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2009.06.25 21.14
what happened during the Harvard layoffs
I had the remaining three years of my five year project reduced to one year. Not sure if I'll get any kind of severance package after that.
Ryan was laid off and fortunately got a very good severance package.
Don't feel much like talking about it now. We're hanging in there.
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2009.06.25 14.33
At least I'm not the only one who thinks the mail delivery in Somerville is awful
Fun story: when we first moved in here, five years ago, our mail carrier wrote us a note telling us to put our names on the mailbox. So we did, and the next day, it was stuffed with a bunch of mail for the former tenants (whose names WEREN'T on the mailbox). I wonder how much mail we just straight up haven't gotten over the years?
edit: lol
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2009.06.01 13.48
stuff I've cooked lately
(taking a page from Laura's book)
-Coq au Vin (or, rather, Quorn au Vin). Didn't bother marinating the quorn fillets or pre-cooking the "bacon". DELICIOUS and also so dang rich.
-Eggplant and chicken (quorn) stir-fry. I also put asparagus in it. It didn't need the asparagus. On the side: homemade turnip tsukemono.
-Chickpeas, kale, and tomatoes with preserved lemons
-Spinach and tofu with peanut sauce over rice: super easy and doesn't require you to stand over a hot stove. Mix 1 can of coconut milk, 1/2 cup of peanut butter, 1 tbs of soy sauce, 2 tsp of lemon juice, and a couple of squirts of hot sauce. Heat it until it bubbles, then turn the heat off and let it sit. Lightly steam the spinach (or broccoli, if you like), and just cube the tofu and don't bother to cook it. Put it all in a bowl on top of rice.
-Vegetarian feijoada, which didn't call for kale but I PUT KALE IN ANYWAY and it was good
-This carrot soup, only I used store-bought pesto and didn't bother adding the two extra cups of water, because it's delicious when it's nice and thick
-Asparagus Parmesan pain Perdu with Homemade Tomato Jam AAAaaaaaa so good and so easy to make!!
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2009.05.14 09.40
Writer's Block: Word for Word
The only song I know by heart is Yello's "Oh yeah". In fact, it's the only song I've ever heard. I was raised in a Skinner Box and three times a day, with meals, my captors play "Oh Yeah". I am also rewarded with "Oh Yeah" if I complete a task in a satisfactory fashion. I am so alone, but so enthusiastic. Oh Yeah.
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2009.04.30 10.51
hey, what the news today?
my old elementary school is closed due to swine flu
that's the news!
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2009.03.01 19.13
hey a baby left me a message on my answering machine
which baby was it?
I know a *lot* of babies!!
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2009.01.31 18.47
Yo everyone, I'm gonna start BIRDWATCHING
I gotta pair of binoculars, and this book is on the way
I am gonna watch the HELL out of those birds!
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2009.01.20 13.13
wow
I wish my grandfather and my uncle were alive today.
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2009.01.18 22.35
Naw man, 10:30 PM on a Sunday is a great time to run the snowblower
keep it up
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2008.12.30 13.08
Year-end Blowout!!!
While supplies last, get yourself some comic books at the low, low price of FREE! Everything must go!
- ESSENTIAL X-MEN Volumes 1-8! Enjoy the adventures of your favorite mutants, from Giant-Sized X-Men #1, through the groundbreaking Dark Phoenix saga, to the stupid and phoned-in Inferno!
- Hernandez Satyricon! Assorted comics by indie darlings Los Bros. Hernandez!
- Epileptic Vol. 1! Caveat Lector - there is no Epileptic Vol. 2: Fantagraphics thought it was a "great idea" to publish Vol. 1, and then release a one-volume complete edition. Jerks.
ALSO:
- Assorted New Yorker issues! Get some culture in you!
- Three volumes of Awesome Comic Fantasy, perfect for the "genre" lover!
And if you act now, I'll throw in some FREE citrus fruit, to chase away those winter "blahs"!
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2008.12.20 10.03
2008 Year in Review
BEST MOVIE OF 2008
I saw two new movies this year, both of them based on comic books. Iron Man was good, but The Dark Knight was better. Congratulations, Batman!
BEST BOOK OF 2008
Didn't read any books published this year; best book I read this year that I hadn't read before was Michael Bywater's Lost Worlds.
BEST ALBUM OF 2008
Gonna give this one to Beyoncé because I like Beyoncé. Didn't buy her album, though. Hold on, I did buy new music this year - Einstürzende Neubatuen's "Jewels" and The Residents' "The Bunny Boy". They were both great.
What excitement will 2009 hold?
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2008.12.18 21.58
update on that music game
1. I still don't know what I was waiting for "Changes", David Bowie (guessed by Ry)
2. Im so sorry, please forgive me "Insanity", Boingo (guessed by Courtney)
3. Bury me softly in this womb "Down in a Hole", Alice in Chains
4. Donum fac remissionis "Cantique 1", Die Form (not the Dies Irae)
5. Life is just a situation "Amber", The Residents
6. On the horizon, the landscape's burning red "Bushfire", The B-52s
7. Dua tiga kucing berlari "Olsen Olsen", Sigur Ros
8. Erstes Geschoss "Haus der Lüge", Einstürzende Neubauten
9. It was such lovely weather, mmm yeah "Theme", Cibo Matto
10. There's a destination a little up the road "Where it's at", Beck (guessed by Ry)
11. Der Ort des Geschehens novermbergrau, ständig Nieselregen "Sonnenbarke, Einstürzende Neubauten
12. What is it, what is it "Kick", Gene Loves Jezebel (lol)
13. I lost myself on a cool damp night "Lilac Wine", Nina Simone (guessed by Ry)
14. Gonna be like a dog "Muscle in Plastic", Bauhaus
15. Because the world is round it turns me on "Because", The Beatles (guessed by Josh)
16. Tell your crew to be easy "Be Easy", Ghostface Killah (Guessed by Ry)
17. Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho dead joe "Dead Joe", The Birthday Party (guessed by Ry)
