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A totally geek wardrobe.
Minghai and I were apartment hunting again yesterday. This plus my current computer woes led me to produce this list.
Reasons Why I'll be Glad to Get an Apartment Next Year
Guys on the floor getting drunk and making all sorts of noise at midnight.
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Guys on the floor making fun of the guy who got totally plastered while he tries to shower off his hangover
UIUCnet (You'd think that the University that created the first graphical web browser would be able to keep its internet connection up, but it seems that's too much to ask. Right now I'm having all sorts of DNS troubles. I'm not sure if it's just me or the whole campus network, but it seems to work fine from outside of UIUC.
Took the CS 225 proficiency exam today. I have my fingers crossed that I won't have to actually take the 4 hour class.
Got a copy of my TransUnion credit report today. I've been turned down for credit several times on the basis that they "can't verify the accuracy of the information I submitted." Well, let me just say that the credit bureaus are stupid. TransUnion had two previous addresses on file:
18 W 222ND 16TH ST
222 16TH
Also, my current address in Wisconsin was perverted almost beyond deliverability, even though they made me send them a copy of my bank statement THAT HAD IT IN BLACK AND WHITE. Idiots. I can't wait until March 1 when I can get a free copy from all of the credit bureaus and see what idiocies they've committed.
Oh, and yesterday I got my National City CheckCard. I called them a few days
ago, and they supposedly sent me one back in November, but I never got it. So
they cancelled that one and sent me a new by DHL. Nice, huh? But when I opened
it, it said "Call the number on the activation sticker to activate your card."
Typical, right? But there was no activation sticker. I finally found a
National City number that was still staffed on a Friday night, and the lady
activated my card. Only thing is, she didn't give me a PIN. Now, some banks
give you the PIN over the phone, whereas others send it under separate cover.
If it's the latter, I haven't gotten it. But this just proves that National
City is the dumbest bank ever. Sometimes I just think that I should just be
put in charge of everything, because at least I'm not an idiot.
The Bolivian Techno Adventure!
Watch it to the end, and keep in mind that Keaton is 15.
OK, so Go Daddy raised their registration fees, right? And so I wanted to transfer the domains I run for customers of SamAMac, right? And I had it all worked out that I was going to transfer them to eNom, right? But then I transferred them to 007Names instead because it's cheaper, right? And then I'm like, but I can't pay 007Names because I don't have my stupid Checkcard, right?
Right?
-Have I-
( ) Been to Canada
( ) Been to Mexico
(x) Been on a plane
(x) Seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show
( ) Thrown up in a bar
( ) Purposely set a part of myself on fire
( ) Eaten Sushi
( ) Been snowboarding
( ) Met someone in person from the internet
( ) Been moshing at a concert
( ) had real feelings for someone you knew only online
( ) taken partially nude/nude photos of yourself And you showed them to the world, Mary
( ) been in an abusive relationship
( ) lost a child
(x) gone to college
( ) graduated college
( ) done hard drugs
( ) had oral sex
( ) tried killing yourself
(x) taken painkillers What, like ibuprofen?
(x) love someone or miss someone right now
( ) crashed into a friend's car
( ) been to Japan
(x) ridden in a taxi
( ) been dumped
( ) shoplifted
( ) been fired
( ) ever had a crush on someone of the same sex
(x) had feelings for someone who didnat have them back
( ) stole something from your job
( ) gone on a blind date
( ) lied to a friend
( ) had a crush on a teacher
( ) celebrated mardi-gras in new orleans
( ) been to Europe
( ) slept with a co-worker
( ) been married
( ) gotten divorced
( ) had children
( ) seen someone die
( ) been to Africa
( ) Driven over 400 miles in one day
(x) broken a bone
( ) been high
( ) given someone a bruise
( ) skinny-dipped
(x) skipped school Does sleeping through Physics count?
