I was at a jewish networking event tonight. Was talking to this early twenty-something guy who just moved in with his parents. Entertaining guy. We're chatting up a couple of girls and I'm in a good mood since he's a great wingman: outgoing and unsuccessful. The two girls ask what we do. I make a snide comment about working at MS. They laugh at it ( Read more... )

The reason I don't post as often as I used to is because I'm a lounge singer on the weekends.

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The story of an event I attended from three weeks ago ( Read more... )

I'm currently working on a project for a couple of the walls of my apartment. It's a Rube Goldberg machine of sorts, a multi-step do-nothing machine that will be (hopefully) fun to look at and use. A bold decorative statement instead of the usual fare of, let's say, oil paintings of sad, sad clowns. Essentially, a replacement for my old dorm room ( Read more... )

Russell and I used to have this game where you would replace a word in a band name with "Penguin," often to hilarious results. For example, Smashing Pumpkins becomes Smashing Penguins. Audioslave becomes Audiopenguin or, better yet, Penguinslave. Red Hot Chili Penguins, Ben Folds Penguins, Rolling Penguins, et cetera ( Read more... )

Sad news. Remember the handicapped parking sign that was "improved" with an extra beefy arm and flames coming out the back of the wheelchair? The one 20 feet from my apartment? It's been replaced. The main reason I brought people to my place has been taken away from me. Thank you, City of Seattle Cleanup Crew ( Read more... )

I should post something. Tada.

Weekend minuses:-Duke bball loses dignity in its own special way. A quick re-enactment of the game ( Read more... )

I had two hours to kill and was in a weird mood.
So I decided to create an Existentialist's Dictionary and Guide, with pictures and diagrams.

For now, I hope to define a few words, one for every letter of the alphabet. I will probably stop at the letter C.

( Avant Garde (This was a horrible idea and I should consider going to sleep earlier) )

[Disclaimer] This post is supposed to be humorous bitching. If it is merely bitching, please alert me and I will proceed to kick my own ass. [/Disclaimer ( Read more... )