Old Vaio is Old
My stuff came this morning, yay!
First thing I did involved digging out the monitor to Big Compy and hooking it to Old Vaio (the one with the busted screen). Laughed at all the old crap from high school senior year and all my undergraduate silliness.
Examples!
Haha, I’d totally forgotten about the time I recreated Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” using flour, water, and food coloring.
Spinning pineapple drawn and animated in Flash! I had this titled thereisaseasonturnturnturn.gif. (EDIT: apparently you have to click on stationary pineapple to get it its own page. It’ll spin there.) (EDIT 2: apparently it depends on your browser)
A bunch of my silly high school friends and me at a bowling party. Poor Aneel.
An experiment with eyeliner and some eyeshadow back when I actually had eyeliner. I might still have some, but who knows where it is.
Also, of the 50 songs I currently have rated 5 stars, 22 of them were rated 5 stars back in the era of Old Vaio.
That is all.
Woo!
YAY DORKY FRIENDS!
You guys are super fun. I’m glad we could all hang out one last time before I ditch the wondrous United States for the frigid north.
And the Leibniz-Newton slash? NEEDS TO HAPPEN. I’m going to have some interesting dreams tonight.
Today’s song: Swoon by Imogen Heap
So…out of it…
I forgot how awesome you Moscow friends are. We need to have a Rock Band party.
And I need to take my meds at a different time of day.
That is all.
Today’s song: The Underdog by Spoon
Exactly how does one go about kissing the rain?
So as probably none of you know, I recently came into contact with an old friend from 7th grade. It was weird—early last week he randomly popped into my head and I thought, “I wonder what ever happened to Ross?” and then last Thursday I get a call from my dad—Ross had called him (sometimes it’s a good thing when at least someone in my family is able to keep the same phone number for more than 5 years) and dad gave me all his contact info.
Now we’re friends on Facebook and we talk on Messenger on occasion. He’s pretty much exactly the same, which is good to know ‘cause he was blind and insane and really awesome to hang with in 7th grade and is apparently still blind and insane and really awesome to IM.
Apparently I’m still the same, too. We spent the other night talking about the old Knowledge Bowl competitions we “participated in” solely because it meant we got to go to McDonald’s and then goof around on the bus to the competition/at the competition/on the bus back from the competition.
A few more memories passed between us, and then he said this: “You never seemed very happy, still breaks my heart to think about.”
This kinda surprised me. Really? I didn’t ever seem very happy? Back in junior high, when all I had to worry about was stalking Patrick learning how to type and not getting my thumb sawed off in shop class?
I find that very…disconcerting.
Do those of you who know me now find me unhappy? Am I like this harbinger of depression or something? ‘Cause I certainly don’t remember being Emo Central in 7th grade (that was 8th grade, but I was on meds and they killed my soul, among other things) but apparently that’s how I came across. There’s a lot more shit going down in my life right now than there was back then, but aside from the occasional “I HATE MY LIFE” blog—and let’s be honest, who doesn’t have those every once and awhile?—I don’t think I’m all that unhappy-sounding.
Meh. Probably overanalyzing it. I’M GONNA GO WRITE DEPRESSING POETRY NOW WOO!
Today’s song: Vancouver City (featuring Linda Ganzini) by Innerlife Project
Bangkok
Apples to Apples with you guys is superior to Apples to Apples with the grad school crowd. Much more sexual innuendo (though fewer “who invented calculus” arguments). If I hadn’t been feeling like death as soon as I got to the park, the walk to Matt’s would have been much more pleasant, but what are you gonna do?
I’ll miss you all.
Today’s song: Change of Seasons by Sweet Thing
Liberty makes it easy
So while Aaron was drunk tonight and trying to shoot rubber bands at my boobs (some things never change), Sean and I decided that it would be super awesome to make a Flash game called “Beat the Beetis.” It would star Wilford Brimley who would ride around on his horse named Liberty Medical and fight Beetis using Quaker Oats and his insulin gun. I think it would be one of the most popular games ever.
Somehow a Tetris-related component would have to be involved.
Also, alcohol that tastes like cologne is both horrible and hilarious when Aaron accidentally drinks way too much of it.
Today’s song: Phantom by Justice
+50 Bovine Damage
Haha, WoW is fantastic. I made a cow (a Tauren, but they’re cows) and his name is Hruck. I found another cow named MooMoo and we bowed and waved to each other all night.
I think it’s also pretty damn funny that Sean, Megan and I were all in their house playing WoW on our computers and chatting over the servers rather than in person.
