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  <title>Dan's Diabolical Designs</title>
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  <updated>2007-09-18T11:53:25Z</updated>
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    <title>Two pieces of bad news in one evening</title>
    <published>2007-09-18T11:53:25Z</published>
    <updated>2007-09-18T11:53:25Z</updated>
    <content type="html">R.I.P. Robert Jordan and Shakey Jake Woods.</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:divo326:17321</id>
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    <title>divo326 @ 2006-05-06T15:58:00</title>
    <published>2006-05-06T20:05:56Z</published>
    <updated>2006-05-06T20:05:56Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Apologies to those I told I would be free by about now.  I started feeling really badly last night while writing a paper.  I decided to sleep but was unable to do so because of the discomfort, and while awake and upright, I made little progress on the paper for the same reason.  When I tried to eat something early in the morning, I retched.  So I emailed my professor, said I had food poisoning and that I wasn't going to produce a worthwhile paper by 3:00 without time to recover, rest, and find something to eat, and she said I could turn it in monday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I still have to work on this paper.  On the plus side, I just slept for over 4 hours, and I'm starting to get some food into me without feeling sick (even if it is just bread and butter at the moment), and assuming eat enough to stop feeling a little dizzy, I'll be fine shortly.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'll be done when I'm done, but I'm not yet.  Any plans we had before monday may have to go on hold.</content>
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    <title>divo326 @ 2006-04-11T08:31:00</title>
    <published>2006-04-11T12:38:18Z</published>
    <updated>2006-04-11T12:38:18Z</updated>
    <content type="html">My senior voice recital is on Monday, April 24th at 8 pm.  I'll be singing:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From &lt;em&gt;Le nozze di Figaro&lt;/em&gt;,	             &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Bravo, signor ... Se vuol ballare	&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Tutto è disposto ... Aprite un po’ quegli occhi&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Minnelied	                             &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Johannes Brahms&lt;br /&gt;Die Mainacht		&lt;br /&gt;Von ewiger Liebe&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Poème d’un Jour	&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Gabriel Fauré&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Rencontre &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Toujours&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Adieu&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Let Us Garlands Bring&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Gerald Finzi&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Come away, come away, death &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Who is Silvia?&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Fear no more the heat o’ the sun&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; O Mistress Mine&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; It was a lover and his lass&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's the culmination of four years of voice lessons, and they're all fun songs, so you should come and listen!</content>
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    <title>divo326 @ 2006-04-05T09:46:00</title>
    <published>2006-04-05T13:47:05Z</published>
    <updated>2006-04-05T13:47:05Z</updated>
    <content type="html">thesis = done.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That is all.</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:divo326:16554</id>
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    <title>divo326 @ 2006-02-24T23:40:00</title>
    <published>2006-02-25T04:52:45Z</published>
    <updated>2006-02-25T04:52:45Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Yesterday I was embarrassed to be doing Anchorsplash tomorrow with Phi Mu Alpha.  Today I couldn't be more proud.  You guys are my heroes.  Hail Sinfonia!</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:divo326:16137</id>
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    <title>divo326 @ 2006-02-14T23:04:00</title>
    <published>2006-02-15T04:05:45Z</published>
    <updated>2006-02-15T04:05:45Z</updated>
    <content type="html">I said I wouldn't.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But I am.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So you should all buy your tickets in advance to see me help Phi Mu Alpha defend the Anchorsplash title a week from saturday!</content>
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    <title>Simply because Carolyn put me down as least likely to respond:</title>
    <published>2006-02-11T21:25:14Z</published>
    <updated>2006-02-11T21:25:14Z</updated>
    <content type="html">1. What is your current occupation? student&lt;br /&gt;2. What color is your underwear? green with white and blue stripes&lt;br /&gt;3. What are you listening to right now? the buzz of my computer&lt;br /&gt;4. What was the last thing you ate? boneless chicken wings with sweet BBQ sauce&lt;br /&gt;5. Do you wish on stars? from time to time&lt;br /&gt;6. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? some deep shade of blue&lt;br /&gt;7. How is the weather right now? snowy and grey&lt;br /&gt;8. Last person you spoke to on the phone? Dave Friday!&lt;br /&gt;9. Do you like the person who sent this to you? She's one of my closest friends in the world&lt;br /&gt;10. How old are you today? 21&lt;br /&gt;11. Favorite drink? Nothing can really beat ice cold water when I'm thirsty&lt;br /&gt;12. Favorite sport to watch? hockey or football&lt;br /&gt;13. Have you ever dyed your hair? no&lt;br /&gt;14. Do you wear contacts or glasses? glasses, and occasionally contacts&lt;br /&gt;15. Pets? Gimli the ferret&lt;br /&gt;16. Favorite months? May, for my birthday and many important other dates and the freshness of spring, and December for the freshness of winter&lt;br /&gt;17. Favorite food? bread with various stuffings cooked into it&lt;br /&gt;18. What was the last movie you watched? I'm not really sure&lt;br /&gt;19. Favorite day of the year?  