Why are numpads on keyboards and keypad on phones inconsistent????????
Numpad: [7][8][9] [4][5][6] [1][2][3]
Keypad: [1][2][3] [4][5][6] [7][8][9]
This has never bothered me until I started working here, where I use both the numpad and keypad very frequently. And I generally keep my hand in the same position when using both-- thumb at the 0, index and middle finger for the rest. While switching between so often, it's extremely easy to misdial or type the wrong number (which I've done many many times). So annoying... When I get lots of money someday, I'm going to recall all keyboards (or phones) and make these dang numpads consistent with keypads.
On the way to work, every morning, every lunch break, and on the way home, I always crawl through a hole in the fence. It cuts my "commute" by 3/4 the time. There's a hole in the fence in the back corner of our parking lot, behind the dumpster, which leads to the Woodruff parking lot. It's pretty big, and I've only gotten my hands really dirtied once. But I think I got caught. The other morning there was a cop car parked like two spots away from my shortcut. I glanced at the cop car and yep, there was a cop inside. Just parked. So I took the full ~5min walk around the two fenced-in buildings. The next morning, the hole was closed up with caution tape. So I ripped it and crawled through. And this morning it was taped up again. So I ripped it and crawled through again. But now I'm kinda getting scared because there's also been a sign that says "NO TRESPASSING, TRESPASSERS WILL BE PROSECUTED" which never bothered me since I do work there and I do live on campus, so I'm not really a trespasser...right?
It would look really dumb if I got "prosecuted" for this.
Hannah Yu-- Violated private property by repeatedly crawling through a hole in the fence. When she was 18. To work.
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I really wish I had friends at work. Everyone is so old. Well, there's the freaking old people and then the old people. The freaking old people are the ones who are very out-of-date with technology and >40 years old. The old people are the ones who are up-to-date with technology and 25~35 years old. Both groups have their friends and cliques. The freaking old age group talk to me like I'm a child; they try to mother me and stuff. "Good morning Hannah! Did you get yourself some coffee? Would you like a water bottle? Flip-flops?! Aren't you cold? You need to bundle up or you'll get the swine flu!" And the old age group are pretty cool, I guess. But when I talk to them, I still get that feeling of being an underclass 2nd grader talking to a senior 6th grader... And it's sooo hard to get into established cliques, especially when you're >7 years younger. :/
I waste so much time here. I think I'm gonna clean the IT Department today. I cleaned my cubicle yesterday and it feels so nice:
Over half a semester has gone by. I have not taught myself calculus. I have not practiced Korean. I have gotten worse at dota. I have not run much. Instead, I have just been LAZY. SO LAZY. This is becoming unhealthy. After work, I just go home to be lazy for the rest of the afternoon. And I injured my pinky toe last week which inhibits my capability to run and enhances my reasoning to order pizza. So basically, I've just become even more lazy.
I saw Tiesto last weekend, and it was by far the craziest event I've ever been to. I guess it wasn't a typical concert since it was basically a warehouse crammed (and by crammed I mean you are touching at least five different people at different sides of your body at all times, basically drinking each other's sweat) with crazy people who were not sober (and by not sober I mean from alcohol to weed to ecstasy to lsd to who-knows-what). I think Milson and I were the only people out of the 5000? 6000? who were completely 100% sober.
It's weird how my morals don't change even though my foundation behind them has changed. The things I used to think were wrong because they were sinful to God, now I just think [most of them] are wrong for other reasons. Well not exactly "wrong" but I guess just unnecessary or not smart. Like drinking: I don't drink because I don't want to risk getting caught and having my license suspended and having it on my record and paying fines. I'm okay with waiting until I can safely drink when I'm 21 without worrying. Well actually, even when I'm in a private setting where there's virtually no risk of getting caught, I don't know why but I still don't drink. I don't know, something in my head sorts it into the "wrong" category and I have absolutely no good reason why.
But at the same time, when people drink around me, I don't judge them like I used to and think they're bad people for drinking-- not at all. If anything, I laugh at how people act. And I only get mad when I see (and smell) puke in the hallways or elevators on the weekends and think people were stupid to get that trashed, but I think that's a legit reason to be mad.
I'm completely rambling now. Sorry my example is drinking. It's just the most relevant/commonly mentioned topic... And I'm really bored at work because I have to stay late today. :(
ANYways. The night was crazy. If I could sum it up: Tiesto was awesome + awesome music that you can feel inside your organs and bones + awesome company/friends + the craziest most messed up people I've ever been around + the most people I've ever been around that close to me and Me: *sees something crazy* "DID YOU SEE THAT?!?!?!!!!" Milson: *nod* "YEAH!!!!!!" and Me: *as we push and shove and squeeze through people* "I'M SO GLAD PEOPLE ARE MESSED UP OR ELSE THEY'D BE SO MAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Milson: *nod* "YEAH!!!!!" and Me: *points at something crazy and makes this face* Milson: *nods while making this face* and Milson: "ARE YOU OKAY?!?!!!?!!" Me: *nod* "YEAH!!!!!!!"
I've heard Regina Spektor's songs many times but they never stuck out or caught my attention until now. The same thing happened to me with The Strokes. My neighbor DW used to play them 24/7 from her room with the door wide open and would rave on and on about how great they were. I involuntarily listened to them for two semesters straight and never really liked them. Then two semesters later, I started listening to them again and they sounded pretty good. And then another semester later, they freakin rule.
I don't know why that happens, but it's awesome when it does. It feels like something is off by a little mark in my brain and then it randomly adjusts to make my ears love a particular song or voice or rhythm guitar or bass line. And then I feel the kid in the candy store.
I remember when I first got into Radiohead, I only enjoyed their music pre-OK Computer. I didn't like their more experimental stuff with all the ambient, electronic sounds. Then the same thing happened-- OK Computer randomly sounded awesome to me and became my favorite album (but In Rainbows, HTTT, and Kid A fall shortly behind). Same sort of the happened with Sigur Ros too.
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Anyways. I'm getting a little worried about my future lately. I'd love to remain a kid, but time is calling for me to graduate soon (which is the main reason I decided to co-op because I am not gonna freakin graduate yet). I have no idea what I'm going to do after Tech. It's tempting to just work and make money and stop going to school. And it's very untempting to apply for grad schools and study for the GRE. My parents support both, so I really don't know what I'm going to do. I've looked up grad programs at Rochester Tech and found some really interesting ones that sound really cool but I'd probably get sick of after one month of being there. MIT doesn't have anything for me (not that I think I'd get in). And Tech has one that I'm remotely interested in.
ON ANOTHER NOTE. I heard Blizzard is coming to Tech to scout for interns? I'm a little incredulous since I haven't found any official sources. But if it's true, I'm gonna start sketching and bringing out my rusty modeling skillz in Maya and put together a very informal portfolio to show them. I'm also gonna sharpen up on my Starcraft skillz and tell them that I've played since I was 11 and try and discuss Zerg strategy with them. If I somehow get hired, screw grad school.
