Kev's Corner of Random Crap

The Psychology of Road Tests

2006-02-04T14:12:00.000-08:00

Having taken my Class 7N road test yesterday, I feel I am capable of providing some insight on the examination—specifically what will run through YOUR mind. If you failed to notice already, this article is targeted at those who have NOT taken their Class 7N road test previously.

The examination marking sheet will be the primary cause of your anxiety. When the examiner jots something down on the marking sheet, it is USUALLY to designate a fault—and thus a deduction in points, where if the threshold of deductions is reached for a certain category, you will be promptly failed on the spot.

It is generally good practice to not take notice when something is written onto the examination sheet throughout your road test session. Conversely, it is good to notice when something is written down, but only under specific circumstances.

If you are of the nervous type, you should avoid, as much as possible, perceive the faint scratching sounds made by the pen the examiner writes something on your road test examination marking sheet. The markings on the road test sheet could be anything: writing down your name, your license number. This particular situation parallels my road test; the road test commenced without the examiner noting anything on the examination sheet for the first ten minutes, only to be followed by rapid scribbling. Being of the latter, controlled type, I was able to disregard the scribbling to a certain extent. However, I was unable to refrain from speculating at where I committed my faults. As per the previously mentioned statement, the examiner was merely documenting some generic “office” data, such as route number, and whatnot. Thus, constantly monitoring the road test examination sheet (by means of auditory senses) can greatly hinder your performance; your concentration shifts to the road test examination sheet, rather than focusing on the driving environment.

Conversely, it is (to an extent) good practice to note the scribbling and other auditory cues given off by your examiner (voice, grunts, et cetera). As a result, this can provide indication to specifically what your errors are, and potentially enable you to reduce the probability of committing a similar error while progressing through your road test examination. Seeing that examiners are prohibited from committing trickery, when you are asked, for instance, to pull over and park on a slight incline, to which you comply to, mentioning “Tell me when you’re done” obviously indicates something was done incorrectly, or has yet to be completed. During my road test, this situation was repeated TWICE, before it occurred to me that I neglected to turn my wheels when parking on an incline.

Ultimately, the choice to pay attention or to ignore your examiner—not including the driving instructions, of course—is yours. You have to determine which instance can maximize your performance. As with most actions, there are pros and cons. Such is the case with the choice made while taking your road test. Good luck.

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YOU not reading documentation is to MY advantage

2006-01-19T22:38:00.000-08:00

I’ve convinced a friend to signup for Google AdSense recently—yep, that’s right, REFERRAL POINTS! Ironically, I specifically told him to read the documentation for AdSense and Blogger (the blog site I instructed him to set up an account with), but it turns out that he didn’t even bother to flip through a single page.

So what’s the end result? He hasn’t a clue what he’s doing; totally incorrect Google AdSense code placement. His solution? Ask me for my template coding, which has AdSense ads and a bunch of other stuff already implemented. I assumed that he was merely using it as reference, and that he would be smart enough to at least alter the simpler stuff.

Well, I assumed wrong. I logged onto my Google AdSense account, and found something interesting. I got a minor spike in my earnings of the day. I check my logs (Site Meter), and it apparently, a bunch of visits wasn’t to my http://kickasskev.blogspot.com, instead, it was to some other Blogger page.

Hmm…that’s suspicious. I give my coding away to someone, and I suddenly have an increase in revenue. Could it be that it was from his negligence, that I have a spike in my daily earnings? Either way, it’s all good. Forget massive amounts of content, bundled with extensive search engine optimization! This is a ridiculously easy way to increase Google AdSense revenues.

So basically, the Google AdSense clicks that were supposed to be credited to his balance, got credited to me instead. It's beautiful, I have a PageRank of ZERO, and I still manage to get revenue off Google Adsense. Good stuff.

This is a perfect example why you should always read the documentation. It saves me the trouble of having to explain time and time again, and you don’t lose out on things.

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Cisco Certification: How To Build Your Own Home Lab

2006-01-13T15:18:00.000-08:00

by: Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933

CCNA and CCNP candidates hear it all the time: “Get some hands-on experience”. From my personal experience climbing the Cisco certification ladder, I can tell you firsthand that there is no learning like hands-on learning. No simulator in the world is going to give you the experience you will get cabling and configuring your own routers.

