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Friday, February 08, 2002
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"I hasten to add that by 'pedestrian mall,' we mean a long, grassy landscaped area --
some people who apparently haven't seen the University news release seem to think it means an area with stores on it. That's not the case." -- my university, in an e-mail to all students, about proposed campus renovations
08:31
round and round and back again
It's funny how sometimes high school seems so far away, and sometimes it just seems like my life right now could be poured right back into that template. And yet because I can see the similarities, I can also see the differences. It's senior year yet again, and here I am, at the edge of another earth. But this time I'm not as scared. I know that people leave each other, sometimes for years at a time. But Janelle's coming to visit tomorrow. I said in a Megaphone four years ago that Virginia's only halfway across the country. We have e-mail. And you know what? It's true. Halfway across the country isn't the world's biggest deal. Of course it's better to live near those you love, but if you can't, then life goes on. There's another reality out there, waiting to become yours.
02:11
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Sallie Tisdale gets existential crises in the supermarket, too. Also, Caroline Knapp is shy.
01:41
Thursday, February 07, 2002
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The tragedy of the commons is an idea that Amanda mentioned to me once, which has come up in many poli sci classes and somehow applies to many everyday things, namely: Who's going to wash the dishes/take out the trash/clean the bathroom? Or any situation, really, in which people are part of something that's not exclusively theirs. (This is via Kuro5hin: enough randomness to sustain a person for life.)
22:33
Tuesday, February 05, 2002
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"On sleepless roads the sleepless go. May angels lead you in." -- Jimmy Eat World
11:56
ice, ice baby
So apparently my hometown was caught in an ice storm last week. It knocked out power lines all over the place. The sump pump in our house is electric, so my dad had to carry buckets of water upstairs from the basement so it wouldn't flood. (70+ inches of snow on the ground eventually translates into lots of water). My mom, who works in Rochester an hour away, bought a generator there at Lowe's. The Lowe's employees were the most helpful people my mom ever met. They pushed her cart around the store for her telling her all the things she needed for it and giving her safety tips. My grandparents already had a generator. They bought it thirty years ago and have never used it, but it's always been my grandpa's dream to be the only house on the street with lights on so people will wonder just how he still has power. He finally got to try it out last week. I have to call and get the full report.
01:13
fries with that?
Some of my favorite things in the world are very simple: Good live music. Watching people that I know play the music. Fries and a shake. Silly signs. Staying up late with friends. That's why Saturday night, I couldn't have been happier. My roommates, Patrick and I watched Amanda's boyfriend Charlie play bass for big hello. Then we piled into in what Charlie calls "the church van," and headed over to Jack's diner, giggling about the pet store sign that reads: Let's Pet Puppies. I learned a few things at Jack's: the corned beef hash is worse than it sounds, eggs can be ordered over-medium, and there's a waitress named Sugar who's mean as hell.
01:09
Monday, February 04, 2002
bob... gone wild?
Bob of Al's Deli fame returned from his college reunion today, wearing Mardi Gras beads around his neck. He had three beers the whole weekend. And he couldn't believe how much his old friends drank. "They were just the same as I remembered," he said. "And I don't mean that as a compliment." He entertained a table full of regulars with his tale of trying to protect the rolls of film he'd shot. He didn't want to put them through the x-ray machine at the airport, so he demanded to talk to the security supervisor. The supervisor just said, "No," before he could get more than two words out and turned away, so Bob grabbed at him. Not good in the current security climate. Here Bob does his impression of a guard pointing an AK-47 at him. The guards searched him down to his shoes. But luckily, Bob had anticipated this and was wearing a pair of new socks. "All my socks have holes in them," he said, "and I didn't want to embarass myself."
21:47
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