Paranoid Hyperboloid!!!!!!

Verrrrrrrry paranoid!!!!! Oh myyyyy, I have an oral exam in Algebra in about 10 hours and I am sooo unprepared that I am ashamed of myself. I know the first couple of chapter but then differential geometry just kills me!! I love Calculus, but I've always been slower at Geometry, so this is freaky!!!!!! And from the other group, only 10 out of 30 people passed, so that's really encouraging :)))
OK, I should go back to study some more of this utter crap. Although I'm pretty sure that this is the exam I'll fail. Reading back a few posts, I was saying that I'm not too worried about this one....completely wrong! Wrong to the core!
I'll check in tomorrow to say whether I've passed or failed. But believe me, I'm in for a total humiliation. Wish me luck! Or whatever there is left to wish :-s

Exo-Politics

Well, hello there!
I am finally studying (2 days before the exams haha!) but I had to take a break and check out the news on the Internet.
And, guess what! There's news about Fidel Castro! Yay! And he's still alive! Here's the article -> Fidel Castro
He's an old chap and despite claims that he's "as healthy as ever" it's pretty obvious that he's far from being healthy. In my opinion, he looks more like a ghost in those photos. But at least he's still alive and kicking! Or at least his brother is. And the great news is that they prove that the wold doesn't give a crap about the US embargo and still want to drill for the Cuban oil. See that, Fidel? It would be nice if you stopped being the communist ass that you are and try and work something out for your people. Everyone expects you to. La Revolucion was over 50 years ago, no reason to act like a paranoid dictator. Which you obviously are. And you killed Che (indirectly) and jailed your comrade Huber Matos just for not buying the Marxist bullshit. Not nice of you. Too late to change? Well kinda. But Cuba deserves better.
Enough with my Fidel-babble. I'm still waiting for Ion Cristoiu to publish the book about his trip to Cuba, but in the meantime I'm intrigued by the 2008 US election. I shouldn't care about elections in another country, but this is the US, and you know how they are. You might wake up with a war declaration because some kid is accused of terrorism for watching a youtube video of Osama. And that is thanks to their wonderful president and his administration. So. Thank goodness that the Devil (as the crazy Venezuelan socialist Hugo Chavez called him) cannot participate again. And I hope that a Democrate wins it. Be it Hillary, Obama or John Edwards, I do not care, but please US citizen, say NO to Republicans!!!!!! I mean just look at their candidates. Apart from all being pro-war, pro-torture and pro-death penalty idiots they each have a personal traits that enhance their imbecility: John McCain is a septuagenarian and is credited to be both a conservative and a liberal republican (make up your mind! it's like PD-L being both Liberal and ex-Social Democrat), Mike Huckabee (seriously! is this a name?!) says that the Guanatanamo bay atrocities are just made up by the press in order to distract from the "War Against Terror" and Mitt Romney is a Mormon. And Giuliani...well he has no chance whatsoever so he doesn't count. Enough said, right? For once in your life dear Americans, make the right damn choice! Even if your tax is 1% higher, do you really want to destroy the world?
Gah. Well I have to go to uni or I'll be late for the Calculus class.


NOTE: Yes, I do have left-wing afinities (not extreme left anyways). I know Fidel Castro has done a lot of shit along the years, but I have a soft spot for him. I am interested in Latin-American politics, especially La Revolucion, and I am certainly not one who wears a Che Guevara badge without knowing who he was and what he did. And I admire Fidel because he, unlike many dictators, is an educated person who managed to come to power after risking his life, after succeeding with a dangerous attempt to abolish Fulgencio Batista's military dictatorship. So he really worked for getting where he is, unlike others who were plain lucky. And also, it does take something more to last as a dictator for almost half a century and be able to manage with a half a century U.S embargo. As a fan of him, I say he is a communist ass, because betraying (1. sending them to a certain death; 2. locking them in jail for 20 years for having a different opinion) two of your closest and most loyal friends does make one quite an ass, right?

School's back

Ah well, the holiday is over. 2 weeks is never enough, especially with the Xmas and New Year's Eve craze. Goodbye going to bed at 2 am and waking at 12, goodbye lazy days of messing around and doing nothing, welcome back hours of boredom and reading Cluj-Express or other free newspaper. Today was the day that school started and I am already counting the days to the next holiday. Which is in a month and a half, but I should mention that this month and a half is filled with exams that I'm not really looking forward too :-s.

January 8th (yes that's tomorrow): English written exam
January 15th: English oral exam
January 18th: Physics exam (aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!)
January 19th: Building materials and applied chemistry exam

these are all pre-session exams. in the 4-week exam period, I have:

January 23rd: Topography (this freaks me out. actually, I have to study for it for next Thursday because it's then that she decides whether we are accepted into the examination)
February 1st: Algebra (it's an oral exam, so I'm not too stressed out. But the thing is that we should have around 200 exercises as independent work, but who da hell wastes time doing algebra exercises :))) so my count is currently 5 incomplete exercises that I did way back in October)
February 9th: Calculus (instead of going to the Davis Cup in Sibiu, I am stuck with a damned exam)
February 14th: Mechanics (now this freaks me out.)

