I didn't take this video. But I did go on the ride four times in a row yesterday. There was virtually no line, which makes sense since the ride takes only about three minutes from the time that they let you lock yourself into your seat. I imagined at the time that its effects were a little like the effects of shock therapy, except the shock was ( Read more... )

"We are left with the Observer's Paradox: the aim of linguistic research in the community must be to find out how people talk when they are not being systematically observed; yet we can only obtain these data by systematic observation. The problem is of course not insoluble: we must either find ways of supplementing the formal interviews with ( Read more... )

Back in the TA room of the CIT drinking crappy tea again. Writing this is a form of escapism and is symptomatic of a general condition that I've had for the past week and some more. I think my autopilot has gotten out of kilter. I'm behind on work--way behind--but haven't been able to shake myself into doing anything much about it. At every ( Read more... )

( Because I have to pretend that somebody cares... )

I went bouldering today for the first time in months because a friendly acquaintence invited me along with him on a whim. It was pretty sweet, even though I'm way out of practice and did practically nothing--for some reason I still feel like I've worked some things that haven't been worked for a while.

Met with three professors today:

• Computer ( Read more... )

I wanted to write something interesting, but instead I just feel tired. Looks like work is getting me down into school-zombiehood again ( Read more... )