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oops, okay, now i totally have a crush on Roisin Murphy. This would have happened years ago if i had known she was so stunningly beautiful, but somehow i didn't expect that she'd look like that so i left her as just a voice.... but then i hit up google image search and now i know.
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| Dresden Dolls |
[09 Apr 2006|01:11am] |
Seeing the Dresden Dolls at Metro this Friday night was a lot of fun. They're good live and Amanda Palmer is hot, especially on stage.
(more pix)
Oh, and Amanda Palmer signed my arm.
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[02 Apr 2006|03:48am] |
Poll #194 online dating
Open to: All, results viewable to: AllWhat do you think about online dating (match.com, date.com, eharmony, etc)? Still thinking about online dating, which of these ideas seems best to you? Is it okay to date someone with whom you know you won't settle down?
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| teaching and drinking on friday nights |
[25 Mar 2006|01:47am] |
i really don't like spending $50-ish on alcohol in one night and ending up relatively sober when i get home and getting home before 2am (and all the $50 of alcohol went into me).
i feel really bad for the girl with whom i spent the bulk of the evening--she's in her first year of teaching high school at an inner-city charter school and she went into it really honestly believing that she could make a difference for every kid*. i really wanted to be able to convince her that making a difference for one kid is enough to justify one's existence, since if she weren't there to make that difference, it's unlikely that there would be someone else who could make that difference, but i'm not sure i was convincing enough. it also doesn't help that "making a difference" is just a side benefit to me, that i teach because i enjoy it and not because it's a "good" thing to do.
* i think she's even looking at "making a difference" as being an immediate thing, and i tried to suggest that even if she has given up on a kid, she at least tried with that kid which is probably more than most (or all) of that kid's previous teachers and that just that little bit of trying could make a world of difference to that kid over the course of their life... but that's a hard sell.
( author unknown )
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[16 Mar 2006|11:54pm] |
Hand written (while somewhat intoxicated), on the back of a receipt, stuffed into my wallet:
What good is the power to bend people to your will if you don't have the immorality to take advantage?
What use is the ability to talk your friends into anything if you can never get yourself to talk your friends into anything?
What is a superpower without the will to be superior? without the arrogance to be superior? without the drive to do what it takes to get what you want?
What do I want?
3/5/06 2:05am Old Town Alehouse
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| favorite line of the day |
[07 Mar 2006|02:22am] |
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I was convinced she was the one. But it never made it past the kitchen floors. But I was more me then than I ever had been.
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| Leela European Cafe |
[26 Feb 2006|01:46pm] |
Lunch at Leela European Cafe (24-hour coffee shop and bar with free wifi and so far nothing but good music blasting)--I wish I'd had the sense to come here at night at least once to see what it's like, but I leave to go back to Chicago in only a few hours.
Kelly, the bartender/?? (owner? manager?) is cute--skinny, short dark hair gelled almost all straight up, left arm covered in brightly-colored but faded-looking tattoos that I can't discern, pierced ears/stretched lobes. She fits perfectly with this place. I really wish this were in my neighborhood--I'd barely leave (except maybe work, sleep, and the occasional trip to Morseland).
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| a (somewhat) normal sunday |
[13 Feb 2006|01:05am] |
as usual, i did no work on saturday, leaving it all to sunday.
sunday was nice, starting with several planned non-work activities, then leading into an hour or two of messing around with internet stuff--time i probably should have put to better use. then, i spent a little time working and watching tv, then ate dinner and got sucked into Grey's Anatomy (though mostly because it was the second part of last week's show that i got pulled into because those of us who were still there at the superbowl party all stayed and watched it), then finished the batch of work i had started earlier.
then, being at a good break point, i took a break to call the parents, talked to them for a little bit, then right as i was going to go back to work, the phone rang. this pattern of being about to go to work and having the phone ring repeated itself a few times, and here i am, an hour past bedtime, having done very little of the work that i had planned to do today. i almost wish i felt bad about the fact that i'm going to just go to bed and leave it to get done tomorrow.
but i don't.
i spent most of my day doing what i like probably better than anything else--spending time with and talking to my friends.
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[11 Feb 2006|11:14pm] |
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try this.
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[27 Jan 2006|11:10pm] |
1. When you looked at yourself in the mirror today, what was the first thing you thought?
damn, my eyes are open.
