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Tuesday, November 30, 2004

Big Man Can't Take A Little Joke
Pez Man40 (8:06:35 PM): you are starting to sound too much like me there big guy
Skier Wysz (8:06:57 PM): ok mr. i can't win a game cause i'm slow
Pez Man40 (8:07:08 PM): [censored]
Skier Wysz (8:07:29 PM): hahahahhahaha

Loss 1
Loss 2

Lappy
If you click on Lappy's LCD screen, it looks like you really touched it. Cool. Works in the email episode as well as the SB Emails menu.

Hello?
Did Apple forget to update iTunes today? Is Cupertino on fire? What's going on?

Gonna Miss That Extra Jingle
I just realized that since my last screening of the semester has come and gone, I should turn in my keys, which will immediately reduce the number of keys on my key ring by 20%. In the past, this problem has been overcome quickly by going home and adding my Jeep key to the wad-o-keys-and-miscellaneous-tools, but now that I have a car down here, there's nothing left to add. Maybe I'll replace the mini Mag-Lite that died a few weeks ago after years of service. And I do have a few other keys at home, to various electronics boxes, that I could add to the collection. Yes, everything will be fine.

They're Replacing John's Windows
Stowington (12:38:33 PM): I'm sick of the library
Stowington (12:38:56 PM): there's too much learning around here, I'm afraid I'm going to catch something
Skier Wysz (12:39:02 PM): haha
Stowington (12:39:14 PM): I want to retreat to the safety of my procrastination cave

This Is All True
Lizzard184 (5:40:50 PM): my best friend got married to her online boyfriend this weekend
Skier Wysz (5:41:00 PM): have they met?
Skier Wysz (5:41:14 PM): or was it an online wedding
Lizzard184 (5:41:14 PM): yah
Lizzard184 (5:41:22 PM): it was a real-life wedding
Skier Wysz (5:41:25 PM): ok
Lizzard184 (5:41:36 PM): she accidently instant messaged him on AIM
Lizzard184 (5:41:53 PM): he's from texas, she's from Michigan
Lizzard184 (5:42:05 PM): ... like how i didnt capitalize tx but i capitalized michigan?
Lizzard184 (5:42:06 PM): ...
Lizzard184 (5:42:11 PM): ok
Lizzard184 (5:42:23 PM): they started talking nonstop in november
Lizzard184 (5:42:35 PM): he flew up here for a weekend in May
Lizzard184 (5:42:40 PM): after that, they were "in love"
Lizzard184 (5:43:01 PM): she went to meet his family at the end of may (1 week's stay)
Lizzard184 (5:43:12 PM): then he came up to MI for a week and a half at the end of the summer
Lizzard184 (5:43:40 PM): they became privately engaged during the week caitlin went to texas
Lizzard184 (5:43:50 PM): they became publicly engaged in september
Lizzard184 (5:43:55 PM): they got married this weekend
Lizzard184 (5:44:09 PM): he moved up here in september
Lizzard184 (5:44:33 PM): they're living in her ex-stepmom's basement until she finishes her degree or he gets a job and either of them can afford to live anywhere else
Lizzard184 (5:44:36 PM): ...
Lizzard184 (5:44:44 PM): romantic, eh?
Lizzard184 (5:45:19 PM): and by romantic i mean boarderline insane
Lizzard184 (5:45:25 PM): oh
Lizzard184 (5:45:27 PM): he's mormon
Lizzard184 (5:45:35 PM): she's a heathen like me
Lizzard184 (5:45:45 PM): his parents strongly dont approve
Lizzard184 (5:45:50 PM): so strongly they didnt show up to the wedding
Lizzard184 (5:46:07 PM): she turned 20 in november
Lizzard184 (5:46:09 PM): :-)
Lizzard184 (5:46:18 PM): so
Lizzard184 (5:46:22 PM): what's new with you
Skier Wysz (5:46:57 PM): umm, i'm not sure if this tops your story, but i bought a kit-kat bar at the vending machine today because i really wanted one
Lizzard184 (5:48:50 PM): when you take into consideration the fact that college students are inherently poor and can rarely afford such extravagant commodities such as "chocolate" or "candy bars"... i'd say yer story's up there with my best friend's marriage spawned from an AIM mishap.
Lizzard184 (5:49:10 PM): way to splurge
Skier Wysz (5:49:15 PM): thank you

Some Kinda Glorious and Shiny Post About Blake Joining the Mac Family
ShkenBlke2 (12:20:18 AM): u dont nap
Auto-response from Skier Wysz (12:20:18 AM): nap
ShkenBlke2 (12:20:24 AM): and even if u do
ShkenBlke2 (12:20:34 AM): u certainly dont "nap" at this hour
ShkenBlke2 (12:20:38 AM): its called sleep
ShkenBlke2 (12:20:52 AM): and now im sure ur gonna say sumthin like oh, well i dont sleep @ night
ShkenBlke2 (12:21:04 AM): well even so, if ur asleep @ this time, its still not a nap
ShkenBlke2 (12:21:07 AM): geez
ShkenBlke2 (12:21:42 AM): oh, and u must send me johns website depicting world war 3 wen it is done
ShkenBlke2 (12:22:08 AM): and also, you should have some kinda glorious and shiny post about me joining the Mac family
ShkenBlke2 (12:22:16 AM): that is all

Thanks, Coach.
Skier Wysz (12:43:23 PM): i want to report it to /.
Stowington (12:43:41 PM): haha
Stowington (12:43:49 PM): well get the copy all ready
Stowington (12:43:52 PM): so you can just add the link and hit submit
Skier Wysz (12:43:55 PM): it is all ready
Skier Wysz (12:45:07 PM): i have the submission page open
Skier Wysz (12:45:16 PM): i have my writup
Skier Wysz (12:45:18 PM): wwritiep
Skier Wysz (12:45:19 PM): writeiup
Skier Wysz (12:45:21 PM): wriep
Stowington (12:45:22 PM): good jorb
Skier Wysz (12:45:23 PM): writeup
Skier Wysz (12:45:31 PM): thanks

From The Onion
Congress Approves Of $250 Billion
WASHINGTON, DC—In a near-unanimous vote Monday, 434 members of the House and all 100 senators voiced their approval of $250 billion. "My fellow members of Congress, $250 billion is an incredibly vast sum of money," U.S. Rep. Dennis Rehberg (R-MT) said. "That much money is totally awesome." House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), the lone dissenter, disagreed with Rehberg's assessment, saying that, unless the money was stacked on a table in one-dollar bills, it was "pretty cool," but not "awesome."

Monday, November 29, 2004

Losers
Ted lost his last two games.

The Graduate
I got stopped by a security guard on campus tonight while carrying my tripod back to my apartment after working on a photo assignment. He said that he had seen me around before and wondered what I was doing. He also thought I was a grad student, and then said, "I guess you just look older" when I told him I wasn't. I don't look older than I am, do I? There are high school students who look older than me.

I'm 20. According to my iSight, this is what I look like tonight:

Preapproved!
I just got a call informing me that "The Wise*" was pre-approved for a platinum MasterCard. Must not take much to get approved if you can get one without even existing.

*I'm listed as "The Wysz" in the phone book.

From Wysz Labs
I'm working on creating some sort of online version of the Internet. I doubt it will work, but innovation requires risks.

Verizon DSL Still Sucks
My modem just reset itself while I was trying to pay Verizon's bill.

Two More Things That Annoy Me
1. Using "your" instead of "you're"
2. Unnecessary and incorrect apostrophe's, like that last one.

Verizon DSL Sucks
And I hate Baltimore. Have a nice day.

Nice Way To End The Semester
Nobody showed up for my screening of Apocalypse Now. I waited around for a half hour to be sure, and then returned the movie. Now I get paid for a 2.5 hour movie after only 30 minutes of "work."

Let The Season Begin
As we all know, Thanksgiving is the holiday that was invented to give us a solid official beginning of the Christmas season. Thanksgiving has come and gone, so it's now acceptable to decorate and play Christmas music. I have TSO's new album playing right now. I'm going to wait until December to break out the Mannheim.

Candles are in the windows at home, and two trees are waiting outside. I need it to be break now. Two more weeks...

I saw The Polar Express on Saturday with Lauren, Meghan, and Emily. I heard from a few people before going that it wasn't supposed to be very good, but I was impressed. Most of the animation was amazing, with only a few scenes that had "they can do better than that" motion making the characters too unreal. The thing they could have easily fixed was the nerdy kid's voice. I know what they were going for, but he just didn't sound like a kid. The story of course was bound by the book and the genre, but it had enough to keep the film going. If you need to get in the spirit, go to the movie. As Meghan remarked, "Now I want it to start snowing."

What Does DSL Stand For?
Skier Wysz (1:30:05 PM): and verizon sucks
Skier Wysz (1:30:39 PM): i hate verizon dsl
ShkenBlke2 (1:30:39 PM): i saw
ShkenBlke2 (1:30:44 PM): we use comcast
ShkenBlke2 (1:30:47 PM): and cable
ShkenBlke2 (1:30:51 PM): dsl does suck
Skier Wysz (1:30:56 PM): big time
Skier Wysz (1:31:00 PM): i have comcast at home
ShkenBlke2 (1:31:18 PM): in fact, DSL stands for Doesn't it Suck Lots?
Skier Wysz (1:31:25 PM): haha
ShkenBlke2 (1:31:48 PM): blog th@
ShkenBlke2 (1:31:49 PM): now

Best Website Ever
eightman1984 (1:53:25 PM): so for one of my classes we have to make these websites, and our professor encouraged us to use as much clip art and music as possible
eightman1984 (1:54:41 PM): I'm going to have a flash animation of an army of terminators riding dinosaurs, fighting an army of robotic buddahs
eightman1984 (1:55:32 PM): that will get me big points
eightman1984 (1:55:57 PM): and while they fight, they will discuss things like cuban politics

Ted is a Horrible Influence
anthonut (2:05:26 AM): hmm, so how did it compare to the incredibles, at least as an overall movie?
Skier Wysz (2:05:56 AM): well the incredibles wins with its story
Skier Wysz (2:06:19 AM): polar express was followed the holiday movie formula to the letter
Skier Wysz (2:06:34 AM): wow that's not reallly a sentence is it
anthonut (2:07:07 AM): i have no idea what it is, thankfully enough IMs with Ted have honed my deciphering skills.
Skier Wysz (2:07:38 AM): haha yeah if you can understand him you can understand someone typing with mittens on while drunk

This Little Website of Mine is Awesome
eightman1984 (4:52:01 PM): your probably going to put that on that little website of yours right?
Skier Wysz (4:52:28 PM): haha i accidently closed the window, so i'll just post this part

Wysz is Awesome
Skier Wysz (4:23:02 PM): i'm awesome
Skier Wysz (4:23:08 PM): i'm so much better than everyone
parec02 (4:25:07 PM): i thought we made that facebook club so you wouldn't have to go around IMing people telling them that
Skier Wysz (4:25:20 PM): oh
Skier Wysz (4:25:22 PM): umm
Skier Wysz (4:25:24 PM): sorry

Nothing Wrong With Being a Kid
Skier Wysz (2:00:44 PM): although i couldn't follow half of the conversation you and lauren had
Mbg1116 (2:00:53 PM): yeah
Mbg1116 (2:00:59 PM): we were talking disney channel
Mbg1116 (2:01:02 PM): isnt it amazing
Mbg1116 (2:01:16 PM): i have the same interests as a 5th grader
Skier Wysz (2:02:05 PM): haha that is why you and ted and blake get along

Friday, November 26, 2004

Now Accepting Bids
Highest bidder gets the pie. Or what's left of it. BID NOW!
Opening bid: $20,000

Least Popular Thanksgiving Dish
The Incredible Cue
When I saw The Incredibles, I noticed that the change-over cues weren't the usual dark circles, and asked if any projectionists could confirm that the cues were in fact the Incredibles symbol. Adrian, a projectionist, has offered to take a picture of the cue when showing it at a drive-in in a few weeks. Adrian traveled all the way to Barmera, SA, Australia to read my blog. Adrian, if you are reading this, please note that my website is now available in the U.S. and Canada.

A Question Only A Mother Knows The Answer To
"Will I like [the taste of] it?"

The Wysz Does
At my cousin's graduation, they gave out ponchos because it was raining. I had a raincoat on, so I didn't need it. I keep it, still sealed, in the pocket of my raincoat. This may seem pointless, but I have a plan. One day it will be raining, and I will be wearing a raincoat. I will come across someone who doesn't have a raincoat, and offer him or her the poncho. The grateful person will wonder, "Who keeps a poncho in their raincoat?"

I will answer, "I do."

She Knows Me Well
We saw two people walking along our road today. Where I live, this is rare. Just last night, I had mentioned that I like where we live and don't want to move. When we passed the pedestrians, Julie told me, "It's funny that people seem out of place here. No wonder you like this area."

