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A less awful video than last time!
Dec. 2nd, 2005 06:38 pmThis is what they were using to show off the HDTVs at the camera-and-video store this afternoon.
It'smiadee made by the guy who did the Zoloft dot commercials!
It's
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Nov. 22nd, 2005 09:40 amHOW TO USE THE RAND MCNALLY US ATLAS/ROADMAP AS A BEDTIME STORYBOOK
AS ILLUSTRATED BY MY FATHER
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"...in Los Angeles, where the Stay-Puft Marshmallow man was visiting! And then they sent for the Ghostbusters."
"Oh, no!" :(
"And then... there was a girl who turned into a gargoyle!"
"I didn't remember that."
"Oh, yes.
... "And then they went to..." *flip* "Coconut Grove. And had... coconuts! With marshmallows. And water. To drink. But that's saltwater, so they all died.
And held a séance with W. C. Fields, who came back to life.
Then they went to..."
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AS ILLUSTRATED BY MY FATHER
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"...in Los Angeles, where the Stay-Puft Marshmallow man was visiting! And then they sent for the Ghostbusters."
"Oh, no!" :(
"And then... there was a girl who turned into a gargoyle!"
"I didn't remember that."
"Oh, yes.
... "And then they went to..." *flip* "Coconut Grove. And had... coconuts! With marshmallows. And water. To drink. But that's saltwater, so they all died.
And held a séance with W. C. Fields, who came back to life.
Then they went to..."
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Mac assistance required :C
Nov. 17th, 2005 11:22 pmThis is my third year with this thing and the volume has NEVER worked properly.
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G4, OS 10.2.8
There are three available methods of volume control: keyboard keys, toolbar icon, and System Preferences' Sound panel. Sometimes, all three of these work equally well. Not often-- but sometimes.
Most of the time, though, only the System Preferences will actually affect the volume level in the way I tell it to, or at all. On the other two, it is common for lowering the volume to do nothing at all, and increasing the volume to instantly set it on maximum. Mute, however, always works great on any of the 3.
Anyway: ANNOYING! Of course the one way that works is the most tedious one. Open up all the windows, click all the little tabs. Raagh.
Halp.
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G4, OS 10.2.8
There are three available methods of volume control: keyboard keys, toolbar icon, and System Preferences' Sound panel. Sometimes, all three of these work equally well. Not often-- but sometimes.
Most of the time, though, only the System Preferences will actually affect the volume level in the way I tell it to, or at all. On the other two, it is common for lowering the volume to do nothing at all, and increasing the volume to instantly set it on maximum. Mute, however, always works great on any of the 3.
Anyway: ANNOYING! Of course the one way that works is the most tedious one. Open up all the windows, click all the little tabs. Raagh.
Halp.
AOL Telemarketer Man
Nov. 11th, 2005 04:14 pmOkay, I'm out the door, but I have to post about this call.
This AOL guy calls and does the whole WE HAVE NEW NINE POINT OH, IS GREAT, YOU TRY FOR FREE PLEASE and I was like Nah.
And he says CLEARLY YOU ARE SIMPLY UNAWARE OF HOW GREAT IT IS, HERE, YOU LISTEN (only scripted, and with an accent that made him only occasionally intelligible).
And I was like, No, I've already got an ISP I'm happy with, I'm sorry, but Thank You, but NO I TELL YOU YOU TRY FOR FREE. YOU COMPARE!
And at this point I'm noticing that his intonation is exactly-- exactly the same as the computer voice on the weather channel, which I realize is hard to imagine with the way I've written him talking, but it was uncanny. And he was just not getting the hint, poor earnest dear, so I said Look, thank you, but seriously okay? No.
And his tone changes and he goes: "..... Okay."
Disappointed is the emotion coming across here! Mystified by my abrupt rudeness! As if a social conversation was what was going on here!
So I finished with an "Um. Yeah." and I heard "Okay ˘_˘" and he hung up. The ˘_˘ was totally spoken.
Poor guy's not cut out to be a telemarketer.
