I never know why I’m having a good day vs. a bad day. Sleep has something to do with it, and so do people, but overall I have failed to derive the equation. Today was a good day. I’ve rediscovered Java through being forced to do my CompSci Internal Assessment, which was a nice feeling. I like programming — it’s like math, satisfying crunchy problems. The cover for Frontage Roads, which I am working on now, is much harder. I find it much harder to evaluate value/success in art, particularly my own.

As usual, there’s too much to do. This weekend should not be allowed to end.

I enjoy Gorillaz’ new video, Feel Good Inc. I am allowed to like Gorillaz because the guy behind it, Damon Albarn, is from Blur and that is respectable.

Other links of the moment: dinosaurs, my favorite graffiti, a hearty breakfast. Yes, this is what I do wtih my life.

Went downtown yesterday, which was very good. I should have gone a long time ago. It was a better vacation than Spring Break. Except I lost the poking war and now my arm says “Property of arvind Iyengar” on it in purple Sharpie. Damn you, arvind Iyengar! Damn youuuu!

I realized last night that if an anti-Anush political movement ever develops, they are sure to succeed, because they can make bumper stickers that say SMUSH ANUSH on them. I am afraid. There are no good things that my name rhymes with. My political career is over before it has even begun!

I like Aaron’s angry tree story.

I love my iPod, but not this much.

Wow, Bobby Fischer is such an awesome weird angry man. So good at chess! So full of rage!

I am so excited about this weekend. Spring Break, as noted earlier, was good but not at all relaxing. Now, though, I get to catch up on my backlog of reading and sleeping.

The Terri Schiavo case, I think, should not be as big a deal as it has been lately, being a private concern. Why are Congress and CNN involved? But to add my own two cents to the media frenzy, I think the husband’s decision should be respected, since it is based on her own wishes. However, it is a pity that the only way to end this is to remove the feeding tube. Euthanasia should be legal in specific circumstances such as these.

I fought the law and I won.

Here for a limited time — the awesome/ridiculous hats I bought on the Mexico cruise. Arman says the second one doesn’t look like me, but really, it’s me. Also, the first one is fairly dorky. Actually, they all are. Aw, man. 1, 2, 3, 4.

Back from my cruise — feel terrible. My throat feels like some bastard grated it and my whole body hurts from my foray into kickboxing yesterday.

The whole cruise thing was much better and more interesting than expected. The friends I made were not my kind of people at all, but over time I think we got really fond of each other. This morning (c. 4AM) there were lots of goodbye hugs. I learned some things, such as: 1) I can in fact get along with football players, as long as they have pretensions; 2) Cigarette smoke makes my throat hurt; 3) I really like being the sober one. Being around a lot of very typical teenagers whose conception of Spring Break was Why Aren’t We Drunk Yet demystified some things for me, and make me more sure of my own choices in regards to these things. Also, I bought two awesome hats, and found some really interesting people among the typical teenagers. So, good.

Leaving tomorrow for cruise to Mexico. This is exciting. I like oceans and things. Currently I am a bit diseased but that is sure to pass eventually.

The other day I went to see Brian Greene speak at the Arboretum! It was very enjoyable & fantastic in that it was fairly beyond me but I now want to read his books.

I think I might be becoming enamoured of science again. This used to be the case in the distant past before I took science classes in high school and became disillusioned and bored. In AP Bio recently, we did a lab involving a very small crustacean of genus Daphnia. I liked the Daphnia a lot, because they were jerky and transparent. Maybe I should double major in Plan II and Biology rather than Plan II and Business? People tell me Business (and Law, which I plan to go into eventually) is bad for the state of my soul.