whine and dine

i feel so tired. my back hurts. im waiting for my fetcher to arrive. the shoes i'm wearing right now sucks. i mean, it's not mine anyway. i just.. argh. i don't know. it's like my back's gonna break. sigh.

haven't updated.. well. today's the last day of classes of the first semester of second year college. hehe. wooooooot. meow.

the class was planning to go to zambales after finals week. it kinda sucks because our psychology exam was moved to monday of the week after next.. we were supposed to take it on friday next week but then.. well.

god. there's so much to do.

    [ ] research paper on spectroscopy and chromatography for analytical chemistry

    [ ] powerpoint presentation for spanish

    [ ] powerpoint presentation for psychology 

    [ ] FINALS. 'nuff said!!! 

would you want me to enumerate the subjects and their coverage? no. please. que mal.

Lamont Wood
Special to LiveScience
LiveScience.com Tue Oct 2, 9:05 AM ET

They're already predicting, mathematically, what you'll want to watch, what you'll want to wear, and who you'll want to vote for. Obviously, the next step is for computers to read your mind—and that's just what they're working toward at Tufts University in Boston.

Your computer won't be picking up details about your plans for the evening anytime soon. But researchers with the Human Computer Interaction group at Tufts have, thanks to a $450,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, come up with a straightforward way for your computer to tell if you are overworked, under-worked or not working at all, according to a paper they will present next week at an Association of Computing Machinery symposium.

That may not sound like penetrating perception, but the researchers hope that capacity will eventually help them gain real-time insight into the brain's more subtle emotional states and help provide pointers about how we can get work done more efficiently.

Futuristic headband

The mind reading actually involves measuring the volume and oxygen level of the blood around the subject's brain, using technology called functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS).

The user wears a sort of futuristic headband that sends light in that spectrum into the tissues of the head where it is absorbed by active, blood-filled tissues. The headband then measures how much light was not absorbed, letting the computer gauge the metabolic demands that the brain is making.

The results are often compared to an MRI, but can be gathered with lightweight, non-invasive equipment.

Detecting overwork

Wearing the fNIRS sensor, experimental subjects were asked to count the number of squares on a rotating onscreen cube and to perform other tasks. The subjects were then asked to rate the difficulty of the tasks, and their ratings agreed with the work intensity detected by the fNIRS system up to 83 percent of the time.

"We don't know how specific we can be about identifying users' different emotional states," cautioned Sergio Fantini, a biomedical engineering professor at Tufts. "However, the particular area of the brain where the blood-flow change occurs should provide indications of the brain's metabolic changes and by extension workload, which could be a proxy for emotions like frustration."

New evaluation techniques that monitor user experiences while working with computers are increasingly necessary, because a user may be bored one moment and overwhelmed the next, said Robert Jacob, a computer science professor at Tufts who is also involved in the research.

"Measuring mental workload, frustration and distraction is typically limited to qualitatively observing computer users or to administering surveys after completion of a task, potentially missing valuable insight into the users' changing experiences," Jacob said.

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i was blog hopping in tabulas.. i came across this girl's blog. most of her entries were about this guy she likes.. but the guy is in a relationship.

in her entries, she kept saying that she's prettier than the girlfriend of her crush. hehe. my gad.

so.. when i got to school, i met up with anna and stayed at the field. we had mais con hielo. weeee. my gad. i gotta pee. phoebe arrived.. then we left when it was time for pe. it was our last meeting. we were gonna have finals too by playing doubles match. i panicked because i lost my scorecard. my god, i ran to ministop t buy index cards. right before collecting scorecards, i was able to make and complete one. bwahahaha. benj was my partner in the doubles match. i think we did well anyway. it was a good game! we kept laughing because haidee kept pulling absurd stunts XD even the instructor was amused!

anyway. library mode again. after table tennis finals, i had lunch at yellowcab with phoebe and mon slash the class couple. anyhoo. we stayed there for a while to play magic cards.

phoebe, mon, and i went to the library.. then ran up to the sixth floor. it looked like gryffindor's common room :D we entered the serials section and saw mikoy and nestor. anyway.. i got 5 experiments involving chromatograhy and 5 for spectroscopy.

i know you won't be able to read this anyway. but big thanks to you

my hands are freezing right now. the middle part of my right palm's red. sigh.

