I got, like 4 minutes, so I thought I would do a tempting update of sorts! Yay!
This might be my last post for a while. With me graduating on Sunday (yippee!), it's going to be a busy week. Tiki Bar tomorrow, Mystery Dinner on Wednesday, Atlantic City on Thursday, other stuff on Friday, Graduation on Sunday. Phew! So I won't be around much.
After that, I don't know. I doubt I will be home for long. You know, road trip and everything.
Hershey Park was fun.
24 is on, gotta go!
Monday, May 16, 2005
Friday, May 06, 2005
Jay Leno sucks
I mean, he isn't bad. But he just doesn't do it for me. I guess I just got used to Conan's hilarity.
Anyway, a couple things to discuss:
1) Premiere of Family Guy. Who caught it? Anyone? Awesome. Entitled, "North by North Quahoag", it was a complete parody of Hitchcock's classic "North by Northwest" (amazing film by the way). Complete with the cropduster scene, and the ending ontop of Mount Rushmore, it took the best parts of the film and made them Family Guy-esque. My favorite quote, as Mel Gibson is falling off of Mt. Rushmore: "Christians don't believe in gravity." It also included lots of making fun of Gibson's "Passion of the Christ", including a sneak peak of "Passion of the Christ 2: Crucify This" starring Chris Tucker and Jim Caviziel! Excellent stuff. Check out the new episode at 9:00 pm this Sunday.
2) Poker is fun.
3) Celtics force an improbably Game 7 in Boston. Let's see if I can talk about this rationally. There's like, 15 seconds left. C's up 1, on the road. In the playoffs. With the ball. Obviously you inbound the ball into Pierce, 'cause they are going to foul to stop the clock. He hits both, and the Pacers set a pick or two to get Miller open who misses the shot, and that's that. Except, Pierce was frustrated from being picked on all game, and at the obvious bias towards Reggie Miller. He picked up a technical foul earlier in the game. Remember this, as it is important. I forget who was inbounding, but they got it to Pierce at about half court. Tinsley does the smart thing and foul him quickly, scraping him across the face. And Pierce, being in the state of mind that he was in, ELBOWS HIM ACROSS THE FACE. Classy move Paul. No call was made right away due to the obvious flop by Tinsley, but the refs huddled together and made the right call, ejecting Pierce. Miller goes over and of course hits the free throw, tying the game. The wild part isn't over yet. A foul was called on Tinsley, and Pierce was supposed to take the free throws. Well, the rules state than when the fouled player is ejected, the opposing team can pick whoever they want to come over and shoot the free throws. Nice touch. Carlisle does the right thing in picking 20 year old Kendrick Perkins. Perkins was sitting on the bench the whole game, his only purpose to fluff Ricky Davis' pillow in between time outs. Predictably, Perkins chokes and misses both, when even one would suffice, forcing Indiana to do something. Now they can just sit around and hope a shot goes in as a bonus. Either way, they still have a chance to win. Miller misses the stand around jumper at the end of regulation, meaning we go to OT. Somehow the C's win. Walker makes a couple hoops during some horrible possessions. It's not really a convincing win, but it's a win. I'll take it. Game 7 tomorrow in Boston. I honestly can't see the Celtics losing, but it's gonna be ugly. If they do win, the series with Detroit is going to be horrendous. The worst 5 games ever.
4) Braves are on a roll. Scored 9 runs yesterday, and 9 today. The offense has been awesome lately. Smoltz left the game tonight with a hurt back, but he'll be all right. Just needs time to heal, stretch it out. He pitched fine even though he was hurt.
5) Today is May 6. Graduation is on May 22. Do the math.