This AOL guy calls and does the whole WE HAVE NEW NINE POINT OH, IS GREAT, YOU TRY FOR FREE PLEASE and I was like Nah.
And he says CLEARLY YOU ARE SIMPLY UNAWARE OF HOW GREAT IT IS, HERE, YOU LISTEN (only scripted, and with an accent that made him only occasionally intelligible).
And I was like, No, I've already got an ISP I'm happy with, I'm sorry, but Thank You, but NO I TELL YOU YOU TRY FOR FREE. YOU COMPARE!
And at this point I'm noticing that his intonation is exactly-- exactly the same as the computer voice on the weather channel, which I realize is hard to imagine with the way I've written him talking, but it was uncanny. And he was just not getting the hint, poor earnest dear, so I said Look, thank you, but seriously okay? No.
And his tone changes and he goes: "..... Okay."
Disappointed is the emotion coming across here! Mystified by my abrupt rudeness! As if a social conversation was what was going on here!
So I finished with an "Um. Yeah." and I heard "Okay ˘_˘" and he hung up. The ˘_˘ was totally spoken.
Poor guy's not cut out to be a telemarketer.
Please, for the love of all that is holy, let this not be an actual screenshot.
http://media.gba.gamespy.com/media/682/682878/img_3192098.html
http://media.gba.gamespy.com/media/682/682878/img_3192098.html
I seem about you in night.
Nov. 1st, 2005 09:15 pmOnce upon a time, there was an attractive young Ukrainian juggler with no web design skills.
This juggler received comments in his guestbook from fans all over the world.
For whatever reason, many of those commenters-- and one in particular-- felt the need to attempt to post in English.
Long have the words of M been close to my heart, and I have here reproduced them for you in full. With them, many hours* of mirth have been had, and at least one game of Charades brought to a screeching halt.
*Yes, hours... :p
This juggler received comments in his guestbook from fans all over the world.
For whatever reason, many of those commenters-- and one in particular-- felt the need to attempt to post in English.
Long have the words of M been close to my heart, and I have here reproduced them for you in full. With them, many hours* of mirth have been had, and at least one game of Charades brought to a screeching halt.
*Yes, hours... :p
Oikarea Va Stava
Oct. 26th, 2005 05:08 pm...Atsumara kodchaara, atsumora itstava, atsumira ichellaaaa~ C:
....Staaaava-- Okay, anyhow.
So I tried my VERY HARDEST not to give Best Buy any more business, but they were absolutely the only store in town that actually had the KÀ soundtrack which I HAD TO HAVE. :C Mall: bah. Barnes & Noble? Amazingly, even more deserving of bah. (Ours doesn't have that nice little music section; it has a little shelf 2 feet wide.). Circuit City: Not sure why I went there, since their website clearly states that none of them carry it. Hastings: Close! And so then there were no other places.
I went there and it was not only on the shelf, but it was only $14.
WHY MUST YOU MAKE BEING A WOMAN OF PRINCIPLE SO HARD, BEST BUY?
...But it's mine now, and I'm loving the heck out of it. It's probably the most general-audience approachable CD of theirs I've ever heard. I'm used to having to listen to them two or three times before I'm sure I even like it all that much, so this one was a surprise. XD Anyway, though, good stuff, and as always a few REALLY quality tracks. I'm Yousendit-ing it all now, so lemme know if you want the links~!
(I also love Koudamare, #3. Man.)
....Staaaava-- Okay, anyhow.
So I tried my VERY HARDEST not to give Best Buy any more business, but they were absolutely the only store in town that actually had the KÀ soundtrack which I HAD TO HAVE. :C Mall: bah. Barnes & Noble? Amazingly, even more deserving of bah. (Ours doesn't have that nice little music section; it has a little shelf 2 feet wide.). Circuit City: Not sure why I went there, since their website clearly states that none of them carry it. Hastings: Close! And so then there were no other places.
I went there and it was not only on the shelf, but it was only $14.
WHY MUST YOU MAKE BEING A WOMAN OF PRINCIPLE SO HARD, BEST BUY?
