(After trying for so long, finally got my site working, with weblog! Will be reading/commenting here as well, for as long as I'll love blogging. ^_^)

http://smurfmatic.net/blog/

(Hey, it's two years minus one day on Xanga?!)

Then I must be very anti-social. In other cases you can say I'm just being me, whereas this time it's because everyone's being in a very social mood (well, it's the holidays: family parties, friends parties), while I'm trying for three days non-stop to install Linux on my own, with some minimal Taskforcian help (they're on vacation too apparently, so no one takes time to mail me back... -_-). But yeah, basically on my own. First day: internet; second day: graphical interface; and today: basic setups and woow, some sound ("some", because it's basically a hack). And then I made something unretrievably crash in the boot sequence, and took it as an excuse to start over. And did pretty well, in one night (since 1 AM) managed to repeat what I did in two days before. Now figured out that I'm not upgrading things in the right order, thus the crashes & conflicts. So tomorrow (or some other day, because the anti-social agenda is against my interests ^_^).

(I suck because I nearly forgot about Xmas this year. I am getting worse as years go by. I've the impression I need to be "saved" as well. Family is still good to me, got nice presents. Somehow, for the past two years, haven't made any effort whatsoever to buy gifts for other people. Guilt, perhaps. And my fault, certainly. Must change attitude... =/)

In other news, I set up my blog on smurfmatic.net last week. This should be one of my last entries on Xanga, unless I feel lonely 'gain. ^_^ So: http://smurmatic.net/blog/

Two things and a half done on four things. 1- the getting drunk and crazy, on third day of vacation, 2- the buying of a domain, and 3- more or less the Linux install finished. Now 4 - Invite friends over for xiao long bao and the cooking of other delicacies...

[music: the Tricatel compilation - (Eggstone - Brass)]

Sun Yanzi songs always do that to me. -_-

The Habs lost, and I didn't get to watch LotR b/c there were no tickets left. On the "trying to get tickets for RotK" matter, it's 3-0 for Paramount. -_-; Sad. But great evening at Movenpick's in nice company, one good thing, still.

I love Pocky. They improved their Men's Pocky variety, as their website told me a coupl'a weeks ago; and so finally the new version arrived in Chinatown. ^_^; Probably crunchier, and the chocolate's integrity is better? I don't know, it's like the New Coke, 'xcept it doesn't offend me. Well anyways, go me. *crunch*

(Long entries seem to be a deterrent to commenting. Such would be my own behaviour, projected on other peeps. ^^; That, or geeky stuff nobody understands anyways. So therefore: Pocky. I'm sure nobody's left indifferent by Pocky's!?)

Started playing FFVII (again). I'm in the Shinra building. The Shinra building is such a cool place, don't you think?

[music: Stefanie Sun Yanzi - Meeting]

I don't generally adore hip-hop groovy-sounding music for crudeness lack of depth various reasons, but Crystal Kay is gud stuff. :D I *think* it's DJ Watarai doing the rap? But only b/c he yells his own name, like they always do, and not 'cuz I know deejays (I don't). Well, anyways, is Japanese

Many things I actually want to do now that I'm pretty sure I'll be having a so-so to average (hopefully no failures in the two remaining grades - in other news got what I wanted, except Num Computing - At least I don't fail, he sighs. But I am digressing).

What would I like to do?

• Domain purchase: if I go ahead with this one, probably will be the last time I change blogs (hum, sorry for moving around like this, for those who still have the energy to follow me... -_-). MT and GreyMatter seem to be two blogware working pretty well for people I know. Ideally would like to have a nice looking layout, easy to manage, to post random pics, etc. Will not find time during the semester, and if I am a hardcore blogger, I should dump Tripod (and Xanga) asap. ^_^
• Linux on my PC: for that long I've talking about it... might finally have time to backup all my pr0n cartoons, mp3s, and etc., and wipe out Windows, and for once be legal with all this software shiet. Well, okay, who has totally legal software installed on his computer? I don't, but you can always find a free open source version of most pieces of utility,a nd my case's improved substantially since the last format last summer. Linux would mean no more games... but my graphics card sucks so much that any attempt to load a contemporary game (not StarCraft, SC plays ok. I mean WCIII, CS, and the likes I'm not interested in playing anyways) would miserably fail.
• Would really like to make that website working with all the special thingies I might want to have on it that I never dared trying to have on Tacos. I don't have a webpage on Tacos, must be why. (Tacos being the Taskforce linux server)
• Would want to go out and do crazy stuffs. But anyways, I dream about that one all the time, and vacation or not. =P

