Recent Posts
Sermon on the Couch
Return To Blog Listing
Observational humor, self-praise, self-mockery, more self-praise, mockery of those who deserve it (everyone), justice, lack of mercy, and some more self-praise for good measure
Recent Posts Tagged With 'Chinese'
Coming Soon To Your Friendly Nearby Internet
I've been writing and recording music lately, trying to get enough songs together to get an album up on iTunes. Quantity has finally reached its goal, and I've been sneakily testing quality on various so-called friends and family. The reviews/reactio...
Rash Decisions And Other Staples
Today is the third day of a really nutty 30 day trial. The rules of the trial are a bit ambiguous, but several items have been agreed upon:1. No sweets (excluding ones that grow on trees (excluding ones that grow on trees in Johnny Depp's Chocolate F...
Ouch
Today's high and low:High: patient, productive (recorded a bunch of songs)Low: self-pity + killer toothacheDid you ever notice that total badass and antonio banderas sound exactly the same?Listen to yourself say it:I'm a total badassI'm antonio bande...
Today's estrogen levels: high
Maybe it's time for this blog to make the evolutionary leap to a girl's xanga-style blog, where I whore out all my feelings for you beasties to feed on. Let's start gently though, with the day's high and low.Today:High: on the border between "eh" and...
Testing...Testing...Yep, Title Works
I recently had an interview with Microsoft in Shanghai for a summer internship. I already did this once before with Microsoft, in 2007, but that time I was interning as a developer, and in California (The US one). This time I was interviewing for a t...
No Complaints
NOTE: All the whining and complaining below have no emotional component, and thus do not revoke my right to watch a movie today.It's all been about Chinese the last few days; I've been neglecting pretty much everything else. It would seem that I woul...
Idiots Don't Wake Up
All this meditation must be doing something because lately I've been having really long and plentiful dreams. Time to put some paper near the bed again so I can write them down as soon as I wake up. I'm pretty sure I see around 4 a night.There was a ...
Those Flat Chinese
Morning meditation:Today was more focused. I think I'm up to 1.2 consecutive milliseconds of consciousness, which sounds low, but feels like an improvement. Dream:I'm a sailor on a semi-modern ship. I am looking for a bathroom where I can move my bow...
Quick, Check If You're Conscious Before It's Too Late
Morning meditation:Today I was plagued by melodies and lyrics from my own songs. I remember now that this happened on some of the other days, so just go ahead and add it to the general list of distractions. There were a couple of moments when I was t...
Breasts, And How To Squeeze Lucid Dreams Out Of Them...Or Was It The Other Way Around?
Morning meditation:I have the attention span of the Memento guy.OK, it's time to start more 30-day trials. I came up with two in the 3.7-nanosecond-long conscious section of my meditation.1. 30 mins or more of studying Chinese per day.I'm planning on...
New Hampshire exists! That's 23 confirmed states!
Yesterday Natasha and I drove to Dartmouth, though technically she did all the driving. It took five and a half hours and I received my usual rate of $0/hr for it, totaling roughly $0. We got in around eight, unpacked Natasha's entire house worth of ...
Life in Chinese
Read an article today about a funny study. Apparently, people who handle a warm object will be more positive for a short period afterwards than people who handle a cold one. For example, if you meet a friend for a hot coffee, you'll be more "generous...
