I just walked out of my second final. Kicked its ass I think, which was nice because my 1st one didn't go according to plan. Apparently though, it sucked (yesterday's) for a lot of people, so hopefully the curve will reflect that and be in my favor.
Anyway, I am operating on a lot less sleep than I am used to, and I still have...
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Anyway, I am operating on a lot less sleep than I am used to, and I still have...
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Twenty-twenty-twenty four hours to go I wanna be sedated
Nothin' to do and no where to go-o-oh I wanna be sedated
Just get me to the airport put me on a plane
Hurry hurry hurry before I go insane
I can't control my fingers I can't control my brain
Oh no no no no no
Twenty-twenty-twenty four hours to go....
Just put me in a...
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takfuji:
* um * okay, you're sedated.
Clearly, I don't know Goldfrapp.
Clearly, I don't know Goldfrapp.
Life is pretty grand at this point.
And nothing comforts me the same
As my brave friend who says,
"I don't care if forever never comes
'Cause I'm holding out for that teenage feeling
I'm holding out for that teenage feeling"
Not much else to say at this point. Back to work for me.
takfuji:
Salud!
I'll drink to that.
I'll drink to that.
takfuji:
"...made an impression."
Grin.
Thanks.
We'll have that conversation.
Grin.
Thanks.
We'll have that conversation.
Highlights of the past week (+):
> Hanging with some of the better folk at my law school, and surviving a birthday meal @ caf gratitude in the mission.
> Meeting her family, and getting a little culture in during the process.
> Hanging out with one of my best friends from college who I haven't seen in a couple of years.
> Figuring out...
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> Hanging with some of the better folk at my law school, and surviving a birthday meal @ caf gratitude in the mission.
> Meeting her family, and getting a little culture in during the process.
> Hanging out with one of my best friends from college who I haven't seen in a couple of years.
> Figuring out...
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redheadedleague:
I'm hiding out from work today.
Oh, in answer to your question: GURPS, BESM, D&D 3.whatever, and the occasional indie game system that friends convince me to try.
Oh, in answer to your question: GURPS, BESM, D&D 3.whatever, and the occasional indie game system that friends convince me to try.
redheadedleague:
Surely! Yes, summer, when as I recall, students have this thing called free time.
Yesterday: That was too close:
After helping me with my laptop, and handing me my beverage.
Favorite (and cute) Barista*: What is your name by the way?
Me: X
FCB: Oh, that will be easy for me to remember, X is my former DM's name. Although I he quit, and we have a new one now.
Me: Did you just say DM? As in...
FCB:...
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After helping me with my laptop, and handing me my beverage.
Favorite (and cute) Barista*: What is your name by the way?
Me: X
FCB: Oh, that will be easy for me to remember, X is my former DM's name. Although I he quit, and we have a new one now.
Me: Did you just say DM? As in...
FCB:...
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takfuji:
Dude...I didn't see your comment on Flux's new video. Get over there as in Now. Funniest, sweetest, silliest thing I've ever seen. When my time comes and my life flashes before my eyes, I'll watch this vid and die with a stupid grin on my face.
takfuji:
Well, when you need a pick-me-up, you'll know where to find one.
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adam_vincent:
Nice shot. I feel the warmth just looking at it, which is far from this cold basement that I live in.
redheadedleague:
Sadly, work is being shitty, so no.
I am doing random computer grunt work right now, but I am actually getting paid for it...yay! It actually isn't too bad. I've got my headphones on, and caffeine at the ready, so life feels pretty good...now if I could just update my bloody profile pic, I would be in business.
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takfuji:
Thanks!
You did read that last night, and subsequently deleted it on a paranoid jag after reading about how Mr. Spitzer's call girl "Kristin" had her life filleted by the media fueled with her online information. Whatever.
Okay, so you rank Japanese after French, too -- good. My Japanese friends speak English and French, so there's the triumverate. I like the idea of a Scandinavian language. When I hear/read them they seem so close to English in some ways, like, an additional step removed from pig-latin.
