I've been watching a lot of Wonderfalls lately, and it's gotten me to thinking about what I want to do with my life. All my life I've been hounded influenced by society telling me that it's important to find a meaningful, enjoyable career path that I can come home from at the end of the day and find pride in, and it's also made a point of making ( Read more... )

It always seems like others manage to let go relatively easily, usually, generally speaking. So why the hell do I always have to obsess over people for years before being able to really move on? Argh.

(edit: to clear up any possible confusion, this post isn't about Debbie, and she and I have not broken up or anything)

I used to think there was a pretty strong case for an isomorphism between Xena and Buffy. Now that I'm halfway through the third season of Angel, I'm starting to think that Xena and Angel have even more in common.

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I'm going to have to watch Hercules now to see how he and Buffy compare.

So about a year ago, I was walking down the street when completely at random this guy throws up his arms in a "don't hurt me" kind of way and starts telling me how sorry he is. I'm thinking, "Hello, do I know you?" I figured it was some kind of weird joke. Today, it happened again. Same person (I think), same place. Now I'm kind of freaked out ( Read more... )

I hate this place.

Today's USA Today crossword has the clue "One in a red suit" and the answer "HERAT". Which clue was it? 1-Down. There is no freaking way that anybody bothered to proofread this puzzle.

Welp, I thought the interview Thursday morning went pretty well, but I didn't get the lab staff position. However, as a result of the whole switcheroo thing, I'm now assigned to TA for AI and for the graduate-level algorithms class. So hurray for no lab sections, majors-only courses, and already owning the books ( Read more... )

Today must be National Hire Somebody Day or something. I got back from the TA conference this morning and found a voice mail somebody had left offering my roommate a job. Then I got an email from the department chair asking me (and presumably others) if I was interested in a department lab staff position in place of my teaching assistantship. ( Read more... )

I realized today that I hardly ever create anything myself. I mostly just appreciate what others have created. I think that everything always just seems so much better done when somebody else does it. It also feels like there's so much creation constantly going on around me that there's no need to add anything new to it ( Read more... )

( High school meme )