December 2008
manifest destiny?
Yesterday I had a full-on conversation with Boss Man for the first time in months. He came into my office to drop off something for Boss Lady and we exchanged pleasantries about the holidays, he gave me an update on his ongoing dentistry battle, and instead of waltzing back out like he usually does, he pulls up a chair! With a stack of journal papers in his hand! I freak out and tell myself that...
songsyouusedtolove:
Day 011.
Um, wow. I am having...
nervousacid:
Hot Chip & Peter Gabriel “Cape...
a matter of simple reflexes
every time i log onto my bank’s website and wait for the screen to load, i pull back from the monitor a little bit, have my head tilted away from the screen all squinty-eyed and already wincing to prepare myself to assess the damage.
one day, i hope to stop.
first gchat of the day - 7:13am
C: dude
me: wah
C: ::pet pet::
yay, snowy gmail themes today! so cute!
racial mapping?
On the last episode of Radio Lab, they talked about this company that can basically calculate the genetic makeup of your race. Or ethnicity, or whatever you want to call it. They spoke to this man named Wayne Joseph, a black man from Los Angeles who works with the education department in Chino and writes essays on race on the side. So he heard about this company and sent away for the DNA kit...
“Two short blocks, from 116th to 114th, but during that brief trajectory, very...”
– Paul Auster, “Man in Dark” - a reason to love new york
WatchI could use a Zen moment right now, you?
[gothamist]
“Gladwell’s social determinism is a useful corrective to the Homo economicus view...”
– David Brooks on Malcolm Gladwell’s new book, Outliers
THANK YOU!
Sandwich bombs
Me: Hmmm, there’s a terrorist alert going on the subways in New York for the holidays. Mom: Really?… well, you really shouldn’t eat their sandwiches then.
via mymomisafob.com
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this is an actual conversation that took place on...
[quotes indicate phrases spoken in English]
Mom: Hey, daughter? Don't you have an extra pair of gloves somewhere?
Me: "What?"
Mom: Gloves. I can't find your -- oh here they are, never mind.
Me: Please stop going through my things in my room.
Mom: Oh, hey. Is "Angel" over?
Me: Uh..... that's not the name of the show.
Mom: It isn't? What is it?
Me: Uh... [voice dropping even lower] "Buffy"?
Mom: What? "Buffy"? That's a terrible name.
Me: Uh... what are you doing?
Mom: Oh, right. Is it over? The disk only has 2 episodes.
Me: There's 3.
Mom: No, it says 20 to 22. That's 2.
Me: [face in hand, muffled against phone as QUIETLY as possible] How many times do we have to do this? 20, 21, 22. Is that not three?
Mom: Oh yeah.. 20 to 23 would be 4, right?
Me: "Uh... yeah."
Mom: So it's over, then?
Me: SIGH. [explaining for the nth time] This is the 3rd year of the show we're watching. On "DVD". The disk you are holding in your hand has the last episodes of the 3rd year of the show. The entire show was on for 7 years. But it ended 5 years ago. Which is why I am watching my favorite years again on "DVD".
Mom: [as if this is the first time she's heard it] Ohh... okay. I get it now.
Me: [No you don't.] "Okay..."
Mom: Did you watch it yet? The last disk, I mean.
Me: "Not on DVD, no."
Mom: So I'm not going to mail it out, then.
Me: "Okay."
Mom: So after this, we're going to watch the 4th year?
Me: No. I am switching over to "Angel."
Mom: I thought you said the show's name was "Buffy."
Me: SIGH. Can we talk about this after I get home? You do know I'm at work, right? And that my boss is sitting right next to me?
Mom: So? She doesn't know Chinese.
Me: ...I have to go.
Mom: But you're not even coming home until Sunday!
Me: "Oh my God.." just call me later tonight. I'll answer from "New Jersey."
Mom: Okay.
Me: "Okay, bye!"
Mom: Wait, wait!
Me: What?
Mom: Did you bring your charger?
Me: "Yes. Bye!"
Mom: Okay, okay.
two things
1. i need to stop spending money on things that aren’t strictly necessary. and by “strictly” i mean iron fist, essential, do-or-die necessary.
something that would fall in this latter category:
a coat
things that do NOT fall in this category include:
a flat panel tv a pair of snow boots a third pair of gloves another pair of sweatpants 6 seasons of television (it was a...
oops..
i just realized that the metal tin of fancy hot cocoa (“sipping chocolate”) powder my boss gave me for christmas last year is still living on the same 4-sq inch of deskspace today. i need to get it home discreetly one day before christmas this year. i hope she hasn’t noticed that it’s still here. maybe she thinks it’s empty. i think i’ve used it maybe twice. i...
"Stay with us... bitches."
Yay!! The new season of Radio Lab started! I haven’t gotten around to listening to the episode about Sperm yet, but I bet it’ll be a great one! The one on Choice, which I just listened to on my morning commute was excellent! Oh, how I’ve missed the Jad + Robert flirty banter. And the cool pop science, naturally.
And through the course of listening to Radio Lab, of which he is a...
HM
In 1953, an epileptic man named Henry Gustav Molaison agreed to try an experimental brain operation that left him with severe anterograde amnesia. His long-term memory destroyed, every single thing that he experienced for the rest of his life after this point became a first. The losses he suffered unlocked huge secrets of the neural mechanisms behind memory and HM became the world’s most...
Watch“Inspired by the DNA structure, this piece of furniture is trying to tell you that, the books you like, the music you have, the photos you store, and all that knowledge you have define a significant part of your personal identity. MYDNA can be in several colors and in two presentations: Static MYDNA, which is one single structure perfect for dividing rooms at home and Rotating MYDNA for easy...