Things That Make You Clap (For Applause):
-A good performance
-Actually, just about any performance in America in the world
-A child performing a talent
-Magic tricks that are cool
-Talent shows, even if they are more non-talent shows
-Speeches (unless they're insulting/ ridiculously bad)
-For some people, good movies
Things That Make You Clap (For Negative Energy Expulsion):
-Bad karma
-Anxiety attacks
-Contention
-Bad spirits/ houses built over Indian cemeteries
-People with bad additudes
-Paparazzi
Other Things That Make You Clap:
-Really really funny jokes
-Extreme happiness/ amusement
-Sing alongs/ a good beat
-Insects (most the flying kinds)
-Figuring out the sound of one-handed claps
-Scaring creatures smaller and/or more stupid
-Sometimes an alternative to light switches
-Calling an animal/person to attention/ to you
-In olden times, calling students to school
-In some countries, an alternative to knocking on the door
-Dancing
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Monday, December 29, 2008
The End of a Year
My Favorite Christmas Day 2008 Memories :
-CNN Season 1 on DVD (unedited and unexpurgated)
-Three of my nephews playing with a clone trooper helmet
-Reading Kafka and taking a long nap
-Roxy (the German Shepherd) hiding under the dining room table
-holiday txtmsgs
-My brother, who is 31, getting excited about getting a lightsaber for Christmas
-He also gave a bunch of Star Wars themed presents to my nephews, making it a Star Wars themed Christmas overall
-My oldest niece and nephew playing spies together, and labeling my brother and I as "two really really bad guys" who stole 62 pounds of diamonds the size of an adult's heart.
My Christmas Presents:
-clothes
-CNN season one on DVD (actually it was Columbo season 5, which I had to give back to my Mom)
-fondu set
-pink flamingo slippers
-jewelry
-money
-purse
-boots
-coco mix with 2 mugs
-Trivial Pursuit
Other Memorable Moments from Christmas Break So Far:
-Reading The Great Wall of China by Kafka to my nephew Charlie as a bedtime story
-Visiting target about three times in four days
-Dinner with high school friends I haven't seen in four years
-Seeing Valkyrie and Bolt
-Showing Mom that there are bathrooms in Borders
-The lack of cooperation between myself and my hair
-My niece Quinlan's birthday party dinner with the missionaries
-My nephew Braxton whispering that Quinlan was opening my present (psst... this one is yours..!) because I didn't know what I was giving
-txtmsging my brother-in-law in binary
-CNN Season 1 on DVD (unedited and unexpurgated)
-Three of my nephews playing with a clone trooper helmet
-Reading Kafka and taking a long nap
-Roxy (the German Shepherd) hiding under the dining room table
-holiday txtmsgs
-My brother, who is 31, getting excited about getting a lightsaber for Christmas
-He also gave a bunch of Star Wars themed presents to my nephews, making it a Star Wars themed Christmas overall
-My oldest niece and nephew playing spies together, and labeling my brother and I as "two really really bad guys" who stole 62 pounds of diamonds the size of an adult's heart.
My Christmas Presents:
-clothes
-CNN season one on DVD (actually it was Columbo season 5, which I had to give back to my Mom)
-fondu set
-pink flamingo slippers
-jewelry
-money
-purse
-boots
-coco mix with 2 mugs
-Trivial Pursuit
Other Memorable Moments from Christmas Break So Far:
-Reading The Great Wall of China by Kafka to my nephew Charlie as a bedtime story
-Visiting target about three times in four days
-Dinner with high school friends I haven't seen in four years
-Seeing Valkyrie and Bolt
-Showing Mom that there are bathrooms in Borders
-The lack of cooperation between myself and my hair
-My niece Quinlan's birthday party dinner with the missionaries
-My nephew Braxton whispering that Quinlan was opening my present (psst... this one is yours..!) because I didn't know what I was giving
-txtmsging my brother-in-law in binary
Monday, December 22, 2008
Christmas Break
Things That Are Awesome:
-Drifting
-Dogs
-Cats (to a lesser degree than dogs)
-Academia
-Europe
-Asia
-Books (excluding Twilight, obviously)
-Good Music
-Silence
-Good meals
-Dark chocolate
-Good friends
-Being content
-Good teas (I really like Twining's Orange Tea right now)
Things That Suck:
-Dirt/litter/trash
-Bad meals
-Bad friends (frenemies)
-Bad internet connections
-That overly full feeling after a large meal
-Soda (seriously, it tastes kind of good and that's where the good in soda ends)
-Realizing something you thought is/would be meaningful is actually empty
-Bad grades
-Not being content
-Drifting
-Dogs
-Cats (to a lesser degree than dogs)
-Academia
-Europe
-Asia
-Books (excluding Twilight, obviously)
-Good Music
-Silence
-Good meals
-Dark chocolate
-Good friends
-Being content
-Good teas (I really like Twining's Orange Tea right now)
Things That Suck:
-Dirt/litter/trash
-Bad meals
-Bad friends (frenemies)
-Bad internet connections
-That overly full feeling after a large meal
-Soda (seriously, it tastes kind of good and that's where the good in soda ends)
-Realizing something you thought is/would be meaningful is actually empty
-Bad grades
-Not being content
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
The End of a Semester
Music I Listen To Regularly As of Late (AKA the Past Two Weeks or So):
-The Great Escape (Blur)
-Parklife (Blur)
-The Essential Leonard Cohen (Leonard Cohen)
-A mixed CD of classic Francoise Hardy songs
-A recording of the Grateful Dead concert on 3/31/86 at Providence, RI
-The Fats Waller Centennial Collection
-The Pan's Labyrinth soundtrack
What I Do in My Spare Time (Even Though I Technically Should Have None):
-txtmsg people
-Watch TV
-Sleep
-Eat
-Do my hair
-Clean my room (not so much lately...)
