Glitchin’
WELL WE BROKE THE iPAD CALENDAR AGAIN.
We went far enough back in time that Apple forgot how the year worked.
Where’s April and May, Apple? Where’s April and May? And why does February have 31 days?
Written Word
For the past few months, I’ve had a very strong urge to write a story by hand, like I did way back in elementary school before I learned how to type. Ever since I started writing in Word rather than on paper, I’ve always written things (especially fiction) out of order. This has been the case every NaNoWriMo (and is why going back and editing Prime has been such a pain, haha).
I actually don’t think I’ve written a fictional story in order in over seven years. At least.
It’d be an interesting challenge to see if I could still do it. I have one or two stories in mind that I’d like to try it with—who knows? Maybe it’ll happen.
One of these days, the title of my blog is going to be relevant to the actual blog content. That day is not today.
I’m feeling incredibly nervous today, so have some Whose Line is it Anyway?
These guys always cheer me up. Hopefully they will brighten your day, too!
BROOOOOOOOOOM
HELLO, BITCHES!
Today marks one year since Nate and I have “officially” been together (that is, it’s been one year since our second date and since we decided we were actually factually dating).
That’s pretty damn exciting. The longest relationship I’ve had prior to this has been about 8 months, and I’ve never had a relationship that felt so stable and happy and full of trust and love.
Here’s hoping this is the first of many, many, many years together! I love you, Nate.
“Here in my graaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaage…”
Hahaha, this is great.
I don’t even have a Lamborghini account, let alone 47 Lamborghinis in it.
Where is Idaho?
I did a little experiment this evening (because why the hell not). I wanted to see which states Idaho is most commonly grouped with when the country is split into “regions” (because I’ve seen it put into the Pacific Northwest, the West, the North West, etc., each with different states along with it). So I went to Google Images and typed “regions of the US” to see what I could find.
I looked at 50 different maps and recorded how many times each state (apart from Idaho, of course) was grouped along with Idaho.
Results!
States like Mississippi and Louisiana and such were grouped on some map showing the nuclear regions (or something like that) of the US.
Heat map!
Heat map courtesy of here.
Interesting to see the difference in grouping frequency between our state to the east (Montana) versus the two to our west (Washington and Oregon)
CHILDHOOOOOOOOOOOOD
Man, my mom had like 12 of these videos for me when I was a kid. I remember this one especially, probably because I used to go to Disneyland with my dad and grandma way back when, so I could recognize a lot of things from this.
Yay!
Life has many doors, Ed boy!
I walked about 15 miles or so today, and all I could think about for the entire walk was that Ed, Edd, n’ Eddy episode where they all pretend to be one another. Ed is Eddy, Eddy is Double D, and Double D is Ed.
I have no idea if any of my readers ever watched Ed, Edd, n’ Eddy, but I watched a crap-ton of it when I was younger and for whatever reason, that particular episode’s dialogue got stuck in my head during my walk.
Edit: found it on YouTube!
(Sped up ’cause YouTube.)
This show was great.
Ed: “I can do Eddy, I practiced!”
Eddy: “What do you mean you practiced?!”
Ed: “I have caused discomfort, ‘cause I’m Eddy!”
Myers-Briggs
I’m still very much an INTJ. Though this test has me much stronger on the N than any other test ever has (I’m usually just a little bit more on the N side than the S side).
“You have many creative thoughts. You always try to turn your ideas into fact tirelessly reaching your goal that you set for yourself. You can understand the connotative model of the outer world and think with a long-term perspective. Once you make a commitment, you make a plan and accomplish it. You are very independent and skeptical. You always have a high standard no matter if it’s for yourself or other people.”
STRAP IN, IT’S A SURVEY
What is your go to flavor of salad dressing?
Caesar.
What’s the t-shirt you wear the most?
Either my Leibniz shirt or my Black Mesa shirt (most of the other shirts I wear are tank tops, not t-shirts).
What TV show can you quote the most?
Metalocalypse.
