tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73583932024-03-13T03:22:38.601-07:00Dodgy PedagogyMy Brain likes to post pictures from teh internets for the win.marchhare14http://www.blogger.com/profile/08368391925219120165noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358393.post-73644639624965230212009-08-24T17:03:00.000-07:002009-08-24T17:04:00.529-07:00Ironic requestStop having babies.marchhare14http://www.blogger.com/profile/08368391925219120165noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358393.post-23209766020448927242009-07-17T00:18:00.000-07:002009-07-17T00:20:23.617-07:00This is why I rarely post anymore.<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WDxjhKGvLME/SmAmHRMNakI/AAAAAAAAAN8/fFcejxEtgTc/s1600-h/128922871816412566.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359325462886443586" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WDxjhKGvLME/SmAmHRMNakI/AAAAAAAAAN8/fFcejxEtgTc/s400/128922871816412566.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WDxjhKGvLME/SmAl6RnBSQI/AAAAAAAAAN0/vG7gqMb-anQ/s1600-h/128922871816412566.jpg"></a><br /><br /><div></div></div>marchhare14http://www.blogger.com/profile/08368391925219120165noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358393.post-83688659920610019232009-06-13T10:15:00.000-07:002009-06-13T10:50:33.846-07:00P.J. or Paige?It's impossible right now to know whether we're going to call her P.J. or Paige more often when she gets older. She seems like a P.J. to me at the moment, which is to say that she's starting to develop a rudimentary personality. She smiles at me if I tickle her, change her diaper, or talk to her about baseball statistics. The reward/pain meter regarding being a dad is starting to slowly move toward the reward side of things. The smiles and funny noises she makes are getting more interesting and you can start to see myself and Sarah in her actions. Enough of the new dad stuff. <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WDxjhKGvLME/SjPkIK4SFcI/AAAAAAAAANU/_oNtxAxkKkw/s1600-h/thom-yorke-harvey-200a-082908mb.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346868011629417922" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WDxjhKGvLME/SjPkIK4SFcI/AAAAAAAAANU/_oNtxAxkKkw/s320/thom-yorke-harvey-200a-082908mb.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><em>Maybe she'll do a duet with Thom Yorke someday. If I'm lucky.</em><br /><div><div><br /><div>The Lakers continue to win, but I have come to realize that this is one of those championships that people want to reject as being bogus. They say that the Magic are not a true opponent. They say that the Lakers have all the talent. They say, quite interestingly, that the Lakers aren't really that good and wouldn't have won a championship during a normal year. I say shut the hell up and accept the fact that the Lakers are going to get another championship. I know it's hard for all you fans of lame teams out there, but it just makes you look petty when you try to devalue this championship just because you hate Kobe.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WDxjhKGvLME/SjPkznufwAI/AAAAAAAAANc/nvkM-v1lZ2Q/s1600-h/kobe.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346868758107373570" style="WIDTH: 206px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WDxjhKGvLME/SjPkznufwAI/AAAAAAAAANc/nvkM-v1lZ2Q/s320/kobe.bmp" border="0" /></a></div><div><em>He doesn't like you either.</em></div><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WDxjhKGvLME/SjPlNrbX4QI/AAAAAAAAANk/lF7g2XpTwdo/s1600-h/pokemons.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346869205777506562" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 256px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WDxjhKGvLME/SjPlNrbX4QI/AAAAAAAAANk/lF7g2XpTwdo/s320/pokemons.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><em>Sarah is trying to tell me that Pokemon is stupid. I say she's stupid!<br /></em><br />Anyway, I'm playing a lot of video games still, which I didn't thing would be the case with a baby, but it's not like I'm holding Paige every second of the day. I like calming her down, maybe playing some guitar and singing for her, and then when she's sleepy, I get to play games! It's working out really well. I like spending time with P.J. but I get to play Fallout 3 too! I've destroyed that game. I went in and out of every crevice of this game. I really pounded it and found all the right angles. This sounds dirty.<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WDxjhKGvLME/SjPmrtGUE5I/AAAAAAAAANs/-tSignPh70I/s1600-h/xbox_live_baby.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346870821133751186" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WDxjhKGvLME/SjPmrtGUE5I/AAAAAAAAANs/-tSignPh70I/s320/xbox_live_baby.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div>Always Sunny in Philadelphia is an incredibly funny show. New obsession for me, yippee.</div></div></div>marchhare14http://www.blogger.com/profile/08368391925219120165noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358393.post-80538696371279339982009-06-01T22:00:00.001-07:002009-06-01T22:13:12.478-07:00Time is shortI feel like I should post here more often but my time feels very compacted right now. All of the little units go by so quickly and I'm doing so much more that I feel like everything is just flying by. Sitting down is no longer such a passive activity. There's no way to relax when you know you could be getting up any second. It's even worse for Sarah. I still get some alone time at night to play video games or watch baseball or some nonsense until I go to sleep. She gets almost no time to herself on weekdays except for parts of the afternoon and evening. We're both really tired. But this is EXACTLY what I expected. She cries a lot. She poops herself a lot (the baby, not Sarah). She eats. Repeat cycle. She also goes through a nice amount of diapers and laundry. I'm not surprised about one bit of this, I guess it's as good of an excuse as any, however, to not keep up with my online journal.<br /><br />The results of the semi-finals in the NBA playoffs were fairly satisfactory. My beloved Lakers and Pau Gasol made it to the NBA finals. The Cavs didn't. We can stop the Kobe/Lebron argument until the latter wins a championship. Those puppets were funny and all, but it was pretty disrespectful to the Nuggets and Magic - and look at the Magic now! But this is a team that beat the Lakers twice in the regular season in two tries, so it's not like this is any better than going up against Cleveland, who the Lakers dominated in the regular season. I do, however, think that the Lakers size, which is considerable with three 7 footers on the front line, matches up better with the Magic. I see a lot of Howard dunks on Gasol and Bynum though. I mean, I can see them in my mind right now and it's pissing me off. I wonder if they'll have Odom start and guard Turgolu or if they'll play Ariza on him...