much better day

Got some sleep last night
not a lot, but enough.
I'm really starting to get buried under shit and can't seem to get anything done.
It was 60 degrees today, that was great after getting soaked yesterday, more rain tomorrow *grumble*.
Get your Dead Flower Day Cards while they last.
Also in the TC department, he discovered a great facebook hack. You'll need to log into facebook and then goto the url: http://pitt.thefacebook.com/search.php?do_search=1&ids=14201243,14204552&summary=Searched%20for%20people%20who%20are%20miserable%20and%20alone.
Make your own by changing the ids and summary fields fields in the URL.You can see a person's id by going to their profile.

Link of the day: a well-done essay on why national ids are bad. I swear I will get back to essay writing, prob over spring break. She deals with a lot of issues I hadn't even thought of, particularly the whole "it's unhackable" argument. Any system which assumes/relies on/propheizes 100% accuracy is wrong. There are always hacks BUILT IN to the system, let alone the ones which just end up discovered by "bad people."
Oh well 99.9% is good enough right?
since no one reads my away messages, I'll post lyrics here from time to time where they will, well still be ignored, but make no mistake this is still a "serious" blog.

Understanding that giving can be selfish
is the key to the human condition
say I

This is from "Landlocked blues" my favorite song on the new Bright Eyes album. Bright Eyes btw is an amazing artist with the best lyrics, I've heard in a long time (think socio-political Dashboard). Click on downloads for a bunch of free (legal) music

" And the world's got me dizzy again
You think after 22 years I'd be used to the spin
And it only feels worse when I stay in one place
So I'm always pacing around or walking away
I keep drinking the ink from my pen
And I'm balancing history books up on my head
But it all boils down to one quotable phrase:
'If you love something, give it away' "

Edit: fixed the essay link, really sorry 2-16-05

-CI