Any day that I spend in the company of close friends and don't have to worry about getting things done.&lt;br /&gt;20. What do you do to vent anger? rant at somebody, generally not who I'm angry at&lt;br /&gt;21. What was your favorite toy as a child? must have been my gameboy&lt;br /&gt;22. Fall or Spring? spring, but of course it's winter currently so I'm biased&lt;br /&gt;23. Hugs or kisses? Hugs are always great; kisses can be better but only in certain occasions&lt;br /&gt;24. Cherry or Blueberry? cherry&lt;br /&gt;25. Do you want your friends to post? I'd like that; but don't feel the need&lt;br /&gt;26. Who is most likely to respond? It's been so long since I've posted a meme that I have no idea&lt;br /&gt;27. Who is least likely to respond? Chris, from Ann Arbor&lt;br /&gt;28. When was the last time you cried? Over winter break&lt;br /&gt;29. What's at the bottom of your closet? some shoes and empty cardboard boxes from moving in&lt;br /&gt;30. What is under your bed? dirty clothes, clean sheets, and detergent&lt;br /&gt;31. Who is the friend you have had the longest? Chris, from Ann Arbor&lt;br /&gt;32. What did you do last night? hung out with MSU physics grad students, went to a comedy club, then back to the hotel and lazed around bored for a while before bed.&lt;br /&gt;33. Favorite smell? cookies in the oven (to echo carolyn), but also girl.  You know, that smell that girls have when it's been a few hours since they've showered, so they're still clean but don't smell like soap anymore?  Particularly right near their necks?  Yeah, that smell.&lt;br /&gt;34. What inspires you? music, my close friends&lt;br /&gt;35. What are you afraid of? heights, loneliness&lt;br /&gt;36. Plain, cheese or spicy hamburgers? cheese&lt;br /&gt;37. Favorite car? right now, mine, because it's pretty, it gets good mileage, and it's mine.&lt;br /&gt;38. Favorite dog breed? Not really sure.  I prefer the less jumpy ones though.&lt;br /&gt;39. Number of keys on your key ring? 9&lt;br /&gt;40. How long have you been at your job? well, if you count my job as student at college, since august 2002&lt;br /&gt;41. Favorite day of the week? friday.  I'm done with the week and don't feel the next one approaching yet.&lt;br /&gt;42. How many states have you lived in? 2&lt;br /&gt;43. How many cities have you lived in? 3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So it's been forever since I posted, I know.  Some aspects of my life have been exciting, others haven't.  The most important events that have happened recently, I don't feel like putting out there for everyone to see, or even anyone to see unless I talk to you personally about them.  But, I'm back in school for my last semester, enjoying the return to my close friends here.  I've applied to grad schools and just returned from my first visit/interview, at MSU.  I'm trying to write up my work from last semester into a senior thesis and am already behind, and I'm going to be putting on a recital on April 24th.  I feel like I never get quite enough done or get enough sleep, but a lot of the reasons for that are worth it (midnight massage/silliness party on wednesday ^_^ ).  If you want to know more, I'd love to talk with you in person.</content>
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    <title>divo326 @ 2005-12-22T13:15:00</title>
    <published>2005-12-22T18:15:34Z</published>
    <updated>2005-12-22T18:15:34Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Nothing is simple anymore.</content>
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    <title>An update!</title>
    <published>2005-11-22T02:10:23Z</published>
    <updated>2005-11-22T02:10:23Z</updated>
    <content type="html">So, many of you probably wonder what I've been doing down in TN for the whole semester.  I just had to write an abstract (it may not be quite in it's final form, but it's close) describing just that, so I thought I'd post it and get you up to date.  Last names have been dropped to protect probably nobody.  But I did it anyway.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Chicane Node in the ORBIT Injection Upgrade&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;Daniel -&lt;br /&gt;Albion College, Albion MI&lt;br /&gt;Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships/Oak Ridge Science Semester&lt;br /&gt;Sarah -, Mentor&lt;br /&gt;Accelerator Systems Division&lt;br /&gt;Oak Ridge National Laboratory&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;b&gt;ABSTRACT&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The accumulator ring in the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) will accumulate up to 10^14 protons at a time from a 1 GeV linear accelerator to produce neutrons by spallation.  In order to satisfy radiation hazard requirements, no more than 0.01% of the beam in the SNS ring may be lost by collisions with the beam pipe.  Since most accelerators lose 1-2% of their beam, the SNS must be far more effective in beam loss control than any previous high-intensity accelerator.  This requires very precise understanding of the mechanisms which contribute to beam loss.  One of the main sources of loss in the accelerator is in the injection area of the ring, where H- particles are converted to protons by passing through a thin foil that strips off the electrons.  Some of the H- particles are not fully stripped, and live for a short time as H0 particles in excited quantum states before decaying in the ring magnetic fields. If the magnetic fields are not optimized, particles that decay may be deflected from the paths intended for either H- or protons and become lost in the accelerator.  The SNS project will upgrade the beam power in the year 2010, and this will require a redesign of the injection region of the ring.  Testing of new design schemes will be done primarily with the Objective Ring Beam Injection and Tracking Code (ORBIT), a modular simulation package designed at SNS specifically for modeling high intensity rings.  In this project, the ORBIT code was upgraded to allow precise simulations of the injection region of the ring.  