( ) flashed someone
(x) had oral surgery Funny story: They tell you when you get your braces off that if you don't wear your retainer, all your teeth will go back to where they were before. And I'm like, "You mean the four you took out will grow back in!?!?"
( ) seen a therapist
( ) done the splits Tried, and failed miserably
( ) played spin the bottle
( ) gotten stitches
( ) drank a whole gallon of milk in one hour
( ) bitten someone
( ) been to Niagara Falls
(x) gotten the chicken pox That's not good, Mary. It's bad if you get it as an adult.
(x) kissed a member of the opposite sex
( ) kissed a member of the same sex
( ) Snuck out of the house
(x) gotten lost in your city Chicago, yes. Villa Park, no.
( ) seen a shooting star
( ) been to any other countries besides the united states
(x) had a serious surgery Stupid appendix
( ) taken a shower with a member of the opposite sex
(x) gone out in public in your pajamas
( ) kissed a stranger
(x) hugged a stranger
( ) been in a fist fight
( ) been arrested
( ) done drugs
(x) had alcohol Mmmmm, white zinfindel
(x) laughed and had milk/coke come out of your nose Ouch
( ) pushed all the buttons on an elevator
( ) made out in an elevator
( ) swore at your parents
( ) kicked a guy where it hurts
( ) been in love Requited?
(x) been close to love Let's just check this
( ) been to a casino
( ) been skydiving
( ) ran over an animal and killed it
OK, so here's a post for the new year.
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OK, so I went to the Econ Open House yesterday. Seemed kind of silly to drive 2 hours to get there.
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And on to Mary's list!
bold the one's that you've seen. add another to the end when you're done
Trainspotting
Shrek
Memento
Dogma most of it anyway
Strictly Ballroom
The Princess Bride
Love Actually
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings : The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Reservoir Dogs
Desperado
Swordfish
Kill Bill, vol. 1
Donnie Darko
Spirited Away
Better Than Sex
Sleepy Hollow
Pirates of the Caribbean
The Eye
Requiem for a Dream
Dawn of the Dead
The Pillow Book
The Italian Job
Goonies
BASEketball
The Spice Girls Movie
Army of Darkness ohhhhhhhhhh yeah
The Color Purple
The Safety of Objects
Can't Hardly Wait
Mystic Pizza
Finding Nemo
Monsters Inc.
Circle of Friends
Mary Poppins
The Bourne Identity
Forrest Gump
A Clockwise Orange
Kindergarten Cop
On The Line
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Final Destination
Sorority Boys
Urban Legend
Cheaper by the Dozen
Fierce Creatures
Dude, Where's My Car
Lady Hawk
Ghostbusters
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Back to the Future
An Affair To Remember
A Very Long Engagement
Somewhere in Time
North by Northwest
Moulin Rouge and it sucks
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The Wizard of Oz
Zoolander
A Walk to Remember
Chicago
Vanilla Sky
The Sweetest Thing
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Taking Lives
Edward Scissorhands
Battle Royale
Kill Bill, Vol. 2
Fight Club
Clerks
The Crow
Get Real
Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban
Wake
Silence of the Lambs
Pulp Fiction another "most of it"
The Crying Game
AmÃ(C)lie
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Happy Campers
Velvet Goldmine
Elephant
Peter Pan
Camp
Particles of Truth
The Godfather
Big Fish
The Passion of the Christ
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Neverending Story
The Breakfast Club
Newsies
Princess Mononoke
The Prince of Egypt
Grease
The Hidden Fortress
Troy
It Happened One Night
Hackers
Dead Poets Society
Ghost Ship
The Wedding Banquet
The Red Violin
The Beach
The Women
Run Lola Run
All About Eve
X-Men
X2
Spiderman most of it
Punch Drunk Love
From Dusk Til Dawn
Joe vs. The Volcano
Meet Joe Black
Gregory's Girl
In the Time of the Butterflies
The Butterfly Effect
Dirty Dancing
Final Destination 2
Rosemary's Baby
Spiderman 2
Practical Magic
A Shark Tale
125.Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Sweet Home Alabama
American Beauty
Rocky Horror Picture Show
American Psycho
American History X
Ray
Waking Life
I Heart Huckabees
Garden State
What the Bleep Do We Know
Gone in 60 Seconds
8 Mile
Blow
Wicker Park
Saving Private Ryan
Anna and the King
The Polar Express
Black Hawk Down
Pearl Harbor
The Patriot
Hidalgo
Runaway Bride
We Were Soldiers
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Club Dread
Super Troopers
S.W.A.T.
