a short but substantial holiday wish list
1. a transmogrifier
2. a new thinkpad. and throw in a 100 GB removable USB drive.
3. a more thorough understanding of the determination of platinum group metal and gold in effluent solutions by precipitation with DPTU and measurement by atomic absorption spectrophotometry.
and before you write off my seeming sarcasm, know that any of these items will allow me to spend more time blogging. so there.
2. a new thinkpad. and throw in a 100 GB removable USB drive.
3. a more thorough understanding of the determination of platinum group metal and gold in effluent solutions by precipitation with DPTU and measurement by atomic absorption spectrophotometry.
and before you write off my seeming sarcasm, know that any of these items will allow me to spend more time blogging. so there.
posted by gijyun |
11.28.2005
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12:05 PM
GARGOYLES!
if any of you caught that freaky ass episode of "trading spouses," you should find this equally freaky.
what other people do with their disposable income. honestly.
posted by gijyun |
11.21.2005
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2:08 PM
stephen hawking in near fatal accident.
stephen hawking thought giving a cyber-lecture on cosmic origins was more important than dying.
How high is Hawking's IQ? The physicist replied that he didn't know. "People who boast about their IQ are losers," he said.
modesty: it's how stephen hawking rolls.
(see you in hell.)
posted by gijyun |
11.18.2005
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12:54 PM
breaking news from CNN
kimberly stewart and talan from laguna beach are to wed.
more importantly, while googling for photos of the fugly rock daughter, i found evidence that our proud side project hath been mysteriously duplicated.
suckaz.
more importantly, while googling for photos of the fugly rock daughter, i found evidence that our proud side project hath been mysteriously duplicated.
suckaz.
posted by gijyun |
11.17.2005
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3:21 PM
it's early.
Kasey Version2K4: I have bad news
jezabel245: you won power ball?
Kasey Version2K4: last night Jason Lee and I went rock climbing on the Easter Islands
Kasey Version2K4: and we made the faces fall off those rocks
Kasey Version2K4: but I did scream at him for being a scientologist -
Kasey Version2K4: so all was not lost.
jezabel245: i'm glad that you have the world's best interests as a priority before safety. it bodes well for your character.
Kasey Version2K4: Thank you, Anne.
Kasey Version2K4: I'm glad someone recognizies that.
jezabel245: you won power ball?
Kasey Version2K4: last night Jason Lee and I went rock climbing on the Easter Islands
Kasey Version2K4: and we made the faces fall off those rocks
Kasey Version2K4: but I did scream at him for being a scientologist -
Kasey Version2K4: so all was not lost.
jezabel245: i'm glad that you have the world's best interests as a priority before safety. it bodes well for your character.
Kasey Version2K4: Thank you, Anne.
Kasey Version2K4: I'm glad someone recognizies that.
posted by gijyun |
11.16.2005
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8:56 AM
i would be super duper happy, i think,
-if pink floyd really did their reunion tour. and shut up, bozos - you know you'd jump on that bandwagon faster than you could say "dude, where's my sugar cube?"
-if there were a chipotle on every corner. i'm brand-loyal, and i'm not down with you kids today, and your stupid qudoba wannabe tacos. you suck.
-if the broncos woop up all over the raiders on sunday.
-if ty pennington spontaneously combusted.
-if you went to Starz Denver International Film Festival stuff this weekend. it's cool.
-if there were a chipotle on every corner. i'm brand-loyal, and i'm not down with you kids today, and your stupid qudoba wannabe tacos. you suck.
-if the broncos woop up all over the raiders on sunday.
-if ty pennington spontaneously combusted.
-if you went to Starz Denver International Film Festival stuff this weekend. it's cool.
posted by gijyun |
11.11.2005
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1:38 PM
what's the concensus
on participating in a focus group during a work day in which i will be compensated $300 for answering questions about blogging for business and having a blog that my job technically doesn't know about?
posted by gijyun |
11.09.2005
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2:07 PM
happy vs. funny
it's been the substance of many an IM dialogue over dull work hours or even the topic of happy hour conversations that the world can be divided into two parts:
happy people and funny people.
the difference lies in motivation and context; happy people can be described as just that: happy. and funny people can be happy all, some, or none of the time, but carry a definitive quality in that they're peppered with dark hours that are visible to people around them.
look at stephen wright.
look at dorothy parker.
look at mitch hedberg.
look at peabs.
all clearly probably very clinically depressed, but reknowned entertainers and skilled wordsmiths just the same.
artists, they were.
funny people will always carry their demons. the funnier you are, probably the darker you are (or maybe i just prefer black comedies).