This work included installing code that performs detailed tracking of all three relevant states of hydrogen through the dipole magnetic fields in the injection region, and determines on each step which neutral particles decay into protons.  The physical configuration of the chicane is customizable, allowing particle positions to be compared to the real location of the beam pipe and losses to be determined.  The code is configured to allow parallel runs on multiple machines to accommodate computationally intensive tests.  Results from this code were benchmarked with previous studies of excited-state decay done by Danilov and Galambos et al, and showed excellent agreement. Future modifications to the ORBIT injection region code may include a foil heating routine and propagation through higher-order magnetic fields.  The updated ORBIT code will provide an important tool for optimizing the new injection region design.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In other news, I'll be in A2 for the long thanksgiving weekend, and then again for many weeks starting Dec 10.  If you'll be in the area, I'd love to hang out.</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:divo326:14135</id>
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    <title>divo326 @ 2005-06-30T10:43:00</title>
    <published>2005-06-30T14:44:27Z</published>
    <updated>2005-06-30T14:44:27Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Thunderstorms are cool.  In part because they make it cool.</content>
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    <title>divo326 @ 2005-06-28T08:44:00</title>
    <published>2005-06-28T12:49:34Z</published>
    <updated>2005-06-28T12:49:34Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Finally got my Oak Ridge placement for the fall.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Division:   Spallation Neutron Source, Accelerator Systems&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Project Description:   Analyze beam dynamics data from linear accelerator&lt;br /&gt;commissioning.  The project will include some programming.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Doesn't sound like the most exciting thing I've ever done, but at very least it will add to my experience and look good on a resume.  And you never know, the project could be more interesting than the two sentence blurb makes it sound.</content>
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    <title>A Meme</title>
    <published>2005-04-29T23:33:25Z</published>
    <updated>2005-04-29T23:33:25Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;table cellspacing="0" align="center"&gt;
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&lt;td style="font: bolder small-caps 14pt Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; text-transform: capitalize; word-spacing: .3em; text-align: center; background: #bce9ff; border-style: double; border-color: gray; padding: 5px; width: 350px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your Birthdate: May 25&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="font: small-caps small-caps 12pt Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; text-transform: none; text-align: left; background: #e2f5ff; border-style: double; border-color: gray; padding: 5px; width: 350px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your birth on the 25th day of the month (7 energy) modifies your life path by giving you some special interest in technical, scientific, or other complex and often hard to understand subjects. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You may become something of a perfectionist and a stickler for details. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your thinking is logical and intuitive, rational and responsible. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your feelings may run deep, but you are not very likely to let them show. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This birthday makes you a more private person, more introspective and perhaps more inflexible. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In friendships you are very cautious and reserved. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You are probably inventive, and given to unique approaches and solutions.&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogthings.com/whatdoesyourbirthdatemeanquiz/"&gt;What Does Your Birth Date Mean?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just thought it was interesting because a fair amount of this describes me well, and who knows how often that happens.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm going to study now, I swear.</content>
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    <title>Everybody else is doing it...</title>
    <published>2005-03-28T23:58:18Z</published>
    <updated>2005-03-28T23:58:18Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="20"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="center"&gt; &lt;font size="5"&gt;&lt;b&gt;English Genius&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt; You scored 100% Beginner, 92% Intermediate, 87% Advanced,  and 82% Expert! &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; You did so extremely well, even &lt;i&gt;I&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;can't find a word to describe your excellence! You have the uncommon&lt;br /&gt;intelligence necessary to understand things that most people don't. You&lt;br /&gt;have an extensive vocabulary, and you're not afraid to use it properly!&lt;br /&gt;Way to go!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you so much for taking my test. I hope you enjoyed it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the complete Answer Key, visit my blog: &lt;a href="http://shortredhead78.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://shortredhead78.