miraba

JF weirdness

2008-06-11T16:50:37Z

Am I the only one who keeps on getting logged out?

Moving my posts to JF

2007-08-03T23:17:43Z

I'm currently moving all of my LJ posts over with LJ-Sec. It's managed to bring over 781 out of 861. Now I need to figure out which ones are the 60 missing posts.

Transformers humor

2007-08-03T23:14:01Z

A LETTER TO OPTIMUS PRIME FROM HIS GEICO AUTO INSURANCE AGENT

miraba @ 2007-04-22T03:41:00

2007-08-03T23:13:58Z

Armed with 6 hours of sleep during the day and 2 1/2 hours at night, I set off with Erik to buy a Wii.

Victory!

2007-08-03T23:13:58Z

Erik is setting up the Wii in the other room right now. I will start playing Zelda as soon as everything is updated.

Short story rec

2007-08-03T23:13:57Z

"As You Know, Bob" by John G. Hemry in Analog's April edition. As one might expect from the title, it's a lovely little piece of satire.

I can't think of a snarky response.

2007-08-03T23:13:55Z

Government stomps on the right to meet with a lawyer.

Uh... Right. This was a first.

2007-08-03T23:13:54Z

I was just called by someone who was given one of my jewelry business cards. I've never actually received an order (vague as this one was) on the phone.

Real Life Update

2007-08-03T23:13:52Z

I went to Worldcon. Certain things were awesome. Some of them make me reach for a butcher's knife.

It looks like I won't be doing that internship at City Hall. Instead, it looks like I'll be temping until I get a real job/move (see below). I'm currently working at the MassArt/Mass Pharmacy store to assist the sheep-like freshmen find their books and supplies. On Tuesday, I may have an interview with Houghton Mifflin.

Erik's been offered a position down in Baltimore with SAIC, the company he's been interning for. I'm starting to look for jobs down there in the event that he isn't offered a better position in the Boston area.

Real Life Stuff

2007-08-03T23:13:49Z

It's been almost three weeks since my dad got a herniated disc. He's been on narcotics for all but the first day and it looks like he'll be on them for some time. While he's lucid now (he certainly wasn't in the hospital), his brain is somewhat scrambled. No surprise, my mother has been somewhat touchy since then. She's been teaching her normal load in addition to taking care of him, and her sleep ranges from adequate to non-existent. I'm impressed that I haven't heard any screaming matches in that time.

My parents had wanted me to move out and live on my own, but I'll be staying until my dad is well enough to drive himself to work each day.

This is my second day on half a dose of Celexa. I'm experimenting in the hope that my brain might cease being defective in a certain situation. Yesterday I was pretty jittery, but I suspect that was a combination of the weather and screwing up in the lab. I've been somewhat depressive today, but I perked up after taking a long bath.

Last week I did 38 hours at work; today I did 36. I understand that as someone with just a bachelor's I'm not quite as attractive for full-time employment, but I'd really like to stop paying for health insurance out of pocket. My co-worker is going to take a month off starting from late May, so I expect to be hired full-time around then. If I'm not, I'm going to start hinting that I'd prefer to have a full-time position, and that I'm willing to go elsewhere to get it.

I considered posting about my thoughts about the nature of humanity, individuals, my own nature, and my frustration at my inability to make them into a logical whole, but screw that. If people are interested in my ramblings they're always welcome to IM me.

Now I'm off to write my diary entry for my Deadlands character. Unlike what Merc and ellF have said, he is not psychotic. He is merely fucked up for reasons I'm not quite sure of.

Bad Film Festival

2007-08-03T23:13:42Z

I found a copy of Ninja vs. Ninja at the library (a rating of 1.2 stars at IMDB) and decided that it was time to hold another BFF. It would most likely be this Friday at my place in Newton.

I'd like to show a second bad movie; what genre should it be? I'm considering ninja, kung fu, and fantasy. If you're interested, please leave me a comment. The more the merrier, so feel free to bring friends.

MS-Paint (or your platform's equivalent cheap-o paint program) meme!

2007-08-03T23:13:26Z

Step one: Post a comment.
Step two: I will supply you with one(1) drawing of extremely low quality, representing one of your user interests, created by myself using paint (the program, not the medium).
Step three: Post said drawing in your journal and ALLOW THE MEME TO LIVE ON.

hyuga made me this lovely Revolutionary Girl Utena picture:

miraba @ 2004-10-17T01:29:00

2007-08-03T23:13:21Z

GitS marathon is finally done, although there were only three people around at the end of it.
If you had food and/or beverage from Thai Corner, you owe me money. To make it easier for my brain, you owe $9 if it was just food, $11.50 if it was food and drink.
I need something to drink, and then I'm going to bed.
*whump*

miraba @ 2004-09-13T14:13:00

2007-08-03T23:13:18Z

Hurrah! The water is back on and I can sleep here tonight (sorry, Sarah ;) ).
Now I need to get off my butt and track down some professors.

miraba @ 2004-06-04T00:33:00

2007-08-03T23:13:08Z

I have joined the masses.
I have a cell phone. IM me if you want the number.

