Late Night Intruder

I woke up.  My eyes were still closed, and it wouldn’t have mattered if I had opened them.  It was 3 at night; or 3 in the morning, if you’re the sick and twisted sort.  I felt the tingling on my spine: an intruder had infiltrated my safe haven.  I tried to clear my mind, focus, and assess my situation.  If the intruder knew I was there and awake, then it may not end well for me, so I did not move a muscle.  The tingling feeling was moving up my spine, and I felt myself fighting the urge to shiver, although I started sweating.  The intruder did not know I was awake, so I had the advantage, but any sudden movements… well, I didn’t want to think about it.  My eyes were adjusting to the dark, but I still couldn’t see from this angle.  I tried to run through the list of the possibilities of the intruder’s identity.  I did not have any weapons directly in reach.  If only I could reach to the bookshelf by my bed; it was too far!

The tingling had moved up my arm, but then it stopped.  The moment was right.  In one swift motion, I jumped up from the bed, turned on the light, and grabbed my weapon.  I knocked a tissue box off the bookshelf in the process.  I faced the intruder.  The intruder did not appear as deadly as I expected, but I felt a wrenching feeling in my stomach.  I felt a bit disgusted and would have preferred a more dangerous adversary than what was before my eyes.  During the split second it took for me to consider this, the intruder made for the way out.  I gave chase, but I was still a bit tangled in my blanket, and this gave an opening for escape.  I knew the intruder would be back.

I started to wonder about what I possess that may warrant such an intruder.  When I realized, I realized the intruder may even bring friends.  The stash I had just acquired and hidden away: it wasn’t protected!  I knew that I had to lock it away if I didn’t want anyone to have access to it.  That night, I went out and got the means to lock away the stash, and so locked up, I felt a lot better.  My personal space had been violated, but now, I had everything taken care of.  Let’s see these intruders try to take away my stash now!  I went back to bed and drifted off to sleep soundly, wondering if the roach had crawled in my bed because of the chocolate, or if it was just the change in season outside.  I still would have preferred a spider or a gecko.  

Day 1

Today is day 1.  A new beginning.  Never mind the fact that it's 9:30 at night and I only have a couple hours left.  It's a new beginning.
Life has new beginnings.  Sometimes, they're easier to see.  Sometimes, it's impossible to notice, even when looking back.  Life is a constant cycle of ends and new beginnings.  Something happened today, will happen today, or is happening right now.  I may have been aware of it, I may be clueless, but that something will change my life.  It will change the world.  The world just hasn't caught up yet.  I haven't caught up yet.

Things will be different tomorrow.  Things will be the same.  I may not notice a thing.  The world may never be the same.  It all started today.  Today is day 1.

Lobster Mornay

Been a long time since I've posted food.  Lobster Mornay with shrimp, mashed potatoes, bread, and some veggies.

Dinner with family.

Swimming Goblin Thieves

I don't remember much from the dream, but I was floating down the river, water slide style.  There were goblins in the river, and they were stealing my gold!

Three Dreams

Yellow shirt and boxers

running, looking for shorts

outside, campus apartment area

trees & grass

found a group of friends. People from church

going to the gym

Went to an apartment for shorts.

Not mine, but a friend's

found my shorts

her roommates came in

girl on my back (piggy-back)

church service (felt like Gainesville church. Pastor Sohn was talking)

girl's mother was at the front

a missionary or something, talking on stage

girl wouldn't get off, and I didn't want her to get off

she was warm

everyone was told to take off their head-wear

I moved bandanna down and wrapped it around as a scarf (it was yellow)

girl was still on my back

There was another dream, but I can't remember it.

My Brain Hurts, But It's Worth It?

So my brain has been crying out in pain these past few days. I was paranoid of after effects of last year's accident, but after talking with a friend who is experiencing similar symptoms, I realized why. It's hurting only because I'm trying to stuff more information into it than a reasonable person should be trying to put into it.

The bar review class is not that bad. It's basically taking all of what we should have learned in law school and cramming it into your head in 4 hour per day increments. (This is only in lectures. This isn't including the practice tests, the readings, the writing, etc.)

The bar exam will be in roughly 1.5 months. End of July. I know I'm not ready for it. Right now, I really wish I never got the Starcraft 2 Beta key. That certainly soaked up some of my time. It was fun, too. I'm looking forward to August 7, only because I'll be done with everything, and I'll be able to sit down and play my pre-ordered copy of Starcraft 2.

But for now, I'm glad that the beta period ended. I'm hoping that it was contributing to me sleeping past 2 AM. Because if it hasn't been, then that means that I need to figure out what's been making me sleep so late, and fix it.

So yea, my brain hurts. So much information. I wonder if I should have come to law school to begin with. Ah well. Just need to take the bar exam.

Opera Browser

I started to use Opera, just because I've heard it was a good browser.  While I don't think it's a bad browser, it will take time to get used to.

The main issue is that if you're comfortable with another browser (Firefox, Chrome, or IE) then it will be a hard progress to change, especially if you are used to your browser.  I use FFox and Chrome, but there were a few keyboard-shortcuts that were significantly different in Opera.

The one I found most annoying was the shortcut to open a link in a new tab.  In FF and Chrome, it's Ctrl + Left Click.  This would open the link in a background tab.  I know that middle-click works too, but I'm on a laptop touch-pad.  The same control in Opera is Ctrl + Shift + Left Click.  Ctrl + Left Click is the same as just a regular Left Click.  Shift + Left Click opens the link in a new tab, but it's in the foreground.

My other frustration came shortly after this.  Ctrl+Tab did not cycle through the tabs, but opened a menu of the tabs.  Ctrl+Shift+Tab cycled through the menu backwards... similar, but different.

I really want to like Opera... It seems like it could be a good browser... has good features, but I also like my shortcuts.  I think I would probably switch from Chrome to Opera if shortcuts were more compatible or customizable.

P.S.  I also tried to change this in the preference menu, but nothing happened.