Igudesman and Joo

Bringing classical music to the masses Igudesman and Joo, although it has be nearly four year since their international debut in 2004, it seems I have been missing out and just finding them on youtube was a delight.



The two very talented musicians bring classical music back again, with a mix of comedy routine, slapstick humor, and impressive performances, even in German the humor comes through without a hitch. They have preformed throughout europe and I'm just hoping for an US debut.

Refection

Have been looking over Taiwan pictures, it is nice to remember all of the things that happened over the summer. It is now a down time after a crazy two weeks with midterms and essays, a little surprised that my immune system was able to keep from crashing like it usually does. This three day weekend is very much needed, and so now it is just going over homework, my resume for summer internships and then just things here and there.

Some shows that I got hooked on, besides the TV shows which are for the most part on hiatus due to the fact that the months long writers' strike just ended recently, mostly animated includes a movie "Byousoku 5cm" a short by Makoto Shinkai. I believe that the first part was on Yahoo, with a kind of promotion, love it, although I think I am partial to happy endings and it is sad that things don't work out like you would want, although perhaps that is life. Another show is Scrapped Princess a kind of generic anime, even so I love it anyway it has some kind of strange charm to it, and just having looked it up it is by Ichiro Sakaki also known for Cowboy bebop, another great favorite of mine. Naruto Shippuuden is my current catch-up on youtube after finishing the original Naruto series, the show is fun but sometimes I wish the show would just cut to the chase, they sometimes spend up to an entire episode and all they do would be set up for the fight with at times boring dialog taking forever to lead up to the fight scenes. Yet even so with the exception of filler episodes it still enjoyable as long as you don't over analyze and think too much.

Sometimes conversations between engineers end up taking the strangest tangents, from google's Lunar Base idea to electronic rail guns, it seems for our study groups we spend equal time BS'ing as we do actually review and do homework. Although setting up a study group has perhaps been the best thing I've done for my grade in a long time, it cuts the stress because I know that we will be able to have a set date for homework and if I don't know how to solve a problem my friends will have a different perspective and will most likely be able to help and visa versa.

We will not Forget

September 11th, 2007. It is the 6th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, we will always remember. I still remember the moment in school my freshman year, when someone comes in and tells us to turn on the TV, the entire class watches as what seems to be clips from a movie keep playing over and over again; and we learn what had happened . . . everyone is in shock. We shall not forget, but we shall not let this blacken our hearts ~ everyone needs to live their lives better because of what happened, go out and volunteer, help others, become a better person and live a better life for the people who lost that chance.

Yakitate!! [Japan] Suihanja-pan Bread #2

In Taiwan right now in the Jungli City Public Library, and the sun is glaring down outside, things have been uneventful as of yet, although the food is awesome and far cheaper than what you find in the US. Recently I've been addicted to an anime Yakitate!! largely because that is the only thing on TV besides sports, news and soap operas. In the anime the character shows you how to make a simple and delicious bread, but I didn't catch the recipe and finally found it on a fan site on Xanga. If the link stops working the recipe is as follows:





Ingredients :

3 1/3 tablespoons (3 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon) butter
2 1/2 cups bread flour2 tablespoons sugar
2 1/3 tablespoons milk
12 tablespoons water
1 heaping teaspoon salt
1 heaping teaspoon dry yeast

• -In a large bowl (or the rice cooker), mix dry ingredients except yeast.
• -Dissolve yeast in a little of the water. Add the yeast and the rest of the liquids except butter.
• -Knead until well incorporated and unsticky.
• -Work in the butter.
• -Let dough rise in a warm area for 60 minutes.
• -Drop the dough from a height of 3 feet onto a clean surface, just to let out some of the excess air. Return dough to warm area again for another rise, 60 minutes.
• -Place into rice cooker and set to cook. Once it's done cooking, flip it over and cook once more. Flip and cook for the third and final time.

I haven't been able to get the pictures off my camera mainly cause I can't find a computer with a card reader that I can get full access to, and load them to my USB. So when I do I get some pictures up to embellish.

Summer Return

Just got back from Pullman only a few days, decided to take a walk to the local library and read a little, these were the pictures I took along the way.










It is nice relaxing, sucks that I couldn't do better in classes but it is over so I'll need to change my routine next year and get on the ball, spend more time in sloan and dana to study, hopefully I can get a plane built so I can fly it during the semester, to stay outside more and be more active. This summer I'll be able to upgrade my computer and get it more powerful so I can run the programs I want.

Sloan [12 days ago]

Been sitting in sloan, the fans wailing stashed in ugly Beige cases, been sitting for so long my body hurts, my brain on the verge of crashing. it has been 15 hours and it will probably be another 2-3 before I leave for classes, with the hours spent in this dusty, computer laden, overly and artificially bright lab filled with high pitched power supplies in ugly Beige cases, with the faint clack of key boards, and the clicking of mice.

Thoughts turn to alcohol or better yet sleep, either path to unconsciousness is welcome. It is already the end of the week but I probably wont even be conscious for classes today. Will be getting an early breakfast to try and stay awake, a test looms on the horizon as Monday is bound to roll around far too soon. I need to get a flu shot cause I can already feel my already feeble immune system going to crash. It feels like I am pushing my body and mind to it's breaking point, I will probably lose it at any moment and just fall asleep. it isn't really a fight any more it is more of a wounded belly crawl through the mud and under barb wire and bullets.


Sloan, the squat ugly building connected to the tower - there is a reason there are no opening windows other than those of the offices on the right side of the building, doing homework and assignments here can be frustrating enough that it would make you want to jump out a window, to maybe break a leg to get out of a test or project. All this work is enough to drive you crazy.

Back in Pullman already.

Back in Pullman already. Dam#, in the first week flooded with homework. The schedule looks lite, with only 4 classes, but 3 of them have labs - labs are usually a total of 3 hours or more, Physics and Calculus 2 both have scheduled labs - however CS251 is an unscheduled lab. Note there is no assigned time but you cant do the work at home unless you have Linux or buy Visual Studio C, and even then you cant submit unless the computer is on the network which this year only the computers in Sloan have the connection. Phuck. I need astro lube or something cause the homework load is raping me, every class has homework every day, most takes about an hour for each assignment that adds up to about 10 total assignments and 2 Lab projects/write-ups. Unlike High School, if you have a REAL major, skipping class is a no-no . . . no because the profs will care (few do) but because it will phuck you over when you try and understand the homework and test later. second year crash'n at Orton, not bad, get your own room,mic+frig.




There is also never enough sleep. dam#. Did in the middle of all that get to sip some, at 2 parties with some booze, about 3 weeks or so ago, and last week 9 shots of 100, Smirnoff while watching Internet vids, like Tiki Bar ect. lol. yet I was still disappointingly sober, maybe it was dinner - too full or something, dam# kinda wish i was a cheap, and get wasted in like 2 shots, phuck 9 costs too much. still burnt out from class though. phuck. already a month or so in and the midterms are coming up. sh!t. Wanna get a black DS lite - it looks sweet. the games are sweet. FF3? Zelda?ect! should get a tv. Dam# so tired.