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According to some Site Meter trackbacks, here are some search terms that will turn up my blog:

on yahoo:
movie sofia’s choice
eminem ipod commercial
xanga jpegs
ginny weasley slapping draco malfoy [perhaps they were thinking of hermione granger?]
eva+fry’s
dressing in drag wearing leather skirt photos
slave thai girl for rent
cat suonds
ideas using Parable of the pumpkin patch book

on msn:
talya
“erin wright”+lexington

One can’t help but speculate.

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Talya [trying to read what is written on the board]: does that say, “greatest” over there?
Kristen [a little too loudly]: Yeah.
Chris [from the board]: Whoever said, “yeah!” I really appreciate the enthusiasm for this proof! It is cool, isn’t it?
[Talya and Kristen start laughing]
Chris: What’s so funny?
Talya: Kristen was saying “yeah” when I asked her what was written on the board.

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Talya [doing number theory homework with Aleks and Kristen]: I don’t know about this one, Aleks, 22.2…are you sure we have to prove it?
Aleks: That’s what he said in class, right?
Kristen: Yeah, I just did it numerically.
Talya: So did I.
Aleks: Ooh…well, I’m sure you’re fine then.
:later in class, going over homework:
Chris: Yes, and for this particular problem, 22.2, you have to prove this part to get full credit…
Aleks [from across the room]: Oooh, snap!
[Talya and Kristen burst out laughing]
Chris: I think I missed something there…

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[Priya and Talya doing math]
Priya: Can I borrow your calculator?
Talya: No way! I’m working on the same problem! You don’t ask someone to borrow her calculator if she’s trying to do the same thing!
Priya: You’re mean.
Talya: Whatever. Why don’t you work on the part that doesn’t require the calculator?
Priya: Alright
Talya [after banging keys on her calculator for maybe a minute]: Hey…wait, didn’t Chris say if we had to do this kind of problem that required tedious calculation, we could just plug it in on Maple or the Big Number Calculator?
Priya: Ohh, yeah, he did.
Talya: So, I’m going to do this part at home, actually, to save me work. Did you still want to borrow my calculator?

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I’ve been noticing the freshmen this week. The way they talk about Core, Writing 50, and Teen Vogue. The way they travel in packs, and the way they dress way up for class. At lunch yesterday Betty, Charlotte, and I got stuck in the Core noon rush, and while in line, I could hear two of them talking about their Core midterm scores. I mentioned this to Charlotte and Betty when we sat down, and we got in a huge discussion about Core.

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So I got an email from my RA today with an update on what’s new in our hall. In it, she mentioned that some people were having trouble getting the heaters going, so she talked to maintenance and they gave her an instruction sheet on how to operate our heaters. “Sweet!” I thought to myself. “I will get to read a diagram about how our heaters work!” Well, then I forgot that I go to a humanities college…anyway, the PDF is here [PDF].

(It’s also worth noting that the original attachment to our email was a .doc file–I guess they all assume we use Microsoft Word these days, no?)

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Oh, lord, these guys are great…I can’t believe such a band exists. I think this brings the fandom with Harry Potter to a new level…Harry and the Potters.

Oh the bus don’t go to Hogwarts
You gots to take the train
Bus don’t go to Hogwarts
You gots to take the train

And we’ll take the train
From Platform Nine and Three Quarters
And we’ll take the train
From Platform Nine and Three Quarters…

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haha, so despite my 3 day online clock with the same Dr. Suess away message, I’m here and alive at Claremont, just having a really nice Fall Break…so far I’ve spent a day in Pasadena, gone geocaching/hiking, saw the Wallace&Gromit movie, and played a lot of Civ3. It’s been a lot of fun, and restful too :)

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Aww, yay for Lisa tonight! Scrabble, Candyland, sushi, and a good Motley drink is just what the doctor ordered :D

So, I like everything about all the new Apple stuff except for the rubbish with the Eminem iPod commercial….why, Apple, why?? To make matters worse, Eminem was in a lawsuit over the whole thing since February, but the case settled this month. Now apparently Apple pulled the commercial even though they were working on it for two years. But Steve Jobs (Apple CEO) did say in a keynote speech that the commercial will air in a week or two. So, we’ll see. Anyway, it seems like a load of trouble over Apple trying to be hip. I think Apple would do better staying with the geek approach.

Front Row looks like a really neat application…I heart, anyway. Ah, technolust.

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Mr Estes [in a history lecture]: Let’s imagine Sean is going shopping for a dress. …
Jimmy: Sean buys all his dresses at Bloomingdales.
Mr. Estes: I thought it was Jimmy’s Lingerie Shop.
Jimmy They didn’t call it ‘the Era of Good Feeling’ for nothing.