Poke My Mon!

This is hilariously late and, as such, since nobody’s going to read it, probably, I’m going to try to keep it short (although, wiht 240 people, how short can it be?). These are my song-by-song recap of the past two weeks of American Idol performances, the first of which I can only label as probably the worst semi-final in Idol history last week’s shows (tried to do both top 24 and top 20 but it took forever).

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Sorry for being away for so long! I was supposed to do my mega American Idol recap for the past two weeks over the past few days but I got distracted (i.e. was too lazy to do it) so, while I’m still doing it (dunno for what, since this week’s one is almost here), here’s a little something to test yourself with.

The above are diagrammatic representations of some famous quotes. I can only get some because I’ve never seen (or even heard of) some of the other films (although you can pretty much get the basic gist of all of them just by looking at it). How many can you get?

A few weeks ago, I decided that, instead of debating between getting an iPhone and a Blackberry, I’d get both (well, sorta).

Since I’d be able to get the BB Bold 9700 for really cheap, I decided to get an iPod Touch (32gb). After all, it has almost all the functionality of the iPhone but it’s way cheaper and has more storage space (even if I had gotten the iPhone, I could only have afforded the 16gb one, which wouldn’t have solved the problem of my current Nano running out of space).

This way, I not only have the best of both worlds, but I wouldn’t be putting all my eggs in one basket and then getting screwed when the battery runs low or something. The only thing is that the iTouch has no camera and hence no fun camera apps.

But anyway, I decided to get my hands on one after my fortnight from hell (with the two full essays and one crazy mod term test) as a sort of celebration. Unfortunately, while my papers went okay, the test was a huge mess I’m doomed to fail so the iPod became more of a comfort, self-consoling buy instead.

Whatever the case, I now have my iPod and am actually typing this on it (and trying to get used to the touchscreen so please pardon any typos). Have also spent a decent bomb on paid apps (on top of a whole slew of free ones) so it’s pretty much souped up (and I’m pretty much subsisting on bread and water for the rest of the month).

Now I just need a nice anti-fingerprint matt screen protector (the one I got with the purchase kinda sucks but it’s free so no complaints) and I’m all set. Woo!

This dude, who was hospitalized for TB and quarantined for several weeks, came up with this rap and video chronicling his mental stability (or lack thereof) after those weeks of stay.

It’s really well-written and totally hilarious. It’s too bad that it has to be based on real-life experience (which is sad for the dude).

“…and I suppose it is a nice private place to repetitively masti…cate (it means chew!)”

There was a bit of drama today when, high on successfully completing my history essays before schedule and also on lack of sleep, I found out that my SE1101E essay, which I thought was due next Friday during lecture, was actually due during tutorial on Monday at noon instead.

This was understandably a huge cause of concern for me as I haven’t even started on the paper yet. Heck, at that time I hadn’t even thought of my topic yet. And I wasn’t the only one. From the loud chatter that erupted in the lecture hall, not to mention the gasps of all my friends sitting near me, I’m guessing quite many people failed to see the fine print in our syllabus that said the essay was due during tutorial (after all, most other modules have us handing in assignments during lectures).

Thankfully, while I was panicking and asking friends for suggestions on topics, I received an email from my tutor, who moved the deadline for my tutorial class to Wednesday at 5.30pm. While still not Friday (and now it clashes with my revision for a stats test I have on Wednesday), this extension was much needed. I mean, 1.5k words is supposed to be ok for me (since those were the norm in Mass Comm) but this essay has one of those vague, weird questions that I don’t really know how to elaborate on and squeeze out content for and the extra time is much needed for me to find stuff to fill the quota.

So, whew, drama averted for now. Still have to go back to school on a Saturday to borrow books and study but at least it’s not so scarily stressful. And, to randomly segue to my totally unrelated Picture of the Post, here’s the truth behind Mario’s cheery disposition:

Yay I finished my history essays! They might not be very well-written (one started out pretty well but then devolved into one of those that got progressively worse the more I tried to improve it) or be A-worthy but I’m just happy I finished ahead of schedule!

Haven’t been able to catch up with American Idol this week so there’s no recap although, from what I’ve read, I didn’t miss much. Many are saying that, based on the first round, this might be the worst top 24 in Idol history and that there wasn’t a single standout performance from both guys and girls. Even all the hot faves fell short. That’s sad.

In any case, before I go off for some sleep before continuing my fortnight from hell, here’s a picture that aptly expresses my feelings:

Yes. So stop giving me notifications. And stop sending me random not-real gifts (real ones are fine, though). And no, I do not have a gun to spare or I sure as hell am not going to offer you any help in your war.

Much as I’d like to just laze around, do nothing much of note and post up random awesomeness for you all to read, sometimes, as an undergrad, I have to do this little thing called an ‘assignment’.

Over the next two weeks, I won’t be updating much (if at all) because all those weeks of procrastinating have finally caught up to me and I have two huge essays to churn out, as well as a test I have to ace pass, all within the next 11 days.

Still, though, do continue to check-in once in a while in case I slip up and post something. To leave you all for a while, here’s a little Yahoo! Answers fail that reminds us that, even when we I feel that we I’m not very smart and doomed to academic mediocrity, there’s always that someone who’s just stupider.

Continuing from yesterday’s episode, tonight saw the announcement of the last 17 slots in the top 24.

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Of never-ending food, random cute animals and loads of laughter. More photos after the break.

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See that weird floating thingy in the air? Apparently it’s a design concept of a floating hotel, which, well, floats in the air from city to city. If it does become reality, it will run on hydrogen (drawing unfortunate comparisons to the ill-fated Hindenburg). For more info that I can’t be bothered to read, head here.

When I first saw it, I immediately thought of the Zendikar lands from the new Magic: the Gathering series.

Maybe the designers are M:tG fans?

Source: theCHIVE