-Clean the kitchen
-Clean the front room
-Go for walks (not anymore because it's too cold)
-Call my mom
-Surf the internet (does the term 'surf' seem passé to anyone else?)
-Homework
-The Great Escape (Blur)
-Parklife (Blur)
-The Essential Leonard Cohen (Leonard Cohen)
-A mixed CD of classic Francoise Hardy songs
-A recording of the Grateful Dead concert on 3/31/86 at Providence, RI
-The Fats Waller Centennial Collection
-The Pan's Labyrinth soundtrack
What I Do in My Spare Time (Even Though I Technically Should Have None):
-txtmsg people
-Watch TV
-Sleep
-Eat
-Do my hair
-Clean my room (not so much lately...)
-Clean the kitchen
-Clean the front room
-Go for walks (not anymore because it's too cold)
-Call my mom
-Surf the internet (does the term 'surf' seem passé to anyone else?)
-Homework
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Frustration
Things That Make Me Upset:
-Being treated like I'm a child
-Being treated like I'm ignorant
-Being told that I'm wrong
-Not being listened to when I'm explaining something
-Too much noise/confusion/business
-Being ignored
-Being told what I'm like
-Being stereotyped
-Being misunderstood (unnecessarily)
-Not being recognized
-Being insulted on particular subjects, especially with accidental insults or too much honesty
When I'm Upset:
-Silent
-Argumentative
-Avoiding (anything from the topic to the situation to people)
-Tense
-Louder laughter/ louder in general
-Sometimes more outgoing (in an attempt to ignore the problem)
-Overly emotional (especially once alone)
-Stubborn
-Mean (especially when very upset)
-Being treated like I'm a child
-Being treated like I'm ignorant
-Being told that I'm wrong
-Not being listened to when I'm explaining something
-Too much noise/confusion/business
-Being ignored
-Being told what I'm like
-Being stereotyped
-Being misunderstood (unnecessarily)
-Not being recognized
-Being insulted on particular subjects, especially with accidental insults or too much honesty
When I'm Upset:
-Silent
-Argumentative
-Avoiding (anything from the topic to the situation to people)
-Tense
-Louder laughter/ louder in general
-Sometimes more outgoing (in an attempt to ignore the problem)
-Overly emotional (especially once alone)
-Stubborn
-Mean (especially when very upset)
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Procrastination
Dishes I Like to Cook:
-Chicken and Wine Sauce
-Rice (I cheat because I have a rice cooker)
-Pies (technically not a dish?)
-Quiche
-Crepes
-Cakes (from scratch)
-Oatmeal (this shouldn't really count, since I prefer recipes I've had from other people, and I only ever eat instant oatmeal...)
-Cabbage soup (I really only ever made this for a few months a couple years ago...)
