August 2009
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How to tell you are no longer in your small...
You overhear ‘My dad and I did hundreds of Civil War re-enactments’
You see a sign that says ‘LIBERAL WRITERS NEEDED for the only liberal paper on campus’
You spot an Obama/Joker/Socialism poster on the way to campus
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Obadiah Parker - Hey Ya (Outkast cover)
I...
hey thanks
me: I’d like a medium cappuccino, please.
barista: Before you make up your mind, this is how big a medium is. (shows me empty cup)
me: I’m going to need a large. It’s my first day of class.
barista: I thought you might.
“The Romans would never have found time to conquer the world if they had been...”
– Heinrich Heine, via rogueclassicist
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Gems from the US culture section of orientation
Acting friendly is a US custom.
People in the US have ‘sensitive’ noses that do not like the smell of the human body.
American students are very sensitive about difference.
You might notice that people in the US walk quickly, talk quickly, and pay little attention to manners and politeness.
This information does not apply to all people from the US.
postpunk:
The Top 35 Or So Songs of the 80’s
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A list of things found scribbled in the margins of...
not on exam
LAME
I am getting old
Kill me now
Civitates
Stabby McStabberson Esq.
Have you seen Little Women?
Ablative of ‘let’s go home’
Σαγανακι - only the best thing ever
and a couple of actually-helpful notes on the Latin.
tuneage:
The Knife - “Heartbeats”
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You can swear by Australia →
via languagehat, a nice change from, say, the New York Times’ squeamishness in re swearing.
The University of Queensland’s Roly Sussex, a professor of applied language studies, said that in terms of attitudes to swearing, the US and Australia were on opposite ends of the spectrum, with Britain in the middle.
He pointed to the Prime Minister’s dropping of the word...
postpunk:
fuckyeahbluemonday:
Yes, here it...
The National - You’ve Done It Again, Virginia
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The Dan Band - Candy Shop (from The Hangover)
Reasons being broke right now is _really_ not...
*Warning: all this enthusiasm may be a side effect of spending all my time either at a) my apartment or b) campus and c) never going anywhere else, so seeing what is actually around me has been surprisingly pleasing.
So I went to the Belcourt Theatre today to see In the Loop for the umpteenth time, and I wanted to see every damn film they showed trailers of, which are:
Z (A political...
“The only reason you listen to this shit is because it’s bad form to actually...”
– Jamie Macdonald. I couldn’t resist quoting In the Loop yet again; I just saw it in the theatre today. It’s even better on a big screen.
Plus, this quotation would have been very useful back in college. Oh, the times I could have used it in…
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‘Iphigenia’ and the iPhone →
An insightful article about the benefits of the humanities, especially in cultivating original thought and fostering an environment conducive to learning (link via rogueclassicist):
But are the humanities really only good for soft skills and vague ideals, like self-realization or civic understanding? Do they provide nothing to our “hard” achievements in science and engineering? A comparative...
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What the Romans Used for Toilet Paper →
As much as I love the ancient world, I would never want to go back there. This is why.
tuneage:
The Stone Roses - “She Bangs the...
The Walkmen - Four Provinces
For no...
“…but then I found out that he was pro-gay, so that was that…”
– Right as I step on the bus, I overhear the driver saying this to another passenger. I wish I could have heard the rest of that conversation.
waiting for the MetroCenter bus
older gentleman #1: Do you go to Vanderbilt?
me: Yeah.
older gentleman #2: Are you Filipina?
me: Uhhhh...yes.
older gentleman #2: You look like it.
me: Heh...heh...
older gentleman #2: I think Asian ladies are really beautiful.
me: Uhhhh...oh look, the bus!