In one of those moods...

where I'm starting to overthink everything.  It's been a rough week, what with school almost over for the semester and some rough patches with my boyfriend.  And then my friend randomly spazzed a few minutes ago accusing people of being ungrateful children.  And I've been sick all this weekend.  And my lakehouse burned down.  So yea...life is interesting, like usual.

It's very important to realize how much we actually do have and how little we really do know, just like that poster noted on my last note.

love ya'll & hope this week turns out well.

another post? how silly!

My friend just told me that Judaism is not a religion worshipping Judas.

Now I knew that, but it strikes me as an interesting question-where did Judaism get its name?

Couple clicks later, here's our answer!:

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Where_did_the_word_'Jew'_originate_from

Yes, answers.com sponsors me.

Kidding.

It's freeware, I believe, so I don't have to cite it?

Another Adventure

Went downtown this afternoon to do some tutoring.  Hard work, but I think we made some progress.  I've been trying to contact one of my old teachers to get more information on teaching Italian, but she hasn't yet responded.

Apparently, I got ambushed by a creep after writing that post asking people to comment.  I suppose I walked into it.  Whatever.

I miss you, CRC.

Does anyone know anything about QuickBooks?

A Warning to Meself...

http://lifehacker.com/5210528/the-importance-of-monitoring-your-online-reputation?t=12064098#c12064098

I have to be nicer.  Oops. And my name will remain anonymous.

New post, new week

hey all.

who reads this blog?!?! If you see this post, write a comment on it!! please. lol.

chi legge questo blog? Se lo vede, scriva dei commenti, per piacere. :P

Quien lee este blog? Si lo vee, escriba un commento, por favor. :)

and to get totally ridiculous, i'll auto-translate into german, polish, and whatever other languages have free translations.

because I CAN...and because I'm quirky

In Dutch: Wie leest deze blog? Indien u dit ziet, schrijf een commentaar alstublieft.

In German: Wer liest dieses Blog? Wenn Sie dies sehen, schreiben Sie eine Bemerkung bitte.

In Portuguese: Quem lê este blog? Se você vir isto, escreva um comentário por favor.

In Russian: Кто читает этот blog? Если Вы видите это, напишите комментарий пожалуйста.

In Polish: Który czyta ten blog? Jeśli otóż ten , pisać pewien komentarz podobać się.

In Norwegian: Hvem leser denne blog? Hvis du forstår denne , skrive en bemerkning behage.

In Finnish: Joka kuulua nyt kuluva blog? Tokko te hiippakunta nyt kuluva , kirjailla huomautus haluta.

Does anyone even speak finish anymore as their first language? Sorry, very ignorant. Inform me please.

that's enough

wait, no.

Latin: Quisnam lego is blog? Si vos animadverto is write a ineo commodo.

and OMG i almost forgot!! FRENCH!!!

French: Qui étudier ça blog? Si vous voyez ça , écrivons une faire des remarques s'il vous plaît.

There. Now we're done. Now comment! :)

What to write? What to write??!?

TIRED.

Watched the movie Amazing Grace with my parents.

Found out that Walgreens' ran out of jelly beans and that there really aren't any chocolate lambs. I don't know what my mother was thinking. :(

Hoppy Easter every1! :P and do NOT, I repeat, NOT, eat Peeps.

Sorry peeps' creators! But your product made me ill & I will never forget that.

'night/good morning (for you europeans...)

FOUND OUT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO TUTOR SOMEONE IN ITALIAN DAILY!!! ah!

So...I should add pictures?

Pictures are difficult to do legally, but I'll start adding some freeware ones, I suppose.

Testing...

Example one:

Ok, didn't work...try again.

Mangos!

Cool.

Obedience

Oggi la nostra classe d'italiano ha discusso il [plot] e il messaggio di quattro favole: Cappuccetto Rosso, Bianca Neve e I Sette Nani, Cerentola, e La Sirenetta.  Quest'ultime tre sono stati composti in film dal Disney. La prima, la terza, e la quarta dimostrano il tema dell'obbedienza....che i figli devono obbedire i genitori.