[Edit: Not sure if most people will understand what I mean with all this Linux shift thing. Not that I *need* to re-install my comp. It works fine like this. The trouble is with Microsoft. Can I do something to affirm myself as an individual, and I don't mean buying an overpriced Apple machine? Probably yeah... I'd install Linux only (I could have a dual OS running on my PC, but not sure how to pull that one off), and so the people around me, family and other visitors, would see there's a difference. Neal Stephenson wrote a very powerful essay advocating free software (as in freedom/free), and basically telling us about the non-sense of the IT "industry". Or at least that's what I got from it, and remains one of my life's significant piece of literature. Long but rewarding reading. Gives me something to believe in, although I'd probably sell my soul to Microsoft if I had somewhat better grades. ^^;]

[Edit-edit: I forgot about updating Ced's emotional life, but I've yet to find my emotional self after exams period emotional blanking. Happened that I had some weird nightmare/beautiful dream (they're the same to me, are usually very "strong" dreams, and typically happen during a period of stress and/or when I ate something funny. ^^) about the most recent girl I think/thought I like(d). This time I suppose it was more nightmarish, enough to worry me about the stuff being repressed, since I haven't thought about her so much since two or three weeks. And is actually a good thing, because I'm more open to other people; but is a bad thing because I don't like the impression of hopelessness (as in "no one to hope for"). Objectively I don't care about the said girl, there's nothing to hide. What I thought was worrying me was that, how can I be so impassive, while still having that sort of angry dream (she was angry). In real life I probably would not care/mind if she were to be angry (would actually be a relief, at least am not insignificant ^^;). Although, I don't think it's confusing me... Please don't comment on this one if you just want me to eProps you back, cuz I won't.]

[Edit-edit-edit: Lol, probably the best way to blog about emotions in public is to bury it at the end of a very long technical entry. Will go watch LotR tomollow at Paramount! w00t! Will nonetheless miss Habs-Maple Leafs game on HNIC... -_-]

[music: Crystal Kay - Feel the Same?]

Been a while I did some music recommendations... Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her is not only a bizarrely dorky name for a music group, but also some good rock/alternative/punk (I am not good with my style-nomenclature). I know "Angel", which seems to be their t00b. But Track 5 of Sweet Home (incidently called "Sweet Home") is good stuff, I don't know why, just reminds me of some Garbage? No Doubt? (I am not good with musical references either, point. I just like good music, which should be enough in my case) Is a Japanese group, a girl-duo in fact; I like Japanese groups even if they sing half their songs in English...

http://home.sus.mcgill.ca/~csam/files/Seagull%20Screaming%20Kiss%20Her%20Kiss%20Her%20-%20Sweet%20Home/

I think I aced the COMP 360 Algorithms Design course, unlike the other two I think I B'ed. But is already just quite satisfying not to come out of the exam room thinking you're failing the damn course (like for every other semester in McGill including the last... -_- But now it's just that finals are not 100% of your grade. I thought I was failing everything too, last semester (except Discrete Maths/Abstract Algebra) but did fairly well, in the B+/A- range... Now I am not sure, because maybe the exams were just plain easy -and everyone 'll do well, or maybe my assignments and midterms didn't rock at all and are ultimately going to C me to death... -_-;;). Maybe should surf on it. Not so willing to study for the next one, tomorrow morning, that goes by the cute name of Artificial Intelligence (which is basically how to make programs think, and to run in terribly monstruously inefficient time ... but hey, they think! The joke being that one of us will eventually come up with one not too ineffcient, but greedy enough so it'll annihilate us all in fiery armageddon, like SkyNet XD).

I liked biochem, just not when it comes to last-minute studying (which I did, including the much dreaded 311 Metabolic and still passed with more than a C ^_^ Only because I'm good at bs'ing), b/c that doesn't work, and most of the time you didn't have a 50% stash of assignment marks to save your final grade.

In other news, I watched hockey instead of studying. I am so bad. ^_^

[music: Kahimi Karie - Still be your girl]