<br /><br />I'm trying to get into some new music so I bought Animal Collective, the new Franz, and Kings of Leon. The only one that has taken so far has been Animal Collective. They're very insane. But that's a good thing. A lot of that album is about being a dad so...yeah. I suck.marchhare14http://www.blogger.com/profile/08368391925219120165noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358393.post-77510233452053889982009-05-30T16:07:00.001-07:002009-05-30T16:13:12.562-07:00Cody is the winner<a href="http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs015.snc1/4495_94485411463_718596463_2390049_3907702_n.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 503px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 394px" alt="" src="http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs015.snc1/4495_94485411463_718596463_2390049_3907702_n.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs015.snc1/4495_94485411463_718596463_2390049_3907702_n.jpg"></a><br /><br /><div></div></div>marchhare14http://www.blogger.com/profile/08368391925219120165noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358393.post-7844121611760588742009-05-26T20:44:00.000-07:002009-05-26T20:46:14.478-07:00I see it too<a href="http://images.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/2009/5/26/128878695036392494.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 500px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 667px" alt="" src="http://images.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/2009/5/26/128878695036392494.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>marchhare14http://www.blogger.com/profile/08368391925219120165noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358393.post-84905594595619316592009-05-25T22:52:00.001-07:002009-05-25T22:52:55.069-07:00Proud Papa<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WDxjhKGvLME/ShuDrhZs_TI/AAAAAAAAANM/qOXUzhsGwD0/s1600-h/lolsawyer.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340006566901644594" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WDxjhKGvLME/ShuDrhZs_TI/AAAAAAAAANM/qOXUzhsGwD0/s400/lolsawyer.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>marchhare14http://www.blogger.com/profile/08368391925219120165noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358393.post-51303907231169471612009-05-23T23:10:00.000-07:002009-05-23T23:12:49.045-07:00The PainHaving a struggling fantasy baseball team is bad enough, but when you put money into in AND you've made a bunch of horrible trades already? I want to stab my brain. It only reinforces the idea that my fantasy sports <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">colleagues</span> assume: I'm the lame older teacher guy that doesn't really know anything about baseball even though I watch 5 fucking hours of it a day and follow statistics relentlessly. Sometimes I'm just impetuous.marchhare14http://www.blogger.com/profile/08368391925219120165noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358393.post-45640462031472271092009-05-17T23:08:00.000-07:002009-05-18T16:20:10.987-07:00Fatherhood, cosmology changes, fantasy baseballIt's a strange thing, when you just "become" a dad. It's very similar to having your free will taken away. This has made me re-think my whole stance on the free will vs. determinism debate: why do these two cosmologies have to be mutually exclusive? I mean, I don't feel like I have free will right now, whereas usually it seems obvious you have free will. Perhaps, then, our consciousness is really a combination of the two. Some things are predetermined, so overall, since some are not, the effect is a world with chaos and choices. There are, however, rules, as we all know so some matters are not decided by will, but by mundane biological <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">processes</span>.<br /><br />Luckily, the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Lakers</span> moved on tonight, and in fairly convincing fashion. They're easily one of the most enigmatic teams in a long time for L.A. Some nights they look like they could score 160 points if they needed to; other nights, they can't seem to buy a basket and their defense is embarrassing to the point that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Pau</span> and Lamar look at each other accusingly each time the opposing 4'11" point guard swooped in for a lay up. Also, they don't like to rebound anymore. Lamar was a monster on the boards for a long time. He was pulling down 20 a night. Not anymore, it doesn't seem. I can't believe the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Lakers</span> went 2-2 against Houston without <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Yao</span>. I'm worried. Are you worried, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Lakers</span> fans? It's not Kobe's fault, either. He's bringing it, and I believe he's averaging 31 points a game right now. The rest of the team, hopefully, will step up.<br /><br />Andre <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Ethier</span> has lost his security blanket. I know you probably weren't following him, but at one point he was batting .320+ and lead the N.L. in RBIs. Now he's lucky to get a hit. Without Manny, he lacks confidence and doesn't fully release that swing. So Manny gets caught doing <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">steroids</span> and I lose him, plus <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Etheir</span> loses his <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">mojo</span> as a result. My fantasy team is a mess. I've done some repair work, thought. I cut off the grizzle. I'll post my team here someday, but I'm too lazy now and no one really cares.marchhare14http://www.blogger.com/profile/08368391925219120165noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358393.post-48520052157195266012009-05-16T14:48:00.000-07:002009-05-16T14:49:14.395-07:00I mowed the lawn today...because I wanted to. That's weird.marchhare14http://www.blogger.com/profile/08368391925219120165noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358393.post-22558633512410057992009-05-14T15:15:00.000-07:002009-05-14T15:17:18.830-07:00Paige's BirthdayPaige’s Birthday<br /><br />Entry One:<br />We’ve just arrived at Sutter Health at 1:57 P.M. on Sunday, May 10, 2009. This is absolutely unreal.<br /><br />But it’s really real. Sarah has been having contractions since 10:18 this morning. She went on a walk, ostensibly to go to Target and buy supplies for scrapbooking, but any fool could tell that she was really doing so in hopes of initiating labor. Get this girl out of me she’s thinking. She’s been ready for this for weeks. So when she got back, sure enough, I’m not feeling too well I hear as she stumbles in. Honestly, I was really prepared for her to be induced on Wednesday, but she’s glad that it’s here now, though I’m not sure that she’s not in a wee bit of denial about the severity of having something that big come out of something that small.