Rent my place!

2007-08-03T23:13:03Z

Following Lucky's example, I thought I'd better start to find someone to take over my lease.

The place: Puffton Village

The costs:
$760/month rent, includes heat and hot water. Yes, you can keep this place at 80 C throughout the entire winter and not pay a thing.
$50-60/month cable modem
$40-50/month electricity, does NOT take summer air conditioning into consideration

The good stuff:
1 LARGE BR, can easily fit 2 people
walk-in closet
full bathroom, larger than any closet
good size living room
kitchen
5 minute walk from the bus stop
5 minute walk from laundry
located in the back of the complex, so parking is rarely an issue
has basketball/tennis courts and a swimming pool, if you care about that stuff
friendly office staff
I'm willing to part with appliances and some furniture
10 minute walk from Cumberland Farms, a few minutes more to the local market.

The bad stuff:
The door is north-facing. When any form of water comes off the roof, it freezes on the steps and refuses to melt. I will toss in an ice chipper.
No pets. Theoretically. I've seen two small dogs and a number of cats.
2 bus routes needed to get to Big Y or Stop & Shop

Will add more as I think of it.

Feel free to pass this along to friends, x-post, whatever. I just don't want to pay rent this summer while I'm back in Boston.

And back to Newton I go.

2007-08-03T23:13:01Z

I will only rarely be online for the next 9 days. I will be in Boston through monday; tuesday through sunday I will be in Eugene.

Woo.

2007-08-03T23:13:01Z

Realized that a short paper is due next wednesday, not this one.
Am immensely relieved.

miraba @ 2004-03-08T08:17:00

2007-08-03T23:13:00Z

For god's sake...
WHY must it snow now and not be enough to cancel?

Oh my god.

2007-08-03T23:12:59Z

I can't believe I know these people.

Well, that was a waste of time.

2007-08-03T23:12:56Z

Chem review was supposedly at 6pm, but by 6:20, the only people there were some similarly-confused students.
Wonder if he'll remember tomorrow morning when we come up to ask where he was.

Mezzo

2007-08-03T23:12:55Z

Bwahaha, what a wonderful series.
Take the action and fanservice of Kite, comedy from your choice of slapstick, and cliché send-ups of Gainax, mix well, and you have Mezzo.
I've seen the first two eps and it already looks like all of the major characters have been introduced. The action scenes are always gorgeous and well-timed, and I'd love to say *why* they're so wonderful, if I weren't ruining the surprise. The characters take the bizarre situations in stride while the script gives them utterly ridiculous lines, and it's done with a wink and a nudge.
Now, if only the third and fourth eps would download...

this week:

2007-08-03T23:12:54Z

finish jewelry
make one more velvet pad for jewelry
get Lucky to photograph jewelry
design basic website for jewelry
design and print business cards for website

Ugh.

amusing

2007-08-03T23:12:53Z

Today I was in the actual lunch room and listening to the conversation while eating lunch and starting my last bracelet. One of the guys asked me what I was making, etc, and I wound up mentioning that there would be a fantasy con at the Park Plaza next weekend.
"I'm going there this weekend for another convention," said Karen.
I gave her a look.
As people were leaving, I asked her if there was another con at the Park Plaza, or if there was only one there next weekend. She seemed a bit puzzled, so I explained that sometimes there's more than one convention at the same time at the Park Plaza.
"Oh, I think there's only one. I assume that by not naming it we're talking about the same one."
So I may bump into her at the FFF and possibly Arisia as well.

ooops

2007-08-03T23:12:51Z

Have apparently failed to mention to people that I am sick with the plague or whatever is going around right now.
May go to work tomorrow if I do not feel miserable in the morning.
Still have not seen RotK.
Watched P&P in two sittings. Have not sniggered so much in a very long time.
Am now reading BJD. Think I will give it a break and wait until tomorrow morning to finish it.
Have more bracelets done, although I have still failed to play around with the niobium rings and our gas stove.
Full persian is very pretty, but the rings I have collapse when it isn't hanging. Boo. Grizzly works quite well, but it's not nearly as pretty. I may make some byzantine with the small rings I have left; not enough for a bracelet, but certainly enough for earrings.