things about maths, zombies, religion, and Shawn Spencer
Things what I learned at lectures yesterday:
Also some other things, but these were the most fun ones.
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Thing I learned not at lectures:
If you're a clueless, romanticizing white guy on a vision quest, be very, very worried. :-)
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This morning I saw an article saying that a performance group were looking for people to audition as zombies. Requested traits were charm, grace, and the ability to move with catlike litheness.
Catlike? Zombies?
As I stepped off the bus, I saw posters from said performance group, saying "SÖKES: ZOMBIES OCH VAMPYER" = "WANTED: ZOMBIES AND VAMPIES"
Ah. That explains it. The vampies could be catlike.
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I am still mainlining Agatha Christie like crazy, and it occurred to me to wonder what Hercule Poirot would think of Shawn Spencer. Not whether he'd believe the psychic stuff, because this is Hercule Poirot we're talking about, but whether he'd be amused and appalled. And then I wondered about Miss Marple. And then... I made a poll. Please vote, everyone who's reasonably aquainted with both Christie novels and Psych!
Poll Shawn Spencer's approval ratings with Christie's sleuths
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Speaking of Shawn Spencer, I have come to the conclusion that in addition to being a) Minihopp and b) my dad, Shawn is also Klas Klättermus/Klatremus.
Det var en gång en mus,
och den musen hette Klas.
Och han var alltid bjuden
när det var stort kalas.
Det bästa som han visste
det var att lata sig.
Nu tar nog ingen miste
det handlar ju om mig.
Faderullanlej
De andra samlar nötter
och har i sina hus,
men jag har inget hus och
är ingen sparsam mus.
Jag går till mina vänner,
de säger inte nej.
För om jag rätt
dem känner,
så delar de med mig.
Faderullanlej
De bjuder mig på middag,
då ropar jag "hurra",
för jag vill gärna äta,
sjunga och vara glad.
Det är så skönt att leva,
när man får roa sej.
men arbeta och sträva,
det roar inte mej
fadderullanlej
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Of course I can't think of Klas Klättermus without thinking of my brother's alternative lyrics:
"Det var en gång en mus och den musen hette Klas
och han satt alltid hemma när det var stort kalas.
När alla andra festa' då satt han på sitt rum
och tittade på TV och kände sig så dum. Faderullanlej."
And that concludes today's randomness
- If 10 people are sitting on 10 chars, there are 3,628,800 different ways for them to sit. (1*2*3*4*5*6*7*8*9*10)
- You can predict the movement of a pendulum exactly using mathematics, but if you add a "knee joint" to the pendulum and thus make it a double pendulum, you can't predict it AT ALL for more than five seconds.
- Fun way to make a test in a world religions class: Play a scene of a nineteen-year-old, six months pregnant girl, the mother she still lives with, and her lazy-ass boyfriend who just wants to play videogames. The mother and daughter try to make the boyfriend get a job, but he's sure everything will work out anyway. Ask the students: "So, forum theatre. You're to change the situation, but not the way YOU want it to happen, but based on Jesus's words in the Sermon on the Mount. WWJC - what would Jesus change?" (Hint: Matt 6:25-34)
Also some other things, but these were the most fun ones.
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Thing I learned not at lectures:
If you're a clueless, romanticizing white guy on a vision quest, be very, very worried. :-)
***
This morning I saw an article saying that a performance group were looking for people to audition as zombies. Requested traits were charm, grace, and the ability to move with catlike litheness.
Catlike? Zombies?
As I stepped off the bus, I saw posters from said performance group, saying "SÖKES: ZOMBIES OCH VAMPYER" = "WANTED: ZOMBIES AND VAMPIES"
Ah. That explains it. The vampies could be catlike.
***
I am still mainlining Agatha Christie like crazy, and it occurred to me to wonder what Hercule Poirot would think of Shawn Spencer. Not whether he'd believe the psychic stuff, because this is Hercule Poirot we're talking about, but whether he'd be amused and appalled. And then I wondered about Miss Marple. And then... I made a poll. Please vote, everyone who's reasonably aquainted with both Christie novels and Psych!
Poll Shawn Spencer's approval ratings with Christie's sleuths
***
Speaking of Shawn Spencer, I have come to the conclusion that in addition to being a) Minihopp and b) my dad, Shawn is also Klas Klättermus/Klatremus.
Det var en gång en mus,
och den musen hette Klas.
Och han var alltid bjuden
när det var stort kalas.
Det bästa som han visste
det var att lata sig.
Nu tar nog ingen miste
det handlar ju om mig.
Faderullanlej
De andra samlar nötter
och har i sina hus,
men jag har inget hus och
är ingen sparsam mus.
Jag går till mina vänner,
de säger inte nej.
För om jag rätt
dem känner,
så delar de med mig.
Faderullanlej
De bjuder mig på middag,
då ropar jag "hurra",
för jag vill gärna äta,
sjunga och vara glad.
Det är så skönt att leva,
när man får roa sej.
men arbeta och sträva,
det roar inte mej
fadderullanlej
***
Of course I can't think of Klas Klättermus without thinking of my brother's alternative lyrics:
"Det var en gång en mus och den musen hette Klas
och han satt alltid hemma när det var stort kalas.
När alla andra festa' då satt han på sitt rum
och tittade på TV och kände sig så dum. Faderullanlej."
And that concludes today's randomness