Oh...plot=la trama

Oddly enough, my friends also discussed obedience today...and how hard it is to control kids.  They seem to think that parents need to be really strict, and this force will convince children to be good.  Most of them were scolded severely, and "even" spanked or belted when they were young.  I was too, but I don't believe in hitting kids.  There's got to be another way.  Not that it's easy or anything.  I'm a college student currently, and just beginning to think about having kids and how to properly raise them.  I would love to be a nearly "perfect" mom who rarely gets upset, but I'm not so sure that is realistic.  It's just that I've so often observed mothers yelling at their kids, and I usually cringed.  Not that I want my kids to have control of me.  I want PEACE, gosh darn it! haha.  I know kids need to learn that there are boundaries they must not cross, but how does one enforce them?  How do you get a protesting child to go to sleep?  I learned in psychology last year that once a parent caves in to their child and reinforces whining or other bad behavior, the child will continue the behavior that led them to receive a reward.  But that requires great willpower!!

I trust I'll know soon enough; after all, my mother did a fairly decent job.  In the meantime, I need to get some sleep.

(Note: Due to this picture, this blog is now rated PG-13  But you really should be 13 to look at this anyway...or most websites nowadays, so yea.)

Road Trip sans Car

Went downtown this afternoon to clear my head because I had a 4S panic attack.  My roommate, without meaning to, drives me nuts sometimes.  Latest bad habit?: drumming her fingernails on everything in sight. Gah.

If you haven't figured out who this is yet, I don't think you ever will.  Well, unless I actually come out and tell you.  But I won't do that! It's more fun this way!

So my latest assignment for quicktutor.blogspot.com is to find information on pros and cons of pharmaceuticals.  HOW GENERAL CAN YOU GET?!?!? Do you just mean drugs in general? That's what pharmaceuticals are!   Now I can understand a discussion on the evils of pharmaceutical companies, problems with overdosing on drugs, or using too many drugs for little problems, but just the general topic of pharmaceuticals?  That's basically the same as asking, what the pros and cons of medicine are!  Is you see this, Rishi, THAT is why I refuse to do this assignment.

Back to my story of going downtown-i will only tell you the educational details since that is the purpose of this blog. 

-I found out that the Cook County Library is open Monday through Friday, but on Saturday, it is open exclusively for attorneys.  I think I would like to visit it someday.

-Macy's is open until 8pm on Saturdays.

-You can play musical instruments on the Red Line subway platform.  Do you need a liscense? THAT would be a good question to get answered!

-There are a bunch of places that have "free" wifi downtown, but you may need to purchase something before using it.  Personally, I think that's a great deal.  Food + Internet=HEAVEN! ha

McDonald's wifi is supposedly fee-based. :( Ridiculous.  They have so much money and can't afford to give people a break? Not nice.

-Honestly, I think Braveheart is over-rated.  Yes, it is an epic movie, but serously, some of the scenes are ridiculous from a health and survival tactics student's perspective, in particular that scene where Wallace falls into the lake and is flailing his arms everywhere.  STUPID!  Wait until you are in the water to use your energy!  (Unless you arrogantly think you are that strong and capable of endurance.) *shakes head* Oh, and that reminds me of my position of torture-from the tortured person's perspective-"If you're going through hell, keep going" (Winston Churchill)!!!! Otherwise, it's pointless. And speaking of William Churchill, I used him as one as part of my heroes project in 8th grade, LOL.  And speaking of 8th grade, I did a project on the book Left for Dead: A Young Man's Search for Justice for the USS Indianapolis.  THAT (again, lol) is an interesting story from what I can remember (which is little, unfortunately).

endorsement of Amazon,  sorry: http://www.amazon.com/Left-Dead-Search-Justice-Indianapolis/dp/0385730918

And this reminds me of the movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, because the scene where he goes off to war appears to be similar to that of the USS Indianapolis situation.  Not sure though, so I'll go look it up on IMDB.com....one sec.

Drat.  Too much time wasted on IMDB, to no avail.  I spotted a confirmation of the reference on Amazon (yet again!! this blog is a repetitive mess! so sorry)...please do look into the story.  Not the MOST INTERESTING EVER, but certainly worthy of a movie or something.

That's all.  Ta!