OH MY GOD I DID IT
I broke the 5 MPH barrier during a walk this afternoon.
I didn’t maintain it for long (I did a marathon walk today, so I slowed down quite a bit during the last several miles), but this is the first time that I’ve ever had my walking speed average over 5 MPH for any amount of time.
So that’s pretty cool.
Call in the Experts
In my very first class meeting on my very first day of college, our professor told us that you have to study something for at least 7 years before you become an expert in that something. I have no idea where she got that specific amount of time (or why we were even talking about something like that on the first day of PSYC 101), but if we hold it to be true, then here’s a list of things I am now an expert on:
- Statistics
- Leibniz
- Going to school
- Blogging
- Failing to regularly update my blog
- Fangirling over Metalocalypse
- Drawing crappy drawings
- Being the most obnoxious person on the planet
This has been another quality blog post brought to you by Claudia’s Inexplicable and Overwhelming Sadness (2017 edition).
Hey Now / You’re a Meme Star
So I’m all about stupid memes, as we all know.
Well, one of my favorite meme-type thingies on YouTube is people taking Smash Mouth’s All Star and doing weird-ass things with it. Examples:
The freaking Bach chorale. Wow.
I love the internet, man.
Zeek-a-Beek
Oh my god, I am so freaking hungry right now.
I feel like I could eat a mountain.
Like, not even a “mountain of cheese” or anything like that.
A literal mountain.
Gimme them pine trees, they taste like chicken.
(Sorry, I’m really hungry.)
More Coos
So here’s a new project that I want to start but probably never will!
Y’all remember my post on coos, the imaginary beings that my friend GE and I created in first grade? Well, I was thinking how cool it would be to make like a little field guide/encyclopedia about coos, kind of like Wil Huygen’s “Gnomes” book.
It could discuss the evolution of the coo, coo biology and reproduction, habitat, behavior, all that stuff. It would be pretty cool if I could ever actually convince myself to start working on it.
Anyway.
Reddit and Forgeddit
I’m bored as shit and don’t feel like blogging.
Or living.
So here are the subreddits I subscribe to in case anyone cares.
- AskAcademia
- Calgary
- Canada
- CasualConversation
- ChildFree (people who voluntarily choose not to have kids)
- Glitch_in_the_Matrix
- GradSchool
- Idaho
- InternetIsBeautiful
- INTJ
- ListenToThis
- Math
- NewYorkMets
- PokemonGo
- PopHeads
- SampleSize
- Statistics
- Vexillology
Pokemon babies?!?!
AAAAAAAAAAA THERE ARE POKEMON BABIES NOW CATCHABLE IN POKEMON GO
I WANT A CLEFFA
LOOK AT THAT ADORABLE LITTLE NERD
CAPS LOCK
Let’s Taco ‘Bout Love
Hi.
SO.
I mentioned this to Nate a while back, but I figured I’d put it on here, too, just so that I’d maybe actually follow through with it.
I’m going to be 30 next year, which is…weird.* But anyway, I thought it would be kind of a cool thing to take Billy Joel’s We Didn’t Start the Fire and re-write it so that it covers the events of the last 30 years. Partially because the original song covers about 40 years and I don’t want to wait another decade, and partially because I’d like the challenge of rhyming “fuck, we elected Trump” with something.
So yeah, I’m going to try to do that by this time next year! Hopefully we won’t get Trump’d in the meantime.
*It’s not bad, just weird. I don’t mind the idea of aging, I just don’t feel like I’ve lived for almost 3 decades. I feel like I’m still 19 or something.
HAHAHA THIS IS GREAT
Welcome to Half-Life.
I laugh because he made a lot of obvious mistakes/missteps, but I guess if you’re someone who hasn’t played 600 hours* of Half-Life, those mistakes/missteps might actually not be so obvious.
*It’s an estimate, but it’s probably a conservative estimate. I’ve played a lot of Half-Life.
Brain, You’re Fired
So I went to bed at like 4 this morning and then woke up (along with Nate) about half an hour later because Jazzy puked on the bed. Because of my lack of olfactory ability, it’s only fair that I deal with the stinky things like cat puke. So I get up and deal with it.
As I’m getting back in bed, this is the convo that went on in my head:
Brain: So, cleaning up cat puke, huh?
Me: Yup.
Brain: That didn’t take long.
Me: No, I guess not.
Brain: It was kind of fun.
Me: …What
Brain: You should have a kid. Think of all the puke you could clean up in the middle of the night with a kid!
