Comments | risty77: Update. I Should Do This.

risty77

Update. I Should Do This.

Feb 04, 2008 12:19

Actually, what I should be doing is reading 60 year old journal articles for my Ion Channels class (yeah, you can actually take classes devoted to ion channels. It could be worse really... American roommate is taking classes about genocide. She says it's how to prevent it.. but you never really know). The papers are actually awesome (I'll spare you ( Read more... )

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quintessmiley February 4 2008, 19:23:03 UTC

*hugs* It's appalling that someone would have the brazen temerity to steal from you. All the more so that you didn't catch him in the act and subsequently remove his kidneys through his nose. (I'm sure you could do that, if you really, really wanted to.) Still! Asinine customer support phone jockeys aside, I'm glad you weren't left with any potentially ruinous financial obligations. It's a pity the cards don't come equipped with miniature self-destruct mechanisms. Preferably something that would send bits of razor-sharp card shrapnel in all directions ( ... )

risty77 February 6 2008, 02:57:12 UTC

I think that's causing most of my residual rage, really... they would have been right there, for me to beat up! And now I want them found, so I get another go.

But I do like this self-destruct mechanism idea. I think we could work with that.

We're behavioural labs, we like to say.. it's all about observing the innate tendencies of the subjects, not trying to change them to suit our preconceived ideas!

....or we're scary people, and there's an option there where a girl who looks an awful lot like Betsy kisses a guy and then makes his head explode! How could anyone say that was objectionable?

quintessmiley February 6 2008, 04:10:37 UTC

Do I get to vote? Because if I do, I'd definitely go with the "scary people" option. Though I suppose the head exploding thing is probably less objectionable than an apt metaphor of some kind. Though for what, exactly, I'm not certain.

Or I'm certainly not going to say, anyway.

And tinkering with subjects is half the fun! What about the fellow with the Cyclops flies? You can't tell me you wouldn't want to get in on that action! It's the joy of science, correcting God's tragic oversights. Like the lack of fruit flies with glowy eyes.

frogmanmw85 February 4 2008, 23:36:02 UTC

Man, sucks that your wallet got pinched. I'm always paranoid about that. I don't care much about the cash in there, but it's all the other crap like drivers license and other IDs that would need replacing.

A family friend of ours had her purse stolen and within the 10 minutes she took to report it and cancel her cards, the bastard had already made their way to the bank and taken out $500. 10 minutes! Damn crack heads.

risty77 February 6 2008, 02:58:35 UTC

Yeah, the replacing is such a pain. Especially over here, when they like to jerk you round more.

10 minutes is pretty damn fast! Shit.

quenya_tattoo February 6 2008, 16:15:11 UTC

The restaurant owner came up to tell us how pleased he was to see young attractive people there for once...

HAHAHAHA. That is somehow one of the funniest things I've heard in a long time. Actually maybe because I keep watching that BBC show about the angry chef guy who goes into restaurants that are failing and gives them a kick in the balls and it sounds like something he'd say... but still. I kinda see this dude's point. You know you're not going anywhere fun if there's no one under 60 in the place. (Or the ones who are, are all ugly and boring. True story, if a bit sad.)

Anyhow, I do have one question that is very important. What do mice smell like? I don't think I've ever been near enough to one to tell. Which is odd now that I think of it. I did have a hamster once though. Kinda the same thing!

risty77 February 7 2008, 19:40:21 UTC

I love Ramsay's kitchen nightmares! But... definitely not as reruns - you can't watch an episode more than once. Or even too many in a short space of time (he only has so many different swear words).

Hmmm.. mouse smell - it's kinda funny that I smell like it most days now, but can't think of how to describe it. They smell like mice!

Consensus in the lab suggests that the best answer is: 'pet store'. But they probably do smell quite a lot like hamsters (although you'd be able to tell them apart, I imagine. I can tell mouse smell from rat smell really easily).

Man, I'm so out of Rahne-practice... converting smells to words is hard!