The Agrinautica

   My friend's page has recently begun displaying a bit weirdly. The grey background is new but not bad, however for some reason comments are now listed above entries instead of below them. Investigating this matter, I discovered that my account had been changed to the infamous S2 format. This means that TAGS work now for this livejournal. Fortunately I've been dutifully tagging entries since the option became available, however as of now only about 40% of the entries created previous to tagging have been tagged. Overall I'm glad the S2 format has been made available with the general appearance of the old one ... just wish the tag view page didn't look so ugly (and I tihnk its only displaying the most recent 20 entries with the specified tag or something).


Addendum: Adventures of the Kitten Patrol!!
   Around about 1:30am Kristy's roommate Chrissy came home and reported that she'd just seen a limping kitten near Olson Twin Hall. Kristy & I of course sprang into action and headed to the scene in her kittenmobile.
   I think we both thought our odds of actually finding the kitten were pretty low but we persevered and lo we found the kitten. Unfortunately, however, he was fast like fire and eluded us. He did however, look well enough nourished, so we concluded he could take care of himself and broke off the pursuit.
   On the way home we encountered yet another kitty. A siamese cat was batting at a plastic bag that was wrapped around a pole by the side of the road. We stopped and investigated. Cat appeared to be in good condition and with a collar, so the kitten patrol called it a night and returned to home base.


Random Fact of the Day:   Wikipedia recently brought my attention to the fact that the New York case Stambovsky v. Ackley, 169 A.D.2d 254 (NY App. Div. 1991) found a house to be legally haunted, thus making it the only legally haunted house in the United States (& probably the world).


Previously on Emosnail - Introducing Tagging Madness!
   Three Years and One Week Ago Today: Honestly People - There's no such thing as a white lie.
   Three Years Ago Last Friday: Cornish Pasties - I discover the CoHo has cornish pasties. I've never found them there since. )=
   Three Years Ago Last Saturday: How My Cellphone Recharger Got Mailed To Alaska - True story: my cell phone recharger got mailed to Alaska by mistake. Also my friend Kristy convinces me to go to another class with her. It was strong sauce, we learned about chemical & biological weapons and things.
   Three Years Ago Last Sunday: Interviewing for Chief Justice Position - I interview for the position of Chief Justice of the ASUCD Supreme Court. Justice Bernstein also interviewed for the position, but of course I got it. I subsequently had Justice Bernstein removed. Additionally a "peace activist" attacked a College Republican at a peace rally -- while Fitzmorris was using a video camera. (Bernstein's removal was unrelated to his aspirations for the Office of Chief Justice)
   Three Years Ago Last Monday: The Chief Justiceship - I'm confirmed as the ASUCD Chief Justice, just in time to swear Sara Henry & Kalen Gallagher into office. Adrian confirms he's going to live with me the following year, he would turn out to be an awesome flatmate. Was trying to get Don as a flatmate but that didn't pan out. Also, hung out with Sharon¹.
   Three Years Ago Yesterday (Last Tuesday): The Undersproul - My friend Kat Isaacson shows up at a party at Chris Mays' place. Also I discover a treasure map indicating that there are tunnels under Olson/Sproul halls. Eventually I would make it into these tunnels. Also a certain girl continues to give completely mixed signals. It would have been much more preferable if she had simply said she wasn't interested instead of agreeing to dates and then coming up with extremely plausible reasons to cancel them. As a result our former friendship was destroyed & we've barely talked since.

   Today was Cinco de Mayo. Or so I'm told. I'll show YOU mayo in the sink! I spent this day here in my lair, with one adventure to campus for the MUN and Court meeting. I have THREE midterms tomorrow.
   In MUN we allegedly had a run-off for USG of PR so we had to vote again for that position.. but there were MORE candidates this time than there were initially?! MUN is crazy. I want to find the MUN constitution.


History Lesson of the Day brought to you by Wikipedia.com!
   "Edmund [King of England] was murdered in 946 by Leofa, an exiled thief. He had been having a party in Pucklechurch, when he spotted Leofa in the crowd. After the outlaw refused to leave, the king and his advisors fought Leofa. Edmund and Leofa were both killed. He was succeeded as king by his brother Edred, king from 946 until 955."

   Maybe I'm weird but I am amused by the idea that there once was a time when the ruler of England could get killed trying to break up a party. And that it took place in a location called Pucklechurch just makes it that much funnier.

   Wow its been deplorably long since I've updated. When this happens it becomes harder to actually narrate what has occured lately, and the entry degenerates into a pointless ramble about whatever is on my mind like so many other livejournals.

   Today my only adventure was a trip to campus which after much reluctance I managed to get myself to partake in order to attend the Entertainment Council meeting. I get there only to find a notice on the door stating "meeting cancelled." But I find Azver in the ASUCD Senate Office and he steals my complaining rights because he came up early from San Fransisco for the meeting that was cancelled. On my way ought I run into a similarly disappointed Arya who had also come to campus specifically for the cancelled meeting. Hooray for entcon communication.


Discoveries
   I discovered another amusing web-comic, www.wigu.com, courtesey, of course, of the automatic most recent lj picture updaters.
   And while studying for ancient Russian history I discovered www.wikipedia.com, an online open-source encylopedia which is immensely useful for looking up obscure historical things.


Civ 3
   In other news, Mission Viejo is now the capitol of America in my game of Civ 3. The rest of America was overrun by angry MEChA aztec forces, but I took sympathy on the foolish American people and gave them a city which I named Mission Viejo. Then the Greeks were about to capture a small seaside village of mine so I named it Laguna Beach and gave it to the Americans.
   The French and Greeks have been annihilated. My imperial armies are now crushing Babylonia with tanks and bombers.
   As democracy tends to disfavour the state of constant war so cherished by my regime, and communism isn't as enticing in Civ 3 as it was in Civ 2, I think I'm going to stay a monarchy forever.


Quotes
   "Aaah that guy was creepy!!" boy circa seven to his friends after having passed me on the sidewalk.


Related
   Year Ago Today: An Evening with Miss Garian Cika (And Thomas "Sex in the Eyes" Grossman)