Moving on

It's going to be weird not being in Amherst come September. I have been used to moving back mid- to late-August over the past four years, a time still smoldering in my mind. But this year I won't be doing that. Instead of moving to Amherst, I'll be moving to Boston (Brookline, to be exact). I'm excited to be moving on with my life and despite the resentment I have with a lot of my UMass experience, I still feel that I am leaving a comfort zone that I will not have again. Amherst did become my home, probably why my real home lost it's touch, and I have more sentimental memories there than I think I do in Paxton or at SPM. At some point I will lose the feeling, so maybe I should enjoy it even if it causes me pain or grief.

This had not come to mind until this past week as I was leaving the Cape with my friends after a week vacation. I thought about how I would not spend time with friends so freely the way I always have. UMass allowed for that, even if I did not take advantage of all my time there. I feel like moving and settling into Boston will make my life grand and change it both socially and personally. I'm still feeling more loss over leaving UMass now than I do in feeling excitement about moving to Boston.

A new design

Interactive Johari Window

Fun little activity, check it out and map me.

Mini-Assignment E: CS391 (ugh)

Nanotechnology

We talked about nanotechnology the other day in class, which my professor was very excited that UMass received some cash to study.

Article about online communities

Here's an interesting essay about Facebook for the IT Policy Office @ Cornell: linky

I made this

Saved by the Bell

I just changed the channel to Cartoon Network and freakin' Saved by the Bell is now airing. Is it me or is that not a cartoon? I actually like the show, it takes me back to when I was 10, but why is it on Adult Swim? Totally random.

Media Gadgets Flirt With 'Convergence'

This is an article I have to read for a class: here

A Favorite Quote

I will be jotting down quotes that I like beginning with the following one and continuing for hopefully not too long.

"Sometimes it makes me sad though, Andy being gone. I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice. But still, the place you live in is that much more drab and empty now that they are gone. I guess I just miss my friend." ~ Red; The Shawshank Redemption.

I always liked what Morgan Freeman's character said at this point in one of my favorite movies of all time. First came the lesson talking about people being free. The whole movie parallels person drama and the walls & prisons we build for ourselves. It was beautiful when Andy escaped. He overcame what kept him down and was able to break free and be happy. It was just great.

Then the sentimental part of that quote came in Red missing his friend. Whenever he says that last line, it just touches me strongly. I think I just like that idea of having a friend out there that could make me miss them bad like that. I think I would rather have a friend to miss than no friend at all and sometimes that's how I feel.

War on Iran?

Check this article out: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/

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