...But it's mine now, and I'm loving the heck out of it. It's probably the most general-audience approachable CD of theirs I've ever heard. I'm used to having to listen to them two or three times before I'm sure I even like it all that much, so this one was a surprise. XD Anyway, though, good stuff, and as always a few REALLY quality tracks. I'm Yousendit-ing it all now, so lemme know if you want the links~!
(I also love Koudamare, #3. Man.)
My Saturday
Oct. 9th, 2005 10:16 am1. Get flat tire changed.
2. Drive out in search of mall, nature store, shiny rocks.
3. Completely fail to find it.
4. Stop in at Best Buy to clarify directions, resolved meanwhile not to buy anything from them as they are a truly icky establishment.
5. Get good and clarified. Think to self, Might as well look around!
6. Discover Lost in Blue is out!
7. Give in after a truly unimpressive struggle, and buy it.
Lost in Blue is SO FUN! :D It takes me back to the old Oregon Trail days. Fire-building! Spear fishing! ( Plus gender stereotypes! )
Your POST-HOC FALLACY O' THE DAY comes from the D&D session later that night, when I sang my bard song and immediately people actually started rolling better. Whoo!
2. Drive out in search of mall, nature store, shiny rocks.
3. Completely fail to find it.
4. Stop in at Best Buy to clarify directions, resolved meanwhile not to buy anything from them as they are a truly icky establishment.
5. Get good and clarified. Think to self, Might as well look around!
6. Discover Lost in Blue is out!
7. Give in after a truly unimpressive struggle, and buy it.
Lost in Blue is SO FUN! :D It takes me back to the old Oregon Trail days. Fire-building! Spear fishing! ( Plus gender stereotypes! )
Your POST-HOC FALLACY O' THE DAY comes from the D&D session later that night, when I sang my bard song and immediately people actually started rolling better. Whoo!
Memestealing
Oct. 6th, 2005 12:11 amSo the point is: Google "[Name] needs", and post the first 10 results.
1) So I definitely think that once this test thing is over and done with, Brenna needs to have a chatty blog that I can keep up with.
2) Brenna's needs come first.
(I swear! I put it in quotes and everything, I don't know how the 's got in there!)
3) Ryder is there when Brenna needs him during her version of the High Noon show-down in the halls of academia.
4) Brenna needs to determine dimensions for buying posters.
5) With eye-catching, red pigtail braids, Groovy Girl Brenna needs a wardrobe just as unique
This was a doll and they didn't have it anymore! :C
6) On this night, Brenna needs her halo cleaned
7) If Brenna needs her help, in any way, she's going to get it.
8) To Brenna's boss: Brenna needs a raise.
9) Brenna needs beer...NOW!!
10) Anybody Who voted they do not love Brenna needs To die the death Of Freddy Krueger - with none Of the afterlife benefits.
HOWEVER! I found doing this through Google Talk to be much more fun. Plus you get to watch it spell it out one word at a time.
brenna needs A New Kind Of Blue stars around Black Hole.
Wait, never mind, it keeps repeating the same one! So, it wasn't as much fun as I thought it was going to be.
...
This is the dumbest entry ever, and so I will show you some insects that have decided to live near me!
A preying mantis!
An albino ladybug!
An interesting grey beetle!
Compelling video footage of the grey beetle taking a stroll!
And finally, the tackiest of the tacky in belt buckles. Also a video.
1) So I definitely think that once this test thing is over and done with, Brenna needs to have a chatty blog that I can keep up with.
2) Brenna's needs come first.
(I swear! I put it in quotes and everything, I don't know how the 's got in there!)
3) Ryder is there when Brenna needs him during her version of the High Noon show-down in the halls of academia.
4) Brenna needs to determine dimensions for buying posters.
5) With eye-catching, red pigtail braids, Groovy Girl Brenna needs a wardrobe just as unique
This was a doll and they didn't have it anymore! :C
6) On this night, Brenna needs her halo cleaned
7) If Brenna needs her help, in any way, she's going to get it.
