(swiped from Birdy/Sara Chandler)

1. Put your iPod on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!
4. Tag 10 friends who might enjoy doing this.
5. Or not, if you're feeling ornery.
6. Which I am.

IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
No Place Like London - ( Read more... )

You may remember the last time I discussed something in my kitchen.  It involved delving into an unholy crypt, seeking into the farthest, most pestilential depths of my fridge, uncovering things not meant for the eyes of mortal man.  And I did it without backup.  It's a wonder I'm here to write this today.

This time, though the quest was nigh as ( Read more... )

My ex-roomie decided he wanted to have an 'Oktoberfest' this year.  This means he convinced his wife to put on a party for 12 other people.  I went there tonight, and it was fun-- ex-roomie has a great gift for public speaking.  I assume he can put this gift to serious use, but I have only ever heard it used in defending the scientific existence of ( Read more... )

For the past two+ years, I've had various forms of employment, but all were with the University of South Carolina. First was an assistanceship teaching a computer lab, for two semesters. Then I spent a year with the 'Industrial Mathematics Institute", doing web stuff: design, migration, fixing. That position ended when they finally got someone to ( Read more... )

Those with a background in the classics will readily recognize the title of this entry as the first two words of a phrase, "Deus Ex Machina." What you probably do not know is that those two words are also the title of a game. ...yeah, sorry, I'm talking video games again. :P

This one was the one that opened my eyes to what games can do, really. With ( Read more... )

So on Friday night I was at home, and my sister had a friend over.  They were watching some movies people had recommended to them; the first was Reign Over Me.  They promised me it wasn't a typical Adam Sandler (which it wasn't), but it still wasn't very good.  I'm going to be pretty free with spoilers, I guess, so if for some reason you haven't ( Read more... )

Er, this is something I wrote some time ago. It's a little.... violent. *shifty eyes*

"No, please! Look, I'm on my knees... please... forgive me..."

"You never showed me sympathy," I ground out, "for all those years you made me your slave. You never once listened to my pleas. Everything that could have been good in life was snatched from me, ( Read more... )

(I stole this from
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My friend is graduating, and I offered to write an announcement for her.  Behold, the joys of going way over the top. :D ( Read more... )

"Wake.  Up.  Subject. Four, dash, zero, zero, three, tango.  Rise.  And.  Shine ( Read more... )