It’s my WordPress and I’ll post when I want to
Blahasfhsalrghs sorry guys.
Actually, I should be more specific, huh?
1. Sorry for getting around to posting these like every 25 days or so, and
2. Sorry for the extremely erratic posting shenanigans of the past two days.
With regards to #1:
I know I’ve been totally slacking when it comes to getting these posts up, so I want to apologize for making you all wait (‘cause I know you totally wake up in the morning thinking, “I wonder if Claudia’s blog is updated? Oh sweet Jesus, let her blog be updated!”) and also for inundating those of you who’ve subscribed with dozens of “Claudia has posted a new blog!” alerts all at once.
With regards to #2:
This one wasn’t entirely my fault (or so I’m going to claim). Yesterday I posted a whole slog of blogs within like 30 seconds because I had them all saved as drafts and I just had to press one button to get them published. Anyway, I think WordPress saw it as some sort of spam blogging account and put a block on my posting abilities. I contacted them and it got resolved this morning. That’s why you saw like 10 blogs yesterday and the rest of them today.
Also, you guys are super quick to comment (TOTALLY NOT A COMPLAINT, I love you all). But it’s 10 PM and I just got home from work, so it may be a bit before I acknowledge your comments, haha.
Anyway.
A new blog year is coming up for me TOMORROW, so I’ll make it one of my “New Year’s” resolutions to try and get these things posted within two or three days of their creation. I know it’s not a big effort to copy/paste/press “post” but I’m a lazy butt. And I’ll update my “About” page finally.
Apologies again, and hopefully this won’t happen anymore.
(Haha, I can dream, right?)
CANADIAN TAXES TIME!
I am once again in shock regarding how difficult seemingly small/simple things can be when handling things across the US/Canadian border.
I’ve posted this video before, but I’m posting it again to support my point (and because it’s pretty cool):
We’re practically conjoined twins. As such, some of the things one might think as difficult to accomplish on an “international” level (like, I don’t know, moving all your possessions + animals across the border in an unmarked white van with suspicious tinted windows*) are surprisingly easy and hassle-free.
Simpler things, like terminating a Canadian cell phone contract (even after waiting until the contract is up), take OMGWTFBBQ-levels of work.
Taxes? They’re kind of in-between. There’s really no way to explain that yes, I lived in Canada last year, but I lived in two different provinces AND I didn’t actually live there on December 31st because I had to go back to the States in October. So I just wrote a nice little note and stuck it in with my return. Hopefully they’ll get the info they need and not send Dudley Do-Right down to Arizona to get me.
…Though that WOULD be entertaining.
Also: “Dr. Binmidnildedindindin.” God I’m glad Metalocalypse is back.
*Yes, this is how I moved all my stuff up for grad school. Big white just-the-right-size-for-bags-of-illegal-substances van, half-drugged cat on a towel, nervous pair of Idahoans in the front seats. Went inside, showed them my passport and study permit, and we were on our way to Vancouver. Same thing happened going to Ontario.
This is mostly to get the Inspector Gadget song out of my head, to be honest
My Decade of Music update:
After the musical drought that was February and March of this year, April has swooped in to save the day. I had a real hard time finding really good music during the previous two months, mainly because a) I finally started work and thus didn’t have as much free time to randomly browse Soundcloud/YouTube/Pandora/the internet in general to find songs, and b) I think I just didn’t have good luck those two months; I know there were spells in 2010 and 2011 during which I really struggled to find a new song every day.
But this month? FREAKING AWESOME SONGS!
I shall share my favorites with you:
- Tiga’s (Far From) Home is like crack. Or heroin. Or meth. Or all three mixed together and injected into your eardrums. Make sure you listen to this with headphones or speakers with a good bass. You’ll thank me later.
- I stumbled upon Ehrencrona’s This Is So Good randomly, but I’m certainly glad I did.
- Sometimes iTunes has really good freebies. Sleepyhead was one of them. Eric Hutchinson’s Watching You Watch Him is another.
- Music by Joe Hisaishi? YES. Considering my shameful unilingualism, I had to run 天空の城ラピュタ through Google Translate; according to that, it says “Castle in the Sky.”
- And finally, let’s get some Dragonette going with Let It Go.
Woo!
Oh, and song suggestions are always welcome. :D
Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs? More like Loonie for…uh…um…just read the blog.