Whenever I mention this to one of my students, they always say it costs too much. The truth is, it is cheaper now to build your own CCNA and CCNP lab than it has ever been. The secret? Used routers.

The word “used” turns off a lot of people not many of us buy used computers or used servers. Cisco routers, though, are robust. I personally own a Cisco 4000 router that I use as a Frame Relay switch in my lab that I’ve had for about four years, and I’ve never had a problem with it.

The good news for current CCNA and CCNP candidates interested in building their own labs is that used Cisco equipment has never been more plentiful or cheaper. eBay is a good way to get an idea of what’s out there and what the prices are, but you don’t have to assemble your lab one piece at a time. Many eBay vendors who sell used Cisco equipment sell ready-made CCNA and CCNP labs for one price, including cables.

I asked one major vendor of CCNA and CCNP labs, www.ciscokits.com, what the most common questions are regarding building your own home lab. Here’s what they had to say:

Why do I need real routers instead of a simulator?

You need a physical router,as the simulators just don’t have the ability to give you the “hands on” you need to see what happens when you disconnect a cable or put a cable in the wrong location. You will come to find quickly that mistakes you make on Router 1 are affecting Router 5 all because you did not screw in a cable properly. No simulator can simulate that.

How many routers do I need?

Two routers really are required to see if anything works. If you have a very limited budget, you can receive value from only purchasing a single router over working with a simulator. However, you will not be able to see the main thing we are trying to accomplish. The propagation of route tables!

The only way you can see if your configurations work, is to have at least two routers. Therefore, I strongly recommend that you purchase a dual router kit that comes with all the accessories you need. Otherwise you can spend days trying to find all the little extra pieces you need to get your lab up and running.

Do I need a switch?

Well, it is nice to have. However, with only about 2 questions on the test dedicated to “hands on” switch knowledge, if you have to skimp on something, skimp on the switch.

What routers and switches should I buy?

Choices, choices, choices! Which 2500/2600 router do I pick? I will list some pros and cons of each router below, along with current prices (note that prices are generally lower if you buy a dual router kit instead of a single router). Please note that prices are approximations.

1) Cisco 2501 Router with 16 MB Flash/16MB DRAM $94.99. The cheapest introduction router, and it can support a vast majority of the commands that you will need to learn for your CCNA test. All 2500 routers that we will discuss come with a minimum of two serial ports and an Ethernet port.

You will need to add a transceiver to this unit to convert the Ethernet AUI port to an RJ-45 style Ethernet port.

2) Cisco 2503 Router with 16 MB Flash/16MB DRAM $119.99. This is the same as a Cisco 2501, except it adds an ISDN port so you can complete all your ISDN commands for the CCNA test. You will need to add a transceiver to convert the Ethernet AUI port to an RJ-45 style Ethernet port.

3) Cisco 2505/2507 with 16 MB Flash/16MB DRAM $109.99. The same as a Cisco 2501 except it has a built-in 8 or 16 port hub so you do not have to purchase a transceiver.

4) Cisco 2514 Router with 16 MB Flash/16MB DRAM $149.99. This router is the same as a Cisco 2501 except instead of one Ethernet port you have two. You may ask, what is the big deal? Well, you can use this as your Cable Modem/DSL Modem router. Now you can test your ability to setup a firewall and router in a live environment on the Internet. Lots of fun! You will need to add two transceivers to convert the Ethernet AUI ports to an RJ-45 style Ethernet ports.

5) Cisco 2520 Router with 16 MB Flash/16MB DRAM $119.99. This is the same as a 2503 but it also adds two more serial ports so you can use this as a frame relay switch later in your CCNA studies. It costs the same as a 2503, so this is a great money saving tip.

6) Cisco 2612 Router with 32 DRAM and 8 MB Flash $199.99. This is a modular router unlike any of the 2500 series routers. So the big benefit of this is you can buy extra modules to add functionality such as more serial ports, ISDN ports, Ethernet ports, WICs and such. However, due to the flexibility you will pay a bit more. One day it is a frame relay switch, the next it is your ISDN router. In the long run it will be cheaper than purchasing a bunch of dedicated routers for each discipline you want to learn.