Anyway, a couple things to discuss:
1) Premiere of Family Guy. Who caught it? Anyone? Awesome. Entitled, "North by North Quahoag", it was a complete parody of Hitchcock's classic "North by Northwest" (amazing film by the way). Complete with the cropduster scene, and the ending ontop of Mount Rushmore, it took the best parts of the film and made them Family Guy-esque. My favorite quote, as Mel Gibson is falling off of Mt. Rushmore: "Christians don't believe in gravity." It also included lots of making fun of Gibson's "Passion of the Christ", including a sneak peak of "Passion of the Christ 2: Crucify This" starring Chris Tucker and Jim Caviziel! Excellent stuff. Check out the new episode at 9:00 pm this Sunday.
2) Poker is fun.
3) Celtics force an improbably Game 7 in Boston. Let's see if I can talk about this rationally. There's like, 15 seconds left. C's up 1, on the road. In the playoffs. With the ball. Obviously you inbound the ball into Pierce, 'cause they are going to foul to stop the clock. He hits both, and the Pacers set a pick or two to get Miller open who misses the shot, and that's that. Except, Pierce was frustrated from being picked on all game, and at the obvious bias towards Reggie Miller. He picked up a technical foul earlier in the game. Remember this, as it is important. I forget who was inbounding, but they got it to Pierce at about half court. Tinsley does the smart thing and foul him quickly, scraping him across the face. And Pierce, being in the state of mind that he was in, ELBOWS HIM ACROSS THE FACE. Classy move Paul. No call was made right away due to the obvious flop by Tinsley, but the refs huddled together and made the right call, ejecting Pierce. Miller goes over and of course hits the free throw, tying the game. The wild part isn't over yet. A foul was called on Tinsley, and Pierce was supposed to take the free throws. Well, the rules state than when the fouled player is ejected, the opposing team can pick whoever they want to come over and shoot the free throws. Nice touch. Carlisle does the right thing in picking 20 year old Kendrick Perkins. Perkins was sitting on the bench the whole game, his only purpose to fluff Ricky Davis' pillow in between time outs. Predictably, Perkins chokes and misses both, when even one would suffice, forcing Indiana to do something. Now they can just sit around and hope a shot goes in as a bonus. Either way, they still have a chance to win. Miller misses the stand around jumper at the end of regulation, meaning we go to OT. Somehow the C's win. Walker makes a couple hoops during some horrible possessions. It's not really a convincing win, but it's a win. I'll take it. Game 7 tomorrow in Boston. I honestly can't see the Celtics losing, but it's gonna be ugly. If they do win, the series with Detroit is going to be horrendous. The worst 5 games ever.
4) Braves are on a roll. Scored 9 runs yesterday, and 9 today. The offense has been awesome lately. Smoltz left the game tonight with a hurt back, but he'll be all right. Just needs time to heal, stretch it out. He pitched fine even though he was hurt.
5) Today is May 6. Graduation is on May 22. Do the math.
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
20,000 is a big number
So yeah. Went to the bar last night with Pete and Mike, because Mike heard through the grapevine months ago that the have beer pong on Tuesday nights. We get there and of course nothing is going on. Eventually it is discovered that, yes, there will be beer pong so Mike and Pete rejoice. However, to dampen the news, we find out that it is not played with beer. Instead, water is used. This is not cool. But, because they advertise for the beer pong tournaments, they have to use water.
Pete celebrates by coming back from an astronomical hole and defeating Mike in darts (Cricket). This sends Mike into dispair. More beer is ordered.
People start filing in (or as I like to say, "Here comes the booty") and it's getting pretty crowded. After much discussion and wavering through names like "Raped Angels", "Ranch Dressing-Glazed Dead Babies", "The Godfathers", "Team Tyson" and the more offensive "Fag Beaters", Pete and Mike settle on "Kong Dongs" as their Beer Pong name. This is humorous. I would have preferred "Ranch Dressing-Glazed Dead Babies", but it's not my team. I suck at beer pong and will watch.
I make small talk with a few hot girls. Maura, who I am acquainted with, introduces me to everyone as "from Massachusetts". One girl is from Keene, NH. This keeps my interest for about a minute.
