ben roethlisberger = phil mickelson = hugh grant
this week i've come to hate the sound of a tv that i'm not watching. this is mostly the case of people wearing their work clothes and not sweating in the gym, using bad form on the weights and watching judge joe brown with the volume up. that and sarah watching a three hour backlog of real housewives of orange county (also with the volume up) while i'm trying to sleep, and then commenting on how trashy it is when i walk by.
18.1.09
12.1.09
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possible titles for this post
(l'alcool est mon ennemi. fuir son ennemi c'est lâche)
(top ten disembodied voices)
(the pirate ride metaphor)
(mike mccright and the georgia doi)
(less soothing, but in a good way)
(poisonous berries)
(everyone's heart beat's electrical)
(in her morning banana)
(l'alcool est mon ennemi. fuir son ennemi c'est lâche)
(top ten disembodied voices)
(the pirate ride metaphor)
(mike mccright and the georgia doi)
(less soothing, but in a good way)
(poisonous berries)
(everyone's heart beat's electrical)
(in her morning banana)
10.1.09
(dig it up, bury it somewhere else, pay someone to guard it)
When I was in the shower today, I was thinking about this book I'm reading, 'The Nuclear Age' by Tim O'Brien, and how it would make a good movie. Cinematic and all. He's talking about the mountains above the town where the action takes place, which made me think of Dante's peak, which Thomas and I watched a couple weeks ago. I remembered the scene where Pierce Brosnan et al. are on a boat crossing a lake that's turned acidic from the volcano and the boat is corroding away and I thought that if anyone wanted to make a serious attempt to boat on an acid lake they'd get a gold plated boat, which reminded me of the time, junior year of high school, when I wanted to make aqua regia to dissolve gold and it never happened because no one had any good leaf handy, which reminded me of the part in gravity's rainbow where the guy gets a bottle of aqua regia poured over his head. somewhere in here I carefully washed both ears.
I was out today with Joey and Thomas eating Haagen-Dazs and the value of gold came up, prompting me to give the preceding explanation. Welcome to my mind.
I was out today with Joey and Thomas eating Haagen-Dazs and the value of gold came up, prompting me to give the preceding explanation. Welcome to my mind.
(32s and hoes?)
One weird development in my life is a tendency to leave things at the grocery store checkout. At least four times since I've moved here, I've arrived at home only to realize that I had less food than I'd paid for. I don't have a satisfactory explanation for the phenomenon, except perhaps that I'm supremely relaxed while I'm shopping. Once I arrived home with eight cans of someone else's tuna and a bunch of bananas. I hope they didn't mind too much, and they enjoyed my eggs.
I've never told you about Snider's, the grocery store down the way. It's my new favorite - closer than Giant and Safeway and without the cheesy signage &c. It's got a good deli, a wide selection of European foods and things like La Yogurt Sabor Latino, which are delicious. Also, unlike aforementioned chains, Snider's sells alcohol. It's rare to find something so appealing and convenient in the absence of high price and/or smugness.
The reason I thought of all of this is I just got back from Snider's in the rain and I was afraid that I'd left a couple of the bottles of malt liquor that I'd picked up for Mac's party tonight. Thankfully I hadn't, but it was luck more than diligence that made it so. Also, I don't know if it's a quirk of Maryland law or just a regional preference, but the malt liquor at Snider's is all in 32 ounce bottles. Michelob and Budweiser are still in 40s, but Olde English and Schlitz is 32s. So if you happen to run into me and I'm eight ounces less drunk than you'd expect, there's the culprit.
EDIT: check it out: SNIDER'S
I've never told you about Snider's, the grocery store down the way. It's my new favorite - closer than Giant and Safeway and without the cheesy signage &c. It's got a good deli, a wide selection of European foods and things like La Yogurt Sabor Latino, which are delicious. Also, unlike aforementioned chains, Snider's sells alcohol. It's rare to find something so appealing and convenient in the absence of high price and/or smugness.
The reason I thought of all of this is I just got back from Snider's in the rain and I was afraid that I'd left a couple of the bottles of malt liquor that I'd picked up for Mac's party tonight. Thankfully I hadn't, but it was luck more than diligence that made it so. Also, I don't know if it's a quirk of Maryland law or just a regional preference, but the malt liquor at Snider's is all in 32 ounce bottles. Michelob and Budweiser are still in 40s, but Olde English and Schlitz is 32s. So if you happen to run into me and I'm eight ounces less drunk than you'd expect, there's the culprit.
EDIT: check it out: SNIDER'S
6.1.09
(There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy)
One conclusion I've drawn from watching The Twilight Zone is that people in 1960 were less observant, critical thinkers than you and I are. That or it's a plot device. I've also concluded that The Twilight Zone is an awesome show.
In unrelated news, can anyone explain why the Celtics can't win? I don't mind so much. It's just a litte disconcerting.
In unrelated news, can anyone explain why the Celtics can't win? I don't mind so much. It's just a litte disconcerting.
