When I was eight or so I learned about light refraction at school and thought it was pretty nifty, so after school I filled a spray bottle with water, climbed to the top of the slide in the backyard and tried it out. It was a bright sunny day, so I got lots of pretty rainbows. Eventually Beth came over (she must have been about four at the time) to ( Read more... )

I am apparently too stupid to successfully use the mail. It took me three tries this week to mail my passport renewal application. First I tried to FedEx it, but they don't deliver to PO boxes. This makes total sense, but it just never occurred to me. The next day I took it to USPS and waited in line for half an hour to mail it, only to find that I ( Read more... )

Clueless was the very first movie I saw without my parents. One of the scenes I remember best was an incidental moment in a ladies' bathroom when someone's cell phone starts ringing and everyone rummages through their purses. At the time (1995!) this was funny because only in Beverly Hills could enough people afford to have a cell phone that it ( Read more... )

It seems the time has come once again for me to poke my friends with a sharp (though virtual) stick and demand life updates. Come on people. Email me, find me on AIM or just update your damn blog. You know, that one that's been languishing on the internet, neglected for the past week(s) or even month(s)? Incidentally, the AIM thing will be easier, ( Read more... )

Not news: College students don't tip. News: College students are too stupid to handle "complex" tasks, like tipping.

This morning I couldn't find my passport. It wasn't in the file where it was supposed to be. Nor was it in the usual junk drawers, on a dresser or bookshelf, under a dresser or bookshelf, in my trunk, in my lappy backpack, in any of my drawers,or anywhere else that I could think of looking. I scoured the house for it all day long, with occasional ( Read more... )

Today has been a bit trying. Tuesdays and Thursdays are my tough school days, with 3 classes back-to-back from 10 to 2:30, no break for lunch. The first 2 are taught by the same prof, so no skipping in the middle, and the third one is stats. Math is not my friend, but ironically today I was pissed off because we didn't do any. On this, the 3rd ( Read more... )

Ladies and gentlemen, I am a dumbass. What do I do with my passport, a mere two days before I am supposed to get on a plane and leave the country for five months, but leave it on a copy machine and not notice until several hours later. Don't worry, it's in the lost and found and I'll pick it up tomorrow, but at the moment I am extremely disgusted ( Read more... )

Take a deep breath and say, "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." Repeat until temper has returned to normal.