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Tooth-brush epiphany
I just realized: I spent most of today in Alameda for the Oakland/East Bay Pride Concert. Alameda, is as you may know, across the Bay, where the Nuclear Wessels were in 1986.
Tomorrow I'm going down to Monterey for the day to go to the Aquarium for diadem_chi's birthday. The Monterey Bay Aquarium is where they filmed all the "Cetacean Institute" scenes in ( Read more... ) -
Review: Rent Boy Ave.
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Do you know what would have been cooler than a frater qui ex urbe pulsus est ne noceret elephantis (brother who was expelled from the city in order that he not harm the elephants)? A frater qui ab agricolae ex urbe pulsus est ne noceret elephantis (brother who was expelled from the city by the farmers in order that he not harm the elephants). -
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First: the word "leitmotiv" was playing in my head this afternoon and I realized I had no idea what it meant, except that it was vaguely german-ish and related to art somehow. So I looked it up in the OED with the following result: "In the musical drama of Wagner and his imitators, a theme associated throughout the work with a particular person, ( Read more... ) -
Things that make me cry
1) This interview with Michael Robinson, CEO of Linspire (most loathed "operating system" on earth): "I defy anybody to tell me why is it more secure to not run as root. Nobody really has a good answer. They say "oh, yeah, it is!", but it really isn't."
2) This job offer: For one, the company claims to be in the business of returning America to a ( Read more... ) -
This study break brought to you by...
my FAVORITE LATIN PROFESSOR EVER.
ok, so he's my only latin professor ever. does that still mean I can't love him wildly?I stayed after class to ask Professor Landon about the possible time conflict between Latin 201 and the Phil. of Language class I want to take at Smith. He says the class is actually 10-11:15 and not 11-12:15, and was ( Read more... ) -
Things
good:
- I ♥ graphics and my project is eating my soul. As soon as I'm done with POVray I get to start Maya!
- The Philosophy department has suddenly shifted around all their requirements so classes I've already taken will count and I don't have to take ethics! This means I can stay a major!
- SGA met quorum in our election, the Constitution revision ( Read more... )
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OMG. iPod is out. Pez is in.