As we continue our race to become the world's first trillionaire...
eightman1984 (5:28:19 PM): i want to be so rich that I can hire people just so I can fire them

Thursday, November 25, 2004

Pet Photos With Santa
As I passed Delaware Valley College on Tuesday, I saw on their electronic sign that they are offering pet photos with Santa. So, if you really want to do that, you know where to go. You crazy people.

Thanksgiving Day Complaint
I have two cats and I like them. I also like dogs. I'm not a "cat person" or a "dog person." I'm 100% human. Why do people get political about these things?

Thanksgiving Day Complaint #2
To everyone who has "Thankgiving" or "Turkey Day" or something even worse like "The Day of the Turkey" as their away message, thank you for reminding me what day it is. Without your reminder via my buddy list, I would not have known that today is Thanksgiving.

I'm not saying that "Happy Thanksgiving" is bad. That is a nice message, not an unnecessary announcement.

Wednesday, November 24, 2004

Commodores. See: anthonytrumbo.com
Since I'm too busy not updating my blog, Tony is taking care of the Commodores updates.

Cal State Northridge

Key quote:
"...[Ted] played his best game of the season. While he didn't score any points..."

Pretend I'm Not Here.
I know I said I wouldn't update over break, but you know me. I lie on my blog. A lot. I need to register for at least 12 credits so I can maintain my enrollment status. I tried registering the morning registration began for Juniors, and was only able to get into one of my classes, giving me three credits. Before registration ends, I need to find nine more. However, I'm not sure if registration ends today or Friday. I know I could just register today to be safe, but I like to wait until the last minute. If I register today and then find on Friday that I'm still able to change my registration, I don't think I'll ever be able to get over that.

This is why i'm confused:



If you need me to connect the dots: November 24th (today) is a Wednesday.

Tuesday, November 23, 2004

Wyszdom
I just saw the word "wisdom" in an email and it looked misspelled.

I almost forgot to share this with the world
Our elevator was turned back on at some point yesterday, of course after I made a round trip up and down the stairs with my bike. I wonder if they actually fixed it this time.

Apple Blog
Apple has a student blog now. Not really sure what they're gonna do with it, but I've added the feed (RSS, Atom) to my aggregator to see what the updates bring.

Creepy At 4 A.M.


Bush Rat
Sarah's friend from the 'Zealand won $5,000 (AUD) for voting. Did he vote for a president? No, he voted for an invention. And which invention? A hand propelled macadamia nut harvester called the "Bush Rat." The inventor himself won $50,000. According to Sarah, $5,000 AUD is about $3,000 USD. Nice chunk of change.

For voting. Wow.

Quick Apology
I realize that I have become rather reckless in my blogging. Recently I've been filling the front page with IM conversations, and my previous entry is just a bunch of pictures that send all other entries to the undesirable "below the fold" location. So, sorry for not being careful. I'm not going to promise that I will work on this though. An apology will have to be good enough. It's my blog; I can do what I want. You're lucky you got this much.

Mini-Hiatus
After publishing this entry, I am packing up and leaving for Thanksgiving break. I do not plan on updating this website over break. Please don't flood my inbox and IM windows with "Update your blog!" demands. And to the guy who called the cops last year: I appreciate your concern but the Baltimore City Police Department wasn't amused. Don't worry, I will be blogging again on Monday. Take a vacation from the Internet. Get a life if you can.
Awesomely Yours,
Wysz

Ready for another stroll down 95. Well, "up" I guess. My map was turned the wrong way.
I'm going home tonight! If anyone I know besides Ted actually reads this blog, be sure to let me know when you're in town. We can, like, do stuff.

When I get into D-town (a "neo-traditional community"), I'll try hitting up our new Quiznos. I haven't had anything from there since before the semester started.

All I have to do now is take an Intro Psych exam and sit through an Ab Psych lecture. And I should probably register for some classes. And figure out this internship thing. But after that, I go home!

After telling him I'll be first in line at the Bethesda Row store
Skip (2:16:47 PM): Just thought about it. This whole 100th Apple Store first in line thing. You amaze me, Wysz. Instead of a warp drive, Nasa should come up with a dork drive, because you just hit Dork Factor 7 without even breaking a sweat.

Shameless iTunes Plug
Skier Wysz (9:41:10 AM): this "complete u2" album reminds me why i don't have one-click turned on in itunes
Stowington (9:41:20 AM): haha
Stowington (9:42:03 AM): are you afraid your mouse will arbitrarily decide to spend a bunch of your money for you?
Skier Wysz (9:42:31 AM): that or the fact that i do crazy things when tired
Skier Wysz (9:43:12 AM): and actually my mouse was clicking around earlier. not sure if it was the computer or the mouse, but something was clicking on stuff and it wasn't up to me
Stowington (9:43:39 AM): well we know it wasn't spyware
Stowington (9:43:43 AM): because you have a mac
Stowington (9:43:54 AM): or.... "ghostware"?
Skier Wysz (9:44:33 AM): ooooooooh i didn't consider ghostware
Skier Wysz (9:44:43 AM): maybe i should install virex
Skier Wysz (9:44:46 AM): i downloaded it
Stowington (9:46:37 AM): that's a pretty bold step
Skier Wysz (9:47:01 AM): yeah, i had it installed before, but then it decided to delete my inbox
Skier Wysz (9:47:12 AM): so, i figured i was better off without it
Stowington (9:48:01 AM): but now you're considering putting it back
Stowington (9:48:09 AM): maybe your mouse was just misbehaving
Skier Wysz (9:48:14 AM): yes, because of the ghostware scare
Skier Wysz (9:48:23 AM): hmm, it is a logitech, they're not known for doing that
Skier Wysz (9:48:35 AM): but i'm keeping a close eye on it
Skier Wysz (9:48:45 AM): i'm literally giving it looks as i type this
Skier Wysz (9:48:49 AM): so i feel kinda stupid
Stowington (9:48:59 AM): is it acting squirrelly
Stowington (9:49:07 AM): which would be odd for a mouse I suppose
Skier Wysz (9:49:10 AM): no, it's just sitting there

The Complete U2 (iTunes Required)
About the set

Monday, November 22, 2004

Another Fact-Filled Basketball Update
I just looked at the schedule and it turns out the Boston Commodores had a game and won yesterday. I heard nothing of this from Ted or Tony. Maybe Ted didn't play.

Awesome Shirt
Right now I have a few awesome shirts. There's the "PANTS" shirt, the Apple Store Christiana Mall shirt, the Homestar Runner shirt, the "No, I Will Not Fix Your Computer" shirt, and the Late Show with David Letterman shirt, among others. I had just finished watching the latest Homestar Runner toon when I noticed that they were selling a new Bubs shirt in the store. It features the Bubs' Conces5ion stand logo with the slogan "We're Always Awesome." I'm always awesome, so this awesome shirt would look awesome on me. So, if you're wondering what to get me for my birthday, or for Wednesday, or for Thanksgiving, or for Friday, or for Monday, or for Tuesday, or even for a weekend, consider this blog entry a hint.

Oh, and the Strong Bad Emails 3 Disc DVD Set would be nice too. I already have Strong Bad Sings.

A Change of Heart
Tired of explaining to the rejects that I couldn't accept their offers of friendship because they go to JHU, I have begun accepting any and all offers of friendship on that inane thefacebook website that I denounce but still log in to every day. The good news is I can now write on more people's walls, proclaiming my awesomeness and making ridiculous claims such as: "Once, I almost swallowed the Moon."

A Smart Decision?
I'm wondering if it's a good idea to be blogging on so little sleep. I had to update the previous two entries about 18 times so far to fix typos.

Then, I tried to post this entry in the "Commodores" category.

A Smart Decision
I've been up all night, but instead of going to bed right now, I'm going to force myself to stay up so I don't sleep through Psych. I don't have anything else for the rest of the day, so I can sleep then, and then wake up in time to stay up all night studying for tomorrow morning's Psych exam. See, it makes sense! Now you all feel pretty stupid for making fun of my abnormal sleep schedule, don't you?

Click Over There
Timeeee to start studingy gor my psych exma!

If You Plan on Requiring Emergency Assistance on the JHU Campus, Please Memorize this List For Your Safety.
You know how on every college campus tour, they always mention some sort of blue-light emergency system on campus that has some crazy response time like 30 seconds or less? Well, keep in mind that they might not always work. I read the daily security report a few times a week, and have noticed that over the course of this semester, the list of problems with our system has become increasingly long. I wish I had a listing of all of the phones, so I could find out what percentage of them have problems. Who knows, it may even be 100% by now. Below is the list from today's report:

EMERGENCY PHONE PROBLEMS – Telecommunications has been notified for repairs (parts on order):
• Garland Lot (near Clark Hall) – Out-of-order, does not call to the security office.
• Macaulay/Mergenthaler – does not call to the security office.
• West Gate Garage (upper level east) – does not call to the security office.
• Levering/Garland Plaza – disconnects prematurely after calling the security office, no siren and the flashing beacon not operative.
• Levering/Gilman Plaza – disconnects prematurely after calling the security office.
• Shriver Hall (rear) – flashing beacon not operative during daylight hours.
• MSE Library (north side) – disconnects prematurely after calling the security office and does not transmit the caller’s voice.
• East Gate(MSEL Circle) – disconnects prematurely after calling the security office
• New Chemistry Building (east side) – disconnects prematurely after calling the security office.
• Stony Run Lot – flashing beacon not operative.
• Barn Theater (hillside) – disconnects prematurely after calling the security office and the flashing beacon is not operative.
• Bloomberg Center – no blue night light.
• Hall of Fame Lot – does not transmit the caller’s voice.
• Homewood Apts. (front) – no siren.
• Eastern Campus North Lot – 2 phones without blue lights.
• Eastern Campus West Lot – 3 phones without blue lights.

Just Wanted To Let All You "Website-Surfers" Know
Our elevator is still broken. Now the buzzer is too. We don't entertain guests, but I'd like to be able to hear it if someone is trying to deliver a package.

The Way Things Work Around Here
Stowington (10:28:59 AM): my department is getting reaccredited, which includes a big departmental review where they talk with all the faculty and students about something or other
Stowington (10:29:46 AM): they made a big deal about getting me to say I'd go, and even tell them when I'd be there, even after I ignored the first email
Stowington (10:29:59 AM): so I went today at 10 (when I said I could go)
Stowington (10:30:02 AM): and there was nobody there
Stowington (10:30:18 AM): I went to the office and asked and she said "oh, they probably just ended early"

Easy as Pie
Pez Man40 (1:24:12 AM): i love how you don't just blog the sweatshirt part
Pez Man40 (1:24:21 AM): you just blog the entire text
Skier Wysz (1:24:44 AM): yeah i am lazy
Skier Wysz (1:24:52 AM): i just drag and drop
Skier Wysz (1:24:57 AM): don't even copy and paste anymore
Skier Wysz (1:25:04 AM): this is why i love macs
Pez Man40 (1:25:05 AM): haha
Pez Man40 (1:25:17 AM): you are crazy
Skier Wysz (1:25:23 AM): i am awesome

Frustrating Wardrobe
Pez Man40 (1:14:05 AM): i am trying to find a good james bond quote
Skier Wysz (1:14:22 AM): why
Pez Man40 (1:14:29 AM): i don't know
Pez Man40 (1:14:36 AM): thought that would make a good away message
Skier Wysz (1:14:44 AM): you are going away?
Pez Man40 (1:15:04 AM): i put quotes up to cover up the fact that i really don't have much going on in my life to tell people what i am doing
Skier Wysz (1:15:24 AM): haha
Skier Wysz (1:15:28 AM): i just lie
Pez Man40 (1:15:51 AM): haha
Skier Wysz (1:15:51 AM): ok you know what i hate
Pez Man40 (1:15:55 AM): what
Skier Wysz (1:16:12 AM): sweatshirts and stuff with those strings you pull to make them tighter
Skier Wysz (1:16:21 AM): because one end always gets pulled too far
Skier Wysz (1:16:31 AM): and the other end gets in the middle of the shirt
Skier Wysz (1:16:36 AM): and you know you can never get it back out
Skier Wysz (1:16:42 AM): so you just have to pull the whole thing out
Skier Wysz (1:16:45 AM): and forget about it
Pez Man40 (1:16:45 AM): haha
Pez Man40 (1:16:55 AM): where did that come from
Skier Wysz (1:17:08 AM): it just happened to me
Skier Wysz (1:17:14 AM): like 45 seconds ago
Pez Man40 (1:17:17 AM): i thought you were going to tell me about away messages but you went in a whole different direction
Pez Man40 (1:17:20 AM): haha
Skier Wysz (1:17:28 AM): the string is out
Pez Man40 (1:17:48 AM): that is what you said
Pez Man40 (1:17:54 AM): you can always rethread it
Skier Wysz (1:17:58 AM): no
Pez Man40 (1:18:00 AM): that is what i do with my shorts
Skier Wysz (1:18:00 AM): i can't
Pez Man40 (1:18:03 AM): why not
Skier Wysz (1:18:05 AM): i'm not capable
Pez Man40 (1:18:07 AM): haha
Skier Wysz (1:18:08 AM): too hard
Pez Man40 (1:18:12 AM): you lazy bum
Skier Wysz (1:18:20 AM): no stuff like that frustrates me
Skier Wysz (1:18:26 AM): i dont want to deal with it
Pez Man40 (1:18:33 AM): you know if we lived together it would be the odd couple all over again
Skier Wysz (1:18:35 AM): i will give myself a headache
Pez Man40 (1:18:37 AM): haha
Pez Man40 (1:19:20 AM): i can see you starting it and 5 seconds into the task you throwing down the clothing and leaving it there till you have to packup and leave for winter break
Skier Wysz (1:19:45 AM): i'm not even going to try