18. Is it all in that pretty little head of yours? "Veronica", Elvis Costello (guessed by Josh)
19. Teenaged angst has paid off well "Serve the Servants", Nirvana (Come on, NONE of you guessed that?)
20. What have you been doing to yourself "The Last Thing You Should Do", David Bowie
21. A ga maeba, kuwashime yoini keri "Making of a Cyborg", Ghost in the Shell
22. Can anybody see the light "Strangers", Portishead (basically guessed by MkB)
23. She came down the staircase "24900 Miles Per Hour", 7 Year Bitch
24. Hour by hour "Love Leaks Out", The Residents
25. Sometimes I feel so happy "Pale Blue Eyes", Velvet Underground (guessed by Grace)
I've got a lot of Residents and Bowie and Neubauten, but I don't listen to them exclusively. Also surprised that no Prince songs showed up, considering how much Prince I have.
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2008.12.12 10.15
whoo I'm at work and the pipes are leaking and to fix them they had to shut off the heat, but we're not allowed to go home or anything
but this article is good:
Malia and Sasha Obama apparently aren’t the only ones who were promised a puppy if they stuck it out through the presidential election.
Vice President-elect Joe Biden picked out a German shepherd pup last weekend from a breeder near his Delaware home, according to a local newspaper report.
Biden was reportedly promised the post-election dog by his wife, Jill, who would tape pictures of different dogs on the back of the seat in front of Biden on his campaign plane.
The vice president-elect picked out a month-old male German shepherd from a breeder in Chester County, Pa., according to the Daily Local News. The breeder told the paper Biden wanted a family dog that was social and obedient and said Biden's granddaughters will name him.
The puppy will be delivered to the Bidens at the vice presidential residence after the Inauguration and after the breeder trains him, the paper reports.
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2008.12.10 21.24
heck, I couldn't get half of these
ohhay, let's play a game (I stole it from Ben)
Step 1: Put your music player on shuffle.
Step 2: Post the first line from the first 25 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing.
Step 3: Strike through the songs when someone guesses both artist and track correctly.
Step 4: For those who are guessing -- looking the lyrics up on a search engine is CHEATING!
Step 5: If you like the game post your own.
1. I still don't know what I was waiting for "Changes", David Bowie (guessed by Ry)
2. Im so sorry, please forgive me "Insanity", Boingo (guessed by Courtney)
3. Bury me softly in this womb
4. Donum fac remissionis
5. Life is just a situation
6. On the horizon, the landscape's burning red
7. Dua tiga kucing berlari
8. Erstes Geschoss
9. It was such lovely weather, mmm yeah
10. There's a destination a little up the road "Where it's at", Beck (guessed by Ry)
11. Der Ort des Geschehens novermbergrau, ständig Nieselregen
12. What is it, what is it
13. I lost myself on a cool damp night "Lilac Wine", Nina Simone (guessed by Ry)
14. Gonna be like a dog
15. Because the world is round it turns me on "Because", The Beatles (guessed by Josh)
16. Tell your crew to be easy "Be Easy", Ghostface Killah (Guessed by Ry)
17. Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho dead joe "Dead Joe", The Birthday Party (guessed by Ry)
18. Is it all in that pretty little head of yours? "Veronica", Elvis Costello (guessed by Josh)
19. Teenaged angst has paid off well
20. What have you been doing to yourself
21. A ga maeba, kuwashime yoini keri
22. Can anybody see the light "Strangers", Portishead (basically guessed by MkB)
23. She came down the staircase
24. Hour by hour
25. Sometimes I feel so happy "Pale Blue Eyes", Velvet Underground (guessed by Grace)
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2008.12.05 11.56
Do you think George W. Bush ever sits up at night and looks back on his life? Do you think he reflects on when things started to go wrong - maybe when his beloved sister Robin died suddenly and he adopted a jokey persona to cheer up his grieving mother? Do you think he remembers the days of struggling at school, trying to live up to the expectations set by his father and grandfather, numbing his pain with drugs and alcohol when it became obvious that he would never be good enough? Do you think he feels some embarrassment at realizing that every job he got was basically given to him by his father's cronies, and even then he kept screwing things up? Do you think his newfound temperance and born-again Christianity came out of a sincere desire to change, or was it another futile attempt to please his father? Do you think he looks back over his eight years in a job he now realizes he was highly unqualified for and never really wanted anyway and is struck by how not only did his mad rush into war kill far more people, both Americans and Iraqis, than the terrorist attacks on 9/11? Do you think it still grates at him that even though he spent four years longer in office than his father, he is also going down in history as one of America's worst presidents? Do you think he wishes he had taken a mid-level job and faded into obscurity, still struggling with his personal demons, but living for himself? Do you think he'll throw himself into charity work post-presidency in a futile attempt to make up for all the mistakes he's made, pushing himself every day despite the fact that it will never be enough? Do you think he will weep when his father dies?
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2008.12.02 14.11
well then maybe it's vasculitis
I like this picture of Barack Obama, he's got kind of a House M.D. expression on his face:
Heck, they look like a House Diagnostic Team there, here's an avatar-sized one if you want to write "THE USA HAS LUPUS" on it in sparkly text and use it in your livejournal postings:
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