Aah! Spring break is upon us! Now is the winter of our discontent!
In short time, I shall be journeying to the magical wonderland of Reno, and then I shall later venture to the shores of snow-covered mountains to ride the powdered waves of winter!
So, in my absence, be not wary of the lack of spam in your inbox; for it is only that I have vacated to colder grounds and away from this seated heat afront this monitor!
Until I return, my fans, be healthy and be merry--and perhaps even, be drunk!
You can get a pair of talking shoes for only 27 smackers. Be afraid; be very afraid.
Looking at a photo of missing ice made me think that it was just a landing pad for alien spacecraft. Geez, that thing just disappeared in a matter of a few days (Feb 17-Mar 5). Too much X-Files for me.
Anyone who knows Gundam knows what the GP-03 Dendrobium from Gundam 0083 is and why it's any Gundam otaku's wet-dream to get a model of it. Well, B-Club had one selling for quite a hefty price for a while. Now, Bandai's gotten smart and has released its own kit. Salivate in utter astonishment.
Some women are overly-sarcastic about what they want.
Last night, I ended up having a bit of time to go lurking at a place called the Albatross in Berkeley. T'was a quaint lil' land, for musicians were-a-playin' an' fires were a roastin' wit' perkly dark dogs who'd wander about. And aside me sat a great noble man with rustic beard and jolly air who's a playing a dandy game-o Scrabble.
On the eaves, my lobes rung from his speech a generous "Life is good."
I, in the instant, self turned 'round to him and enquired, "Excuse me, did you just say 'Life is good'?"
And he, with his demeanor being so kind, remarked, "Why, yes, I did."
And so, I smiled with great reverence and requested, "Well, then, may I shake your hand?"
And thusforth, I shook his sweaty aged hand and noted that I agreed: Life is good!
I watched Shrek for the first time today. I thoroughly enjoyed the humor in it, but the ending was just too incredibly cheesy for my tastes. I'll say, overall, I give it an 8.
Then I later went out and rented Swingers because someone insisted that I just had to watch it. I thought it was OK, and I rate it a 6. I don't exactly agree with everything that went on, and I ended up incredibly frustrated with Mike. Initially, sure, I have some smidgen of sympathy for the guy, but after a while he just becomes unbearably annoying: I just wanted to go up and slap him around. In the end, I still felt unsatisfied with his attitude, and I don't get the sense that he's learned anything at all.
Another thing I noticed was after the first time Mike checks his messages, the answering machine disappears when he's walking away. I thought that was supposed to be part of the film, but later on I realize it wasn't... hmm!
When I was back at school in Pitzer College, I remember there was this one girl who had these plush toys hanging on her bed--hmm, maybe not plush toys, but they were stuffed with those things beanie babies are stuffed with. Anyhow, she had a snake, a frog, and some other various ones hanging there. I recall her saying that she'd observe which one of them people would touch/pick up first. If I can remember correctly, the guys would most likely deal with the snake first, and the gals would deal with the frog first.
So, today I'm driving my car along, and I notice a car driving alongside me; and on her dashboard, there's a sticker. I couldn't make out the sticker, and obviously not anything that it said on it or whatnot. However, what immediately came to my mind was this girl at Pitzer who had plush toys in her bedroom.
Now, I'm thinking maybe I can figure out a few ornaments to place in my car to be used as psychology props. This experiment obviously won't work in my bedroom (there just aren't as many people entering my bedroom as I wish there to be, if you know what I mean...).
Then it comes to mind: "Hey, a college dorm is kind of like your car; you sit there and chat, listening to the owner's music, perusing about, picking up various plush toys, and doing... err... various other activities."
On the fifth floor of the Humanities building at school, in the stalls of the men's bathroom, there are chalk boards. Can we say, "vandalism by some silly CS student?"
I guess it's time to do some dirty bathroom math talk!
I saw this on Slashdot: a guy named Dan Whatley is being sued for posting his opinions on a public forum! I'm highly disturbed. I, as an American citizen, feel violated and betrayed (not for the first time, of course). Freedom of Speech. Freedom of Press (everyone's a publisher on the web). Freedom of Assembly (it's a forum after all, isn't it?). Some people say I'm paranoid, but when I start seeing our rights being skinned down like an onion, I think I have good reason to be.
Watch what you say, kids.
(Also, there's the complication of the Internet being an international network; what would happen if companies started suing foreign slanderers? More international relations hocus pocus.)