Technology dependency, anyone?
Fun times.
Today’s song: Caught in the Crowd by Kate Miller-Heidke
Friends rock
Holy crap, I love you guys. Who needs therapy when you can sit in a dark car with three awesome friends and have a bitch fest about how much all of our lives suck? I’m keeping those videos forever.
Yay.
Today’s song: Where I’m Going by Cut Copy
“I just realized I’m illiterate and now I cacng apbtrtht kd thactgs”
WOOOOOOOOOO it’s been awhile since I’ve danced! Maggie, we missed you!
I’ve also been up for a few days and had to do a garage sale this morning, so my brain wasn’t really working. It was also somewhat awkward since I got felt up by some drunk guy during the first half of the first show (“yer sho frrruckkkkhing bootifull!!!!”) and then I saw Jessica (Rob’s old girlfriend) and had a super weird conversation with her. I think she was there with someone else, though, so that’s good.
Yay for fun times with friends. More Rock Band/alcohol/naked parties need to happen in my basement before I return to Finland. :)
Today’s song: Sleepyhead (Matt Sweeny Remix) by Passion Pit
The United States is a GEEZER
Haha, yay for 4th of July shenanigans. I didn’t take many pictures, but here are a few videos of us being rad.
I love how every time I come back here I make new friends.
Today’s song: Practice Makes Perfect by Cute Is What We Aim For
Social interaction? WHAT
Yay, first actual social interaction since finals (Boston doesn’t count; I was sitting in the corner doing calculus the whole time).
And Michael and I reconciled our differences (we had a bit of an argument regarding who invented calculus. It was pretty great). We didn’t agree on the fact that LEIBNIZ was first, but we did have a nice little conversation extolling R and bootstrapping, so we decided that counts.
Yay.
And this is pretty great; it gets more impressive as the video goes on. The tweezers part is my favorite.
Today’s song: Love Struck by V Factory
If night falls in a forest and a tree is still standing, does it cast a shadow?
Oh goodness, Thackeray’s Vanity Fair is hilarious. It’s putting me in the mood for NaNo, which is both good and bad, ‘cause right now I have far too much calculus to do to have any free time to write, which is bad, but it’s also making me think of new ideas, which is good.
Yeah.
Anyway.
So here is a list of things we need to do while I’m back in Moscow:
- Rock Band party
- Drunken party of insane fun (you all know what I’m talking about) in my basement. This time you’ll all need to stay the night, ‘cause I want to drink, too. This could be combined with Rock Band party easily.
- Go on a mini road trip. Because mini road trips are great.
- Screw around in the park.
- Screw around in Shari’s.
- Get naked (could be combined with any/all of the above).
- Drag show (I’m assuming I’ll be there for Pride).
Sound fun? I think so. I miss you weirdos.
Today’s song: Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood by Santa Esmeralda
This just in: Maggie is a Pokémon
I know, I know, I should have known by now.
Yeah. Weirdest. Dream. Ever. It was so vivid, that’s what made it trippy. I think Matt, Rebeca, some other dude that I didn’t recognize but apparently knew, Nathan, Maggie, and myself were there. We were right behind the deli thing.
Why did we have a little handheld shopping basket full of bacon? Who knows.
Why did Maggie evolve into a Spearow? WHO KNOWS.
At first we were all, “wow, Maggie’s a Spearow” but that rapidly changed to “WHERE IS SHE TAKING OUR BACON.”
Odd.
I also think I have decided what my first tattoo shall be. I’m thinking I’ll get a lambda, either on my back somewhere or on my shoulder. Why a lambda? Reasons:
1) It’s Greek. I like Greek and hope to learn it someday.
2) “Leibniz” starts with a lambda in Greek (duh).
3) Lambda is the symbol for eigenvalues, and while they’re evil to calculate, they’re necessary in FACTOR ANALYSIS, my absolute true love in the world of statistics.
4) It’s also a recurring symbol in Half-Life (just realized this), which is pretty awesome, too.
Yeah. It’s really one of the only ways I figure I can tie together my love for Leibniz and my love for factor analysis without tattooing “I love Leibniz and factor analysis!” on me somewhere.
Side note: the apartment’s MINE! I move in May 1st, but my mom’s going to come up on the 8th, as I can’t move my chair by myself, at least up several flights of stairs (the elevator is about the size of my current bathroom, which is too small for anything other than a broom closet).
Yay.
Today’s song: The Great Escape by The Rifles
“I’m sorry, I thought you was corn.”
