i'm a weirdo

i just about finished my first paper. i have a few bits and pieces i needa add/change but i just can't bring myself to do them. maybe i'll be more inspired tomorrow morning. doubt it, but here's to hoping. only problem is that he never gave us a page number range and mine (or ours.. whatever) is twenty without the references and appendix. some professors have a problem with papers over ten pages. oh well.

also, a couple of weeks ago (possibly last week? my memory sucks these days) i reread the hunger games series, and i think my mind is still partly living in that world because my conclusion was way too power-to-the-people-let's-start-a-rebellion. if katniss was fighting for network security, i swear my conclusion would have been one of her speeches. i'll have to edit it later and calm it down.

speaking of books, for the past few months i've been living on a tight budget. before i buy anything i do a bunch of calculations in my head and usually decide that gas and textbooks are more important than a lot of things. but now i have money in my account again, and it's all i can do not to go and buy all of amazon. i've been adding things to my cart for the past few months, and i just want all of it. i know there's a responsible money budgeter inside of me, but she's been locked up by the part of me that wants new books. i have to set her free.

on another note, i have this imaginary library in my head that will exist in my house when i grow up. not just a bookshelf, but an entire room dedicated to books and reading. when that happens, i will get this great gatsby poster to put on a wall. i just started rereading gatsby yesterday, and when i was "doing my paper" i came across the poster and decided it was fate. i'm not sure why exactly i fell so in love with it, i mean it's cool and everything, but i need it. just not right now. i think i will also get the pride and prejudice one. and maybe the wizard of oz. (do you ever do that? shop for imaginary places you will own in the future? or am i just certifiable?)

anyway, my mind is really struggling to be coherent right now, but i feel like it's failing miserably. and my blankets are all tangled, and i feel like i'm trapped/being strangled.

oh, and i know that this is an april's fool joke, but i would totally get back into tv to watch it:



*Creep - Radiohead

it's easy to believe somebody's been lying to me

So on April Fool's Day I love seeing what "tricks" the websites have come up with. i've seen some pretty good ones in the past, but this year most sites left stuff to be desired. My sister believes google's trick every single year. I don't think i've ever not gotten a call or something from her gushing about the cool new thing google has. But not today.

It's not just the sites, though. Most of the "April Fool's humor" I saw/heard today was anything but humorous. Transparent "jokes" that are not in the least bit funny have been popping up everywhere.

"we have a pop quiz in class today" says the professor who is having the most difficult time keeping a straight face. really? not that i would've studied but... "April Fools!" oh haha witty professor, for about half a second you made me think about the fact that i don't study for anything you give us. you are a funny one.

"my computer died yesterday when i had a really big project due" says the random dude who started to speak to me on the bus. you could hear the tears in his voice, so i must give him credit for his performance. "oh" is my polite reply, followed by a silent diatribe in my head. i do not know you random stranger. why would i care the least bit that your computer died? is it because we are on the same bus? is that a form of bonding to you? I go back to listening to my iPod. "I was just kidding... april fools you know" he says half an hour later as we are getting off the bus. "oh" is my polite response. should i laugh now? was that supposed to be funny? did you think i would suddenly start caring if you let the joke sit there for half an hour? perhaps you should have saved that one for a professor, or friend, or someone who at least knew who you were.

i was eating dinner and the table next to me bursts into laughter. someone had asked for a coke and had recieved a diet instead. another knee-slapping april fools trick. college campuses just breed hilarity these days.

but i started this by talking about websites... here are a few of the oh so funny tricks i found online today.

mugglenet, a harry potter fansite, usually has some pretty good tricks. so after a year of not visiting the site, i went to see what they would have. they're apparently downsizing because of the recession.

youtube had turned their site upside down for the day.

google created the best AI out there. "Cadie" has transcended even the comprehension of her creators.

gmail had started an auto-reply program. you don't have to miss out on any more of those spam-tastic opportunities. the nigerian prince wants your bank account to send you 25 million dollars but you don't have time to reply?? dont worry, gmail will now send him the information for you! along with ssn, mother's maiden name, birthday, and whatnot.

while i must admit a couple of these were pretty clever, i've seen a lot funnier ones.

UPDATE: here's a list of all the internet pranks.

*One Thing Leads to Another - Steven Strait