I had two voice mail messages on my answering machine when I got home today. Here was the first one:
"Hi, this is Paula calling from the mrph club. This message is for Richard Laing. Any mrph mrph that will be easy to call from me, please contact me at 1-888-[six or seven digits of mrph]. Thanks!"
Sure, I'll get right on that.
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Random quotes from my past, provided without context #32
She's fucking awful. Everything is a simile. "The wood was solid, like wood. WHAT THE FUCK?!
-- Travis Tanner
Bonus I, Dickolas Wang question! Guess who Travis was talking about? No, Travis, you may not answer. <wags finger, chuckles> Oh, you.
Current Music: Blue Rodeo - Lost Together
Sunday, November 13, 2005
Which Action Hero Would YOU Be? v. 2.0
You scored as Batman, the Dark Knight. As the Dark Knight of Gotham, Batman is a vigilante who deals out his own brand of justice to the criminals and corrupt of the city. He follows his own code and is often misunderstood. He has few friends or allies, but finds comfort in his cause.
Batman, the Dark Knight | 79% | ||
The Terminator | 67% | ||
Neo, the "One" | 58% | ||
James Bond, Agent 007 | 54% | ||
Maximus | 50% | ||
The Amazing Spider-Man | 50% | ||
William Wallace | 50% | ||
Captain Jack Sparrow | 46% | ||
Lara Croft | 38% | ||
Indiana Jones | 25% | ||
El Zorro | 17% |
Which Action Hero Would You Be? v. 2.0
created with QuizFarm.com
Fuck yeah.
Current Music: Rufus Wainwright - The Money Song
Friday, November 11, 2005
What's Wang This Week
Since Jowen demands it, and it's only logical that what's good for Jowen is good for everyone, perhaps it's time for a WWTW.
Unfortunately, since the thing I spend the most time on these days is work, and work is teaching, and I can't talk about teaching to people who are not my boss and not my students, that eliminates a good 40-60% of my potential subject matter. This is why I have not kept the internet well-apprised of What's Wang This Week.
Speaking of work, I've got a decision to make. I had been planning to stay on as the teaching assistant/grader of the continuation of the course I'm working on right now, the core graduate probability course in the stat department. I'm the first volunteer for the position, so I'm told. However, yesterday a professor who I spoke to on Wednesday about potential research projects offered me another TA-ship. This job is most notable for being, technically, the TA position for a class I am taking. That's right: I'd be my own TA. Moreover, it may require me to mark assignments for another class, which I have not taken nor plan to take next semester. I'm a little torn; working the core probability course has been great and through reviewing all the material again I've learned a lot, but this other job is with a professor who might well end up being my advisor, and it's less work. Above and beyond all that, for the sake of the awesomeness of the story, I suppose that I should take the job that would let me be my own TA.
I saw a Macy's ad for a Veteran's Day Sale yesterday. How is that a sale-worthy occasion?
I'm considering joining UC Jazz next semester. I figure if I practice enough over the holidays, I'll have Beginning Improv written all over me -- or even, cross my fingers, Intermediate Combo I, II, or even possibly III. Ordinarily I think a lot about these things and don't end up doing them, but this time I'm writing it on here so that other people will remind me of it and encourage me (or, I guess, discourage). I guess I'll work on my "The Girl From Ipanema" and "Misty". Any other requests?
They say in order to become a good writer, you have to write often. Well, that's ringing pretty true right now, so I better sign off now before I say something really incoherent. It's a vicious cycle. Before I do, though, I'd like to announce another addition to the pantheon of Dickolas Wang photos, a tribute to the photo. See it here.
Hot.
Current Music: Pinback - Fortress
Unfortunately, since the thing I spend the most time on these days is work, and work is teaching, and I can't talk about teaching to people who are not my boss and not my students, that eliminates a good 40-60% of my potential subject matter. This is why I have not kept the internet well-apprised of What's Wang This Week.
Speaking of work, I've got a decision to make. I had been planning to stay on as the teaching assistant/grader of the continuation of the course I'm working on right now, the core graduate probability course in the stat department. I'm the first volunteer for the position, so I'm told. However, yesterday a professor who I spoke to on Wednesday about potential research projects offered me another TA-ship. This job is most notable for being, technically, the TA position for a class I am taking. That's right: I'd be my own TA. Moreover, it may require me to mark assignments for another class, which I have not taken nor plan to take next semester. I'm a little torn; working the core probability course has been great and through reviewing all the material again I've learned a lot, but this other job is with a professor who might well end up being my advisor, and it's less work. Above and beyond all that, for the sake of the awesomeness of the story, I suppose that I should take the job that would let me be my own TA.
I saw a Macy's ad for a Veteran's Day Sale yesterday. How is that a sale-worthy occasion?
I'm considering joining UC Jazz next semester. I figure if I practice enough over the holidays, I'll have Beginning Improv written all over me -- or even, cross my fingers, Intermediate Combo I, II, or even possibly III. Ordinarily I think a lot about these things and don't end up doing them, but this time I'm writing it on here so that other people will remind me of it and encourage me (or, I guess, discourage). I guess I'll work on my "The Girl From Ipanema" and "Misty". Any other requests?
They say in order to become a good writer, you have to write often. Well, that's ringing pretty true right now, so I better sign off now before I say something really incoherent. It's a vicious cycle. Before I do, though, I'd like to announce another addition to the pantheon of Dickolas Wang photos, a tribute to the photo. See it here.
Hot.
Current Music: Pinback - Fortress
Tuesday, November 08, 2005
Random quotes from my past, provided without context #31
And then we can have a code phrase, like "The mouse is in the house!"
-- Adam Pauls
Current Music: My Morning Jacket - Z
Wednesday, November 02, 2005
Random quotes from my past, provided without context #30
apparently there are 1000's of sexy singles online. Did you know about this!!??
i can chat thereby meeting with them now
-- Travis Tanner
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
Pimp my band
New Asbestos Concern merchandise!
Available now at Ye Olde Asbestos Concern Shoppe.
Mad props, as always, to Graham.
Current Music: The Police - Next To You
Available now at Ye Olde Asbestos Concern Shoppe.
Mad props, as always, to Graham.
Current Music: The Police - Next To You
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