I had no idea about this until I watched a DVR’ed episode of The Colbert Report tonight, but Iceland is looking to adopt the Canadian dollar as their currency.
WHAT.
Apparently when Iceland’s economy bit it in 2008, their krona lost about 60% of its value. It has yet to recover, causing the country to fall in favor as far as foreign investors go.
To solve this, Iceland is looking outside its borders for solutions; namely, replacing the broken krona with a more stable foreign currency. The currency of choice? Canada’s!
First of all, there are way too many currency-related puns that can come out of this.
I mean, I’ll be Franc…is Iceland’s Yen for Canadian currency Loonie, or do they just have a Nakfa creating close relationships with other northern countries? Even if that’s the case, adopting another country’s currency could present a Rial problem. But assuming that Iceland goes into this with all their heart and Sol, perhaps there won’t be any major issues.
Second of all…another country with a Loonie? But Loonies are so…Canadian! What’s next, geyser-adjacent Tim Hortons? Shark-infused poutine? Rapid acquisition of excess “eh”’s in Icelandic speech?
Interesting stuff. We’ll have to stay updated to see if Canada allows its Loonie to migrate to Iceland.
P-p-p-post!
Hi ladies and gents!
So good news (or bad news…depending on if you miss me, haha): I’m coming back for a visit!
There’s actually a reason for my coming back this time, it’s not just me being a slacker/loser/regressive pittance of a human being, but it’s private.
Anyway.
I’ll be back for a week (!), from May 19th until the 26th. We need to naked party. My dad’ll be gone or a few nights, so LOUDNESS IS ACCEPTABLE AND ENCOURAGED!
INTERNET SHOUTING!
Okay bye.
Claudia vs. The PDF of Doom: An Epic battle
Holy freaking Adobe goblins, I just spent nine hours trying to create a single PDF out of 34 textbook chapters.
NINE HOURS.
That’s FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY MINUTES.
PDFs DO NOT WORK THAT WAY.
Yes, I admit the final document was going to be huge; 34 chapters do not lend themselves to a dinky complete textbook. But still…Adobe Pro (usually) makes it easy to merge a bunch of PDFs into one 743-page-long conglomeration, especially when said PDFs are 34 pre-tagged, page-numbered, ready-to-be-bookmarked chapters. It should not have taken me an average of 44 seconds per page here, people.
Haha, sorry. I seriously did just spend nine hours on something that should have taken me at most an hour, maybe an hour and a half. Needed to vent.
Plus there’s nothing of interest going on today. As usual.
Ooh, but I am gathering data for the big blog analyses that are coming for next Tuesday. Be prepared!
Swiss Cheese Robinson
Play this. It’s super fun.
That is all.
This Just In: Doom Metal makes me Horribly Ill
Oh man.
I had never heard of doom metal before stumbling upon this song by Sunn O))). What is doom metal? Says Wiki, it’s a form of metal “that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much “thicker” or “heavier” sound than other metal genres.”
Oh, okay. Cool.
“Both the music and the lyrics intend to evoke a sense of despair, dread, and impending doom.”
Me? It just made me nauseous as hell.
I listened to about 90% of this and while it was going on I could feel this building nausea and general “I feel crappy” sense. I actually had to stop it and go into the bathroom ‘cause I thought I was going to lose it, but once the music stopped the nausea/crappiness went away and I felt fine. I tried it again about an hour later and the same thing happened again.
Brutal.
Edit: hahahaha, I found this very shortly after I decided to write a post on this song:
Phoenix!
So today my mom and I drove up to Phoenix to see MATT! It was super awesome to see him again, especially considering I hadn’t seen him since December 2010. Too bad it was like 400 degrees or else we might have been able to walk farther and maybe would have found a park or something to swing/screw around.
Anyway, YAY! Matt, I hope you had an uneventful flight home, and hopefully I’ll see you (and other Moscow friends) in a month or so!
Weekly Wiki: We Didn’t Start the Fire
Today as my mom and I were driving around, Billy Joel’s We Didn’t Start the Fire came on over Shuffle. I commented, “I wonder what this song’s Wikipedia page looks like?”
Therefore, this week’s WeeklyWiki = We Didn’t Start the Fire!
I think this is a really interesting song, both because of all the events it contains but also because Billy Joel was able to rhyme everything. Haha, I think that’s awesome. Says Wiki” “Unlike most of Joel’s songs, the lyrics were written before the melody, owing to the somewhat unusual style of the song.”
