Toro Bravo

...y matadores quienes son chocas

Good Afternoon, Scholars

In one of my classes, the professor always starts class with the greeting "Good afternoon, scholars!" I'm told that he starts morning classes with "Good morning, scholars!" It's kind of cool that he has this thing trademarked. people know him for it. it takes all the ambiguity out of when the lecture is starting. It's enthusiastic.

I don't know if I ever started class the same way twice...I'd clear my throat or say "alright" or something else awkward like that...or maybe just stand up in front of the room until the talking quieted down. I played music before class and tried to time it so that when the music stopped, it was time for class to start.

I'm not looking to rip off a trademarked class starting phrase, but having something unique, effective, and memorable wouldn't be a bad thing (if I could develop one).

Pick #64

Oleander - "Lost Cause" from February Son

La Hacienda II

Anoche, tuve planes de asistir a un concierto del Sarah Mac Band en FSU a las 8...PERO ellos tocaron a las 5:20 y ¡no estaba allí! Tuve ganas de salir y en vez de música, consumí comida. Sarah iba a ir conmigo al concierto y estuvo de acuerdo con comer en La Hacienda II. Dicho restaurante es mi favorito (de comida méxicana) en Tallahassee (gracias a Dr. Salmon por su recomendación).

Durante la ida, Sarah me preguntó si La Hacienda II es mejor que On The Border...casi no lo pude creer. ¡Por supuesto, loca! Pues, después de comer allí, está de acuerdo conmigo que todo es mejor en La Hacienda II. Es uno de los negocios locales que trato de patronizar si es posible.

Vi en la carta "chiles rellenos" por $x con una descripción. Abajo dijo Poblano por $x+1. Pregunté a nuestro camerero que significa Poblano. Respondió que es más sabroso y es como se come los méxicanos. Pide un plato (¿plato la hacienda?) con una tostada, un taco, un burrito, una flauta y un chile relleno. Solicité que me dé un chile relleno Poblano en vez del chile regular que normalmente viene con este plato. Cómo fue un buen hombre, me trajo un Poblano. De veras, tiene bastante sabor. Toda mi cena fue excelente. Sarah dice que la suya también fue de muy alta calidad.

Too Attached to my Calculator?

I have a TI-30Xa Solar calculator that I got in 6th or 7th grade. It's my favorite calculator ever. They don't make the solar version of that model any longer. I'm pretty quick with crunching numbers on it. Tonight, I told Andrew that I'd probably cry if I lost/broke it...if he lost or broke it (while borrowing it) then I'd probably stab him. At that point, I realized that maybe I'm a little too attached to it.

How much is too attached? What justifies attachment? I mean, that thing's been really good to me. We've spent a lot of time together...we've been together for over 10 years and spent who knows how many answers we came up with together. It's been there for me during frustrating times (aka hard homework/tests) and in triumph (good tests). If it was a person, nobody would question my attachment.

Another Annoying Windows Caveat

Last night before I left my house, I started a 10GB file transfer to my external hard drive (over USB 1.1). I figured that by the time I got back from school today, it would be done. It turns out that Windows paused the transfer to ask me if I wanted to move a certain file which had information that may be lost in the transfer. This happens with read-only files sometimes and a few other things.

What should happen: it puts that file in a queue and continues to copy all the other files so that when I get home there are 30 seconds remaining in the transfer, not 196 minutes!

Fun Fact #3

If you put balled-up newspaper in wet shoes, it will help dry them out and take away some of the stench.