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I have to ‘give props’ to Kerri, who I just added to my ‘friends+favs’ section. Of course, now that she has called me a celebrity, maybe I should consider starting my own fan club…
Or maybe I should deflate my ego just a bit. :-)
Wow. I should go to bed so I can get […]

When an anonymous person read my last post, she said I was having a ‘big word fest’. Now I feel like I need to defend my choice of words. I like using big words - maybe it’s to show off, but I think that it’s good for people to use big words. Using obscure words […]

My mom told me that I look like a Backstreet Boy. I was about to go over to a friends house, and I was wearing a polo shirt with cargo pants, and out of the blue my mom said that I looked like a Backstreet Boy! In my opinion, she’s only saying this because […]

Several people have asked me ‘What is a web log?’ If you are pondering this imponderable, I refer you to the Chicago Tribune article She has seen the future and it is - Web logs. I have to admit that this article is slightly disturbing in how aptly it describes me as a typical web […]

Gnutella is like Napster, except cooler.

All right stop, collaborate and listen. It’s the Vanilla Ice Web log!

Elisha of apathy.nu is a very talented designer. She has a weblog too! I love those, in case you haven’t noticed…
Plus, she wishes she went to U of Chicago - and how can someone who wants to go to U of C not be totally awesome?
So, I think Elisha is cool for three reasons: […]

A little update on my life:
Adele and I celebrated our one-year anniversary of being together Wednesday. We have such an awesome relationship - we are both stubborn and independent people, and we often disagree, but we are also rational and reasonable about dealing disagreements, so we virtually never have arguments.
My IB tests are coming […]

What the heck happened?
Welcome to the all new, totally redesigned, improved, revamped, enhanced, tweaked, tested and ktheory! The old paradigm has been demolished, and out of the rubble rises my.existence - the merging of my journal so it goes and connections. Note the metaphorical symbolism of the title my.existence. It’s as if my existence […]

Fun with Babelfish
On a whim, I ran my previous “What if” entry through Altavista’s Babelfish translation tool. I translated the text from English to French, back to English, then to German, back to English, then to Spanish, and finally back to English. The result is as follows:
Which if.
I thought about the Internet age […]

What if…
I was thinking about the rise of the Internet and the ‘information age’ today, and the thought came to me:
What if we are experiencing the beginning of a major advancement in human evolution?
Imagine when prehistoric civilizations first began using language as a means of communication. As language progressed and became more complex, writing emerged […]

Drum roll please
Last week I sent in my deposit to the University of Chicago. I am incredibly excited about going there. I feel so lucky that the school I loved also gave me the best financial aid package. It’s also so comforting to have finally made the decision and stop worrying about […]

I love U of C
I am about half way through my U of C visit right now. Actually, this is being typed from a dorm room at about 2:30AM at U of C. So far, this school has really impressed me, as it did when I visited last summer. The academic focus […]