And: “I had turned forty. It was 1989 and I said “Okay, what’s happened in my life?” I wrote down the year 1949. Okay, Harry Truman was president. Popular singer of the day, Doris Day. China went Communist. Another popular singer, Johnnie Ray. Big Broadway show, South Pacific. Journalist, Walter Winchell. Athlete, Joe DiMaggio. Then I went on to 1950 […]. It’s one of the worst melodies I’ve ever written. I kind of like the lyric though.”
Cool, huh?
It’d be interesting to see such a song written today.
In This Blog: I finally take some pictures off my camera
A picture from high up on Mount Lemmon.
The car accident damage and our beautiful duct tape job.
A picture from inside the Ag Sci building at UI.
A beautiful cat at a cat show in London.
DEATH STARE!
Yay!
10 Favorite Fonts
Just as the title says! 10th favorite to favorite favorite.
10. Arial Rounded MT Bold
Surprisingly, I’m starting this list off with a sans serif font (the horror!). I’ve always liked Arial Rounded the best out of the 15 or so Arial variants. If Arial Rounded was human, I think it’d be a sexy curvy lady for some reason.
9. Kozuka Gothic Pro B
This is like the simplest font ever. No serifs, no freaky f’s or y’s or g’s, no strange flourishes on any lower- or upper-case letters. And that’s why I like it.
8. Poor Richard
This font makes me want to write. It also reminds me of Ben Franklin, because Poor Richard = Poor Richard’s Almanac automatically in my mind. And we all know Franklin was awesome (and a pimp).
7. Cooper Black
I like Cooper Black because of how bold and heavy it is. I used to use it all the time as my MSN Messenger font…back when I actually conversed with people on a semi-regular basis. It’s also just a good “HEY LOOK AT ME I’M TEXT!” font.
6. Courier New
Courier New used to bother me because it had such “wide” lettering (aka a monospaced font), but now it reminds me of R. Since I’m so into stats and data nowadays, I really like how useful monospaced fonts are when it comes to creating datasheets and keeping things straight.
5. CitonLightDB
This is like a skinny Eurostile font. It’s better for when you want that snazzy Eurostile look but need thinner letters. It’s very “blocky” when you look at a paragraph of text, which I really like the look of.
4. Eurostile
The highest-ranking sans serif, Eurostile appeals to me because it’s got a kind of modern look without being unreadable. I like how “big” the letters seem, even at a small point.
3. Modern No. 20
I like this font because (at least compared to the rest of the fonts on this list) it’s fancy, but not too fancy that it’s difficult to read. I like simple, readable fonts over calligraphy/handwritten style fonts any day, so I like that this font is readable and simple but adds something a little extra. Plus, I really like the way numbers look in this font.
2. Georgia
Georgia has nice round, fat, readable letters. It’s like Times New Roman took a weightlifting class. I used this a lot for my MSN Messenger font, too.
1. Times New Roman
I’m a purist. I love Times New Roman. I think this is the cleanest, crispest, most readable font that has practical use. And SERIFS! Serifs rule. TNR is also a very “traditional” font due to its prominent placement in Word (at least until that obnoxious rebel force Calibri decided to grab the spotlight), and I tend to cling to the familiar.
Isn’t it crazy…
How certain images of where we’ve been just appear super vividly in our heads every once in a while?
Walking down East Hastings in Vancouver
The highway out to Coquitlam.
Granville St. bridge
My old apartment complex
Fraser St. heading down to the Canadian Superstore
You say tomato, I say existential crisis
Hello for the 2,178th time! Wow, that’s a lot of blogs.
Anyway.
Due to reasons that are still up in the air in terms of whether or not they’ll actually be reasons, I might—might—be coming back to Moscow in the fall.
Yeah, yeah, I know, “make up your damn mind already.” I would if I could, man. This “up in the air” stuff isn’t good for a planning, goal-oriented, future-focused person like myself.
But anyway.
If I come back, I’d like to go back to school (while working, of course) if at all possible. So in order to be able to implement that plan should it become a feasible option in the future, I reapplied for admission and subsequently signed up for just a few credits in the fall.
Better safe than sorry, no?
And I’d be lying if I said I didn’t enjoy making a schedule that might actually happen.
Dear Brain: WTF was that?
