So, I know you can go to 192.168.0.1 in the US to get your server information, but would anyone happen to know how to do it in France?  Essentially, my woman has wireless, but she has no idea what a WEP key is, and even less idea how to find it.  I hate using her computer, not least for the weird keyboard and, y'know, the fact that it's her ( Read more... )

So my house mom is really weird.  We're a thirty minute walk from the school -- at a really brisk pace -- and she couldn't, for the life of her, understand why I wanted a bus pass.  You know, because an umbrella when walking in a deluge is totally acceptable cover.  She also likes to cook, but only because she doesn't drink milk, or like butter or ( Read more... )

So I'm in France!  It's not so bad so far, though my woman is a little odd.  It's just her and myself, and the group of students I'm with is awesome.

I'll put a little more when I have some time.  Gotta go to class!  (Also, if anyone talks to Andy, ask him to e-mail me his work schedule so I know when I can call him, please.)

Why the fuck am I still awake?  I've been up since like 2pm yesterday afternoon -- and it's not like I've really been doing anything, or involved in anything that would keep me up...

Maybe it's that I've only smoked once since I got up.  I should go fix that.

I'm making Andy bacon-wrapped shrimp for breakfast (or dinner, I guess, since we've both ( Read more... )

Realizing you have all the classes that you need lined up to graduate.   And then realizing that that only brings a new nest of worries, like the GREs and various other application-related shit ( Read more... )

And some "Shiny, Shiny Cables".

Schmapples!

I swear to God, I'm going to try not to stay out all night the night before a paper's due anymore.  Especially when I haven't even started it, and it's the only professor with specific requirements as to type of scholarly sources.  (Two have to be from a book, not a journal.  Luckily, Gale archives book articles in full text versions.  A tip to any ( Read more... )

So I'm only posting this because I think Ryan might like to look at it.  It's about 9 pages long, though.  (There's a lot I wanted to add, but I was already 20 minutes past deadline -- luckily, he likes me and is really flexible on deadlines.  I might still add them in the future; it's mostly like six pages shorter than what I wanted on Ryan's book ( Read more... )

(And it's due at midnight.  Awesome.)

Why is This Funny, Again?  Satire as a Heightened Form of Expression in Both Poetry and Prose

When Joseph Green, Colonial American poet and satirist, wrote several verses illustrating his contemporary Mather Byles’s love and adoration for his cats as artistic inspiration, he did so in order to ( Read more... )

"Pocketful of Miracles" -- the one from '61 with Peter Falk -- might very well be one of the sweetest feel-good movies ever.  It IS 5:40 in the morning, but hearing Falk go "If you weren't a broad, I'd kick you right in the stomach" while looking vaguely shocked is the most fun ever ( Read more... )