maybe just noting.
I went and got a curry with friends last night after service. Being not English (or Indian), I asked my friends to advise me, because I don't know much of anything about what is good.
Something like chicken madras looked good, and I think I said so. And there was something else, but I was afraid to mispronounce it around knowledgeable people. At the last minute, I spotted a cheaper option that sounded nice.
Chicken Vindaloo.
My friend yelped when he found out. Apparently, that's top-tier for spicy. It was time to ante-up.
I didn't sop up the sauce, but three glasses of water, all of my naan bread later, and I managed to finish all the bits of chicken and potato, I think without visibly sweating.
Either brave or foolhardy.
Monday, May 31, 2010
Sunday, May 30, 2010
time to find warm, sunny weather.
The weather here is so unpredictable. Last Saturday, I got sunburned playing frisbee in the park. This Saturday, it was fifty degrees, cold, and wet.
Time to run away and find a nice sunny, Florida day.
Monday, May 24, 2010
a fun re-post
I found this on my former blog, and liked remembering when I wrote it:
That’s it.
I’m over it. I’ve had it.
I understand that it’s in vogue right now to be up on technology. I understand that there’s merit to using it well and using to effectively to meet your needs. I understand social networking is the buzzword of the previous year and likely this year.
Technology is cool. Using technology well is cool. but being into technology is geeky. Remember high school? The kids that knew computers weren’t your Abercrombie and Fitch clique.
I work around a lot of older (50 is probably the average age) people. They have all recently gotten on facebook. It’s bemusing to walk by a conversation 40-50 year olds and hear one of them say to another, “Well if you look on my facebook page…”
Talking about Twitter, has suddenly become the default conversation topic among my spheres. Seriously? Twitter? It’s what everyone talks about but no one actually uses.
I went to hear a live talk by Dave Ramsey about the economy last night. After he gave his piece on how we need to stop freaking out, because the economy is really not that bad, he took questions from the audience.
I don’t know why they thought it would make people like them better if they advertised all of mediums of question-collecting they were using (in my mind, that’s not what we were there to hear about. And who cares if you can get people to respond to you in a bunch of different ways?)
But they continually pointed out all the ways they were collecting questions. They took a question from the audience. They took a phone call. They took an emailed question. They played a person over youtube. They took a question via Twitter, and, of course, from facebook. Seriously?! I don’t care. The only thing I think they were missing was Skype.
There must be a limit.
No. I just did some online banking. Home page: “Find us on Facebook” sticker.
*Sob.
originally published april 24, 2009
That’s it.
I’m over it. I’ve had it.
I understand that it’s in vogue right now to be up on technology. I understand that there’s merit to using it well and using to effectively to meet your needs. I understand social networking is the buzzword of the previous year and likely this year.
Technology is cool. Using technology well is cool. but being into technology is geeky. Remember high school? The kids that knew computers weren’t your Abercrombie and Fitch clique.
I work around a lot of older (50 is probably the average age) people. They have all recently gotten on facebook. It’s bemusing to walk by a conversation 40-50 year olds and hear one of them say to another, “Well if you look on my facebook page…”
Talking about Twitter, has suddenly become the default conversation topic among my spheres. Seriously? Twitter? It’s what everyone talks about but no one actually uses.
I went to hear a live talk by Dave Ramsey about the economy last night. After he gave his piece on how we need to stop freaking out, because the economy is really not that bad, he took questions from the audience.
I don’t know why they thought it would make people like them better if they advertised all of mediums of question-collecting they were using (in my mind, that’s not what we were there to hear about. And who cares if you can get people to respond to you in a bunch of different ways?)
But they continually pointed out all the ways they were collecting questions. They took a question from the audience. They took a phone call. They took an emailed question. They played a person over youtube. They took a question via Twitter, and, of course, from facebook. Seriously?! I don’t care. The only thing I think they were missing was Skype.
There must be a limit.
No. I just did some online banking. Home page: “Find us on Facebook” sticker.
*Sob.
originally published april 24, 2009
Sunday, May 23, 2010
a list of ninteen.
I am trying to figure out what to do next year. Well, where to go and what job it get, starting in August.
In order to aid myself, I stooped to the geekiness of making a pro/con list of my obvious possibilities.
Then in order to interpret the grid better, I decided I needed to verbalize my priorities to myself, get them out in a more visible, coherent way.
