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December 23rd, 2008

05:51 pm - "Merry old land" my ass. digitalemur's cat Oz seemed convinced tonight that I was evil incarnate. Clearly, he knows me better than y'all is confused and misses his mommy. We reached an impasse when it came time for his medicine. One of us was going to get injured if I stayed any longer, and he had the claws to make sure it wasn't him. Tomorrow I'm bringing gloves. Current Location: Alice Springs Current Mood: cranky Current Music: "Cat Scratch Fever" Tags: oz

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December 7th, 2008

01:54 am - 15 mph on the highway WTF, MassHighway? I knew it was gonna snow. Current Location: finally home Current Mood: cranky Current Music: NOT Mr. Plow! Tags: weather

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October 20th, 2008

10:58 pm - Yingzhou Hey, look! Another post, and less than 3 months have elapsed! I started reading LJ again a couple days ago, but I missed maybe 3 weeks in late september and early october. That's way too much to try to dig through, so if any of you did anything noteworthy and you were expecting a comment from me, well, uh, point it out (again). :) While I was away from LJ, I did get to visit the town my parents lived in when I was born (New Madrid MO), and Springfield MO, and Springfield IL, and Springfield Madison WI. Now it's back to the daily grind. I also learned to appreciate the idea of Twitter, even though I still won't use it. Have any of you read Kim Stanley Robinson's The Years of Rice and Salt? I started reading in the airport on the way home (last tuesday), and just finished it. And now I really want to talk about the last line of the book. Current Location: Winnemucca, NV Current Mood: going to bed Current Music: The cat would really like someone to watch her eat. Tags: derby, literature, road trip, work

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September 4th, 2008

08:09 pm - Hi there! Hmm. Maybe I should post more often than once every 3 months. I can't decide which creeps me out more—Conor Oberst's emo-country song (no, that's not the real video), or Bob Dylan's blues-swing song which is inexplicably getting a lot of airplay lately. Sunday I hit my running goal of 5 miles. Did 3 more monday, and skated pretty hard at practice on tuesday. Now I have a pretty hefty blister on my right foot, so I took it easy yesterday. Might run again tomorrow morning before work; I'm shooting for 5.6 miles this month. I'll end with an amusing image that one of my fellow CTRG refs found... ( Sorta SFW, but language may be inappropriate ) Current Location: 23.6°N, 58.2°W Current Mood: crazy Current Music: Michael Franti and Spearhead - "Say Hey" Tags: exercise, funny, music

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May 20th, 2008

08:23 am - Language question To mark an arrival, or the beginning of something, we have a party called a "reception". So for a departure or an ending, is the sendoff a "deception" or a "rejection"? Current Location: 101 N Professor St, Oberlin, OH Current Mood: amused Current Music: "You Can't Always Get What You Want" Tags: language

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May 16th, 2008

10:53 pm - Oh. Hi. This will be my seventh derby weekend in a row, this time in lovely Portland, Maine. I don't care what's happening next weekend; I'm staying home for Memorial Day. The 4 weekends after that are all derby events as well (Yonkers, Hartford/New Haven, CTRG season championship in Waterbury, and Philly). You want to see me? Put some skates on and hit someone; I'll be right there to tell you it was a foul. :) Current Location: 239 Park Ave, Portland, ME Current Mood: sleepy Current Music: Was Not Was. ;) Tags: derby, road trip

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March 12th, 2008

07:19 pm - Punctuation Matters. The other day, just before bed, jadefu was flipping through a recent issue of bitch magazine. It occurred to me that these are two completely different statements: "What are you reading—bitch?" *"What are you reading, bitch?" (Astute readers will notice that I have used the linguist's convention of preceding an incorrect or unusable form with an asterisk.) Also, roller derby this sunday. Waterbury. Providence vs Connecticut. It'll be awesome. azraelabyss will be playing, and what's better than that? Current Location: 4930 NE 29th Avenue, Portland, OR Current Mood: amused Current Music: Ludacris - "Move Bitch" Tags: derby, language

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January 7th, 2008

10:22 am - Blarg. I have teh sick. It seems to be slightly different from jadefu's sick, so maybe it won't last weeks and weeks like hers. Still, it kinda sucks. I've been hearing good reviews, so I watched Life on Mars on BBC America last week. I've only seen a couple episodes; I'll try it again this week. But so far? Meh. It's clear that the Master Sam is the smartest guy in the room, so the only thing driving the episodic plot is him trying to teach a bunch of tough guys the proper way to be a police detective. The series' subplot, that we don't actually know if he's actually in 1973 or just hallucinating, is an interesting premise. I think that's why I'm willing to give it another try. Current Location: Manchester Current Mood: sick Current Music: David Bowie Tags: sick, tv

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November 25th, 2007

10:46 pm - Off to Boston! Yeah, yeah, I'll post a real update sometime soon. Work has kept me pretty busy lately. And it's sending me to Boston for the week. I have no idea what the daily schedule will be like, other than approximately 9 to 5, but if anyone's itching to hang out with me, I should be accessible by email (my lj username on gmail) and possibly cell phone. I'll be staying at the Holiday Inn at MGH, so I'm T-accessible, and I'll have my car. Such as it is. Current Location: 8 Ashburton Pl, Boston, MA Current Mood: sleepy Current Music: I dunno. Something Bostonish. Dropkick Murphys, maybe. Tags: boston, road trip

