At the Boundary Between Grains

I can finally find my mittens!!

2005-03-15T05:51:00.000-08:00

11,000 years ago I lost my mittens on top of Mt Kilmanjaro. I asked Cambridge Traffic and Parking if they could finally plow up there. They told me to screw off, coz it's their job to do that.

But now, check this out.

C'mon - silver lining, people!!

By the way, here is a nice little paradoxical statement for ya.

Wanna know why Kilmanjaro is so dangerous?? It's because it is FRICK easy to climb. You can do it in like a few hours or so. So what's the big deal? Well, you can basically hike up into the upper troposphere really quick, and you don't get used to the high altitude.

So, you climb, say "woo - pretty view." Then you kick the bucket coz yer blood turns to snot.

thassit.

Better call JT Marsh....

2005-03-15T04:02:00.000-08:00

...and Admiral Winfield....because we on our way to makin Neo's! ('Sapes', if yer a racist).

I am talkin about this, by the way.

I am all drained today, like the Kings Park Library pre-1988. Everything gets lent out...nothing at all comes back.

So, time for some granola.

What am I thinkin about this mornin?

2005-03-12T07:17:00.000-08:00

Not a helluva lot. It's snowing. Well, it WAS snowing, all last night and now it's warm.

Went running in the snow which was pretty cool. Some lady was runnin in the other way and she said I was crazier than her, coz I was in the snowpiles and she was in the road. Hmm...you pick.

Then I drove around lookin to see who needed shovelin. However, that's the thing about this place...people sure are out and about frick early when it comes to shovelin!

I need a vacation. Somewhere warm. Just like in Spy Game. Put some $$ away - dont touch it ever. Use it to retire somewhere warm.

sup, it's KEPETS.

I pretty much have a metric buttload of work to do. Christ almighty this is a boring-ass blog.

My fingernails are all munched - gross gross gross.

I wish I had a horse to ride. (dum dum do dum....dem dem da dum....dum dum do dum....dem dem da dum...)

I need to buy some cool new furniture. I have all this cash and have no frickin idea what to do with it. "I have all this munnny...and nobody...willl help me...."

I have this couch from Ikea. It cost about the same amount as 6 pounds of bananas.

The funniest thing I have ever heard.....

"Hey Paul!"
"I'm comin!"
"Whoa, I thought you were in the basement and here you are, comin down from the mezzanine!"
"Well, I have periodic boundary conditions."

BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

ok I am sure maybe there are other things that compare....let's see if we can figger...

"Looka THIS guy."
"What about my tires, Chris?"....and all that implies....

my toenails need clippin.....

It's been a long time....

2005-03-07T03:58:00.000-08:00

....but this really pisses me off.

Can anybody say "War zone?"

Plus, she said "we were driving slowly." HELLO.....it was a car full of ITALIANS. I am sure they were doin more than 80.

Unfortunate, but stop milkin it.

hahahahahahaha Welcome to Cambridge

2004-10-16T06:23:00.000-07:00

Looking for a job at the Engineering Department of the University of Cambridge?

Are you an expert in thin films, photonics, or vortex shedding of flexible cylinders?

Well, send your CV. just make sure it doesn't get ketchup on it :)

America is running low on flu vaccine!!! What should you do!?!?!?!?!

2004-10-11T04:56:00.000-07:00

Hmm...how about stop being such a frikkin pansy, and drink some water and OJ.

The Stars and Bars

2004-10-09T20:36:00.000-07:00

I think Bush is going to lose the Southern vote.

He said he is not going to appoint Supreme Court justices who say slavery is legal.

Materials Scientists rule the world

2004-10-09T20:32:00.000-07:00

I recently read a post on Rottentomatoes.com where they were discussing...who would win a battle - Optimus Prime or the T-1000?

And some people ACTUALLY voted for the T-1000.

Let's look at this objectively.

Short answer: Optimus Prime would essentially act as a Playdoh Fun Factory. And the T-1000 would be the Playdoh.

There really is not much else to discuss.

You know you're a doojbag when....

2004-10-09T20:30:00.000-07:00

you do the following

1) You buy a Humvee
2) You put a bumper sticker on the back window
3) That bumper sticker has a sarcastic message, and has in BIG font "VOTE KERRY" and then in small font, something making fun of you if you do...so everyone really only sees VOTE KERRY.

Of course you could satisfy yer doojbaggery by doing 1, 2, OR 3.