I rarely dream about death. Most of my dreams involve some sort of panic, but more often than not that panic is brought about by my inability to meet some sort of deadline in my dream. Not being able to move fast enough, doing things incorrectly and having to repeat them, being so scatterbrained that I can’t get things done in a logical order…stuff like that.
But I rarely dream about death.
Even more rare are dreams in which the goings on of the dream feel exactly like reality. 99% of the time I know in my dreams that I’m dreaming.
But last night? Death, very realistic-feeling dream, and not being able to move fast enough. Some of the main reasons why this most recent dream was the most symbolic, terrifying, and upsetting one I’ve ever had in my entire life.
I went to bed at 6:30 in the morning and must have started dreaming right away. In the dream I find myself in a large white flattened cube of a house. The walls are bare except for two low-lying rectangular windows that are opened and cannot be shut. One window sits above a huge white bathtub; the other sits above my chair and computer stand (holding Vaio).
My knowledge in the dream is that I live with my father and that he is, at the time, out to church and won’t be back for awhile.
So I’m sitting there minding my own business when suddenly it starts raining outside. Almost immediately the water reaches the low windows and starts pouring into the house. I’m not panicked, but I feel worried as I rapidly try to gather up all of our stuff in the house and wrap it in protective plastic wrap. This being one of my dreams, of course I’m unable to move fast enough. I’m slogging through the water, vainly trying to cover things in plastic, all the while watching some of my most important things (Vaio, all my backups for my files, my chair), disintegrate and dissolve in the water. While all this is happening I’m thinking to myself, “dad’s going to blame me for all of this, even though it’s not my fault the water came in and it’s not my fault our windows are so low to the ground.”
Anyway, the rain and flooding finally stop and all the water except for the water in the bathtub miraculously disappears, leaving only small puddles of our mostly dissolved possessions. I wasn’t able to save anything in the house.
At this point my dad comes back and immediately notices that everything but the bathtub is in ruins on the floor. He’s not angry, surprisingly, but is questioning me with increasing panic in his voice. “What happened? Where’s all our stuff? Why’s the house ruined? Why did you ruin the bathtub?” I vehemently argued that I didn’t ruin the bathtub, which only makes him panic more. He’s wandering around the house all bewildered, wondering what to do next.
He tells me he’s going to go outside and check on our shed to see if anything in there survived. I follow him. As we walk down the sidewalk I notice that every cat we’ve ever known is lying dead in some rigor mortis-induced contortion scattered across the lawn. As we continue walking, dead butterflies and birds start to drop from the sky.
We reach the shed, which has been reduced to nothing more than its foundation. The only thing left “inside” it is an old industrial trunk. Neither my dad nor I knew what was in it; we were just overjoyed that some artifact of our lives was spared from the flood/storm.
I call my mom and she comes over to keep me company while dad continues pacing around the house in a mild panic. I start showing her the remains and the dead cats and the trunk, and her only remark is, “that’s so interesting! Wow!” And I just have this tremendous, unbearable sense of loss and hopelessness. All I keep saying is, “it’s all gone. All of it, it’s all gone.”
I woke up with my pillow in a death grip half an hour later, unsure of where I was. But when I finally realized that my dream was actually a dream and NOT reality, I freaking lost it. I lay in bed bawling for at least fifteen minutes, then curled up in the covers and had a nice little freak-out.
I haven’t told any of you much about my life’s situation at this point other than what I’ve put in this blog, but I think the main reason this dream freaked me out so much is that it was so representative of how I’ve been feeling lately. It was so full of symbolic messages related to my worries, concerns, situation, future, and general mood that I think my brain didn’t want to handle it all subconsciously anymore and so decided to spew forth a nice little half-hour-long terror session during my REM time.
Flarusadofhdaghghghg. That was a draining experience.
Gonna go play New Vegas now. Need to mellow out.
I miss happiness and I miss control.
I miss happiness and I miss control.
I miss happiness and I miss control.
I miss happiness and I miss control.
I miss happiness and I miss control.
I miss happiness and I miss control.
I miss happiness and I miss control.
I miss happiness and I miss control.
I miss happiness and I miss control.
I miss happiness and I miss control.
I miss happiness and I miss control.
I miss happiness and I miss control.
I miss happiness and I miss control.
I miss happiness and I miss control.
I miss happiness and I miss control.
I miss happiness and I miss control.
I miss happiness and I miss control.
I miss happiness and I miss control.
But I mostly miss control.