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="center"&gt;  &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;table cellpadding="20"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;span&gt;My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people &lt;i&gt;your age and gender&lt;/i&gt;:&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign="middle"&gt;&lt;table bgcolor="black" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td bgcolor="#b2cfff" height="20" width="110"&gt;&lt;img src="http://is0.okcupid.com/graphics/0.gif"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td bgcolor="white" width="40"&gt;&lt;img src="http://is0.okcupid.com/graphics/0.gif"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="middle"&gt;You scored higher than &lt;b&gt;73%&lt;/b&gt; on &lt;b&gt;Beginner&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign="middle"&gt;&lt;table bgcolor="black" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td bgcolor="#b2cfff" height="20" width="50"&gt;&lt;img src="http://is0.okcupid.com/graphics/0.gif"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td bgcolor="white" width="100"&gt;&lt;img src="http://is0.okcupid.com/graphics/0.gif"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="middle"&gt;You scored higher than &lt;b&gt;33%&lt;/b&gt; on &lt;b&gt;Intermediate&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign="middle"&gt;&lt;table bgcolor="black" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td bgcolor="#b2cfff" height="20" width="33"&gt;&lt;img src="http://is0.okcupid.com/graphics/0.gif"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td bgcolor="white" width="117"&gt;&lt;img src="http://is0.okcupid.com/graphics/0.gif"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="middle"&gt;You scored higher than &lt;b&gt;22%&lt;/b&gt; on &lt;b&gt;Advanced&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign="middle"&gt;&lt;table bgcolor="black" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td bgcolor="#b2cfff" height="20" width="131"&gt;&lt;img src="http://is0.okcupid.com/graphics/0.gif"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td bgcolor="white" width="19"&gt;&lt;img src="http://is0.okcupid.com/graphics/0.gif"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="middle"&gt;You scored higher than &lt;b&gt;87%&lt;/b&gt; on &lt;b&gt;Expert&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;table cellpadding="20"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Link: &lt;a href="http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=14457200288064322170"&gt;The Commonly Confused Words Test&lt;/a&gt; written by &lt;a href="http://www.okcupid.com/profile?tuid=577245280159428717"&gt;shortredhead78&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="http://www.okcupid.com"&gt;Ok Cupid&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</content>
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    <title>Easter: a new entry</title>
    <published>2005-03-28T03:02:27Z</published>
    <updated>2005-03-28T03:02:27Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Wow, it has been incredibly long since I last posted, especially anything of substance.  But I had a good weekend, and I thought I'd fill people in on it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Got home friday, fairly early in the afternoon.  It would have been really nice to have friday off completely (I mean, it was good friday.  Not that I'm Christian, but days off from school get a thumbs up from me) and get back thursday, but as it was all classes ended at noon, giving me (whee!) one less hour on campus than a regular friday.  Oh well.  But yeah, got home and rested a bit before &lt;a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/velvetcurtain23/"&gt;Lauren&lt;/a&gt; came over and we hung out for a while.  Had dinner with my parents out at Cottage Inn (the restaurant than inspired the pizza chain, not just a pizza place) which was nice.  I really like how well my parents get along with my girlfriend.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, we came back and Lauren and I watched &lt;i&gt;An American Tale&lt;/i&gt; since Lauren decided that if I didn't really remember it from whenever I saw it as a kid then I had to watch it again (plus I had forgotten to bring home any &lt;i&gt;Farscape&lt;/i&gt; episodes to watch).  It was enjoyable, and I kinda understand the sentiment.  I mean, I was flabbergasted that she had never seen the original &lt;i&gt;Star Wars&lt;/i&gt; trilogy when we first started dating.  We fixed that pretty quickly.  But yeah, finished watching the movie and then played Pinochle with my parents (something we've taken to doing as the four of us) and then when they went to bed, Lauren and I went over to her apartment and followed suit.  It's just nice to be there with her, and get to fall asleep and wake up beside her, holding her in my arms. &amp;hearts;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, next morning we woke up, cuddled for far longer than we meant to (what a surprise) and then I left for a few hours so she could get some work done.  I, of course, hung out with &lt;a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/keefer002/"&gt;Chris&lt;/a&gt; instead.  So we played Smash Bros. (original, not Melee, it's much better) and chess, as usual.  Of course, I was due at Lauren's mom's house (since I had been invited over for dinner and cards) at 6 so I tried to rush through the chess game.  Bad idea.  I played awfully and we still had to copy it down to a piece of paper to finish later.  So yeah, over to Lauren's mom's house for a wonderful dinner and then cards with her mom and &lt;i&gt;her&lt;/i&gt; boyfriend, and then the grandparents.  It amused me: three generations of women, and their men.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The card game is called Shanghai and it's a lot of fun.  This weekend was only my second time playing it.  It's kind of like rummy in that you put down runs or books to try to get rid of all of your cards and not get stuck with points at the end of a hand.  It's played with multiple decks though, and there are a lot of different rules also.  But I won 3 of the 6 hands in the first game we played and still managed to come in second to last, and then almost got second the second time (with only one win) until the last hand when I got bumped far into third.  Lauren's grandfather was just too lucky that time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today was kind of more of the same.  Got up late, dealt with some stuff at home.  Went over to Lauren's to play cards again (same game, but with more of the extended family this time).  However, the first hand (usually one of the shortest) took a long time, and then we realized that the reason everyone had a lot of face cards was because a pinochle deck had gotten shuffled in.  At that point, I decided that I really couldn't stay around for the whole game, so I went home and (surprise!) hung out with Chris.  