Me: Umm…
Brain: DOOOOOO IIIIIIIIIIIIT!
WTF.
It was just the most random thought process. I’m hoping it was just my neurons randomly firing off as I fell asleep.
And no, brain, no kids. Ever. Sorry.
ZOMG BRRRRR!
So today I did a dumb and took a 15-mile walk in -11℉ weather. And how does my amazing husband reward such ridiculous behavior? He cranks the heat up in the condo and warms up my towel in the dryer while I shower.
I don’t deserve this man.
In other more depressing news, Dr. Hans Rosling died today. A Swedish statistician and educator, he pushed for truth in statistics, data visualization and accessibility, and was big on understanding global development. One of my favorite videos of his is one I showed on the first day of each of my STAT 251 classes back at UI (and to my students last semester, too):
RIP, Dr. Rosling.
TREEZ
God, look at these incredible beings.
I just hope they’re able to survive humans.
COLDcoldSNOWsnowCOLDSNOW
So remember that scene from Cool Runnings when the Jamaican team first lands in Calgary?
Yeah, it was kind of like that today. A little warmer, though!
Also, you want a workout? Keep a 4.70 mph walking pace in ankle-deep snow for 15 miles. FEEL THE BURN
(OR THE FROSTBITE, WHATEV FLOATS YOUR BOAT)
Sometimes I’d just like to delete this blog from the face of the earth
Sometimes I’d like to just delete myself from the face of the earth too, but I guess that’s taboo to talk about, eh?
Mash Me Up
Holy crapples, how is it that I’ve just discovered these two amazing mashups?
I can’t decide which one I like more. They’re really both very good.
Edit: OH MY GOD
WHAT THE HELL IS THIS THIS IS SO GOOD
iPod Appreciation Day
Well hi there.
It’s my birthday, blah, blah, blah.
(It’s also Mayor Nenshi’s birthday, though, which is much cooler!)
But EVEN COOLER is the fact that I’ve owned my little iPod Touch now for a total of 5 years. That’s a long time for me to have an electronic, and a long time, in my opinion, for an iPod of mine to last, considering how many walks I’ve taken it on and just how much it gets used.
It gets used a lot. In hot weather, in Tucson’s version of hot weather (100 or so), in cold weather, in Calgary’s version of cold weather (-15 or so), in rain, in Vancouver’s version of rain (never-ending torrential downpour), in snow, on the bus, in the gym…and currently, it’s running with its screen on for anywhere between three and four hours per day (for the iTreadmill app to be tracking).
I don’t know the exact mileage because the universe ate my 2012 walking data, but just a rough guesstimate based on 2013-2016 puts my total mileage on this iPod well over 6,000. That’s pretty impressive for a little device like that.
So yeah. I just wanted to acknowledge the awesomeness of my iPod.
And to remind myself that while we tend to overlook it just because it’s a pretty constant and common thing in our lives, technology like this is really pretty damn amazing.
This is What a Record Walking Month Looks Like
Check this noise:
I’ve never walked more than 400 miles in a month before. I’ve come close a few times, but this is the first time I’ve ever actually done it.
Total distance: 422.56 miles
Total steps: 917,659
Total time: 94.30 hours (that’s almost 4 days)
Average pace: 4.49 mph
If I could get that average pace over 4.5 mph for the year, that’d be pretty awesome.
I know it’s very unreasonable to assume I’ll be able to keep this pace for the entire year, but if I can do 420 miles per month, that would put me at 5,040 for the year.
Which, you know, would be fantastic.
But we’ll see I guess.
Six month anniversary!
Holy crap, Nate and I have been married for six months today!
I know that’s nowhere near a “long time,” but for someone who never thought they’d get married because they never thought they could meet someone who they could completely accept and could feel completely comfortable around, six months is a long time.
I hope it’s the start of a very, very long marriage.
I love you, Nate.
Walk into the club like what up I’m leaving I actually hate clubs bye
Yeah, why the hell not. You know I can’t resist a good (or bad) sorter.