8) To Brenna's boss: Brenna needs a raise.
9) Brenna needs beer...NOW!!
10) Anybody Who voted they do not love Brenna needs To die the death Of Freddy Krueger - with none Of the afterlife benefits.
HOWEVER! I found doing this through Google Talk to be much more fun. Plus you get to watch it spell it out one word at a time.
brenna needs A New Kind Of Blue stars around Black Hole.
Wait, never mind, it keeps repeating the same one! So, it wasn't as much fun as I thought it was going to be.
...
This is the dumbest entry ever, and so I will show you some insects that have decided to live near me!
A preying mantis!
An albino ladybug!
An interesting grey beetle!
Compelling video footage of the grey beetle taking a stroll!
And finally, the tackiest of the tacky in belt buckles. Also a video.
A dream again
Oct. 2nd, 2005 08:32 amI woke up and wasn't sure it hadn't happened.
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An elite team of astronauts had been sent to combat an enormous robot, somewhere in outer space, who was irreversibly programmed-- determined, even-- to blow up the world. If they could destroy it before the timer ran out, then we would all be safe. Massive apocalyptic explosion averted, sigh of relief breathed.
The event was being broadcast live on TV, all over the world. A grey-on-black countdown clock with digital numbers slipped lower and lower, second by second. One by one, the robot had picked off the members of the team until finally, now, only one was left. Floating in open space, he still had time.
Like everyone around the globe, my mom and I were at home watching; her from the couch, and me standing too close to the television. He hovered dangerously but necesarily close to the steel outer shell. Close enough to touch it, to plant the device and come home safe, to all the parades and marching bands the world could muster.
I watched the timer. I had seen timers before, in movies. They were machines that all had a setting for 00:00 but never, ever reached it.
He fumbled with his equipment. 00:02 read the clock in the splitscreen. In these, the epic final moments, it didn't occur to me to worry. Soon I would be seeing him triumph.
00:01. He hadn't even begun to reach towards it. He fumbled with the equipment some more.
00:00, while he floated there. The timer was all that was on the screen. And that was it.
I looked back at my mom to find her calm, quiet. The light on her was a pale, unflickering TV grey. Her acceptance was immediate and seamless. "...Okay."
In a matter of seconds we would hear the first and final, earth-encompassing bang. And we would die. Like thunder after lightning, we waited in the living room together, listening for it.
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An elite team of astronauts had been sent to combat an enormous robot, somewhere in outer space, who was irreversibly programmed-- determined, even-- to blow up the world. If they could destroy it before the timer ran out, then we would all be safe. Massive apocalyptic explosion averted, sigh of relief breathed.
The event was being broadcast live on TV, all over the world. A grey-on-black countdown clock with digital numbers slipped lower and lower, second by second. One by one, the robot had picked off the members of the team until finally, now, only one was left. Floating in open space, he still had time.
Like everyone around the globe, my mom and I were at home watching; her from the couch, and me standing too close to the television. He hovered dangerously but necesarily close to the steel outer shell. Close enough to touch it, to plant the device and come home safe, to all the parades and marching bands the world could muster.
I watched the timer. I had seen timers before, in movies. They were machines that all had a setting for 00:00 but never, ever reached it.
He fumbled with his equipment. 00:02 read the clock in the splitscreen. In these, the epic final moments, it didn't occur to me to worry. Soon I would be seeing him triumph.
00:01. He hadn't even begun to reach towards it. He fumbled with the equipment some more.
00:00, while he floated there. The timer was all that was on the screen. And that was it.
I looked back at my mom to find her calm, quiet. The light on her was a pale, unflickering TV grey. Her acceptance was immediate and seamless. "...Okay."
In a matter of seconds we would hear the first and final, earth-encompassing bang. And we would die. Like thunder after lightning, we waited in the living room together, listening for it.
Why, Gmail? Why do you think I need 100 invites? I couldn't give them away when I had 6!
