TU Cent Thoughts, 1-2-06
Jan. 2nd, 2006 10:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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I had this awesome brain storm for my LJ. I needed an icon with a grey Greek "beta" letter on it, with a half white, half black background. The icon master![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
wolflady26 nailed it. It even has the yin yang thing going with "Grey" and "Beta." It's a perfect icon for me. Thanks, Wolf Lady!
As part of the law of equivalent exchange, I told the Wolf Lady she could me ask any question and I would answer as honestly as I could. I got the following prompt:
How about - a 500 word essay (no more, no less!) on the moment that has had the biggest influence on your life so far. :)
I hate a wolf's smile. It has that "You will do what I say or your heart will know how sharp my teeth are. Seeing as how I am a mere Greek letter, I suppose I will do my best to comply with the Wolf Lady's request. Tune in tomorrow morning.
Careless Rogue
So, the rogue, i.e. anime Mike is sitting in the backseat of my car. As he's exiting, he feels something catch on his pants leg. Instead of turning around to see what it is, he jumps out of my car.
SNAP!
The rogue just carelessly snapped off the handle to manually lower and raise the right backseat window on my beautiful dark blue Honda Accord (which has neither power locks nor power windows). The one I got in 2002 from my parents for graduating valedictorian. The rogue will pay dearly for his treachery. Unfortunately, the Scriptures dictate that my punishment actually has to improve him somehow. The Scriptures can be so limiting sometimes. I mean, if it were me, I'd snap his leg in half to teach the rogue a lesson. I don't care if he's my friend, he needs to learn not to break MY stuff.
Lesson: When you feel something tug at your pants leg, check it out before you snap off your friend's window handle.
What's the deal with language composition?
So earlier this morning I was chatting on AIM withfourstrifes about language composition. She was complaining how much it stucked because she couldn't understand why she should state the obvious in her junior AP English class. Well, the problem was the she was trying to get at the author's meaning, but the wrong kind of meaning. In language composition, you aren't trying to get at what the author is saying. You are actually analyzing how and why the author uses the words the way he or she does. I understood the theory, but I was not very good at the application. I got a four on the AP Language Composition test though, so I got my credit and that's all that counts.
So I've been banned from a sheepie's journal
So this sheepie,bohemeg, banned me from her commenting on her journal. LMAO. Sheepies need to grow thicker skin. Saying "I am obsessed with perfection in words." and then proceeding to use inkorrect grammer is JUST ASKING TO BE CALLED OUT ON. Sorry, but I don't tolerate dumbery from an "English" major. Trying to pwn me with sarcasm just means I will fire back with even more biting sarcasm, and you will lose that battle everytime (because I have more hate than most people have in their entire lifetime).
Just to annoy her further, I'll keep her on my friends list to remind me of the type of students I will want to strangle: "sheepies". From now on, I'll call all stupid students "sheepies". "Stupid sheepies" would then become "stupid stupid students." Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk.
It's not like she's reading this right now. I would say this to her face, but that's hard to do when she's banned me from commenting on her journal.
If you ban me for "being a jerk", I might as well act like one.
(Yes, I am being facetious)
Hey, Jacob-kohai, please tell your friend Meag she needs to take things with a grain of salt on the Internet. Otherwise, she's going to eventually pop a blood vessel in anger some day...
Not that I would mind that happening...
(No, I was not being facetious just then)
Verse of the Day
"For it is by grace you have been saved through faith--and that not from yourselves, it is the gift of God."
~Ephesians 2:8
Convos of the Day
D2: And that's what language composition is about.
Fourstrifes: Epiphany.
D2: ?
Fourstrifes: What you just said, it makes so much sense.
D2: If you thought lang comp was weird, wait till you get to literary analysis. You're going to cry.
D2: Sup?
Red Cross Girl: Just waiting around before I babysit.
D2: Sounds fun.
Red Cross Girl: It's not.
D2: Why not?
Red Cross Girl: They're hellions. They're okay when their parents are there, but when they aren't, they become spawns of Satan.
D2: Spawns of Satan?
Red Cross Girl: They scream, they kick and claw each other, they abuse their pets, and so on...