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HA I didn’t forget. I thought I would.
Hahaha, polarized results much? I’m strange.
Trait snapshot: depressed, introverted, neat, needs things to be extremely clean, observer, perfectionist, not self revealing, does not make friends easily, suspicious, irritable, hates large parties, follows the rules, worrying, does not like to stand out, fragile, phobic, submissive, dislikes leadership, cautious, takes precautions, focuses on hidden motives, good at saving money, solitary, familiar with the dark side of life, hard working, emotionally sensitive, prudent, altruistic, heart over mind, unadventurous
Hide yo kids, hide yo wifi
3601. What brands do you like?
Sony. Haha, that’s the only one I can think of right now.
3602. What do you think of the ‘don’t ask don’t tell’ policy of gays in the millitary?
I think it’s pretty sad that we live in a world where we have to have LAWS to keep us from discriminating/harassing/destroying others based on such petty things as sexuality.
3603. Why do you think that so many people have such a problem with gays?
‘Cause people suck.
3604. It seems like it is more accepted for a woman to be bi or gay than for a man. Why do you think that is?
Society is weird as hell, that’s why.
3605. When a kid kisses another kid on the playground is it sexual harassment?
Pfft, no.
3606. If you had to name yourself after an object in the room with you what would you pick?
Spiral Staircase.
3607. Pick the two most important things out of these: writing deep thoughts, expressing your self clearly, being honest, finding new novel ways to waste time, being organized, practicing what you want to do, trying to be famous
Practicing what you want to do, writing deep thoughts (thus rendering my blogs completely worthless)
3608. You were only waiting for this moment to —–
Take off my pants.
3609. Knowing historically that native American indians were and are the first americans, how do you feel about america and current americans?
As many horribly atrocious things we’ve done to other beings, I’m still pretty impressed with “Americans.”
3610. Just what exactly determines whether or not one is ‘mental’?
We’re all mental. Some are just better at hiding it.
3611. is it true that people with depression CAN’T function in society?
Nope, we just think they can’t.
3612. fill in the word: half of what i say is ———–
One one-millionth of what I think.
3613. Some people believe the Holocaust was a hoax?. What do you think of this?
I think that’s pretty insulting to everyone who had to go through that, as well as all their living relatives.
3614. Does EVERYONE in the world care about how they look except YOU?
I care about how I look.
3615. Do you love italian names like Lorenzo, Gaetano, and Grazziano?
Meh.
3616. Everyone does horrible things.
True.
Do you think that people are more acceptiong of the bad things they do themselves or the bad things others do?
Depends on the bad thing.
Which are you more accepting of?
I’m way more accepting of the bad things others do.
3617. Is it true that NO ONE wants to date grumpy people?
I think grumpy people like to grump together.
3618. Bush and his henchmen have now come up with a list of people for the CIA to assassinate. What do you think of this?
Dated survey is dated.
3619. Why is it that in many states sodomy and oral sex are still illegal, even if they are consensual?
Oral sex is illegal?
3620. What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of:
liberals?
Obama.
conservatives?
Haha, Cheney.
hippies?
Flowers.
nobel peace prize winners?
Intelligence.
black panthers?
Dark.
time magazine?
Red.
feminists?
Buzz cuts, haha.
3621. Order these issues from most important and needing to be dealt with to least important and we can put it off: cloning, racism, aids cure, the middle east, putting power back in the hands of the people, the environment, better education
The environment, better education, the Middle East, putting power back in the hands of the people, racism, AIDS cure, cloning.
3622. Do you feel like you are missing out because you can only know a certain number of people in this world and you can’t know everyone?
Not really.
3623. What do you imagine being a soldier in a war is actually like?
Probably a lot worse than I can actually imagine.
3624. Do you agree that woman should be allowed to enlist in the army?
Yup.
3625. What is the purpose of government?
Good question. I don’t think they know anymore.
3626. Why don’t people believe in free love anymore?
Don’t they?
3627. Do you make desicions with your head or your heart?
Head.
3628. What is the differance between sympathy and empathy?
Sympathy = what you feel when you share emotions with a person but haven’t gone through whatever is causing their emotions.
Empathy = what you feel when you share emotions with a person while having the experience personally of whatever is causing their emotions.
3629. Can you think of any person or group you cannot empathsize with?
Many.
3630. Like creme savers?
Never had them.
3631. Your best friends asks you to marry them Out of the blue. You say:
Been there, done that!
