that is something that is not as cool about spring. maybe i will get it together to get prescription drugs for it this year instead of mistaking it for actual sadness like i have the past two or three years in a row.
also, last night lizzy prank called me using a strategy i invented. nice try, lizzy. here is how it goes:
two people pull out their phones
each picks someone they want to prank call (usually it is a boy they have kissed and would maybe like to kiss again although there is pretty much no chance that this will happen. maybe the boy has a new girlfriend, or is mean. this time, though, it was me. i've never kissed lizzy, i don't have a new girlfriend and i am not mean.)
they give the phone number to the other person, who dials it on their own phone
then you make it up as you go along, but for maximum confusion it helps to pretend you are someone this person has hooked up with and then get furious/ask to meet in person when they don't know who you are/pretend to know who you are, or just leave a long message about how you have feelings/pity/regret/an std as a result of your encounter
here are the mistakes lizzy made:
415 area code (obviously san francisco, an area code with which i am extremely familiar - it helps to find someone with an out of state/foreign/obscure area code)
call came at 3 am my time, 12 west coast time - clearly on different coasts, clearly an impossible match
i pretty much never hook up with random people, so the idea of someone i don't remember having spent the night at my house last weekend is completely spurious
the person had a specific date (last weekend) - it is important to be as vague as possible. it's actually best if you don't give a name, which to his credit this person did not.
i could hear her laughing in the background (she has a very distinctive laugh)
i taught her this
so, in conclusion, a for effort, lizzy, but like c+ for execution. props to your friend for making the call. there are not many friends who are adventurous enough to make such a call. i have a few, lizzy is one. so a for that also.
Saturday, March 22, 2008
fox: beware of lies
here is what spring is like so far:
blue coat
sunglasses (yesssss)
listening to "sunday morning" over and over again even though it's saturday
if i have a shopping bag, i am swinging it
whistling
here is a picture of the flowers that are growing outside my apartment:
they close up in the shade. i don't know what they are, but i called my grandparents and they said to email them a picture and maybe they will know. that's why i took that picture. my grandmother also told me that spring in boston will "light up my heart." i think i know what she's talking about already. i'm finding myself impervious to music with feelings, or at least to the mildly dramatic negative feelings this music normally fosters, and breaking out in whistling in the middle of the grocery store. not that i was unhappy in the winter. i'm just happy bordering on sort of fuzzily ecstatic, grinning for no reason kind of happy starting first thing in the morning and lasting approximately until sunset these days.
today i went to the grocery store to get supplies for my easter dinner assignment (i was assigned an appetizer. i am making baked brie because it is like the one appetizer i know how to make). on the way, i passed by super 88. of course i went in, ostensibly to get myself a shoot of bamboo and check out the tea selection. these are the reasons i always cite to myself when entering an asian market. then i inevitably decide i don't want to carry around a shoot of bamboo and end up in the candy aisle. here is what i got today, despite pledging to spend as little money as possible (i am broke but currently refusing to admit it, because it is spring i think):
peony white tea (to maintain internal consistency [in terms of reasoning, not in terms of any actual physical consistency])
goya honey, complete with small piece of honeycomb (is this edible?)
two chocolate yanyans
two strawberry yanyans
kasugai pineapple gummy
kasugai apple gummy
the gummys were a little bit on the pricy side at $2.39 each, but each one (there were probably about eight flavors, including mango, litchi and both red and green grape) had a short description on the front. these descriptions are maybe the most effective marketing strategy i've ever seen. i chose mine based on which had the best metaphors.
Pineapple Gummy: The gorgeous taste of fully ripened pineapple, imposing as a southern island king crowned in glory, is yours to enjoy in every soft and juicy Kasugai Pineapple Gummy.
Apple Gummy: Every drop of fresh apple juice, carefully pressed from the reddest apples, shining in colors of the cheeks of a snow-country child, is yours to enjoy in each soft and juicy Kasugai Apple Gummy.
of COURSE i want to eat those!!! a lot of the descriptions were similarly enticing and talked about how much the eater would enjoy the gummys, but these metaphors just blew me away. the green grape one said something about giving the eater "the feelings of a lady," which i was curious about, but i generally don't like grape-flavored candy. both the pineapple and the apple are extremely delicious, maybe the best gummys i've ever had. they are individually wrapped, just the right size for a gummy, maybe the size of two gummi bears, and they come in a heart shape. they are the perfect gummy.
