Monthly Archives: June 2004

Possible Creation of a Black Hole

Black hole possibly caught in creation, CNN
A star, SN 1986J, which is 30 million lightyears away, went supernova in 1983. When it runs out of fuel, the core collapses into a neutron star, and the outer shells of the star explode outward. If the core has a mass less than 1.4 times the mass of our star, it remains stable as a neutron star. If the core has a mass greater than 1.4 times the mass of our star, it will continue to collapse, creating a blackhole. At least, this is what happens in theory. Scientists are surprised that they are able to see what’s going on through the expanding outer layers. The fact that they can suggests that there is a crack in that shell. They’re not exactly sure what’s going on. And they don’t know if it’s going to be a black hole, a neutron star, or possibly something else. It would be the first time we’ve witnessed either, and it’s pretty cool, no?

Getting Together

Herbert wanted to do something Monday (today) for his birthday, but I already had tentative plans with Gonzales for that day. He considered doing it this weekend instead. Plans fell through with Gonzales, but my mom wants me to go out for the weekend. They’re having a bonfire. Linh-Nam asked me to go to Knott’s this weekend. I’ve talked to Jaysen and Roda about getting together Tuesday.
I’m going to my mom’s this weekend, but I’ll try to do something Friday night, too. Linh-Nam, I can’t go. Jaysen and Roda, are we gonna do something? And Alex, let me know if anything’s up with Barnes.

Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday Commander! Enjoy your final summer before college. We better hang out a lot! And congratulations you two on getting back together! (Flashing would have been lame XD)

boring

I had a dream that I was at CAMS. At one point, I was physically fighting with Medina. Then, some girl was yelling at me. I yelled back something like “you wouldn’t want to hurt my chance at getting admitted to college, would you.” She tried to grab me, but I floated away. I could sort of fly but not very well. It was more floating, and while I could reach the roof of buildings (small buildings anyways), I still struggled to do so.

Four Noble Truths

  1. Suffering exists
  2. Suffering arises from attachment to desires
  3. Suffering ceases when attachment to desire ceases
  4. Freedom from suffering is possible by practicing the Eightfold Path: Right View, Right Thought, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Contemplation

Good Enough

Almost everyone thinks they are a good person…
But the question you should be asking is, “Am I good enough to go to Heaven?”
– WayOfTheMaster.com, Click “No”
Interesting survey.
Also, be careful of idolatry. It is easy to change our concept of God so that He conforms to our sins (a god who doesn’t mind lust).

David’s Graduation Party

There isn’t a lot to say about David’s graduation party. It was much smaller than his prom afterparty but still a lot of fun. I fooled around with the white guys in our usual style (computers). After the rest of the whites left, I spent the evening with the World Nation group, Herbert, Hanah (when the Supreme Commander and Commandress weren’t reading), and David. I also went for a walk and talked with Herbert. In the morning, I was promoted to major.
Also, I like how much David groups people. It’s kind of funny. I guess I’m a part of the white guys, the World Nation, and Motherly (the social group, not the band of course). His idea of the Motherly social group is very wide. Someone remind me to ask him where he places Linh-Nam, Christine, Antonio, William, Gemma, Jasmine, Roda, Nick… is there a loser group?

CAMS

I had a dream that I was at school around the last week. We were getting ready for school to end. Then it was the day before the last day. I was going to see a movie with some acquaintances, but something happened where it was falling apart. I decided to try to go anyways even if there would be only one or two other people.
The dream jumped ahead, and it was this fall. I had decided to attend CAMS again, retaking the 12th grade. I was in Lewis’s class, and we were talking about how I already had all my homework done. Then she showed me some science experiments we were gonna do in class. I don’t know why we’d do science experiments in a math class though.
Maybe I don’t really want CAMS to end.

Inuyasha

I just watched the first episode of this series. It seems to be about a girl named Kagome whose house is part of a thousand year old shrine with an ancient history that she’s not interested in. One day, the sacred well, which she knows nothing about, pulls her in, and she finds herself in the past. A demon is after her, Shikon no Tama (a.k.a. magic glass ball thing). She resembles Kikyou, a girl who imprisoned the half-demon Inuyasha, who Kagome frees.
I swear this show looks like it was actually created for Cartoon Network. It’s sort of interesting, and there’s a good chance that I’ll find myself watching more of it one day after being bored. However, it still seems to me that the creators were trying too hard to make an anime that fit some anime model. Also, I don’t know which group fansubbed this, but they’re fucking horrible. Their grasp of tenses isn’t very good, and their verb-noun agreement suck.
sucks*