7) Cisco 1912 or 1924 Switch with Enterprise Software $109.99. This is a good low cost switch. The only drawback is it is a 10 MB switch except for the two 100 MB uplink ports. Not a big deal since you have 10 MB routers.

8) Cisco 2912 or 2924 Switch with Enterprise Software $249.99. This switch will run all the current commands needed for the test and is a full 100 MB switch.

And should you desire to sell your lab after you complete your certification, you can either negotiate a price with the vendor who sold it to you, or you can sell it yourself on ebay. It’s my experience that 95% of candidates who earn their CCNA go on to pursue their CCNP within one year, though, so don’t sell it too quickly.

In the end, you spend only a few hundred dollars, and you gain invaluable experience and knowledge that will help you both in your certification quest and your job performance. Having worked my way from the CCNA to the CCIE, I can tell you that you will learn much more from actually configuring and cabling your own equipment than you ever will from any simulation of the real thing.

To your success,

Chris Bryant
CCIE #12933

About The Author

Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933, is the owner of The Bryant Advantage. The Bryant Advantage's website offers FREE ebooks and tutorials for the CCNA and CCNP exams, FREE subscriptions to "Cisco Certification Central", and sells the best CCNA and CCNP prep courses and books on the market today. Visit his site at www.thebryantadvantage.com today!

chris@thebryantadvantage.com

This article was posted on January 04, 2005

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What Does It Take To Be A Lawyer?

2006-01-11T19:37:00.000-08:00

by: Amit Laufer

When you see all these handsome Lawyers in TV series like LA Law, sitting in their fancy offices, driving these flashy cars, have you ever realized what they have been through in terms of time, years of education, money, Certifications etc’.

Let me Describe to you the Lawyers course of training. Formal educational requirements for lawyers include a 4-year college degree, 3 years in law school, and the passing of a written bar examination.

Competition for admission to most law schools is intense. prospective lawyers should develop proficiency in writing and speaking, reading, researching, analyzing, and thinking logically—skills needed to succeed both in law school and in the profession.

Regardless of major, a multidisciplinary background is recommended. Courses in English, foreign languages, public speaking, government, philosophy, history, economics, mathematics, and computer science, among others, are useful. Students interested in a particular aspect of law may find related courses helpful. For example, prospective patent lawyers need a strong background in engineering or science, and future tax lawyers must have extensive knowledge of accounting.

Acceptance by most law schools depends on the applicant’s ability to demonstrate an aptitude for the study of law, usually through good undergraduate grades, the Law School Admission Test (LSAT), the quality of the applicant’s undergraduate school, any prior work experience, and, sometimes, a personal interview.

During the first year or year and a half of law school, students usually study core courses, such as constitutional law, contracts, property law, torts, civil procedure, and legal writing. In the remaining time, they may elect specialized courses in fields such as tax, labor, or corporate law. Law students often acquire practical experience by participating in school-sponsored legal clinic activities; in the school’s moot court competitions, in which students conduct appellate arguments; in practice trials under the supervision of experienced lawyers and judges; and through research and writing on legal issues for the school’s law journal.

Law school graduates receive the degree of juris doctor (J.D.) as the first professional degree. Advanced law degrees may be desirable for those planning to specialize, research, or teach. Some law students pursue joint degree programs, which usually require an additional semester or year of study. Joint degree programs are offered in a number of areas, including law and business administration or public administration.

After graduation, lawyers must keep informed about legal and nonlegal developments that affect their practice. Currently, 40 States and jurisdictions mandate continuing legal education (CLE). Many law schools and State and local bar associations provide continuing education courses that help lawyers stay abreast of recent developments.

The practice of law involves a great deal of responsibility. Individuals planning careers in law should like to work with people and be able to win the respect and confidence of their clients, associates, and the public. Perseverance, creativity, and reasoning ability also are essential to lawyers, who often analyze complex cases and handle new and unique legal problems.

Lawyers held about 695,000 jobs in 2002. About 3 out of 4 lawyers practiced privately, either in law firms or in solo practices. Most of the remaining lawyers held positions in government and with corporations and nonprofit organizations.

(Source: www.bls.gov).