D2: How much do you get paid to do this?
Red Cross Girl: $6/hr
D2: And why are you still doing this?
Red Cross Girl: I...I feel sorry for their parents. They helped my family out alot when we moved to OKC.
D2: You're too nice, Red Cross Girl.
Red Cross Girl: And you just now figured this out?
D2: Someone forgets to take out a CoP: Red from their maindeck and starts the next game with it. What's the error and penalty?
Mike: I know it's a game loss. Is there something about a procedural error that has to do with failing to desideboard?
D2: Yes, specifically, Procedural Error - Failure to Desideboard.
Mike: How awkward.
D2: A player pulls out a chair from underneat their opponent. What's the error and penalty?
Mike: Heh, that's Unsporting Conduct - Severe. Punishment is DQ, but I won't say without prizes.
D2: But you just did.
Mike: Shut up.
D2: I bet I can make you say black.
Mike: Go ahead.
D2: What are the colors of the American flag?
Mike: Red, white, and blue.
D2: HA HA! I told you I could make you say blue.
Mike: No you didn't. You fail, sir.
D2: So you've heard that one before.
Mike: No, but an honest white mage can't trick a cleverthief rogue.
Quote of the Day
Scott Adams, creator of the Dilbert comic strip, asked on his blog who would win in a fight between Santa Claus and jesus Christ. He shared the following response from Guy:
"And as for Santa and Jesus, the answer is Jesus. Because he can walk on water he could drag Santa to the middle of a lake and hold him under while he stayed pleasantly dry. Now if you were to include the nine reindeer and twelve apostles then the fight might get more interesting."
~Guy
Link of the Day
What is Namibia?. Have you ever wanted to read the travails of a fledgeling Peace Corps newbie? Meet Brock Blackburn, a computer science graduate from Tulsa and friend of D2. He was one of the people I looked up to in the BSU, as he made no bones about being himself. He was a big fan of Jeapordy, thus the title of his blog. He's an interesting guy with a lot to say about his situation. So if you have an interest in Africa and would like a well written firsthand account of a Peace Corps volunteer helping establish a school in Africa, this is a blog that D2 personally recommends.
Sports Report
That kick in the Cotton Bowl, that was the ugliest kick ever to win a football game.
They fixed the BCS. I'm serious. I am impressed by this leveling of the playing field. I guess when Congress threatens action, things get done (unless it pertains to the war on terrorism).
The yearly NFL head coach carousel is getting warmed up...
Before Sex and the City
There was Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
But it's a well known fact that gentlemen marry brunettes.
I wonder where that leaves the redheads and black haired women.
It does not follow
Non Sequitur pimps Bill O'Reilly.
By the way, Non Sequitur does not get enough recognition for its brilliance. This is by far D2's favorite comic strip in the newspaper.
Curiosity question
Can a year have a New Year's Eve and a New Year's Day?
[Poll #644453]
I had this awesome brain storm for my LJ. I needed an icon with a grey Greek "beta" letter on it, with a half white, half black background. The icon master
wolflady26 nailed it. It even has the yin yang thing going with "Grey" and "Beta." It's a perfect icon for me. Thanks, Wolf Lady!As part of the law of equivalent exchange, I told the Wolf Lady she could me ask any question and I would answer as honestly as I could. I got the following prompt:
How about - a 500 word essay (no more, no less!) on the moment that has had the biggest influence on your life so far. :)
I hate a wolf's smile. It has that "You will do what I say or your heart will know how sharp my teeth are. Seeing as how I am a mere Greek letter, I suppose I will do my best to comply with the Wolf Lady's request. Tune in tomorrow morning.
Careless Rogue
So, the rogue, i.e. anime Mike is sitting in the backseat of my car. As he's exiting, he feels something catch on his pants leg. Instead of turning around to see what it is, he jumps out of my car.
SNAP!