<br /><br />Entry Two (2:12 P.M.):<br />O.K. I’m back. I had to take some pictures. Sarah wants me to take pictures, but she also admonished me for taking too many and wasting the battery. Hey, I wasn’t going to take any! She looks pretty funny right now, like Scout from To Kill A Mockingbird in her ham costume.<br /><br />This is not our real room. No, this is a triage room. Not sure what exactly that means, but I know it means that they have to do some tests and whatnot before we get admitted for the real deal. I keep thinking the same thing over and over again – this will not be easy, not at all.<br /><br />Here comes a contraction. It looks painful. I’m glad I’m a dude.<br /><br />Entry the Third (2:18 P.M.):<br />This makes sense. There are two nurses in our room now, and one is an intern! I guess you have to learn somehow, but I don’t like the idea of Sarah being a test case for this 50 year old new nurse who seems to have the equivalent of a nurse’s learner’s permit. Now they’re checking Paige’s heart rate and it sounds like that heart is beating.<br /><br />Writing makes me feel normal. Sarah doesn’t want me to lose her blue papers. You’re mom, Paige, is a very meticulous woman. She’s having another contraction. For the first time in this process, something actually seems accurately portrayed by films and television.<br /><br />Entry Four (3:04 P.M.): <br />There have been a few developments in the last hour or so. Though her contractions are strong and close together, they have suggested that we go for a walk or (!) go to the movies. Very strange. I guess she’s not dilated enough to get things going just yet. I’ll say, I’d like to see the new Star Trek, but the chances of Sarah actually sitting through a movie right now seems hardly worth mentioning. You can see the pain on her face every time one starts. They want to send her home, really, but they realize that we are 45 minutes from Hollister, so going home might be a strange turnaround trip. Who knows? It’s all up in the air now. Paige, it would be nice if you could come out now. We’ve been waiting for you for a very long time now.<br /><br />Entry Five (4:51 P.M.):<br />Now that we’re back in the hospital, it’s becoming increasingly clear to me that we’re going to be here for a very long while. I may not sleep tonight. It’s sounding like they’re going to try to send us home. Sarah is moaning uncontrollably for hours now, so I’m not sure that I understand why they want us to go home. The walk was to no avail. She’s still in the same position as before she left. I guess it’s not too terrible if we have to go home. It sounds like she’s dying now. These aren’t stopping anytime soon (or at least not before the baby comes) so I’m not sure what good it does to be at home, or here, for that matter. I suppose we just have to let things run their course, even if that’s easier for me to say than for Sarah to experience. The cries of a pregnant woman are interesting. Let’s just leave it at that.<br />As for me, I am calmer than I was this morning. Everything moves so slowly. It’s so different from how it is portrayed in movies and TV. I never thought of doctors sending home a woman who’s having intense contractions every 2 minutes. That seems like the time you’d want to be in the hospital. They should give her some drugs. And they should give me some, too.<br /><br />There was a nice deli close here, which was a pleasant surprise since I was preparing my stomach for a brutal assault from 7/11 (slow roasted in a bad way) hotdogs. As she was moaning as we ate, I had to pull out the whole “I’ll have what she’s having” thing from “When Harry Met Sally.” It made her laugh a little. That’s like her fourth contraction since I started typing this nine minutes ago. Wow. It sounds bad now. I suppose I should go over there, but there’s nothing I can do about it, so I’ll just sit here and type. O.K., I’ll try to do something. It’s just starting to sound too intense. I don’t think she’ll be scared of death after this, since it sounds like she’s being tortured to death as I type.<br /><br />Entry Six (6:28 P.M.):<br />They didn’t kick us out. That was nice. Sarah got a hot bath, and she seemed to like it. There’s simply no relief for her right now and her moaning is unbelievable – though not in the sense that it seems fake – just in the sense that this is what I thought she’d sound like when actually delivering Paige. This has been going on for hours now and no end is visible. The nurse is quite nice even though I bullied her so that we could stay here. I can’t offer Sarah any relief; they can, through drugs and a nice warm bath. <br /><br />Sarah’s parents showed up minutes ago and then they were gone. They seem very sensitive towards Sarah’s desire for privacy, which is pretty cool. Here comes another contraction! Here, I’ll transcribe it: “Uhhhhhhhh! Ahhhhhhhhhh! OOOOOOOOOOO! UHUHUHUHUHUHUHUHUHUH! *GASP* HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUH! NUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUH! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRG!”<br />Never get pregnant.<br /><br />I think the nurses think that I’m pretty weird for writing while this is all going on, but again, I can offer Sarah no relief and I think that she’ll like having this record of what she went through. Not that it seems like this will be a day that either of us will ever forget. It’s pretty hot in here, but we can’t open the door because of wasps. My parents are on their way as they’re going to take care of our house and Sawyer. I can’t believe I’m actually worried about that dog right now, but I am. Sarah seems to be doing fine, overall, but it’s going to be a while until she has even a modicum of comfort. She must feel like she staring down the barrel of a gun right now. Here comes another one. OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! AAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH! HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN! Huh. Ha. Huh. *Deep Sigh*<br /><br />When she’s at the height of each contraction, she feels like she’s going to vomit, but nothing has happen at that point – yet. Then she sits there looking dazed for about two minutes until the next contraction starts. <br /><br />This room is excellent with wood floors and nice French doors and windows and a television set as well as a lady bringing in food for Sarah. She has a smoothie (looks to be strawberry) and a PB&J. Breakfast of Champions.<br />I wonder if the Dodgers and/or Lakers won today – does that make me a bad person? Should I even be thinking about sports right now? Hmm, what a moral quandary.<br /><br />Entry Se7en (7:54 P.M.):<br />“I want drugs!” It is just like the movies now. She’s starting to move on in terms of progress towards delivery. The nurse was guessing that we had about 8-10 hours to go, which sounds insane and just quite right at the same time. It now sounds like Sarah’s being stabbed in the stomach every thirty seconds, so they’re going to go ahead and give her some stuff called Phentenol, which I cannot look up without internet access. She definitely needs something at this point and how often I’m going to be updating this is in question. Her contractions are happening so often and are so severe, I need to be there for her.