Been a long time

2004-10-04T04:08:00.000-07:00

But who cares? As long as I post now, it's ok.

Let's take a look at the news:

This is pretty cool. No, not coz the dinosaur reminds me of the Shen, but because of the scientist in charge of the investigation!

What else...so in potentially suck-ass times, I am uber-psyched that the Spaniards are goin all El Cid and kickin the smack out of some ETA jizz-freaks. Yeah yeah I sound pretty colloquial there, but they are scumbags and I hope they rot. I think them, like all terrorists, should be tried by these guys. That's right...feed him to the Sharkticons. No rescuing from Grimlock, thank u very much.

What else...what else.

The Dalai Lama sez China has been chucking nuclear waste into Tibet. So, the next time they try and have an uprising, they will have mutant powers. "Don't make me achieve a higher plane of consciousness...you wouldn't like me when I achieve a higher plane of consciousness." If yer dumb and dont get the ref, click here.

Biological research is where it's at these days! However, most of the stuff being researched is useless crap. I decided I am going to work at the NSF before I take public office, and the initiatives I am going to fund are the following:

1) Airborne sterilization, with no side effects. Yeah, like it's not already being worked on.

2) Sterilizing crack. (Thanks Kim)

3) A program that requires surgeons to spend at least one year in a developing nation, fixin people. Not Sudan, unless they've been bad.

4) Airborne St. John's Wort, or that stuff in pot. Can u imagine the possibilities of a dilute feeling of happiness and a desire to go eat a bowl of cereal? Again, I wouldn't do this in Sudan...I think they already have something like this already.

Some megalomaniacs have the right idea, but not the ones who are out for personal gain. I am talkin about the real comic-book villain types, like Ra's Al Ghul, who walk the fine line in a moral grey area. Ok maybe he's nuts.

Maybe I should not be blogging like this, in case I want to be a politician one day.

Alright, time to go to work. Juuuuuuuuuuust makin the bed.

I love Sky Mall

2004-09-30T08:43:00.000-07:00

"Ok, if you act up again, or write on the wall, I'm sending you HERE. To the F***ing Falklands. Don't breathe a word of this to mom. And don't tell her about my video collection."

I am the biggest ass-kicker in Yancey St

2004-09-24T15:29:00.000-07:00

This is quite cool. Sorry about any pop-ups, but it is a freekin movie site.

I need to buy myself a day planner. My days are becoming SO packed that I can't even spare 6 hours to dick around on AOL any more. I feel like I am neglecting my best friend Abe. hahah AGH everybody run.

I am not sure if there are any movies I wanna see. I SAW Shaun of the Dead on a plane. It was kinda funny...but not pee my pants funny. It's not like, say, Ready to Rumble, or Steel Magnolias, or Schindler's List or anything. Ok, so I didn't see the 3rd one. I saw the straight to video sequel that starred Eric Roberts. Man that guy is such a versatile actor.

COACH, COACH, he's gonna kill him.

"NO"

Dammit, I still have so much work to do tonite...but thas ok. Tomorrow I am goin to New Orleans. Alone. Wow, Roo in New Orleans. He heh...Roo Orleans. THAT"S MY NEW NAME!!! EFF YOU ALL.

Ok maybe back later...but for now...here is a treat...sing along with this.

Jeanny

Jeanny, komm, come on
Steh auf, bitte
Du wirst ganz naß
Schon spät, komm
Wir müssen weg hier
Raus aus dem Wald
Verstehst Du nicht?

Wo ist Dein Schuh
Du hast ihn verloren,
Als ich Dir den Weg zeigen mußte
Wer hat verloren?
Du, Dich?
Ich, mich?
Oder
Oder wir uns?

Jeanny, quit livin' on dreams
Jeanny, life is not what it seems
Such a lonely little girl in a cold, cold world
There's someone who needs you
Jeanny, quit livin' on dreams
Jeanny, life is not what it seems
You're lost in the night
Don't wanna struggle and fight
There's someone who needs you

Es ist kalt
Wir müssen weg hier,
Komm.
Dein Lippenstift ist verwischt
Du hast ihn gekauft und
Und ich habe es gesehen
Zuviel Rot auf deinen Lippen
Und du hast gesagt "mach mich nicht an"
Aber du warst durschaut.
Augen sagen mehr als Worte
Du brauchst mich doch, hmmmh?
Alle wissen, daß wir zusammen sind
Ab heute
Jetzt hör ich sie!
Sie kommen!
Sie kommen Dich zu holen.
Sie werden Dich nicht finden.
Niemand wird dich finden!!
Du bist bei mir.
Jeanny, quit livin' on dreams...

