the 3 weeks of waiting for it to come to DC and the annoyance of missing the first 2 weeks of showings were all understandably made inconsequential once the movie was over. i saw Big Fish! it was absolutely copacetic. i completely intend on seeing it again soon--and this time with a person other than myself.

snowflake! *grins*

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(A) i still only have the second part of Angels in America recorded. laura, can you help me? (B) LJ friend ( Read more... )

all day today i've been thinking of Hamlet's Act I, and how hamlet's first few lines were so cleverly chosen with multiple meanings. it will always be beeaauutiful. and who doesn't think Shakespeare is a god. i might just run out to borders sometime this week and finally buy one of those $30 posters they keep of his plays. (smile ( Read more... )

MIT's physics department (or simply "(4-359)" as handwritten on the package) sent me a t-shirt! i made a similar shirt about a year ago with the same expression, but it wasn't nearly as comfy or as compatible with my washing machine. this one's black, and although a Large, it feels a little smaller than what i'm used to (i'll post action shots of ( Read more... )

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(A) i really want Big Fish to viddy in DC soon. it's going to rock lotsa. (B) ( Read more... )

sinus headache, serous nose, irritated eyes: i'm stuck at home for the day. or, atleast until 12pm--when i drive to gaithersburg (hehee). so, from now 'til then i'll be doing home + sick math. i'll be posting only the nicest problems + solutions when i get back ( Read more... )

Mmmm, ersatz quotes:
"so i went to georgetown. and while i was there i met someone who said she was imaginary. that's how i knew she was real. no apparition of mine would ever be so fool as to give herself away ( Read more... )

(A) i've been playing with this "Woodstock" kazoo since ~5:00am. (B) friendster.com is doublefun. (C) kitty bruce was beautiful when she was younger. (D) Cristina Scabbia from Lacuna Coil is now looking really similar to Amy Lee from Evanescence. in 1998 she didn't. (E) on thursday adrienne actually resorted to math while bored. wow ( Read more... )

From today:

me: "i heard in a movie some highschooler say, 'you can be overwhelmed, and you can be underwhelmed, but can you ever just be whelmed?' it shouldn't mean the same as overwhelmed, do you think?"
andreu: "whelmed... i have this big dictionary at home, and it's always right on the shelf open."
m: "oohh, big? what kinds of words might it ( Read more... )