just a comment

note: the post is incredibly boring. im sorry, i totally suck right now.

ok. so, two things really bothered me today.
first of all, there was a really stupid person biking on el camino in complete darkness - that one stretch of road between galvez and serra, where there aren't any streetlamps. wearing dark, non-reflective clothing. for one, i almost hit him for lack of visibility, but i still shouldve just tapped him to kind of knock him off balance to teach him a lesson... but i didnt want to put another scratch on my car.

also, has anyone noticed that rollerblading is getting popular again? there are soo many people blading around campus. and as im walking through white plaza at 11:00 in the evening, this couple - both who are like super tall - like taller than yamanda tall (sorry, just had to say) - are blading through holding hands. seeing them gave me the kind of feeling, where you like you know something should be seen as cute or sweet, but it's just way too much where you're kind of just eww-ed out by it.

ok, something else sort of good.
i guess this summer i've been doing fairly well in all of my classes, to the point where i could potentially get an A in all of them (at least i hope) - and that makes me extremely happy. and so for a moment, i had this realization "wait, maybe i am smart" and then i realized whether i am or not doesnt really matter, but that i'm capable of succeeding. i guess im being incredibly cheesy. maybe in a couple years, i'll be one of those buttbrains writing some version of "don't sweat the small stuff"... haha, ok, i'll shut up now.

anyways, i think i might take cs 106b, and possible even 107. i really like the way this class changed the way i think - or at least gives me another way to think about things. i think the way programming is is very organizing, clean, and efficient. i learned this week that people who take A and B can then become TA's or section leaders. I think i might like that, actually.

also, i learned something kind of cool. so one of the grad students teaching 106A is specializing in human-computer-interactions. and so one thing he pointed out was the suck-i-ness of program windows. because theyre all vertical, and overall, short - it takes a long time for the user's eyes to scan and find the desired command, and then be able to float the mouse over it. then it becomes incredibly difficult if there is a secondary menu. so he said one really solution is to have radial menus, where the option come up in a circle, so then the area you can click on is more of a pie-shape, so it's easier and faster. it'll take a while for it to show up in microsoft and windows and stuff, but they have radial menus in sims - i thought that was totally awesome.

i realized also how nerdy we stanford kids are, even the more fuzzy ones. i mean how many people can turn thewatercooler to hydration. i find it incredibly awesome.

i am also thinking that i wish i couldve gone to popscene tonight with everyone. i think next week will still be fun.
ok, well anyways, one final tomorrow morning, and then last one saturday afternoon.