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This coming junior year, my AIM away messages are going to be the epitome of efficient communication. Through an organized code, they will convey my whereabouts effectively, accurately, and without excess nonsense.
c = class
l = lab
wo = workout
f = dining
s = studying
z = sleeping
hi = socializing (human interaction)X# = where # is the number of times the thing will occur
(#h), where # is a rough time estimate in hours [optional]
- exclamation point is something i’m looking forward to
- pluses indicate concurrent activities
- arrows are discrete activities
Therefore, a day may go as follows:
f->cX3(3h)->l(3h)->f+hi->s(2h)->hi->z(7h)
Breakfast, followed by three classes, a three hour lab, a dinner with friends, two hours of studying, relaxing with people, and then seven hours of sleep.
I will have enough energy to use this for roughly the first three days of school.
Guinness Book of World Records: Loudest Burp - Just when you thought this website was getting some class … it was time to dispel that myth.
By the way, 110dB is the sound level of the front row of a rock concert. This guy hit 118.1dB.
In-N-Out Burger - Probably the best chain to get a burger at in the entire nation.
Sagert (12:31:58 AM): have you ever thought of going into grill-work?
tumbledry (12:32:07 AM): grill work?
Sagert (12:32:13 AM): like, crafting blinging and icey teeth for people?
tumbledry (12:32:22 AM): hahah oh oh
Sagert (12:32:27 AM): you know, once you got your dental stuff done
tumbledry (12:32:32 AM): it would be a natural outgrowth of basic dental training
Sagert (12:32:38 AM): exactly
tumbledry (12:32:47 AM): one would source those specialty items and promote
Sagert (12:32:50 AM): i just started reading your thing about precious metals, and it totally clicked for me
tumbledry (12:32:52 AM): not a bad idea
tumbledry (12:33:01 AM): i like it
Sagert (12:33:45 AM): just a thought
Sagert (12:33:49 AM): just throwing it out there
tumbledry (12:33:51 AM): i wonder
Sagert (12:33:57 AM): you got plenty of time
tumbledry (12:34:01 AM): i know fake vampire teeth can cost a couple thousand
tumbledry (12:34:11 AM): and people do that crap all the time at halloween
Sagert (12:34:19 AM): ummm…
Sagert (12:34:23 AM): i like my idea better
Sagert (12:34:29 AM): unless they’re blinging vampire teeth
Sagert (12:35:00 AM): or a full front set book-ended by vamp teeth that reads “suck this” in diamonds
Sagert (12:35:03 AM): that’d be tight
tumbledry (12:35:17 AM): oh man that’s unstoppably cool
Sagert (12:36:04 AM): again, i’m just planting the seed
Sagert (12:36:10 AM): let what you learn nurture that seed
Sagert (12:36:17 AM): and occassionally give it a bit of sunlight
Sagert (12:36:24 AM): and see where that beanstalk takes you
tumbledry (12:37:49 AM): your metaphor and idea are equally good
tumbledry (12:37:51 AM): would you get this work done?
Sagert (12:38:11 AM): i could probably be convinced
Sagert (12:38:41 AM): although i might opt for a removable model, depending on employment and things like that
tumbledry (12:39:28 AM): haha alrighty we could arrange that
tumbledry (12:39:33 AM): you’d be tough
tumbledry (12:39:38 AM): tough as nails
Sagert (12:40:12 AM): tough as steak
Sagert (12:40:21 AM): and that’s the point, really
tumbledry (12:41:03 AM): well i still have respect for steak
Yes, I had crab from the crab for the first time. We’re not talking just the legs here. No, we’re talking mallet-pounding, whole crab decimation. Crab shrapnel flying everywhere. This stuff was fresh, less than 24 hours from the coast of Maine to the doorstep in Minnesota. I devoured three.
Apparently, the entire interior of a pre-cooked crab is edible, though the gills and intestines are generally less … shall we say “savory” than the muscle. I stuck with the white muscle in the large claws and body cavity, and immensely enjoyed it all. Very salty, and mildly spicy: these were encrusted with sort of a spicy seasoning chunky coat thing.
During the course of the meal, I grabbed the largest pinchers from a crab leg I had just ripped to pieces, working its pinchers at Kalamazoo. She was not amused. Granted, few people would like their food reanimated, even artificially. Also, those pinchers are sharp, let me tell you. I am confident an angry crab could easily decapitate … hmm no that’s not the right word … I am confident an angry crab could easily aufero-digitus any finger that was unfortunate enough to get caught in its front pinchers.
Finally, don’t ask for pictures: I didn’t bring my camera, which generally happens whenever there are photographic moments occurring. Such is the learning process.
Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About - Incidentally, this has become a a book. He gets to, perhaps, the crux of whatever small “point” there may be on his website: “As I’ve said before, the secret of a successful relationship is to become irretrievably embroiled in a bitter struggle to the death.”
I’d just like the point out that, recently, I was rockin’ down the hall of the chemistry department at the end of a long day of work, passionately mouthing the words to “Hair of the Dog” by Nazareth. It was all going great until I looked over and saw the stockroom manager looking at me with an expression of horror, grief, and pity all rolled into one facial contortion.
I began to jog quickly.
This movie was so dirty. Holy man. I know I would have been squirming constantly if I had seen it near anybody 5 or more years older than myself. Or younger. Given that, it was relentlessly funny. The only issue with the humor was going into it expecting so much. I mean, this is Brick, in a starring role. It was one of those “i’m laughing but it might just be because I want to think this is funny things” at the beginning of the movie. Then, I stopped thinking of my expectations and just laughed.
The topic of sex is, of course, a cornucopia for humor. Unfortunately, the movie frequently had to crutch it’s way around, leaning on the inherent politically incorrect humor that sexually-charged jokes carry. Thank goodness there was some good physical comedy in there, too: our hero, Andy, flies through two billboards in a spectacular bike accident. Furthermore, as the film follows mornings at Andy’s house, the same “special effect” that was used in Anchorman is employed. I was only slightly ashamed at myself for laughing.
The sweetness of the movie, the gentle ending, the realistic portrayal of someone who is completely normal except for being a virgin, saves this movie from being another Old School. Certinaly, it’s just as funny, but has some staying power, too. That is, the horrendously dirty and the poignant coexist effectively.
Control iTunes with Global Hotkeys - The lack of global hotkeys is a massive hole in iTunes. It’s good to see a program like this fill it. Personally, I use iTunesKeys: both are still being updated frequently.
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