"By experience we find out a short way by a long wandering."
--Roger Ascham

10.17.2003

FridayFive.org

1. Name five things in your refrigerator. Off the top of my head - Lactaid lactose free milk, pepper jack cheese, bud light, artichoke hearts, eggs

2. Name five things in your freezer. Eggos waffles, pie shells, frozen veggies, vanilla icecream, fudge pops

3. Name five things under your kitchen sink. trash bags, extra dish soap, lonely unused dish washer detergent (none of the roommates use the machine, so I don't), bug spray?, pipes

4. Name five things around your computer. kleenex, cups, syrup (see waffles, under freezer), a DVD of Secretary that needs to go back to Blockbuster, psyc articles

5. Name five things in your medicine cabinet [i.e., in my bathroom area]. Listerene, face wash, big cannister of floss, Mentadent toothbrush, blue raspberry foaming hand soap
Watch out!!
Overheard from the bus driver's radio (where the dispatcher talks to everyone):
"He walked out in front of me. I did NOT hit him."

Sure.......

10.14.2003

Pictures from Technology Square, a new development on Georgia Tech's campus

10.11.2003

The Friday Five (on Saturday)
1. Do you watch sports? If so, which ones? Yes, right now, lots of football and over the summer, lots of golf. I also watch Wimbledon almost every year.

2. What/who are your favorite sports teams and/or favorite athletes? First and Foremost, the Auburn Tigers. Second, Georgia Tech. I don't care for professional sports besides tennis and golf. I like Ernie Els and all of the really common, usual pro golfers. My fave tennis player Martina.... something, retired a couple of years ago at age 23 or something... dangit.

3. Are there any sports you hate? I won't watch baseball on TV. I also don't like boxing or race car stuff.

4. Have you ever been to a sports event? Of course. I was started on AU basketball and AU Football (on girl scout day) games from an early age. I also saw a lot of little girl soccer in my teen years thanks to my little sister.

5. Do/did you play any sports (in school or other)? How long did you play? I did crew my junior and senior years. I am not athletic at all, but I've become not-pathetic at ultimate and I now love playing golf (I am still pathetically bad though).

10.05.2003

Three things: Quotes from Psychologists
"The fact that one cannot do all that one would hope is no reason not to do all that one can" - Kenneth Ring

"When you run onto something interesting, drop everything else and study it." - BF Skinner

"Nothing is so practical as a good theory" - Kurt Lewin

10.02.2003

Rachel: Wouldn't that be weird?

Ross: The only thing that would be weird is if someone didn't like FAJITAS, cuz that's what were having.

9.30.2003

If I bring my heart rate down by 5 beats/min, I'll save 2.6Million beats every year.

9.29.2003

Watching They hated it!, the Trading Spaces special:
"It's not something I would have done. I don't decorate barns."
--Doug on the redecorating done by the unhappy homeowners

9.23.2003

joni: 67you'45re go38ing to be amused. Look at what m67y ke67yboa45rd 38is do38ing s38ince #*I sp38illed lemonade 38in 38it
GATch: hahahahahaha
Okay.... I don't want to graduate any more:

"Your Federal Stafford Loan was a great thing. It helped you pay for school expenses and helped ensure that you were able to attend the school of your choice. But you knew the time would come when you would have to repay it. Soon you'll need to begin making monthly payments on your Federal Stafford Loan. [evil laugh]"

9.20.2003

Okay, now I don't care what happens... I'm #1 for the week in my league.
I don't care what happens in the next few hours.... cause right now I'm #2 for the week in my College Pick'Ems league and #5 overall. PLUS, I got sick and missed the terrible beat down GT is experiencing right now. If you gotta get beat, you might as well not watch.

9.19.2003

The Friday Five
1. Who is your favorite singer/musician? Why?
Jump, Little Children because they have such a variety of music that I can find something for any mood, plus they put on AMAZING shows.

2. What one singer/musician can you not stand? Why?
Pink. Can't stand her. Every song is annoying in the first place, but is also overplayed.

3. If your favorite singer wasn't in the music business, do you think you would still like him/her as a person?
The guys of Jump would probably be a whole lotta fun to be friends with. Jay might be a little too serious/moody. But who knows, he might really be a blast, too.

4. Have you been to any concerts? If yes, who put on the best show?
Yeah, quite a few. Jump puts on the best show. The only band to rival them (and might possibly have surpassed them, but I'm too biased to notice) is Better Than Ezra. Ben Folds Five was pretty fab too, and I did... oh screw it, here's a top 8:

1. Some Jump concert (pretty much any I've seen)
2. Better Than Ezra (The Roxy, 2002)
3. Weezer (Lakewood Ampitheater, 2002)
4. Ben Folds Five
5. Lilith Fair (particularly Sheryl Crow and Sarah McLachlan)
6. 311
7. Carbon Leaf (opened for jump a year or two ago)
8. Jay Clifford (of J,LC) solo show 2/03

5. What are your thoughts on downloading free music online vs. purchasing albums? Do you feel the RIAA is right in its pursuit to stop people from dowloading free music?
RIAA has the right to sue, but I'm very anti-music biz so I like the idea of screwing them over. If I had the option of buying songs online for a reasonable price (I say 50 cents is more reasonable than a buck) I think I would.

9.18.2003

You know how competitive you get... And while I think it's cute, others don't agree and I'm lying." - Chandler to Monica
We have such great Current Event items for our studies...

Who said, "I'm the president of the United States, and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli"?

1. Bill Clinton

2. George Bush (Sr.)

3. Ronald Reagan

4. Jimmy Carter

Was it #2????

9.17.2003

Yep, that's me.
"The new [Knowledge and Skill Lab] site looks great , though it is unclear what Joni is doing in that last picture. It looks as though she is about to take off with a jet pack or something" - Dr. Ackerman

"Oh yeah, I think you look like you're a disoriented hiker in that lab picture. " - MLH
Stealth Disco
People involved in covert disco-ing. Luckily in my lab there's no need for stealth. We disco openly. Ask me about my "Hi, Dr Clough!" dance... no wait, don't.
I think the hardest part of writing a paper is getting around to starting it. That's what I'm doing now. The second hardest part is writing a discussion/conclusion that doesn't consist entirely of sentences I've already used. I wish I were already to that point.

9.16.2003

Responding to report on the best and worst snacks for kids:
"There are no good foods and bad foods," said Stephanie Childs, a spokeswoman for the Grocery Manufacturers of America.

Interesting.... thank you corporate America for that timely and (I'm sure) unbiased insight.

"Childs warned that government restrictions would lead children to go to convenience stores for snacks. Bush administration officials have echoed those arguments. "

Interesting again... I make these arguments for legalization of drugs, Bush makes them for Twinkies.
Woman Assures You She's Not Mad
CASPER, WY—Your girlfriend of four months, University Xerox employee Rebecca Kohler, assured you Monday that she was "not mad" about being unable to reach you on the phone Saturday night, even though you said you would probably be home. "For the last time, I'm not angry at you, goddamnit!" a furious Kohler said. "Christ, are you trying to make me mad?" The perfectly fine Kohler then proceeded to violently three-hole-punch stacks of photocopies and explain to her coworker, Annabelle Agneau, that the only person she was mad at was herself, for having thought you might be different.

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