This Makes Sense, Right?
Pez Man40 (1:54:54 AM): you blog everything
Skier Wysz (1:56:14 AM): yes i do
Pez Man40 (1:57:03 AM): it is a double edge sword
Pez Man40 (1:57:35 AM): sometimes you want to be blog and you don't blog it and other times you blog everything and you wonder what in the conversation won't be blogged

Time for bed.
Pez Man40 (12:46:58 PM): go to bed
Pez Man40 (12:47:02 PM): you need the sleep
Skier Wysz (12:47:10 PM): yeah i know
Skier Wysz (12:47:13 PM): i forgot again
Skier Wysz (12:47:20 PM): the internet keeps distracting me
Pez Man40 (12:47:39 PM): stop witht he internet and go to bed
Pez Man40 (12:47:51 PM): help yourself for once
Skier Wysz (12:48:12 PM): fine.
Pez Man40 (12:48:30 PM): thanks
Pez Man40 (12:48:39 PM): i need you to be rested
Pez Man40 (12:48:46 PM): you are worthless to me tired
Skier Wysz (12:48:54 PM): whatever you say my consiglieri
Pez Man40 (12:49:50 PM): that is my position in life
Skier Wysz (12:50:04 PM): "you are worthless to me tired"?
Pez Man40 (12:50:53 PM): well you are
Skier Wysz (12:51:05 PM): but that is your position in life?
Skier Wysz (12:51:16 PM): never mind
Skier Wysz (12:51:23 PM): i'm too tired to understand anything right now
Skier Wysz (12:51:31 PM): you will just confuse me further with your nonsense
Pez Man40 (12:51:32 PM): no my positon is being consigleeri
Skier Wysz (12:51:37 PM): oh
Pez Man40 (12:51:38 PM): or whatever
Skier Wysz (12:51:39 PM): fine
Pez Man40 (12:51:43 PM): haha

I'm Awesome
Pez Man40 (1:30:25 AM): that is nice
Skier Wysz (1:30:39 AM): i am awesome
Pez Man40 (1:31:11 AM): i love how you have to remind me ever 5 minutes that you are "awesome"
Skier Wysz (1:31:32 AM): actually it's just an applescript
Skier Wysz (1:31:39 AM): i don't ever type it anymore
Skier Wysz (1:31:45 AM): it just gets sent automatically
Skier Wysz (1:31:58 AM): i also have a special "awesome" key on my keyboard

Ted's Away Message: "I just bought a new vacuum cleaner, so I am going to play with it and clean the suite"
Skier Wysz (6:40:13 AM): i just bought a new awesome detector, but i overloaded it while playing with it in my apartment
Skier Wysz (6:40:24 AM): you are such a loser

Pez Man40 (12:34:51 PM): detector?
Skier Wysz (12:35:44 PM): yes
Skier Wysz (12:35:52 PM): i bought it at the sharper image
Pez Man40 (12:36:37 PM): radar?
Skier Wysz (12:37:31 PM): it was a joke you loser
Skier Wysz (12:37:39 PM): there is no such thing as an "awesome detector"
Skier Wysz (12:37:47 PM): i was mocking your away message
Skier Wysz (12:37:51 PM): about the vacuum
Skier Wysz (12:37:55 PM): you are such an idiot
Pez Man40 (12:38:04 PM): ohh
Pez Man40 (12:38:10 PM): i took it as an awesom
Pez Man40 (12:38:13 PM): detector
Pez Man40 (12:38:22 PM): awesome as a adjective
Skier Wysz (12:38:26 PM): oh
Skier Wysz (12:38:41 PM): ugh i see where a normal person could have actually thought of it that way
Skier Wysz (12:38:44 PM): but you are still an idiot

Sunday, November 21, 2004

Because I had to say something
Sunday will be over in 45 minutes, and I realized that I hadn't yet posted anything today. I've been working on my film. Well, back to work.

Bill's Theory
"It didn't work earlier today, so maybe they fixed it."

Saturday, November 20, 2004

Why Men Should Not Be Allowed To Live Alone


It's making noises...

The Story Behind The Picture
DanJDavies0001 (6:28:22 PM): thats one scary dish
Skier Wysz (6:29:04 PM): yeah, i heated up some cheese/salsa thing the other day to eat with tortilla chips
Skier Wysz (6:29:12 PM): and then i didn't rinse the plate
Skier Wysz (6:29:21 PM): so it stuck to the plate
Skier Wysz (6:29:33 PM): and i thought, well, i can just heat it up again and get it off
Skier Wysz (6:29:43 PM): but when i tried to heat it up, i burned it
Skier Wysz (6:29:50 PM): and it got even MORE stuck
DanJDavies0001 (6:29:55 PM): Ergh.
Skier Wysz (6:29:58 PM): so, now i have to throw it away
DanJDavies0001 (6:30:01 PM): disgusting

Friday, November 19, 2004

Congrats on the win, loser.
anthonut (11:14:13 PM): ahhh, another win for VU

Score? No clue. Recap? Nope. Ted got 14 minutes though.

Game #1. Or 3. Whatever.
Skier Wysz (10:45:42 PM): yeah so i completly forgot about the game until i just saw you sign on... did ted win or lose?
anthonut (10:46:05 PM): well, I was really tired so I told him I was only staying for a half. They were up by 11.
anthonut (10:46:15 PM): He played about 5 minutes, got a rebound or two.


Current Status:
48-37, Vandy.

I'd stay and watch but I want to go to Wawa instead. Maybe Tony has an update.

Friday, November 19, 2004
Approaching the end of his Junior year in college, today Bill checked his first book out from the library. The fact that it was his first checkout was confirmed when he had to activate his card to get the book. Why did he check out the book? It is a required reading that he didn't purchase at the beginning of the semester, and is no longer in the bookstore. He has to read it by Tuesday.

Even I have checked out books at the library. I think. I check out a DVD every week if that counts.

Remember That T.A. I Was Complaining About Earlier?
Excerpts from her last email, which I received this time:

...we have decided to take your reservations - which are partially justified- into account...

Since you are all concerned about your letter grades and don't seem to understand the concept of the curve, I will clarify one more time...

...you CANNOT CONTEST any other part of your grade in the midterm exam. You may still have your reservations...

Some of you have still been asking questions about the requirements for the term paper so I will copy them below for the third time. [Editor's Note: This is the first time most of us have received this information.]

Thursday, November 18, 2004

HOTW EXCLUSIVE: Vandy Going to Final Four!
Pez Man40 (1:20:56 AM): http://www.commodores.com/MB-schedule.cfm
Pez Man40 (1:21:00 AM): there is my schedule
Skier Wysz (1:21:49 AM): the link still works from last year for the record
Pez Man40 (1:21:54 AM): haha
Pez Man40 (1:21:58 AM): that is pathetic
Skier Wysz (1:22:02 AM): so you have a game tomorrow
Skier Wysz (1:22:22 AM): oh tomorrow is the first real game
Skier Wysz (1:22:31 AM): not an exhibition
Pez Man40 (1:22:34 AM): yea
Skier Wysz (1:22:43 AM): are you nervous
Pez Man40 (1:23:02 AM): no
Skier Wysz (1:23:03 AM): oh, you're going to the final four this year?
Pez Man40 (1:23:07 AM): i am ready to hit someone
Pez Man40 (1:23:13 AM): i want to man
Skier Wysz (1:23:14 AM): that's the spirit
Skier Wysz (1:23:20 AM): it's on your schedule
Skier Wysz (1:23:24 AM): you're going
Pez Man40 (1:23:25 AM): what is
Pez Man40 (1:23:30 AM): the final four
Skier Wysz (1:23:30 AM): final four
Pez Man40 (1:23:35 AM): then we are going
Skier Wysz (1:23:46 AM): awesome. is this insider info?
Pez Man40 (1:24:23 AM): i don't think so but we can say it is for your sake

Apple Store Regent Street, London
I've been following the adventures of Shippy (first in line) and Gary Allen (the ifo Apple Store guy) as they travel to London for the grand opening of the Apple Store on Regent Street. Pretty interesting if you're a Mac geek; simply dumbfounding if you're not.

First Forwarded Email From Blake That I Actually Enjoyed
Possible Explanation of the Bubble Wrap Gladiators Picture
As a break from re-enacting the Civil War, they are portraying a battle from the alternate future where soldiers wear ridiculous bubble wrap-style outfits as a form of protection.

I was just thinking... isn't it great to be from a country that once declared war on itself—and won?

Progress of Elevation
They were working on our elevator (same thing as a lift, Dan) today for the fourth time this week. This was today's accomplishment:



I'm tired of carrying my bike up to my apartment. (Oh, sorry, Dan, apartment = flat. And by bike I mean bicycle.)

Desert Island
msuspecial k7 (12:16:32 AM): so if you were stranded on a desert island....what three things would you take with you?
Skier Wysz (12:16:44 AM): essay question?
msuspecial k7 (12:17:06 AM): if you would like to make it an essay, you can...
Skier Wysz (12:17:53 AM): ummm i dont know
Skier Wysz (12:18:13 AM): a satellite phone
Skier Wysz (12:18:22 AM): some food
Skier Wysz (12:18:34 AM): and extra sand
msuspecial k7 (12:19:01 AM): whats the extra sand for?
Skier Wysz (12:19:41 AM): in case i run out. i figure if i'm stranded on an island i'll probably want to build a sand castle at some point
msuspecial k7 (12:20:10 AM): well obviously...why didn't I think of that...
Skier Wysz (12:20:27 AM): because you haven't thought about this question as long as i have

"Privilged"
Skier Wysz (12:24:22 AM): i am using some of your material though
Skier Wysz (12:24:25 AM): on my website
msuspecial k7 (12:24:34 AM): nu uh!!
Skier Wysz (12:24:38 AM): yeah huh
msuspecial k7 (12:24:42 AM): im not that privilged!
Skier Wysz (12:25:01 AM): not with that spelling you're not!

Warning: This Post May Offend Brits and Women
Reneelet (12:05:24 PM): i'm offended by the blog today
Skier Wysz (12:05:33 PM): why is that?
Reneelet (12:06:05 PM): you stereotyped women
Skier Wysz (12:06:24 PM): ooops
Skier Wysz (12:06:29 PM): so sue me
Reneelet (12:06:38 PM): done.
Reneelet (12:06:52 PM): expect your summons
Skier Wysz (12:07:03 PM): whatever, my blog remains popular
Skier Wysz (12:07:15 PM): i have a reader from the uk
Skier Wysz (12:07:21 PM): you know, across the pond
Skier Wysz (12:07:40 PM): with tea and all that
Reneelet (12:08:03 PM): you just stereotyped the british
Skier Wysz (12:08:26 PM): well then i guess i'm just offending everyone today

He Told Me To Blog It
ShkenBlke2 (3:04:22 AM): ne ways
ShkenBlke2 (3:04:29 AM): goodnite/morning what ever it is
ShkenBlke2 (3:04:32 AM): l8r
ShkenBlke2 (3:04:34 AM): blog th@
Skier Wysz (3:04:35 AM): later
ShkenBlke2 (3:04:36 AM): now

Is it possible that John is following my blog too closely?
Stowington (3:56:13 PM): the quotes from your british reader were posted out of order
Stowington (3:56:57 PM): is it possible that you thought an entry about a new Apple Store might not have been worth posting?

Home of the Wysz: Giving Your Life Meaning Since 2002
DanJDavies0001 (12:47:53 PM): OMG
DanJDavies0001 (12:48:00 PM): my life finally has a meaning
Skier Wysz (12:49:26 PM): (which is?)
DanJDavies0001 (12:49:35 PM): im on your blog
Skier Wysz (12:50:11 PM): haha yes now your quotes can be seen by tens of people!

