Blue Eyes Designs

As silly as I think it is that we are forced to have such a thing as “Leap Day”
because of the inaccuracy of our chosen calendar, I do see it as an interesting
thing in and of itself. Almost like New Year’s, but even more so in the
“pondering possibilities” realm.

How did you spend your Leap Day? I spent my researching ancient Greek art for my
presentation tomorrow.

What were you doing four years ago today? What were your plans? What did you
want to do with yourself? How is that different now?

I myself, four years ago, was a sophomore at href="http://www.imsa.edu">IMSA. My first year there, I was still coming
into my own in my community. I was untrue to myself in a lot of ways, and was
just starting to realize that i could let go and be myself around these people.
I do believe that at this point I still wanted to be an astrophysicist. We were
in full swing working on Twelfth Night and I hadn’t yet caught the
theatre bug (but I was getting there.) K and I had only been togther a little
over two months and we already knew that there was something more there than
just teenage admiration. I hadn’t yet been exposed to the idea that I won’t
ever know everything and was quite… uncultured.

Now I’d like to think that I’ve done a lot of growing. I’m sure of my short term
goals and fairly sure of my still-short-but-relatively-long term goals. I don’t
know anything sure about my long-long term goals. I know that there is more to
literature than Star Trek novels, but I now know how to enjoy them. I know more
of who I am and more of who I want to be. I know that I will never feel old
enough at the same I know that I will never feel my age. I know that you really
shouldn’t work a job on each end of Randall Road, but I know that I’m going to
do it anyway. I know that I really do need to get a reciept when using an ATM
and that text books are way too expensive. I know that some people find me
attractive and I still don’t understand it, but at the same time, I still don’t
really know what I find attractive in other people. I know that I have a lot of
growing to do.

What do you know?

Holy Shit. We open in two weeks.

Fabulous.

Yes. Rep Term!

Lysistrata: Feb 26, 28, March 2, 4, 6 (2:00)
Trojan Women: Feb 27, 29 March 3, 5, 6
(all shows unless noted are at 7:30)

So I wrote this paper a few weeks ago for my movement class about my
relationship with my body. I didn’t really care for it or the assignment, but a few people have read it and said nice things about it. I still think it’s kinda silly/stupid, but I’ll share anyways. L suggested I start it with, “My body and I broke up….” so here goes…
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es.com/2004/02/05/technology/05VIRU.html (registration required. deal.)

more on this when I don’t have to go to class.

UPDATED:

I’m getting really frustrated with people who say they “just can’t do
computers.” Most of the people I know are more than smart enough to understand
the basic principles behind their functioning. It might be true that they don’t
have the familarity or vocabulary that some people have, how else would you
expect to get good at something by anything other than doing it? I’m not saying
that everyone should be a genius (it would put support techs out of business,
wouldn’t it?) but what I am saying is that if you use such a powerful tool on a
daily basis, you should feel a simple responsibility to understand what you’re
doing- not just follow a script. Be familar with the programs you use on a
regular basis, pay attention to what you’re doing when someone tells you how to
do something and just PLAY WITH IT. If you don’t know about Word, open a new
document, type some text, and explore the menus. See what you can do, see where
it is. If you come across a preferences or options screen, read it, learn about
what each one does. I have only taken one “Computer Science” course in my life.
Everything I know, I’ve learned this way. And you are NOT “too old.”

I think I’m going to make an addition to my “No, I will not fix your computer”
shirt: “You can fix it yourself.”

*hrumpf*