school shit + my invention + germany

Jul 13, 2006 13:57

I can still find some time to go out and enjoy Germany for my last month, but the amount of learning I have to do is a bit staggering. I'm taking two oral exams, which I presume will be chiller than written exams but all the Germans take them in fucking SEPTEMBER. I will not be here in September. Thus I have to take all my exams during the ( Read more... )

Leave a comment

Comments 11

hunglikeahorse July 13 2006, 12:58:24 UTC
hahahah... ahh, for some reason imagining germans reacting to someone from america making bold claims made me laugh... and pitchfork can suck me irish nuts, since they shattered my fanboy illusions surrounding thom yorkes solo album. given their little snippet i guessed a 7.5 and alas, a 6.6. i give pitchfork's website a -107.935 (my rating scale is far more precise).

Reply

inwards July 13 2006, 15:01:16 UTC
oh shit, 6 significant digits. maybe pitchfork should start using a floating point system.. maybe using some crazy formula with parameters like "trad-rock index", "cover fits in with general pitchfork image", "twinkling arpeggios", "wirling, wordless vocals" (boolean), "massive climax index" ...

Reply

lode July 13 2006, 19:59:57 UTC
haha those bools are like the way pandora.com assigns properties to songs.
excellent things on there like "breathy female vocals" "extreme vamping" "traditional rock structure" haha

oh and lots of rock/electronic music has the tag "IDM influences". lol

Reply

inwards July 13 2006, 21:27:43 UTC
oh man.. "those bools" .. i miss you dave. are you in massachusetts in august?
I'd like to vamp in an extreme manner.

Reply


thegouster July 13 2006, 15:14:38 UTC
good to hear from you...

you're so smart and hard-working, i'm sure you'll pull off a good grade for your oral exams...

yes, life is full of missing things.

i'd like to hang out with you someday so we can make dorky bold claims...

i miss you too....get home safe

Reply


porkfwiedwice July 13 2006, 16:31:01 UTC
i totally guessed wrong for peaches today. i was like, ugh peaches. i give it a 5 at most. i'm glad someone else does that cause those little descriptions are so sneaky. they gave it a 6.5 and we all know peaches is done.

hey remember when your old band was given a namedrop on there?

Reply


siokaos July 13 2006, 23:17:32 UTC
shit, get a patent son

Reply


unopinionated July 16 2006, 16:15:52 UTC
man I definitely would have guessed 6. something. Its funny how you can do it when you havent even heard the music!

Reply


Leave a comment

Up