For Additional Info:

http://www.lawyers-best-infoweb.com/

About The Author

Amit Laufer
MBA - International Trade & Finance - Heriot-Watt University.
Bsc. Computers and Information Systems - Long Island University - C.W Post Campus.
Hobby: Photography.
Married with two Children.
Owner and Editor of: http://www.lawyers-best-infoweb.com/

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Website Optimization - A SEO Specialist Reveals All

2006-01-10T17:12:00.000-08:00

by: Robert Fuess

Website optimization is the first step in promoting your website. Those with foresight and deeper pockets will have a SEO-savvy webmaster (such as myself) build the website that is optimized from the start. Otherwise, a website may need a SEO-facelift later to help it be digestible to the search engines - and to make it obvious to the search engines that the keywords you are trying to be found under are truly relevant to your website. Like any specialty, performing website optimization involves skills, special tools, and a willingness to keep up with current changes in the market.

Unfortunately, hiring an SEO expert can be quite expensive. For those who want to do it themselves, here are the steps.

BOOKMARK THESE TOOLS! YOU WILL need them!

The first step in website optimization is to make sure you have well-formatted HTML. I would encourage you to use the following tool to check this: http://validator.w3.org/ Do your best to get your website as close to conformance as possible.

If you use CSS, then use a CSS validator at http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator-uri.html There is rarely an excuse for not having it validate here.

If you follow most of the suggestions for having valid HTML code your web pages will be more digestible for the search engines, as well as being much more cross-browser compliant. You should also do this after any significant edit of the web page - to ensure that it is still compliant.

The second step in website optimization is to work on the Meta tags and the title tag for each page in your site. These are in the header of your web page document and need to be tailored to attract users who type in one of a select group of keywords. If you need a tool to help generate these, use this meta tag generator tool here (http://www.spiderweblogic.com/HTML-Meta-Tag-Generator.aspx) that I built.

The Title Tag:

The title tag is, of the three, the most important for the major search engines. Don't make this too long - normally no more than 6 words. But have your most important keywords here. Some SEO specialists advise that even the order of the text here is significant. They suggest that if you place your company name in the title, that it should be placed last so the other keywords are being considered with greater weight.

The Meta-Keywords Tag:

This is now of lesser importance than before, due to abuse by webmasters to achieve high rankings. However, it is still important and is required by many of the smaller search engines. Make sure that you don't repeat any keyword or keyword phrase more than three times. That would be considered Spam (bad SEO tactics) by the search engines. Remember, your visitors will see the title of the web page. Make it useful to them as well.

The Meta-Description Tag:

This is of higher importance than the keywords tag. Several search engines use it when they show your listing. It needs to encourage your potential visitors to visit your website. Of course, having keywords in here is important. But keep the primary purpose in mind as you write it. Here too, you should make sure that you don't repeat any keyword or keyword phrase more than three times.

Each page in your website needs its own tailored title, meta-description, and meta-keywords tag. These need to be focused on the keywords you are trying for. (These are the words or phrases you want to be found at when people are doing searches.) These shouldn't normally be the same on every page. They should be customized to the content that is on that page. You should also keep your visitors in mind as you write them.

The third step is to work on your content - especially on your home page. Ideally you would have between 800 - 1200 words of text. It should have your most important keywords at the top, middle and the bottom of the text. If possible, use an "h1" tag at the top for your title - and have your most important keyword imbedded in it. Also, have some of your keywords in a sentence or phrase that is bolded. Keep it natural for your visitors to read. If it doesn't look natural, you will loose any visitors you have attracted.

The fourth step in website optimization is to edit your links and your images to make full use of the "title" and "alt" attributes.

Text links can have a "title" attribute. The content is to more fully describe your link. When you put your mouse over the link, the content of the "title" attribute is displayed. I would encourage you to tailor the description so that it contains at least one of your keywords - but keep it accurate - that it really does describe the link. It must make sense to the common user.

Images HTML tags can have an "alt" attribute. It is used to describe an image when you put a mouse over it. It is also used for different devices for seeing impaired. Also, it is used when the user decides not to show images with the web site. They will see this text instead. (It is the "Alternate Text" for the image.) Try to incorporate some keywords here too - but keep with the spirit of being the "alternate text" for the image.