(VEE Liveblog)
This feels like watching all six star wars movies in a row, except with corporate finance. These are the moments in life that I choose to record. Also, it feels totally wrong to write six star wars movies, but watching the trilogy in one sitting doesn't have the same level of commitment to unreasonability.
923: Utility of internet falls below utility of starting to work. I'm about to begin Module 18 (of 24). I suspect that this is the point in the course where it gets a little ballsy. I'll explain. After five modules, the author disclaims that those were an introduction, and it's about to get a little hairier. After module fourteen, the author says something to the extent of "now that we've got the basics out of the way, bring on the 'nads." Several chapters later, I'm still waiting for them to drop. Up to now the modules have been 4-8 pages long, and this one's in the 20-30 range, so i'm thinking this might be the one.
935: I realize I've wasted 12 minutes talking figuratively about testes (which makes me think of boggle [thanks alex]). I get started.
1022: I've finished module 18. still no sign of balls, but I did realize I'd inadvertantly skipped module 17, so I'll be going back for that one next. I'm feeling gross and unshowered, but hygiene will have to wait.
1040: Well, that was fast. Feels as good as fast-forwarding through the second half of phantom menace. I'm going to shower, put some pants on, eat something, then take on the last quarter of this course.
1125: I'm clean, fed, and wearing my new red shorts. Game on.
1229: Module 19 was the least fun module to date. Hopefully I learned something. I'm now through most of the three-odd hours of four tet on my computer. The next modules are about option pricing, which is a fairly testicular subject, though one I'm somewhat familiar with. We'll see how it goes.
1339: That didn't actually take an hour, i was playing final fantasy 9 for about half of that (needed handwriting rest after 19!). I was going to make some observations about my noise-cancelling headphones, but that's a stiff enough digression to wait for another post. now, oreos and module 21.
1408: In this episode, we have an N (14) part homework assignment. Am unamused.
1427: Not too inspired about these last three. At least it's only three left. I'm done with Four Tet, So I'll have to find something else. I'll be back.
...
1545: Back and ready to rock. I'm working the kinks out of a new playlist, which is an fair trade for having to sit for as long as I have been.
1620: Since I did 18 before 17, I was considering doing 24 before 23 to keep things fresh, but then I looked and it turns out that 24 has no homework*. Bookshakalaka. So I'm rounding the corner, ready to to take on module 23, which, to my eye, is replete with cajoñes. I'm feeling nasty enough to be up to the challenge.
1733: Donzo. I'll probably look over a practice exam later, maybe even module 24 if i'm feeling charitable. Until then I'll be scratching my legs, generally pleased with myself.
*Is that like fast forwarding through the end of return of the jedi? could be i've taken this too far.
923: Utility of internet falls below utility of starting to work. I'm about to begin Module 18 (of 24). I suspect that this is the point in the course where it gets a little ballsy. I'll explain. After five modules, the author disclaims that those were an introduction, and it's about to get a little hairier. After module fourteen, the author says something to the extent of "now that we've got the basics out of the way, bring on the 'nads." Several chapters later, I'm still waiting for them to drop. Up to now the modules have been 4-8 pages long, and this one's in the 20-30 range, so i'm thinking this might be the one.
935: I realize I've wasted 12 minutes talking figuratively about testes (which makes me think of boggle [thanks alex]). I get started.
1022: I've finished module 18. still no sign of balls, but I did realize I'd inadvertantly skipped module 17, so I'll be going back for that one next. I'm feeling gross and unshowered, but hygiene will have to wait.
1040: Well, that was fast. Feels as good as fast-forwarding through the second half of phantom menace. I'm going to shower, put some pants on, eat something, then take on the last quarter of this course.
1125: I'm clean, fed, and wearing my new red shorts. Game on.
1229: Module 19 was the least fun module to date. Hopefully I learned something. I'm now through most of the three-odd hours of four tet on my computer. The next modules are about option pricing, which is a fairly testicular subject, though one I'm somewhat familiar with. We'll see how it goes.
1339: That didn't actually take an hour, i was playing final fantasy 9 for about half of that (needed handwriting rest after 19!). I was going to make some observations about my noise-cancelling headphones, but that's a stiff enough digression to wait for another post. now, oreos and module 21.
1408: In this episode, we have an N (14) part homework assignment. Am unamused.
1427: Not too inspired about these last three. At least it's only three left. I'm done with Four Tet, So I'll have to find something else. I'll be back.
...
1545: Back and ready to rock. I'm working the kinks out of a new playlist, which is an fair trade for having to sit for as long as I have been.
1620: Since I did 18 before 17, I was considering doing 24 before 23 to keep things fresh, but then I looked and it turns out that 24 has no homework*. Bookshakalaka. So I'm rounding the corner, ready to to take on module 23, which, to my eye, is replete with cajoñes. I'm feeling nasty enough to be up to the challenge.
1733: Donzo. I'll probably look over a practice exam later, maybe even module 24 if i'm feeling charitable. Until then I'll be scratching my legs, generally pleased with myself.
*Is that like fast forwarding through the end of return of the jedi? could be i've taken this too far.
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