2. How much cash do you have on you?
none physically on me, about $170 with my wallet and stuff over there --->
3. What's a word that rhymes with "TEST"?
zest
4. Favorite planet
saturn
5. Who is the 4th person on your missed call list on your cell?
former coworker/friend from professional stuff.
6. What's your favorite text you still have saved on your phone?
"Imdrunk&miss u"
7. What shirt are you wearing?
plain dark gray tshirt from Eddie Bauer.
8. Do you "label" yourself?
i think i even labeled myself an asshole in a phone conversation with a friend within the past two hours.
9. Name the brand of your shoes you're currently wearing?
no shoes at the moment. i was most recently wearing John Deere work boots.
10. Bright or dark room?
bright. soon to be dark.
11. What do you think about the person who took this survey before you?
i worry about her sometimes. (which, oddly, is what she said, too.) plus, i think she's really interesting and cool.
13. what happened to number 12?
what's a "number 12?"
14. What were you doing at midnight last night?
finishing my notes and handouts for a workshop tomorrow.
15. What did your last text message you received on your cell say?
"Dont think bc im going to the game i dont want to hang out i should be home by 1000" (but then she wussed out and didn't go out... plus, the conversation in which i pointed out that she was being lame was the conversation in which i labeled myself an asshole)
16. Where is your nearest 7-11?
two blocks south, three blocks west. but it's got a parking lot, so i drive it. if i wanted to walk, there's a white hen pantry (is this a chicago thing? a midwest thing?) just two blocks south.
17. What's a saying that you say a lot?
riiiiiiiiiight.
18.Who told you they loved you last?
outside of family... i'm not really sure. and, actually, i'm not even sure who in the family. i know that the last person to tell me something roughly equivalent, at least in the really-good-friend sense, was either rachel or corinne.
19. Last furry thing you touched?
probably the trim on some coat in some store.
20. How Many Drugs Have You Done In The Past three Days?
well, there are the 8 pills i take every morning (6 different drugs, one of which gets taken as 3 pills), and the various over-the-counter nasal stuff i've been inhaling, but other than that, nothing of substance in the past 3 days.
21. How many rolls of film do you need to develop?
3-6 of my own; ~600 of my brother's.
22. Favorite age you have been so far?
17, i think. 23 had some good times, but i sort of feel like everything 21 and up has been, on balance, pretty shitty.
23. Your worst enemy?
i'm probably my own worst enemy. either that, or time or something.
24. What is your current desktop picture?
both my desktop machines have boring background images that came with the OSes (but not the default ones... ones that are generally blue and bland). the desktop picture on my laptop is a photo of cabs streaking along 5th ave in new york at night, taken from several floors up in a hotel.
25. What was the last thing you said to someone?
said goodbye to my friends outside the bar across the street, said goodbye to my parents on the phone.
26. If you had to choose between a million bucks or to be able to change a major regret?
if i thought that the major regret i'd like to change could be changed, i might have to think about it, but in many years of thinking about it, i am fairly certain that there was nothing that could have been done to make my decisions any different at the time, so... the million dollars.
27. Do you like someone?
i like several someones.
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| it's just what i do |
[17 Jan 2006|01:44am] |
 tomorrow (well, later today, technically), i start the semester, teaching stuff i've never taught before and haven't used in a long time for the first time in a few years. so i went out tonight, of course. it's really not a big deal. i probably should have done more prep work than i have, but tomorrow and in fact this whole week aren't going to be hard and aren't really going to involve anything new to me.
 i like being out with these people (or, most specifically the one girl, and generally the guy friend that's usually there with her). it's nice and relaxing now and i don't have that usual anxiety i get about being out at a bar with people. it'll be interesting to see what it's all like next month when the guy through whom i met her comes back from asia. i kind of hope the other friends that are usually with this guy when i see him aren't around quite so often.
i don't think i'm writing the most coherent/intelligent/interesting entry and since i have to be up in like 4-5 hours, i think i'm going to stop now and get ready for bed.
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| stupid random stuff now taking up room in my brain |
[10 Jan 2006|03:22am] |
i believe i can now reliably solve a Rubik's Cube (3x3x3) in under five minutes. I have no particular intention of getting faster.
i also believe that I can reliably solve a Rubik's Mini-Cube (2x2x2) in under three minutes, having been playing with it since it [magically] appeared on my desk today and having quickly realized that it's essentially just doing the corners of the regular cube.
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| how odd |
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