The TypeMatrix Dvorak keyboard -- note that finger movements are drastically reduced, movements become more natural (fewer keys found on diagonal paths), and the world speed record was set using one. On the Bonneville Salt Flats. (JK)
You did read that last night, and subsequently deleted it on a paranoid jag after reading about how Mr. Spitzer's call girl "Kristin" had her life filleted by the media fueled with her online information. Whatever.
Okay, so you rank Japanese after French, too -- good. My Japanese friends speak English and French, so there's the triumverate. I like the idea of a Scandinavian language. When I hear/read them they seem so close to English in some ways, like, an additional step removed from pig-latin.
The TypeMatrix Dvorak keyboard -- note that finger movements are drastically reduced, movements become more natural (fewer keys found on diagonal paths), and the world speed record was set using one. On the Bonneville Salt Flats. (JK)
takfuji:
I dunno how she beat you, but she made my day. Some kinda superwoman.
So, your comment made me think. Speaking another language does unique things for your sense of self: first, you feel like you've cloned yourself; second, you become more heroic because not only can you access another culture but its natives generally respond enthusiastically because you've done all the work to build a bridge to their curiosity (even in France where everyone speake a leetole eengleesh but few speak it well enough for their comfort); third, it creates a new galaxy of the ideas we associate with words -- new worlds of nuance and connotation that enhances your own perceptions because you gain new tools to hold ideas and think about things; fourth, something I can't define well, but it makes you more objective of the human condition; and fifth, it makes you feel SO damn urbane, Rico Suave Citizen of the World (perhaps a justified conceit). As your comment about your Norvege friend suggests to me and evoking the competitive thread in our nature, speaking someone's tongue better than they speak yours is sublime one-upsmanship. Seriously.
Oh, and then there's the fun of eavesdropping on unguarded supermarket conversations between people who assume Americans won't understand.
Finally, subtitles suck.
So, your comment made me think. Speaking another language does unique things for your sense of self: first, you feel like you've cloned yourself; second, you become more heroic because not only can you access another culture but its natives generally respond enthusiastically because you've done all the work to build a bridge to their curiosity (even in France where everyone speake a leetole eengleesh but few speak it well enough for their comfort); third, it creates a new galaxy of the ideas we associate with words -- new worlds of nuance and connotation that enhances your own perceptions because you gain new tools to hold ideas and think about things; fourth, something I can't define well, but it makes you more objective of the human condition; and fifth, it makes you feel SO damn urbane, Rico Suave Citizen of the World (perhaps a justified conceit). As your comment about your Norvege friend suggests to me and evoking the competitive thread in our nature, speaking someone's tongue better than they speak yours is sublime one-upsmanship. Seriously.
Oh, and then there's the fun of eavesdropping on unguarded supermarket conversations between people who assume Americans won't understand.
Finally, subtitles suck.
Fuck, I just wrote a journal entry and managed to erase it. I'm not doing this again...back to reading.
Fuck. I hate going to bed in a bad mood.
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takfuji:
How about waking up in a bad mood?
Fortunately, that's rarer for me.
Fortunately, that's rarer for me.
takfuji:
I'm going through Flux withdrawal symptoms.
Serious, I miss her. I support her pursuit of her needs away from here, handling an identity crisis and existential angst. Entirely. No question. But still I miss her and hope that she's well and on a journey that's nurturing and healing.
Serious, I miss her. I support her pursuit of her needs away from here, handling an identity crisis and existential angst. Entirely. No question. But still I miss her and hope that she's well and on a journey that's nurturing and healing.
Given the dreams I have been having lately, I am a bit hesitant to actually go to sleep tonight.
Maybe the Gin will help.
Maybe the Gin will help.
takfuji:
Sweet dreams. Not shaken, not stirred.
Good luck with HER. Women make flakes out of us all.
embrace chaos
Luck brother.