And He Wants To Go To Med School
ShkenBlke2 (12:26:55 AM): so
ShkenBlke2 (12:26:59 AM): i hav 1 last final
Skier Wysz (12:27:32 AM): in?
ShkenBlke2 (12:27:47 AM): umm, 8am
Skier Wysz (12:28:28 AM): in which subject you idiot
Skier Wysz (12:28:41 AM): i didnt ask what time

Re: Apple Store Regent Street
DanJDavies0001 (11:58:29 AM): and i live about 45minutes from there
DanJDavies0001 (11:58:35 AM): but it involves getting up
Skier Wysz (11:58:50 AM): you only have to get up if you go to sleep in the first place
DanJDavies0001 (11:59:02 AM): now that's very logical thinking

I Always Like A Compliment
Lizzard184 (11:16:17 PM): Skier Wysz: ugughghghhghghghghhhhhh
Skier Wysz: it is this stupid website
Lizzard184 (11:16:50 PM): (by the way... i meant to compliment you on your use of the letters u, g, and h to create such a lovely sound/word)
Skier Wysz (11:16:59 PM): thank you

Idiot.
Skier Wysz (12:57:33 AM): i dont want to explain
Skier Wysz (12:57:37 AM): right now
Pez Man40 (12:57:37 AM): why
Pez Man40 (12:57:40 AM): i want you too
Skier Wysz (12:57:44 AM): you will get mad or excited
Skier Wysz (12:57:49 AM): wrong to idiot
Pez Man40 (12:57:51 AM): no i won't
Pez Man40 (12:58:05 AM): wrong to idiot?
Skier Wysz (12:58:44 AM): Pez Man40 (12:57:40 AM): i want you too
Skier Wysz (12:58:57 AM): that means "i want you also"
Pez Man40 (12:58:57 AM): oh
Skier Wysz (12:59:03 AM): which is creepy

Quote #132
Stowington (12:25:58 AM): what is the worst class ever
Skier Wysz (12:26:24 AM): criminal justice and corrections
Stowington (12:26:31 AM): why
Skier Wysz (12:27:03 AM): i just hate that class
Skier Wysz (12:27:11 AM): i put the away message up before class
Skier Wysz (12:27:16 AM): it wasnt in reaction to it
Skier Wysz (12:27:25 AM): it was in anticipation of
Skier Wysz (12:27:30 AM): and i was right
Stowington (12:27:34 AM): well what sorts of things make you hate it
Skier Wysz (12:27:53 AM): i spent 45 minutes after class tonight arguing about the grading of the exam
Skier Wysz (12:28:01 AM): and came out with 1 more point
Skier Wysz (12:28:08 AM): could have gone for 2 but got tired
Stowington (12:28:40 AM): haha
Stowington (12:29:01 AM): which is odd because "corrections" is in the class's title
Skier Wysz (12:29:29 AM): yeah, well "justice" is in the title too, and it's a rather unjust class

What Else Can I Do With It?
msuspecial k7 (11:38:59 PM): so what would you like to do with your film and media degree?
Skier Wysz (11:39:10 PM): frame it i guess

My Blog Goes International
DanJDavies0001 (12:23:46 PM): wow, im almost mentioned on your blog
DanJDavies0001 (12:23:56 PM): and no, i dont like tea
Skier Wysz (12:24:10 PM): isn't that treason?
DanJDavies0001 (12:24:51 PM): and i suppose you walk around with a bandjo, and wearing dungeries (or as i used to call them nostrals)
DanJDavies0001 (12:25:09 PM): the all in one jeans thing
Skier Wysz (12:25:27 PM): haha i'd call them overalls
Skier Wysz (12:25:32 PM): but yeah i see your point
DanJDavies0001 (12:25:53 PM): scones are the best tho
Skier Wysz (12:26:16 PM): so you are british!

I Can't Believe I'm Quoting Blake's Blog
But this was just too good:

As I walked out of the library, I noticed it was raining very heavily out.  When I got back from the library and walked into the lounge of my dorm, the following conversation took place between me and some girl sitting there watching tv.  Keep in mind that my jacket was shiny, my grey sweat pants were clearly a lot darker in many parts, and my hair was wet.
 
girl: it's raining out?
me: yeah, hard.
girl: you're dripping.
me: I know.

people are retarded.

Something to be Proud Of
DanJDavies0001 (4:35:10 PM): we have it still on Challenge.
Skier Wysz (4:35:17 PM): challenge?
DanJDavies0001 (4:35:25 PM): a TV channel on Sky
DanJDavies0001 (4:35:41 PM): have you ever seen the programme Takeshi's Castle?
Skier Wysz (4:37:13 PM): never heard of:
- challenge
- sky
- takeshi's castle

further, over here it's just program. why you need that extra m and e on the end of the word is beyond me. back in the days of the telegraph (when you paid per letter), that would have cost you.
DanJDavies0001 (4:37:51 PM): i want to move to the US
DanJDavies0001 (4:37:58 PM): you take lazyness to the extreme.

Wednesday, November 17, 2004

Registration Begins Today For Juniors
If anyone knows of an easy class (or 5) I can pick up, please let me know immediately. Thank you.

Remember Those Switch Ads?
Here are the ones you didn't see on T.V., including the famous Will Ferrell "Parfait" ad shown at Macworld NY 2002 and a Will Ferrell iPod ad.

UPDATE: Errol Morris's site is being overwhelmed with traffic, so I'm mirroring the Parfait and iPod ads. Let me know when Morris's site is back up, so I can delete the ads on my end.

UPDATE UPDATE: You know what, I've decided to just keep the commercials on my page. You'll find four Will Ferrell "Switch" commercials on my Videos page.

301
I just realized that the previous entry was my 300th posting in v.Awesome of Wysz's Thoughts. To those of you who have been here since the beginning: thank you.

Every Single Semester.
Registration doesn't work out for me. I plan ahead, with a listing of course numbers ready to go, but all that gets thrown out the window when I log in the morning of registration. Even though I'm a Junior and a Film major, I still can't seem to get into my film classes. Everything is full. Classes that aren't supposed to require permission require permission. Course numbers are wrong. Courses don't exist. Entire schools don't exist. I'm wait-listed for everything—even stuff I pre-registered for.

But, I've come to learn that all of this registration day stuff doesn't mean anything. This whole registration period doesn't matter. Why? Because everything changes on the first day of classes. It's basically the same thing as today, but for real. This is just a practice. Show up for the first class meeting, and if you say something even close to "please," you're in. So there, I got worked up over nothing. I'm going to go back to sleep, get up to credit at some point with a bunch of classes I have no intention of actually taking, and then worry about this in 2005.

Registration Update
I'm registered for one class, giving me a total of three credits.

To Watch the Second Half of the Movie Again, Which for Me Would be the First Time
Skier Wysz (12:33:32 AM): (blogged)
eightman1984 (12:33:50 AM): oh...um...I don't care about stuff like that
Skier Wysz (12:34:01 AM): sure you don't

Never Question My Awesomeness.
Skier Wysz (4:24:31 AM): you made the blog
BuffyPrep5 (4:24:43 AM): oh really
BuffyPrep5 (4:24:54 AM): i'll bet it shows me in an unflattering light
BuffyPrep5 (4:26:43 AM): hmm
BuffyPrep5 (4:26:55 AM): i suppose i shouldnt bite the hand that feeds me or something
Skier Wysz (4:27:05 AM): exactly
BuffyPrep5 (4:27:11 AM): oh shush
BuffyPrep5 (4:27:18 AM): my parents are coming today
Skier Wysz (4:27:22 AM): last time someone bit my hand i put the blog on hiatus
Skier Wysz (4:27:25 AM): oh
Skier Wysz (4:27:30 AM): that is fun
BuffyPrep5 (4:27:54 AM): putting the blog on hiatus?
BuffyPrep5 (4:27:58 AM): dont do that
BuffyPrep5 (4:28:01 AM): i wouldnt be able to live
Skier Wysz (4:28:29 AM): i did it once
BuffyPrep5 (4:28:48 AM): i know
BuffyPrep5 (4:28:51 AM): dont do it
BuffyPrep5 (4:28:56 AM): its my sole reason for living
Skier Wysz (4:29:10 AM): that is very sad
BuffyPrep5 (4:29:20 AM): im kidding
BuffyPrep5 (4:29:26 AM): you actually believed me?
Skier Wysz (4:29:34 AM): yes
BuffyPrep5 (4:29:46 AM): hahaha no
BuffyPrep5 (4:30:02 AM): my actual sole reason for living is getting back to the US for seinfeld reruns
BuffyPrep5 (4:30:07 AM): im going through withdrawal
Skier Wysz (4:31:46 AM): oh
Skier Wysz (4:31:57 AM): that is sad too
BuffyPrep5 (4:32:25 AM): youre sad
BuffyPrep5 (4:32:30 AM): and in no way awesome
Skier Wysz (4:32:38 AM): DO NOT QUESTION MY AWESOMENESS
Skier Wysz (4:32:42 AM): IT IS FORBIDDEN


Simple Times
eightman1984 (12:26:47 AM): but, that being said, I want one of those old huge gray cell phones
Skier Wysz (12:27:00 AM): lol those are hilarious
Skier Wysz (12:27:06 AM): with the huge batteries
eightman1984 (12:27:35 AM): haha yeah, and I would make lots of references to events that happened in the 1980's while I talk on one...ie things related to the booming stockmarket etc...
eightman1984 (12:27:53 AM): the reagan administration etc.
eightman1984 (12:28:05 AM): a black michael jackson
Skier Wysz (12:28:12 AM): lol
eightman1984 (12:28:28 AM): the 80s were simple times

Narcissism and Vocal Chords
Skier Wysz (5:30:20 AM): you are a bit narcissistic dont you think
BuffyPrep5 (5:30:53 AM): thats rich coming from you
Skier Wysz (5:31:39 AM): i dont know if i meet the definition
BuffyPrep5 (5:32:29 AM): what are these bows the vc girls are now sporting?
BuffyPrep5 (5:32:33 AM): its like a bad eighties movie
Skier Wysz (5:32:43 AM): one who is narcissistic has feelings of grandiosity and superiority without sufficient accomplishments to back it up. i believe my awesomness takes care of this
Skier Wysz (5:35:21 AM): who is responsible for posting pictures on the vocal chords website
BuffyPrep5 (5:35:33 AM): i dont know
Skier Wysz (5:36:07 AM): well whoever it is doesn't understand that resizing the pictures via HTML coding doesn't actually make them load faster
BuffyPrep5 (5:36:27 AM): umm right
Skier Wysz (5:36:40 AM): oh and those bows? i see them now
BuffyPrep5 (5:36:47 AM): yes
Skier Wysz (5:36:51 AM): they wore them at the last concert i went to
Skier Wysz (5:36:54 AM): that is nothing new

Girl Time
Skier Wysz (2:40:03 AM): and you and stacy are good friends huh
ShkenBlke2 (2:40:16 AM): umm, we're kinda dating
Skier Wysz (2:40:31 AM): and why wasn't i told about this
Skier Wysz (2:40:38 AM): why did i have to figure it out from the blog
Skier Wysz (2:40:51 AM): i would tell you if i was dating stacy
Skier Wysz (2:42:57 AM): so tell me about stacy. pretend we're women sitting around eating ice cream having "girl time"

She REALLY Wanted To Be Quoted
BuffyPrep5 (4:17:34 AM): you should take the french cinema class wysz
BuffyPrep5 (4:17:42 AM): you could understand french people better
Skier Wysz (4:17:54 AM): ugh it would be work
BuffyPrep5 (4:18:07 AM): youre lazy
Skier Wysz (4:18:11 AM): i never like classes involving work, except production classes
BuffyPrep5 (4:18:14 AM): as a film student you should study it
Skier Wysz (4:18:22 AM): you're so lazy you won't even use an apostrophe
BuffyPrep5 (4:18:31 AM): im using a french keyboard and i cant find it
BuffyPrep5 (4:18:40 AM): whats your excuse for no capitalization
BuffyPrep5 (4:19:18 AM): wysz i thought we were friends
Skier Wysz (4:19:37 AM): show me your last capitalization
BuffyPrep5 (4:20:06 AM): its a pain to use this keyboard
BuffyPrep5 (4:20:16 AM): switch your layout to french and then try to one up me
Skier Wysz (4:20:39 AM): i'm awesome
BuffyPrep5 (4:21:19 AM): what does that have anything to do with anything
Skier Wysz (4:21:58 AM): everything
Skier Wysz (4:22:04 AM): it has everything to do with everything
BuffyPrep5 (4:22:29 AM): you cant just say that and expect me to not be pissed at you
Skier Wysz (4:22:49 AM): you'd be surprised how well it works with just about everyone else

