December 2009
23 posts
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Course I've got a healthy ego. What else would...
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I love subtlety and nuance, except from other...
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Things that happen when you get your eyes dilated:
You attempt to deposit a check. “Enter check amount,” says the ATM. You squint at the check, hold it up to your eyes, and decide to do it tomorrow.
You conduct Gchat conversations by wriing everything in a different window with ridiculously huge font sizes (and ignoring the other person’s remarks).
You pay the co-pay for the eye dilation by credit card. The receptionist...
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Characteristically, the thing that makes me feel...
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note to self: elegiac mood != too many commas
(You may see the result of this experiment. You may not.)
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“You’re too tolerant and too acquiescent.”
“Yes, I am.”
“People think they can walk all over you.”
“I hadn’t noticed.”
“And you’re too nice to refuse.”
“Am I?”
“You can’t keep giving in to everything.”
“You’re right.”
“You need to stop making yourself into a...
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Thought Experiment
You’re “The Lady or the Tiger?”, I’m the reader who groans,
You’re the stem cells differentiating, I’d be the clones,
You’ll throw Scissors, you’ll throw Papers, but I’m sticking with Rocks,
You’re a Heisenberg electron, I’m a cat in a box.
You’re a quarter as it’s spinning in the air when it’s tossed,...
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Hey, wow, I'm finally done with college! Awesome!...
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...is running out of towels to throw in.
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...is throwing in the towel. Stupid Pop China.
(I had a Pop China exam Friday afternoon, and then Math 21b in the morning Saturday.)
Chelsea: soijusttookoffmyspacebar
andit’sclearwhymyspacebarwasn’tworking10%ofthetime me: hmm, have I got an air canister Chelsea: craphowdoireattachit me: hahaha (sorry) Chelsea: greaaaat me: no luck?
I’ve got a USB keyboard if you want it [2 minutes pass] Chelsea: yessssss
it STILL fails 10% of the time me: hm
(I can convince [a mutual friend] that I know something...
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“…but sometimes it’s a recipe for awesome disaster.”
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"Anything I don't agree with in this message was...
I’m just gritting my teeth as I’m waiting
For an end to this Survey campaign;
It’s the first thing I’ve found that’s as grating
As the e-mails from Barry S. Kane.
If you’re wanting an accurate rating,
You had really much better refrain,
Or you might find it slightly… deflating.
(I hope I shan’t have to explain.)
Some may...
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That's not true, I say no all the time! "No...
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...just knocked the bottle of toilet bowl cleanser...
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Airplane Standard Time
Flew from Honolulu to the US mainland,
Jolted from my slumbers when I feel the plane land,
Can’t remember if I’m stopped at LAX or SFO.
Stumbling off the skybridge and I check the screen,
Tells me my connecting flight’s at 5:15,
Don’t know if that’s now or in an hour or an hour ago.
You know why I’m disoriented?
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Plan: Wake up at 5 AM PST, scout around online for interesting things to do for the morning, get the new GPS installed and drive out somewhere and watch the sun rise, then just meander through downtown until airport time.
Reality: Wake up at 5 AM PST, scout around online for interesting things.
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I hate having to sell people on the idea that I'm...
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Oh, Christ!
Oh, Christ,
Everyone’s so underdressed and overpriced.
So what’s the use of struggling,
Oh, Christ?
Oh, hell,
Everyone’s all dressed to kill and priced to sell.
So what’s the use of struggling?
Oh, hell!
Oh, damn,
They’re upon me now like slaughter to a lamb.
So what’s the use of struggling?
Oh, damn!
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“When you said in front of him [i.e. Caesar]: ‘Valerius has never quite...”
– Letter XXXVII, C. Valerius Catullus to Clodia, in The Ides of March, by Thornton Wilder.
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Still not entirely sure I should've sent this to...
Subject: I love you, Santa!
Dear Santa,
I figured when I mentioned ostriches on my form that you’d have to be a little creative, but I’d love to know what kind of creativity went into finagling a real, live ratite into my bedroom this morning! I didn’t even mind that the cassowary was too small for me to ride — it was still delicious. Thanks, Santa!!!
Brian
(Helps...
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My favorite dangling modifier today: "[... Kiran... →