So I made a list my priorities, or, put another way, what I want out of life.
I got 19 things.
That seemed like a short list to me. But I can't think of anything imperative to add. Does that seem short?
Geeky, like I said.
In order to aid myself, I stooped to the geekiness of making a pro/con list of my obvious possibilities.
Then in order to interpret the grid better, I decided I needed to verbalize my priorities to myself, get them out in a more visible, coherent way.
So I made a list my priorities, or, put another way, what I want out of life.
I got 19 things.
That seemed like a short list to me. But I can't think of anything imperative to add. Does that seem short?
Geeky, like I said.
Friday, May 21, 2010
penguin books.
I love the design of penguin books.
Whenever I see their books, I want to buy them, even if I have the book or have read it already.
They're just that good.
Whenever I see their books, I want to buy them, even if I have the book or have read it already.
They're just that good.
Monday, May 17, 2010
the rumors were true
I can now personally verify that Stonehenge exists.
I saw it on Friday!
You'll notice that the pictures are from a distance and through some chain-link fence. That's because you had to pay and we were too cheap to pay seven pounds to just get 50 feet closer.
I saw it on Friday!
You'll notice that the pictures are from a distance and through some chain-link fence. That's because you had to pay and we were too cheap to pay seven pounds to just get 50 feet closer.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010
the World in Words
Today, I was a work. I was getting ready to mop. I plugged in my ipod and started playing one of my favorite pod subscriptions. I yelped as soon as it started and ran to find someone to tell.
It was feature-length piece on an American family who had gone to Indonesia to translate the Bible. And I knew them! It was a couple from Wycliffe, and some of you may know, I worked for Wycliffe last year as I finished university.
So exciting! After I had gotten someone to share my excitement, I went back to mopping and got to hear Sue tell her story of working among the Berik people of Indonesia.
Later, when I got home, I got to email and fb all my Wycliffe friends and tell them that I'd heard the pod.
The show is called "The World in Words" and is run by this guy named Patrick Cox as a co-production of the BBC's "The World", as they tell you on the pod. Anyway, it's really interesting and all about language, linguistic politics, and language change.
It was feature-length piece on an American family who had gone to Indonesia to translate the Bible. And I knew them! It was a couple from Wycliffe, and some of you may know, I worked for Wycliffe last year as I finished university.
So exciting! After I had gotten someone to share my excitement, I went back to mopping and got to hear Sue tell her story of working among the Berik people of Indonesia.
Later, when I got home, I got to email and fb all my Wycliffe friends and tell them that I'd heard the pod.
The show is called "The World in Words" and is run by this guy named Patrick Cox as a co-production of the BBC's "The World", as they tell you on the pod. Anyway, it's really interesting and all about language, linguistic politics, and language change.
Saturday, May 8, 2010
i know it's a silly goal.
My travel card is for zones 1 and 2 on the London underground. It's my goal, whilst I am here, to either go into or come out of every tube stop within these zones before I leave.
To give you some perspective, I'm less than half way.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
can't blog right now.
The election results are coming in, and as invested as a barely-informed outsider can be, I can't wait to see the results.
It's looking like it may be a hung parliament. Ooooh.
We should know in the morning.
It's looking like it may be a hung parliament. Ooooh.
We should know in the morning.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Sunday, May 2, 2010
misread, again.
If you read my blog when it was over at wordpress, you may remember this post about my shower curtain.
Well, the initial-glance strikes again.
I was walking along the thames and spotted a sign on the door of an auspicious building, "CCTV safe zone".
"Wow," I thought, "finally a haven in the city from those intrusive cameras peering at me. How great is that. And it makes sense considering the building..."
But I slowed down and looked again. Foiled. "City Safe Zone"; the shape of the typography had tricked my eye. And then I looked up and saw it. The faithful CCTV camera watching me.
Well, the initial-glance strikes again.
I was walking along the thames and spotted a sign on the door of an auspicious building, "CCTV safe zone".
"Wow," I thought, "finally a haven in the city from those intrusive cameras peering at me. How great is that. And it makes sense considering the building..."
But I slowed down and looked again. Foiled. "City Safe Zone"; the shape of the typography had tricked my eye. And then I looked up and saw it. The faithful CCTV camera watching me.
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