#blind challenge

Drawing A Radio (Blind)

Drawing A Flower (Blind Since Birth)

New Years approaches! Quick, take note everybody. Make MakMake sure to write instead of 2011 when you get back to school! For the time being, I will indulge in the wonderfully cliche tradition of writing down a couple of resolutions!

As a side note, I'm going to skip the boring usual ones like do better in school or go to the gym more often--yawn, boring. I'll only take note of the exciting ones.

Go out more! Not in the sense of partying or clubbing (god forbid), but out in the city! Come on, I had to give up so much to go to a school in Manhattan. Good housing, a kitchen, a big campus, personal space... and for what? For me to stay holed up in my (tiny) room all day? No more! I'll get what I pay for, and what I get is New York City!

Cook more. I've been far too lazy last semester. Walking to the grocery store regularly may seem tiresome, but I promise to myself to at least try to go shopping for actual food more often. No more everyday HamDel sandwiches. As cheap as they are, I really don't think it's a good idea to live off of those buggers.

Make more friends. I don't mean regular, boring old Asian friends, but friends of different cultures.  I literally don't have any white friends at school--it's kind of pathetic. I want to change that. As great as Asians are (overstatement), I need to add a little bit of color to the monotone yellow.

Stop playing so much games. Seriously, I find that to be a big problem even when I'm on break. All these hours I spend building shit on Minecraft or leveling up my character on Skyrim doesn't really amount to anything. If I had a obby that actually produced stuff, I may be more inclined to stay with it, but what do I gain from gaming? Almost notihng. Sure, I can argue that games like Starcraft improve my reaction time and Minecraft lets me express my creativity, but really, the time I spend can be spent much more fruitfully say, learning a new programming language or building an application.

Be nicer! Big one here. I realize that I have some very strong views on certain things. But just because I hold these strong philosophical beliefs does not mean that I have to look down on people that do not share my same beliefs. I have to ask myself, "Why does it annoy me so much?" And when it comes down to it, I don't have an answer. It's completely irrational. I got to step above that kind of thinking. It starts wars, you know?

Grow a mustache. Only half kidding. And that's only because it's probably not physically possible for me (and Mary absolutely hates facial hair)... But damn, mustaches are so cool.

Well, I can't think of anymore. I mean, I probably could if I thought about it, but then again organnizing my thoughts is completely against the whole point of the blind challenge. 

So until next time, bye!

Okay, so I definitely missed an update or two. Nothing has been on my mind much lately though. Final sucks, school sucks, all the same kind of stuff. Pretty much the take home message is that I need to focus: work harder and waste less time.

So today, I stumbled upon some BIONICLE merchandise online. Man, that sure took me back. I remember when I used to be obsessed with them. Just looking at the stuff now made me really want to read through the entire saga, especially the parts I have missed. Unfortunately, after quite a while of fruitles searching, I had to give up. SThose were simpler times. I remember the bliss I felt just from putting together a new figure together and playing with it to my hearts content. I remember reading the comics over and over again, completely immersed in the story. I still feel an attachmen to those that series. Loved it.

Winter break has been semi-eventful, I suppose. Unfortunately, Mary is off to China so I probably won't have a chance to speak with her for a while. In the meantime, I'll hang out with all the friends (please excuse tthis horrendous abuse of a meme)!

What else? Well I'm trying to learn Ruby but I haven't been very focused. I'll continue with the textbook after I finish this post. My goal is to make a simple automatic email program that can send form emails to multiple addresses. Should be simple enough.

I have a challenge for myself: for at least one time a week for the next five weeks, I am going to write a small post with my eyes closed. Normally, I think I take too long edited compositions, which is not the point of writing a blog. I feel like in this way, my words will flow on the page unadultered, typos and grammatical errors for all to see. Oh, and I want to add that this post counts (my eyes have been responsibly closed).

So recently I have been immersed in Skyrim. My roommate downloaded it off a Chinese torrent site, and I must say, I almost regret asking him for it. It is such a well-designed game that it seriously keeps me in awe. Unfortunately, that has not been good news for my concentration.

On the the academic side, I have found a liking to computer science. I don't know whether it's becuse I like the subject or that it's just better than everything else I've been exposed to as of yet, though. Hopefully I don't make the wrong decision as I constantly worry about my future. Sometimes I just feel so inadequate--that others are so much more ahead than me. I try to shove that thought to the back of my head, but it creeps out more often than I would like. I often think about uninstalling Skyrim, Starcraft, Minecraft, etc., and just going back to my roots. That worked for quite some time in high school when I shut myself from all forms of procrastination (except Reddit). Perhaps my time has come again.

Anyway, I apologize that this post is not as interesting. I may stop this little challenge prematurely if I feel like it's not really going anywhere. I don't have much to write about right now. Og, by the way, if you're reading this Livia, I'm sorry that I Sstill have not mailed you a letter. I kind of pushed it off for too long. I only now remembered. It will arrive some day, I swear!

I'm not sure how much I like this no eyes thing. I really want to reorder some of my sentences and change a few things here and there, it bothers me so muc. Oh well, maybe if I just never read this I won't have to face my shame.

What else is on my mind, let me think. Well, I have been spratically wallowing in regret as of late. I'm not entirely sure why--I'll have to do some investigation and get back to... myself, I suppose. I jiust feel like I could have a lot more going on in my life. It just feels so empty. Oh well, it is an emptiness that only work can fill. Go, Stephen, and ignore your problems through the magical distraction of education

Yeah, I reall admire those who have drive. Forget the whole innate inequality debate, motivation is almost just as important as natural genius. I know for a fact that I could know so much more, donde so much more, if only I focused instead of wasting my previous life away. Sad thought, sad death.

Ah well, I do enjoy some aspects of this year better though. I've been trying to be friendlier with people, maybe start a chat with a stranger like the dorm guards or the halal cart guy. But no real heart to heart talsk yet, a lot of hellos and thank yous though. A late start is better than none at all, I suppose!