The Domain of Steven

Yoli told me a while ago about a plugin called Brian’s Threaded/Nested Comments that modifies WordPress’s comment system to give it the nested feature found in places like Livejournal and Deadjournal. As people sometimes actively engage in actual conversations with me through comments, I jury-rigged a solution that looks awfully cool and impressive. However, for […]

All is quiet on the eastern front (or is it the western front?). My job is going smoothly, and there’s just enough going on to stave away ennui. July 22nd and 23rd (along with an hour of the 24th) were spent at the Rochester Institute of Technology for their College and Careers program. It was […]

Last night’s dream was one of my craziest. Crazier than the lucid dream where I was too afraid that I was sleepwalking to be curious and try to jump out the window and see what happens. I was one of those Left Behind. It was probably my simple agnosticism that kept me from going through […]

All in all…it’s been good. Hot, though that’s not always a bad thing. And it’s nice to be able to eat Quiznos every day for lunch again.

American Studies Teacher: “So, why did people act so recklessly in the 20s?” Me: “Well, they had the attitude of ‘Fuck everything’.” AST: *stunned* Umm, wow, okay… –Later AST, to English Teacher: “You know, Steven cursed in class today.” ET: “He what?” AST: “He said the f-word.” ET: “STEVEN DROPPED THE F-BOMB?!” –During an APCS […]

Counterintuitive as it may seem, it’s worst when they talk to you about it. Proponents for communication have strong arguments, but their examples have underlying requirements. For example, the problem has to be addressed directly. There can’t be any beating around the bush. For thought springboarding, sure, you can be as indirect as you want; […]

I managed to convert my usual procrastination tendencies (a response to my workload) into posting energy. The SATs went fine. They gave us an awfully bullshit writing topic, one that bordered on philosophical. It seemed to go along with the trend that started with the first SAT writing topic, but not with most of our […]

Writing that last post was scary and thrilling. In some ways, I blew things out of proportion. I had felt angry at the time, but once the immediate situation passed, so did that emotion. So why was it so prevalent just a single post ago? Cause I wanted it to be. Before that, I had […]

I tend to scrap these kinds of posts, because I like being liked. If it were possible, I’d want to be liked by everybody. I’d be perfectly happy and content if I was an upstanding member of a small community, with a good reputation and role to fulfill, with both acquaintances and friendships. And posts […]

Going on the third and final College Trip this week. Leaving early Friday morning, coming back late Saturday night. During this shorter trip, we’ll be visiting upstate colleges (SUNYs and Cornell stick out in my mind). Nothing grand, but it’s not like I had a shot at going to those Ivies anyway. Regardless, it’ll be […]