Best costume at the ballroom dance tonight was Radical Edward. She somehow even managed to mimic Ed’s jointless walking motion.

Mon 23 May 2011, 12:24 AM ⁄⁄ Link ⁄⁄ 2 Comments

Justin Bieber’s “Never Say Never” DVD is in my Amazon Gold Box today. Does Amazon even know me at all?

Thu 12 May 2011, 9:45 AM ⁄⁄ Link ⁄⁄ Comment

Julia Sweeny’s “Sex Ed” Monologue: a child’s questioning spirals out of control, to hilarious results. (Courtesy of Sarah.)

Wed 11 May 2011, 11:24 PM ⁄⁄ Link ⁄⁄ Comment

Time’s Inverted Index: Unlike Paul Ford, I’ve never really thought of past-me as being terribly different from present-me. I certainly don’t have any advice for my past self that I didn’t already know then. (Funny how knowing something and acting on it are two entirely different things.)

Past-me probably sports a bit more mental acuity, while present-me is in better shape… I piddle too much time away on the internet, these days, whereas my old self spent it writing long-ass emails (ones I’ve saved for all these years, and that I can search on a moment’s notice).

Mon 9 May 2011, 10:37 AM ⁄⁄ Link ⁄⁄ Comment

CYOA

Sun 8 May 2011, 9:24 PM ⁄⁄ Comment

Long before Ars Technica beat me to the punch, I had the idea to create a Choose Your Own Adventure using hypertext links. (I’m sure it’s been done in the past, but I’m surprised it hasn’t been done more often.)

Apathy took hold before I could throw anything serious together, but not before I collected some of the choices that would exist in my story. I found my list while cleaning out stuff earlier today; here it is, for posterity:

  • You are reading a “choose your own adventure” webpage. What do you do?
       CLICK A LINK
       CLICK A DIFFERENT LINK
  • It is dark and you are hungry. What is your next move?
       MAKE A SANDWICH
       KEEP BROWSING THE INTERNET
  • Suddenly monsters appear:
       GO HARD
       GO HOME
  • OMG I think that monster is following you!
       RUN
       RUN FASTER
  • Your friend wants a drink:
       SURE
       COFFEE’S FOR CLOSERS ONLY
  • A Nigerian banker has contacted you. He is willing to pay you top dollar for your assistance.
       DEAL
       NO DEAL
  • When this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re going to see some serious…
       SHIT
       STUFF
  • The one-eyed swordswoman attacks!
       HEAVEN
       HELL
       GO FOR BROKE
  • Greed is:
       GOOD
  • Regarding the aliens:
       THEY ARE OUR FRIENDLY INTERGALACTIC NEIGHBORS
       THEIR INTENTIONS ARE MORE SINISTER
  • He Who Must Not Be Named stands before you!
       SWEEP THE LEG
       BUT SENSEI I CAN TAKE THIS GUY

The theme of the dance last night was “superheroes and supervillains,” which unexpectedly featured a mess of sailor scouts (!) and forced me to self-administer the Sailor Moon Challenge. I got Moon, Jupiter, and Venus. Figured out Mercury this morning. Not too shabby(/far too good) for someone who’s never watched Sailor Moon.

Sun 8 May 2011, 4:40 PM ⁄⁄ Link ⁄⁄ Comment

Big news of the week (aside from that) was that Eric and I wore identical clothing to dance practice, save for the fact that my shirt was blue and his was red. How embarrassing!

Fri 6 May 2011, 9:56 PM ⁄⁄ Link ⁄⁄ Comment

Fake_PSN: at least someone is having fun with this extended PSN downtime.

Fri 6 May 2011, 9:52 PM ⁄⁄ Link ⁄⁄ Comment

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