At JHU? Join the Club!
BuffyPrep5 (4:51:47 AM): whats the club?
Skier Wysz (4:51:59 AM): the club is "wysz is awesome" located on the facebook
BuffyPrep5 (4:52:17 AM): but you wont even let me be your friend
Skier Wysz (4:53:04 AM): yes, the fan club was created as an alternative to "friendship" for JHU students
BuffyPrep5 (4:53:58 AM): i dont know...
BuffyPrep5 (4:54:00 AM): can i be an officer?
Skier Wysz (4:54:24 AM): if you join within the next 5 minutes, yes. what would you like to be?
BuffyPrep5 (4:54:46 AM): hmmm...secretary of defense
Skier Wysz (4:54:50 AM): ok
BuffyPrep5 (4:55:37 AM): wait a minute
BuffyPrep5 (4:55:38 AM): i cant question your awesomeness if i join?
Skier Wysz (4:55:54 AM): you can't question my awesomeness even if you don't
BuffyPrep5 (4:56:00 AM): but i already have
Skier Wysz (4:56:06 AM): well i wont tell anyone
BuffyPrep5 (4:56:15 AM): you put it in your blog
Skier Wysz (4:56:32 AM): JUST JOIN. I AM LETTING YOU IN. I HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO THIS
BuffyPrep5 (4:56:37 AM): ok ok
BuffyPrep5 (4:56:42 AM): that should be blogged
BuffyPrep5 (4:56:59 AM): man i feel like an idiot now
BuffyPrep5 (4:57:01 AM): im in your fan club

Don't Take Accounting. Or Criminal Justice and Corrections.
Auto response from calligna781: studying for accounting

. . . seriously it's pointless at this point
Skier Wysz (10:55:17 PM): ahhh accounting... i got a D in financial accounting last semester. it was the only class that i never skipped. i'm not exactly sure what lesson i'm supposed to learn from that.
calligna781 (10:55:38 PM): lol
calligna781 (10:55:42 PM): don't take accounting
calligna781 (10:55:48 PM): same lesson i'm learning
Skier Wysz (10:55:55 PM): thats it!
calligna781 (10:55:58 PM): haha
Skier Wysz (10:56:10 PM): also, never take criminal justice and corrections

Remember the days of 3:33?
BuffyPrep5 (5:17:49 AM): its 11:17 on 11/17
Skier Wysz (5:17:56 AM): wow
Skier Wysz (5:18:03 AM): that sounds like something i would blog

Tuesday, November 16, 2004

P.S. on the Gmail Post
I still have invites, and I'd like to use them up. Email me if you want one.

Not The First Item On My Christmas List
My roommate is 75 years old, so he eats kidney beans. I saw this on the can a while ago, but this time decided to blog it.

The Man is Keeping Me Down
Apple deleted another one of my discussion posts in the 17" LCD Studio Display folder of the discussions board, and docked me 20 points. In my post, I suggested that someone mail the petition to Apple, and I also did include some technical advice by giving a link to a picture of my taped monitor. I knew the post would probably be deleted, but I'm sure plenty of people got it in time through their email subscriptions to the thread.

Here's the post by the way:

RE: Half dimmed flat panel display
Posted by Wysz on 10:27pm Nov 15, 2004 CDT

Hi everyone,

I was hoping that someone out there wouldn't mind printing out a hard copy of the petition signatures: http://www.petitiononline.com/17inchsd/petition.html and actually mailing it to Apple. As of this posting, 322 people have signed it, and almost all of them have one of the bad displays.

I would send the petition myself, but I have already contacted Apple with statistics before (gathered from this thread) and they ignored me and closed my case. I am hoping that someone else will have better luck. If you do send it, please email me or post back here so I know Apple has it.

Their address:
Apple Computer
1 Infinite Loop
Cupertino, CA 95014

Oh, and for those of you going crazy because of the incessant blinking, buy some black electrical tape: http://homepage.mac.com/wysz/iblog/C47259402/E1403215791/Media/mod.jpg

This was Apple's response, and also the first time I've seen the term "threadjack":
From: tsosendr@apple.com
Subject: Apple Discussions: Message Removed
Date: November 16, 2004 11:09:59 AM EST
To: Michael Wyszomierski

Wysz,

Your post titled "Half dimmed flat panel display" has been removed from Apple Discussions. This area is intended to address technical issues. Posts that do not conform to the Apple Discussions Terms of Use are inappropriate. This is a reminder of some of the items covered in the Terms of Use.

* Stay on topic.
* Don't threadjack.
* Be polite.
* Don't be a troll.
* Post constructive comments and questions.
* Do not post a URL unless it directly answers a user's question.
* Do not speculate about or discuss rumors of unannounced products.
* Don't spam your fellow users.
* No advertising.
* No impersonations.
* No inappropriate user names.
* Keep within the Law
* Any Submission that questions Apple's policies and procedures or includes speculation on Apple decisions may be removed.

POP!
POP access was finally activated for my Gmail account. This leaves my Hotmail account as the only one I can't get through Apple Mail. I like knowing that I have a local backup of my messages now, but I am still archiving all of them on Google's servers.

And if I don't use the web interface, I won't see any ads, so it really is a free gig.

Ambiguous Post
Skier Wysz (1:32:55 AM): i suppose i shouldn't make some joke about --------------------------------------
Stowington (1:33:09 AM): yeah I was torn too
Stowington (1:33:12 AM): but I decided against it
Skier Wysz (1:33:14 AM): haha
Stowington (1:33:16 AM): in case it gets blogged
Skier Wysz (1:33:31 AM): yeah, see you dont have a blog, so i can say whatever i want
Skier Wysz (1:33:36 AM): all you have is a profile
Skier Wysz (1:33:41 AM): which has a readership of 3
Skier Wysz (1:33:46 AM): including you and me
Stowington (1:33:48 AM): I do have a blog
Stowington (1:33:56 AM): I just have to IM all my entries to you
Skier Wysz (1:34:05 AM): i knew you were gonna say that
Stowington (1:34:18 AM): so what are you waiting for
Stowington (1:34:19 AM): blog it
Skier Wysz (1:34:45 AM): no
Skier Wysz (1:34:50 AM): it is not appropriate
Stowington (1:38:31 AM): my readers demand it
Skier Wysz (1:40:35 AM): i will post it ambiguously

I'll Take That as a Compliment
Pez Man40 (12:39:47 AM): you are so helpful
Pez Man40 (12:39:56 AM): like a devil with angel wings and halo

Monday, November 15, 2004

Petition
Speaking of petitions, everyone remember to sign this one if you haven't already.

Best Strong Bad Email in a While
Strong Bad should get a Macintosh. Wait a minute, will he? We'll find out next week.

My Elevator Theory
Our elevator was programmed wrong as a sick joke. That is the only explanation. Nothing can be that broken by accident.

My Life as a Projectionist
Yesterday, I was invited to go to some Italian place that was serving all-you-can-eat desserts tonight. I couldn't go, because I have a screening on Monday nights. I was supposed to show the VHS version of Star Wars, but when I got there, the VCR was missing from the projection booth. Being the resourceful little monkey that I am, I scavenged for some cables and hooked up the VCR that's locked to the TV cart at the front of the room. I was disappointed that I would be showing it on a regular TV, but then I realized that the VCR wasn't actually locked down. It was one of those adhesive cable locks, (one of the dumbest inventions) and the adhesive had lost its grip long ago, so it was really just sitting on top of the deck. With only a couple minutes to go before the screening, I carried the VCR to the back, hooked it up to the projector and speakers, tested it, and cued the tape. Then I waited for the students to arrive. Half an hour later, I gave up, put everything back, and locked the room. Who would pass on a free chance to watch Star Wars? Only Hopkins students. Freaks.

And worst of all: I could have been eating dessert!

I Actually Did Consider Writing One When I Saw the Email
From: John Stowe
Subject: Re: Best Strong Bad Email in a While
Date: November 15, 2004 11:00:20 PM EST
To: Michael Wyszomierski

start a petition.

He Just Wanted To Be Quoted
eightman1984 (11:38:50 PM): your blog has an obnoxious number of updates

Whatever
Stowington (11:53:38 PM): your blog has an obnoxious number of updates not related to me

Sunday, November 14, 2004

Comprehensive Vandy Basketball Update
Skier Wysz (6:32:36 PM): have you had any more games
Pez Man40 (6:32:41 PM): last night
Pez Man40 (6:32:42 PM): we won
Pez Man40 (6:33:02 PM): alright i am going to play halo 2
Pez Man40 (6:33:05 PM): i will talk to you later

So Many Choices!
I just realized that I have seven web browsers on my computer. Four Mozilla-flavored. And they say there's no software for Macs.

In case you're wondering:
Safari
Firefox
Camino
Mozilla
Netscape
Opera
Internet Explorer (Yuck, I know, but I have a website and I like to check if it's non-standards-compliant compliant.)

5 Months
I just received a reply to an email I sent five months ago to the creator of MacOSaiX, a photo-mosaic creation application. It's an amazing (and free) program, so check it out if you have a chance. I just downloaded the latest development version, and while obviously not a final release, it shows much improvement over the old version.

The coolest new feature (besides the much-improved image quality) is the ability to use frames from a QuickTime movie as the source images. You could do this in the old version in a roundabout way if you had QuickTime Pro or other software that allowed you to export an image sequence, but this version of MacOSaiX does it for you! I'll definitely use this feature for the DVD cover of my film project.

I'll probably be posting some of my mosaics later. Mac developers are awesome. If anyone knows of another good OS X app I should try out, let me know.

I haven't replied to the email yet. I think I'll wait five months and then send a one-word "Thanks!"

The Deal With RSS
I wrote this for Blake, but then I figured some of you might not really know why I like RSS, so here we go:

Skier Wysz (1:39:23 AM): ok the deal with RSS... the way i use it
Skier Wysz (1:39:32 AM): i have NetNewsWire, which is Mac-only
ShkenBlke2 (1:39:37 AM): ok
Skier Wysz (1:39:48 AM): i keep it open all the time in the background, without any windows open
Skier Wysz (1:39:53 AM): it just sits in my dock
Skier Wysz (1:40:05 AM): and every 30 min, scans my rss subscriptions
ShkenBlke2 (1:40:11 AM): ok
Skier Wysz (1:40:31 AM): if one of the sites is updated, the icon displays a number to indicate how many new entries there are
ShkenBlke2 (1:40:38 AM): ah
ShkenBlke2 (1:40:55 AM): so it is amazingly cooler like almost everything else on macs
Skier Wysz (1:40:58 AM): from there, if i right click on the icon, i can see which sites are updated, and what the headlines are
Skier Wysz (1:41:19 AM): and decide if i want to read any of them, or just mark them as read and reset the counter
Skier Wysz (1:41:32 AM): so instead of checking everyone's site 50 times a day
Skier Wysz (1:41:42 AM): i know within a half hour or less if something new is on the net
Skier Wysz (1:41:53 AM): and i waste no time checking unupdated sites
ShkenBlke2 (1:42:08 AM): th@ kinda takes the whole fun outa procrastinating though, th@ means i'd actually have to do work more often
ShkenBlke2 (1:42:15 AM): its a double edged sword 4 sure
Skier Wysz (1:42:41 AM): yeah, it makes your procrastination more efficient i suppose
ShkenBlke2 (1:42:56 AM): now th@s an oxymoron if i've ever heard one

Blog This
Stowington (3:24:14 PM): if you had shown up you could have gotten candy
Skier Wysz (3:24:25 PM): give me candy now
Stowington (3:24:51 PM): you missed it
Skier Wysz (3:40:31 PM): YOU MISSED ME
Skier Wysz (3:40:33 PM): i am aweosme
Skier Wysz (3:40:34 PM): aweomse
Skier Wysz (3:40:36 PM): saeopem
Skier Wysz (3:40:37 PM): awemose
Skier Wysz (3:40:39 PM): awesmoe
Skier Wysz (3:40:40 PM): aseomw
Skier Wysz (3:40:41 PM): aweomse
Skier Wysz (3:40:43 PM): awesome
Stowington (3:41:12 PM): blog that
Skier Wysz (3:41:15 PM): fine

Everything in Site
ShkenBlke2 (1:28:54 AM): u know, i havnt been on ur blog in quite sum time
ShkenBlke2 (1:29:04 AM): i bet ur readers are thirsty 4 more blake qoutes
ShkenBlke2 (1:29:15 AM): or if they r teds friends, lunchbox qoutes
Skier Wysz (1:29:30 AM): i'll see what i can do
ShkenBlke2 (1:30:34 AM): radical
ShkenBlke2 (1:31:18 AM): u could write a piece on my inner struggle b/w trying to make weight and giving in and eating and drinking everything in site

The People Have Spoke (cont.)
ShkenBlke2 (2:10:21 AM): plus, ur 3rd 2 latest entry actually has the stowington character telling u to blog sumthin, and u respond w/ "fine", and then obvisouly b/c im reading it, u blogged it
ShkenBlke2 (2:10:30 AM): and also, i managed 2 convince u 2 create a section just 4 me
ShkenBlke2 (2:10:34 AM): now th@ says sumthin

Watch
ShkenBlke2 (2:38:27 AM): on th@ not though
ShkenBlke2 (2:38:31 AM): i think im goin 2 bed
Skier Wysz (2:38:58 AM): ok that's a good not to end on
ShkenBlke2 (2:39:56 AM): shut up
ShkenBlke2 (2:39:59 AM): haha
ShkenBlke2 (2:40:05 AM): cant blog th@
ShkenBlke2 (2:40:09 AM): cause u closed it 4 the nite
ShkenBlke2 (2:40:10 AM): loser
Skier Wysz (2:40:21 AM): i closed it, i can open it
Skier Wysz (2:40:23 AM): watch

Comcast DVR
anthonut (6:35:00 PM): I just looked at the guide I received, talking about fast forwarding it says, "Tip: You can only fast forward up to the point of the live broadcast - in other words, you can't fast forward ahead of live tv."