If you are using tables, you may even include a table "summary" attribute. The purpose of this attribute is to assist for those with disabilities to understand the contents and structure of a table. Keep all summary comments within that purpose - and add keywords only where appropriate. Note that these summary attributes may cause your web page validator to spit up an error - but this is newer item that is encouraged.

The fifth step is to have a good menu system or a site map. Search engines follow links to find the different pages in your site. If your navigation is one of those JavaScript drop-down menus or Flash menus, the search engines may not find all of your pages unless you have an alternative non-JavaScript link path that they can follow. If you use the fancy JavaScript links, you should have a hard link to a site map on every page. The site map should have a real non-JavaScript list of links that the search engines can follow to map out your whole site. As a standard policy I tend to avoid the JavaScript links in the menus.

OPTIONAL:

If you haven't chosen a domain name yet, you may strongly consider having your top keyword phrase in the domain name, with the words separated by dashes. This is an excellent idea, but not always feasible. Many companies already have a domain name selected, or prefer to use their company name as the domain name. This is a business decision left up to the customer.

THINGS NOT TO DO:

Don't create and market mirror sites though to accomplish this trick either. Sites that are identical in content, but have a different domain name are considered SPAM (bad/taboo) by the search engines. They don't appreciate such tricks, and the ranking of both websites will suffer for it.

Also, don't get too crazy with stuffing keywords where they don't belong or by repeating keywords or by having keywords in hidden layers. Search engines don't like that and will ban your site.

SEO SOFTWARE TO BUY:

I have used SEO Studio to do website analysis during my optimization. This has been an invaluable tool for analyzing how saturated my keywords are in a particular web page. It is reasonably priced and I have been very satisfied with the performance. It is easy to see such things as keyword density relevance for the whole web page. It also is helpful in showing where the keywords are not (and can be). You will learn a lot about website optimization just by using this tool!

NOW WHAT?

After all this "Search Engine Optimization" you need to do a human review your website - is it natural/useful/helpful for the human visitor? Remember, getting website traffic is only half the game. This site needs to quickly convert them into paying customers.

Once it is "Optimized", then you need to let the search engines know that you exist. Only after it is ready should you tell them about it. But this is a subject for another article. Do a search of different article warehouse or SEO news sources. You will find a lot of information on this.

WEBSITE OPTIMIZATION NEWS SOURCES:

Since there are new quirks in the website optimization and website promotion that come out all the time - some that apply to all search engines, and some that apply to a particular one, it is wise to keep up to date. I strongly encourage you to join a couple of relevant mailing lists!

I really like the news sources from Entireweb.com. If you submit a site through them, I would encourage you to accept their free newsletters. They have great content. http://www.entireweb.com/submit_site/

Another place to get really great articles on website optimization or promotion is http://www.SiteProNews.com They also allow you to subscribe to their articles. Do this!

If you are serious about keeping up with your website positioning, keep up with the news. You will find these resources invaluable!

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Post-Secondary Credit, Bad Credit, and You

2006-01-04T19:45:00.000-08:00

I'm sitting here, during my spare (okay, so it’s not my spare anymore, but I started writing during it)—a time where I should be relaxing—worrying about university life; specifically, the financial aspect of it. This is a time of intense learning, new experiences, freedom, and unfortunately, money (ie, avoiding debt WHILE building up your credit score).

A little side note here: I've constantly been seeing ads lately, that having "bad credit" or "no credit" isn't a problem, and that you'll be preapproved for a new car or whatever. How does that work? Some company risks (or should I say "invests") their money, and hope for a return on it?

There's a reason why there are major entrance scholarships, and many other scholarships for that matter; tuition is ridiculously inflated. I hear that it is pretty hard financially if you require student housing, as that’s the principle inflator of the costs. For example, the University of British Columbia (UBC) has tuition costs in the $4000 per year range if you don't require residency. However, ferry across to Vancouver Island to attend the University of Victoria (UVic), and you're looking at an impressive $14000/year. That's right, FOURTEEN-THOUSAND. That's comparable to the cost of going into medicine at UBC.

Scholarships are ridiculously hard to win. Unless, of course, if you’re one of those people who just so happen to be a community leader exhibiting fantastic leadership skills, a core player on a sports team, and an excellent scholar.

