Asian Weather Reporter Charres Riu On the Scene

I don't mind the rain. Sometimes it's nice to have the change of weather so that we can all experience actual seasons throughout the year. I know I've been spoiled by living in SoCal for most of my life, where it's basically summer all year round. When the sun finally breaks through on the next day, you get the whole "Ahhhh...." refreshing feeling as the trees and plants are still moist from the condensation. Plus, if I stay in on a rainy day, I'm one of the types that cuddles up on the couch with a blanket, book, and a hot cup of tea.

Except, it's different here...

Fuck the weather lately. Yeah, I can tolerate a day or two of rain here and there. But shit son. This rain has been going on for a week, a teaser couple days of sunshine, then POURING. Now starting this week, there's some ridiculous wind factor going on (see picture).



FML. Now the rain is coming in from all directions instead of just up. It's like mother nature has decided we've all done something terribly wrong here in Berkeley (like buying too many made-from-awesome-trees textbooks).

Dear Mother Nature, I'm sorry if I haven't been a hippy lately? I made steak for dinner, so maybe I have it coming for me now because I killed a cow. Maybe I shouldn't have stepped on that crunchy leaf near the Campanile either.

I think I'm attributing my particular bad experience to my lack of umbrella, though. Yes, let's just say this picture can describe it pretty well:

My umbrella had suffered a slight mishap last year when the wind was particularly strong, but it was still usable given a slight bend in the metal shaft. All was well until a particularly rainy day last week. I pushed the button to extend my mini umbrella, except it extended all the way out, onto the floor.

This would be an appropriate time for me to hear one of those annoying "Congratulations, you have just won two free iPod nanos!" ads. Just replace the iPods with an umbrella handle and metal shaft.

I got the umbrella from LA Chinatown a couple years ago so I wasn't really expecting much from it either. I ordered this umbrella from Amazon last week hoping it would get to me by now, but it hasn't. PLZ COME SOON.

In short, screw the rain, and I don't have an umbrella. I'm using my Northface jacket in the meantime, but sometimes it's still a little ridiculous here regarding the weather. This probably means I already hate Seattle. Fuck their coffee too. I drink tea anyway.

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Graph-ology: I tried, I really did...

For those of who you don't know FML, I'm sorry. I'm going to make you procrastinate now. Read More......

YAVP - Yet Another Valentine's Post

Thank you Mario, but our princess is in another castle. Read More......

Graph-ology: Will you be mine?

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You + Me = Us

Anyone get that reference? YouTube it up!

As you can see, I am dutifully studying for my Math final in 3 hours, and what am I doing on my break? Loyally brogging about it of course! Not to mention I have the same history final as efung at 12:30pm, which I haven't even started studying for.

What I've eaten so far throughout the day/night:

4pm: zhongzhi (rice balls + homemade = yay)
5pm: Ghirardelli Intense Dark chocolate - 60% cacao with espresso
7:30pm: Chicken stir-fry (homemade of course)
9pm: chocolate again
12am: pumpkin gingerbread cake from Rockridge's Market Hall
1am: green tea
4am: tuna salad with avocado + whole wheat English muffins

I did this exact same thing back on Tuesday (with different food) for my two hardest finals, and I rocked them both. Hopefully I can do the same in a couple of hours. They say some people work better under pressure, but maybe I'm just completely screwed.

Let's just say I'm looking forward to 3:30pm.

UPDATE AFTER MATH FINAL - PWNED IT.

1.5 hours until History final
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test?

Chuck is a poopyhead

LOL JAY KAY
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smoke detector conquered

My smoke alarm has been beeping for the past two days. My roommate said he checked and couldn't find a battery inside, which makes no sense...but we took his word for it. Still, the incessant beeping was driving me nuts. There was no way in hell that I could sleep another night with this stupid chirp every minute. It finally got to the point where I could withstand no more, so I took a chair and took a look myself...

Twist to open. Hey look, a 9-volt battery. I guess these things are pretty childproof. And since I have EECS roommates, they had batteries lying around from their projects. My apartment is finally free of the goddamn beeping.

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Routine maintenance my ass ~_~

The sysadmins are moving servers to new racks tonight which means the system had to be taken down to complete the work. In their downtime email, however, they did not mention that the IRC server (internet relay chat) would be affected. As a result, I cannot procrastinate by wasting time on IRC like I do every other night. No, instead, I went to the Unit 1 ASC to print my Psych 140 notes (the midterm is tomorrow and studying starts after I watch tonight's episode of House).

For those of you who are unfamiliar with IRC, it's another form of chat room similar to those created by AIM, iChat, or any of your other favorite chatting derivatives. The server was designed with victor's help and has revolutionized the way Residential Computing works. No longer do we shout obscenities across the office, but instead use the chat room so that even those not in the office can share in the ridicule.

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FIRST PO-..fuck

I ordered lemon chicken from Little Hunan just now, and this is what I got.

I had expected something drenched in fake lemon syrup with a obligatory sad piece of lemon on top to remind you that it is lemon chicken. Maybe they forgot to finish cooking before they gave it to me. I am quite sorely disappointed. This makes my mouth drier than rape...unacceptable.



On another note, I ordered a camera too. But in my case, Discover doesn't like letting me use their cards whenever I make a purchase over fifty cents and insists that I call and make sure it's cool. To compound the issue I got buyer's remorse right after clicking checkout and decided I wanted a different camera...at least I know Dell can't charge me. The one I'm actually planning on getting is below...i'm clearly a fan of style over substance.

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