10:11 pm, January 28, 2009
· Filed under school, youtube · Tagged ap, calculus, math, professor, youtube
12:42 pm, January 24, 2009
· Filed under youtube · Tagged miley cyrus, pop culture, social catasrophe, stupid people, weird
Okay, so I am not a fan of Miley Cyrus, nor will I ever be, but as I watched WHATTHEBUCK I decided to check out her youtube page to see if it was that bad (I think it was). But I noticed this at the bottom of her bio thing:
http://www.youtube.com/user/mileycyruspersonal
wtf? Am I missing something?
11:18 am, January 24, 2009
· Filed under Online · Tagged blog, google, meme, question, verb
These are almost more fun to do with an uncommon name!
Q: Type in “[your name] needs” in the Google search.
A: “Arka needs to turn 7 more or gain 170 more Vampire points to reach the next level”
“Arka needs the rest” (I do need the rest)
Q: Type in “[your name] looks like” in Google search.
A: “Arka, looks like the front axle change has been done” (No, it doesn’t)
Q: Type in “[your name] says” in Google search.
A: “Nov 30, 2008 … Arka Says: November 30th, 2008 at 12:05 pm. Great episode, I love it when there’ s such deep insightful talk about Harry Potter” (This is actually me!)
Q: Type in “[your name] wants” in Google search.
A: “Arka wants to outdo the leader” (Why would I?)
“Maybe Arka wants to try something different?” (Like not outdo the leader)
Q:Type in “[your name] does” in Google search.
A: “Arka does say that its possible and I believe him. But it wont be easy. Worst case scenario, be prepared to get an engine swap just for a …” (At least peole believe me)
Q: Type in “[your name] hates” in Google search.
A: “Arka hates to hear anything negative about a British player …” (Depends on the circumstances)
Q: Type in “[your name] asks” in Google search.
A: “Arka asks: Do a lot of people use the table? • Steve answers: All the time!” (Oh the table…)
“He closes my Arka, and Arka asks politely: “I see you have modified some shortcut keys. Do you want to save this combination?” (Little scared about this one. I thinkArka is a notebook computer)
Q: Type in “[your name] likes ” in Google search.
A: “arka likes rafa’s formula… dont you arka?” (I tend to usually not have strong like towards formulae)
Q: Type in “[your name] eats ” in Google search.
A: “Arka eats njoj svraka” (No. I don’t know what that means. but no)
Q: Type in “[your name] wears ” in Google search.
A: “KEEP OTHERS AWAY FRM CLEANUP ARKA.WEAR” (Sure)
Q: Type in “[your name] was arrested for” in Google Search.
A: (Woohoo none of the Arkas in the world were publicly arrested!)
Q: Type in “[your name] loves” in Google Search.
A. “Arka loves the energy of university town Madison and Milwaukee” (Who doesnt?)
5:08 pm, January 22, 2009
· Filed under Books & Literature · Tagged alaska, john green, reading, vlogbrothers, walmart
So the past Friday, January 16th, 2009, I had gone to Wal-Mart after school for some stuff. Boring stuff. Like school crap and what not. I walked around, bored, and headed to the books’ section, where I browsed through bestsellers and young adult literature for John Green and similar books (not to buy, just to see). So I walk back to the front of the store and the “bargain” books, and saw a bunch of piles of interesting unsold books. Some of them looked fairly teenager-ish, but I noticed one book was black. I thought, Hey – Looking for Alaska is black on the hardcover! But nah, it’s probably some boring old book.
But when I looked at the book, I saw that there were, not one, but several copies of – believe it or not – Looking for Alaska, hardcover! No less for $5.00! Obviously I bought a copy; but later that day, amidst John Green BlogTV shows, I realised what a profit I could make from these. I mean, I can barely find it on Amazon. So yeah, once I finish HP & Imagination, I will already have a book waiting to be opened.
I wonder if there are any copies left…
1:38 pm, January 4, 2009
· Filed under Books & Literature, My Life · Tagged 2009, 50, Books, challenge, list, literature, reading
Update: And suffice it to say 3 books in I’m already failing. One minor obstacle: School!
I’m going to be reading at least 50 books in 2009. I’ve hardly read much regularly in 2008, and it annoyed me; in 2009 I will be reading quite a few books. The list is still in the making, and will be updated as I finish books. Oh and I might do reviews of them. And the list is subject to change, but will always be at least 50 books!
Also, the list might grow to include more than 50 books. But I will read at least 50!
Note: bold means I’m reading it right now.
This list might not be in order of reading though:
- Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Let it Snow, by John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle
- The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Volume 1, by M.T. Anderson
- Harry Potter & Imagination, by Travis Prinzi
- Looking for Alaska, by John Green
- The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Volume 2, by M.T. Anderson
- Feed, by M.T. Anderson
- The Time Traveler’s Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger
- Eats, Shoots & Leaves, by Lynne Truss
- Pride & Prejudice, by Jane Austen
- Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell
- Lies My Teacher Told Me, by James Loewen
- The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins
- The Prince, by Niccolò Machiavelli
- Communist Manifesto, by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
- Thus Spoke Zarathustra, by Friedrich Nietzsche
- The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junat Díaz
- The Catcher in the Rye, by JD Salinger
- Charlotte’s Web, by E.B. White
- The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Animal Farm, by Geroge Orwell
- 1984, by George Orwell
- The Godfather, by Mario Puzo
- The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
- Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen
- Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
- The Namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri
- Wuthering Heights, by Emily Brontë
- Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë
- Uncle Tom’s Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
- Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain
- Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott
- Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens
- Lost World, by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Journey to the Center of the Earth, by Jules Verne
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne
- Around the World in Eighty Days, by Jules Verne
- The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde
- Dracula, by Bram Stoker
- The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells
- The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck
- Of Mice And Men, by John Steinbeck
- Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemmingway
- Catch-22, by Joseph Heller
- The Notebook, by Nicholas Sparks
- 2001: A Space Odyssey, by Arthur C. Clarke
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
- Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, by J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame, by Victor Hugo
- Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo
- The Three Musketeers, by Alexandre Dumas
- The Count of Monte-Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas
- State of Fear, by Michael Crichton
- Life of Pi, by Yann Martel
- Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
- Blue is for Nightmares, by Laurie Faria Stolaz
- The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
- The Lightning Thief, by Rick Riordan
- The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
- The Road, by Cormac McCarthy
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