Okay, I must admit this whole thing gave me nerdish glee when I pulled out my TI-83 and did the calculations myself. Oh yeah. He's right.
So add that to the myriad list of things that stop vampires. Stakes. Crosses. Burial rites. Sawdust. Burning. Holy water. Marriage. Exorcism. Sunlight. AIDS. Okay, what DOESN'T kill a vampire?
We should all take this as another sign (along with Underworld, Underworld 2, Queen of the Damned, Blade III, goths, emo music videos...) that vampire stories are getting old and lame (and have been for a while). Let's move on to something else.
Zombies, you're still cool. Especially zombie-pie-fights. And Buffy. Gotta love Buffy.
This Just In:
Apparently this also stops vampires,
"by finding a twin brother and sister born on a Saturday and making them wear their shirts and drawers inside out (cf previous section). This pair could see the vampire out of doors at night, but immediately after it saw them it would have to flee, head over heels."
Thus supporting the following: vampires = lame.
Saturday, October 28, 2006
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
New Apartment
Many thanks to the Family Torchness for their efforts to help me move in. Much appreciated. I could not have done this without you guys. Or at least I could have, and then wasted so much time moving that my studies would go by the wayside. And that's no good.
The old roommate finally got the last of his stuff Monday, and I am pretty much settled here in the new apartment.
But I am now locked in a life and death struggle with some tenants who have remained. Namely a cockroach the size of a small field mouse. Who I nearly stepped on in the kitchen. Good thing I saw movement out of the corner of my eye. Last time I walk in there without turning the light on. Or while in bare feet. Ugh.
So after he scampered under the stove, I went to Tomb Thumb, and pondered the eternal question that comes to mind in these situations:
"Hm... cockroach poison... rat poison... giant cockroach poison... rat poison... which would be more effective for the size of this sucker?"
I went with the Giant Cockroach poison. They are now strategically placed in the kitchen. If I see him again, or his cohorts, I'll call the landlord and get a sprayer. That sucker... uff.
I can just imagine the sick crunchy squishy sound that would have reverberated through the apartment had I stepped on him. Like sticking your foot in a jar of jelly and crunching Dorito chips at the bottom. Just imagine it. Cringing yet? Yeah, that's the situation I'm in.
Definitely glad I went with the poison. Hopefully he'll share it with his family. Eat up, buddy.
The old roommate finally got the last of his stuff Monday, and I am pretty much settled here in the new apartment.
But I am now locked in a life and death struggle with some tenants who have remained. Namely a cockroach the size of a small field mouse. Who I nearly stepped on in the kitchen. Good thing I saw movement out of the corner of my eye. Last time I walk in there without turning the light on. Or while in bare feet. Ugh.
So after he scampered under the stove, I went to Tomb Thumb, and pondered the eternal question that comes to mind in these situations:
"Hm... cockroach poison... rat poison... giant cockroach poison... rat poison... which would be more effective for the size of this sucker?"
I went with the Giant Cockroach poison. They are now strategically placed in the kitchen. If I see him again, or his cohorts, I'll call the landlord and get a sprayer. That sucker... uff.
I can just imagine the sick crunchy squishy sound that would have reverberated through the apartment had I stepped on him. Like sticking your foot in a jar of jelly and crunching Dorito chips at the bottom. Just imagine it. Cringing yet? Yeah, that's the situation I'm in.
Definitely glad I went with the poison. Hopefully he'll share it with his family. Eat up, buddy.
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Oops...
So among the myriad balls that I was symbolically juggling when I got up this morning (the least of which not being airplane tickets, outlining articles, and metrics homework), I figured that laundry would be the least complicated.
Had a good sleep. Went to bed at 11ish. Woke up feeling ready for the day at 6:40 (an hour before my alarm was set too). Threw the pile of clothes in the middle of my room in the laundry (separating the lights and darks) and went out for a jog in the park by the apartment complex.
So I come back and look for my USB memory stick to get an electronic copy of one of my purpose statements to e-mail today (I'm feeling that good). Huh. Can't seem to find it. Well I'll get the laundry moved to the drier and then dig through my desk a bit.
I fold clothes to put in boxes instead. I waste a few minutes playing with this iPod thingy (MathGrad and EconLit podcasts... fun stuff... and FREE! Thank you, sweety. I already have two days worth of talk radio programs on it... fun. Yes, you are dating a total nerd). I then dig through the washing machine, hearing a clack at the bottom as I move clothes. You see where this going.
"Huh... that doesn't sound like change. Oh well."
"Huh... there's something rectangular down there. Oh well."
And then I pull my memory stick out of the bottom of the washing machine.
... genius. Absolutely... genius.
