Happy Birthday to Tim and Mike!

It's about midnight (changing from the 20th to the 21st) here, so I can say happy birthday to both of you in one sitting :)

Happy 22nd to both of you. Wow, we are getting pretty old.

Nelson

Cruising

Hey everyone, i'm sitting here on the cruise ship using the satellite internet, and being charged 17 pence per minute for really, really slow internet while using a keyboard with a strange layout.

Anyway, just wanted to drop a short message and say that I'm having a lot of fun in the sun. I'm getting to see a lot of cool places in Eurupe as well. Today I was in Florence and Pisa. Yesterday I was in Rome. And tomorrow I'll be in Nice/Monte Carlo. Cruising is pretty fun, but there are way too many old people.

Well, I hope everything is well with all of you, especially after the blackout!

BTW, Blogging is cool, because it can be done from anywhere - even while on vacation half way across the globe.

Ok, well I'm up to 15 minutes already, gotta go!

Ciao,

Nelson

Free At Last

I'm finally done exams! Now begings the rest of my fun/hectic summer. And I'm really looking forward to the rest of it. Well first, i had a little adventure moving all my stuff out. I had to get both my parents to drive into waterloo, because I had too much stuff. Then, Richard/Cary/Keith/Chris/Barry's house was nice enough to let me keep my furniture there over the workterm. Thanks guys! Since my family only has family sedans, I ended up moving a desk that didn't fit into a car by hand. Actually. Victor helped me move my desk, by helping me carry it for the five minute walk to the other guy's place. We ran into some classmates in cars on the way, who looked at us kinda funny. But anyways, thanks Victor! And then, when we were just about done, it started to pour. Luckily, I had moved my furniture already, but unfortunately, I hadn't moved my bike yet. So I went off on my bike with a huge golf umbrella. Probably a funny sight, but there was no one around to see it.

Anyway, I'm not even done moving stuff. I have to move my sister's furniture into Queen's tomorrow (that's why i unfortunately couldn't stay in waterloo any longer). But after that comes the good part.

I'm going on a cruise! Yup, I'm going away for a little over a week to the Mediterrean. This is my first time to Europe/Africa, and I'm pretty excited. I get to visit Tunisia (carthage), Rome, Florence, Nice, Monte Carlo and Barcelona. Plus I get to chill on a cruise ship, something I've never done before. I hear it's all about eating and sleeping. Sounds good to me.

And right after that, I'm also going away to a cottage with friends for almost week! I think it's going to be lot's of fun. I just hope that the pot roast I'm making (which I learned how to make from the multi-talented Victor) turns out ok. Man, can't wait to get on that beach!

Anyway, gotta sleep now, so that I can get up early to move my sister's stuff. Good Night

Savant for a Day

I signed up to a bunch of pysch experiments this term. Some are pretty fun, some are boring and all of them pay you for your time. Since I have two hour long lunches, it isn't too inconvenient to go do them. But the one I really wish we had on campus is this one. The experimenters basically stimulated different parts of the brain with electrodes, and it "appears" as if your natural thinking ability increases. In the article, the writer was subjected to this machine and asked to make consecutive drawings of a dog. The first one started out very crudely and the longer he was hooked up to this machine, the more impressive the drawing became. It's suppose to stimulate parts of the brain that aren't normally used. I think the NYTimes put that article into their archives, but the place i originally got the link from, slashdot has a few more links. Unfortunately, slashdot's links have a slightly different slant than the original NYTimes article. They take on a more paranormal feel.

Anyway, I was just thinking how nice it would be to have one while writing my upcoming exams. I don't mean to have out of body experiences while writing an exam, but rather, being able to flick a switch and becoming a genius. I bet that would help my marks....You know what else would help my marks? I bet wasting less time and studying more would also help....So I'll get back to studying...