Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. - George Santayana

I bet I stuck that quote in one of my entries before. I don't want history to repeat itself, although it often does. It's like we're stuck in a constant cycle...cycling over and over again. I am a different person than I was one year ago. One year ago, I was wandering the streets of Berkeley in a hopeful state. Things could happen, but often they didn't. At that time, life was looking up. I had joined the RCC internship. For the first time in my life, I felt accepted. Almost everyone there was a friend contrary to all the other activities I have done...where I was the mute one. Afraid to speak.
And so here I am a year later. In a different setting. Older and wiser. But like last year, I feel like life is looking up again. Things cannot get worser now. Things can only get better.

I feel bad for my sis though. Dude. People often criticize the presence of journals. There's always this philosophy that some things aren't meant to be known. But then, it's related to my philosophy about violence on TV. If you don't like it, don't watch it. If you don't want to hear it, don't listen. If you don't want to read it, don't go to the site. Just avoid it...completely. And always keep in mind the disclaimer. I admit there are a lot of things that I have said...that at one point, I may regret saying. But it's more of the fact that it's how I felt at that moment, that second...and that's what a journal really is. A capture of a moment in time. Thoughs.
Alston criticized me. Alan did too. Dan. It was always, "I read your journal. I find that you're upset. I get upset." No need to get upset. Like most human beings, I often have the ability to hoist myself back up. Capture of a moment.

I gave the green monkey (with Karen's share of our birthday present + this nifty card) to Becky today. :) She was very pleasantly surprised. Oh and a happy belated birthday to Becky and Catherine!

Yesterday night, I spent dawdling in the cs lab. Boris' friend Richard...I thought he was a total AZN guy. Turns out that he was pretty amiable. Wouldn't let me copy his PuzzleLineSet.java But hey, "copying" is not really allowed. We got our abstract class working almost five hours after we started on it. Think object-oriented, Jenn, object-oriented!!!