Finished that chess game, which I not surprisingly lost, but I beat him in the rematch.  He had dinner with my family, our Easter traditional calzonies (made with bread dough shaped into a pocket and then baked with spinach and cheese inside them).  And now I'm back here.  About to head off to what I think is my final eboard meeting ever for Phi Mu Alpha, since we just had elections and are transitioning this week.  Good stuff.  And of course I got no homework done all weekend.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So yeah.  Sorry for the long play-by-play since I know that can get annoying and you probably don't care all that much.  But I suppose I just really enjoyed my weekend, and I wanted everyone who still reads this after the long period of inactivity to know that I'm still alive, and in general am happy.  So, I suppose in summary for those of you who I don't keep in contact with as much as I should:  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've been dating an amazing lady for almost 10 months, and she enjoys spending time with my family and I do with hers.  I have tickets to see &lt;i&gt;Wicked&lt;/i&gt; with her in Chicago for our one-year.  I still get to see my other friends.  School is going as well as school can go, and the summer is coming.  I'm going on a 9-day choir tour of England after school gets out (remind anyone of 4 years ago?) and then will be doing research here at Albion for the summer.  Then for the fall I'm heading down to Oak Ridge National Laboratory to do more, different research (and again get paid, but also get class credit).  And then... who knows.  One more semester here and off to grad school somewhere.</content>
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    <title>Be it so resolved</title>
    <published>2005-02-07T15:02:48Z</published>
    <updated>2005-02-07T15:02:48Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Whereas I am very behind in homework; and&lt;br /&gt;Whereas I am in the throws of a slight video game addiction; and&lt;br /&gt;Whereas I have a lot of important things due in the next week;&lt;br /&gt;Be it so resolved that I shall not turn on my computer this week except where necessary for getting said work done, and so all email and livejournal checks shall be performed in brief from public computers such as this one.</content>
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    <title>divo326 @ 2004-11-07T23:53:00</title>
    <published>2004-11-08T04:55:38Z</published>
    <updated>2004-11-08T04:55:38Z</updated>
    <content type="html">So, i just haven't felt like posting recently ... and you aren't going to get much here.  Life is going well.  Classes are going fairly well, work doesn't totally get on my nerves, I have a new little in Phi Mu Alpha, and I love Lauren.  That last one especially.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And I found a fun meme.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.quizilla.com/D/dphenreckson/1049378275_Hmiddleearthentish.jpg" border="0" alt="Entish"&gt;&lt;br&gt;Entish&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://quizilla.com/users/dphenreckson/quizzes/To%20which%20race%20of%20Middle%20Earth%20do%20you%20belong%3F/"&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;To which race of Middle Earth do you belong?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;font size="-3"&gt;brought to you by &lt;a href="http://quizilla.com"&gt;Quizilla&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</content>
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    <title>divo326 @ 2004-10-07T13:27:00</title>
    <published>2004-10-07T17:30:32Z</published>
    <updated>2004-10-07T17:30:32Z</updated>
    <content type="html">I know I haven't really posted in a while, and you're not getting a real one now.  I just found this link absolutely hilarious and need to post it for all of you to see.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/iamalaska/274660.html"&gt;http://www.livejournal.com/users/iamalaska/274660.html&lt;/a&gt;</content>
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    <title>haha I just had to post this</title>
    <published>2004-09-20T21:47:57Z</published>
    <updated>2004-09-20T21:47:57Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;table style="font-family : Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px solid black;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;form action="http://memegen.net/viewmeme.pl?meme=1074652766" method="POST"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;th colspan="2" bgcolor="#000000"&gt;&lt;font color="#DDDD88"&gt;Your Future! by &lt;a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/rockergirlie"&gt;&lt;font color="#DDDD88"&gt;sum41prin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/th&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td bgcolor="#333333" style="border: 1px solid black;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #FFFFFF;"&gt;Name or LJ username:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td bgcolor="#DDDDAA" style="border: 1px solid black;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000000;"&gt;&lt;input type="text" name="Name or LJ username:" value="Dan Coupland" size="20"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td bgcolor="#333333" style="border: 1px solid black;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #FFFFFF;"&gt;Home:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td bgcolor="#DDDDAA" style="border: 1px solid black;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000000;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img9.photobucket.com/albums/v24/rockergirlie/castle.jpg"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td bgcolor="#333333" style="border: 1px solid black;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #FFFFFF;"&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td bgcolor="#DDDDAA" style="border: 1px solid black;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000000;"&gt;Rosmead, South Africa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td bgcolor="#333333" style="border: 1px solid black;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #FFFFFF;"&gt;Job:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td bgcolor="#DDDDAA" style="border: 1px solid black;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000000;"&gt;dictator