-Leek and potato soup (which my roommates that year said made the entire apartment smell like leeks)
-Various mixes (anything from cake to couscous to I don't know what)
-Pot roast
Dishes I Often/Always Mess Up On:
-Pizza (something about home-made dough eludes my culinary understanding, although I was good for a while)
-Pancakes
-Cakes (from scratch)
-French Toast (I really just messed up this one time in the dorms, but it was quite awful)
-Gravy (I've only made it three times or so, in various forms, but I always do something wrong)
-Lots of other things I've apparently blocked out of my memory
-Whipping Cream (I'm too impatient to wait for it to be completely whipped, so it's a voluntary mistake)
Things I Prefer Others To Do At Meals (Especially If I Cooked):
-Cut any dish that needs it
-Pray
-Decide where to sit
-Start serving themselves/ Help themselves to seconds/thirds/whatever
-Ask for whatever I forgot to put on the table (I don't put salt/pepper/butter on my food and I forget that people do)
-Offering to help clean up, but letting me do the real work in the clean-up process
-Listening to my story about whatever I've cooked (there often is some story to tell about anything I cook)
Things I Like About Cooking:
-Feeding others
-Experimenting
-Creating something (hopefully) pleasurable
-Cleaning before and after (as long as it's my own mess)
-Coordinating and organizing a meal
-The smell of freshly baked goods
-Learning about what tastes good and what doesn't
-(For some) The history of a dish
-Eating
Things I Don't Like About Cooking:
-Being subjected to others' tastes/likes/dislikes/allergies
-Making a mess
-Messing up (it always happens, but it's usually easy to fix/hide)
-Smelly kitchens/apartments/houses from smelly ingredients
-Not making enough for everyone
-Worrying about feeding everyone (usually I actually end up with a ridiculous amount of food because of this)
-Hard-to-find ingredients
My Favorite (Home-Made) Meals:
-Grilled Sardines (at a Provencal restaurant in Paris)
-Most sandwiches from Study Abroad
-Galettes in Brittany
-Chicken and Wine Sauce (with rice, rolls, bananas)
-Home-made pizza
-Tartine with chocolate milk
-Tomato soup with a tuna melt
-Peas and Tuna (I think I'm the only one I know who likes this. You do add salt and pepper...)
-Fondue
-Pretty much any meal with friends, and most with family
-Chicken and Wine Sauce
-Rice (I cheat because I have a rice cooker)
-Pies (technically not a dish?)
-Quiche
-Crepes
-Cakes (from scratch)
-Oatmeal (this shouldn't really count, since I prefer recipes I've had from other people, and I only ever eat instant oatmeal...)
-Cabbage soup (I really only ever made this for a few months a couple years ago...)
-Leek and potato soup (which my roommates that year said made the entire apartment smell like leeks)
-Various mixes (anything from cake to couscous to I don't know what)
-Pot roast
Dishes I Often/Always Mess Up On:
-Pizza (something about home-made dough eludes my culinary understanding, although I was good for a while)
-Pancakes
-Cakes (from scratch)
-French Toast (I really just messed up this one time in the dorms, but it was quite awful)
-Gravy (I've only made it three times or so, in various forms, but I always do something wrong)
-Lots of other things I've apparently blocked out of my memory
-Whipping Cream (I'm too impatient to wait for it to be completely whipped, so it's a voluntary mistake)
Things I Prefer Others To Do At Meals (Especially If I Cooked):
-Cut any dish that needs it
-Pray
-Decide where to sit
-Start serving themselves/ Help themselves to seconds/thirds/whatever
-Ask for whatever I forgot to put on the table (I don't put salt/pepper/butter on my food and I forget that people do)
-Offering to help clean up, but letting me do the real work in the clean-up process
-Listening to my story about whatever I've cooked (there often is some story to tell about anything I cook)
Things I Like About Cooking:
-Feeding others
-Experimenting
-Creating something (hopefully) pleasurable
-Cleaning before and after (as long as it's my own mess)
-Coordinating and organizing a meal
-The smell of freshly baked goods
-Learning about what tastes good and what doesn't
-(For some) The history of a dish
-Eating
Things I Don't Like About Cooking:
-Being subjected to others' tastes/likes/dislikes/allergies
-Making a mess
-Messing up (it always happens, but it's usually easy to fix/hide)
-Smelly kitchens/apartments/houses from smelly ingredients
-Not making enough for everyone
-Worrying about feeding everyone (usually I actually end up with a ridiculous amount of food because of this)
-Hard-to-find ingredients
My Favorite (Home-Made) Meals:
-Grilled Sardines (at a Provencal restaurant in Paris)
-Most sandwiches from Study Abroad
-Galettes in Brittany
-Chicken and Wine Sauce (with rice, rolls, bananas)
-Home-made pizza
-Tartine with chocolate milk
-Tomato soup with a tuna melt
-Peas and Tuna (I think I'm the only one I know who likes this. You do add salt and pepper...)
