Showing posts with label oddities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label oddities. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Don't [Jewel]
this has got to be the worst song of all time. this is a band (?) made up of a husband and wife duo, and their friend, who is probably thinking he wishes he would have never told them he could play drums.
enjoy!
Monday, March 28, 2011
Living in Your Letters [Dashboard Confessional]
re: this post about words with friends.
it's a strange thing, when you think about it. unlike chess, scrabble doesn't seem like it would itself to correspondence play. i know the board is slightly different, and the tile distribution is slightly off, but basically, we're playing scrabble. It's amazing how much of a hit this game has become, really. I'd wager that of all the people playing the game right now, if you took a poll, at least 60% of them would never agree to play an actual game of scrabble.
As a kid, My mom and dad used to play scrabble a lot, i seem to remember. We even have a copy of the game in german, though i doubt anyone could play it anymore. My grandpa loved crosswords, but i don't know if he ever scrabbled. i imagine a game between he and my mom would have been epic.
honestly, i don't know that i would even really sign up for a game of scrabble, because i never thought i was good at it. after playing WWF, though, i feel like i could be up for a real-time game. not that I'm calling myself a master or anything, but i've laid down a few good plays that I'm proud of. i've also played a few sets and then kicked myself for not seeing a better word or a better placement.
Of the games i'm playing currently (6, if you're counting), even if distance or lifestyle were removed from the equation i think that i would have never thought about playing with at least 3 of my current opponents. In general, my immediate group of friends don't really play a lot of boardgames - or at least not as much as when we were in college. and whenever we do/did play, scrabble was never one that came up as an option. i don't think any word-based games were ever in rotation at our gatherings. but here we are, playing scrabble on our phones.
if you're not on the bandwagon already, you really ought to give it a try. and if you, you know how to find me.
it's a strange thing, when you think about it. unlike chess, scrabble doesn't seem like it would itself to correspondence play. i know the board is slightly different, and the tile distribution is slightly off, but basically, we're playing scrabble. It's amazing how much of a hit this game has become, really. I'd wager that of all the people playing the game right now, if you took a poll, at least 60% of them would never agree to play an actual game of scrabble.
As a kid, My mom and dad used to play scrabble a lot, i seem to remember. We even have a copy of the game in german, though i doubt anyone could play it anymore. My grandpa loved crosswords, but i don't know if he ever scrabbled. i imagine a game between he and my mom would have been epic.
honestly, i don't know that i would even really sign up for a game of scrabble, because i never thought i was good at it. after playing WWF, though, i feel like i could be up for a real-time game. not that I'm calling myself a master or anything, but i've laid down a few good plays that I'm proud of. i've also played a few sets and then kicked myself for not seeing a better word or a better placement.
Of the games i'm playing currently (6, if you're counting), even if distance or lifestyle were removed from the equation i think that i would have never thought about playing with at least 3 of my current opponents. In general, my immediate group of friends don't really play a lot of boardgames - or at least not as much as when we were in college. and whenever we do/did play, scrabble was never one that came up as an option. i don't think any word-based games were ever in rotation at our gatherings. but here we are, playing scrabble on our phones.
if you're not on the bandwagon already, you really ought to give it a try. and if you, you know how to find me.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Neighbors [Gnarls Barkley]
it's weird, living in an apartment again. the noise of people living above/below/beside me. the noise of people coming and going at all hours - apartment doors, car doors, drunken stumbling back home. the smells in the hallways - body odor, food, smoking, pot.
it's also odd not really knowing your neighbors. sure, i guess i could introduce myself, but i'm not really here to make friends. i recognize some people because we keep the same hours, but i dont know names. there's the chinese smoking lady, the duck lady, the hard rock smoker, the taxi drivers, and the 80 year old lady with pigtails. about 3 weeks ago i came back to the apartment mid-day, and there was a guy on the balcony of the apartment next door to mine. now, he didnt know i was his neighbor, but after tonight i'm not so sure he was my neigbor. i just took trash to the garbage chute, and passed a guy and girl going into the apartment next door. the same stuff has been on the patio since i moved in, so either:
1.) it's a 2 bedroom apt, which i'm not sure it is.
2.) she lives there and this guy is a new boyfriend.
3.) he lives there and the guy i saw before was his friend.
whatever the case may be, it makes me want to know more about who is next door.
