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

5.06.2003

How can you resist a test that asks:
"T/F A pimp is a good thing to be." ?
Dante's Inferno Hell Test
(I'll be sorrowful but not tortured in level one: Limbo).

5.01.2003

"She's a special one..." - from the guy behind me in my Bio final when Dr Yen stopped us half way through a very difficult exam to take a picture.

4.30.2003

Queens of the Stone Age - Go with the flow

She said "I'll throw myself away,
They're just photos after all"
I can't make you hang around.
I can't wash you off my skin.
Outside the frame, is what we're leaving out
You won't remember anyway
I can go with the flow
But don't say it doesn't matter anymore
I can go with the flow
Do you believe it in your head?
It's so safe to play along
Little soldiers in a row
Falling in and out of love
With something sweet to throw away.
But I want something good to die for
To make it beautiful to live.
I want a new mistake, lose is more than hesitate.
Do you believe it in your head?
I can go with the flow
But don't say it doesn't matter anymore
I can go with the flow
Do you believe it in your head?

4.25.2003

True, true:

"Don't be sorry, be better."
-- Kerry's Motto
Obviously, I prefer funny quotes, but sometimes I like a good inspirational message:

Nothing is more practical than finding God, that is, falling in love in
a quite absolute, final way. What you are in love with, what seizes your
imagination, will affect everything. It will decide what will get you out of
bed in the morning, what you will do with your evenings, how you will spend
your weekends, what you read, who you know, what breaks your heart, and what
amazes you with joy and gratitude. Fall in love. Stay in love. And it will
decide everything. (Pedro Arrupe, S.J.)

4.23.2003

Why, oh why can't this guy be my Behavior Analysis professor???

From the final:
"I'd like for you to describe (IN GREAT DETAIL) an operant conditioning procedure that you would implement if you desired to train your dog to fetch beers from the fridge for you as you relax watching the old tube. Tell me about what you would need to do to your home environment to make this possible, what type of reinforcement you would use, give me details about the discriminative stimulus, the final response behavior, and how this would ideally play out after some hard work. I should be able to give your response to interested parties and they should be able to train their dog if they follow your procedure. Have fun with this one. You should be able to draw from our initial primer and your experience with Sniffy to answer this question very completely."

4.20.2003

Oh my gosh, this is soooo fabulous. A peeps wedding.

And while we're basking in the fun of Easter:
Great Moments in Rock and Roll as reinacted by Peeps
Pyromaniacs and Peeps*

*Yes, I do endorse the torture and wasting of Peeps. They are icky and should never be offered to me as food.

4.19.2003

Random lyrics for your enjoyment:

15 Stories - Jay Clifford (Jump, Little Children)
He was seen on the 15th floor
Straight up and straight down
He seemed to lean into the wind
And scream like an old bloodhound

Two more inches would do it
Midnight to midday
There was always a crowd
A traffic jam and someone to pray

Heaven above- hold him back
Hold out and hold on
He would say to himself
I'll be bigger than life when I'm gone

He's a legend unto himself
A legend unto himself

There's nothing between him and the pavement
And there's nothing between him and anyone else

Everyday he would try
Two feet up, two feet down
Fifteen stories high
Became old familiar ground

Nice view of the river today
Sunrise and sunset
A lady screamed on the street below
He wished she hadn't noticed just yet

Kinda peaceful up here all alone
Hang-outing around
Til everyone comes to see
Again they'll all be let down

He's a legend unto himself
A legend unto himself

There's nothing between him and the pavement
And there's nothing between him and anyone else

Leaned out far today
Too far, too close
He closed his eyes and he felt the wind
He could hear the silence of the crowd almost

15 stories is quite a tall tale
Straight up and straight down
The crowd disappeared and the traffic returned
The legend spread quickly through town

4.18.2003

Hey, hey... my last dating dry spell was a big eight months. This one was only two months. Not bad, just wanted to brag.

4.14.2003

Hehe... My friend is doing her internship thing so she can get her education degree next month. She had her 4th graders ask questions to get to know her, here are a couple of questions they asked....

Do you have a GED?
Why didn't you want to be a flight attendant?
How long have you been a math teacher?
How much do you like kids?

4.12.2003

Check out the flag in the background of this picture. Surreal, but yeah, war eagle!
How are a Texas tornado and an Arkansas divorce the same?

Somebody's gonna lose a trailer.

(thanks Laura)

4.10.2003

EliCash: have you seen these navy ads?
EliCash: they changed what they say
me: "life liberty and the pursuit of all who threaten it"
EliCash: its now "come kick some ass with us"
I'm watching Insomniac with Dave Attell. He's in Atlanta!! I'm not recognizing any of these places, but damn, everyone is drunk and redneck.

4.09.2003

Oh, in case you cared - Gigi our fetal pig in Bio lab was laid to rest in the "Waste" bucket today. I'll kind of miss the idea of her... (but not her, since all of the pigs were extra stinky after three weeks in a lab drawer). It was melancholy. I'll also miss my cute Bio TA, since today was the last lab.
Two thought provoking questions:
Would you rather be labeled a skank or a slut? (Question courtesy of Stephanie)
Would you rather be infamous or forgotten? (my favorite question)

My answers:
1. I have to qualify my answer by giving what I understand the definitions to be:
Slut- one who sleeps around, and will sleep with any person s/he knows or has recently met
---implies some selectivity in choice
Skank- one who sleeps around indiscriminately, s/he is especially unattractive
SO, I'd rather be known as a slut.

2. Infamous. I've said this for years.

4.08.2003

Oh, and just to give a shout out. The website for my bio book rocks. Check it out if you're a nerd or need some Bio help.
From the AIM profile of a friend of mine:

"Pursuing the natural nerd high"
--seen on the t-shirts of some Science Olympiad kids

"My other car is a love tractor"
--spotted on some car's license plate frame
"I think I know how to turn a man on. I certainly didn't pass my driver's test by learning how to parallel park."

Grace (of Will & Grace)

4.07.2003