June 2008
42 posts
Area Code Fun
shutupinternet:
The city of Gainesville, Florida has the area code (352). If you wanted to type FLA into a phone you’d use the numbers 3 5 and 2. I defy you to find another place in the US where this works.
Not that any of you didn’t read this in the original, but … there’s the challenge, folks and folkettes!
Note to self: Learn Things
K, in addition to making monies, research, and Obama campaign stuffs, I have a new summer project inspired by this and my longstanding envy for everything Kate does with a computer and her Vietsorcery. Ready? I am going to teach myself how to design things.
Note the vagueness. I don’t even know what this would entail, nor how to define the parameters of this project. As if that...
Meh.
No rant tonight. Not really feeling the anger. Feel free to email me your stories/video clips of teenagers being douchebags and I’ll write up something good and fiery for ya’.
OMGELEPHANT!
Went to the temple today. There was an animal there. Can you guess what kind?
No, just because I’m Indian doesn’t mean I see elephants any more than you do. This was just as fucking awesome as it sounds. Thank god I had my camera with me.
“Is that … is that real?”
“Why yes, yes it is!”
Pure class.
These guys were so fucking chill.
More Boretube
When I don’t have anything to do I like to anger myself. I was already seething over a talentless hispanic woman whose only qualifications for having her shitty songs on the front page of YouTube are an accoustic guitar and 2 C-cups.
I don’t know how to put this any other way. I hit the motherload. I’m thinking “hey, it’s a Saturday, and I’m feeling crazy....
Less serious post
Tristan commented on my “Facebook for Dummies” post with the following:
I really should have flipped through it, as I am now curious about whether the unspoken rules of Facebook etiquette are included.
Well, ask and ye shall receive, my friend. I give you … the Official Rules of Etiquette for Social Networking (as published by Debrett’s British “etiquette...
“The job of the host is to learn as much as you can about your guest’s positions...”
– Tim Russert, 2007 interview with NYT
NBC’s Tim Russert dead at 58 →
My first reaction to this news was “motherfucker,” and in the way that your brain gets stuck on a single word when you burn your finger or stub your toe, I still can’t really get past that first thought.
For someone like me, someone whose heros are political commentators and sharp writers like Peggy Noonan and Maureen Dowd, Meet the Press was no question the single best show on...
The Art of Heckling is Dead
shutupinternet:
Go to college sporing event, get real close to the players, buy a program and find a player on the other team to berate. Get your friends to join in and in no time you’ll be in that guy’s head, messing with his game. Watch as he shuts down and your team dominates.
Find a bad movie to go to, something you’d never see, and crack jokes the whole time. Make fun of the main character...
The Default Themes Suck
vietkate:
up-schist-creek:
Like, totally suck. I need to find something that looks better than this, the formatting is crap.
Try tumblrthemes.com. There is much magic to be found there.
Thanks, Kate. This particular theme caught my eye, so we’re going to go with this for a little and I’ll see if I like it better than my old one.
I still like my old colors somewhat, so...
“I want to open up transparency in government, so that you guys know what is...”
– Extract from Barack Obama’s speech to his staff, techPresident (via up-schist-creek via obama08).
Christ, how long has it been since this country’s been led by a leader? Agree with his policies or not, there’s no denying that this man is the most sincere political visionary this...
Short post
I realized today while walking my dog that my biggest problem is I overthink things. I’m awesome at way more aspects of life than I give myself credit for.
And all you people (as if anyone’s reading this shit) going “hurr hurr you? overthinking? that’s a riot,” I hope you choke on your own toenails.
New life philosophy, adopted from Nike, who stole it from Kami:...
You are in a mall when zombies attack. You have:
vietkate:
1. one weapon. 2. one song blasting on the speakers. 3. one famous person to fight alongside you. Weapon can be real or fictional, you may assume endless ammo if applicable. Person can be real or fictional.
——-
My picks:
1. Panzerfaust 3.
(Close second: laser bear. Which, if you don’t know, is a bear that shoots lasers out of its eyes. Also, he has teeth and claws made from...
WatchI’m not an artsy person, so I don’t have a fitting comment other than “woah. Awesome.”
WatchI’m still not sure what I just watched.
