Why is it that the Googlegeek in me is deeply disappointed that going to the URL Wikipaedia.org doesn’t bring me to wikipedia.org? Maybe I do have a bit of the snob in me, after all. Damn, a double letdown, at that.
Month: September 2005
I’m (Kinda) A Bad Friend, Sometimes
I just heard from my friend Young Ja, who text-messaged me once during camp. I was half-asleep and closed my phone, because, well, camp was all I had time for then, really. Okay, fine. But it took another month and a half before we talked, and even then it was because she called me. I intended to call her, but I didn’t get around to it. She’d begun to imagine I’d left the country… something I wouldn’t actually do without at least meeting her once or twice to say g’bye. I mean, we’re close. Even though we’re not in touch, …
SaveMyAss
This is pathetic. Ganked from Sarah Hatter’s Things I Am Over blog, here’s new low for men to sink to: SaveMyAss. In all cases, our customers are people who care for or love their partners, but work in demanding careers that require the bulk of their time and energy. “Yes, dear, I love you. That’s why I pay for a company to automatedly stimulate spontaneity and givingness on my part towards you. Got it, honey?” Please tell me the next thing that comes in this conversation is a slap.
You’d Think
You’d think that, after I told my students that their absence from class tonight would be excused on account of it being so close to Chuseok, as long as they sent me an email before 5:00pm, in English, informing me that they would not be attending, it would have sunk in. You’d think that my saying, “Write badly in English, okay, write in Korean, not okay,” would’ve had some impact. You’d think that considering I’m teaching them English, they might think to email me in English… or at least to attempt it. Or at least babelfish it, though that’s a …
The Rules of Prog Metal
Marvin Marvin’s Sturdy Helpmate Keisha did this to me. He Acting under her influence, he pointed me to The Rules of Prog Metal. I fear… I just fear.