3632. What makes you feel seriously depressed?
Life.
3633. Have you personally worked for peace?
In my own way, yes.
3634. Do you suppress parts of yourself because you are afraid of judgement?
Welcome to life.
3635. Do you take in the ideas and opinions of others too often?/
I take them in, but that doesn’t mean I apply them/adapt them.
3636. 36 – 24 – 36?
867-5309?
3637. What just isn’t right?
Left.
3638. What makes your blood boil??
Sitting on a Bunsen burner.
3639. Have you ever gone to the bathroom in aplace that wasn’t a bathroom?
Hahahaha. Yeah.
3640. Want some water melon?
Watermelon’s awesome.
3641. What’s your favorite gum?
5 Gum, either prism or RPM flavor.
3642. What do you imagine going to Harvard is like?
Scary. Intimidating. Preppy.
3643. What would you get rid of forever if you had to choose snow or rain?
Rain! Snow rules.
3644. Is there a santa clause?
SantaBot!
3645. Do you understand yourself?
Indeed.
Do you understand everyone else?
HA. No.
3646. Do you think there is a connection between understanding yourself and understanding others?
To an extent, but nothing major in my opinion.
3647. What’s good?
Large sample sizes. Homoscedasticity. Leibniz. :)
3648. Have you ever played dodge ball?
YAY dodgeball!
3649. Is there anything you feel men can do better than woman?
Create sperm.
3650. Is there anything you feel woman can do better than men?
Carry a baby.
3651. What do you think of jazz?
I’m not a big fan of it.
3652. Why do you suppose Christmas has more hype than Chanucka?
Lots more Christians + much more commercially tappable.
3653. What is like a rock?
Was that Ford who used that slogan? Haha, I can’t remember.
3654. Who do you 100% trust?
No one.
3655. Are you dreaming of a white christmas?
I freaking hate that movie.
3656. Have you done anything nice for your neighbors this year?
I have no idea who my neighbors are.
3657. What is the most courageous thing you have ever done?
Quit grad school. Given who I am, that took a LOT of courage.
3658. What things (not people) would you miss most if you were locking the big brother house for weeks on end?
My Vaio. My music. R. Stuff to read.
3659. Use five words to describe your life now.
Blah, meh, peh, boring, and get-me-out-of-here.
3660. Use five words to describe your family.
Strange, hilarious, small, and functionally-dysfunctional.
3661. Use five words to describe your childhood.
Imaginative, enlightening, shy, impactful, naïve.
3662. Who has seen the wind?
Who hasn’t?
3663. what’s the point of MLA format? Why can’t students just freely write their gathered info and opinions the way they feel is best for them?
Because standards are easier in the sense that it makes it easiest for others to recover the information’s source if they want it. Also, MLA > APA in terms of making sense. I hate APA’s rules.
3664. What’s your favorite fairy tale?
I’ve always liked The Emperor’s New Clothes for some reason.
3665. How will explain god to your children (or a child)?
I won’t. They’ll find out eventually.
3666. Is this question satanic?
Why would it be?
3668. What will last longer, the moon or the human race?
Well, if Newt has his way…
3669. Whose lives do you value more; those of your country or all of humanity?
All of humanity!
3670. If the jehovas witnesses dropped by your house what would you do?
Hide.
3671. Someone you work with or go to school with is giving you a surprise gift. Would you like it better if it were a talking teddybear or a mini tarot deck?
Tarot!
3672. Where does the sky begin? Just above the ground?
Wherever “the limit” is.
3673. What’s the most romantic thing to do?
Sit up all night and talk. Naked. With maybe some other stuff thrown in.
3674. What’s your most twisted, perverted or odd fantasy?
Ha. Like I’m telling.
3675. What’s wrong with lieing?
The spelling.
3676. If you could have lunch with any _______ who would it be?
rock star?
Can I say all three members of Muse? ‘Cause I’m going to.
actor/actress?
Tom Hanks!
political leader?
Probably Obama.
historical figure?
Voltaire.
dead person?
LEBNIZ!!!!!!!
person from your past?
Anastasia.
person in the world?
Do they have to be living?
writer?
Vladimir Nabokov.
artist?
Salvador Dali.
fictional character?
Phileas Fogg! Holy freaking crap, yes.
Disney character?
Jafar.