Four years of undergrad, at least five files worth of old copied e-mails from friends, family photos, friends' photos, entire e-text-books... all washed with Bleach Color Safe action. And most importantly: two months worth of edited purpose statements, checklists, answers to application questions, and website links for grad schools.
Oh... my... God...
Quijote's day just went from spectacular early morning to soul-crushing agony.
The good news is that none of the data is corrupted. I know this because the stick works for about two minutes when I plug it in. Then stops. At least on the computer at home.
Here it's been chugging for a good fifteen minutes now, and so far no corruption.
Got the important stuff off (mostly old e-mails and application stuff for now), and hopefully I can get the rest backed up. But it seems it might be working. Maybe it just needed to dry off...
at least its "Snuggle Soft" now. And smells like "Spring Rain". :|
Boston was great, on the other hand. Well. Not Boston. But being with the squirrel was great. Boston itself is okay. Fun. But I'm just not an East-Coast kinda guy. I am apparently a squirrel kind of guy though.
Going to Tulsa tonight and back in Dallas on Sunday. Have to get my license renewed, see the rents, see the sister, see a few friends who got married, etc. Then I come back and move to a new apartment.
Juggling... so much fun.
Had a good sleep. Went to bed at 11ish. Woke up feeling ready for the day at 6:40 (an hour before my alarm was set too). Threw the pile of clothes in the middle of my room in the laundry (separating the lights and darks) and went out for a jog in the park by the apartment complex.
So I come back and look for my USB memory stick to get an electronic copy of one of my purpose statements to e-mail today (I'm feeling that good). Huh. Can't seem to find it. Well I'll get the laundry moved to the drier and then dig through my desk a bit.
I fold clothes to put in boxes instead. I waste a few minutes playing with this iPod thingy (MathGrad and EconLit podcasts... fun stuff... and FREE! Thank you, sweety. I already have two days worth of talk radio programs on it... fun. Yes, you are dating a total nerd). I then dig through the washing machine, hearing a clack at the bottom as I move clothes. You see where this going.
"Huh... that doesn't sound like change. Oh well."
"Huh... there's something rectangular down there. Oh well."
And then I pull my memory stick out of the bottom of the washing machine.
... genius. Absolutely... genius.
Four years of undergrad, at least five files worth of old copied e-mails from friends, family photos, friends' photos, entire e-text-books... all washed with Bleach Color Safe action. And most importantly: two months worth of edited purpose statements, checklists, answers to application questions, and website links for grad schools.
Oh... my... God...
Quijote's day just went from spectacular early morning to soul-crushing agony.
The good news is that none of the data is corrupted. I know this because the stick works for about two minutes when I plug it in. Then stops. At least on the computer at home.
Here it's been chugging for a good fifteen minutes now, and so far no corruption.
Got the important stuff off (mostly old e-mails and application stuff for now), and hopefully I can get the rest backed up. But it seems it might be working. Maybe it just needed to dry off...
at least its "Snuggle Soft" now. And smells like "Spring Rain". :|
Boston was great, on the other hand. Well. Not Boston. But being with the squirrel was great. Boston itself is okay. Fun. But I'm just not an East-Coast kinda guy. I am apparently a squirrel kind of guy though.
Going to Tulsa tonight and back in Dallas on Sunday. Have to get my license renewed, see the rents, see the sister, see a few friends who got married, etc. Then I come back and move to a new apartment.
Juggling... so much fun.
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Boston
Just so y'all know, I'm heading to Boston tonight and won't be back until Tuesday morning. Enjoy Fall Break (for those who have it)! I know I will. :)
I will also be in Tulsa on the 13th, 14th, and 15th to check out a wedding reception for a couple of friends who got married two weeks ago in VA and to renew my driver's license.
And after all that, I'm moving to a single bedroom apartment. No roommate replacement was found. Luckily the contract termination fee was waved (as I didn't move to another complex, and I could still get away with an 8 month lease as I'm not leaving until June), and all we have to do is pay back the discount we got from July to October (which I've already got most of from my old roommate).
So October is going to be a fun month.
Finally have a presentation date set for Internatiolal Trade. November 29. So I've got lots of work to do this month and next. Yes. Oodles of fun.
I will also be in Tulsa on the 13th, 14th, and 15th to check out a wedding reception for a couple of friends who got married two weeks ago in VA and to renew my driver's license.
And after all that, I'm moving to a single bedroom apartment. No roommate replacement was found. Luckily the contract termination fee was waved (as I didn't move to another complex, and I could still get away with an 8 month lease as I'm not leaving until June), and all we have to do is pay back the discount we got from July to October (which I've already got most of from my old roommate).
So October is going to be a fun month.
Finally have a presentation date set for Internatiolal Trade. November 29. So I've got lots of work to do this month and next. Yes. Oodles of fun.
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