nine [very short] 'stories'
Conversation overheard in the break room today:
a: You know, I'll be happy when I meet someone who looks at me and says, "Yeah, he'll do."
b: Yeah, [girl] and I constantly threaten to leave each other — "You know, I could leave! Maybe I'll just leave now!" — but we know that it's an empty threat. I mean, by this point, who else would put up with our nonsense?
a: Yeah, now that you've worn each other down to a mere nub.
b: Exactly. Though the way you say it kind of takes the romance out of it.
Geekiest line I've gotten from the boyfriend this week: "Baby, I love you so much that it would take the internet forever to transfer it."
Once upon a time, there was a man named Bill, and he was responsible for the stupidity of Microsoft Word and also for the entirely unhelpful 'help' files therein, and I resented him for it. Out loud.
Yesterday I saw a talk by Michael Snow and he showed slides of a gallery exhibition of a large transparent photo of a couple having sex, noting that since it was in the middle of a crowded gallery, viewers could see other viewers through the photo, so it was a private moment but it was simultaneously also crowded and public, "and that was pretty great." Cue awkward laughter.
The only concrete reason so far:
"Well, we're not planning on getting married."
"But... but, presents!!! You'll miss out on the LOOT!!"
The New Condo, by The Cats: Ooh, I can run over here! and here! and here! Do I still own this chair? I better rub my face on it again just to make sure! Now I will jump on this counter, and that one, and the table! and there are windowsills, perfect for viewing those blasted pigeons, walking on the ground, so tasty... mmrrr... mreh! mreh! Ooh, the humans are stirring, it must be BREAKFAST TIME ALREADY!! Time to jump on them and meow until they do our bidding!!
A lot of people are fighting about whether moderate religion is bad or not, given the assumption that fundamentalism is total crap. ("Moderate [religion] validates radical [religion]! We have to stamp it all out! OMG!!!") A lot of people miss some major points, including: a) belief/disbelief is not a choice, and b) not all religions/religious varieties are dogmatic and that does not make them less legitimate. I get very interested in this discussion, but now I am fed up with everyone. I am an atheist of sorts, but loudmouths such as Dawkins and Harris do not represent my perspective.
I have baked chocolate chip cookies from the standard Joy of Cooking recipe twice. Twice they have ended up flat and they all run into each other on the baking sheet. Possible problems to troubleshoot: Our oven is HOLY HECK hot and I'm having trouble finding a good temperature? Too little flour? Too much butter? Positioned too high/low in the oven?
I had some programming questions, so Jonathan introduced me to DOM Levels. They're an overarching set of instructions for HTML, PHP, Javascript, etc. Being the syntax geek that I am, I excitedly emailed my old syntax prof, telling her that web languages have a UNIVERSAL GRAMMAR! And you can just look it up! And there are appendices to translate it into individual languages! And it's JUST LIKE LINGUISTIC SYNTAX but man-made and we have the answer key! And please be proud of me because I didn't go to grad school like you encouraged me to, but I am using my Syntax knowledge in the real world!
posted by Heather Ann @ 10:32 PM
2 Comments:
Hey I kept looking for Seymour Glass in one of those tales.
Always a pleasure
#2 is going into my regular rotation
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