3677. Dedicate a song to someone right now.
Say Goodnight and Go is for…someone secret. :)
3678. It’s christmas eve at ten o’clock at night and YOU HAVE NO SHOPPING DONE! The only thing that’s open is the grocery store and the drug store. Do you do all your christmas shopping in the grocery and drug store?
I’d buy everyone some Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Everybody likes Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Then I’d buy supplies to make cards and I’d put Cap’n Crunch on the cards just to confuse people.
3679. If superman is so powerful how does he get with Louis Lane? Wouldn’t he kill her?
Hahahahahaha. Most philosophical question ever.
3680. What do you think of
Jane Fonda?
Eh.
Alan Alda?
Who?
3681. Remember Mary Poppins? Feed the birds tuppence a bag.
I do indeed.
What is ‘tuppence’?
It’s like a penny, no?
3682. What was the saddest most tear jerking heart wrenching moment of the movie Titanic?
I always thought it was very sad when the old couple in third class is holding each other in their bed as the ship starts going under.
3683. Would you like a nice hot bath?
Not right now.
3684. Why is jesus always pictured as white when he came from the middle east and was probably middle eastern?
Making him white makes him automatically tortilla-colored for easy burrito appearances.
3685. Which is worse: Sand in your underwear or Sand in your mouth?
What about sand in your underwear in your mouth?
3686. Has President Bush made his case for war with Iraq?
Let’s leave him in the past, even though the repercussions of his actions are still with us.
3687. Should Senator Lott resign (or have resigned) his leadership post?
Again I say, “dated survey is dated.”
3688. If you could pick time’s person of the year who would you pick?
For 2012? It’s too early!
3689. Name all the people you know who you are attracted to and what is attractive about them?
I’m attracted to a total of four people. Nobody else is allowed in that little part of my brain.
3690. What does RSVP actually mean?
Readymade Soup’s Very Pricey.
3691. Is rhyming fun?
Damn right it is, son!
3692. Are your dreams violent?
They can be. Most often, though, they’re frantic and involve me being late.
3693. What 3 questions would you love to ask either your mom or your dad?
“Have I turned out at all like you expected?”
“Is your current life anywhere close to what you imagined when you were a kid?”
“What’s your darkest secret?”
3694. What are the hardest words to say?
Parrot. Haha, I don’t know.
3695. Should I smile because we’re friends or cry because that’s all we’ll ever be?
Both.
3696. What do you think of the slogan ‘you laugh because i’m different. I laugh becuse you are all the same’
Yay!
3697. How do you stop dry elbows?
Put them in jail.
3698. Why don’t people MAKE gifts more often?
Effort. Most people aren’t a fan of it.
3700. Do you like those plastic couch coverings?
Haha, I’m pretty indifferent to them.
I’m a TACO SHIP!
Three things in decreasing order of importance:
1.
2. I’m a tactile person. Whenever I go shopping (for clothes, food, miscellaneous fun stuff) I’m always feeling stuff. Like walking through the racks of clothes in Walmart, for example…I have to feel every article of clothing (gotta grope ‘em all!). I’ve actually just recently become aware of this compulsion.
3. I don’t know what to do this fall. In reality, I have no major commitments. My job is technically a temp job, even though I’m working fulltime and am basically a “regular” employee. I reapplied to the U of I so that I could have some form of school to fall back on, ‘cause it’s me and I can’t get enough book learnin’. At the same time, though, I have no obligations to go back. Hell, I could stay down here and take every class offered by Pima Community college; it’s like 80% cheaper than UI, they’ve got good math and writing/fiction classes and what appears to be a pretty comprehensive music program for a community college, and I already work there so I could just go from class-work-class-work-class-home-dinking time everyday and not worry about that. I just want to accrue knowledge!
END! Pointless blog.
Scumbag Calibri
So I’ve figured out why Calibri is pretty much my least favorite font ever!
I was typing a draft of an email at work the other day. On the computers there, Microsoft Word’s settings haven’t been changed from their defaults; as such, things are automatically typed up in Calibri.
Gross, I know.
Anyway. Typing a draft of an email. I highlighted a phrase to italicize it and noticed something interesting:
Notice anything? I mean, aside from the italic-ness. Look again:
Mr. High and Mighty Calibri thinks it’s okay to change the lowercase g and lowercase a from double-story to single-story (actual terms) when italicizing.
