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And now for something completely different: unusual dance routines
Beyonce set to Shostakovich's 10th Symphony, fits rather well.
http://www.musicaltoronto.org/2015/04/02/coffee-break-shostakovichs-10th-symphony-the-dance-video/
Someone with a lot of patience and a very intelligent border collie performs a ballet number with their dog. The dog has a better memory for the routine than some dancers I've known..Life update
It's been a while, mostly because semester started and I got all busy again. The main thing that's happened in the meantime has involved me flying over to Canada to go visit my boyfriend, where I discovered that a) we get along just as well in real life as over Skype, b) I am not in fact asexual. I am demisexual, aka "asexual until you fall in love ( Read more... )Habit 1: Stop the sarcasm
So after being directed by Yingtai to an article about the four characteristics that almost invariably cause relationships to fail or be miserable (http://relationshipresourcecenter.com/ ( Read more... )2015 Resolutions
Yeah, I said I wasn't going for any concrete resolutions this year, but my good friend Yingtai was inspired by my resolutions from last year to set her own, and in response I've been inspired as well ( Read more... )People skills
I really dislike my university-assigned primary care provider. She's this weird mix of perky cheerfulness, patronising, and impersonal. She seems to be greatly enjoying her job but I never get the sense that she really cares about me ( Read more... )Oh hey, it's a new year again..
I looked up my resolutions from last year, and suffice to say I've failed at almost all of them, albeit for a variety of different reasons. I succeeded in getting allowed back into grad school but failed at getting rid of my work backlog or keeping a sensible work schedule. I've mostly succeeded at not eating terrible food ALL the time, but not ( Read more... )I need to know your opinions on hotness
Poll HotnessAsking because, as usual, I'm curious about psychological universals, and this is one of the areas where I suspect I deviate from typical. For myself, there's a large set of people/situations/etc that I think are hot but which don't do anything for my level of arousal. Examples: the guy who plays Kal Drogo in Game of Thrones, couples (of any gender ( Read more... )Signal boosts
So apparently this is a thing I'm doing now?
Actually the main reason I wanted to post Siderea's Patreon page here is because reading her descriptions of what each pledge will get you fills me with amusement and joy. Also, I've missed her posts too - she writes group dynamics and psychology and various other things that are harder to pigeonhole, but ( Read more... )A quick note
I'm experimenting with making my DW account my mostly-anonymous place to post things that I may want to link to but don't want prospective employers etc to be able to find easily ( Read more... )Pricing in the US as a case study in anchoring
One of the more perplexing/annoying things about moving to the US is that nothing actually costs its stated price. You go to a restaurant and you're obligated to add 10-25% extra as a tip. You go to the supermarket or one of the big chain stores and it's all about specials and coupons and joining their stupid club or getting their special credit ( Read more... )