this year’s rent

Talya: The landlords rejected our sign because they said it is too big.
Gerry: Tell them that we won’t be able to afford their rent unless we have a bigger sign.

best halloween costume ever

Okay, so Jimmy doesn’t know this is about to be shared with a bunch of Internet weirdos, but I simply have to share my 18-year-old brother’s Halloween costume this year:

Just for comparison:

What on earth will that kid think of next?

finally, finally, finally

I have Fall Break pictures up and ANIga installed. Check out my photo album here on this website!

Results of some tests on okcupid

Modern, Cool Nerd 82 % Nerd, 56% Geek, 39% Dork

For The Record: A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia. A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one. A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions. You scored better than half in Nerd and Geek, earning you the title of: Modern, Cool Nerd. Nerds didn’t use to be cool, but in the 90’s that all changed. It used to be that, if you were a computer expert, you had to wear plaid or a pocket protector or suspenders or something that announced to the world that you couldn’t quite fit in. Not anymore. Now, the intelligent and geeky have eked out for themselves a modicum of respect at the very least, and “geek is chic.” The Modern, Cool Nerd is intelligent, knowledgable and always the person to call in a crisis (needing computer advice/an arcane bit of trivia knowledge). They are the one you want as your lifeline in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (or the one up there, winning the million bucks)! Congratulations! Thanks Again! — THE NERD? GEEK? OR DORK? TEST

The Sonnet Deliberate Gentle Love Dreamer (DGLDf) Romantic, hopeful, and composed. You are the Sonnet. Get it? Composed? Sonnets want Love and have high ideals about it. They’re conscientious people, caring & careful. You yourself have deep convictions, and you devote a lot of thought to romance and what it should be. This will frighten away most potential mates, but that’s okay, because you’re very choosy with your affections anyway. You’d absolutely refuse to date someone dumber than you, for instance. Your exact opposite: Genghis Khunt Random Brutal Sex Master Lovers who share your idealized perspective, or who are at least willing to totally throw themselves into a relationship, will be very, very happy with you. And you with them. You’re already selfless and compassionate, and with the right partner, there’s no doubt you can be sensual, even adventurously so. You probably have lots of female friends, and they have a special soft spot for you. Babies do, too, at the tippy-top of their baby skulls. ALWAYS AVOID: The 5-Night Stand, The False Messiah, The Hornivore, The Last Man on Earth CONSIDER: The Loverboy Link: The 32-Type Dating Test by ok cupid.

THEBOOK

I hope you guys have been aware of THE BOOK updates I’ve been making. These posts are not published to the front page of this website, so be sure to check out this catagory now and then, if you do not use an RSS reader already. Just a heads-up!

no longer a scrippsie

Talya [as an alumna, while in Kat's dorm room]: So, Kat, I need to go to the bathroom. Do I need an escort? [pauses] HA! I’ve been waiting to say that all evening!!
Priya: Go, you dork!
[Talya runs down the hall to bathroom]
[Kat, who wasn't paying attention before, realizes Talya is running down the hall unescorted]
Kat: WA-IT!! YOU NEED AN ESCORT!!!

NanoWrimo

Hmm, so I’m thinking of participating in NanoWriMo starting Nov. 1. I’m not sure if I’ll go for a badge but would just take advantage of the month to polish a few scraps of writing I’ve been meaning to get to since college got in the way. I might as well do it for a thrill or two. Or for insanity’s sake.

The trips to Joshua Tree and Houston both went well. I know I keep promising pictures…I think I’ll go motivate myself and see if I can get to that template I need to do. Wait…it’s already 11. Well, I’m off to code for a little bit, anyway…

you’re feo

Harry: So, I used to work in Argentina for an oil company. It was a pretty cool place to work, although you mostly had to know Spanish to get around. My boss, who was a gringo, didn’t know Spanish very well. But we had a rather daunting task at hand: one of our coworkers was kind of a lazy bum, and after much deliberation, my supervisor decided we should fire him. So, he told our boss and asked if he should do the dirty task. Our boss said, “no, it’s okay, I’ll do it. Send him in.” Of course, being a gringo, his Spanish wasn’t very good. So he told the guy, “you’re fired because you’re feo.” He thought that ‘feo’ meant ‘lazy,’ but of course, ‘lazy’ is actually ‘perigroso’ in Spanish. What he actually told the guy was, “you’re fired because you’re ugly.” So, the guy was of course a little perturbed because we’re not exactly an industry that should care about looks, but he left the office anyway. A few days later, his wife calls our supervisor to ask why we thought her husband was ugly. The supervisor wasn’t quite sure how that happened because the guy was fired because he was perigroso. So, he called his boss and asked for a clarification. Our boss said, “oh yeah, I told him he was fired because he was feo…we don’t want any feo people working for us.” The supervisor realized the mistake and called back the wife. “Oh, no, your husband is not feo,” said the supervisor. “It’s just that he’s a lazy bum. He’s still fired, by the way.”

chief, asshole?

Charlie: I had a friend who was rather new at the company, and he liked to call the CEO ‘Chief.’ But one day after my friend said, “okay, Chief,” the CEO told him, “stop calling me ‘Chief.’” To which my friend replied, “okay, asshole.”

update on life

Here is an update on how I’m doing, for those who visit this blog for that sort of thing.

Life at SpectraSensors has been good; my tasks vary from decorating for a new building or two to learning Flash. I also regularly update the News @ SpectraSensors and Press Releases pages, so you might find an article or two written or ghost-written by me there. And yes, I’m going to Houston again in a week or so for ISA Expo.

Before another Houston pilgrimage though, I’m going camping at Joshua Tree this weekend for four days. I’m soo looking forward to it since fall weather is perfect for hiking. Perhaps that’ll motivate me to get the Pictures page of this website written. In my free time I’ve been working on my dad’s business website, which should be up very shortly since I got a template going this weekend and everything.

I’ve also taken to cooking quite a bit…I bought a wok and have been asking tons of people for recipes, things like that. So, if you have any worth sharing, do pass them my way! I might even share a few favorite ones that I’ve accumulated — only if people are interested. Any takers?