The People Have Spoke
ShkenBlke2 (2:00:59 AM): u also need 2 update teh Blake section ur HOTW
ShkenBlke2 (2:01:08 AM): ud get a lot more web traffic if u did
Skier Wysz (2:02:46 AM): haha
ShkenBlke2 (2:03:09 AM): wh@?
ShkenBlke2 (2:03:12 AM): its true
ShkenBlke2 (2:03:22 AM): the people have spoke
ShkenBlke2 (2:03:26 AM): and they want more blake
Skier Wysz (2:03:45 AM): everyone just reads the blog
Skier Wysz (2:03:49 AM): nobody goes to my other pages
Skier Wysz (2:04:01 AM): dont worry, you're on the most important part
ShkenBlke2 (2:04:29 AM): so mayb u should get more people away from ur blog so they realize ur other talents
ShkenBlke2 (2:04:41 AM): i think a good way would b 2 update the blake section
ShkenBlke2 (2:04:46 AM): and make it much more prominent
ShkenBlke2 (2:04:48 AM): on ur page
Skier Wysz (2:04:49 AM): THIS IS STILL MY WEBSITE
Skier Wysz (2:04:55 AM): YOU CAN'T CONTROL ME
ShkenBlke2 (2:04:55 AM): simple
ShkenBlke2 (2:05:03 AM): mikey
ShkenBlke2 (2:05:06 AM): we all control u
Skier Wysz (2:05:16 AM): this is true.
ShkenBlke2 (2:05:26 AM): im the only one th@ has control over my own blog
ShkenBlke2 (2:05:30 AM): b/c most people dont read it
ShkenBlke2 (2:05:41 AM): and apparently those few th@ do dont really care too much
ShkenBlke2 (2:05:52 AM): its bitter sweet really
ShkenBlke2 (2:05:55 AM): i control it all
ShkenBlke2 (2:06:01 AM): but no one cares

From The Apple Store Towson Town Center
Customer: (Looking at iBook) Is that a computer?
Employee: Yes. This is the Apple Store. We sell Apple computers.

Two minutes later...

Employee: This is an Airport Express, which allows you to go on the Internet wirelessly.
Same Customer Who Asked If The iBook Was A Computer: Oh, 802.11?

What Could It Be?
Pez Man40 (1:22:15 AM): so yea
Pez Man40 (1:22:26 AM): Mikey's present = super awesome
Skier Wysz (1:22:56 AM): stop it
Skier Wysz (1:23:00 AM): it is probably a dvd
Skier Wysz (1:23:08 AM): of either triumph or homestar
Skier Wysz (1:23:14 AM): that is what it is
Skier Wysz (1:23:16 AM): it is one of those
Pez Man40 (1:23:17 AM): i am sooooo much better than that
Skier Wysz (1:23:28 AM): no, it is one of those two
Skier Wysz (1:23:31 AM): that is what you got me
Pez Man40 (1:23:32 AM): nooooooo
Skier Wysz (1:23:35 AM): yes
Pez Man40 (1:23:39 AM): no it is not
Skier Wysz (1:23:44 AM): what else is there
Pez Man40 (1:23:53 AM): i SWEAR it is not
Skier Wysz (1:24:21 AM): ugh
Skier Wysz (1:24:25 AM): this is going to bother me
Pez Man40 (1:24:29 AM): i know
Skier Wysz (1:24:31 AM): now i really want to know
Pez Man40 (1:24:34 AM): i know
Skier Wysz (1:24:36 AM): i hate you so much
Pez Man40 (1:24:36 AM): hahaha
Pez Man40 (1:24:40 AM): is this blog worthy
Pez Man40 (1:24:45 AM): cuz that is my goal
Skier Wysz (1:24:49 AM): no this is just sad for me
Pez Man40 (1:24:58 AM): to annoy and get on the blog
Skier Wysz (1:25:03 AM): fine
Pez Man40 (1:25:07 AM): so i feel i am accomplishing both right now
Skier Wysz (1:25:15 AM): yes
Pez Man40 (1:27:19 AM): YEA
Pez Man40 (1:28:14 AM): i love pissing you off sometimes
Skier Wysz (1:28:53 AM): i know
Pez Man40 (1:29:46 AM): is it up
Pez Man40 (1:29:57 AM): i want to read
Skier Wysz (1:30:22 AM): want to read what
Pez Man40 (1:31:09 AM): the blog
Pez Man40 (1:31:13 AM): i am getting blog right
Pez Man40 (1:31:23 AM): ted = awesome blog entries
Pez Man40 (1:31:41 AM): MAKE ME THE CENTER OF ATTENTION
Pez Man40 (1:31:45 AM): MAKE ME LIKE BLAKE

I Guess I Could Just Blog Blake and Ted All Night Instead of Sleeping
After sending Ted a paper I wrote:

Pez Man40 (2:07:23 AM): so now i have your social security number
Pez Man40 (2:07:27 AM): I AM STEALING YOUR IDENTITY
Pez Man40 (2:07:32 AM): YES
Pez Man40 (2:07:53 AM): I AM NOW GOING TO BECOME THE WYSZ
Skier Wysz (2:08:00 AM): you have my ssn?
Pez Man40 (2:08:11 AM): hold on wait
Pez Man40 (2:08:12 AM): no
Pez Man40 (2:08:15 AM): no it is not
Skier Wysz (2:08:19 AM): that is the course number you idiot
Pez Man40 (2:08:24 AM): got excited over nothing like usual
Skier Wysz (2:08:28 AM): haha
Skier Wysz (2:08:32 AM): you are such a little kid
Skier Wysz (2:08:35 AM): that's why we love you
Pez Man40 (2:08:35 AM): i know
Skier Wysz (2:08:37 AM): you are too cute

Saturday, November 13, 2004

You Know You're At The 24-hour Mark When...
You try to unlock your apartment building with your car remote, laugh at yourself, and then do the same thing two minutes later with your apartment door.

I'm back from my film shoot. 800 feet in the can. Now I can only wait. Perhaps sleep will help pass the time.

"Cheap as Free!"
My coffee was free at Wawa this morning. Nice surprise.

One Step Closer To Attaining The Independent Functionality Of A Normal Human Being
I drove from my apartment to home, and from home to my apartment without the navigational aid of anyone else or a GPS system.

Isaac, 6:33 AM:
"The shoot went smoothly."

Friday, November 12, 2004

Today, We Film.
Blender test results:
1. Blender works
2. Ingredient measurements are correct
3. Strawberries are NOT in season.

Thursday, November 11, 2004

That's A New One
Leaving my apartment tonight to go to Wawa, I closed the door on my shoelace. I didn't want to unlock the door just for a shoelace, so I pulled it out, causing my shoe to become untied. I then had to tie my shoe in the smelly hallway. I estimate I was inconvenienced for about nine seconds because of this incident.

My Wawa order:
Italian hoagie: LTO, mayo
Pepsi: 12 oz. can
Doughnut: Chocolate frosted
Coffee: A delicate 20 oz. blend of Dark Roast and French Vanilla cappuccino.

I also got gas and hit the surcharge-free ATM. Gotta have Wawa.

Getting Ready For Tomorrow...
Consider the following:
Do you prefer humanity or inhumanity?
If you could be awesome or super-cool, but not both, which would you choose?

Verizon DSL Sucks (In Baltimore)
For the past several days, our modem has been resetting itself about 100 times a day, sometimes at the rate of about once per minute. Today, I had to give up on a 2 GB FTP transfer after only 8 megs, and after losing my connection twice, gave up on a video chat with Ted as well.

Next week, or whenever I get some free time, I will isolate the problem so I can call Verizon. Of course, my experience with them will be documented here whether you like it or not. If things don't go well with Verizon, we may switch to Comcast, although we'll have to do it under Bill's name since I've had prior negative dealings with them in Baltimore. Also, Eh, Steve and Zach didn't experience a very smooth installation.

Not that I'm knocking Verizon or Comcast in general; it all comes down to your local contractors. We have Comcast Internet and Verizon telephone back at home, and no complaints.

I Love Having A Bike
I got back to my apartment soooo much faster than that girl on crutches.

'Tis.
eightman1984 (4:46:17 PM): i really hope your not putting this conversation on the internet
Skier Wysz (4:46:32 PM): umm
eightman1984 (4:46:54 PM): nah i don't care, in fact I hope its on the internet
Skier Wysz (4:47:01 PM): well, it is.

"The next person who talks will get a zero for their class participation grade."
Same T.A. as the first post. First of all, the quote is pretty funny because it contradicts itself. She said this while absolutely nothing was happening in class. The professor was off to the side talking to someone, and the lecture hadn't even started.

I want to know how a student in this class has a chance of getting more than a zero anyway, considering neither the T.A.'s nor the professor know our names.

I don't even agree with the idea of a class participation grade in most cases. Mine was never good for any class. A lot of students with good participation grades sure talk a lot, but (you know where I'm going with this) don't say anything.

T.A. For One Of My Classes:
"Who here didn't get my email?"

[Half of the students, about 20 in number, raise their hands.]

"Did you put your correct addresses on the sheet?"

[Class nods, answering the stupid question.]

"Did you get the previous emails?"

[Class nods.]

"Well, then obviously the addresses were correct, and something is wrong with your inboxes."

Yes, this makes perfect sense. You sent an email and twenty people didn't get it. The problem must be on their end, and have something to do with their "inboxes."

John Gets Desperate
eightman1984 (4:32:57 PM): i saw a dinosaur at the library
Skier Wysz (4:33:07 PM): this is good news
eightman1984 (4:33:33 PM): yes, i discussed with him the possibilty of eating school, but he wasn't up to the task
Skier Wysz (4:34:28 PM): did you offer compensation for his services?
eightman1984 (4:34:37 PM): yes, I offered him candy
Skier Wysz (4:34:55 PM): yeah, um dinosaurs like to eat things like trees or other dinosaurs
Skier Wysz (4:34:58 PM): not candy
eightman1984 (4:35:10 PM): ok, that was my problem
eightman1984 (4:35:28 PM): in case you couldn't tell, I'm almost completly insane from studying right now
Skier Wysz (4:38:46 PM): that sucks
eightman1984 (4:43:29 PM): I wonder how much a dinosaur knows about russian government
Skier Wysz (4:44:27 PM): probably not much; you shouldn't have the dinosaur take your exam for you if that's what you were thinking.
eightman1984 (4:44:52 PM): well, maybe he could eat my professor

Confession
Okay, I admit it. I'm on that Facebook thing. Meghan told me to participate, and I do what I'm told. I also registered to prevent a false registration under my name, which would be easy to do with JHEM's email alias feature.

Since I registered reluctantly, I figured I could still fight the system by refusing to be "friends" with anyone from JHU. Well, some fellow sent me a request, and I noticed that he was from my high school, so I accepted him. I accept everyone who requests, because who wants to hurt someone's feelings on some silly website? Unfortunately, as soon as I confirmed our friendship, I saw that he actually goes to JHU. All hope was not lost, however, as I justified it by telling myself that it is still funny to have him as my only friend at Hopkins, because I don't believe I've ever met him.

The funny thing about Thefacebook is that people on it have a very broad definition of "friend," that includes "anyone who is of a similar species." I've had requests from people I've never seen, people I've never talked to, and people I haven't spoken to since sometime before high school graduation. Of course, I accepted them all.

If you don't have an account and want to see what Thefacebook looks like without registering, look at my profile. If you go to JHU, no offense, but please don't bother requesting "friendship." It's for a joke, remember. Support the good cause of humor. However, if you are not a JHU student, feel free to send me a request. I will accept even if I don't know you, because that's how Thefacebook works.

