Back to Square Zero
I was told to never apologize for my gross failures in life. So here you go. A Piano Diagnostic
Why are there so few songs about sports? Is it because musicians suck at sports?
Why are there so few songs about sports? Is it because musicians suck at sports?
I just started reading a sentence, realized it was important, underlined it, and didn’t finish reading it.
I just started reading a sentence, realized it was important, underlined it, and didn’t finish reading it.
I’m making an academic character sheet.
I’m making an academic character sheet. Quick: someone give me 10 skills that are good for academia.
You don’t go to the gym to impress the women who are at the gym.
You don’t go to the gym to impress the women who are at the gym. You go to impress the ones that aren’t.
Creative Challenge 3: Record one minute of yourself playing/singing something you wrote.
Creative Challenge 3: Record one minute of yourself playing/singing something you wrote. (This is purely diagnostic. To be repeated.)
January, the month of diagnostic tests III
Creative Challenge 3: (Music) Record one minute of yourself playing/singing something you wrote yourself. Label it “January 2010.”1 This is purely diagnostic: To be repeated at the end of the year. [↩]
Working on a Character Sheet for Academia.
Working on a Character Sheet for Academia. My work poncho counts as +3 Concentration, -5 Charisma.
Just found out my ePrint account reset to $36 this semester.
Just found out my ePrint account reset to $36 this semester. Cha-ching!
We help Wall Street at the expense of Main Street and forget about Martin Luther King Jr.
We help Wall Street at the expense of Main Street and forget about Martin Luther King Jr. drive.
You’re supposed to fail diagnostic tests
Traynor and Well worked at Well’s dad’s copy shop after school. Traynor thought that he owed it to his foster family and Well agreed, but his parents thought that he had to work anyway. “Maxwell, adversity builds character,” his father…
Creative Challenge this week: Write a short story/chapter.
Creative Challenge this week: Write a short story Fictional, non-fictional, sequitur or non. Length is up to you. Content is free.
January, the month of diagnostic tests II
Creative Challenge 2: (Writing) Write a short story Fictional, non-fictional, sequitur or non. Length is up to you. Content is free.1 This is purely diagnostic: To be repeated at the end of the year. [↩]
If you want to clean, you’d better be ready to get your hands dirty.
If you want to clean, you’d better be ready to get your hands dirty.
Why’d the Fresh Prince take a cab anyway? Didn’t his aunt and uncle care enough to pick him up at the airport?
Why’d the Fresh Prince take a cab anyway? Didn’t his aunt and uncle care enough to pick him up at the airport?
Damn it.
Damn it. I have lived in four separate decades. This is depressing.
Time for breakfast.
Time for breakfast.
People are trying to cheer me up.
People are trying to cheer me up. Some people make it better. Some make it far, far worse. </emo>
@ascottwhite – My geek cred expired with the XBOX 360.
@ascottwhite – My geek cred expired with the XBOX 360. And I traded my indie cred for an air guitar.
I have so many frequent flier miles, but I want to go to Europe.
I have so many frequent flier miles, but I want to go to Europe. How do you translate them to Often Aviator Kilometers?
“Desired trip length:” 8 days.
“Desired trip length:” 8 days. “Trip must include a Saturday night stay?” Yes… logically.
Holy cow, holy cow, holy cow! I can fly somewhere for free!! Where do I go? Where do I go? Where do I go??
Holy cow, holy cow, holy cow! I can fly somewhere for free!! Where do I go? Where do I go? Where do I go??
I bow to no man.
I bow to no man. But sometimes I curtsey.
I laugh behind Danger’s back.
I laugh behind Danger’s back.
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January, the month of diagnostic tests
Creative Challenge 1: (Drawing) Draw the best drawing you possibly can of a scene involving at least one human. 1 To be repeated at the end of the year. [↩]
This morning I woke up in the Twilight Zone.
This morning I woke up in the Twilight Zone. I found my missing glasses, the remote control, that one sock.. and my self-confidence.
New New Year’s Resolution: Keep my car and apartment clean.
New New Year’s Resolution: Keep my car and apartment clean. . . . without having to buy a new car and move.
How can it be that everyone is home and yet the Internet so dead tonight? That’s it! I’m going to the bar with or without you people!
How can it be that everyone is home and yet the Internet so dead tonight? That’s it! I’m going to the bar with or without you people!
I’m past the age where I fear losing touch with people.
I’m past the age where I fear losing touch with people. I’m now at the age where I look forward to it.
Why is everyone in the Twilight Zone such a slow learner?
Why is everyone in the Twilight Zone such a slow learner?
New Decade Resolutions
We’re turning a new leaf, folks. I remember ten years ago, I was a little kid who’d never so much as kissed a girl. I spent New Year’s with my mom’s older sister and her family. We danced and ate…
2010 Creativity Challenge This Week: Draw the best drawing you possibly can of a scene involving at least one human.
2010 Creativity Challenge This Week: Draw the best drawing you possibly can of a scene involving at least one human.
It’s four a.
It’s four a.m. on New Year’s Day. I might be the only sober driver out now. And I’m updating twitter, so what does that tell you?
2010
Only seven this year to account for the general trends my resolutions have taken over the past few years: education, health, projects, goals, recollection, creativity, and chicks. So here we go: Issue (and meet) a Creative Challenge every week (to…
“Did anyone put baby in a corner?” “Oh GOD No.
“Did anyone put baby in a corner?” “Oh GOD No.”
Silly Penguin
I drew this over X-Mas to amuse my cousins, draw non-humans, and draw a comic without the use of photoshop. I like it better on paper.
2009 Redux
Did I accomplish my goals in any way, shape, or form? Write down every book or article I read. FAIL – Not even close. I gave up in January, actually. Write 100 or so nabµfs. FAIL – Not even close. …
Fruits are just a tree’s way of getting us to swallow.
Fruits are just a tree’s way of getting us to swallow.
2009 Off Paper
Back in 2005, I wrote a post I still think about called “remember when…” in which I recalled the mini-adventures that may or may not have made it onto the blog, but still reminded me of very cool events. So…
Does anyone have any dormative virtue lying around anywhere?
Does anyone have any dormative virtue lying around anywhere?
Q: Can God make a stone so large he himself cannot lift it? A: Yes.
Q: Can God make a stone so large he himself cannot lift it? A: Yes. Twice as large, in fact. God doesn’t deadlift.
Switching from Thunderbird to Mac Mail.
Switching from Thunderbird to Mac Mail… Memory Lane has too many speedbumps and potholes.
When it comes to toilet paper, I’m neither a crumpler nor a folder.
When it comes to toilet paper, I’m neither a crumpler nor a folder. I’m more of an origamiist.
I don’t know how many Taco Cabanas you can have on one street in El Paso, but I’m glad it’s at least more than two.
I don’t know how many Taco Cabanas you can have on one street in El Paso, but I’m glad it’s at least more than two.