| On Baseball on NPR |
[Dec. 14th, 2007|04:32 pm] |
My brain tells me that sports are an important sublimation of our tribal instincts. "We" beat "them" in ritual combat, with no actual bloodletting necessary. Sports occupy as important a role as art, music, science, mathematics, and literature do in the civilizing of our vicious ape hindbrains, in its formalization of questions about competition, fairness, and mercy. The steroid scandal is a tragedy of commerce over love, one in which craftiness and fair play are set against one another.
But my heart? My heart tells me that baseball isn't merely a game. My heart screams,
"IT IS A STUPID AND BORING GAME THAT ISN'T EVEN FUN TO WATCH DRUNK OH MY GOD WHO CARES!??!?!?" |
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[Aug. 23rd, 2007|11:12 am] |
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How many of y'all are using Twitter? I realized the other day that I sort of want to make a jillion tiny LJ posts, because I always want to describe what's going on and what my weird idea of the moment is. I think this is a side effect of capturing most of my passing thoughts on index cards. |
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[Aug. 16th, 2007|03:28 pm] |
heading to the city of the angels
dressed like a coroner in purple bellbottoms |
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| P - notebooks! |
[Aug. 9th, 2007|12:33 pm] |
The site is overdesigned imo. But, apparently these are notebooks which you can link together. I thought of you because, did you say that the banana notebooks are discontinued?
http://www.starthereny.com/ |
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[Jul. 15th, 2007|11:46 pm] |
GOOD CHICK MAGNETS
motorcycle
puppy
box of kittens
baby (inexplicably)
BAD CHICK MAGNETS
chess clock
ex's picture on empty chair
bag o' feces
your mother |
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| Hosting for Nerds |
[Jul. 15th, 2007|12:10 am] |
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) sehrnett is staying here during her visit to Portland. I walked through the living room picking up just now and was delighted to see that the comics already on the table bespoke well of Jennifer's and my reading choices, and left them. I am all about appearances, and Batman. |
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| ha ha ha ha |
[May. 30th, 2007|10:38 am] |
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"US President George W Bush has said that opponents of a landmark law to normalise the status of 12 million illegal immigrants were trying to stir up fear among Americans." |
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| Spider-Man 3 |
[May. 4th, 2007|03:10 am] |
I think maybe I'll never go to a midnight showing of anything ever again, but, I must say,
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[Apr. 25th, 2007|12:03 pm] |
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So, this week, scientists discovered a possibly Earth-like planet, with extra gravity and a red sun, just a couple of days after discovering kryptonite. |
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| "What sucks about this entry?" |
[Mar. 27th, 2007|04:57 pm] |
I just (less than a minute ago) had a brilliant idea for a sort of lifehack/journal exercise, and I'm recording it in its half-assed state here.
The "What sucks about...?" List
If you identify what sucks about X, even if you like X, then you can improve on it. E.g., what sucks about grading is that homework takes forever to grade, and I hate taking points off for things, and I am having to use a calculator on these stupid point values. What sucks about drawing is that I don't waaaanna start off with contour drawing, and I want to learn how to cartoon instead of render, and I can get myself to doodle but I can't get myself to practice drawing things even though I want to be able to.
Point being that just writing this down, I am coming up with a bunch of ways to remove the suck. That's almost as good as adding not-suck! |
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| My. Birth. Day. |
[Mar. 23rd, 2007|05:51 pm] |
I would like to extend co-birthday wishes to mathematicians Emmy Noether and Pierre Simon de Laplace, rocket scientist Werner Von Braun, Chaka Khan, Richard Grieco, and Pakistan.
From the Who Would Have Thought That 31 Years Later... Department: My mom is on her way to New Hampshire. She called me this morning and sang, off-key, "Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to Tom! I'm in Lub-bock Texas!" |
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| finals season |
[Mar. 14th, 2007|03:08 pm] |
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Here it comes. And I'm coming down with something. I've just had really hot Thai soup and I'm heading to bed. Pray for my speedy recovery so that I can stress myself into a REALLY good round of sick for spring break. |
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| Superfood League of America |
[Mar. 2nd, 2007|03:27 pm] |
- tea - The Flash (obvious)
- soy - Martian Manhunter (shape-shifting is isomorphic to picking up surrounding flavors; tofu is unearthly)
- broccoli - Superman (good for you; cruciferous, i.e., DCU Christ analogue)
- turkey - Batman (to satisfy Tony; have no fake rationale yet)
- blueberries - Green Lantern (imagination + bubbles = dessert + spheres)
- wild salmon - OMG NO IDEA
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