March
31 March 2004
First, let me just say poo on the dulug admins for changing the directory
my web page is housed in, which then caused a bit of a wardrobe
malfunction when I overwrote my actual home page with my blog page in
attempting to fix the dulug thing. Second, I was going to write
about how no
one came to tea today (which I hosted, having made baklava) or about how
I worry that I'm cracking up when I find myself arguing in my head about
my solo gym/dinner plans, but instead I'll give you this short
anecdote from today. Names changed to protect the innocent. ;)
Grad Student: Would you like some gummy bears,
professor?Professor: Sure... Thanks...
Posted at 2026.
30 March 2004
Posted at 2031.
29 March 2004
Posted at 1806.
24 March 2004
Posted at 0830.
23 March 2004
Posted at 2041.
What is it about the Robertson Bus that attracts weirdos? Specifically, what is it that attracts them to talk to me? Joining the weird undergrad who was attempting to get me to join a Kerry rally in Durham last October and the chatty Cypriot nuclear physicist from December is today's stud, the guy who wouldn't stop checking me out. Now, I realize knee-high boots yell "Look at my legs!", but there's a fine line between innocent looking and creepy ogling. Ugh. I need to take a bath now.
Posted at 2044.
22 March 2004
Posted at 1909.
21 March 2004
| Julius Caesar | JJ Redick |
| Born July 13, 100 BC to a patrician family | Born June 24, 1984 to an upper-middle-class family |
| When born, Rome was controlled by corrupt senators motivated by the greed of power. | When born, the US was controlled by the Republicans. |
| Goes by the nickname Caesar | Goes by the nickname JJ |
| Hometown is Rome | Hometown is Roanoke |
| Established a strong position in Greece with Pompey and the Optimates faction in 49BC | Played basketball in Thessaloniki in July of 2003 |
| As praetor, became well-known and feared for his ambition. Because of this, the senate deprived him of a triumph after his command in Spain. | After his freshman season, opposing teams began guarding him behind the arc, thus depriving him of his well-known three-point shots. |
| He joined battle, not only after planning his movements in advance but also on a sudden opportunity, often immediately at the end of a march, and sometimes in the foulest weather, when one would least expect him to make a move. | He easily runs strategy plays and opportunistic ones, often at the buzzer, and in the heaviest of traffic. |
| Was involved with two other men in the First Triumvirate. | Is involved with four other men in the Starting Five. |
| Became the butt of many jokes when it was implied that he got the King of Bithynia to give him a fleet of ships only by sleeping with him. | Became the subject of rumours when an opponent claimed his follow-through is "gay." |
| Killed by a deadly weapon. | A deadly weapon from the three-point line. |
| Was remarkable in his dress in that he wore a senator's tunic and a girdle. | Wears a shirt underneath his jersey. |
| Is said to have been tall of stature, with a fair complexion, shapely limbs, a somewhat full face, and keen black eyes. | 6'4, 195 lbs, dark hair and eyes... Definitely shapely :) |
 |  |
Posted at 1105.
18 March 2004
I was defining eugenics to a TA'ling during office hours today and Carrie
mentioned she saw this program on TV last night about genius sperm. Arum
pulled up a website that was linked to from the genius sperm website,
www.freedonr.com. Some highlights:
Favorite Food: Beef stewDescribe some of your weak sides: Do not relate well to ordinary people.
Why is donor doing this: I derive meaning and happiness from believing that I am making the world a better place.
This guy gives his sperm out for free if you ask. He thinks mixed-race children are "extra-cute." So be sure to e-mail him for his seed and then check out the links to self-insemination websites.
Posted at 1236.
16 March 2004
I was at Top of the
Hill with tonight's AIA
speaker, Hilary, and an
emeritus professor and his wife. After dinner, we realized it was pouring
rain and there was one umbrella among us. The professor offered to get
his car and drive us to the classics building. After we gals went outside
and found the car, we rushed to get in because of the rain. Hilary helped
his wife in, the speaker jumped in, and Hilary quickly tried to squish
into the middle of the backseat to leave room for me to get in after her.
Well, the prof doesn't realize not everyone's in and starts to drive off
leaving me with one foot in the car hopping along after it in the rain.
He stops for a couple seconds, which I assumed was because he noticed I
wasn't in... but then starts rolling again! Finally, Hilary told him to
stop, I jumped in and closed the door, and all was well. The prof
apologized profusely, but I shrugged it off. Jumping in and out of
pickup trucks all summer in Greece taught me well.
Posted at 2200.
14 March 2004
Posted at 2318.
13 March 2004
Went into the city today after a lazy morning of snarfing Entenmann's.
We were unsuccessful at finding a reasonably-priced show to see, so we ate
lunch, saw the Naked Cowboy
in Times Square and a giant
rat on strike near Grand Central, and shopped in SoHo.
Posted at 2230.
12 March 2004
When my mom found out Patrick and I
were driving up to Connecticut to see
Juline's exhibit
opening, she guilted me into driving down to Jersey to see my grandmother.
I only had a few hours, so we mostly just bought a crap-ton of food at Corrado's (does anyone really
need a
$40 chunk of provolone?), buzzed by the Entenmann's outlet store in
Totowa, and picked up some home-made kielbasa at Janek's in Passaic. The
best part of our trip, though, was the stop grandma forced me to make at
the Haband outlet store. You may
recognize Haband clothing from such high-class publications as the coupon
section in your Sunday paper and the back of Parade. *shudder*
Posted at 1430.
11 March 2004
Posted at 0730.
10 March 2004 - Happy Birthday to Me!
|
 This is not me. Just a random kid.
|
Posted at 1321.
8 March 2004
My
birthday's coming up (a.d.
VI id. mart. MMDCCLVII a.u.c.), and when I saw my in-laws
this weekend in
Williamsburg, my mother-in-law gave me this
card. I "sure" am "thankful"
for the "in-laws" I "have".
Posted at 1120.
7 March 2004
I was at a Wedding
Extravaganza this weekend (3 days of schmoozing and
eating, of which we only attended 2) and, at brunch, was sitting next to
one of Carter's
med school friends. We started the traditional "And what
do you do?" interchange, but something miraculous happened. I finally met
a person who always wanted to be an archaeologist! She went on for
minutes about how I'm living her dream and asked in detail exactly what I
do all year. After describing last summer's dig in Crete, she said, "Wow!
I'm starstruck! I feel like I've just met a moviestar!" If only funding
agencies felt about archaeology the way this random med student did.
Posted at 2245.
4 March 2004
Posted at 1644.
Did you know that the Gap discriminates against people with no middle names? They had a sale on letter pins, 3 for $5 or $2 each. Dude, the Man is keeping us innominati down.
Posted at 1328.
3 March 2004
The Magic Monkey made his first ever
appearance in ANTH 10 this afternoon. His lecture was fabu, the students
were engaged, and he was unflappable. Props to the prop!
Posted at 1547.
1 March 2004
Posted at 1722.