<br /><br />Entry Eight (12:09 A.M.):<br />We’re really moving along now. Sarah has been resting comfortably for several hours now that she has her medicine. I had to be there for her whilst they were stabbing her in the spine. I didn’t like that, but she’s been in an awesome mood ever since. I should add at this point that the people who work at this hospital fucking kick ass. All the nurses have been exceedingly nice and knowledgeable. The anesthesiologist was a funny buffed-out Asian dude who explained everything as we went along, which made the spine-stabbing slightly more manageable. <br /><br />Both of our families are here now; Don and Linda; Glenn and Denise; Taylor and Jake. Only Kate and Jeremy are absent, but I completely understand. Especially since someone has to hold down the fort in S.B. I can’t see why anyone would want to hang out around someone in labor who wasn’t their significant other anyhow. I kinda think the whole thing is insane. I don’t at all understand why or how pregnancy is like this. I think, though, that seeing all of this is probably the best argument against intelligent design I’ve ever seen. We haven’t heard Sarah’s great screams in hours, but they didn’t seem to be part of any design at all, unless pregnancy is designed to punish women for fornication.<br /><br />One of our nurses is really into LOST, which certainly doesn’t hurt. Speaking of which, I find it amusing that I’m relieved that I won’t be missing the season finale. It’s hard to say whether that’s amusing or pathetic, but I’m not sure that matter since we’re going to be able to see it now. <br /><br />Our current nurse is giving Sarah a bunch of advice about drinking enough water. It’s not a particularly interesting or enlightening conversation, but it certainly proves my point about the people who work here. They are so nice about everything. It’s great. Especially considering how lame I am.<br /><br />Now that it’s getting close, I’m starting to get nervous again. Not completely about the birth itself (which is scary enough) but about the massive responsibility that awaits us once this is all over. Paige is going to have two stressed out parents! I’ve managed to remain calm for the majority of this process, but we’re not to the end just yet. <br /><br />Oh yeah, and both the Dodgers AND Lakers lost. And that doesn’t really bother me. What’s happening here feels overwhelmingly important. Or at least important enough to dull the pain of my teams losing.<br /><br />We’ll see when the next update is going to be. I wouldn’t hold my breath.<br /><br />Last Entry: (9:50 A.M.):<br />I just slept for about four hours after Paige was born. I don’t think I’d call it a miracle, because that’d be taking too much away from what Sarah did last night. Not to mention that if this were a miracle, it would’ve been a lot less bloody. But it was amazing. It seemed like hours of very slow progress and then *whoosh!* just like that, she was out and part of the world. I have mixed feelings about this world, but Paige will probably like it better than I do. She’s very sweet. When I hold her, she doesn’t cry, at least so far. I think my voice is comforting to her. When she does cry, she sounds pissed off. It’s pretty funny, though I assume it will lose its comedic value after a very little while.<br /><br />I’m really happy that Sarah didn’t need a C-Section. She did much better after the drugs. Mom and baby are bonding right now. Sarah’s just holding her and talking to her and that’s it. But that seems like that’s the perfect thing right now.<br /><br />I’m tired, but it’s nothing compared to what Sarah must be feeling right now. It was a pretty rough night, but all in all, things went very well. There are so many things that could go wrong during delivery and of course I was constantly pondering the possibilities. I just worry like that. O.K. that’s it. She’s here. It’s time to be a Dad.<br /><br />The End.marchhare14http://www.blogger.com/profile/08368391925219120165noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358393.post-28733977466160803172009-05-10T12:04:00.000-07:002009-05-10T12:05:52.727-07:00And here we go!<a href="http://thursdaydrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/how-babies-are-made-cover.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 474px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 472px" alt="" src="http://thursdaydrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/how-babies-are-made-cover.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div> </div><div>Oh man, Paige is coming. Like, right now.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>marchhare14http://www.blogger.com/profile/08368391925219120165noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358393.post-46830951262637647572009-04-23T22:31:00.000-07:002009-04-23T22:35:05.161-07:00I called itI knew Utah would win that game against the Lakers, but I was in denial when they had that big lead. I wanted to be wrong so badly, but I knew the Jazz would take at least one in Utah. Kobe was off. Bynum had too many fouls too quickly. Worst of all, the Lakers only put up 86 points, which is garbage by their standards. I hate the deep burn of watching your team lose. But, I suppose, that's why it's so satisfying when they win. Being a fan is a strange concept anyway, if you really think about it. Go ahead, think about it, because I refuse to elaborate.marchhare14http://www.blogger.com/profile/08368391925219120165noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358393.post-60662702037933035732009-04-17T22:51:00.000-07:002009-04-17T23:06:32.735-07:00Top Ten Most Searched Items on Yahoo!<a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Heidi+Klum&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">Heidi <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Klum</span></a><br />She's the type of supermodel that I don't really care for. Does that make me weird? I don't know, she just looks too tall and perfect to actually be enjoyable. I don't like the lack of meat on her bones or her "it's o.k. that I'm dumb because I'm hot" personality. Did I mention that their are some days when I really hate my fellow human.<br /><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Rosetta+Stone&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">Rosetta Stone</a><br />Is this, like, that thing they sell on TV to help you learn a new language or is it the actual stone? I don't know, but it's interesting to think that the double-meaning involved in this particular phrase gives it a kind of automatic advantage over other searched items. Do you think that perhaps both the program and the artifact were both heavily searched today? I mean, not as much as Heidi <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Klum</span> of course...