the yanyans, as always, strike me as a small stroke of genius. a couple years ago they started putting a few words about animals on each of the sesame sticks. here are the ones i found:
chocolate
horse: gallop away
whale: biggesy [sic] mammal
duck: go for a swim (x2)
frog: amphibian
mouse: do not be timid
chicken: kokekokko
goat: you are lucky today
golden egg (picture of an egg, with stars)
panda: go for more
squirrel: your best friend
beetle: lucky colour: brown
[after this i ran out of chocolate dip, but here are the slogans on the sesame sticks i didn't eat, which are worth nothing without the dip, fyi)
another beetle
owl: active at night
rhinoceros: think big
strawberry
stag beetle: love it (x2)
elephant: jumbo
cat: say meow
cow: muuuuu
zebra: herbivore
seal: loves to su(n? i broke this one on accident. actually i just looked yanyans up on wikipedia to make the hyperlink above and it turns out it is "loves to sun tan.")
nothing else new
the wikipedia page has a full list of all the sayings, but i have to say i have eaten my fair share of yanyans and have never come across either "sheep" or "golden log." i think mole is my favorite though. it rhymes. i hope i get that one.
what really cracks me up is the variety of things the sesame sticks communicate about different animals. some are facts: "biggesy [sic] mammal," "herbivore," "amphibian." i guess "kokekokko" and "muuuuu" would also fall into that category. also in that category are descriptions of what the animals like to do - "suntan," "gallop away," "go for a swim," as well as locations or times in/at which the animals can be found - "in a hole," "only at night." some of them, however - i think maybe my favorites - are direct addresses to the eater, occasionally even imperatives. some of these actually have something to do with the animal, or at least fabled stereotypes about the animal - "beware of lies," "eat more carrots." but some of them seem to have no connection at all: "goat: you are lucky today," "panda: go for more." as for the mouse, it's unclear whether the mouse or the eater should "not be timid." but the stag beetle - why exactly should i "love it"? why is the squirrel my "best friend"? and whose lucky colors are "brown" or "yellow," mine? the beetle's? the chick's? and why the differentiation between "stag beetle" and just plain "beetle"? the "golden egg" and nefarious "golden log" are just a complete mystery to me. curious. and hilarious. either way, delicious.
then i went to the grocery store. that was what it was.
lately i have been meeting a lot of dogs on the street.
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i don't know what this dog's name is, but today i met a four month old boston terrier named "thor." he licked me all over my face. i also met two fat pugs and a small terrier. i like spring.
blue coat
sunglasses (yesssss)
listening to "sunday morning" over and over again even though it's saturday
if i have a shopping bag, i am swinging it
whistling
here is a picture of the flowers that are growing outside my apartment:
they close up in the shade. i don't know what they are, but i called my grandparents and they said to email them a picture and maybe they will know. that's why i took that picture. my grandmother also told me that spring in boston will "light up my heart." i think i know what she's talking about already. i'm finding myself impervious to music with feelings, or at least to the mildly dramatic negative feelings this music normally fosters, and breaking out in whistling in the middle of the grocery store. not that i was unhappy in the winter. i'm just happy bordering on sort of fuzzily ecstatic, grinning for no reason kind of happy starting first thing in the morning and lasting approximately until sunset these days.
today i went to the grocery store to get supplies for my easter dinner assignment (i was assigned an appetizer. i am making baked brie because it is like the one appetizer i know how to make). on the way, i passed by super 88. of course i went in, ostensibly to get myself a shoot of bamboo and check out the tea selection. these are the reasons i always cite to myself when entering an asian market. then i inevitably decide i don't want to carry around a shoot of bamboo and end up in the candy aisle. here is what i got today, despite pledging to spend as little money as possible (i am broke but currently refusing to admit it, because it is spring i think):
peony white tea (to maintain internal consistency [in terms of reasoning, not in terms of any actual physical consistency])
goya honey, complete with small piece of honeycomb (is this edible?)
two chocolate yanyans
two strawberry yanyans
kasugai pineapple gummy
kasugai apple gummy
the gummys were a little bit on the pricy side at $2.39 each, but each one (there were probably about eight flavors, including mango, litchi and both red and green grape) had a short description on the front. these descriptions are maybe the most effective marketing strategy i've ever seen. i chose mine based on which had the best metaphors.
Pineapple Gummy: The gorgeous taste of fully ripened pineapple, imposing as a southern island king crowned in glory, is yours to enjoy in every soft and juicy Kasugai Pineapple Gummy.
