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Allergies

2008-06-16T11:33:00.000-07:00

Tell me why I chose to live in the allergy capital of the country for three years?

Allergy Levels for June 16, 2008:

2008-05-24T20:05:00.000-07:00

Before

After.

That is, after hitting Home Depot at 6am. After hitting home depot the night before and then realizing that the coupling was too long and that I'd have to dig out and expose more pipe. And after digging the hole and cutting the pipe, realizing i had a 1/2" telescoping coupling and needed 3/4" and Home Depot was already closed. Then after I finally had the right parts, it started pouring as I was re-cutting the PVC, so I had to drag out a plastic table to work under while cementing the PVC fittings. But the water is back on now. Hopefully it holds.

Mano a mano

2008-05-10T13:33:00.000-07:00

I have come to discover that you can tell a lot about me by the condition of my hands. If my nails are long and manicured, then you will know that I am happy with my life. I remember the last time I looked down and saw happiness. As I examine myself through this lense I see worn fingers, torn cuticles, and nails of various lengths. I see imperfections. I see that it's time for some changes.

Isn't it though?

2008-04-27T13:34:00.000-07:00

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines irony as:
b: incongruity between a situation developed in a drama and the accompanying words or actions that is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play —called also dramatic irony, tragic irony

I feel that perhaps someone has written a story, I am a character in said story, and I just don't get it. My life is full of irony right now and you know what? It blows. I don't know what to do except to make the most horrible decision possible. Pet strange dogs? Why not! Run out into traffic? Of course! Let someone in who is leaving? Check! And double check! Why is it that even though I can see the end, I still make the decision? Stupidity is doing the same thing and expecting different results. Do I really think this is not going to bite me in the ass? More importantly... do I care?

I submit that I do not.

Wonder what happened to the video?

2008-03-13T16:58:00.001-07:00

What do teachers make?

2008-02-04T21:45:00.000-08:00

Great spoken word poet...a friend of my Cousin. This is one of my favorites.

My new favorite sport

2008-01-18T12:09:00.001-08:00

we can be lazy again!

2007-12-18T22:31:00.001-08:00

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Originally uploaded by 1001 words

Most Recent Awesome Sightings...

2007-12-09T10:58:00.000-08:00

So I got to the High School I taught at the other day only to discover it was a "late start day", translation: I was an hour and a half early for school. After getting gas at Costco and a coffee at Starbeezies I drove back to the school parking lot preparing to just sit in my car and listen to "The Best of Peter, Paul, and Mary" - yes, that's right I listen to PPM, they rock, don't judge! - Anyhoo, on the way back I saw the Oscar Meyer Weiner car-thing. There it was, with it's brown-weiner-on-yellow-bread-awesomeness. It was amazing. I suddenly wished I were an Oscar Meyer weiner! I exclaimed, "Oh my GAWD!!" And then, just as fast as I ran the stop sign rubbernecking at it, it was gone. A deep sadness settled in as I realized I wouldn't see anything that good for a long time. Then I started reminiscing about all the awesome sightings I have had in the past couple of months. I fondly remembered the day I saw not one, but two, people riding unicycles at the UO. That wonderful day I saw the lady with the mullet (actual picture at left), the time in Portland that Aaron and I saw a man who looked like a dirty pirate with a wooden arm playing a guitar, who explained to a passerby, "How else am I going to play??", and the 40 year old virgin (I am guessing) who was playing with a yo-yo out in front of a liquor store. "Yes, I totally just rocked the cradle!!" Ah, I love seeing weird things, things that make you go, "Hmmm", and definitely things that make you appreciate people that just don't give a shit about what other people think. I like these people. Cheers to you, peeps and keep up the good work!

my head pretty much exploded

2007-11-30T15:23:00.000-08:00

oh man, dinosaurs + anachronistic dialogue = hella funny. I swear I've been mostly productive today, stop judging me. Except for about an hour where I ate buffalo wings with A---- and this guy. Now Ive got to be productive again until about 7 when Ill head over to Villard for beers with L------.