-Fondue
-Pretty much any meal with friends, and most with family
Sunday, November 30, 2008
self-evaulation
Things I'm Good At, And By Good I Mean Average:
-basketball
-piano
-being tactful
-school
-predicting movie/tv show/book endings
-looking up things on wikipedia/youtube/google
-balancing
-dance
Things I'm Bad At:
-being nice
-paying attention
-self-motivation/ self-control
-drawing pretty much anything but eyes
-remembering birthdays (seriously, it took me ten years to memorize my siblings' birthdays)
-following through on plans/projects
-keeping in touch
-being open
Things I'm Good At, Legitimately:
-sarcasm
-finding that spot behind dog's ears where they want to be scratched
-listening
-asking questions
-procrastination
-making inside jokes
-remembering trivial details
-pretending to know other languages
-making plans/ starting projects
-spending time alone
-basketball
-piano
-being tactful
-school
-predicting movie/tv show/book endings
-looking up things on wikipedia/youtube/google
-balancing
-dance
Things I'm Bad At:
-being nice
-paying attention
-self-motivation/ self-control
-drawing pretty much anything but eyes
-remembering birthdays (seriously, it took me ten years to memorize my siblings' birthdays)
-following through on plans/projects
-keeping in touch
-being open
Things I'm Good At, Legitimately:
-sarcasm
-finding that spot behind dog's ears where they want to be scratched
-listening
-asking questions
-procrastination
-making inside jokes
-remembering trivial details
-pretending to know other languages
-making plans/ starting projects
-spending time alone
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Academia
Memorable Papers I Wrote in College:
-Animal Imagery as Mimetic Metaphor in Jean-Pierre Melville's Bob le Flambeur and Le Samourai
-Brain Washing and Propaganda in Maoist China
-French reception of Wiemar cinema in the interwar period (not yet written)
Majors I Could Have Done But Never Tried:
-Linguistics
-Political Science
-Anthropology
-Psychology
-Neuroscience
-English Language
-English Literature
-Classical Studies
-Scandinavian Studies (emphasis in Humanities)
-European Studies
-Geography
-Economics
-Philosophy
Languages I Wish I Studied:
-German
-Danish
-Finnish
-Dutch
-Japanese
-Mandarin
-Latin
-Classical Greek
-Hebrew
Graduate Schools I Wish I Could Get Into:
-Johns Hopkins
-Yale
-Northwestern
-Berkeley
-Cambridge
Options for Post-Graduate Life:
-Internship (USA, Canada, or Europe)
-Volunteer work or something similar in Africa
-Mission
-Grad School
-Work (to fund one of the above options)
-Psychosomatic Reintegration?
-Animal Imagery as Mimetic Metaphor in Jean-Pierre Melville's Bob le Flambeur and Le Samourai
-Brain Washing and Propaganda in Maoist China
-French reception of Wiemar cinema in the interwar period (not yet written)
Majors I Could Have Done But Never Tried:
-Linguistics
-Political Science
-Anthropology
-Psychology
-Neuroscience
-English Language
-English Literature
-Classical Studies
-Scandinavian Studies (emphasis in Humanities)
-European Studies
-Geography
-Economics
-Philosophy
Languages I Wish I Studied:
-German
-Danish
-Finnish
-Dutch
-Japanese
-Mandarin
-Latin
-Classical Greek
-Hebrew
Graduate Schools I Wish I Could Get Into:
-Johns Hopkins
-Yale
-Northwestern
-Berkeley
-Cambridge
Options for Post-Graduate Life:
-Internship (USA, Canada, or Europe)
-Volunteer work or something similar in Africa
-Mission
-Grad School
-Work (to fund one of the above options)
-Psychosomatic Reintegration?
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Things I worry about on a daily basis:
-Graduate School
-The GRE
-Cleanliness
-Health
-My spinal cord
-My lack of motivation towards school work
-My immediate future
-My distant future
Things I worry about on a weekly basis:
-Cleaning my car
-Laundry
-My bank account
-Cleaning my house
-My eyesight
-Chores and errands
-Groceries
-Sleep
Things I worry about on a monthly basis:
-My gas tank
-My future between the immediate and the distant
-My sanity
-Graduate School
-The GRE
-Cleanliness
-Health
-My spinal cord
-My lack of motivation towards school work
-My immediate future
-My distant future
Things I worry about on a weekly basis:
-Cleaning my car
-Laundry
-My bank account
-Cleaning my house
-My eyesight
-Chores and errands
-Groceries
-Sleep
Things I worry about on a monthly basis:
-My gas tank
-My future between the immediate and the distant
-My sanity
Thursday, August 14, 2008
French Music
Musicians I Like From France:
-Cali (Vernait-les-Bains)
-Tony Parker
-Renan Luce (Bretagne)
-Christophe Maé (Carpentras)
-Emmanuel Moire (Le Mans)
-Georges Brassens (Sète)
-Vincent Delerm (Bernay)
-Faudel (Paris)
-Calogero (échirolles)
-Fatals Picards
-Fatal Bazooka (Savoy?)
