Who knows how much sleep I'm going to get come next month?
Might as well exploit the cool air, overcast sky, and soft beds while I can. The downside, of course, is that I now live irregular hours. I actually missed lunch today, as I only became lucid enough to eat come dinner time. Dinner, however, was composed of two fried chicken breasts, a steaming bowl of rice, another bowl of mashed potatoes, and all the gravy I could drink- er, have.
Yum yum. My application to the UP Gastronomical Society is in the bag. Hahahaha.
Again, I'm still wide awake in the wee hours of the morning. I did not touch a single paper in my room today though; I'll finish that little chore tomorrow. For now, I'll relax.
I spent much of the day researching for our Applicant's Module. After that I started to experiment with Microsoft's World Wide Telescope program. The WWT is like Google Earth for the sky, as it allows you to see the heavens as never before. It blends nearly all the astronomical information available on the Internet (or so Microsoft says) and brings it to your fingertips. Now, if only I could sort through all that data in front of me...
The past few hours I spent watching videos on YouTube, where I stumbled upon a series called Decisive Battles. I'm a bit of a history buff, and I really enjoy learning about wars and battles of the past, so much so that most of my favorite movies and games all deal with fighting and war.
I especially love the ancient era (maybe I should interview Ron about this) where Roman legions, Greek phalanxes, and Persian "Immortals" had their way. Battles then were not decided by who had the most powerful gun or the most accurate bomb, they were decided by the skill of the men in command and the strength and determination of the men on the ground.
Generals then were at the battles, not in some war room hunched over maps. Some even led their soldiers from the front, actually heading a charge into the enemy. The soldiers were armored with steel and armed with swords and spears. Cavalry charged with lances and archers fired arrows into the sky. That's the kind of "hack and slash" I want to see; not the stylized ballet of two martial artists, but the brutal hand to hand combat of two armies having at each other.
I find it all fascinating. Don't worry, I do not enjoy the blood and the hardship inherent in war. I am no some bloodthirsty, brutal, sadistic fool, mind you. What I find fascinating about all this are the strategies and tactics employed in the battles. That is why I spent the past few hours watching computer-animated (from Rome: Total War, actually) depictions of important battles in the past.
Some you probably know, like Thermopylae and Gaugamela, thanks mostly to Hollywood. Some you most likely don't know, like Pharsalus, Cynoscephalae, and Carrhae. All of these battles were turning points, moments in history where the fates of empires were decided. All of these battles were, in large part, decided by the cunning moves of the victor and the men he commanded.
That is something I want to emulate. I want to be able to change the course of history, to make my mark on it someday. Hahaha. A tall order, I know.
As a future reporter, I'll be where history is made. I'll be there when it happens, where it happens. However, I still plan on making it happen.
Hahahaha. It's four in the morning. I'm hungry. I think I'll go raid the fridge now.
Yum yum. My application to the UP Gastronomical Society is in the bag. Hahahaha.
Again, I'm still wide awake in the wee hours of the morning. I did not touch a single paper in my room today though; I'll finish that little chore tomorrow. For now, I'll relax.
I spent much of the day researching for our Applicant's Module. After that I started to experiment with Microsoft's World Wide Telescope program. The WWT is like Google Earth for the sky, as it allows you to see the heavens as never before. It blends nearly all the astronomical information available on the Internet (or so Microsoft says) and brings it to your fingertips. Now, if only I could sort through all that data in front of me...
The past few hours I spent watching videos on YouTube, where I stumbled upon a series called Decisive Battles. I'm a bit of a history buff, and I really enjoy learning about wars and battles of the past, so much so that most of my favorite movies and games all deal with fighting and war.
I especially love the ancient era (maybe I should interview Ron about this) where Roman legions, Greek phalanxes, and Persian "Immortals" had their way. Battles then were not decided by who had the most powerful gun or the most accurate bomb, they were decided by the skill of the men in command and the strength and determination of the men on the ground.
Generals then were at the battles, not in some war room hunched over maps. Some even led their soldiers from the front, actually heading a charge into the enemy. The soldiers were armored with steel and armed with swords and spears. Cavalry charged with lances and archers fired arrows into the sky. That's the kind of "hack and slash" I want to see; not the stylized ballet of two martial artists, but the brutal hand to hand combat of two armies having at each other.
I find it all fascinating. Don't worry, I do not enjoy the blood and the hardship inherent in war. I am no some bloodthirsty, brutal, sadistic fool, mind you. What I find fascinating about all this are the strategies and tactics employed in the battles. That is why I spent the past few hours watching computer-animated (from Rome: Total War, actually) depictions of important battles in the past.
Some you probably know, like Thermopylae and Gaugamela, thanks mostly to Hollywood. Some you most likely don't know, like Pharsalus, Cynoscephalae, and Carrhae. All of these battles were turning points, moments in history where the fates of empires were decided. All of these battles were, in large part, decided by the cunning moves of the victor and the men he commanded.
That is something I want to emulate. I want to be able to change the course of history, to make my mark on it someday. Hahaha. A tall order, I know.
As a future reporter, I'll be where history is made. I'll be there when it happens, where it happens. However, I still plan on making it happen.
Hahahaha. It's four in the morning. I'm hungry. I think I'll go raid the fridge now.
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