Newsflash:
In den letzen Monaten ist die Zahl
Der vermißten Personen dramatisch angestiegen
Die jüngste Veröffentlichung der lokalen Polizei-
Behörde berichtet von einem weiteren tragischen Fall.
Es handelt sich um ein neunzehnjähriges Mädchen,
Das zuletzt vor vierzehn Tagen gesehen wurde.
Die Polizei schließt die Möchligkeit nicht aus, daß es
sich hier um ein Verbrechen handelt.

Jeanny, quit livin' on dreams...

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(PS - I DO know the parts he says in English! lol)

Answer
Hi Karma,

actuall the song you like has been a big point of dicussion on its publishing. It is about sexual abuse (rape, murder) without directly naming it. The songtext reflect the view of the violater.

Here the translated text.

Jeanny, come, come on
Get up, please
You get all wet
Already late, come
we have to get away from here
Out of the woods
Don´t you understand?

Where is your shoe
You did loose it,
when I had to show you the way
Who lost?
You, You?
I, me?
or
Or we us?

Jeanny, quit livin' on dreams
Jeanny, life is not what it seems
Such a lonely little girl in a cold, cold world
There's someone who needs you
Jeanny, quit livin' on dreams
Jeanny, life is not what it seems
You're lost in the night
Don't wanna struggle and fight
There's someone who needs you

It is cold
We have to get away from here,
come.
Your lipstick is smeared
You bought it and...
and I saw it
To much red on your lips
And you said "leave me alone"
But you´ve been found out.
Eyes telling more than words
You need me, hmmmh?
Everybody knows, we are together
from today
I hear them now!
They ´re comming!
They ´re comming to get you.
They won´t find you.
Nobody will find you!!
You are with me.

Jeanny, quit livin' on dreams...

Hail to the Chief

2004-09-23T06:58:00.000-07:00

Wow I have caught lotsa flack for my Bush support! Apparently Republicans don't use the internet, except to download pics of Emily Pataki (which I highly recommend).

However, I have decided that all candidates suck, so I am going to be President of the United States someday. Maybe I won't run when I am 35....that might be too early. Apparently I should be able to do quite well if I follow up with my whole John Milton rationale. Now all I have to do is define my policies and go for it. I'll start with local school boards and congress. Since I am a professor, the school board thing should not be so hard. Then I can do the comptroller thing or whatever...ok I have to make a plan.

THAT is the way to do it. If yer pissed about something in the country, don't try and change it by voting. Change it by RUNNING.

Except you.

You can be Bosley.

No I am not going to change my arguments because Private Epstein tells us we then make ourselves candidates for mediocrity.

"Pluggin it up won't help, Epstein!"

Blood on the Walls

2004-09-22T16:17:00.000-07:00

So sometimes I just leave a song on my computer and let it play on repeat.

Right now it is "Blood on the Walls." It is a heavy metal tune about Doom. That's right. Someone made a song...I guess it sounds a little bit like a cross between Limp Bizkit (maybe), Kid Rock and Billy Squier, minus the silky pink shorts. That's right, we'll never forget. Anyway, I used to think the song sucked but now it is pretty cool. Maybe I'll put a link to it, but come on, you should be able to surf the friggin web for it.

Just look for Blood_on_the_walls and I think you'll get it.

What else...I am gettin really psyched for the election. I know my vote doesn't count, coz I live in New York. I am thinkin more and more that Kerry is kind of a weiner. Plus he looks like my old supervisor so FORGET it. Bush is much better. "Hello, UN. I wrote this little speech in my Limo. I copied it from the scene in 'Face/Off' where Sean Archer gets Castor Troy's face. EFF you! and EFF YOU!! and EFF you! " I can eat a peach for hours.

Ok right now it's viewer participation time. Assume you are 29. What's the oldest and youngest age of a girl you can date? (yes yes "Golden Girls Nick" is an exception).

