Posts for December, 2008

December 30, 2008

Just Staggering

Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion

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December 27, 2008

Call for comment

or, howzabout these links!
I would like pingpong to please comment on this article:
Malcolm Gladwell on picking teachers

It would be great if Bfarn or someone could tell me where 3d animators publish awesomeness like this:
gangsta chimp
And this last one is for everyone (yo, Changston - how do I embed videos?):
you best not step to B&E

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December 25, 2008

Why aren’t banks lending yet?

Changston and I had a discussion about the question in the title post. With too much free time on my hands, I’m taking a shot at writing this down in public:
The simple, one-sentence reason banks “aren’t lending money” (they actually are, at a much lower volume than in the recent past and only for properties/companies/ideas […]

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December 22, 2008

When will the tests end?

I’m back in Oakland for the Yuletide, and thought I would renew my drivers license while I was here since it was set to expire next year.  This couldn’t be done online since I’ve moved since the last address on my license.  I made an appointment and brought proof of address within CA (at my […]

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December 16, 2008

Why I occasionally enjoy working on a movie lot:

Fighting for a spot at the salad bar with Harold Ramis.

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December 13, 2008

Finals from the side of evil

What do I do during finals?  Mostly I expect to be bored and hoping I don’t fall asleep and the students cheat like crazy.  Luckily the teachers are way more sophisticated at cheating than the kids, so when we do stuff like forbid water bottles from the desks, any electronic devices until everyone is done […]

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I don’t know what to do with myself.

Seriously, I feel completely adrift.  I’ll clean and oragnize my room at some point, I suppose… maybe put up some decorations finally.  But I just want to turn my brain off until Januaray.  I almost made it to the gym today, but considering the late night and getting out of bed at 12, that “almost” […]

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December 9, 2008

Très Cute

Most kids’ stream-of-consciousness storytelling is great, making declarative statements that are obviously linked in their minds yet are disconnected to most anyone else.  Yet somehow this is even more adorable for being in French.   Such cuteness is amplified in Chinese children as well.  The downside is that they grow up in to adult French and […]

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December 8, 2008

So thrilling, I fall asleep.

I have a final in 3 hours, yet I can’t bring myself to seriously study for it. Why? Because it is Professional Responsibility, which I have blathered on about before. I won’t again, except to express how staggeringly and surprisingly dull the subject matter is.
So I don’t know how you all may […]

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December 6, 2008

Everywhere I look

The Cardigans - Hanging Around

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