Well, after Mike and Pete win their first game, I leave because I am a loser and I am slightly buzzed so I must go home. Pete later calls because he wanted to leave and Mike was still inside the bar making an ass out of himself. I pick up Pete and drop him off. Later, I learn that not only did Mike leave the bar with 2 complete strangers (walked all the way back to his apartment no less...I'm surprised they didn't kill him), but he was going to go to a party with them. You guess what happens. Yeah, they end up robbing Shelly and taking off.
Pretty slick Mike. Nice job.
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Nate did his Senior Thesis presentation today, and like most of the things Nate does, it was impressive. I had already seen most of everything (I use the Firefox theme, and the weather application to check the weather), but it was still neat to see how Nate presented to everyone. They all seemed impressed and Nate is going to go places (to see his stuff, go to thesis.nathanweller.com). Pete presented his yesterday and everyone got a kick out of it. That's not online, but it's a pretty cool movie. He got asked about his Quentin Tarentino-like influence, which is evident if you know Pete. I am not cool, nor smart, enough to do a Senior Thesis. I congratulate both of them on completing it and wish them luck with whatever they wish to do.
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Braves win today, 5-2. They looked awfully shakey from what I saw. I guess Chipper hit a homerun, which is nice since he's been hurt. He looked rough running the bases though.
Celtics lost last night, 90-85, at home to the Pacers. They are now down 3-2 in the Series and have to go to Indiana to try and send it back to Boston for a Game 7. This is unlikely. They have been extremely disappointing, outside of their two blowout wins. How they can win by 20+ twice, and lose every other game is a mystery.
End Message.
Pete celebrates by coming back from an astronomical hole and defeating Mike in darts (Cricket). This sends Mike into dispair. More beer is ordered.
People start filing in (or as I like to say, "Here comes the booty") and it's getting pretty crowded. After much discussion and wavering through names like "Raped Angels", "Ranch Dressing-Glazed Dead Babies", "The Godfathers", "Team Tyson" and the more offensive "Fag Beaters", Pete and Mike settle on "Kong Dongs" as their Beer Pong name. This is humorous. I would have preferred "Ranch Dressing-Glazed Dead Babies", but it's not my team. I suck at beer pong and will watch.
I make small talk with a few hot girls. Maura, who I am acquainted with, introduces me to everyone as "from Massachusetts". One girl is from Keene, NH. This keeps my interest for about a minute.
Well, after Mike and Pete win their first game, I leave because I am a loser and I am slightly buzzed so I must go home. Pete later calls because he wanted to leave and Mike was still inside the bar making an ass out of himself. I pick up Pete and drop him off. Later, I learn that not only did Mike leave the bar with 2 complete strangers (walked all the way back to his apartment no less...I'm surprised they didn't kill him), but he was going to go to a party with them. You guess what happens. Yeah, they end up robbing Shelly and taking off.
Pretty slick Mike. Nice job.
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Nate did his Senior Thesis presentation today, and like most of the things Nate does, it was impressive. I had already seen most of everything (I use the Firefox theme, and the weather application to check the weather), but it was still neat to see how Nate presented to everyone. They all seemed impressed and Nate is going to go places (to see his stuff, go to thesis.nathanweller.com). Pete presented his yesterday and everyone got a kick out of it. That's not online, but it's a pretty cool movie. He got asked about his Quentin Tarentino-like influence, which is evident if you know Pete. I am not cool, nor smart, enough to do a Senior Thesis. I congratulate both of them on completing it and wish them luck with whatever they wish to do.
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Braves win today, 5-2. They looked awfully shakey from what I saw. I guess Chipper hit a homerun, which is nice since he's been hurt. He looked rough running the bases though.
Celtics lost last night, 90-85, at home to the Pacers. They are now down 3-2 in the Series and have to go to Indiana to try and send it back to Boston for a Game 7. This is unlikely. They have been extremely disappointing, outside of their two blowout wins. How they can win by 20+ twice, and lose every other game is a mystery.
End Message.
Tuesday, May 03, 2005
More updates!