<br /><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Gabrielle+Anwar&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">Gabrielle <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Anwar</span></a><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Anwar</span> sounds like a made-up name.<br /><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Weekend+Getaways&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">Weekend Getaways</a><br />This, I don't understand in the economic saucepan in which we all fry. But, on the other hand (you like how I used that without the "On one hand part"? I'm a bad <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">writter</span>.), I've heard that this is spring <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">breakish</span> time or something so I guess it makes sense.<br /><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Yankee+Stadium&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">Yankee Stadium</a><br />The Dodgers game tonight was pretty great, except for their inability to win this game by 10 runs. They left at least 12 guys on base, and their <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">RISP</span> was horrible. They kinda didn't deserve to win, but this is when <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Broxton</span> came in and struck out 4 of the last 5 batters.<br /><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Keshia+Knight+Pulliam&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Keshia</span> Knight <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Pulliam</span></a><br />I like <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Keira</span> Knightly. She's a good looking British woman.<br /><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=State+of+Play&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">State of Play</a><br />There actually are some good actors in this movie, but since the last movie I saw in the theaters was Tropic Thunder, I think I'm going to miss this one. Plus, I don't think Sarah, in her current <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">superprego</span> state would want to sit through a movie right now.<br /><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=John+Madden&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">John Madden</a><br />Yup, boom, he's gone. I will miss his <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">circuitous</span> statements of the obvious whilst watching the football. He'll live on in video games. I'm sure they're still going to make his game using his name. To a gamer, it's almost irrelevant that he's a sportscaster. It's more of a name recognition thing, plus EA owns exclusive rights to the official NFL roster so they can call it "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Mardoons</span> NFL 2010!" and no one will care or do a damn thing about it.<br /><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Wedding+Invitations&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">Wedding Invitations</a><br />Sarah sent all of these out for us, but the question, as always, is "Why is this in the top ten most searched items?" It's spectacularly mysterious and that's why I like this list thingy I've been doing.<br /><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Electric+Cars&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">Electric Cars</a><br />Al Gore is pumped. People are all about going green. I wonder if it's actually going to make a difference or if we're just trying to make ourselves feel more important than we actually are.<br />Lost was great this week.marchhare14http://www.blogger.com/profile/08368391925219120165noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358393.post-11875536770997756392009-04-16T14:12:00.000-07:002009-04-16T22:47:31.899-07:00Top Ten Most Searched Items on Yahoo!<a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Padma+Lakshmi&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">Padma Lakshmi</a><br />Now, I suppose I'm not supposed to think about such things and especially write about such things in my blog, but fuck that. It's obnoxious when you see an attractive woman, then you walk past her and a terrible plume of perfume smacks you in the face like a line drive from the bat of Jeff Francour. A momentarily good looking woman becomes a middle reliever at best.<br /><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Callie+Thorne&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">Callie Thorne</a><br />I remember quite well one of the best parts of my honeymoon - leaving England out of a port by the cliffs of Dover and heading towards Calais. I felt like C.C. Sabathia when he got traded to the Brewers last year and took his team to the playoffs.<br /><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Lana+Clarkson&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">Lana Clarkson</a><br />The only thing that comes to my mind when I see the word Lana is that hot girl on Smallville - I think her name is Kristen Kruk. She's certainly more attractive than John Kruk and she's definitely a closer on the level of Brad Lidge.<br /><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=IRS+Refund+Status&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">IRS Refund Status</a><br />How depressing. We got nothing. Everyone went on and on about how much money we were going to get back because of the interest we're paying on our mortgage. Everyone acted like we would be able to sign free agents like the Yankees.<br />(I'm done with baseball analogies for the time being.)<br /><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Free+Samples&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">Free Samples</a><br />I think that Pau Gasol is as close as you can get to being a supremely good player without actually cracking that ceiling. I'd dare say he's one of the top-ten most valuable players in the league. I forsee a Lakers/Cavs final, and that's going to be fun. I think the Cavs might have a better overall team, but if Gasol, Odom, Kobe, and Bynam all play like they can, I don't even think the Cavs' depth will save them. Naturally, this is coming from a highly-biased Lakers fan who believes that they are a much different team than they were last year when they rolled over against the Celts. But we'll see. I think the Jazz might take one in Utah from the Lakers. If they take onee at Staples, then we should worry.The Magic are overrated. Period. The Celts are without Garnett. It's hard to see anyone from the east taking down the Cavs.<br /><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Prepaid+Cell+Phones&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">Prepaid Cell Phones</a><br />Why not just have a normal cell phone? What's the deal with Prepaid cell phones? I dunno, what am I supposed to say about this?<br /><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Leftover+Ham+Recipes&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">Leftover Ham Recipes</a><br />Why this would be a popular search is beyond me. Is it because of Easter or something? Did an extraordinary amount of pig flesh get cooked this week and if so why??? I think it is searches like this that made me interested in using the top ten search items as a wellspring for deep, meaningful online comments. That's worked out.