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im so confused

im feeling so mixed up

really confused 

 

so. a very strong wind blinded me and caused me to get off my path. i was blinded, i tried crawling back to where i was before the wind came. but then i ended up crawling into failure's pit. i was so confused. i didn't know how to get out. i felt so trapped.

i waited.. the hours were like months.

i listened. i learned. i understood... i realized..

so i listened.. then suddenly, i was silently singing a song. 

then my heart started beating once more.

then magically, i was brought back into your arms..

i was just lost inside my head..

like what you said... keep me baby. keep me tight in your arms.. then i'll show you.. i'll show you what love is.

 

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when i see your smile
tears run down my face i can't replace
and now that i'm stronger i've figured out
how this world turns cold and breaks through my soul
and i know i'll find deep inside me i can be the one

i will never let you fall
i'll stand up with you forever
i'll be there for you through it all
even if saving you sends me to heaven

it's okay.. it's okay. it's okay.
seasons are changing
and waves are crashing
and stars are falling all for us
days grow longer and nights grow shorter
i can show you I'll be the one

i will never let you fall
i'll stand up with you forever
i'll be there for you through it all
even if saving you sends me to heaven

coz you're my, you're my, my true love, my whole heart
please don't throw that away
coz I'm here for you
please don't walk away,
please tell me you'll stay, stay

use me as you will
pull my strings just for a thrill
and i know i'll be okay
though my skies are turning gray

i will never let you fall
i'll stand up with you forever
i'll be there for you through it all
even if saving you sends me to heaven

...(your guardian angel - the red jumpsuit apparatus)

> and if you ever find out about this post. i hope this made you smile. well.. i <3 you.. hope this convinced you that you make me happy..

i hope things turn out alright.

i hope..

i wanna be happy.. make me happy. weeee.

i wanna stay happy..

i dont wanna worry my life away..

can you hear me? >.< im always a victim of swings. mood swings. ugh.

anyway. i wish i knew more stuff..

i wish i can read minds and hearts. that ish my greatest ambition >.< when i can.. then i can finally get the nerve to stay away from people who (turns out) dont wanna be with me..

i have to get my clearance tomorrow. sigh.

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weird. honestly, i feel uncomfortable exposing myself like what i did in the previous post.. but.. worth it naman, right?.. 

am i the only one enjoying the rain?.. 

okay. i am not in good terms with my internet connection today. it keeps screwing up. :p my head really hurts.

tomorrow? what am i gonna do tomorrow? ill drop by t.sora to meet fleur, then we'll head to trinoma or sm north. we're gonna go dress hunting. i might head to banawe after the hunt. sigh.

i hope jes made up her mind na. i need to brainstorm.. roxanne has already sent the song lyrics. now we need the tune, the melody or whatever. maybe i can ask my musician friends to come up with something... but those friends of mine are rockers and this song we're gonna *complete* -harhar- is for a friend's birthday. she doesn't know, so don't you dare tell her. ;p

im planning to sell some of my books. i dont need them anyway.. i can use the extra cash to buy a dress too XD haha. i can always ask for money, but im too.. im feeling to shy. it's like dad gives me too much and i end up overspending.. he does give me cash, but then he doesn't ask where the money goes. i use it to purchase booze, dad. he doesn't know.

>.< anyhoo. can't wait for classes to start. haha. yeah right. i hope i won't forget to buy stuff for my pe. i chose track and field. so loys, anna, haidee, and i will be seen running around every thursday morning. hey stalkers, catch us at the field! okay, joke time. =P

i feel bad cause i wasn't able to go to church today. i know im old enough to go and take my sisters.. but im just not comfortable without mom around. dad said he doesn't need to go to sunday mass cause he said he prays everyday. okay, fine. so you think you're too holy to hear mass.