So I spent 3 hours of my Saturday afternoon meeting with my advisor for this graduate-level independent study course I'm taking (incidentally, its official title is 'Real-time Multimedia Simulation', which is just egghead speak for 'Learn To Make Your Own Video Game Engine'), discussing my ideas for my two projects that are due this semester. About 20 minutes in, I had this 'pinch me' moment,...
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cheyenne:
yep. f. huntington beach. I'm in Diego.
thistle:
the price i pay for being the life of the party.
The hate I experienced in San Francisco on Sunday was balanced by some genuine geniality whilst surfing yesterday. Count on Santa Cruz surfers to balance out the bad karma.
I was kind of depressed getting ready to go back to Massachusetts this morning. I love my job and I'm on the cusp of starting to fulfill one of my life's dreams (grad school), but, honestly,...
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I was kind of depressed getting ready to go back to Massachusetts this morning. I love my job and I'm on the cusp of starting to fulfill one of my life's dreams (grad school), but, honestly,...
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roethke:
I'm pretty certain that it won't happen, but I was raised with the expectation of everyone worthy suddenly dematerializing before the shit hits the fan.
dorsal:
i turned it on true blood and saw Rouge naked! lol
I'm writing this blog whilst I wing my way to San Francisco aboard a Virgin America plane in first class. I swear I'm never, ever going to ride coach again, nor am I ever going to ride any airline other than Virgin. There's even a holder for my gin and tonic.
I'm such a yuppie.
I'm such a yuppie.
gadget:
ME-OW!
It's been a hard August. I realized that I don't like some of my co-workers, which makes working on this MMOG hard, since I have to work closely with them. I hate being all fake smiles and forced laughter. One guy who looks like a retarded version of Bilbo Baggins so irked me on Friday, that I had to swallow hard not to say 'Don't...
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girl_afraid:
you sure can!
juliana:
i'm not exactly sure what the origin is, so i'm not sure i should expect others to know it anyway.
a real 80/20 principle does exist IRL (you can wiki "the pareto principle" if you're curious), but in the office we used it as our motto to support our belief that 20 percent of the workforce tended to do 80% of the work. the 20% being us, of course.
in some cases it was an exaggeration expressed out of frustration at the worst of days (which were pretty bad), but in other cases it seemed perfectly true.
a real 80/20 principle does exist IRL (you can wiki "the pareto principle" if you're curious), but in the office we used it as our motto to support our belief that 20 percent of the workforce tended to do 80% of the work. the 20% being us, of course.
in some cases it was an exaggeration expressed out of frustration at the worst of days (which were pretty bad), but in other cases it seemed perfectly true.
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girl_afraid:
lucky!
juliana:
that is definitely one for framing.
i can't explain the phenomenon of East Coast switching out for West Coast and vice versa, but i think part of it is always thinking the grass is greener elsewhere. or maybe it's that life is too short to stay confined to just 1 coast? heck if i know!
i can't explain the phenomenon of East Coast switching out for West Coast and vice versa, but i think part of it is always thinking the grass is greener elsewhere. or maybe it's that life is too short to stay confined to just 1 coast? heck if i know!
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juliana:
so being the good guy means you are a successful heterosexual? is that all that means to you?
ooh, what will you be doing here??
ooh, what will you be doing here??
charley:
See I don't have any of that, therefore getting boinked becomes more of a validating priority.
Well. That last blog was punch-in-the-face sickeningly emo.
Let me tell you this, though. The best cure for Conor Oberst disease is bar flirting with a female grad student on a study break. Thank you, JG Ballard, for the in.
Let me tell you this, though. The best cure for Conor Oberst disease is bar flirting with a female grad student on a study break. Thank you, JG Ballard, for the in.
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thistle:
And it plays in my mind 24/7
viking:
*thumbs up*
I hate how cynical I've become. Well, how more cynical I've become. When I was with MJ, I used to save a lot of mundane items as mementos of our time together. You know, movie tickets to 'The Steps 2' where we made out like we were in high school, the receipt from the diner where we had our first breakfast together, a Scrabble tile...
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thistle:
Again, with the aphorisms. Clear the puck? Come on, Jack Handy.
thistle:
Can I be you on a boxing day?
Best make-out song ever
I like the shot of Sharon Stone pretending to sing-along like she knows the lyrics. Ridiculous.
Also, I'm totally glad that I didn't marry Mary Jane!
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cherry2000:
Haha, a love-fest? I dunno about that, I talked about North 40 for like 10 seconds and that was the only thing about me. And I wish they'd had time to take questions.
No, I'm not doing any more team books or WS universe books...
No, I'm not doing any more team books or WS universe books...
thistle:
Dude don't get all gay okay.
Back from San Diego. I'm all geeked out, after hours of panels discussing comics. Best panel? The forensic pathology of Batman's villains.
Squeak and her friend Mike are the best Con panel buddies ever.
Now, back to work. Sigh.
BTW, Star Wars is gay.
Squeak and her friend Mike are the best Con panel buddies ever.
Now, back to work. Sigh.
BTW, Star Wars is gay.
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reid:
I know. It's simply awful. I'm already prepping.
viking:
Sometimes I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not.
Off to San Diego!
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thistle:
Well, shit. Plans cancelled.
thistle:
Me, coy? Never.
Just because someone got paid to get naked on the Internet doesn't mean she's qualified to give advice on one's life. Former soft-core erotica models are so unqualified to be dating counsellors.
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girl_afraid:
yes playdates!
viking:
i know! he kept using the one that snape wrote as if he hadnt learned any others. twit.