Apple Gummy: Every drop of fresh apple juice, carefully pressed from the reddest apples, shining in colors of the cheeks of a snow-country child, is yours to enjoy in each soft and juicy Kasugai Apple Gummy.
of COURSE i want to eat those!!! a lot of the descriptions were similarly enticing and talked about how much the eater would enjoy the gummys, but these metaphors just blew me away. the green grape one said something about giving the eater "the feelings of a lady," which i was curious about, but i generally don't like grape-flavored candy. both the pineapple and the apple are extremely delicious, maybe the best gummys i've ever had. they are individually wrapped, just the right size for a gummy, maybe the size of two gummi bears, and they come in a heart shape. they are the perfect gummy.
the yanyans, as always, strike me as a small stroke of genius. a couple years ago they started putting a few words about animals on each of the sesame sticks. here are the ones i found:
chocolate
horse: gallop away
whale: biggesy [sic] mammal
duck: go for a swim (x2)
frog: amphibian
mouse: do not be timid
chicken: kokekokko
goat: you are lucky today
golden egg (picture of an egg, with stars)
panda: go for more
squirrel: your best friend
beetle: lucky colour: brown
[after this i ran out of chocolate dip, but here are the slogans on the sesame sticks i didn't eat, which are worth nothing without the dip, fyi)
another beetle
owl: active at night
rhinoceros: think big
strawberry
stag beetle: love it (x2)
elephant: jumbo
cat: say meow
cow: muuuuu
zebra: herbivore
seal: loves to su(n? i broke this one on accident. actually i just looked yanyans up on wikipedia to make the hyperlink above and it turns out it is "loves to sun tan.")
nothing else new
the wikipedia page has a full list of all the sayings, but i have to say i have eaten my fair share of yanyans and have never come across either "sheep" or "golden log." i think mole is my favorite though. it rhymes. i hope i get that one.
what really cracks me up is the variety of things the sesame sticks communicate about different animals. some are facts: "biggesy [sic] mammal," "herbivore," "amphibian." i guess "kokekokko" and "muuuuu" would also fall into that category. also in that category are descriptions of what the animals like to do - "suntan," "gallop away," "go for a swim," as well as locations or times in/at which the animals can be found - "in a hole," "only at night." some of them, however - i think maybe my favorites - are direct addresses to the eater, occasionally even imperatives. some of these actually have something to do with the animal, or at least fabled stereotypes about the animal - "beware of lies," "eat more carrots." but some of them seem to have no connection at all: "goat: you are lucky today," "panda: go for more." as for the mouse, it's unclear whether the mouse or the eater should "not be timid." but the stag beetle - why exactly should i "love it"? why is the squirrel my "best friend"? and whose lucky colors are "brown" or "yellow," mine? the beetle's? the chick's? and why the differentiation between "stag beetle" and just plain "beetle"? the "golden egg" and nefarious "golden log" are just a complete mystery to me. curious. and hilarious. either way, delicious.
then i went to the grocery store. that was what it was.
lately i have been meeting a lot of dogs on the street.
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i don't know what this dog's name is, but today i met a four month old boston terrier named "thor." he licked me all over my face. i also met two fat pugs and a small terrier. i like spring.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
my room is a kleenex graveyard
spring break
hours in the car: under five, including incredible trip to provincetown
movies watched: delicatessen, sleepaway camp, 28 weeks later, the virgin suicides, cq + about eight episodes of mscl
pizzas consumed: 4, one of them free
cups of coffee: about 8 or 9
cups of tea: dozens
books read: 0
meaningful conversations had: dozens
not meaningful conversations had: hundreds
sunsets witnessed: three to four
seashells collected: in the 30's, + three bonus seagull chases
for a more detailed account of spring break not in list form, see carolann's version
then i got sick. it went ok. i'm pretty much better now. here are the stats on that:
chapped lips
chapped nose (gross)
diminishing sore throat
little to no body aches (anymore)
no headache
trash can full of kleenexes (name brand, but still gross)
mildly sexy deep getting-over-cold voice, accompanied by not-so-sexy lingering congestion
i did get to talk to my dad. this happens more frequently than me getting sick, but as soon as i start getting sick it is GUARANTEED to happen. sometimes i think my dad thinks i am sick all the time. i guess maybe he does, because he is always telling me to drink lots of fluids and take vitamin c, even when i'm not sick. good lookin out, is what i call that. my dad is currently in maui, taking a month off of work to get in some windsurfing time by himself. i think this is so, so cool. he had accrued a bunch of vacation time, so he decided to go to MAUI to WINDSURF. it's something he likes to do and doesn't get to do often, so he's just doing it. how cool is that?! SO cool. maybe he will start a blog while he's there. i should tell him i think that's a good idea.
today was a strange day. some weird things happened. mostly weird, though, was that i was in kind of a crap, prickly mood. this is strange because i have been in a good, if mildly crazy when hungry, mood for maybe a month straight. i just couldn't shake it. it was a little bit of a rollercoaster.
down: kicking myself for not having already written a paper that is due tomorrow
up: getting an a- on a paper i had already written
down: lamenting not being able to take my assignment for tomorrow seriously because my professor is an extremely friendly and casual guy who trades animal videos on youtube with me. also he is canadian.