<br /><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Jackie+Robinson&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">Jackie Robinson</a><br />I love baseball. I know, it's slow, it's boring, blah, blah...but it's not! It's like the sports version of one of those "magic eye" pictures - if you stare at it long enough, you figure out what it is and you get a cool sensation of optical accomplishment. I think baseball works the same way, because the more that I watch it, the more I appreciate all that goes into it.<br /><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Ringtones&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">Ringtones</a><br />I just don't like cell phones. I never have. I don't know exactly why. It feels strangely unnatural to be in everyone's range at all times, but I guess that's a good thing, right?<br /><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Naltrexone&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">Naltrexone</a><br />Whatever this is, I bet A-Rod and Roger Clemens never took it. Sorry, had to be said.<br />It does sound somewhat like a weight-loss drug though, so I guess I'll look it up and find out. Brb. Wow! It's an anti-alcoholic medication (I didn't even know they had that!) and it's been used to stop kleptomania! I LOVE YAHOO SEARCH!<br /><blockquote></blockquote>marchhare14http://www.blogger.com/profile/08368391925219120165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358393.post-28114575597609205512009-04-12T23:36:00.000-07:002009-04-12T23:46:17.211-07:00Things in my brain right nowFor some reason, after months of incredible gameplay, I decided to give the so-called "Versus" mode a go in Left4Dead. And, just when I thought this game couldn't get any more accidictive, there's this. Having played this for the last couple of hours, I have to say, it's almost like an entirely different game. Valve you clever bastards.<br /><br />Here I am, in Spring Break Limbo, waiting for Paige to be born, knowing it could happen any moment, but wondering if Sarah will actually go full-term (May 6th). Who knows? It's kinda difficult waiting, but I can't imagine what it's like for her! I'm not down to find out.<br /><br />Baseball season has started and the Dodgers haven't looked completely terrible, but they should really crush a team like the Padres. I have a feeling that once their bats heat up, there shouldn't be any problem. They scored 11 yesterday, which gives me some hope. I love having the MLB package. It's a wonderfully relaxing/enjoyable experience to watch Dodgers games. I'm not sure what it is...<br /><br />Speaking of which, I'm all about Fantasy sports right now, as I'm about to win 1st place in both of my Basketball leagues and third in Hockey. This is a good way to keep myself distracted. My fantasy baseball team cranked out 100 strikeouts from pitching this week in 92 innings, which is insane. Man, sports are one of those things that keeps me sane now. They're almost more comforting than music, something I never thought I'd say in my teens and twenties.<br /><br />If I'm lucky, my knee isn't broken. I slammed it into our basketball hoop pole about 2 weeks ago, and it's still pretty messed up. I'm trying to take it easy. The problem is that I decided to play a couple of basketball game on that knee a week ago or so, and that really set me back. I'm old.marchhare14http://www.blogger.com/profile/08368391925219120165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358393.post-80740947749306617932009-04-11T20:57:00.001-07:002009-04-11T20:57:50.341-07:00If you aren't listening to this with head phones on, then you're doing it wrong.<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8XN4EctlnTQ&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8XN4EctlnTQ&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>marchhare14http://www.blogger.com/profile/08368391925219120165noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358393.post-34723371585194490922009-04-05T22:57:00.000-07:002009-04-05T22:58:49.376-07:00WowI thought I was going to lose both of my fantasy basketball games, but I think I just made it into the finals in both leagues.<br /><br />Yes, I have two fantasy basketball teams.<br /><br />Stop laughing.<br /><br />Fuck you.marchhare14http://www.blogger.com/profile/08368391925219120165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358393.post-58541846705401769762009-04-05T15:01:00.000-07:002009-04-05T15:02:34.526-07:00GeezThat last post seems a little foolish after the Cavs/Spurs game this morning. Damn Lebron is good. And the rest of the Cavs looked great as well.marchhare14http://www.blogger.com/profile/08368391925219120165noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358393.post-13616727191878131422009-04-03T22:33:00.000-07:002009-04-03T22:35:29.154-07:00Why the Lakers are the team to beat...er...some other sport clicheWatching the Lakers/Houston game tonight, it became more apparent than ever that Kobe is insanely good when he wants to be. The last few minutes he was in during the fourth quarter were some of the best I've seen all season. He just murdered the Rockets.<br /><br />They had been hanging around all game - and they are quite good, I might add - but then Kobe comes in and the following sequence of events took place:<br />1) Kobe hits a ridiculous jump shot from the baseline while behind the backboard.<br />2) Kobe hits a hotly contested three point shot.<br />3) Kobe comes down on the very next possession and hits another hotly contested three point shot.<br /><br />This is why the Lakers, and not the Cavs (who were blown out by the Magic tonight after losing to the Washington-Goddamned-Wizards last night) will win the NBA title. I don't care that the Cavs have only lost once at home. That one loss came against the Lakers. When Kobe decides to win a game now, the Lakers usually do. Watching the Cavs the last two nights, Lebron, as good as he is, isn't quite there yet.<br /><br />I think the Lakers will come through this year in the playoffs. They're considerably harder than they were last year, as they seem to know how to hold on in close games now. They're defense is much better. They really lost to the Celtics last year in part to their lack of aggressiveness in the front court - that's not there anymore. Odom pulls down 20 rebounds sometimes, and Pau has a bunch of awesome moves in his post game. Their bench is tougher. I think this is the year that Kobe finally gets the monkey off of his back for never having won a championship without Shaq.marchhare14http://www.blogger.com/profile/08368391925219120165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358393.post-71685436701468871232009-04-02T22:11:00.000-07:002009-04-02T22:32:35.606-07:00A few quick thoughts about video games<p>The police officer at my school continues to blame shootings on video games. *Sigh*</p><p>They should not make Bioshock 2. It's going to be made, but it's a bad idea. The reason we loved that game was because of the story and the originality, and most importantly, the grand sense of closure and resolution. (There were a lot of "and"s in that sentence because I've been reading Hemmingway.)