Do you put your left shoe on first or your right?
Left. Always. If I catch myself accidentally putting the right one on first, I’ll take it off and start again with the left.
What’s your study routine?
I still use notecards. Super dorky, but it works really well for me.
One sound you can’t stand?
Babies crying (GET THEM AWAY) or cats mewing in pain or confusion or fear (BRING THEM TO ME I WILL COMFORT THEM)
Hot showers or cold showers?
Hot (but not too hot) showers.
Breakfast or no breakfast?
No breakfast.
What age were you given “the talk?”
I don’t think I ever actually got “the talk” in its entirety, all at once.
Ice in drinks or no ice?
No ice. My teeth hurt always.
What’s one Halloween candy that you would hate getting as a child?
Tootsie Rolls, though I always gave them to my mom.
Blue jeans, skinny jeans, leggings, shorts, or no pants at all?
Jeans of all sorts suck, leggings are nOT PANTS, shorts look awful on me, so I guess I’d have to go with no pants.
What’s one slang term you refuse to use?
“Smol.” Or “Bae.” Not a fan of either of those, really.
Could you ever be a vegetarian?
Sure. I eat meat on occasion, but it’s not a necessary thing for me.
Hardback, paperback, or e-books?
Paperback.
Would you rather go through the drive thru or go inside?
Drive thru.
Do you keep your car/room neat or messy?
Mostly, yes.
What’s the first app you check when you wake up?
There isn’t one.
If I looked in your wallet, what would I find?
Like 800 Loonies and Toonies. And a little pebble because it’s smooth and I like to keep it with me.
Spicy food or non-spicy?
Non-spicy. Like, the least spicy it can possibly be.
TUANFUKFSD
Man, I just spent about an hour reading all my old emails between my UBC supervisor and myself.
I just logged on to that email to get info about an old account, why the hell did I decide reading all that crap was a good idea? I feel physically sick now.
Seriously. If I were to ever rank all the relationships I’ve ever had on a scale from “unhealthiest” to “healthiest,” that one would probably be the low point on the “unhealthiest” side.
That was not a fun time.
BRB, gonna throw up.
United State of Pop 2015
This year’s United State of Pop is out!!!
Meh. It’s not my favorite of the ones he’s done, but I don’t blame that on him. I blame that on this year’s music. The other guy I get my mashups from, Daniel Kim, has two parts for his Pop Danthology 2015, and I’m not a big fan of either one. Again, I think it’s this year’s music.
But judge for yourselves!
Reparations
My awesome owl iPod case has been with me since February 2012, when I bought this iPod down in Tucson. It’s done surprisingly well, considering I’ve walked about 4,000 miles with it. However, this afternoon I noticed that there was a huge tear in the silicone which would render the case useless if it tore all the way through.
So tonight Nate and I went to a Micheals to get something to repair it. After about an hour, we realized that the best course of action was to just get some duct tape and use that.
So I did.
Now he’s got a badass belt.
Claudia’s Big Bad List of Things that Piss Her Off
- Everything.
(Sorry, I’m in an incredibly bad mood for no other reason than people don’t shovel their sidewalks. It just kind of tipped me over the edge this afternoon. People are turds.)
SOMEONE NEEDS NEW SHOES
(Hint: it’s me.)
I’ve gone a little over 1,400 miles in these, so giant holes in the soles are no fault of the shoes themselves. And in case you’re curious as to what my socks look like:
Yeah.
And yes, I was in a bathroom stall taking pictures of my shoes and socks. Deal with it.
OOPS I MISSED IT
OH CRAP, yesterday was my 3,500th blog.
Totally missed it. A+ in blogging.
Anyway, that means I’m 35% of the way to my goal of 10,000 blog posts (well, 35.01% if you count today’s), which is pretty ridiculous considering I had zero hopes of doing more than 50 posts way back when I started this madness.
(Blame my high school friends for this madness).
Here’s to another 6,500 posts!
App
My PhD application has been SUBMITTED!