Wish me luck!
Now apart from having to go to uni again, I have to deal with this absolutely horrible weather. It's got warm! Why???!!!!! It's freakin' JANUARY! Negative temps must come back! Ernesto, my poor snowman, is melting because it rained last night :( Global warming sucks.

I browsed around on youtube last night and found some amazing videos of Radiohead live. These guys are very close to swapping places with Placebo for my top favorite band (Muse is safe on the 2nd position). I gotta go to one of their concerts this year, it's one of my new year's resolutions. Here's a video of them performing "Idioteque" in Paris. Incredible, right?


Who's in bunker?
Who's in bunker?
Women and children first
And the children first
And the children

I'll laugh until my head comes off
I'll swallow till I burst
Until I burst
Until I

Who's in bunker?
Who's in bunker?
I have seen too much
You haven't seen enough
You haven't seen it
I'll laugh until my head comes off
Women and children first
And children first
And children

Here I'm allowed
Everything all of the time
Here I'm allowed
Everything all of the time

Ice age coming
Ice age coming
Let me hear both sides
Let me hear both sides
Let me hear both
Ice age coming
Ice age coming

Throw them in the fire
Throw them in the fire
Throw them in the
We're not scaremongering
This is really happening
Happening
We're not scaremongering
This is really happening
Happening
Mobiles quirking
Mobiles chirping
Take the money and run
Take the money and run
Take the money

Here I'm allowed
Everything all of the time
Here I'm allowed
Everything all of the time
Here I'm allowed
Everything all of the time
Here I'm allowed
Everything all of the time

deaf and lost are the children

It's a new day, it'a new dawn, it's a new life....and I feel good!

2008 is here! The new year means a fresh start, one I've been looking forward to in a long time! It's my 20th year of life, I can't believe I'm actually entering the 2nd decade of my life. I'm putting the teenager coat in the wardrobe, next to the child one, and I'm dressing up as a young adult now. To be honest, I'm quite excited about it, because I never considered teeny-bopping too interesting so I guess adulthood is more appealling (hopefully not appalling).
Apart from the responsibilities (which for now, I like to ignore), getting old also gives you the chance to decide for yourself and set you own goals. For 2008, I've some nice plans, especially for the summer-autumn period (which is by far the best of the year) with some music festivals in mind and then the tennis, as usual. But if any of my favorite bands decide to have a gig in Budapest or Bucharest, I'll be more than happy.
And speaking of tennis. The new season is dawning and I am really excited that the first Grand Slam of the year is coming up in less than 2 weeks. I love waking up at 3 in the morning to the sound of rackets hitting the ball...and in the past years I've witnessed some really fantastic tennis at this tournament. So dear Australian Open organizers and Eurosport, please don't show Sharapova or Justine Henin or the Williamses too much and dear Mr. Federer&Mr. Nadal please STOP winning every damn tournament. I want someone elese to win...what do you say about Safin or Djokovic? As you see, I'm not mentioning Verdasco, Simon, Baghdatis or any other bigger fave of mine because I know I'd be asking for too much. But in women's tennis I WANT Amelie Mauresmo to win...she must. She's getting old too, so she'd better get back on the winning track soon or it'll be too late.
Ah well, let me stop with the tennis babble. Song of the day is "Twenty Years" by my #1 band, Placebo.

There are twenty years to go
and twenty ways to know
who will wear who will wear the hat
There are twenty years to go
the best of all i hope
enjoy the ride
the medicine show

Thems the breaks
for we designer fakes
we need to concentrate on more than meets the eye

There are twenty years to go
the faithful and the low
the best of starts, the broken heart, the stone
There are twenty years to go
the punch drunk and the blow
the worst of starts, the mercy part, the phone

Thems the breaks
for we designer fakes
we need to concentrate on more than meets the eye

Thems the breaks
for we designer fakes
but it`s you i take 'cause you´re the truth, not I

There are twenty years to go
a golden age i know
but all will pass will end too fast, you know
There are twenty years to go
and many friends i hope
though some may hold the rose, some hold the rope

that´s the end and that´s the start of it
that´s the whole and that´s the part of i
tthat´s the high and that´s the heart of it
that´s the long and that´s the short of it
that´s the best and that´s the test in it
that´s the doubt, the doubt, the trust in it
that´s the sight and that´s the sound of it
that´s the gift and that´s the trick in it

you´re the truth,not i
you´re the truth,not i
you´re the truth,not i
you´re the truth,not i