Exams

2007-11-28T11:37:00.001-08:00

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Originally uploaded by 1001 words

So I swear that I had way more energy for preparing for exams last year. Today is the last day of class before exams next monday. And I can't seem to get as motivated/scared as last year. Instead, im sitting here in the library with my coffee checking peoples' blogs, the internets, staring blankly out the window, and not staring at my books. Im falling back into my "study" routine from college (or lack thereof). Im just waiting for the motivation to kick in. Any time now. Hey, i wonder what's new on boingboing?

How the toaster ruined my day

2007-11-20T12:11:00.000-08:00

So last night, about 20 minutes before I had to be at school, I decided to toast some of the baguette that I bought. Well, the toaster and I have vastly different ideas of what is considered a "medium" toasting - I usually have to I toast twice to get the desired effect. So last night, I stuck the bread in, set the timer for "dark" so that it would be medium, and ran upstairs to change for class. Much to my surprise, the toaster actually came through this time. Only, instead of a solid medium toasting, I got crouton-esque little pieces of bread. Since I waited until the last minute to eat before class, I decided to throw some peanut butter on those bad boys and scarf them down before running out of the house. The problem here being that the bread ripped the ever-living-crap out of the roof of my mouth.

I woke up today realizing that the roof of my mouth is like one big raspberry burn. As I was eating my lunch my mouth hurt so bad, I could hardly chew. Damn toaster! I swear if you ruin Thanksgiving dinner for me, I will Michael Bolton from Office Space your ass!! Seriously, I am not kidding. I will have to make up a good story to tell Adam what happened to his toaster, but I am ingenious and will come up with some thing clever. Like, "Adam , your toaster spontaneously exploded??" Or maybe, "Adam, someone broke into the house and stole your toaster!! Yeah, I don't know. No, they didn't take your 42" Plasma T.V. Well, no, they didn't take the $20,000 Tom has in cash in his sock drawer. No... Look now, they just took your toaster, damnit! quit asking so many questions!"

Yeah he'll totally believe it.

Sometimes I don't hate cats

2007-11-18T13:31:00.000-08:00

Usually I don't like cats. I don't really hate cats... i just like dogs better. What I do like about cats is that they have really unique personalities. One cat is really different from another. Dogs...often not so much. I think if you own a cat you must begin to start to understand what the hell is going on in their minds a little bit. Just a little. But sometimes I dont think you ever know. Like, what the hell is this one thinking? Not sure. There's a columnist for the SF Chronicle, Jon Carroll, that makes me like cats when i read his articles. This is a pretty funny one: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2007/11/09/DD46T82MR.DTL

Subject matter jurisdiction

2007-11-18T13:29:00.001-08:00

Procrastination

2007-11-18T13:01:00.000-08:00

As I sit in front of my computer and list of "things to do" I can't help but wonder, "How can I avoid these things for just a little longer?" I am not sure what has put me into this procrasti-funk, but I am here. Perhaps it's the weather, with its stay-in-and-read-a-book, rainy, dark day haze. Maybe it's the the roomies are out and the Broncos aren't playing today. Whatever reason it is, I need to get out of it. I could go for a run... but it's cold out. I suppose I could go to the grocery store and at least get that done today. My to-do list is growing instead of shrinking and I am so busy I can do nothing but stare at my computer. I am paralyzed from the sheer amount of work I have to complete. I have even taken up starting IM conversations with those that I don't normally talk to on IM. Jenny is doing well, Amy is busy making her Thanksgiving plans, Elif is moving, Deanna is working, Jenice is in Chicago mocking the UN.

Well, the first leg of laundry is done, guess I better go get that... OH WAIT, EUREKA! X-box... yes, sweet X-box of laziness, with your sleek controller that allows me to sit on the coach and never move. It's so tempting... but....must.....get.....something......done....today.

190 w 15th

2007-05-01T16:41:00.000-07:00