Tips for the Amateur S'more-maker
1. Direct heat simultaneously melts and inflates marshmallows. There might be no scarier sight than turning back after 20 seconds to see your microwave oozing with a frothy white mass that you then have to spoon off your kitchen wall.
2. Chocolate should be melted separately from the marshmallows. It takes longer.
3. Do not scratch face/ass with mallow hands.
4. 72% dark chocolate + extra-large...
shutupinternet:
CELTICS TAKE GAME ONE! That is all.
Hell yeah, bitches!
“Barack Obama says babies are punishment? What kind of sick fuck says that???...”
– Facebook | Barack Hussein Obama supports killing Babies AFTER they are born.
(via tristanjay7 via sarahchristine)
My commentary:
a) Some call it partial-birth abortion, I call it awesome. I think after reading the posts on this FaceBook group you’ll agree it has its uses.
b) US...
WatchThis video is about a minute and a half long. At ‘round about 0:59 I started to find the phallic imagery amusing. By 1:15 I was mesmerized by the surrealness of the whole thing. Crazy stuff.
“Is it possible [Hillary] could be so normal? Politicians lose battles,...”
– Peggy Noonan’s February 8, 2008 Wall Street Journal editorial
Obama
WINS! More to come later.
Yay
PolarBearMedic celebrates its first reblog, thanks to Tristan and his appreciation of my Jenga tower video! Also, new photo. Very “myspace.” I found my camera, so I figured I’d screw around. Um … that’s pretty much it around here.
The United States of America.
malfunction: I just realized that whenever I abbreviate the title of this post, I always write ‘US’, without the periods. What the fuck. You’re supposed to use periods? I’ve been writing policy papers for years and saying “US.” I think it’s OK (see what I did there?) because everyone knows what you’re talking about. It’s rarely confused with the word...
T story
I went to a friends house to play poker today. I made $5. I also realized I’m apparently much, much more fun than I used to be. It’s a weird feeling when you surprise/impress yourself.
When I was waiting for the T on the way there, I sat next to an old Hispanic woman and her daughter for a few minutes. I then got up to go see if there was a machine to add money to my Student Charlie...
Moving On
shutupinternet: This Friday marks the end of high school, the beginning of summer and the beginning of freedom. The past year has been interesting, trying to figure out where I want to go, what I want to do, and where I want to (eventually) end up. Right now what I want to do is a mixture of music production, web design, photography, marketing/advertising, and absolutely nothing. Clearly can’t...
May 2008
14 posts
“Never be grandiloquent when you want to drive home a searching truth. ...”
– Henry Ward Beecher
Exhausted
I was in the car for about 6-7 hours today, all but one of which I spent driving. My sister takes horseback riding lessons in the middle of some desolate part of the state, and driving her there and back is a 2-3 hour adventure during which I burn the equivalent of $10 of Regular Plus. I was just at a grad party at a friends house, where we watched the Celtics make it to the finals (yay.), and...
Friends Sharing Music →
If you care or know anything at all about music, do yourself a favor and check these two out. In my short time knowing them I have found them both to be superb writers and very intelligent people. I know for a fact that Kate knows more about music than I will ever even grasp, and for her to choose Tristan as a cowriter means that he possesses not only the powerful intellect I have myself...
Dreams
You know how when you sleep late, you remember your dreams? I just had the worst fucking dream ever, involving tornados. Tornados used to scare the crap out of me when I was like, 12. I probably haven’t had a tornado-related nightmare in years. It was fucking horrible. Or maybe I have, because 350+ days out of the year I don’t remember a single thing about my dreams. I’m trying...
Slacking
I woke up at noon today. I took my dog for a walk. I biked over to the lab, where I’m supposed to be working thirty hours a week, and waited there for about half an hour. I was told I probably wouldn’t be able to do much work in the lab for a few weeks. Lab people are busy with lab things. I biked home. I made cheese toast for a 3pm lunch. I went to the gym. I walked my dog again. I...
Kahuna Tuesday
shutupinternet: This past Tuesday I had the privilege of being featured on Tumblr’s main page with the post above. Thanks to everyone who reblogged it. It was a big day for Shut Up Internet, with over 100 visitors, a link on Tumblr’s “On Our Radar” section and enough new followers to put us over the 50 follower mark. I don’t really like to talk about followers too much but it was a big day;...
