Is This A Thing?
I was unaware that this was a thing.
I’m cool with it being a thing.
(Sorry, I’m really busy and frustrated and stressed, so the blog shall suffer as it does in these times.)
Canadian League Baseball: Week 18 Summary
Simulation Cespedes’ foot is broken, which is the pinnacle of this game being a fantastically realistic simulation of actual baseball action. Simulation Nimmo got Rookie of the Month for July, though, so that’s cool!
Third ‘Verse, Same as the First
Yo.
My wonderful husband and I are going to go do our anniversary thing where we spend the night in a fancy room in the Best Western (where we got married), have breakfast dinner at Denny’s, and then watch a bunch of Food Network.
I feel like ass, of course, because it’s August and the semester is just dragging on and on and on and I just want to crawl into a hole and not be seen for like half a year, but hopefully I won’t ruin our good night.
(I don’t think I did?)
SCOOTERGANG SCOOTERGANG SCOOTERGANG
(This has nothing to do with ScooterGang)
I have something important happening next week. I’m not sure when, but I’ll hopefully know soon.
I’m also going to be super vague about it ‘cause I don’t want to jinx things, but it’s important.
More info later, maybe.
(“ScooterGang” would be a great band name)
Another Pointless Claudia Blog
I’ve had the super strong urge lately to cut my hair short.
Like, short short.
I’ve been growing it out since before I came to Calgary (2014; partially to get rid of the bangs because they were a pain in the ass) and while I’ve trimmed to about shoulder length a few times since I’ve been up here, it’s never been quite as short as I used to wear it.
I used to get it cut almost like a pixie, but even shorter. I remember they always used that buzz clipper doodad in the back. That would be so much easier to deal with, especially since I spend about four hours a day with my hair shoved under a hat while I walk (some days it takes me an unreasonable amount of time to tame my hair for said walks, which is really dumb).
The problem is that I’m way more self-conscious about my face shape (it’s terrible) and ears (they stick out way too far) to even think about how horrible I’d look with short hair. I mean, I look horrible with long hair (or with anything else I do with my body), but I think short hair would accentuate the ugliness.
But who knows, maybe that insecurity will be outweighed by how obnoxious this long hair is by the end of the month and I’ll just chop it all off anyway.
ANNIVERSARY! (not a blog-related one, either!)
Today is Nate and my 3rd anniversary!
I love being married to him. I love being his wife and having him as my husband. I love that my dad, when he saw us a week or so ago for the first time since our wedding, said that we still seem like we’re in the honeymoon phase.
I just…love him.
Happy anniversary, my wonderful, wonderful man.
ZOMG MEASURES
Holy crapples, guys, so you know how I was talking about the kilogram (again) the other day?
I HAVE FOUND THE JOURNAL TO END ALL JOURNALS
Metrologia is a journal about the scientific aspects of measurement – most commonly those involving the seven base SI units.
Here’s an article talking about the kilogram.
I will disappear into this journal forever now, bye.
Canadian League Baseball: Week 17 Summary
BALLIN’.
The Gold and the Blues are having a rough time of things. Too cold and too rainy, respectively, I guess.
Kilogram? More like COOL-ogram…right?
So once again, while Nate and I were playing an old Jeopardy game, the topic of the kilogram came up (there was a “Weights and Measures” category, so I’m not totally to blame this time). I was blabbing on about Le Grand K, the physical kilogram (THE kilogram…at least until it was redefined) and said something to the effect of “I guess they’re not going to be using that anymore…I want it!”
Like, can you even imagine sending an email to the International Bureau of Weights and Measures that read something like:
To Whom It May Concern,
So I just heard the big news that the kilogram is now defined based in part on the Planck constant, rendering the International Prototype of the Kilogram obsolete.
Now I’m just some pleb, but here me out: if y’all aren’t using the IPK anymore, I’d be happy to take it off your hands. I’ve got a nice space for it on my trinket shelf, and it would help de-clutter things for you now that the kilogram is no longer technically defined by an artifact.
Anyway, think about it. I can pay for the shipping costs, too, if that would sway your decision!
Thank you for your time,
Claudia
The idea of some random person just emailing the Bureau of Weights and Measures to ask if they could have the IPK is absolutely hilarious to me.
‘Cause I have that kind of dumb sense of humor.
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I miss being happy.
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My dad’s here for a few days, which is going to be stressful.
We get along fine, but we don’t get along the way my mom and I get along. It’s a lot more forced and a lot more awkward.
I also haven’t seen him since 2016 (!!!), so I wouldn’t put it past him to make some sort of snide comment about the way I look or dress or act now.
Or maybe I’m worried over nothing.
Blah. I have no patience or tolerance for humans right now due to BURNOUT, so this might be an interesting visit.
HUH
My subconscious’ feature presentation last night was a horrific post-apocalyptic world where all human males had turned into “man-o-pedes” (centipede-type creatures that had mustaches) and all human females turned into keyboards.
That was it, there was no actual action going on or anything, but what the hell.
Canadian League Baseball: Week 16 Summary
BASEBALLING UPDATE!!!!1!11one
They’re all still relatively close, given how deep we are into the season. It’s probably because the talent is so equally spread out, as opposed to the freaking Yankees having everyone.
Pretty Science
Cool science-related jewelry? I’m down for it.
Favorites:
- Big Dipper necklace
- Solar spectrum earrings
- Abacus necklace (SO FREAKING COOL)
- Mobius necklace
- Infinity bracelet
OOF
Double basses?!?!?!?!
I’m here for it. Such a rich tone. Got Sennheisers? PUT ‘EM ON.
Piiiigs….aannnddd….spaaaaaaace!
Yes, I know it’s “pigs in space”…bear with me here.
Two videos from two opposite sides of the YouTubes.
Video 1: Piiiigs
I’d buy 80 of these things if this was how the actual infomercial had aired, haha.
Video 2: Spaaaaaaace
This is, on some level, art. I’m sure of it.
It’s also really soothing, actually (especially the sounds), except for when the balloon pops at 1:52:15 and the garlic bread re-enacts that spinning scene from “Gravity.”
New Kinvaras!
NEW SHOES, YO!
I burn through Kinvaras so quickly (every month and a half) that all the employees at the Running Room know who I am, haha. I went in there to get these and one of the guys was like, “you’re back here already? Didn’t I sell you shoes like six weeks ago?”
Party time.
(Sorry, there’s not much going on and I’m stressed about getting through the rest of this semester.)
More Baseball, Sorry
So I bought Out of the Park 20 because it was on sale and now I’m screwed because now I’m addicted to the baseball card game that’s built into that version and oh god I’m going to have to alternate between OOTP 18 for my Canadian simulation and OOTP 20 for cards and life is all baseball all the time and oh god
Canadian League Baseball: Week 15 Summary
Things are starting to separate a liiiiiittle bit more.
Simulation Scherzer is out for the season with a torn flexor tendon in his elbow and I am Simulation Sad.
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