</p><p>I can't decide which has a higher replay value: Fallout 3 or Oblivion.</p><p>Only 6% of PS3 owners have purchased Killzone 2 so far. (For purpose of comparision, over 50% of Xbox 360 owners have Halo 3.) That's ridiculous given this game's unbelievable reviews. I bet it's great. I don't have a PS3, but if I did, I'd definitely have that game by now. What's that? You PS3 fanboys spent all your money on blu-rays and HDMI cables?</p><p>Left4Dead is the most delicious ice cream I've ever had that's not ice cream. How long can Valve continue to kick everyone else's ass (beside maybe Bioware and Bethesda) in the game design world before they rest on their laurels and release an average game instead of one of the best games ever?</p><p>I hope my sister comes up to visit before my baby is born so we can have a marathon Super Mario World session.</p><p>Thank you, Rock Band, for letting me download the early-90's (Josh with acne and a high-pitched voice) classic, Ten, by that fucking awesome underrated band Pearl Jam. The backlash they faced was entirely undeserved, and I hope a bunch of kids download that album and appreciate it.</p><p>There's this thing going on around facebook about the best five games of all-time. That's a hard thing to do.</p><p>Off the top-of-my-head:</p><p>1) Super Metroid</p><p>2) Super Mario World</p><p>3)Final Fantasy IV (FF2 on the Super Nintendo)</p><p>4) A Link to the Past</p><p>5) Mario Kart</p><p>Half way through that previous list I realized that I was just picking the best games on the Super Nes, but I decided to go with it.</p>marchhare14http://www.blogger.com/profile/08368391925219120165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358393.post-56276374815695717082009-03-24T20:58:00.000-07:002009-03-25T08:17:15.937-07:00Top Ten Most Searched Items on Yahoo!<a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Cheryl+Burke&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">Cheryl Burke</a><br />This sounds vaguely like the name of some 80's model/actress, but I'm not really sure at all who this is. So I am going to make it up. Burke was charged today with three counts of felony vandalism, which is highly ironic considering the "Cheryl Burke Foundation for the Preservation of White Spaces on Walls," a group founded, in large part, on the substantial financial success Burke experienced in the '80's with hit films like "Radical Tension" co-staring Denis <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Quaid</span> and "The Deluxe <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Thunderbird</span>" co-staring Burt <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Renyolds</span>.<br /><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Courtney+Thorne-Smith&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">Courtney <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Thorne</span>-Smith</a><br />Have I ever had a better list to work with? Courtney <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Thorne</span>-Smith? Really? O.K. I suppose I have to look this one up because I'm going to feel like a dick if something bad happened to her (which is the only way she could end up at #2 on this list).<br /><div align="left"></div><div align="left">Here are the first two search results:</div><div align="left"><br /><a class="usg-AFQjCNE-YcC9IcnzPLQpWhj2MIZIDR5DhA " href="http://celebrity-babies.com/2009/03/24/courtney-thorne-smith-and-her-boys-take-a-hike/" target="_self"><em>Courtney <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Thorne</span>-Smith and Her Boys Take a Hike</em></a><em><br />Celebrity Baby Blog - 6 hours ago<br />Courtney <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Thorne</span>-Smith goes unusually baby-free as she and her husband Roger <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Fishman</span> go out for a morning hike with their pup on Saturday. ...<br /></em><a class="usg-AFQjCNEyR0Vq7hDZJrvNj4R5KrRwXFuTXQ " href="http://www.reuters.com/article/televisionNews/idUSTRE52M0P920090323" target="_self"><em>Lifetime rushes actresses for "Sorority" movie</em></a><em><br />Reuters - Mar 22, 2009<br />By Nellie <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Andreeva</span> LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Courtney <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Thorne</span>-Smith is set to star in "Sorority Wars," a Lifetime original movie set in the ...<br /></em><em><br /></div></em><div align="left">It must be the lifetime movie.<br /></div><div align="left"><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Nadya+Suleman&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">Nadya <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Suleman</span></a></div><div align="left">I'm not a big fan. But as a future dad, I think I'm as morally guilty as anyone else for bringing another life into an already crowded world. That sounds almost as cliche as the gushy stuff I hear about children. There is no possible way for me to reconcile, in my mind, the concept of children and my expectation of fatherhood. It's mind-destroying madness, I tell you.<br /><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=David+Letterman&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">David Letterman</a> </div><div align="left">I wonder why I can't stay up late anymore. It's like all of the sudden my body decided that 11PM was my bedtime, regardless of circumstance or day of week. Perhaps this coincided with <span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong><em><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">daylightsavingstime</span>, </em></strong><span style="color:#000000;">but were that the case, it would still fail to account for the fact that I used to stay up until 1 or 2 AM. Sometimes my writing feels so wordy. I almost always feel that the thought I had in my brain could have been expressed much better in words by someone else.</span><br /></span><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=U2+Tickets&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">U2 Tickets</a></div><div align="left">See, this is why U2 is great. Not that their music is particularly awe-inspiring at this late stage in their career, but their presence in the world has been so prodigious and prolonged that their actual existence as a working band is now what creates awe.