Not too long ago the country decided on its new president elect, IL Senator Barack Obama. I was glad that he was chosen, because I supported him throughout the campaign season. I, however, was not able to vote and so I did as much as I could to spread information about his policies and stance on issues.

Even more recently, Virginia Tech had its first Thursday night football game against the University of Maryland. We won 23-13, it was a great game, and I had a lot of fun. I started tailgating at 3:00PM and never looked back. I got to meet a lot of friendly people, and had my first Jägerbomb. It was a great night, that I kept feeling until Saturday.

I have a lot of stuff to get done before Thanksgiving break, which is in 2 weeks. (WHAT!?) I really just want to chill out during break and not worry about school. So I’ll try to get my English Project done before then. I have so much Math homework to do, its not even funny (Vector Geometry and Differential Equations). I should get to work now

I’m sorry I haven’t been posting to this blog. It isn’t like anyone is reading it anyway. I will post more about what is going on in my life, especially about the new planner that I am going to get. I am debating whether I should get a Moleskine Diary/Planner or whether I should DIY a hardcover ruled/squared notebook. I think I’m gonna go with the ruled, but I would like a squared note book to make the calendars in. If anyone knows how to template a calendar in a moleskine, that would be a great help.

Today, Nintendo announced a new model for the nintendo dualscreen series, the Nintendo DSi. The DSi is so named because it has two 0.3-megapixel cameras. One on the outside face and the other on the inside on the spine, facing the player. The new DS will use the Mii system, virtual console, wii points, and will exhibit more connectivity with the Wii console. Also, the new DS will have SD card expansion slots, a built in browser, and two touch screens. The DS’s hardware has also seen an increase in screen size and a 17% decrease in its width. It’s coming out in Japan in November and Q1 of 2009 in America. Here’s the article from Kotaku.

I’ve found this really cool website called hulu.com which provides flash reruns of most popular TV shows. Lately I’ve been using it to catchup on TV shows that I haven’t been able to watch in the past because of time constraints etc. Some of those shows include the Season 1 of the OC, The Office, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Arrested Development and House. Hulu.com is really good website, there are advertisements but it isn’t that much of an annoyance.

• I’m Yours – Jason Mraz
• Memory – Sugarcult
• Light Up the Sky – Yellowcard
• Almost – Bowling for Soup
• Never Let You Go – Third Eye Blind
• Check Yes Juliet – We the Kings
• The Adventure – Angels and Airwaves
• Banana Pancakes – Jack Johnson
• That’s What You Get – Paramore
• Free Fallin’ (Live) – John Mayer
• Believe – The Bravery
• All At Once – The Fray
• Dare You to Move – Switchfoot
• Under Pressure – The Used/My Chemical Romance
• Thunder (Radio Mix) – Boys Like Girls
• Everything is Alright – Motion City Soundtrack
• City of Blinding Lights – U2
• I Believe in a Thing Called Love – The Darkness
• Famous Last Words – My Chemical Romance
• Clarity – John Mayer
• Grand Theft Autumn (Where is your Boy) – Fall Out Boy
• Talk – Coldplay
• When Your Heart Stops Beating – +44

I’ve been drinking tea for some time now for the health benefits: increased metabolism, antioxidants, increased mental awareness, increased immunity etc. Tea began to become something I enjoyed, making it is somewhat ritualistic. (I’m not surprised that the Japanese have formal tea ceremonies). There is a internet podcast, show, that I like to watch called diggnation and the host of show, Kevin Rose, plugged a tea company that he has been a customer of for a long time. They tea store is called: adagio teas, and their website is adagioteas.com. The main difference between the teas that they were selling and the teas that I was, at the time, purchasing was that the teas were loose-leaf teas. (i.e. they weren’t in tea bags). So I ordered a starter kit after a few months of reading reviews and evaluating whether I would actually make loose-leaf tea. So far I’ve enjoyed the teas that came with the kit and the wonderful tea infuser, called the ingenuiTEA, that they sent me. Maybe I can do some tea reviews in the future. I thought I would just share something about myself.

If you watched the season 5 premiere you would know about Pam Beesley’s awesome summer art project. This is evidence that she’ll do well at the Pratt Institute. Click Here for a full size printable version. And yes it is a .pdf.
Yes the ASCII character drawing of Dwight K. Schrute.

Map of the 5.75-mi trail from Blacksburg to Christiansburg.

I rode the Huckleberry Trail last weekend with my friend. It is a fully paved trail that goes from the Blacksburg Library to New River Mall in Christiansburg. The ride is about 12 miles there and back, and is rolling/flat, the route was very scenic: it weaved through the forest and went along some farmland. I hope to ride it again this weekend. If you want to join me it should be fun.

Here are some songs that I can’t stop listening to on my iPod:

• Free Fallin’ (Live) – John Mayer
• Thunder (Radio Mix) – Boys Like Girls
• Let’s Dance to Joy Divsion – The Wombats
• Yellow – Coldplay
• Check Yes Juliet – We The Kings
• Manic Monday – Relient K
• Shattered (Turn the Car Around) – O.A.R.
• Fall for You – Secondhand Serenade
• Paper Planes – M.I.A.
• Best of Me – The Starting Line