of Luxembourg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td bgcolor="#333333" style="border: 1px solid black;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #FFFFFF;"&gt;How much youll make per year:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td bgcolor="#DDDDAA" style="border: 1px solid black;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000000;"&gt;$38,479&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td bgcolor="#333333" style="border: 1px solid black;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #FFFFFF;"&gt;Vehicle:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td bgcolor="#DDDDAA" style="border: 1px solid black;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000000;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img9.photobucket.com/albums/v24/rockergirlie/weinermobile.jpg"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="un" value="sum41prin"&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="meme" value="1074652766"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" align="center" bgcolor="#000000"&gt;&lt;input type="submit" value="Fill Out Your Answers and Try it!"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" align="center" bgcolor="#000000"&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;a href="http://memegen.net/"&gt;&lt;font color="#DDDD88"&gt;Quiz created with MemeGen&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/form&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I get to live in a castle, rule a small country, and drive the wienermobile.  Sweet!</content>
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    <title>Just because I said I'd do it...</title>
    <published>2004-09-20T04:41:53Z</published>
    <updated>2004-09-20T04:41:53Z</updated>
    <content type="html">1. Who are you?&lt;br /&gt;2. Are we friends?&lt;br /&gt;3. When and how did we meet?&lt;br /&gt;4. Do you have a crush on me?&lt;br /&gt;5. Would you kiss me?&lt;br /&gt;6. Give me a nickname and explain why you picked it.&lt;br /&gt;7. Describe me in one word.&lt;br /&gt;8. What was your first impression?&lt;br /&gt;9. Do you still think that way about me now?&lt;br /&gt;10. What reminds you of me?&lt;br /&gt;11. If you could give me anything what would it be?&lt;br /&gt;12. How well do you know me?&lt;br /&gt;13. When's the last time you saw me?&lt;br /&gt;14. Ever wanted to tell me something but couldn't?&lt;br /&gt;15. Are you going to put this on your blog and see what I say about you?</content>
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    <title>Now it's time for Weekend Update</title>
    <published>2004-09-20T04:34:10Z</published>
    <updated>2004-09-20T04:34:10Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Quite a fun weekend.  I got to spend all of it with Lauren.  *does a little dance*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She came up friday afternoon and stayed until this afternoon, and we:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;had pizza with some friends here, went to see the comedian in the stack (she was quite funny), hung out at the FMA/SAI/KKY bonfire for a while, explored the playground near here, played chess, watched farscape, made a poor attempt at studying while laying out on the quad, and just in general spent the weekend together.  It was great!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tonight i got almost nothing done.  I fooled around on the computer, watched TV (it was  kinda interesting, because someone I vaguely remember from high school was on 'The Search for the New Partridge Family'), ate at the eat shop since I didn't feel like dealing with Balwin.  But it's all good, since I got to see Lauren earlier.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh yeah, and I forgot to go to e-board tonight.  Just plain out forgot.  I was sitting in here kinda looking at my homework at the time and getting none of it done.  Sorry guys.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But did I mention I got to see Lauren?</content>
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    <title>Hmm, not really what I would have expected, I suppose</title>
    <published>2004-09-16T00:25:05Z</published>
    <updated>2004-09-16T00:25:05Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.quizilla.com/K/Koshari/1072668117_arotTheSun.jpg" border="0" alt="The Sun Card"&gt;&lt;br&gt;You are the Sun card. The light of the Sun reveals&lt;br&gt;all. The Sun is joyful and bright, without fear&lt;br&gt;or reservation. The childish nature of the Sun&lt;br&gt;allows you to play and feel free. Exploration&lt;br&gt;can truly take place in the light of day when&lt;br&gt;nothing is hidden. The Sun's rays fill you with&lt;br&gt;energy so that you may live life to its&lt;br&gt;fullest, milking pleasure out of each day. Such&lt;br&gt;joy and energy can bring wealth and physical&lt;br&gt;pleasure. To shine in the light of day is to&lt;br&gt;have confidence, to soak up its rays is to feel&lt;br&gt;the freedom of a child. Image from: Stevee&lt;br&gt;Postman. &lt;a href="http://www.stevee.com/"&gt;http://www.stevee.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://quizilla.com/users/Koshari/quizzes/Which%20Tarot%20Card%20Are%20You%3F/"&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Which Tarot Card Are You?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;font size="-3"&gt;brought to you by &lt;a href="http://quizilla.com"&gt;Quizilla&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And by the way, I haven't posted because I don't have much to say.  I'm keeping busy with school, work, Phi Mu Alpha, Midnight Runners, and spending time talking to (or this weekend, spending time with, yay!) my lovely girlfriend.  I'm generally happy and nothing particularly major has happened in my life.</content>
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    <title>divo326 @ 2004-08-23T21:01:00</title>
    <published>2004-08-24T01:33:10Z</published>
