So. I'm applying to schools to get my 2nd graduate degree. I don't suppose anyone around here knows anything about living in Southampton, or Aberdeen?
How To Watch the Stars From Inside the City
1. First, walk out of class. Notice the group of acquaintances who are talking amongst themselves, waiting for you (though you didn't sit near them). Watch as the scenester girl interrupts the smooth movement of headphones to ears to invite you to see the Hermit Thrushes tonight. Make a non-commital noise, and suggest that you "might...
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1. First, walk out of class. Notice the group of acquaintances who are talking amongst themselves, waiting for you (though you didn't sit near them). Watch as the scenester girl interrupts the smooth movement of headphones to ears to invite you to see the Hermit Thrushes tonight. Make a non-commital noise, and suggest that you "might...
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There's a man at the corner of Classon and Willoughby that I have to pass, every day, on my way to classes. I call him Shouting Man. He's your classic street-prophet: an ancient suit, optimized for outdoor living with new pockets made of various materials. Large, army surplus backpack with filthy sleeping bag. Huge, I-am-the-messiah beard.
At some point in my school career, he discovered...
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At some point in my school career, he discovered...
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dasha:
Well Nameless Norm, How does one end up wearing a sweater/coat in a shower, unless this is when it was expressed to use a bucket...
Walking through my purlieus, it's late, there are vultures out. These are friendly vultures, and know me - I see people who helped me seriate graffiti, learn the ropes of Myrtle St. 2:30a.m in Prospect Park never seems dangerous, though I know it is. Someone has stolen a skeleton from an innumerate front porch, late or lazy in removing Hallowe'en decorations. They placed it on...
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mab:
hi!! 
Learning is an intimate transaction. Our body language echoes, intertwines. We lean closer to each other, heads together, phalanges flexing. We grip, reflexively, the same (or similar) tools. When a person observes another person's action, his motor cortex becomes more excitable (Fadiga et al, 1995: 2608-2611). This excitability is measured in certain surges of action potential through ganglia in the neocortex. The energy that would...
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elainaclarice:
wow.. i think it's something with people learning how to roll cigarettes.. when my friend aaron taught me how... his friend totally thought I was flirting... was not..
nothus_a_um:
...Okay.
Groundhog Day is a nearly perfect movie because, in the end, it's a parable about how nihilism can save your life.
I have this bad habit of getting my coat, putting on some music, and just walking away. Even when it's probably the most awkward, or least productive thing to do. Maybe especially then. At least it's satisfying to walk around the city, on a foggy night.
reetaleena:
I can't just walk around, but normally I'm listening to the same songs...
nothus_a_um:
I find it difficult to believe that you know what music I was listening to.
Today, we hit the electronics stores. Why, you ask? Well, because. Because we're meeting Cory Doctorow next week. Because it's a cold day, or getting cold. Because soon you, and I, will be stuck inside with our gas masks or fire extinguishers (acid baths, maybe antimony) - locked in by the snow. Or maybe the snow is an excuse, but still it's cold outside, and...
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I can't believe I killed another 3 hours reading the user manuals for NONA and TNT tree-search parsimony-based cladistics utilities.
biglove:
Hi cat!
dasha:
Well, at least it was offered; I had to ask.
I can't believe I've killed 3 hours reading International Phylogenetic Nomenclature papers.