Oh silly little arrogant fartface font. I knew there was a reason I didn’t like you, apart from your attempted overthrow of the Times New Roman dynasty upon the arrival of Word 2007 and all its tab-happy obnoxiousness.
Screw you! Times New Roman forever!
In my defense…
I bet I couldn’t taste like 70% of these.
100 Things You Should Eat Before You Die
“They” say most people have tried about 20 things. How many have you tried (I’d source the list but now I can’t remember where I got it, haha)?
My total: 12/100
1. Abalone
2. Absinthe
3. Alligator
4. Baba Ghanoush
5. Bagel and lox
6. Baklava
7. Barbecue ribs
8. Bellini
9. Bird’s Nest Soup
10. Biscuits and gravy
11. Black Pudding
12. Black Truffle
13. Borscht
14. Calamari
15. Carp
16. Caviar
17. Cheese fondue
18. Chicken and waffles
19. Chicken Tikka Masala
20. Chile Relleno
21. Chitterlings/Chitlins
22. Churros
23. Clam Chowder
24. Cognac
25. Crabcake
26. Crickets
27. Currywurst
28. Dandelion wine
29. Dulce de leche
30. Durian
31. Eel
32. Eggs benedict
33. Fish Tacos
34. Foie Gras
35. Fresh Spring Rolls
36. Fried Catfish
37. Fried Green Tomatoes
38. Fried Plaintain
39. Frito Pie
40. Frog’s Legs
41. Fugu
42. Funnel Cake
43. Gazpacho
44. Goat
45. Goat’s milk
46. Goulash
47. Gumbo
48. Haggis
49. Head Cheese
50. Heirloom Tomatoes
51. Honeycomb (does the cereal count?)
52. Hostess Fruit Pie
53. Huevos Rancheros
54. Jerk Chicken
55. Kangaroo
56. Key Lime Pie
57. Kobe Beef
58. Lassi
59. Lobster
60. Mimosa
61. MoonPie
62. Morel Mushrooms
63. Nettle Tea
64. Octopus
65. Oxtail Soup
66. Paella
67. Paneer
68. Pastrami on Rye
69. Pavlova
70. Phaal
71. Philly Cheesesteak
72. Pho
73. Pineapple and cottage cheese
74. Pistachio Ice Cream
75. Po’ boy
76. Pocky (WOOOOO POCKY)
77. Polenta
78. Prickly Pear
79. Rabbit Stew\
80. Raw Oysters
81. Root Beer Float
82. S’mores
83. Sauerkraut
84. Sea Urchin
85. Shark
86. Snail
87. Snake
88. Soft Shell Crab
89. Som Tam
90. Spaetzle
91. Spam
92. Squirrel
93. Steak Tartare
94. Sweet Potato Fries
95. Sweetbreads
96. Tom Yum
97. Umeboshi
98. Venison
99. Wasabi Peas
100. Zucchini Flowers
“Doctor, doctor! I’ve stopped menstruating!” “Mr. Johnson, get out of my office.”
I reiterate from past blogs where I’ve talked about these guys: if you’re ever feeling down, just watch a few 5secondfilms.
Unfortunately their site keeps crashing on me today, but I’ve managed a few videos that had me laughing hysterically.
That last one is oh so much immature humor. Awesome.
Holy crapspackle!
Running + people throwing colorful powder at the runners = HAPPY CLAUDIA
Listen to this description:
“Each kilometer of the event is associated with a designated color. 1k is yellow, 2k is blue, 3k is green, 4k is pink, and the 5k finish is a “Color Extravaganza.” As the runners/walkers hit the Kilometer COLOR RUN Zones, they will be blitzed by our volunteers, sponsors, and staff with COLOR.”
BAD. ASS.
This is The Color Run, a 5k colorfest that looks like it was designed for people like me. I NEED to do this race. Too bad the closest one (in Phoenix) was in January.
But look at these pics! Please click on them to take you to the original sources.
This reminds me of that Indian festival…I can’t remember the name…but it involves a lot of colored powder.
SNIFFY
Holy crap!
“Sensonics, Inc. provides the medical, scientific and industrial communities with the best smell and taste tests for assessing chemosensory function.”
Shwing!
I’d love to try their Sniff Magnitude Test to see if anything’s actually registering and I just can’t tell, but there’s no way I can drop $6,000 on…well, anything right now, haha. I’d also like to see what the TR-06 Rion Electrogustometer is all about. I know my nose is shot…how screwy is my taste?
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