Goodmorning Starshine!

The Earth Says 'Hello'

Hello!

Happy Day!

It's my special day! And you're here so you must be thinking of me. I am thinking of you too.

I am listening to Confessions on a Dancefloor and it is sooo good. Thank you :)

Happy birthday to me!

I am a Statistic

Facts about UMass:

Did you know?...

There are 302 undergrads in computer science.... 22 are women.

There are 232 graduate students in computer science.... 48 are women (including distance students).

There are 46 faculty.... 6 are women.

Here's a good word: marginalize

I've been feeling and thinking a lot lately. About being unhappy. About being lonely. So hard to put into words how I feel or why I feel this way. A friend of mine wrote to me:

When is your birthday? Oh... I think you may have told me, but I forgot (I am ashamed if that is the case). What are you doing for your birthday?

I am ok. Just getting sorta bored with school. Burned out, you know?

Main Entry: mar·gin·al
Pronunciation: 'märj-n&l, 'mär-j&-n&l
Function: adjective
Etymology: Medieval Latin marginalis, from Latin margin-, margo

1 : written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet <marginal notes>

2 a : of, relating to, or situated at a margin or border b : not of central importance <regards violence as a marginal rather than a central problem> c (1) : occupying the borderland of a relatively stable territorial or cultural area <marginal tribes> (2) : characterized by the incorporation of habits and values from two divergent cultures and by incomplete assimilation in either <the marginal cultural habits of new immigrant groups> (3) : excluded from or existing outside the mainstream of society, a group, or a school of thought <marginal voters>

3 : located at the fringe of consciousness <marginal sensations>

4 a : close to the lower limit of qualification, acceptability, or function : barely exceeding the minimum requirements <a semiliterate person of marginal ability> b (1) : having a character or capacity fitted to yield a supply of goods which when marketed at existing price levels will barely cover the cost of production <marginal land> (2) : of, relating to, or derived from goods produced and marketed with such result <marginal profits>

5 : relating to or being a function of a random variable that is obtained from a function of several random variables by integrating or summing over all possible values of the other variables <a marginal probability function>

- mar·gin·al·i·ty /"mär-j&-'na-l&-tE/ noun
- mar·gin·al·ly /'märj-n&-lE, 'mär-j&-n&l-E/ adverb

Can You Hear Me Now?

I'm reading a book called Grassroots. It's so good. How can any woman not be a feminist... I have no idea. Oh I found a test on Cami's website and it asks some pretty interesting questions. Here are the results.

"You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness."

You are a Social Liberal (73% permissive) and an... Economic Liberal (6% permissive) You are best described as a: Socialist Link: The Politics Test on Ok Cupid Also: The OkCupid Dating Persona Test

I'm a Little Doodlebug