happy people, for the most part, can be pegged by a consistently cheery disposition and often a lack of sincerity, since they have no motivation to press the dark side out of someone (a definition of sincerity, if you will), and just seem to be complacent with the world around them, no reason to raise question or judgment.
my point, bible thumpers, is that i might have somewhat disheartening news - whether you consider me to be a funny person, or maybe means for sad entertainment, or just mildly amusing sometimes, there might be something you should keep in mind these days.
if i lack in content that seems to tickle you in any way, it's because, fuck, i'm really fucking happy right now.
happy people and funny people.
the difference lies in motivation and context; happy people can be described as just that: happy. and funny people can be happy all, some, or none of the time, but carry a definitive quality in that they're peppered with dark hours that are visible to people around them.
look at stephen wright.
look at dorothy parker.
look at mitch hedberg.
look at peabs.
all clearly probably very clinically depressed, but reknowned entertainers and skilled wordsmiths just the same.
artists, they were.
funny people will always carry their demons. the funnier you are, probably the darker you are (or maybe i just prefer black comedies).
happy people, for the most part, can be pegged by a consistently cheery disposition and often a lack of sincerity, since they have no motivation to press the dark side out of someone (a definition of sincerity, if you will), and just seem to be complacent with the world around them, no reason to raise question or judgment.
my point, bible thumpers, is that i might have somewhat disheartening news - whether you consider me to be a funny person, or maybe means for sad entertainment, or just mildly amusing sometimes, there might be something you should keep in mind these days.
if i lack in content that seems to tickle you in any way, it's because, fuck, i'm really fucking happy right now.
posted by gijyun |
11.08.2005
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1:04 PM
chicks with (new) discs version 2K5
laura veirs
fiona apple
kate bush
imogen heap
cat power
feist
madonna esther
p.s. i'm not a lesbian. i have proof.
fiona apple
kate bush
imogen heap
cat power
feist
p.s. i'm not a lesbian. i have proof.
posted by gijyun |
11.07.2005
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1:57 PM
a new generation of comedians
lies i told myself before 1996, vol. 25
fuck working a 9 to 5.
drinking is for the weekends.
hey, working in a restaurant is pretty cool - i could do this forever.
late fees? why would anyone ever pay late fees? or interest for that matter.
i'm too cool to get sucked into this "reality television" bit.
i'll never work for the man.
i think i'll try "waiting til i get married."
only uppity a-holes make fondue on a weeknight.
i don't think i'll ever want to own a home. paying rent is easy enough.
no, no, really - check it out - i can eat anything i want to and it doesn't make a difference.
dude, mtv and seventeen magazine are such good sources for cool stuff.
no way dude. my sister katie's way too big of a partier to start going to church that much.
mel gibson and tom cruise are so...dreamy.
college is gay.
i want to be a girl scout leader (swear to god. not making this up.)
drinking is for the weekends.
hey, working in a restaurant is pretty cool - i could do this forever.
late fees? why would anyone ever pay late fees? or interest for that matter.
i'm too cool to get sucked into this "reality television" bit.
i'll never work for the man.
i think i'll try "waiting til i get married."
only uppity a-holes make fondue on a weeknight.
i don't think i'll ever want to own a home. paying rent is easy enough.
no, no, really - check it out - i can eat anything i want to and it doesn't make a difference.
dude, mtv and seventeen magazine are such good sources for cool stuff.
no way dude. my sister katie's way too big of a partier to start going to church that much.
mel gibson and tom cruise are so...dreamy.
college is gay.
i want to be a girl scout leader (swear to god. not making this up.)
posted by gijyun |
11.02.2005
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1:58 PM
make an offer
my favorite, i think, is run-ins with dipshit emo-crats who argue about which elliott smith album is the best.
and then see who can cry longer.
anyway, i was looking into my plethora of bookmarks that i forgot i had, and stumbled upon the napk!n dot org, a lovely read in and of itself.
but a few weeks ago, said lovely linked to a .zip file of 15 unrealeased elliott smith "from a basement on a hill" tracks, including a cat stevens cover and a few remixes ("let's get lost," and "either/or" and some others).
my playlist for the rest of the week is booked.
and then see who can cry longer.
anyway, i was looking into my plethora of bookmarks that i forgot i had, and stumbled upon the napk!n dot org, a lovely read in and of itself.
but a few weeks ago, said lovely linked to a .zip file of 15 unrealeased elliott smith "from a basement on a hill" tracks, including a cat stevens cover and a few remixes ("let's get lost," and "either/or" and some others).
my playlist for the rest of the week is booked.
posted by gijyun |
11.01.2005
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9:59 AM
