Painting with light

I spent the evening painting with light.
Standing in the pitch-black dark, dancing with a pulsing flashlight. Twirling. Spelling. Spinning. Jumping.
"click" goes the camera...and thus begins your 30 seconds of invisible glory. 30 seconds to wave, spiral, spin, twirl that flashlight in a hundred directions. 30 seconds of happiness in the dark.
"click" goes the camera. Your time is up. But each little ray of light has been captured, recorded in the camera's memory, and when you view your picture, there's a strange, magical masterpiece staring back at you.

I spent the evening painting with light.
Standing in the pitch-black dark, dancing with a pulsing flashlight.
Twirling.
Spinning.
Jumping.

Late night gurgles

Ooof. Time flies once it's past 11:00pm. F-l-i-e-s.
I'm sitting here writing my spanish paper, listening happily to owl city and munching on a shortbread cookie, when suddenly I look down and holy cow! It's nearly 1:00am!

*sigh*

I need to be awake and alert in six hours...and counting.

It feels like a tournament or something. What's with this thriving-on-no-sleep deal?

I decided I'm ready to retire. *raises hand* pick me! pick me!

Goodnight Freddy

Listened to a powerful sermon on the beauty of The Church.
Went on a date with my mom.
Listened to flamenco "guitarradas" on a CD a friend made for me.
Texted with Mark from the other room.
Read a little bit more from Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea.
Sat and thought about the meaning of life.
Got ready for a long school day tomorrow.
Listened to this charming song. Go ahead. Click it. Share in the peaceful melody.

Goodnight Freddy - The Sounds

The Charleston Gum Poles

Downtown Charleston, South Caroline is a beautiful little town. A quietly bustling market runs down the center of town while antebellum mansions and deep southern flats line the streets. Cafes, restaurants, tattoo parlors, shops, vendors selling day-trips to Ft. Sumpter, and the Bubba Gump Shrimp restaurant are just a few of the Charleston delights. But perhaps strangest attraction to be found are the Gum Poles.

Yes! Poles of gum. Three telephone poles near the center of downtown Charleston (close to the market entrance and hub of Charleston life) have been transformed into sticky, colorful works of gummy art. Locals and tourists alike quietly saunter past and plaster the poles with their chewing gum...creating rainbowed pillars of stickiness. Some consider it a nuisance and "destruction of public property." Some find the budding tradition rather exciting. Some call it modern art.

When I was in Charleston this past June, I personally got to see these semi-famous Gum Poles...and well, my gum is on one of those poles too. See that pink piece of gum right there? Maybe that's mine.

Well, heh, I stumbled upon this article from the local Charleston news station tonight and discovered that not only has this "gum-sticking" been banned, but the city plans to install surveillance cameras and place hefty fines (and possible jail sentences) on any poor person who happens to participate in this sticky "art."

Oops.

"click"

The bet is on!

Sara gets me big bowl of popcorn.
Said popcorn will directly affect my performance in intense exam tomorrow morning.
Said popcorn will determine whether exam grade is an "A" or "B".
If "B", I must treat Sara to three scoops of ice-cream at Rite-Aid.
If "A", then I don't.

And thus, it begins. Bring in the popcorn!

Statistical technology

"28% of college students say they use credit cards because of the rewards program. You randomly select 10 college students and ask each to name the reason he or she uses credit cards. Find the probability that the number of college students who say they use credit cards because of the rewards program is (a) exactly two, (b) more than two, and (c) between two and five inclusive. If convenient, use technology to find the probabilities."

HA! "If convenient, use technology to find the probabilities."

Yeah, and "if not convenient to use technology, please proceed in spending enormous amounts of time wracking your brain for abstract mathematical concepts and formulas. Once those formulas have been produced, use entire sheets of paper to complete ridiculously long problems and hope that you didn't make a stupid mistake somewhere in the process. But again, only if you find technology inconvenient."

When the formula looks like this: you can be SURE I'll be using technology thankyouverymuch.

...

::goes off to continue using technology in desperate attempt to preserve brain-cells and defend against grey hair::