This entry is in the "Quotes" category because I noticed the subject lines of some of my messages were pretty funny:

Sarah Griffith
financing carpet problem
7:04pm 11.11.04

John Young
Civil Unrest in French Indo-China
8:45am 11.05.04

John Young
Dilemmas of International Trade
10:46am 10.29.04

John Young
The Ottoman Empire

Drunk Kangaroo
The feeling of being beat to market by days is an interesting one — imagine being punched in the face by a drunk kangaroo then finding five dollars while lying on the floor, a simultaneously crushing but ultimately inspiring experience. "That should have been us," we lamented, "but at least we have some cool stuff they don't!"

- Excerpt from "The True Story of Audion" written by Cabel Sasser of Panic. If you're an Apple nerd (especially a developer) you may find it interesting.

My Dad
"I am apparently a celebrity on the Philadelphia social scene."

Wednesday, November 10, 2004

Concert Announcement
As a "thank-you" to the Vocal Chords, I am plugging their Fall Concert:

Time: 7 PM Saturday, November 13th
Place: Bloomberg Auditorium


Coming from out of town?
The Bloomberg Auditorium is located in the Cheung Kong Center at 2 Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong.

Night at the Mall
Apple Store:
30-inch Cinema HD Display has arrived! It is huge. You won't even need Exposé with this thing. And some people bought two?

The iPod Photo still isn't hooked up to a computer. They would probably sell more if people could see the actual workflow. Not a big deal; they'll sell a zillion of them anyway.

The Motion installation was screwed up on the demo computer, so none of the templates worked and I couldn't play around too much. I'll check back on this later.

Cell Phone Kiosk
Why were there 5 employees working at one little booth?

Sunglass Hut
It was dark out, but I got a pair anyway in case the sun comes out tomorrow. Rays will be banned from my eyes again!

Hallmark
I'm glad I didn't have to explain the logic behind my purchase.

Word That Looks Misspelled If You Look At It Long Enough
First.

Should have posted this on the first day of classes, but...
If I had a nickel for every time a professor told me that his or her class was different than any class I had taken before because it would make me "think," then I'd be good for a day of legally parking at a meter.

Sometimes I Wonder About This Country
Someone just called and asked for "The." (pronounced "tea") When I confirmed that this was I, he told me that I have been approved for a $3,000 government grant that doesn't have to be paid back. I wanted to find out what the catch was, but he wanted to verify my information before giving any details, so I hung up. I don't know if it's awesome or sad that the government wants to give $3,000 to someone named "The Wysz."

Bad Way to Start the Day
Riding all the way to campus, parking your bike, and then realizing that you have to turn right around and miss class because you are in Baltimore, and you left your bike lock in the apartment.

Unbelievable
Skier Wysz (11:42:40 PM): did you seriously just call them tennis shoes
Skier Wysz (11:42:44 PM): they are sneakers
Skier Wysz (11:43:05 PM): unless they were specifically designed for tennis, they are sneakers.
Reneelet (11:43:14 PM): excuse me. i dont wear flat shoes
Skier Wysz (11:43:38 PM): you are from pennsylvania aren't you
Reneelet (11:43:46 PM): yes...
Skier Wysz (11:44:13 PM): you are the only person i know who is from pa, and has never been to a wawa, and calls sneakers "tennis shoes." do you know what a hoagie is?
Reneelet (11:44:28 PM): lol
Reneelet (11:44:31 PM): you said hoagie
Reneelet (11:44:38 PM): in Pennsylvania, where we're from
Skier Wysz (11:44:39 PM): i give up
Reneelet (11:44:40 PM): we call it a sub
Skier Wysz (11:44:47 PM): you disgust me
Skier Wysz (11:44:54 PM): this conversation is over
Skier Wysz (11:45:18 PM): besides you are monopolizing the blog as it is
Reneelet (11:45:29 PM): its not my fault ppl dont talk to you

Remember This Poll?
Reneelet (11:25:26 PM): research shows that people like windows
Skier Wysz (11:25:42 PM): research shows that i'm awesome
Reneelet (11:25:55 PM): i'd like to see those figures when you've got a chance
Skier Wysz (11:26:14 PM): http://homepage.mac.com/wysz/awesome.gif
Skier Wysz (11:26:28 PM): betcha weren't expecting that
Reneelet (11:26:47 PM): your sample size discredits your results
Skier Wysz (11:27:02 PM): i go for quality, not quantity
Reneelet (11:27:34 PM): you cant have quality results without a large sample
Reneelet (11:27:51 PM): there's too much margin for error
Reneelet (11:28:00 PM): you need a sample size of at least 30
Reneelet (11:28:18 PM): and you have to poll random ppl, not ppl who already visit your website
Skier Wysz (11:28:55 PM): and you have to stop typing "ppl" like you're in middle school, or blake

I Blame The Schools
Skier Wysz (1:17:45 AM): i see
Skier Wysz (1:19:55 AM): what's new with you
ShkenBlke2 (1:20:04 AM): nm
ShkenBlke2 (1:20:09 AM): i hav finals nxt week
ShkenBlke2 (1:20:16 AM): not really lookin fwd 2 them
Skier Wysz (1:21:20 AM): i dont blame you
Skier Wysz (1:21:31 AM): i blame the schools
ShkenBlke2 (1:21:36 AM): haha
ShkenBlke2 (1:21:37 AM): yeah
ShkenBlke2 (1:21:38 AM): schools
ShkenBlke2 (1:21:45 AM): plus they r gonna b hard
Skier Wysz (1:22:23 AM): plus i am gonna be awesome
ShkenBlke2 (1:22:29 AM): haha
ShkenBlke2 (1:22:38 AM): ur always awesome mikey
Skier Wysz (1:22:44 AM): thank you blakey

I Do What I'm Told
Skier Wysz (11:30:31 PM): you made the blog btw
Renee Letarte, budding attorney who took the corporate client to his first networking reception (11:30:38 PM): yeah i figured
Skier Wysz (11:30:50 PM): this is an honor you know
Renee Letarte, budding attorney who took the corporate client to his first networking reception (11:31:26 PM): change my screen name to: Renee Letarte, budding attorney who took the corporate client to his first networking reception

Learning Isn't Fun
eightman1984 (1:34:23 PM): ugh i hate learning
Skier Wysz (1:35:54 PM): yeah it is not fun
Skier Wysz (1:36:03 PM): or delicious
Skier Wysz (1:36:07 PM): i like candy soooooooo much better than learning
eightman1984 (1:36:11 PM): yeah I agree
Skier Wysz (1:36:20 PM): or a hoagie
eightman1984 (1:36:20 PM): what about learning about candy
Skier Wysz (1:36:32 PM): no, that's still learning
Skier Wysz (1:36:46 PM): it's like when you think you're gonna study something really cool, like spaceships
eightman1984 (1:36:52 PM): next semester I have class from 9am till 4pm on wenesday
Skier Wysz (1:36:55 PM): and it turns out to just be a bunch of math and chemistry
Skier Wysz (1:36:58 PM): wow.
Skier Wysz (1:37:00 PM): in what
eightman1984 (1:37:12 PM): everything
Skier Wysz (1:37:39 PM): no seriously what is it
eightman1984 (1:37:56 PM): its not one class
eightman1984 (1:38:04 PM): its like 5 classes, back to back
Skier Wysz (1:38:08 PM): oh oh ok
Skier Wysz (1:38:13 PM): that sucks
Skier Wysz (1:38:25 PM): you will not like wednesdays
eightman1984 (1:38:46 PM): yeah
eightman1984 (1:38:53 PM): I don't know if this is a good idea
eightman1984 (1:39:39 PM): ugh I can't change it either
eightman1984 (1:40:45 PM): i hate school, i wish a dinosaur would eat it
Skier Wysz (1:41:36 PM): what i wouldn't give for that to happen...
eightman1984 (1:41:51 PM): yeah...we can dream

Re: Cheung Kong Center
Stowington (1:45:51 AM): "Cheung" had better not meant "King"

Once Again, Control Of My Blog Has Been Taken Over By My Readers
Reneelet (11:35:30 PM): Woah!
Reneelet (11:35:31 PM): Hey buddy
Reneelet (11:35:38 PM): it was not zach who dragged you to the party
Reneelet (11:35:39 PM): it was me
Reneelet (11:35:57 PM): Who is the one who ran all the way across the Freshman Quad in high heels for you?
Reneelet (11:36:00 PM): Zach?
Reneelet (11:36:00 PM): no
Reneelet (11:36:05 PM): zach ran in tennis shoes
Reneelet (11:36:09 PM): I ran in high heels
Skier Wysz (11:36:09 PM): hmm
Skier Wysz (11:36:25 PM): but you two just took me to bill/omar/john/zach's suite
Reneelet (11:36:25 PM): and who's the one who got some random guy to unlock Building B for us?
Reneelet (11:36:31 PM): Do you think it was Zach?
Skier Wysz (11:36:34 PM): wasn't it zach who took me to the party?
Reneelet (11:36:37 PM): Do you think Zach attracted random guys
Reneelet (11:36:41 PM): No. That was me too
Skier Wysz (11:36:43 PM): he could have
Reneelet (11:36:56 PM): and who's the one who knocked on random "Michael's" doors in Building B
Reneelet (11:36:57 PM): ?
Reneelet (11:37:09 PM): Who knocked on random Michael doors for you?
Reneelet (11:37:13 PM): That was me too.
Skier Wysz (11:37:35 PM): ok fine would you like me to post this
Skier Wysz (11:37:42 PM): as your rebuttal
Skier Wysz (11:37:47 PM): or letter to the editor?
Reneelet (11:38:09 PM): if you want, but mostly I want you to remove that it was zach who brought you to the frat party
Reneelet (11:38:13 PM): because it wasnt
Reneelet (11:38:14 PM): it was me
Reneelet (11:38:28 PM): it was even my idea!

Somebody Please Translate:
Skier Wysz (1:38:22 AM): later duder
ShkenBlke2 (1:38:32 AM): prsd
ShkenBlke2 (1:38:45 AM): ok, th@ esd duppidr 3 b prsvr
ShkenBlke2 (1:38:47 AM): peace
ShkenBlke2 (1:38:49 AM): ugh
ShkenBlke2 (1:39:00 AM): teds viurs has ingected me
ShkenBlke2 (1:39:03 AM): infected
ShkenBlke2 (1:39:07 AM): virus

How Many More Weeks of This Window-Replacing Morning Banging?
Stowington (2:03:47 AM): they haven't replaced my windows yet
Stowington (2:03:50 AM): I could be getting lead poisoning
Skier Wysz (2:04:28 AM): don't lick the walls/windows and you should be fine
Stowington (2:04:38 AM): oh good call
Stowington (2:04:48 AM): I thought they tasted a little off

Stop The Assault!
ShkenBlke2 (12:30:36 AM): so, changes the order of ur links on HOTW has kinda thrown me off
ShkenBlke2 (12:30:51 AM): i keep almost clicking on "Old Blog" all the time now
Skier Wysz (12:32:07 AM): haha i moved it to the top for you
ShkenBlke2 (12:32:21 AM): well im not used 2 it
Skier Wysz (12:32:35 AM): you're the one who requested a link at the top when i had the old one
ShkenBlke2 (12:32:41 AM): i did?
ShkenBlke2 (12:32:48 AM): hmmm
Skier Wysz (12:32:55 AM): yes, that's why it was called "blog link for lazy people like blake"
Skier Wysz (12:33:11 AM): http://homepage.mac.com/wysz/index_old.html
ShkenBlke2 (12:34:56 AM): and i dont write people as ppl
ShkenBlke2 (12:35:13 AM): stop assaulting my online lingo

Tuesday, November 09, 2004

1st in a Series of Awesome
I've started a new category for this blog to follow the 2004-2005 VU Commodores Men's Basketball Season, focusing on #54 AKA Ted Skuchas with a few upward glances at Dawid Przybyszewski. I don't know anything about sports, this is the only team I have ever "followed," and I use the term loosely. Here goes the first update:

Ted had his first game yesterday and won. His comments on the game: "Sloppy but good."

Film Fakers
Full episodes of Film Fakers are available here. I haven't seen them yet, (I have class in 15 minutes) but the premise is great: Take a few unsuspecting (and desperate) actors, cast them in a ridiculous film, and capture the results with TV cameras. Should be hilarious.

Film Fakers airs Wednesday nights at 10 on AMC.

Happy Birthday Elise
It's Elise's 21st birthday today. I have a few partially formed witty comments in my head but I'm not sure which would be appropriate for the blog. Make your own jokes.

Should I Call The Cops?
I just passed a JHU security vehicle with a dead headlight and taillight.

Sniff
When changing the bag, why do I always smell the inside of the trash can to see if it smells bad before spraying it with Lysol? Why can't I just skip the smell, and spray it just to be safe? It's not like our trash consists mainly of potpourri and breath mints.

Verizon DSL Sucks.
Verizon DSL Sucks.

The System is Down. Again.
The elevator is out of service again for the 18th time since I've had this apartment. I suppose it was rather silly of me to expect that last repair to last an entire week.

