On regular expressions
After a lengthy (for IM) but simplified explanation of regular expressions:
Vivian: wow that’s like filipino verb conjugation
Flash needs to die
If only I were clever enough to write this bit on trying to visit a local restaurant’s website:
Website: Oh! Hi! What can I help you with today?
Me: What are your —
Website: Hang on, I’m loading the music.
Me: Really.
Website: You’ll love it. It’s “Girl from Ipanema” arranged for steel drum and keytar.
Me: No, you don’t have to —
Website: Loading…
Me: All I want is —
Website: I SAID DOT DOT DOT.
A conversation I have every month or so [venomous porridge]
I’m a space cadet and I only say totes to Vivian
The other half already blogged this, but I’m still giggling about it so here goes.
me: so i was reading some lost recap type things
and i realized that i am so not into this whole lost-ology shit
Vivian: ugh me neither
me: i mean i love lost
but i don’t know what they are talking about sometimes
Vivian: oh haha i don’t
me: it’s a good show
totally sucks you in
alias-style
Vivian: i’m more interested in shows that are heavier on the philosophical allegories
rather than just twisty turny symbolism and suspense
me: ah i guess i had never thought about lost as a religious allegory
which is apparently what people keep talking about
like here this whole time i’ve been calling a character “dude in the black sweater”
but apparently the rest of the lost world has named him esau because his nemesis is jacob
sigh
Vivian: WHATEVS
that was a great book by the way
[about 10 seconds]
me: the bible?
Vivian: HAHAHAHA
omg no
me: HAHA
Vivian: “jacob have i loved”
me: sorry i was totes confused
Vivian: i seriously LOL’d
me: hahahahahaha i did too
Schumann quotable
he has always loved Schumann while being “somewhat scared by how unhinged his music could be”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/01/arts/music/01ax.html
By the way, I am posting this from PHL en route back to ROC on my shiny new iPhone. It had to happen someday.
Reasons why I hate white businessmen on planes
Actual quotes from a flight from PHL to ORF. I wrote them down in my Sudoku book and everything.
On their pending vacation/bachelor’s weekend/whatever in VB:
I’m gonna eat lobster. I eat whatever the fuck I want.
On some sort of business venture:
It’s gonna take off. I’m sitting on the fucking launchpad, man. Like a strong drink – I’m gonna stir it up.
On patriotism, from a man who probably calls the Chinese a bunch of dirty commies:
It’s AMERICA, you gotta share the gold!
On the aerial view of the dirty and polluted Elizabeth River:
Look at that beautiful sea!
“julian i’m real happy for you and i’mma let you finish, but lolcatz was the best internet meme ever”
vivian: internet memes are like truffle oil
: you can’t go putting that shit on everything
Protected: Playing the analogy game with the Asian
Kanye hates Twitter, too
Most of the time I think Kanye is just being ridiculous and ghetto in his ranting, and this one is still pretty bad with its all-caps and lack of any sort of proper English, but these bits make it all worth it:
“EVERYTHING THAT TWITTER OFFERS I NEED LESS OF.”
“BECAUSE MY CAPS LOCK KEY IS LOUD!!!!!!!!!”
vivian: he is like that loud annoying friend you keep around just for occasional gems such as those
Kanye West takes on Twitter in Web Rant [Times Online]
How all classes should be run
From the teacher:
: I got in a tiff with a violinist in class*
: slapped that girl down hard
: she came in, played like a pig,
: so I suggested that she attempt what beethoven put on the page
: and she got all huffy, played it flat and dead,
: then shouted “It’s boring!”
: and I said, “you’re boring.”
: “no one is paying to hear you*, they’re paying to hear Beethoven, and what you’re playing isn’t Beethoven.”
* names removed for obvious reasons
File-Print
: going to a meeting about PCs with people who have clearly never used one before is soooo painful
: i quote: “we’ll have to basically reteach everyone how to use a computer! i don’t even know how to print on a pc!”
: that’s like saying, “i don’t even know how to talk to a black person!”
: EASY, IT’S EXACTLY THE SAME