    <updated>2004-08-24T01:37:15Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Have you ever noticed it's when you don't have time to post that you have the most stuff to post about?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Went backpacking with my dad for 5 days in New Hampshire, getting back this past wednesday.  It was good to see him again, since he's been gone all summer.  It was a kinda difficult hike for me though, because my brother has been faster than me for a while, and my dad has been hiking for months and is in shape, so I was always lagging quite a bit behind.  Oh well.  He's got over 1700 miles behind him and only 400 left to go to Mt. Katadin, the end of the line.  He hopes to finish at the end of september.  However, he is currently off the trail, having helped my brother move in to Tech this weekend.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Got back, packed.  The rest of my family left to bring my brother up to school friday morning, so naturally I spent time with Lauren friday night.  She helped me move in saturday, for which I'm eternally thankful, and of course it gave us more time together. ^_^&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And then came the computer crisis.  I decided that I was going to continue working on the research project I worked on over the summer, in hopes of getting a paper with my name on it out at some point.  However, the only way I can really do this is to remotely log into a umich unix-based machine.  I thought the easiest way to do this would be to dual-boot my computer, that is partition my harddrive and put windows on part of it and linux on the rest.  My dad did it a while back, and said it was easy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So here's the problem.  I tried it yesterday after getting settled in.  I don't have the original windows install disk, I only have the HP System Recovery disk, which installs windows plus some other useful (and some not useful) stuff.  Unfortunately, it doesn't give me the option of partitioning my harddrive.  It gives me the option of only restoring one partition, but since my whole hard drive is only taken up with one partition at the moment, that doesn't do me any good.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Again unfortunately, this wasn't obvious until after I started the process, so I reformated my computer for nothing (yes, I did back up my files first).  Well, I still had internet, so I was good right?  Except that after 5 minute of being online, I stopped being able to access any pages except the Albion college pages.  After a long discussion with IT, they decided I had probably managed to pick up a virus, seeing as I installed windows as it existed two years ago, without any security patches and without working anti-virus software.  So IT has my computer for the next two days.  I walked into my room a few times today after taking it in, and I couldn't figure out what to do with myself.  I mean, there was just this big empty hole in the middle of my desk, and all I could do was sit and stare at it.  *sigh*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So you get this post from the Quantitative Skills Center (QSC)in the Albion College Library.  I'm here tutoring for Physics 6 hours a week, which means sitting around up here with a computer or doing my own work until someone comes and asks for help, but getting paid for it.  And of course, it's the first day of classes, so no one is coming in for help yet.  I mean, if you have to come in to the student tutors on the first day, you should probably just drop the class.  But in any case, my computer access is limited for a while, so emails will take a while to reach me.  Use the cell if you need a fast answer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, I've thought up a way to do what I originally wanted to do.  I can use someone else's windows install disk to partition my harddrive, and then use the hp system recovery disk to install on just one partition.  Only problem is, I need a windows XP install disk to do this.  Any volunteers?</content>
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    <title>divo326 @ 2004-08-11T22:49:00</title>
    <published>2004-08-12T02:49:16Z</published>
    <updated>2004-08-12T02:49:16Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Back from trip up north with high school choir geek friends.&amp;nbsp; Not much to say about that, really.&amp;nbsp; It was fun, the weather wasn't very good, we played a full day of Risk, I got to spend 5 days straight with Ann Arbor friends (including girlfriend) before I head back to school.&amp;nbsp; I'll leave the details to others, since I'm in a hurry trying to catch up with things.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tomorrow, I pack.&amp;nbsp; Friday, I get on a plane to go backpacking with my brother and dad for 5 days (my dad is still backpacking the Appalachian Trail, and I haven't seen him in several months).&amp;nbsp; I get back Wednesday, pack again, move back to school on saturday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also of note, I now have a cell phone.&amp;nbsp; As in, the box is here along with a whole bunch of stuff to read.&amp;nbsp; I'll let you know when I get it working, but you'll probably have to ask for the number.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's all for now.</content>
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    <title>Yeah, not really interesting I know.  Deal with it.</title>
    <published>2004-08-02T22:00:09Z</published>
    <updated>2004-08-02T22:00:09Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;form action="http://www.kwiz.biz/simplesurveys/do-survey.php" method="post" target="_new"&gt;&lt;table border="1" bordercolor="#efefef" cellspacing="0"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="center" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;The \\&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="question1" value="The+%5C%5C%5C%5C"&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="type1" value="2"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="right"&gt;Last Cigarette:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Never&lt;/b&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="question2" value="Last+Cigarette%3A"&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="type2" value="1"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="right"&gt;Last Alcoholic Drink:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ditto&lt;/b&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="question3" value="Last+Alcoholic+Drink%3A"&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="type3" value="1"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="right"&gt;Last