There are not many scenes in Boogie Nights that are cooler than when Dirk Diggler is singin "U got the TOUCH"....but one is when they cut to his buddy rockin out and dancing behind the glass. I have yet to watch that whole movie. I use movies as my sleep timer....but they don't turn off and I gotta be careful of the volume. A while back, I watched Boogie Nights before I went to sleep, and fell asleep in like 5 minutes....imagine my surprise when I woke up to yelling of "I'm the one with the huge d*** and I will f*** whoever I wanna f***!" Man I thought I lived in Somerville again, the land of the pleasure-scream-chick neighbor.

So I have a new role model...but I have to figure out how to break this to people without them thinking I am too weird. I was watching "The Devil's Advocate" the other day, and I think I really really like John Milton. I like the way he operates, and how he is a smoothie around people, and how he has a plan. Ok so I don't like all the melty-face demon crap, but I think we can all learn something here. No I DON'T LOVE SATAN you doojbag. But boy howdy but I think impersonating him for a while would be a good career choice. I'll let you know how it goes.

"Santa Claus - Fraid not. Just a poor Schmo - got lucky."

I was all worried that tonite I would lose focus and not get anything done. However, that is not the case at all! I just remembered I have a DVD set of Batman Animated Series Episodes. Rock on. Plus Reno 911 is on.

Wrestling....kinda sucks these days. But the WWE Diva Search is over and my favorite one won. Hopefully she'll be ok. When she gets all famous later on I can show everyone her Trimspa commercial.

So I used to lift weights. I have not lifted a single freekin weight in about a couple of months now. And I feel friggin great. I have been looking into bodyweight exercises, which include bodyweight squats, dips and pullups. They totally rule. Take that and throw in some Tae Kwon Do and eat Cheerios and protein all day (with v8) and you can rule just like I do. Or, I might just have a skewed view of my body image and who knows...I might really look like a Japanese POW in real life.

CRAP! I forgot that my Puerto Rican colleague might actually be reading this now...so I'd better tone it down. Aw crud I am tired now. This was a crap entry...I'll think of something else.

Keep the effing bug-bio-death lady in prison. Send her to Abu Gharib.

ew ew ew ew ew

2004-09-11T04:14:00.000-07:00

F***ing Scumbags!!

Scientists try to find the atoms in their busted satellite....

2004-09-09T07:21:00.000-07:00

.....but first let's make an assload of jiffy pop!

Uh oh!

2004-09-08T13:32:00.000-07:00

I hope they did not break their precious cargo....atoms!

You dumb doojbag.

2004-09-06T09:09:00.000-07:00

No, I am not talking about the profs in my dept.

I am talking about this guy.

Nice job. I am sure Mariko is psyched.

Chanibones

2004-09-06T06:07:00.000-07:00

Since you asked....

I managed to navigate dungeon master with a mouse. However, there are two pointers...the one for your PC, and the Apple one...you'll see.

Karateka. To move left or right, you sorta move the mouse and click in the direction u wanna go. Also, you can kick by pressing F1 and punch by pressing F2. I basically beat everyone by doin a buncha low and mid kicks. I didn't figure out how to run. That's probably why I fought so many guys.

Rastan: F1 chops and F2 jumps. But the movements work like a keypad. So if you have yer 123456789 like I do, then yer screwed. So I just played and went chop chop and gave up.

GOD DAMMIT!!!

2004-09-05T18:21:00.000-07:00

Ok I am so effing pissed.

http://www.freetoolsassociation.com/

This is where you can get a IIgs emulator that runs in your browser, and it kicks MAJOR BUTT. You can play a BUNCH of cool games, including Rastan (yeah!) and Karateka. There are even buttons you can push to slow things down (like on the IIe/IIc games) or make em fast for IIgs games.

I can't get the keyboard to work properly...well I can, but I have a laptop and it does not have the special keypad, so moving is a BITCH. So I will buy a joystick so I can play Rastan (yeah!).

Dungeon Master is on it too but I didn't play it. Wuuf the Bika has to stay the f*** in his mirror.

Anyway, these people have done a KICKASS job.

HOWEVER

I played Karateka for half and hour. HALF A BLOODY HOUR (waiting for my tea) and I beat up like 12 dudes. I even made it inside the building where the stupid eagle attacks u. turns out punches dont work on anyone...just kick em. ANYWAY I was doin FINE! I was gonna rescue mariko, etc etc etc. And BOOM!

BOOM!!!

NOBODY TOLD ME THAT BIG SPIKY SECOND DOOR YOU WALK THRU IS GONNA FALL. IT FELL ON MY HEAD AND KILLED ME. I WAS PLAYING FOR 30 MINUTES and BOOM.