Zodiac Sign: Aries | Taurus | Gemini | Cancer | Leo | Virgo | Libra | Scorpio | Sagittarius | Capricorn | Aquarius | Pisces |
Myers-Briggs: ESFP | ISFP | ESTP | ISTP | ESTJ | ISTJ | ESFJ | ISFJ | ENFJ | INFJ | ENFP | INFP | ENTP | INTP | ENTJ | INTJ|
Life Path Number: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 33
Four Temperaments: Sanguine | Melancholic | Choleric | Phlegmatic
Enneagram: The Reformer (Type 1) | The Helper (Type 2) | The Achiever (Type 3) | The Individualist (Type 4) | The Thinker (Type 5) | The Loyalist (Type 6) | The Enthusiast (Type 7) | The Leader (Type 8) | The Peacemaker (Type 9) |
Celtic Zodiac: Birch (The Achiever) | Rowan (The Thinker) | Ash (The Enchanter) | Alder (The Trailblazer) | Willow (The Observer) | Hawthrone (The Illusionist) | Oak (The Stabilizer) | Holly (The Ruler) | Hazel (The Knower) | Vine (The Equalizer) | Ivy (The Survivor) | Reed (The Inquisitor) | Elder (The Seeker) |
Celtic Animal Sign: Stag/Deer | Cat | Cow/Bull | Horse | Butterfly | Adder/Snake | Seahorse | Fish/Salmon | Wolf/Hound | Fox | Wren | Swan | Falcon/Hawk |
Soul Type (one test): Hunter | Caregiver | Creator | Thinker | Helper | Educator | Performer | Leader | Spiritualist |
Hogwarts House: Gryffindor | Hufflepuff | Ravenclaw | Slytherin |
The Animal in You: Lion | Tiger | Dolphin| Bear | Wild Cat | Fox | Weasel | Badger | Dog | Otter | Wolf | Sea Lion | Wild Dog | Walrus | Gorilla | Deer | Rhinoceros | Hippo | Sable | Horse | Sheep | Mountain Goat | Warthog | Zebra | Baboon | Elephant | Bison | Giraffe | Cottontail | Mole | Bat | Porcupine | Beaver | Prairie Dog | Shrew | Mouse | Eagle | Rooster | Owl | Swan | Peacock | Vulture | Penguin | Crocodile | Snake |
Archetypes: Creative | Athlete | Rebel | Caregiver | Visionary | Royal | Performer | Spiritual | Tastemaker | Explorer | Advocate | Intellectual |
Brain Lateralisation Test: Left | Right|
Cerebral Personality Test: 1-10% | 11-20% | 21-30% | 31-40% |41-50% | 51-60% | 61-70% | 71-80% | 81-90% | 91-100% |
Multiple Intelligences Test: Kinaesthetic |Linguistic| Logical | Interpersonal | Intrapersonal | Musical | Visual/Spatial | Naturalistic |
TWSB: More on the Kilogram
So I have no idea how I’ve never found this podcast before since it’s about the kilogram, but I haven’t.
But now I have.
Enjoy.
(Hot damn, I love the kilogram.)
Raymond
I have absolutely nothing interesting to say today, so have three pictures of Raymond Cat being weird.
(He likes water…so much that once he turned on the sink faucet, wedged himself in the sink, and let the whole sink fill with water until it was over flowing. Here he looks so distraught that there’s no water in the kitchen sink.)
INTERNET, YOU GLORIOUS BASTARD
TAKE ME INTO YOUR TUBES
The Data Visualization Catalogue
A really good discussion about common probability distributions and what they’re used for.
And from Tumblr:
Here’s Gavin failing at Uno.
AND…
KNUCK-TAT GENERATOR
Use your birthday to figure out your own personal knuckle tattoos!
January: DRUG
February: HATE
March: DICK
April: REAL
May: DIRT
June: THUG
July: CASH
August: GIRL
September: FIST
October: SHIT
November: BUTT
December: KILL
1st: CITY
2nd: RIOT
3rd: FACE
4th: FEAR
5th: GRIN
6th: WOLF
7th: PISS
8th: RASH
9th: DOGS
10th: TITS
11th: LUBE
12th: SAND
13th: FIRE
14th: KIDS
15th: BIRD
16th: NERD
17th: BOYS
18th: MOMS
19th: DADS
20th: VEIN
21st: WURM
22nd: FART
23rd: TRAP
24th: MOAN
25th: HOLE
26th: KING
27th: FUCK
28th: EYES
29th: LIFE
30th: LOVE
31st: STAB
“Hate Riot.” Accurate.
Sorry, I’m bored and I feel like crapples.
FILLMORE WARS
So remember this nonsense?
Well, thanks to the internet and to everybody’s re-obsession with Star Wars, I can now bring you a much higher quality intro. Behold!
Yayz.
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