I am the Highway by Audioslave
Come Together by Soundgarden
Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes
The Great Gig in the Sky by Pink Floyd
No Leaf Clover by Metallica
I rarely see 8:30 in the morning. I had to today though. We are starting our senior seminar presentations. Andy Ikeler was first and his talk was on "Napolean's Theorem", which basically says that if you have any triangle, and construct equilateral triangles on each of the sides of the original triangles, then the centers of the newly constructed triangles will be the vertices of a new and different equilateral triangle. Phew. And he proved it 3 times! It was interesting. But geometry isn't really my cup of tea. Plus he had a little trouble explaining the difference between "1" and "0" (math thing, don't ask). The next presentations are Thursday. Rob (who has to be one of the more naive people I know; why he's a math major, I'll never understand) and Mary Jo. Rob is doing something with Linear Algebra that he probably doesn't understand. Mary Jo is doing something with polynomials and groups and Modern Algebra. It's probably interesting and she probably will do an excellent job on it. Overachiever. I'm lucky, or whatever you want to think about it. I don't have to go until next Thursday at 4:00 pm. So come see me make a fool out of myself!
What else was I going to say? I don't remember.... I don't know.
I feel bad for Nate. He's so stressed out lately. He was up 'til 5 the other morning working on his thesis. He got it done, or so he says. 30-some odd pages. Don't know how he does it. That and all the other stuff he's trying to get done. I think he's gonna go crazy one of these days.
Not much else going on. Where are the comments people? Doesn't anyone care at all? Probably not. But I do. That's why I write this stuff down. 'Cause I can, pretty much. Celtics go to try and take control of this series with the Pacers tonight, in Boston. Can't really see them losing, but I guess it's possible. We better win the series. I don't care that we have to take on the Pistons in the next round. 'Cause we might be able to take them. Might.
Sox are struggling, but it's early. Braves took 2/3 of from the Redbirds, so that was cool. Hopefully they will keep it up. Big series with Florida. The two favorites in the NL East right about now. Top 2 pitching staffs in the majors. Should be fun!
That's about it for now.
Come Together by Soundgarden
Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes
The Great Gig in the Sky by Pink Floyd
No Leaf Clover by Metallica
I rarely see 8:30 in the morning. I had to today though. We are starting our senior seminar presentations. Andy Ikeler was first and his talk was on "Napolean's Theorem", which basically says that if you have any triangle, and construct equilateral triangles on each of the sides of the original triangles, then the centers of the newly constructed triangles will be the vertices of a new and different equilateral triangle. Phew. And he proved it 3 times! It was interesting. But geometry isn't really my cup of tea. Plus he had a little trouble explaining the difference between "1" and "0" (math thing, don't ask). The next presentations are Thursday. Rob (who has to be one of the more naive people I know; why he's a math major, I'll never understand) and Mary Jo. Rob is doing something with Linear Algebra that he probably doesn't understand. Mary Jo is doing something with polynomials and groups and Modern Algebra. It's probably interesting and she probably will do an excellent job on it. Overachiever. I'm lucky, or whatever you want to think about it. I don't have to go until next Thursday at 4:00 pm. So come see me make a fool out of myself!
What else was I going to say? I don't remember.... I don't know.
I feel bad for Nate. He's so stressed out lately. He was up 'til 5 the other morning working on his thesis. He got it done, or so he says. 30-some odd pages. Don't know how he does it. That and all the other stuff he's trying to get done. I think he's gonna go crazy one of these days.
Not much else going on. Where are the comments people? Doesn't anyone care at all? Probably not. But I do. That's why I write this stuff down. 'Cause I can, pretty much. Celtics go to try and take control of this series with the Pacers tonight, in Boston. Can't really see them losing, but I guess it's possible. We better win the series. I don't care that we have to take on the Pistons in the next round. 'Cause we might be able to take them. Might.
Sox are struggling, but it's early. Braves took 2/3 of from the Redbirds, so that was cool. Hopefully they will keep it up. Big series with Florida. The two favorites in the NL East right about now. Top 2 pitching staffs in the majors. Should be fun!
That's about it for now.
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