May 2008
33 posts
I don’t know much about These New Puritans;...
“We’re closed for the day—we’ve run out of food!”
– the Agave Burrito Bar, Oberlin, OH, during Commencement Weekend.
tuneage:
Sufjan Stevens - “The Henney Buggy...
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p: My wireless keeps cutting out
me: Maybe you should get a mac
p: I'll kill you.
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“Don’t tell me you’re too busy. You’ve been doing nothing but sleeping in and...”
– To be fair, it’s true.
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McSweeney's Internet Tendency: The 12 Labors of... →
6. Find a lion skin that makes you look less fat.
tuneage:
Joy Division - “Disorder”
With two...
Because good girls never give it up on the first...
tuneage:
Late of the Pier - “The Bears Are...
I may have overreacted
I stand by my denunciation of the ridiculous visa application, but actually getting through passport control here in Frankfurt was surprisingly drama-free. Not that I’m complaining. Far from it.
So I may have neglected to mention that my Athens flight was delayed because a lady was ill and needed to be taken away; I don’t actually know about that, I was just told it by another...
FUCK YOU, AIRLINE TRAVEL
FUCK YOU VERY MUCH. (TAKE ANOTHER ONE, I’VE GOT MORE WHERE THAT CAME FROM)
Also, fuck you, needlessly-complicated Greek student visa requirements. It is the stupidest exercise in bureaucracy I’ve had the displeasure of encountering. Jesus Fucking Christ. It is so easy to get an F1 US student visa, and it lasts for four years, not like this...
Parting is such sweet so-and-so →
Today is a craptastic day; grey clouds hanging ominously overhead, sprinkles of rain here and there—basically, not a day I usually associate with Athens. That was two days ago; sunny, cloudless,…
“At times it sounds like bragging rights. People trying to top each other. For...”
– Sleep deprivation is not a badge of honor - (37signals)
More sleep-related stuff. I do this to remind myself to sleep longer. In college it’s kind of hard to do.
tuneage:
Robyn - “Cobrastyle” (Teddybears...
“Empathy Quotient”
Your score: 13 0 - 32 = low (most people with Asperger Syndrome or high-functioning autism score about 20) 33 - 52 = average (most women score about 47 and most men score about 42) 53 - 63 is above average 64 - 80 is very high 80 is maximum
The test is here, if you’re interested.
I don’t think it’s indicative of anything at all. If anything, it perpetuates the stereotype that...
Yo-Momma-So-Fat Jokes Through the Ages →
Yo momma so fat, when she posed for Michaelangelo, he ran out of flesh tone.
And I used to have such a refined sense of humor. I mean, what?
So I Didn’t Go To Mykonos… →
because two days ago I started feeling ill, and it got worse on the day of my Ancient Greek final, and I thought I’d be well enough to travel today, but alas. So I didn’t go to Mykonos, and…
Sleep: everybody does it, nobody admits it |... →
So next time someone brags to you about only sleeping for four hours a night and putting in exceedingly long days at the office, tell them you got eight hours of sleep last night and smile.
I like getting sleep. I try for at least six, seven hours a night, because I love the feeling of having had a good night’s rest.
New Batman Trailer →
Gaaaaah unintelligible yelling
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“In the end I decided that learning Greek would have to be put on that long list...”
– Joseph Epstein, Balls-Up, from The Middle of My Tether: Familiar Essays
Okay kids, I’ve made up my mind →
And I’m going to Mykonos/Delos this weekend. Screw my finals (in Orthodox and Archaeology of Athens), I’m going to the birthplace of freakin’ Apollo.
‘Freakin’ Apollo’ is an epithet. Well, it is…
“When evangelicals get caught up in political movements, they become ‘useful...”
– An Evangelical Manifesto, via MadPriest.
Guess who...
a) is now an Advanced Open Water Diver after a Deep Dive (paperwork pending)
and
b) is going to Mykonos/Delos on the weekend of finals (with tickets and everything)
and
c) speaks limited French?
That’s right, this moi.
“I know what driving the long haul’s like! After my junior year at Oberlin we...”
– Lutz from 30 Rock.
“Fearless [our school’s new slogan/advertisement package] sucks. I...”
– ipengui. It is fugly.