After a conversation with Maggie yesterday night, I remembered that Claude had a MySpace that’s about a year old now. However, god knows what the login info is, so a new one was created.
He needs friends! He also wants to make it to Pride in August, so hopefully that will happen.
Also, I feel ridiculously hot (temperature-wise, not attractive-wise) today, but apparently my temperature is about 95-ish. Weird.
Today’s song: Right Here, Right Now (radio edit) by BWO feat. Velvet
“Do you make it to New Orleans?” “O-cajun-ally!”
This has been done for a few days, but I only got access to a scanner this afternoon.
Making Matt not look like an old man with the way his glasses were casting a shadow across his face = hard. This proved to me that I need to practice drawing non-LSD-type stuff. This is also the smallest drawing I’ve done in awhile (it’s about ¼ the size I usually do).
Anyway, I hope you like it, Matt! I’ve always been very bad at drawing lips, so I especially apologize for that part, haha.
Yay for drawing.
Today’s song: Sponsored by Destiny by Slagsmalsklubben
What today entailed:
– Canadian taxes!
– Making Matt sit and wait for me to finish Canadian taxes
– Going downtown to try and find the torch
– Noticing a FREAKING LAPTOP on the train tracks
– Trying to find a way to get said laptop
– Taking DA SKY TRAIN
– Taking DA SKY TRAIN in DA WRONG DIRECTION towards DA END OF DA TRACKS!
– Lots of walking around trying to find the torch
– Finding out the torch was now inside and going to Granville Island instead
– “So come on, come on and doooooo the locomotion with meeeee!”
– ROCK BAND
– PORTAL
– Matt getting REALLY into Burnout Paradise (seriously, this was great)
Hooray for Matt being in Vancouver!
Today’s song: I’m Gone, I’m Going by Lesley Roy
“How do you spell ‘Sobel?'” “B-A-D!”
Jeremy = best stats teacher EVER. Just had to have that known.
Also this. I’ve known Tyler since I was born. He’s the son of one of my mom’s best friends, and as such we used to do a lot of stuff together. So yeah, I got this call this morning. Pretty insane. RIP, Tyler.
Today’s song: Slow Show by The National
A Moscow friend in Vancouver? My head asplode
And today is a short blog because all we did was dink around.
Edit: and see little kids talk about St. Patrick’s Day puke.
Happy birthday, Aaron!
Today’s song: Yuudachi by Hiromitsu Agatsuma
I am 95% confident that the population parameter ‘love’ falls between you and me
(AND YES, I know that’s not the appropriate way to interpret confidence intervals…shut up, I thought it was cute)
Hahaha, oh the memories…I’ve helped save Sean from looming academic disaster literally six times now, and now, right this second as I’m typing this blog, I’m doing it again. Why am I like the only person who knows what’s going on with the U of I scheduling? Even still?
I designed the schedule that turned Aaron from Academic Probation Boy to Dean’s List member. At least, I designed the schedule that HELPED this transformation. I still hold the schedule had a big part in it…he hated his first semester classes, but really liked the ones I picked out. I know more about how the classes/schedules work than my advisor did.I know more about how the classes/schedules work than Sean’s advisor.I still have the goddamned U of I Catalog, EVEN THOUGH I DON’T GO THERE ANYMORE.I remember when in the semester drop dates without W’s are, drop dates with W’s are, and I know when the half-classes generally end/start.
Haha, I’m not complaining, I just think it’s funny. This was all spawned by Sean YET AGAIN NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT THE FUTURE WILL EXIST AT SOME POINT and relying on his luck and the fact that he knows I know the U of I catalog pretty much word-for-word. Usually that approach woks just fine for him, but who knows this time.
Anyway.
So if anyone wants academic advice/a schedule, just let me know. I’ve still got the book!
Also, Academic Probation Boy = best superhero sidekick name ever (or villain sidekick name. Dr. Procrastination needs a crony).
Today’s song: LoveGame by Lady GaGa
“Robo-Puppy commencing two-hour yipping session!”
YAY DRAG SHOW, it’s been way too long. I missed all of you awesome people.
I also missed Shari’s.
I especially missed going to Shari’s with all of you awesome people (+ new friend Nathan!).
I knew I should have brought Claude’s clothes, but by the time the taxi came, it was 4 AM and I’d completely forgotten to pack them. Sorry y’all.
Anyway, it was super fun. We need to hang out again before I leave!
Today’s song: Dancer by Woodhands
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