Epic story

We were sitting at a table in a bar, and Nick decides to tell a story from freshman year involving "Big Rob." Literally just as he mentioned Big Rob in his story, the real-life Big Rob walked down the stairs by our table and introduced himself in front of us. Nick's facial expression and reaction was beyond hilarious after he saw Big Rob suddenly appear out of nowhere right after he mentioned him during his story. This is like something that you wouldn't believe unless you were actually there when it happened.

Back to school thoughts

During our drive to Ithaca, we encountered several toll booths. When the toll amount required change, we would pay part of the change in pennies. We observed that female toll collectors would always count the pennies before letting us move along, whereas male toll collectors would look at the handful of pennies and let us proceed without counting them.

When buying textbooks from an online source like Amazon, it probably doesn't matter much if a seller is "just launched" or a veteran seller. If the new seller plans to continue selling from their account for years to come, then they would probably want to ensure their first few ratings are good in order to build a solid reputation as a seller. This applies only if the seller plans on selling more items in the future.

Wrapping things up

Today is my last day of work. Some statistics:

• Helpdesk tickets 3 weeks ago: 16
• Helpdesk tickets 2 weeks ago: 18
• Helpdesk tickets last week: 19
• Helpdesk tickets this week: 40

Yes, this last week was pretty busy. I'd like to thank everyone who helped me learn stuff and made me feel welcome during the summer. It means a lot to me.

Also, saying farewell is one thing that I don't like to do at all. I suppose most things in life aren't static.

Some Cool Music Videos IMO

I feel like I've been watching a lot of music videos lately. Here are some music videos that I think are pretty cool, and I've grouped them into categories. Without further ado, and in no particular order:

STORYTIME

The Smashing Pumpkins - 1979 and Perfect
These two videos are actually like one in that they portray a group of friends and what they grow up to be a few years down the road. How all the different people cross paths through a series of events reminds me of the movie Crash.

Muse - Knights of Cydonia
This video is arranged like a Western/kung fu/sci-fi/fantasy movie, complete with titles and end credits. Interesting concept.

Stabbing Westward - Shame
This video tells a story (or so it seems). There are even dialogue subtitles. The video is so full of twists and turns that it's hilarious.

Everclear - Brown Eyed Girl
Similar to the previous video in that it has subtitles to describe what's going on in the video. However, this story carries a much lighter mood, is also hilarious, and you'd probably get caught off-guard with the ending.

Massive Attack - Angel
This video is kind of surreal. I don't know what it means, and the ending makes you ponder what's going on.

COOL VISUALS

Muse - Stockholm Syndrome
This is what Muse looks like through thermal cameras.

Korn - Freak on a Leash
Some cool animation work with the projectile.

Thrice - Digital Sea
This video looks like it's shot from the perspective of a grocery store security camera. The part in the middle where the store items move is beyond awesome. Beware of seizures during the night scenes.

Royksopp - Remind Me
This one's for the enginerds out there (thanks Myra).

MOCKUMENTARY

Korn - Twisted Transistor
I guess what makes this on-the-tour mockumentary even funnier is that they got four big-name rappers to play the four actual band members in the video.

MISCELLANEOUS

Collective Soul - Listen
This video basically portrays the story of my life I think. Also, I really like the stop motion.

CONCLUDING HONORABLE MENTIONS

These guys are all on a boat (T-Pain not included, sorry), these people have secrets to tell, and this video is probably everybody's favorite by now.

Gmail Housekeeping

I just cleaned out my Gmail mailbox a bit. I went from 893 MB to 620 MB by deleting a bunch of messages that I sent with picture attachments. Usually when I send mail with large attachments, I like to keep it in my mailbox in case I need to access the attachment later, but after a while (like a few years later) I realize that I don't need them anymore, so I delete them for good. I guess in the future I could just send and delete from my Sent Mail box. Also, I guess I should look into archiving mail next so my inbox doesn't look so cluttered.