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September 3rd, 2007

11:02 am - Wow. A whole month. Starting around the 17th of august, I took a few days off from LJ (for a road trip to Heartland Havoc, which was awesome). And then the pile of LJ entries when I got back was daunting, so it took me a few days to get caught up. And then I got distracted by something shiny and didn't post. So, a bullety listy thing to get me caught-up-ish: Thank you all for your kind birthday wishes. Happy (belated) to the late August crew (rachelmichellek, bigmeanie, dollraves, humanbeatbox, foldedfish, and probably someone else I'm forgetting). Also to everyone else, because I don't think I've posted birthday wishes to anyone in a while. Roller Derby this weekend!. These are the same two teams that humanbeatbox and pantsie enjoyed back in may (see here for a great write-up). I owe fontosaurus a meme. I'll do it later. Current Location: 2105 Royal Windsor Dr, Clarkson, ON Current Mood: happy Current Music: Rodrigo y Gabriela - "Tamacun" Tags: birthday, bullety listy thing, derby, road trip

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July 31st, 2007

09:36 am - Random science Since digitalemur's on vacation, I figured it was up to me to post this for those who didn't see it: How a fake word from The Simpsons ended up in a perfectly cromulent string theory paper Current Location: Springfield Current Mood: amused Current Music: TMBG - "Why Does the Sun Shine?" Tags: science

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July 13th, 2007

02:52 pm - Polyhedral and Delicious! I present, for all the food/geometry geeks out there, a challenge. I'm looking at you, a_dodecahedron. You have any pentagonal pans? Current Location: Flatland Current Mood: hungry Current Music: Marcy Playground - "Cloak of Elvenkind" Tags: food, geek

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July 11th, 2007

05:37 pm - My Hobby: Solving NP-complete problems in restaurant orders. 1 order of mixed fruit, 2 orders of hot wings, and a sampler plate. P.S. You can thank digitalemur for this entry. Current Location: Chotchkies Restaurant Current Music: Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers - "New England" Tags: geek

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June 24th, 2007

01:27 pm - Musical Tag Since fontosaurus tagged me, humanbeatbox might as well have, and frozenrhino tagged jadefu (and she might mock me if she posted first), I guess I gotta do the "7 songs I'm currently enjoying" meme. Unlike the rest of you, though, I posted links to videos so you can see and hear them. So there. List 7 songs you are into right now, no matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they're not any good, but they be songs you're really enjoying right now. Post these instructions in your LiveJournal along with your 7 songs. Then tag 7 other people-like meatbags to see what they are listening to. Lily Allen - "LDN" :: It's a happy calypso song about how wonderful it is that modern city life sucks. Arcade Fire - "Intervention" :: Something about Arcade Fire's phrasing reminds me of Springsteen. I can totally hear the Boss singing this. Doesn't hurt that Bowie likes them, too. DJ Format featuring Abdominal - "The Hit Song" :: I picked this one as much for the video as the song itself, even though it's a few years old. Y'all may know this duo from the excellent and hilarious "3 Feet Deep" video that was making the rounds a few months ago. Unlike all the others here, I linked to the video on the director's site, since all his other work is fantastic. The Fratellis - "Flathead" :: I first heard this late last year listening to Y-Rock on XPN (thanks, dhpdesign!), before it was in the iPod commercial. The whole album is good hooky Scottish post-punk, but this one's my favorite of the moment. Also, how can you not like a band with that name? :) Green Day - "Working Class Hero" :: From Instant Karma: The Campaign to Save Darfur, an impressive collection of John Lennon covers. I'm pretty sure I also heard this one first on Y-Rock. If you're not listening to Y-Rock, you're missing out. Seriously. Jane's Addiction - "Been Caught Stealing" :: I heard this on the radio the other day, and I was reminded just what a classic it is. Amy Winehouse - "Rehab" :: If yo don't know about Amy Winehouse, I dare you to click on that link then immediately turn your monitor off and just listen. Once you've decided that she's clearly the missing member of Martha and the Vandellas who fell through time and ended up in 2007, go read about her on Wikipedia. Also, watch the video again. You'll either do it or you won't; it doesn't matter if I tag you. Do it. Current Location: Beale Street Current Music: all of the above? Tags: meme, music

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June 20th, 2007

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May 30th, 2007

01:52 pm - New Googletoy! Last night, I was looking in Google Maps to see where something was in Newark. I noticed a new button at the top: "Street View New!". So I clicked it. Holy crap. It seems to only exist in five cities. Click on one of the little camera icons for a link to zoom in for more detailed instructions. Once you have the image, you can move along the street (and change at intersections) by using the arrows, or click and drag elsewhere to pan. My officemate and I have already used it to located the proposed THE Tunnel terminal on 34th St, Manhattan, by matching Google's street-level shot with the one in their artist's rendering. I want a Google camera thingy on my car so I can get paid to drive around. Current Location: 34th St & 7th Ave, New York, NY Current Mood: impressed Current Music: Willie Nelson - "On the Road Again" Tags: google

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May 15th, 2007

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May 1st, 2007

12:37 pm - It must be springtime. Things I Love about Working at a Women's College (part of a series). Walking out behind the library to go get some lunch and seeing a group of girls tossing a football around. For no reason other than to have fun; I'm pretty sure there's not a football team here. In other news, ever since ClearChannel took over WRNX, they've been gradually progressing towards total corporate tool-hood. I think I've pretty much switched to 93.9 "The River" (which also broadcasts on 97.1, 101.5, and 104.3) out of Northampton and "The River" 105.9 out of Hartford, both of which remind me of what RNX was like 6 or 7 years ago, but which are apparently not affiliated with each other. P.S. Derby this weekend! Current Location: 200 East Basse Road, San Antonio, TX Current Mood: satisfied Current Music: Something ClearChannel won't play. Tags: derby, radio, work

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April 27th, 2007

08:58 am - Filling in. ... because chances are, no one has bugged you about this in a couple days. humanbeatbox and pantsie are going. Why aren't you? Current Location: Austin, TX Current Music: Southern Culture on the Skids - "Liquored Up and Laquered Down" Tags: derby

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