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also, when taking the trash out - there was a vase full of not-yet-dead flowers in the trash, and flower petals all over the place. makes me wonder what happened.
it's also odd not really knowing your neighbors. sure, i guess i could introduce myself, but i'm not really here to make friends. i recognize some people because we keep the same hours, but i dont know names. there's the chinese smoking lady, the duck lady, the hard rock smoker, the taxi drivers, and the 80 year old lady with pigtails. about 3 weeks ago i came back to the apartment mid-day, and there was a guy on the balcony of the apartment next door to mine. now, he didnt know i was his neighbor, but after tonight i'm not so sure he was my neigbor. i just took trash to the garbage chute, and passed a guy and girl going into the apartment next door. the same stuff has been on the patio since i moved in, so either:
1.) it's a 2 bedroom apt, which i'm not sure it is.
2.) she lives there and this guy is a new boyfriend.
3.) he lives there and the guy i saw before was his friend.
whatever the case may be, it makes me want to know more about who is next door.
also, when taking the trash out - there was a vase full of not-yet-dead flowers in the trash, and flower petals all over the place. makes me wonder what happened.
Monday, January 17, 2011
They Say [Common]
They say don't go grocery shopping when you're hungry. They should also say don't go grocery shopping when you're sad and lonely.
I knew I was in a bad spot down here when one day I went into the Taco Bell by the school and the manager acknowledged me by my food order. That's an embarrassing and slightly troubling thing to have happen to you. And before coming down here, I had been doing so well. I borrowed the "no fast food" idea from a friend back in the summer - and I had about 2.5 good months before the Dallas thing happened, and then it went to crap. So I said to myself, "self, you need to get to the grocery store and get some groceries, and stop eating out" and so I've done that, but......
It's a strange thing, shopping for yourself (after shopping for two for so long). When I was in college I did it all the time - and it's not like I was the world's most horrible eater back then. I wasn't a super-vegan eco-dork, but I also didn't just eat frozen and microwave stuff all the time, either. So I go the store down here and a I wander around, and I just feel helpless, and a little inept. So i wander the aisles, and I pick things up, and I put them back, and then I end up with a few basic things and I take them back to the apartment. Then I never want to eat them.
The work schedule doesn't help, though. This quarter on Mondays I have class from 6-10pm, so I need to figure out dinner options. Wednesday and Thursday I have class from 1-5 and 6-10, so lunch and dinner are issue. If I get a routine going, I can make food Sunday and Tuesday, and use the leftovers during class days. But, that implies an amount of motivation that I don't currently have. So, what generally happens is I don't eat during class, and then I get back here at 11pm and I'm starving, and I eat then go to bed. And then I feel bad about myself and when I go to the store I think about that and then I wander around and start the cycle over.
Of all the things I thought might be an issue when I took this job, food was not one of them.
I knew I was in a bad spot down here when one day I went into the Taco Bell by the school and the manager acknowledged me by my food order. That's an embarrassing and slightly troubling thing to have happen to you. And before coming down here, I had been doing so well. I borrowed the "no fast food" idea from a friend back in the summer - and I had about 2.5 good months before the Dallas thing happened, and then it went to crap. So I said to myself, "self, you need to get to the grocery store and get some groceries, and stop eating out" and so I've done that, but......
It's a strange thing, shopping for yourself (after shopping for two for so long). When I was in college I did it all the time - and it's not like I was the world's most horrible eater back then. I wasn't a super-vegan eco-dork, but I also didn't just eat frozen and microwave stuff all the time, either. So I go the store down here and a I wander around, and I just feel helpless, and a little inept. So i wander the aisles, and I pick things up, and I put them back, and then I end up with a few basic things and I take them back to the apartment. Then I never want to eat them.
The work schedule doesn't help, though. This quarter on Mondays I have class from 6-10pm, so I need to figure out dinner options. Wednesday and Thursday I have class from 1-5 and 6-10, so lunch and dinner are issue. If I get a routine going, I can make food Sunday and Tuesday, and use the leftovers during class days. But, that implies an amount of motivation that I don't currently have. So, what generally happens is I don't eat during class, and then I get back here at 11pm and I'm starving, and I eat then go to bed. And then I feel bad about myself and when I go to the store I think about that and then I wander around and start the cycle over.
Of all the things I thought might be an issue when I took this job, food was not one of them.
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