The death music is cool. But that doesn't make it better.

Absence makes King Graham JACKED

2004-09-05T07:49:00.000-07:00

THIS is a nice example of PC game voice-overs sucking. Kind of like Monkey Island 3. That's part of the reason I never played that crap-fest.

so bored

2004-09-04T16:54:00.000-07:00

I'm going to heat up your semenal fluid to 8000K

I'll tell u what I want, what I really really want.

This is painted on the bottom of all the Israeli Helicopters

I can't draw good pitchers

2004-09-04T15:46:00.000-07:00

So I steal other people's, and then link to them on my page. I think it's ok.

Here is a pic I think everyone should have.

www.anjchang.com/roo/peresozo.jpg

They are all smiley!!!

So today I built a patio. That was kinda cool. Layin brick is pretty fun, and also easy. Everyone should do it. Go and buy a bunch of bricks, and make a pattern outside, wherever you want! In the frozen food aisle, in a parking lot, on top of someone's car, etc.

Someone there compared construction to other jobs. He said "what I like about being a builder, at the end of the day, you can look at your patio or wall or whatnot, and say 'I did that!'" I told him, that I can point at one of my students and say the same thing!

It's Saturday. I plan to celebrate my freedom, sloth and quasi boredom by goin to Dunkin Donuts. I can't just wait till Sunday morning. I have to go now. Ok so maybe I'll go in a few hours or something.

I spent a lot of the morning trying to download music from Thexder. It pisses me off...all that downloading stuff pisses me off. 1) All the links are broken. 2) if a link is not broken you have to pay for whatever you want. Yeah, I really want to pay 5 bucks for 12kb of data from 1987. 3) or you have to register for it. This sucks. There should be no copy protection, anywhere. Hell, it's not like we need it, like we need friction. However, I DID download some midis and mp3's from thexder (eventually, but not the original ones), silpheed (some guy had recorded them off his Apple IIgs and then taken the audio tape and made mp3's) and then some conquests of the longbow.

Hey kid, I'm a total ped. Can u whistle some music for me? How about Conquests of Camelot? Ah yeah. Yeah yeah. Yeah YEAH! that's the stuff. Stewardess, I love bein a ped!

I decided I want to get a job where I can wake up whenever I want, show up whenever i want, and leave whenever i want. Oh wait, I do.

I am in the market for a multi-family complex for about a million or two bucks. That would be fun. Maybe somewhere farmy. I could start lookin in Montana, the Dakotas or Idaho.

Whitening toothpaste only white-ens your teeth if you leave it on.

"Someone's been using my tampons." - I just saw that on TV

I have a theory. Bruce Willis came back after his Moonlighting and doin all sortsa crap like everything except Hudson Hawk. He is now in like every indie movie and havin a lotta fun. Same thing with John Travolta, except he came back, and then sucked again, and sorta dinks around. You know who is gonna make the jump next?

Jean-Claude Van Damme. Yes. wham, bam thank you van damme. If you saw him act in Lionheart, or Nowhere to Run, you know of what I speak. He is gonna start with some self-deprecating cameos (like he'll get his butt kicked by Fred Savage or something) and then he'll be in more things, and then BOOM he'll just be in all these movies and everyone will think he is quirky. Then he is gonna play French President Chirac one day. Coz they look the same.

http://www.jerseygop.com/R_babes/
This is an awesome site. I am learning about Republicans and Democrats. Democrat babes are the ones who shave their armpits. Haahahahaha check me out I am all partisan and crap. Ok so I am still figurin a few things out, but I think I like the Republican way of looking at things. However, doesn't mean I agree with all the right-wing crazy crap. When I am governor/president/arrested for bonkin a 14year old I will really start to change things. Speakin of which, the NY State Governor's daughter is hot. Go look her up.

I just ate 3 slices of Elio's pizza. It did NOTHING against my donut craving. This is getting serious.

Dang I am bored, and it is carrying over to my blog.

everyone loves coming to visit me

2004-09-03T16:17:00.000-07:00

"Hey Roo, your building smells like Mrs. Kazemi's house."

Paparazzi

2004-09-03T10:06:00.000-07:00

Hey Big Larry, do that thing that you do from the Matrix that is so cool. You know? Do that thing where you talk about spoons and fate and stuff!!

No thank you, I choose not to right now.