I spilled a whole bunch of rubber cement in my bag this morning, too! I had to just... CARRY my notebooks and stuff around while it dried. Argh. Fortunately, now it's really really easy to clean up. It just shrivels up into little gray rubber cement goobers, leaving the bag perfectly clean. :D I was really late to class, but many worse spills could have been made.
( This post ended up getting kinda long. )
I spilled a whole bunch of rubber cement in my bag this morning, too! I had to just... CARRY my notebooks and stuff around while it dried. Argh. Fortunately, now it's really really easy to clean up. It just shrivels up into little gray rubber cement goobers, leaving the bag perfectly clean. :D I was really late to class, but many worse spills could have been made.
( This post ended up getting kinda long. )
I saw a BAT!
Sep. 20th, 2005 01:04 amFor real! It was swooping and diving around the middle of the apartment complex, over the swimming pool. In a circle. Really fast.
My first ever live bat. It was cool.
And um, I'm hungry because I'm not eating right lately? :D
My first ever live bat. It was cool.
And um, I'm hungry because I'm not eating right lately? :D
http://www.thisisacryforhelp.com/killerquiz.htm
This seems to not be a very well-made quiz, but that's okay! :D
Also, I think I'm going to give in and get a paid account. WOW!
This seems to not be a very well-made quiz, but that's okay! :D
Also, I think I'm going to give in and get a paid account. WOW!
EEEE FINALLY
Aug. 31st, 2005 09:21 pmKÀ! Soundtrack soon! Track 2 for free! :DDDDD
http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/CirqueDuSoleil/en/Music/Soundtracks/ka.htm
*quivers*
http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/CirqueDuSoleil/en/Music/Soundtracks/ka.htm
*quivers*
Norway Makes the News!
Aug. 23rd, 2005 12:00 amI present to you: The Best Thing of the Week.
http://www.norway.org.uk/edinburgh/2005/nopromotion.htm
http://www.norway.org.uk/edinburgh/2005/nopromotion.htm
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Aug. 22nd, 2005 03:25 pmThis is the self-test my Intro to Graphic design professor gave us. Keep in mind each question had the multiple choice answers 'Almost Always' through 'Never,' worth 1-5 points, respectively:
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2-minute Creative IQ Test(TM) for Individuals
A. Are you quick to find fault with ideas--your own or those of others?
B. How frequently fo [sic] you get attached to how things are done?
C. How often do you hold back from mentioning something for fear of looking silly or being "wrong"?
D. Do you ever have the tendency to stop at your first good idea?
E. How many ideas do you tend to generate--good or bad--when tackling a project?
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So. Fine. But it's so selective and short, no one would seriously speak of the results of this test as authoritative?
And since some of the 'wrong' answers indicate other positive traits, like efficiency, or concern with quality or detail, it wouldn't make sense to make a student who scored, say, an 11, feel necessarily inferior?
And if they must do that, then it becomes a question of tact, and one would not have students reveal their score range to the rest of the class, resulting in pointless ego-stroking for the 20's-ers and publicly humiliating assessments like
-"14-16? You guys are above average-- but just barely".
Or worse, my bracket: "Hm."
Surely not.
...ARGH. THIS MAN.
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2-minute Creative IQ Test(TM) for Individuals
A. Are you quick to find fault with ideas--your own or those of others?
B. How frequently fo [sic] you get attached to how things are done?
C. How often do you hold back from mentioning something for fear of looking silly or being "wrong"?
D. Do you ever have the tendency to stop at your first good idea?
E. How many ideas do you tend to generate--good or bad--when tackling a project?
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So. Fine. But it's so selective and short, no one would seriously speak of the results of this test as authoritative?
And since some of the 'wrong' answers indicate other positive traits, like efficiency, or concern with quality or detail, it wouldn't make sense to make a student who scored, say, an 11, feel necessarily inferior?
And if they must do that, then it becomes a question of tact, and one would not have students reveal their score range to the rest of the class, resulting in pointless ego-stroking for the 20's-ers and publicly humiliating assessments like
-"14-16? You guys are above average-- but just barely".
Or worse, my bracket: "Hm."
Surely not.
...ARGH. THIS MAN.