Titanic
Romeo and Juliet
10 Things I Hate About You
Save The Last Dance
Saw
The Fast and the Furious
Too Fast and Too Furious
The Whole Nine Yards
Bruce Almighty
Liar Liar
Big Fat Liar
Dumb and Dumber
40 Days and 40 Nights
The Grudge
The Blair Witch Project
House on Haunted Hill
When Harry Met Sally
An Officer and a Gentleman
Bad Santa
Napoleon Dynamite
In The Line of Fire
The Last Samurai
Shall We Dance
Romy & Micheleas High School Reunion Part of it
To Kill A Mockingbird
Finding Neverland
Mystic River
Meet the Parents
Meet the Fockers
Bourne Supremacy
Sweet Hereafter
Breakfast at Tiffanyas
Roman Holiday
Elizabeth
Shakespeare in Love
Sliding Doors
Four Weddings & A Funeral
Breathless
Following
Love in the Afternoon
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Johnny English ohhhhhh yeah
Gilda
Amadeus
Singina In the Rain
His Girl Friday
American Splendor
Luzhin Defense
Nemesis Game
The War of the Worlds
My Fair Lady
WHAT Y0U WEAR
Do you wear spike bracelets? no
Do you wear jelly bracelets? no
Do you wear converse? no
Do you wear black nailpolish? no
Do you wear band t-shirts? no
Do you wear skateboard companies? no
Do you wear surfing companies? no
Do you wear dirtbike companies? no
Do you wear striped shirts? no
Do you wear solid polo shirts? I guess
Do you wear chokers? no
Do you wear lock necklaces? no
Does it take you five minutes or less to do your hair? do what to my hair?
Do you wear lots of eyeliner? no
Do you use a backpack or messenger bag? yes
Do you wear darker colors? sometimes
Do you wear neon colors? no
Do you wear 'whatas in' or stick with your old jeans? old jeans!
Do you wear sweatshirts and jeans? I hate sweatshirts
Do you wear knee socks? nope
WHAT YOU HAVE
Do you have character shoe laces? no
Do you have drumsticks but donat play? no
Do you have guitar picks but donat play? no
Do you have the Nightmare Before Christmas on tape or DVD? no
Do you have the Breakfast Club on tape or DVD? no
Do you have 16 Candles or Pretty in Pink on tape or DVD? my dad recorded Pretty in Pink off of HBO
How many CD's do you own? probably around 10
How many DVD's do you own? 10 or so
How many tapes do you own? more than I care to admit, though I recorded most of them
How many piercings do you have? none
How many tattoos do you have? none
THE LAST..
-person you hugged: maureen
-person you called: probably Renee
-person who called you: my sister Aimee
-thing you touched: the backspace key
-book you read: I finished So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
-magazine you bought: probably a TIME a really long time ago
-place you went to: WB for AP Econ Open House
-person who said aI love youa: nay
-person who you chatted with: jen
-perfume you sprayed: I don't wear any
-thing you ate: liver sausage sandwich
-drink you drank: diet coke
-flower you picked: dunno
-movie you watched: spiderman 2
-letter you typed: 2
-word you said: I mutter to myself while programming, so who knows what it was?
-person on your mind: Denise. I get to see all of my favorite KCers this Thursday!
-place where you slept: my bed
-animal you touched: the fuzzy
-time you cried: I can't remember
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