Late Night Ponderings

      Before I went to bed tonight, it struck me how much of our lives are filtered and how little we know about the people we see every day. everything you see online of someone has been somehow mentally approved by that person before they posted it. they always hold up some sort of online persona that can only be changed when they desire to do so. The entire world is taking leaps towards larger and larger advancements in technology and it is only making this problem bigger. My guess is that before Facebook, Blogger, Instagram, Etc. this problem was still there but it was much less of a problem and more of a small issue. The reason I think this is because trying to hide things in person is much harder that through text on a screen. What you type doesn't carry any emotion, it only causes the reader to think and construct their own reasoning for what you wrote. Sure it can be right, the process of doing so is even a lit technique, tone. 

      What I'm trying to say is that our society is heading in a new direction, and the possibilities of people living double-lives is more and more real with each passing day.

Return (Finally)

      It's no secret that I haven't been posting to my blog as much as I should be posting, and I'm not trying to some up with any excuses. I'm just trying to bring up a fault that I have found in myself over the past couple years of high-school. The fault I'm talking about is this, it is hard for me to keep something up and running when I'm alone in the matter. You're probably thinking "what does he mean?", I mean that when I have to keep something up (Blogger, Facebook, Twitter) I can never seem to make myself do it. I have plenty of time throughout my day to do it but I subconsciously avoid it. Same with homework (but not quite as bad).
      I plan on fixing this before I finally leave this school. I'll consider it a part of my masterpiece in order to help motivate myself to do more work on my blog (considering my masterpiece has to do with technologies influence on the modern world). The end of the road is closer with each coming day, and I want to make the most of my high school experience while I can still live it.
     I feel like this rant could be the start of something new that I post daily (if I can keep myself doing it) because it felt so nice posting on my blog after this long drought of posts. Let me know what you think.

Character Study III

This story was collaboratively written by Eric Montero and Jared Dube

Among the wave of new freshmen entering UCLA, two in particular stood out from the crowd. Their names were Jared Dube and Eric Montero. Jared was walking with Eric as they were looking for a chance at an internship with a local nuclear power plant. Eric didn’t enjoy to work hard and would rather be in his dorm bettering his rubik’s cube solving skills. Jared, however, was interested in biomechanical engineering due to his fascination in science, so he wanted to visit the powerplant and study the effects of radiation on the workers. They had a meeting on the 31st of october to meet with the plant supervisors. Although on their way there, they encountered a man in a white hockey mask notoriously known as Jason. He then threatens to disembowel them both if they don’t assist him in finding his trusty machete. Jared swiftly stepped out in front of Eric while he cowered in fear. Eric cried,”leave us alone!” Jason then glared at a nearby jogger and violently ripped out his jugular with his bare hands, and through clenched teeth, stated “You will find me my machete”. After the death of the innocent jogger, Jared boldly proclaims,“I guess we have no choice but to help you out, Jason, after witnessing that gruesome display.” Jared and Eric slowly came to the realization that not only was the real Jason standing in front of them, but they were also surrounded by unfazed trick-or-treaters who thought it was all a trick. The duo then unwillingly followed Jason in order to save their own lives by searching for Jason’s machete. They take off through the densely populated streets filled with costumed children in Eric’s ford focus with Jason riding shotgun towards the full moon.

3x3 Times 11

I felt like doing more than ten solves tonight, so I did twenty.

Here are tonight's times:

20:	00:22.28
19:	00:36.03
18:	00:30.32
17:	00:26.63
16:	00:31.32
15:	00:29.56
14:	00:26.45
13:	00:27.14
12:	00:35.56
11:	00:33.86
10:	00:30.34
9:	00:34.20
8:	00:26.90
7:	00:25.82
6:	00:30.44
5:	00:31.00
4:	00:28.04
3:	00:30.75
2:	00:30.14
1:	00:28.92

Avg: 29.78

Normal people do averages of five, but I think that it is easy to get lucky with only five solves.

3x3 Times #10 (Special)

As I had said earlier, I was going to make every ten sessions special. I decided to do 5 relays instead of 10 solves. (a relay is solving three cubes at once, a 2x2, a 3x3, and a 4x4) Ive never timed my relays so I was relieved when I saw that the times were not too bad.
Here are Today's Times:

5:	03:06.12
4:	02:59.99
3:	03:08.76
2:	03:14.54
1:	03:24.79

Avg: 03:10.84

I'm excited for session 20

Cubing around the world

     Being invented around 1974, the Rubik's cube has become one of the most recognizable toys around the world. Despite being so complicated, it still looks elegant and satisfying to the eye. Artists and Engineers around the world have always been fascinated by the design of the cube.

     Here is a video I found to be really fascinating, and touches on the fact that the cube is a countryless toy.

3x3 Times #9

Feeling a bit distracted tonight, not sure why. Not much else to say.
Here are tonight's times:

10:	00:23.77
9:	00:30.70
8:	00:28.66
7:	00:30.58
6:	00:28.79
5:	00:28.87
4:	00:35.60
3:	00:29.17
2:	00:29.61
1:	00:31.69

Avg: 29.74
Other than the occasional outlier, my times sit around 28-30 seconds, not bad.