Hopefully there won’t be any issues. I have a supervisor, my grades are good-ish, and I have a bit of a good reputation around the department for being a good TA. So hopefully things will go smoothly!
WOO!
COLDPLAY NEEDS TO BE STOPPED
Seriously. This is one of my new favorite songs. (Probably not a five-star, but pretty close!)
Have another:
That nonsense is live, holy hell.
DoopDoop
This thing is pretty cool.
You basically place arrows, pointing different directions, on the grid, then press play to see what sounds you’ve got. Here’s a little dinky example from me.
Here are a bunch of nice examples from a Reddit thread.
Claudia the Angry Pedestrian Presents: People Who Don’t Shovel Their Sidewalks are the Worst
I’m going to preface this with the acknowledgement that not everyone is physically capable of shoveling the snow from their sidewalk. I understand that completely. And I understand that not everyone can be outside and shoveling as soon as it snows (or even several hours after, in some cases). I get it.
But for those people who can shovel perfectly fine but just don’t?
I don’t know if you realize this or not, but those sidewalks are in front of your houses because some people don’t have cars and need to walk to get places. When you don’t shovel your sidewalk AT ALL, there’s going to be quite a bit of snow build-up. If there’s a slight increase in temperature you still don’t do anything about it, the temperature’s going to drop again and the snow will have turned to ice. And it’s going to stay there for quite some time, making life pretty miserable for us pedestrians.
I wish the city was somehow tougher on people who don’t shovel their sidewalks. If people had to clear the strip of street that was in front of their house, I’m sure there’d be immediate consequences if they left their part of the street unplowed. Seriously. I saw a guy in a wheelchair the other day who had to wheel out in the street for half a block because none of the sidewalks on that side had been cleared and were basically pure ice.
Unacceptable!
Hoo-rah
Hooray, a 33/30 on that test!
That makes me super happy. Not as happy as A’s on BOTH of those freaking tests, but it least it raises my average up to an A- in the class.
Now all that is left is the final.
Bring it on.
(I’m going to go pass out from relief.)
Yeah, let’s do another survey, why not.
1) Of the various cultures, ethnicities or nationalities you belong to, which most strongly do you consider yourself?
‘Murican.
2) Is there a culture you cannot claim heritage from but which you feel quite close to?
Not really, no.
3) What’s one language you wish you knew fluently?
ASL! I think it would be really useful.
4) If you could move anywhere in the world and be guaranteed a job, etc., where would you go?
I’d like to be able to stay here. Nate’s here, after all. And I like Calgary. A little cold sometimes and the sidewalks are about as inconsistent as can be, but I like it here.
5) If you had a time machine, and could witness any one event without altering or disturbing it, what would you want to see?
Anything involving Leibniz. Anything involving Leibniz. He could be showing off his Stepped Reckoner to the Royal Society, or he could be using the bathroom. I’m not picky, dudes.
6) Have problems sleeping?
NO.
7) Are you free with your feelings?
My feelings cost $1.05 a feel.
8) What is the one outfit/piece of clothing/accessory you own that makes you feel incredibly good whenever you wear it? Why?
My baggy green pants. I love those things. They’re super comfortable and I like the way they look.
9) What do you do to make yourself feel better when you’re in a funk?
Nothing. I brood.
10) Has anyone ever surprised you in a way that let you know you were special? How?
Nate does this a lot, actually.
11) When you are having a “good day,” how do you spread the happiness to others?
I try to just be extra friendly with them. Then charge them $1.05 for the feels.
12) What is one thing that puts you in a bad mood, no matter how good you were previously feeling?
People being idiots when they’re walking. IT’S A VERY COMMON OCCURRENCE.
13) Would you rather live in a world with or without technology such as computers, cars, airplanes, bombs?
With, definitely!
14) If you had to live without either heating in your house or air conditioning, which one would you keep?
I’d have to keep heat. I am always freezing cold, especially up here. I can use fans in the summer.
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