The rogue just carelessly snapped off the handle to manually lower and raise the right backseat window on my beautiful dark blue Honda Accord (which has neither power locks nor power windows). The one I got in 2002 from my parents for graduating valedictorian. The rogue will pay dearly for his treachery. Unfortunately, the Scriptures dictate that my punishment actually has to improve him somehow. The Scriptures can be so limiting sometimes. I mean, if it were me, I'd snap his leg in half to teach the rogue a lesson. I don't care if he's my friend, he needs to learn not to break MY stuff.
Lesson: When you feel something tug at your pants leg, check it out before you snap off your friend's window handle.
What's the deal with language composition?
So earlier this morning I was chatting on AIM with
fourstrifes about language composition. She was complaining how much it stucked because she couldn't understand why she should state the obvious in her junior AP English class. Well, the problem was the she was trying to get at the author's meaning, but the wrong kind of meaning. In language composition, you aren't trying to get at what the author is saying. You are actually analyzing how and why the author uses the words the way he or she does. I understood the theory, but I was not very good at the application. I got a four on the AP Language Composition test though, so I got my credit and that's all that counts.So I've been banned from a sheepie's journal
So this sheepie,
bohemeg, banned me from her commenting on her journal. LMAO. Sheepies need to grow thicker skin. Saying "I am obsessed with perfection in words." and then proceeding to use inkorrect grammer is JUST ASKING TO BE CALLED OUT ON. Sorry, but I don't tolerate dumbery from an "English" major. Trying to pwn me with sarcasm just means I will fire back with even more biting sarcasm, and you will lose that battle everytime (because I have more hate than most people have in their entire lifetime). Just to annoy her further, I'll keep her on my friends list to remind me of the type of students I will want to strangle: "sheepies". From now on, I'll call all stupid students "sheepies". "Stupid sheepies" would then become "stupid stupid students." Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk.
It's not like she's reading this right now. I would say this to her face, but that's hard to do when she's banned me from commenting on her journal.
If you ban me for "being a jerk", I might as well act like one.
(Yes, I am being facetious)
Hey, Jacob-kohai, please tell your friend Meag she needs to take things with a grain of salt on the Internet. Otherwise, she's going to eventually pop a blood vessel in anger some day...
Not that I would mind that happening...
(No, I was not being facetious just then)
Verse of the Day
"For it is by grace you have been saved through faith--and that not from yourselves, it is the gift of God."
~Ephesians 2:8
Convos of the Day
D2: And that's what language composition is about.
Fourstrifes: Epiphany.
D2: ?
Fourstrifes: What you just said, it makes so much sense.
D2: If you thought lang comp was weird, wait till you get to literary analysis. You're going to cry.
D2: Sup?
Red Cross Girl: Just waiting around before I babysit.
D2: Sounds fun.
Red Cross Girl: It's not.
D2: Why not?
Red Cross Girl: They're hellions. They're okay when their parents are there, but when they aren't, they become spawns of Satan.
D2: Spawns of Satan?
Red Cross Girl: They scream, they kick and claw each other, they abuse their pets, and so on...
D2: How much do you get paid to do this?
Red Cross Girl: $6/hr
D2: And why are you still doing this?
Red Cross Girl: I...I feel sorry for their parents. They helped my family out alot when we moved to OKC.
D2: You're too nice, Red Cross Girl.
Red Cross Girl: And you just now figured this out?
D2: Someone forgets to take out a CoP: Red from their maindeck and starts the next game with it. What's the error and penalty?
Mike: I know it's a game loss. Is there something about a procedural error that has to do with failing to desideboard?
D2: Yes, specifically, Procedural Error - Failure to Desideboard.
Mike: How awkward.
D2: A player pulls out a chair from underneat their opponent. What's the error and penalty?
Mike: Heh, that's Unsporting Conduct - Severe. Punishment is DQ, but I won't say without prizes.
D2: But you just did.
Mike: Shut up.
D2: I bet I can make you say black.
Mike: Go ahead.
D2: What are the colors of the American flag?
Mike: Red, white, and blue.
D2: HA HA! I told you I could make you say blue.
Mike: No you didn't. You fail, sir.
D2: So you've heard that one before.
