I enjoyed yesterday.

I went to an ophthalmologist because the optometrist I went to couldn't figure out why he couldn't get my vision to 20/20 (the closest he could get was 20/25 or 20/30) and why I have problems focusing on light. During the initial exam, the nice lady gently told me that I should be aware that some people just can't see 20/20 ( Read more... )

This might sound retarded, but I feel like the new year came just in time.

Candy Floss?

WTF British People?

I'm wearing contacts!

I got this email from Tim a couple of days ago. I thought it was cute.

I thought you might be interested in a linguistics related fact I learned from my brother's Star Wars book. Apparently, the wookiee language has over 150 words for "wood," but no word for "artist.

So today started with Sam buying me some egg mcmuffins and pie ( Read more... )

There is something wonderful about buying a carton of eggs and knowing that by the time they expire, I'll have been in Holland for over a week.

Dear Carl's Jr.

Your commercials are usually really annoying. They simulate sex with cows, involve Paris Hilton, make fun of people who like pie...

But seriously, no one is impressed by a portabella mushroom burger. So shut up already!

Sincerely,

Sahar

Guess what I am doing tonight, the first Saturday of December?

Working on my thesis!

And I am still sort of having a good time...

So I'm trying to write my grad school essays without sounding crazy.

I'm currently staring at the website for this thing they have at Stanford called, the Spoken Syntax Lab. It is so fucking cool! It takes all that's lame about syntax (like the whole ignoring non-standard speech thing) and incorporates really neat shit like language change and ( Read more... )