Things That Make Me Happy

This is going to be a quick, pointless post that I just randomly decided to do. It's an overcast, depressing day today, and so I decided to make a list of ten things that make me happy, in no particular order.

1. Harry Potter
2. One Direction
3. Books
4. Writing
5. Friends
6. Family
7. Studying history
8. Cultures
9. Animals
10. Nerdfighteria

A Dreary Saturday

It's a busy weekend for me as far as homework is considered. Next week is midterms, and I have quite a few papers due before then. It's not too much since I've been working on most of them for a while, but it is getting slightly stressful. I just keep reminding myself that fall break is next week.

It's a pretty dreary day. We had some severe weather warnings earlier, but I'm not really sure if we still do. At any rate, it's really cloudy and dark outside, which doesn't really help with my mood. I'm not sad or anything, but the weather is making feel a bit more tired than usual and stuff like that. I think it's supposed to be like this again tomorrow, but hopefully it's all gone by Monday.

I still have a bit of homework to get done today, but I think I'm going to edit my video review of last night's Korra episode before I get back to it. What I have left shouldn't take me too long to get through anyway.

It's Kind of Almost the Weekend

This week was actually going rather quickly until I woke up today and thought it was Friday for a moment. Now I'm sure the next two days will feel like they drag on forever.

Today is a bit different in comparison to my usual Thursdays. I still have to go to both of my classes, but one of those classes is in the computer lab. Instead of "class" per se we're just working on our group projects and doing some research on our own for our long report. Then, after classes today, I have to meet with my partner for another project (who funnily enough happens to be one of the group members in the other project as well) to work on that too.

Hopefully today will go by quickly, and then I'll only have to get through my one Friday class before the weekend. It's also supposed to storm today though, which never makes days easy to get through. For some reason I'm just one of those people where the weather can really affect their mood, so I'm hoping that the storms stay away today.

Book Review: 50 Ways to Protect Your Identity in a Digital Age by Steve Weisman

ISBN: 0133089460
Published: October 19th, 2012
Publisher: FT Press
Read from September 26th to October 1st, 2013
Synopsis from Goodreads:

It is better to stop identity theft from happening in the first place than have to fix or repair the situation afterwards. Steve Weisman reveals the threats of new identity theft attacks based on use of Facebook, iPad, iPhone, Android, cloud apps, iPod, and other new technologies -- and shows you how to protect yourself, or how to fix the damage if you've already been attacked! Discover why ID theft is more dangerous than ever, and discover today's most dangerous new threats -- including attacks targeting medical records, personal finance and online banking sites, the elderly, and military service members. Meet the hackers and organized crime groups who want to steal your identity and money -- and learn how to protect your data and your life! Step by step, Weisman shows how to avoid risks, minimize risks you can't completely avoid, and immediately take the right steps if you're ever victimized. He objectively reviews new products and services that promise to fight identity theft, and previews emerging dangers, such as RFID credit cards. If you use a computer, the Internet, a smartphone, cell phone, tablet, or any other communications device, 50 Ways to Protect Your Identity in a Digital Age isn't just an indispensable wake-up call: it's the world's best resource for protecting yourself!

Review:

This books is excellent! The author is a lawyer and clearly knows exactly what he's talking about. Most people never give much thought to identity theft unless they become a victim. This book tells you exactly what you need to do in order to not become a victim as well as what to do if you do become a victim. It's a great book, and I highly recommend it to everyone. Absolutely anyone can become a victim of identity theft, so it's important to know what to do to prevent it.

How I Met Your Mother Review: Season Nine Episode Three: Last Time in New York

I apologize if my thoughts are really disjointed or distracted in this post. In case you aren't aware, the U.S. government kind of shutdown at midnight last night, and I'm a bit distracted with all that's going on with that. I couldn't even focus on homework just a bit ago. (P.S. If you're American and interested at all in being a good citizen, it would be really awesome if you contacted your congressperson or senator about this and told them what you want done. This is really important, and they need to know what their constituents think.)

Now, How I Met Your Mother last night: I loved this episode quite a lot.

I loved the cute little scene between Ted and Lily when part of Ted's list was "one last life lecture from Lily." That was so cute. I also liked Lily's little speech to Ted, although it was a bit sad. And everything she said about Ted regretting if he wasn't there for Barney was really sad for me, but I'm glad Ted came through and went to talk to Barney.

Marshall in all of the Packers gear in Wisconsin was hilarious. I still really love the character of Daphne. I think she's great.

I thought Robin and Barney were really cute in this episode. Then again, they always are. I loved when they ran into James in the ice room. Him "sacrificing" himself the the elderly relatives may have been my favorite part of the entire episode.

I'm going to have to start taking notes or something in order to be more detailed. It seems like everything just leaves my head after I sleep, although maybe that's because it's still morning. Maybe I should just wait until later in the day to write these. (To be fair, I'd probably rant more if this was a video review as well.) Oh, well. Those are all of the main things I wanted to say. I'm really looking forward to next week's episode!