Mike: No, but an honest white mage can't trick a clever
Quote of the Day
Scott Adams, creator of the Dilbert comic strip, asked on his blog who would win in a fight between Santa Claus and jesus Christ. He shared the following response from Guy:
"And as for Santa and Jesus, the answer is Jesus. Because he can walk on water he could drag Santa to the middle of a lake and hold him under while he stayed pleasantly dry. Now if you were to include the nine reindeer and twelve apostles then the fight might get more interesting."
~Guy
Link of the Day
What is Namibia?. Have you ever wanted to read the travails of a fledgeling Peace Corps newbie? Meet Brock Blackburn, a computer science graduate from Tulsa and friend of D2. He was one of the people I looked up to in the BSU, as he made no bones about being himself. He was a big fan of Jeapordy, thus the title of his blog. He's an interesting guy with a lot to say about his situation. So if you have an interest in Africa and would like a well written firsthand account of a Peace Corps volunteer helping establish a school in Africa, this is a blog that D2 personally recommends.
Sports Report
That kick in the Cotton Bowl, that was the ugliest kick ever to win a football game.
They fixed the BCS. I'm serious. I am impressed by this leveling of the playing field. I guess when Congress threatens action, things get done (unless it pertains to the war on terrorism).
The yearly NFL head coach carousel is getting warmed up...
Before Sex and the City
There was Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
But it's a well known fact that gentlemen marry brunettes.
I wonder where that leaves the redheads and black haired women.
It does not follow
Non Sequitur pimps Bill O'Reilly.
By the way, Non Sequitur does not get enough recognition for its brilliance. This is by far D2's favorite comic strip in the newspaper.
Curiosity question
Can a year have a New Year's Eve and a New Year's Day?
[Poll #644453]
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Date: 2006-01-03 06:06 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-01-03 06:55 am (UTC)I know it's unwieldy, but it's either this or nothing. Cause I have way too many thoughts floating in my head on any given day.
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Date: 2006-01-03 12:18 pm (UTC)(I firmly believe you should do whatever you want in your own journal. But my personal preference is for tightly-focused posts, instead of rambling.)
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Date: 2006-01-03 12:25 pm (UTC)History teachers love to ramble. :)
(Although perhaps I could stand to ramble less. Nah...)
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Date: 2006-01-03 03:30 pm (UTC)(My goal is to record my goals, so I don't really think that the same metrics apply to me as they do to you.)
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Date: 2006-01-03 03:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-03 07:08 am (UTC)I'm being contrary and going with No.
Yes, I realize it has a New Year's Day at the beginning and a New Year's Eve at the end, but I want to be different.
So I'm going to say that they can't - even tho logic dictates they must.
*pffbbt*
My universe has no past or future - only this moment.
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Date: 2006-01-04 12:09 am (UTC)I'm a grammar nazi. :(
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Date: 2006-01-03 12:29 pm (UTC)You know this as well as I do.
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Date: 2006-01-03 11:54 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-01-03 12:36 pm (UTC)I guess it isn't. How curious.
i pwned u, noob
For future reference, use dictionary.com or m-w.com before asking such questions.
By the way, when I become a history teacher, the following poster will hang somewhere on my walls (please note the dripping sarcasm):
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Date: 2006-01-03 02:56 pm (UTC)Perhaps.
Clueless?
Occasionally.
These are words and insults I will take. But...noob? Oh, child, you toy with the wrong man. As a scholar, a writer, and perhaps most completely, a gamer, I am deeply offended by such a word being slung in my direction. Shall we war?
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Date: 2006-01-03 03:36 pm (UTC)Young dino, you still have much to learn. Perhaps like Jacob-kohai, aka
Shall you join our dojo, or shall you wander about aimlessly for the false leetness others offer? You have until your next comment to decide.
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Date: 2006-01-03 08:56 pm (UTC)But my blog is not for others.
It is for myself.
I am no wanderer, I am a ronin, perhaps one might compare me to the mythical Jubei?
Or perhaps that is a bit arrogant.
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Date: 2006-01-04 12:07 am (UTC)If you to prefer to be a ronin warrior, that is your choice. I will respect that.
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Date: 2006-01-03 02:41 pm (UTC)Open for the rest of us.
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Date: 2006-01-03 03:24 pm (UTC)