Car Ride:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left"&gt;&lt;b&gt;A couple of hours ago,&amp;nbsp; from Bayview&lt;/b&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="question4" value="Last+Car+Ride%3A"&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="type4" value="1"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="right"&gt;Last Kiss:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Friday night with Lauren, later than I should have left but I don't care&lt;/b&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="question5" value="Last+Kiss%3A"&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="type5" value="1"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="right"&gt;Last Good Cry:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Can't remember&lt;/b&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="question6" value="Last+Good+Cry%3A"&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="type6" value="1"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="right"&gt;Last Library Book:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ditto&lt;/b&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="question7" value="Last+Library+Book%3A"&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="type7" value="1"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="right"&gt;Last book bought:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Wicked: The life and times of the wicked witch of the west&lt;/b&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="question8" value="Last+book+bought%3A"&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="type8" value="1"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="right"&gt;Last Book Read:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left"&gt;&lt;b&gt;I think the same, which is sad because it was a while ago&lt;/b&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="question9" value="Last+Book+Read%3A"&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="type9" value="1"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="right"&gt;Last Movie Seen in Theatres:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left"&gt;&lt;b&gt;it's been a while.&amp;nbsp; It could have been spider-man 2&lt;/b&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="question10" value="Last+Movie+Seen+in+Theatres%3A"&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="type10" value="1"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="right"&gt;Last Movie Rented:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left"&gt;&lt;b&gt;signs, with Lauren&lt;/b&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="question11" value="Last+Movie+Rented%3A"&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="type11" value="1"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="right"&gt;Last Cuss Word Uttered:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left"&gt;&lt;b&gt;haven't a clue.&amp;nbsp; They dont' usually stick in my mind&lt;/b&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="question12" value="Last+Cuss+Word+Uttered%3A"&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="type12" value="1"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="right"&gt;Last Beverage Drank:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left"&gt;&lt;b&gt;water, on the car ride from Bayview&lt;/b&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="question13" value="Last+Beverage+Drank%3A"&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="type13" value="1"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="right"&gt;Last Food Consumed:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left"&gt;&lt;b&gt;toasted bagel w/ turkey, cheese, lettuce.&amp;nbsp; Lunch.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="question14" value="Last+Food+Consumed%3A"&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="type14" value="1"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="right"&gt;Last Crush:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lauren, without a doubt.&amp;nbsp; Although I'm not sure it counts as a crush anymore... which is also fine with me.&amp;nbsp; ^_^&lt;/b&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="question15" value="Last+Crush%3A"&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="type15" value="1"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="right"&gt;Last Phone Call:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Well, I was definitely on the phone with Lauren on friday and haven't talked to anyone on the phoen since then.&amp;nbsp; Although I wasn't the one to make the call.&amp;nbsp; Does that count?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="question16" value="Last+Phone+Call%3A"&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="type16" value="1"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="right"&gt;Last TV Show Watched:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left"&gt;&lt;b&gt;episodes 3 &amp; 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    <title>Damn internet</title>
    <published>2004-07-29T18:03:45Z</published>
    <updated>2004-07-29T18:03:45Z</updated>
    <content type="html">My internet hasn't been staying on consistantly for the past couple of days, and has been just not working for the past 24 hours.  So I'm posting from work to let you all know that you probably shouldn't try to contact me that way for a bit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not a whole lot to report other than that.  Busy with work, heading up to another singing event this weekend.  And I see a lot of Lauren.  =D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Summer is almost over, as far as I'm concerned.  Which is not good, because it will decrease the frequency mentioned in the last paragraph.  Although I am looking forward to seeing Albion people.  But yeah, my final presentation at work is tomorrow (I suppose I should get back to that, huh), I'm gone for the weekend at an Albion Pro Choral event in bayview, get back for the last week of work, leave for 4-5 days with friends, get back for 2 days, leave for 5 days with my dad and brother, get back for 3 days, move in.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So little time.</content>
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