This is also the time when major credit card companies approach you with offers of low interest and preapproved cards. The low interest would be helpful, since it isn’t hard to underestimate the extent of your purchases, thus, leaving you in debt, not to mention messing with your credit score/rating. Money is tight during university life, and being in debt due to credit card purchases (perhaps to stock up on coffee for those late-night cram sessions) isn’t going to help.

Well, let’s hope I somehow win one of those scholarships, and not fall into that credit card debt trap, and somehow manage a good credit score in between. Well, you now know I won't be in the financial sector anytime soon. (Or maybe I can get one of those preapproved credit cards, and make petty purchases to boost my credit score =])

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Confessions of an AdSense User

2006-01-02T00:51:00.000-08:00

Well, I've been a member of the Google AdSense program for a few days now, and I admit, I am getting a tad frustrated that I didn't generate any revenue for the afternoon (yesterday afternoon). That is why I created a Blogger account, so I have an excuse for putting up Google AdSense ads. I imported my latest post from my Xanga blog in hopes that Google would parse through the content to display relevant ads. Well, to my horror, only PSAs have been showing.

So what do I do? I don't know anbody who uses Blogger, let alone generate content for Google to parse for keywords. I spent a big portion of my day, reading up on search engine optimization techniques, after I found some AdSense tutorial (that turned out to be an infomercial-like video) with some guy netting some ridiculous amount of money from one month of AdSense usage.

I looked at some of the techniques, one of which was (after buying the software) to dump all the pre-generated articles onto your webserver, input your AdSense code, and link them all up. I can't believe that works. I do a quick Google search on the titles of some of the articles (which nobody has bother to change) and find hordes of websites hosting the same article. Last time I checked, that was called "spamming".

School is starting up again soon, and I want to make a quick buck during my winter break (don't we all?). But, with no good content, and no readers to read the content that doesn't exist, how do I get visitors to come read some random guy's blog. A blog which is--for the time being--rants at how some random guy can't capitalize on the popular AdSense program.

Well, if you any readers out there have any suggestions, I'd love to hear them.

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Onwards to 2006!

2006-01-01T15:16:00.000-08:00

Just 15 minutes before 2006, and I'm hoping I'll finish this post by then. Must rush! 2005 has taught me a few things, and I've come to realize things too. It has been a year of happiness, and sadness (more of the latter -.-). I've realized a bit of my limits (and that I can't do limits in calculus @.@).

Because I'm lazy, and I can't figure out what to write, the following is a list of the things I've learnt and realized from 2005 (in no particular order):

I can't do goal kicks in soccer, but, I can pull off a decent punt.
I tend to injure myself playing goalkeeper in soccer...somehow...
Ferrero Rocher chocolates are addicting.
WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) can actually be pronounced ("wizzy-wig").
I'm Asian enough to play table tennis, but not Asian enough to survive AP Calculus.
I'm really lazy.
The latest I can sleep 'till is noon.
I'm bad at managing my time (so bad, that I didn't finish this before 2006 -.-).
I run out of ideas really quickly.
I would die without a computer with Internet.
I tend to pwn myself way in advance, unknowingly, of course.
I swear too much.
If it seems like I know what I'm doing, I'm just pretending.
The prospect of university scares me.
I'm farily random.
People thing I'm good in choir, only because I follow the guy next to me.
I drive too fast, and that's probably how I'm gonna fail my Road Test.
Microsoft applications piss me off.
I will never sleep enough during school nights.
I run faster if I know that I will miss my bus if I don't.
It frustrates me to correct grammatically-incorrect English.
I can't think under pressure >.<
Gaming keeps me awake during late-night cram sessions.
Writing posts in an HTML program first, then copying onto Xanga is much easier.
I will wake up with either a messed up left shoulder blade, or a messed up right shoulder blade -.-"
The only thing I remember from Physics 11 was "p=mv".
I read a lot of tech articles daily.
I type slow now.
I tell people to Google things they ask me.
I eat when I'm bored.
I can't gain weight @.@
I'll survive the first day back to school, but I'd crash and burn on the second.
I can survive the week averaging 4 hours of sleep a night.

I'll probably add more when I wake up. This is all I can think of for now.

And of course...