ATTN: People Who Are Still Commenting On The Election In Their Blogs
The election was a week ago. Move on.

Hey, Internet, Thanks For Nothing!
I went to Wawa tonight, leaving an away message up asking for people to call me and remind me to get milk. Guess what? Nobody called, and now I have Bill's five bucks but no milks. I also asked in my away message for someone to at least leave me an IM if they didn't feel like calling. I didn't get any of those either. Yes, I know it was a desperate and needy away message, but I put it up and still got nothing. I'm a big fat loser without the big and fat, so I'm not even that. I'm just a loser.

On second thought, why am I complaining about getting five bucks?

Monday, November 08, 2004

What's My Most Awesome Quality?
I'd have to say my awesomeness.

I'm Domesticated
I have my own Giant Bonus Card. Ugh, I hate those things, but not having one was really costing me. And why were they playing Christmas music in there today? It's November 8th. Now I'm out 10 bucks because I was in the mood for some holiday tunes.

At least I got to use the self-checkout thing. Barcode scanning should be a national sport.

Zachary Hutzayluk Is A Bad Person
He violated the terms of our agreement to not show anyone else my elevator joke if I demonstrated it for him. Give him mean looks.

Attention People Who Still Have Campaign 2004 Material On Display:
The election was last Tuesday. Stop living in the past. You lost. Or won. Get over it.

20 Minute Reversal
Pez Man40 (10:51:08 PM): I don't like you anynmore
Skier Wysz (10:51:29 PM): anynmore?
Pez Man40 (10:51:35 PM): any more
Pez Man40 (10:51:40 PM): we are through

[about 20 minutes later...]

Pez Man40 (11:10:36 PM): i love you mike

Correction
Skier Wysz (6:03:59 PM): i don't like you
iccarus906 (6:04:05 PM): thats not a nice thing to say
Skier Wysz (6:04:15 PM): well you aren't very nice
iccarus906 (6:04:22 PM): when wasn't i very nice?
Skier Wysz (6:04:35 PM): when you SHOWED BILL THE ELEVATOR JOKE
iccarus906 (6:04:39 PM): you told me to
iccarus906 (6:04:50 PM): you said "just make sure you give the wysz credit"
Skier Wysz (6:04:58 PM): oh, umm
Skier Wysz (6:05:00 PM): uh
Skier Wysz (6:05:05 PM): whooops
iccarus906 (6:05:06 PM): haha
Skier Wysz (6:05:15 PM): disregard any angry messages you receive from my readers

Aquafina Tastes Like Metals
Reneelet (12:19:26 PM): if you cant taste differences between bottled water, you are crazy
Skier Wysz (12:19:41 PM): i dont like bottled water
Reneelet (12:19:41 PM): but the girl who preferred Aquafina is the craziest
Reneelet (12:20:16 PM): Aquafina tastes like metals

So this is what it's like to quote an iChat transcript
AIM IM with Skip Haughay
12:10 PM
the internet suddenly got a bit dorkier. I sensed it. And then looked to my buddy list, and lo and behold, you were there.

Sunday, November 07, 2004

Shout out to "Ted's Courtney"
Holla back.

Actual Names v.JHU
Best Worst Last Name: Butt

Best First Name That Can't Possibly Be Her Real Name: Mohak

Most Pathetically Common Name With A Pretty Funny Connotation If You Went To GA And Knew Of "Juicy": Chris Smith

Is this thing on?
Check.

Saturday, November 06, 2004

A Day In Bucks County
I went to the Carversville General Store today for lunch, and I saw a father come in with his daughter, who couldn't have been more than seven years old. They went to the refrigerator, and the father asked his daughter which brand of bottled water she wanted. She gave her answer (Aquafina) very confidently, as if she knew it was her favorite water. The really odd thing is that I looked over the selections and wondered why she didn't go with Poland Spring. I have no preference, actually I don't really like bottled water, but I think it was something about the label that made it look better.

Friday, November 05, 2004

"Cars" Teaser Released!
The teaser trailer for the final Disney/Pixar film, called "Cars," is now available online. It looks like it will be great. I'm not terribly excited about The Incredibles (although I haven't seen it yet), but I'm glad to know that there is another hit coming in less than a year.

The Incredibles
I saw The Incredibles tonight, and it is pretty good. It is a lot different than previous Pixar films, as all the characters were (super)human. There are guns, and even death. But I'm not saying that it isn't a kids movie or that these differences really stand out. It was just something I noticed. Overall, the movie is very entertaining, and the story explains why Pixar has a perfect track record with its films. Of course, the animation is "incredible" and has the distinct Pixar style. Pixar's films don't feel like computer animated films; I think they are more like 3D versions of classic American animation—if that makes any sense.

The reason I wanted to blog The Incredibles was because I'm pretty sure that the change-over cues were the "Incredibles" symbol instead of the usual circle. It looks like a lowercase "I" in an oval. If a projectionist out there can confirm or deny this, please email me.

Oh, and PS- I'm blogging from home. Hope this works.

Factual Inaccuracies? Oh, no!
Don't ask me what I was doing on MSN, but I checked out their review of The Incredibles, and they use a Tracie Cooper review from All Movie Guide which claims that Samuel L. Jackson plays "Frozon," Mr. Incredible's "arch-nemesis." Just change that to "Frozone" and "best friend," and you have a more accurate review.

Actually, there are a couple other inaccuracies in the review (Witness instead of Superhero protection, the whole daughter dating thing); perhaps it was written before some story modifications. Who knows.

I guess this is just my awkward way of taking a stab at Microsoft when I should be sleeping.

/.
Finally. While I'm not sure if this technically counts as being Slashdotted, since the entry isn't about my site, you can still get to Home of the Wysz by clicking on my name.

Big Fat Zero
My petition, hosted for free by PetitionOnline.com, had 305 signatures as of this morning. Now, it displays a total of 0 signatures. I've already sent them a message via the technical support form, but I wonder if they will be able to recover the signatures. I hope they at least get back to me.

If anyone knows where I can find an archive of these signatures (I can't seem to do it through Google's cache and it's not on Archive.org), please let me know.

Never mind.
My petition is back. Thank you, PetitionOnline.com. Time to make a local copy.

The Wysz Does Not Condone Computer Violence
From:
John Young

To:
Michael Wyszomierski

Subject:
Civil Unrest in French Indo-China

Message:
my computer is broken again. I turned it off, and now it won't even turn on. So i punched it. I think this made the problem worse.

Duh
anthonut (1:33:21 PM): ahh, sweet sweet episode 3 trailer
anthonut (1:33:45 PM): life is worth living until May 19th, hehehe
Skier Wysz (1:37:28 PM): oh and the cars trailer is out
Skier Wysz (1:37:40 PM): in case you didn't see that on slashdot
Skier Wysz (1:42:33 PM): (ahem, look at slashdot)
anthonut (1:45:58 PM): I read that it was out. I need to see that as well.
Skier Wysz (1:46:59 PM): haha yes, but look at slashdot
anthonut (1:47:35 PM): are you michael?
Skier Wysz (1:47:49 PM): no, that's a slashdot guy, but i'm michael wyszomierski
anthonut (1:47:54 PM): Oh, there is your name, duh!

Thursday, November 04, 2004

Silly Light
I go in the back door of our apartment building because I have a bike, and above the door is one of those motion-activated lights. The funny thing is, it is normally on, but turns off when I approach.

Well-Prepared
A few minutes before our exam started, I heard a motor grinding. I looked down to the front of the room, and one student was sharpening his pencils (very thoroughly) with a full-sized electric pencil sharpener. It was like a real-life Mr. Bean sketch. Who carries a pencil sharpener with them? I don't even think I have a pencil sharpener.

Holiday Safety Tips vol. 1
First in a series of five holiday safety bulletins from the JHU Security Department. Stay tuned for more. It's like that SNL skit where the news anchors give teasers about a looming danger in the town, but keep telling viewers to stay tuned for details on how to avoid it, and eventually run out of time without reporting anything helpful.

My Mind Was Blown
My psych professor was talking about how we have "prototypes" for certain objects because of their schemas. He said that we have an idea of what a chair looks like, and what a desk looks like. He then pointed to one of those chairs that also has the little desk thing built in, and asked what that was. A defense mechanism in my brain that prevents me from thinking too hard kicked in, and made me stop paying attention to the rest of the lecture. I ended up with a pretty lousy doodle in my notebook, but at least I didn't walk out with a headache.

PB
While finishing up my photo assignment and studying for two exams, I thought it would be fun to eat some peanut butter. I didn't have anything to put it on, so I just got a spoon and ate it straight from the jar. While I didn't expect it to be "bunches of fun," I still hoped that it would be better than it actually was. It still tasted alright, though, and it was fun covering the inside of my mouth with it.

One of those words that looks and sounds weird after you've read or said it too many times:
Pants.

Quick Thought About the Election
Did either of the campaigns take advantage of the fact that out-of-state college students have a choice of which state to vote in? I could have registered in Maryland, but instead I voted via an absentee ballot in my home state of Pennsylvania. Were voters in this situation encouraged to vote in a swing state if possible, or were they forgotten?

Bicentennial
My previous post was the 200th entry in Wysz's Thoughts v.Awesome. This version has been online since September 12th, 2004, so it's taken less than two months to reach the 200th entry mark. My previous blog, however, reached 300 posts less than a month after its birthday.

More Good News
The RSS feed now displays images and handles links correctly. Please update your aggregator to this subscription: http://homepage.mac.com/wysz/iblog/rss.xml

Good News
I just downloaded iBlog 1.4.1, and .Mac publishing seems to be fixed! Woo-hoo! This should mean more frequent updates... but probably not until next week, because I'm really busy right now. Yep, so busy I've been updating iBlog and writing this entry.

Rain Rain Go Away
Thanks to the rain, I'm now wearing today's 3rd pair of pants.

Even The Wysz Has Typos
Skier Wysz (8:46:46 AM): have fun dsingnhg
Skier Wysz (8:46:49 AM): *singing

Wednesday, November 03, 2004

More Proof That I'm a Geek
I have really odd dreams. Last night, I dreamed that some company, called VR, bought Apple's QuickTime VR technology for about $5 million. I seriously wondered how it would affect me.

In case you don't know what QuickTime VR is, I've posted an example below. If you or your business would like a QuickTime VR file created, contact DVTime Studios.



Update since so many of you asked what to do with the pictures:
Click on the image and drag left and right to pan. Press shift to zoom in, and control to zoom out.

Capitalism
Yesterday, I was kicked out of my apartment at 7:30 AM so they could replace the windows. I couldn't return for six hours, so I spent most of the day on campus. While eating lunch in the cafeteria, a girl from a nearby table came up and asked me, "Can I have some of your napkins?" My napkins? I didn't know that I had any claim to them just by sitting at that table. I considered saying, "no," or even selling them to her, but it was Election Day, a day when all Americans come together and share napkins without need for monetary compensation.

Today, however, is not Election Day, so I tried to sell a Scantron sheet for 5 bucks at my psych exam. Nobody bought it.

I SCANNED a Scantron
I conform pretty well. Even my name has exactly the right number of letters.

Yeah, That Looks Safe

From an Old Hopkins Letter I Found While Cleaning My Room
"You can help us in our research if you take a few minutes to think about your admissions experience at Hopkins. Please share your answers with us by visiting out online survey available at http://www.asqsurvey.com/jhu You will need to enter your personal ID number (XXXXX) as your username and your last name (Wyszomierski) as your password."

Thanks for saving me the time of looking up what my last name is.

Old News From The Slant
When I went to visit Ted, Dawid had saved an issue of The Slant for me. They published a list of search phrases people had entered that lead them to The Slant's website. I would have posted this as soon as I returned, but at that point HOTW had just started its hiatus.

From the Daily Security Report
HERU RESPONSES:


• ROTC Building, Nov. 2, 10:20 pm. Junior undergraduate with tongue injury. No hospital transport was required.

Link

Monday, November 01, 2004

A Big Dorky Nerd's Costume
Here's a picture of Ted (center, no costume) with two friends dressed up for Halloween.

Poor Man's Mod
I got a little carried away with black electrical tape:

Proof That I'm an Idiot
While searching for a parking spot near my apartment, I made a few wrong turns and ended up 71 miles west of Baltimore. No, I am not making this up.

How To Solve The Blinking Light Problem

PSA from The Jolt:


Is this really the message we want to send to the kids? Oh well, get out there and VOTE!

OshKosh B'Gosh
I wore overalls a lot when I was younger. Those button hook things were awesome, and overalls are comfortable. I wonder if I could get away with wearing them at my age without growing a mullet.

Oh well, at least I have my Tyvek suit.

A "Morron"
Pez Man40 (6:37:32 PM): i am a morron

Ted's Away Message Shortly After The "Morron" Quote:
You know what....I really am a bug dork

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