Musicians I Like From Belgium:
-Jacques Brel
-Axelle Red
Musicians I Like From Senegal:
-Tété
-MC Solaar
Musicians I Like From Rwanda:
-Corneille
Musicians I Like From Canada:
-Bruno Pelletier
-Daniel Lavoie
-Garou
Musicians I Like From Haiti:
-Luck Merveil
Musicians I Like From the Netherlands:
-Dick Annegarn
-Cali (Vernait-les-Bains)
-Tony Parker
-Renan Luce (Bretagne)
-Christophe Maé (Carpentras)
-Emmanuel Moire (Le Mans)
-Georges Brassens (Sète)
-Vincent Delerm (Bernay)
-Faudel (Paris)
-Calogero (échirolles)
-Fatals Picards
-Fatal Bazooka (Savoy?)
Musicians I Like From Belgium:
-Jacques Brel
-Axelle Red
Musicians I Like From Senegal:
-Tété
-MC Solaar
Musicians I Like From Rwanda:
-Corneille
Musicians I Like From Canada:
-Bruno Pelletier
-Daniel Lavoie
-Garou
Musicians I Like From Haiti:
-Luck Merveil
Musicians I Like From the Netherlands:
-Dick Annegarn
Friday, August 8, 2008
Cabin Fever
Places I Have Visited:
-France
-Italy
-Belgium
-Nevada
-Arizona
-Washington (state)
-Pennsylvania
-Maryland
-Washington DC
-Massachusetts
-Connecticut
Places I Want to Visit:
-China
-Japan
-Germany
-Denmark
-Sweden
-Norway
-Senegal
-New Zealand
-Argentina
-Rwanda
-Ghana
-Lebanon
-Greece
-Turkey
-Tibet
-Mongolia
-Korea
-French Guyana
-Suriname
-Brazil
-India
-Pakistan
-Iran
-Romania
-Russia
-Belarus
-Ukraine
-Poland
-Latvia
-Canada
-England
-Scotland
-Morocco
-Spain
-Portugal
-Thailand
-Montana
-New York
-Oregon
-Georgia
-Louisiana
Places I Do Not Really Want to Visit:
-Ireland
-Moldova
-Nebraska
The Most Boring Places I Went In Paris:
-Balzac's house
-Probably some museums
-Probably some Cathedrals
My Favorite Things of Big Cities:
-Efficient Public Transportation
-Crowds of strangers
-Flannerie
-Walking as if I have some place to be right away
-Diversity
-France
-Italy
-Belgium
-Nevada
-Arizona
-Washington (state)
-Pennsylvania
-Maryland
-Washington DC
-Massachusetts
-Connecticut
Places I Want to Visit:
-China
-Japan
-Germany
-Denmark
-Sweden
-Norway
-Senegal
-New Zealand
-Argentina
-Rwanda
-Ghana
-Lebanon
-Greece
-Turkey
-Tibet
-Mongolia
-Korea
-French Guyana
-Suriname
-Brazil
-India
-Pakistan
-Iran
-Romania
-Russia
-Belarus
-Ukraine
-Poland
-Latvia
-Canada
-England
-Scotland
-Morocco
-Spain
-Portugal
-Thailand
-Montana
-New York
-Oregon
-Georgia
-Louisiana
Places I Do Not Really Want to Visit:
-Ireland
-Moldova
-Nebraska
The Most Boring Places I Went In Paris:
-Balzac's house
-Probably some museums
-Probably some Cathedrals
My Favorite Things of Big Cities:
-Efficient Public Transportation
-Crowds of strangers
-Flannerie
-Walking as if I have some place to be right away
-Diversity
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
STRESS
Dances I'm performing in July:
-Tango/milonga
-Gafieira
How long I've been learning to do the tango:
-5 months
How long I've been learning the gafieira:
-2 weeks
Other hobbies I've picked up along the way:
-running 2 miles in a half hour once to twice a week (that is not a good time)
-yoga
-barre work
-listening to turkish pop, brazilian music, and tango music
-Tango/milonga
-Gafieira
How long I've been learning to do the tango:
-5 months
How long I've been learning the gafieira:
-2 weeks
Other hobbies I've picked up along the way:
-running 2 miles in a half hour once to twice a week (that is not a good time)
-yoga
-barre work
-listening to turkish pop, brazilian music, and tango music
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