dollars is basically an entrance fee and after you pay you can

Lorenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317180217960118990noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735702.post-1120570266025833092005-07-05T09:27:00.000-04:002005-07-05T09:31:06.030-04:00

I just found a 600 dollar check on the ground next to myself in the computer lab here and I don't know what to do with it.It's times like these when I question my morality. I mean I could turn it in to a help desk or something and then feel good about it. Or I could just leave it there. Which is what I'm going to do.

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