As told by wikipedia: “Confidence is generally described as a state of being certain either that a hypothesis or prediction is correct or that a chosen course of action is the best or most effective. Self-confidence is having confidence in oneself. Arrogance or hubris in this comparison, is having unmerited confidence–believing something or someone is capable or correct when they are not. Overconfidence or presumptuousness is excessive belief, in someone or something, succeeding, without any regard for failure. Scientifically, a situation can only be judged after the aim has been achieved or not. Confidence can be a self-fulfilling prophecy as those without it may fail or not try because they lack it and those with it may succeed because they have it rather than because of an innate ability.”
Confidence in life is an interesting thing. I hate how confidence in one situation will not carry over to another. I am very confident at work and most things nerdy…. if only everything could take place at work.
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Music
I love the hard back beat in this remix by the XX of You’ve Got the Love by Florence and The Machine. Much better than the original. Not to say I don’t like Florence and The Machine. In fact I love this song. One of my favorites of 2009. She comes across like a homicidal Enya…with her pure tones and raw emotion in her songs….and of course I love Enya, so it’s all good.
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I saw youth in revolt. You shouldn’t. The tag line goes “every revolution needs a leader”, well I say every movie needs a plot.
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Resin is very awesome.
Stems cells are cool.
I like this series of pictures.. the 7th one down is cool..and yummy.
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I feel like I am almost out of the interview process…this is a good thing, but I still don’t trust myself.
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How I love me some Tortoise Donkey love…
this is interesting….i wouldn’t wear it..but it’s interesting
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Science is cool. Golden ratios are cooler.
“By tuning the system and artificially introducing more quantum uncertainty the researchers observed that the chain of atoms acts like a nanoscale guitar string. Here the tension comes from the interaction between spins causing them to magnetically resonate. For these interactions we found a series (scale) of resonant notes: The first two notes show a perfect relationship with each other. Their frequencies (pitch) are in the ratio of 1.618……, which is the golden ratio famous from art and architecture.”
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It’s a new year..which means I am sure to have a few resolutions that I am sure to break by March..
here they are in no particular order.
1. Dress better for work. Ever since I left Stryker (back in 06) I have not been required to dress nice for work…as a result…i typically look like a slob. It’s only when I have a date do I decide to pull out the nice clothes and then it becomes obvious to everyone in the office what I am doing.
2. Sleep more. Nuff said.
3. do stuff
4. eat better…exercise more..all that good shit.
5. Stop cursing. I am starting that one right….now.
I have more..but..these ones are at least attainable for a month or two..
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yes.. i like these shoes
i like this watch..
soo tasty looking..
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I peeled my face off earlier.. I feel clean.
I am getting my haircut tomorrow…i’m planning to go short..real short..no more emo mike….
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Metric and Bob Dylan make me SMILE
Metric – Don’t Think Twice It’s All Right (Bob Dylan Cover)
…i think too much….
I expect great things in the future…in my future. Maybe I will become a successful business owner..keyword being successful. Or maybe I will become a fantastic drummer in the likes of Keith Moon (I’d be happy with being just as good as Dominic Howard for that matter). Or maybe I will maintain true love with a quasi-hipster girl (I don’t want a full blown hipster…they tend to smoke too much and I can’t stand PBR) that understands the importance of playing authentic music during love making, and none of that Animal Collective shit…cause I can’t keep that beat. Anyway…before we can move forward we need to look back..back at the songs I enjoyed from 2009. (in no particular order)
On christmas while hanging out with my friend Nancy in the evening..she made a comment on how she has basically hated my haircut for the past 2 years….she later told me I resemble Tuxedo Mask from Sailor Moon and that she had a picture to prove it. I think this might have been an insult..I am not sure. hah.
Regardless..you be the judge.
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Did I just buy 10 t-shirts online??? …yes I did
Tomorrow is thursday.. Am I excited?? yes indeed. Let’s hope I don’t hate her by the end of the night…….
Am I going to keep asking myself questions?? Yes.
Anyway..I am going to Blip Fest with Brander on Saturday. Should be good. A little high-energy, low-res fun never hurt anyone. Yes I am a dork.
I bought myself an early christmas present. A roland td-9s electronic drum kit. I had my first lesson last week. I am not nearly as good as I hoped I would be…though the teacher says I am much better than he anticipated. I think he had really low expectations and I had really high.. hah. Damn you rock band. But I am having fun. Practice makes perfect.
“It’s shock…
treatment offered by the weekend
dystopian getaway, let’s display the sequence, it goes:
One for the heartless thievery turning my guardian angel harpless
And the rest to sweep the mess under the carpet….”
Aesop rock - save yourself
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I worked late tonight…as a result I am tired but not tired right now. Does that make sense?
Christmas is next week….hmm..what are you doing for christmas? No really I asked you..what are YOU doing for christmas? idk
“Even though they mean the opposite, “CAN’T TAKE IT” and “CAN TAKE IT” are exactly the same when spoken out loud.” - SS
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Bender: You seem a tad wound up, buddy. And your face is greasy. Real greasy. You’ve been up all night?
Fry: Of course I’ve been up all night! Not because of caffeine, it was insomnia. I couldn’t stop thinking about coffee. I need a nap.” *snores* Coffee time!
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So yeah…I am so wired right now. I had a ridiculous amount of coffee today. I totally feel like everything is going extremely slow for me right now…my mind is racing with all the caffeine. Yikes…
i forgot i had a blog….maybe I should update this more often.
I saw inglourious basterds earlier this week….it was good…really good. Tarantino despite being labeled as overrated by a lot of people…is still a pretty fantastic artist in the sense of scripting a movie and laying out the scenes. Enjoyable.
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I am going to spain (madrid) for SECEC in 2 weeks. It should be interesting. I usually enjoy going to these types of conferences. I actually think this will be the first trip I do with the “new” company I am forming with 2 coworkers/friends.
Speaking of which, things are starting to come together with all that. It has been a bit stressful these past few weeks/months working out all the logistics of the company but it seems everything will come together sometime in early September. Fingers crossed.
