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So I don't need new glasses and I also don't have glaucoma. For some reason, I only learned today when the optometrist checked both my dad's eyes and mine that my family has a history of glaucoma... Although according to wikipedia, there's only a six percent chance of having/developing glaucoma if there's a family history, so whatever.

And now I'm going to spam you all with links...

How to Read, written by columnist Nick Hornby.

Engines for Education. Which repeats the arguments against the current system that we've all had and discussed before and presents a solution. And then the author of that hyperbook/e-book/whatever you want to call it, Roger Schank, has an ongoing column about education here. I agree with almost everything he says. And I haven't seen anyone else who understands the viewpoint of the student in our current education system as well as he does. Ok, truthfully, I haven't done much research into what other people are saying about education, besides what my friends think, and what Paul Graham thinks. But if you have a couple hours on your hands, I'd suggest reading the book and columns.

Some amusing snakes on a plane references: this userpic and then Snape's on a Plane.

And nude rugby players, just because. They're nude, slashy, artistic and male. So obviously you're going to look at them. Except maybe not...

And then some random youtube videos:
Bush "singing" Sunday Bloody Sunday
House video set to Monty Python music
The Azkaban Cell Block Tango

Ok, I'll stop now. And maybe I'll stop updating every single day...

I really need to sort through my favorites/bookmarks/whatever and organize them better. I also need to clean up my desk, as I have a place for ever paper/book/magazine that's on it, but am too lazy to put things where they belong, so they end up in the disorganized mess that's on my desk right now. And to add to this list, I should also turn off my computer and read all those books I want to read, or watch all the television series everyone's always talking about (House, Numb3rs, Supernatural, etc) or sort through my clothes and give away the things I haven't worn in years and probably never will wear again that are just taking up space right now. And then I should write the english essay at some point and maybe skim through the math packet. Oh and I still need to see Snakes on a Plane and... *wanders off on the web and chooses not to do any of them*

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I don't know why, but for some reason I've been in a really good mood lately. And, I feel like reading books again. And springing from either one or both of those, my motivation to learn, to experience things, to write my thoughts down, to get things done seems to have come back after three years of floating along wishing I had the motivation not only to get school work done, but also to do things in my free time. So this makes me happy ^_^ and I actually managed to go through my bookmarks and delete the links I'll never use again and organize the rest. I also cleaned my desk. And tomorrow I plan to go through my clothes and maybe go out and rent TV shows or maybe just download them.

My mom's also decided that she's going to repaint my walls and buy me new sheets, as she feels bad that my room and sheets are a color I dislike. We painted my room a light pink three or so years ago because I had pink sheets (which my mom had bought for me in elementary school) and my mom said no other color would really go with the sheets. And I didn't protest too much, because she seemed to be right and the paint chip seemed to be pale enough that I thought my walls would be close enough to white that I wouldn't mind. But my walls are still pink... So yay for repainting.