up: leigh showing me this. personal favorite: feb 21st. if our ears were in our armpits, we WOULD have to raise our arms in the air to hear other people!
down: forgetting to eat very much and resulting craziness
up: ladies at the dean's being ecstatic that i feel better
down: i don't know, anxiety
up/down: reconnecting with old friends/by playing too much scrabulous
i think i finally kicked it by deciding to walk home. it was a pretty beautiful day, and i missed most of it because i was in class/at the library/in front of a computer at the dean's so i figured i could spare the time to look around a little. there were ducks swimming in the pond and i saw this dog:
then i stopped at cvs for something necessary and splurged on new lip balm (it turns out "subtle shine" means "we just added sparkles to the formula we use for the dudes' version"), after which i treated myself to ice cream. it wasn't quite THAT nice a day, but as it turns out, everyone in brighton center likes a girl with an ice cream cone. we'll see though - i just used up my last of the good green tea (the kind with a little lemongrass and the tag that's supposed to say something inspiring but which, when read aloud, just sounds ridiculous), which may or may not constitute a crisis during which the crap/prickle creeps right back.
hours in the car: under five, including incredible trip to provincetown
movies watched: delicatessen, sleepaway camp, 28 weeks later, the virgin suicides, cq + about eight episodes of mscl
pizzas consumed: 4, one of them free
cups of coffee: about 8 or 9
cups of tea: dozens
books read: 0
meaningful conversations had: dozens
not meaningful conversations had: hundreds
sunsets witnessed: three to four
seashells collected: in the 30's, + three bonus seagull chases
for a more detailed account of spring break not in list form, see carolann's version
then i got sick. it went ok. i'm pretty much better now. here are the stats on that:
chapped lips
chapped nose (gross)
diminishing sore throat
little to no body aches (anymore)
no headache
trash can full of kleenexes (name brand, but still gross)
mildly sexy deep getting-over-cold voice, accompanied by not-so-sexy lingering congestion
i did get to talk to my dad. this happens more frequently than me getting sick, but as soon as i start getting sick it is GUARANTEED to happen. sometimes i think my dad thinks i am sick all the time. i guess maybe he does, because he is always telling me to drink lots of fluids and take vitamin c, even when i'm not sick. good lookin out, is what i call that. my dad is currently in maui, taking a month off of work to get in some windsurfing time by himself. i think this is so, so cool. he had accrued a bunch of vacation time, so he decided to go to MAUI to WINDSURF. it's something he likes to do and doesn't get to do often, so he's just doing it. how cool is that?! SO cool. maybe he will start a blog while he's there. i should tell him i think that's a good idea.
today was a strange day. some weird things happened. mostly weird, though, was that i was in kind of a crap, prickly mood. this is strange because i have been in a good, if mildly crazy when hungry, mood for maybe a month straight. i just couldn't shake it. it was a little bit of a rollercoaster.
down: kicking myself for not having already written a paper that is due tomorrow
up: getting an a- on a paper i had already written
down: lamenting not being able to take my assignment for tomorrow seriously because my professor is an extremely friendly and casual guy who trades animal videos on youtube with me. also he is canadian.
up: leigh showing me this. personal favorite: feb 21st. if our ears were in our armpits, we WOULD have to raise our arms in the air to hear other people!
down: forgetting to eat very much and resulting craziness
up: ladies at the dean's being ecstatic that i feel better
down: i don't know, anxiety
up/down: reconnecting with old friends/by playing too much scrabulous
i think i finally kicked it by deciding to walk home. it was a pretty beautiful day, and i missed most of it because i was in class/at the library/in front of a computer at the dean's so i figured i could spare the time to look around a little. there were ducks swimming in the pond and i saw this dog:
then i stopped at cvs for something necessary and splurged on new lip balm (it turns out "subtle shine" means "we just added sparkles to the formula we use for the dudes' version"), after which i treated myself to ice cream. it wasn't quite THAT nice a day, but as it turns out, everyone in brighton center likes a girl with an ice cream cone. we'll see though - i just used up my last of the good green tea (the kind with a little lemongrass and the tag that's supposed to say something inspiring but which, when read aloud, just sounds ridiculous), which may or may not constitute a crisis during which the crap/prickle creeps right back.
Monday, March 10, 2008
some pretty important follow-ups
surfing duck
surfing dog
surfing cat
it's pretty clear what my interests are right now. i can't wait for summer.
surfing dog
surfing cat
it's pretty clear what my interests are right now. i can't wait for summer.
this blog has been seriously lacking in animal videos recently
bunsen is my favorite, definitely. you can tell he knows what he's doing. this is not at all what my spring break was about, btdub. more on that later.
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