<br /><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Komodo+Dragons&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Komodo</span> Dragons</a> </div><div align="left">One thing I loved about the Final Fantasy series (at least 1-6) was the presence of Dragons. Now, those of you who are followers of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Chocobo</span>, you know that in the FF universe, there are both traditional Dragons as we know them, with the wings, scales, fire-breath, and the like, but there are also a class of characters known as Dragoons, who were fierce warriors who usually had the ability to leap in the air for massive damage to their ground-bound foes. The most famous of these Dragoons, of course, was Kain from Final Fantasy IV (2 if you played it on the Super Nintendo) who betrayed his kinsmen, Cecil of Baron, after the latter threw down the evil gauntlet of Dark Knighthood and embraced the light of the Paladin. That was sexy.<br /><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Toxic+Assets&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">Toxic Assets</a> </div><div align="left">It would be great if this was a more literal title. I would more seriously consider this subject if that were the case. But being as this is not the case, I shall not discuss it any further.<br /><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Cholesterol+Levels&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">Cholesterol Levels</a> </div><div align="left">I hate stuff like this. Stuff connected to mortality, dying, getting old, etc. There's a great part in <em>Heart of Darkness</em> where the protagonist, Marlow, talks about how much he hates lying. And his reason is interesting; he says it reminds him of mortality. This ties in nicely with how he eventually views the world as pointless and absurd and becomes an existentialist.<br /><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Ringtones&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Ringtones</span></a> </div><div align="left">I love it when one of my student's phones goes off in class and they're bumping something like T.I. or Lil' Wayne.<br /><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Used+Cars&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">Used Cars</a><br />I wish our economy didn't suck. One thing that strikes me as interesting is that no one I know can adequately explain how things got to<em> this</em> point. It's mainly because most people don't really understand the economy (I know I don't) and thus we do not grasp the intricacies. So, I can be vaguely angry at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">AIG</span> and shout something about housing prices and foreclosures while the government does something about this whole thing were in right now. Yeah. </div>marchhare14http://www.blogger.com/profile/08368391925219120165noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358393.post-5042663794876182252009-03-22T20:53:00.000-07:002009-03-23T13:32:31.674-07:00Top Ten Most Searched Items on Yahoo!<a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Jessica+Alba&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">Jessica Alba</a><br />There's something about Alba that stops her from being as hot as she actually is at this point, if you understand what I mean (if you do, explain it to me). But on the other hand, she's also a terrible actress. So there's that. I remember when Dark Angel was on and I only knew her as "the girl with the lips designed for a very specific activity"<br /><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Alyssa+Milano&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">Alyssa <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Milano</span></a><br />It's really difficult to think of something interesting to say about someone like <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Milano</span>. She's basically been a life-long TV fixture, and I can't decide how to evaluate that. Was she good on Charmed? Was it possible to be good on Charmed in any meaningful way? She is cute, though, this doesn't seem like much commentary given my own self-important blog and degree in English. I feel like I should be able to use imagery and metaphors to verily, and in great depth, describe ever <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">nuance</span> and shade of the Alyssa <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Milano</span> Cute. But, no.<br /><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Courteney+Cox&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Courteney</span> Cox</a><br />Let's just skip her, o.k.? She's boring. I have nothing to say.<br /><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=NCAA+Brackets&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">NCAA Brackets</a><br />I remember when this would thrill Matt Lydon and me in our Freshman English class. We would spend all class looking at each others' brackets and critiquing them in ways we didn't even know could be applied to literature yet. Mrs. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Clouse</span> thought that they were an atrocious waste of time, and I thoroughly agree with here now.<br /><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Barack+Obama&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">Barack Obama</a><br />He filled out one of those brackets. And it became a national news story. The republicans I know truly believe that he is going to usher in the end times. I don't really see why people are so all-or-nothing with Obama. I think he's pretty good for a politician. I don't understand the hyperbole on either side.<br /><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Clive+Owen&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">Clive Owen</a><br />My wife loves this guy. I don't know that I've really seen him act. Perhaps I have, but nothing occurs to me at this moment. What is it with older <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">British</span> men that seems to attract the ladies? I guess their sophistication, or at least ostensible sophistication in relative to American men, makes them more attractive. Their teeth are getting better. And British ladies are the cat's meow. I love Kate <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Winslet</span>. Swoon.<br /><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Paris+Travel&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">Paris Travel</a><br />Paris is a wonderful city. I'll never forget the first place that we ate at in Paris. It was a totally random cafe and it had about the best food I've ever tasted. And the wine was <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">cheaper</span> than soda. What a country! By the way, who has the money to travel to Paris right now anyway? Whoever they are, I bet they have a top hat and monocle.<br /><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Color+Contacts&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">Color Contacts</a><br />I honestly don't think that eye color matters that much. Really. You shouldn't be sticking plastic in your eyes unless your vision is flawed. If this is purely cosmetic, it's stupid. If not...o.k., but why do you want to change the color of your eyes? Especially if you are a girl. There's no way that a guy is really going to look you in the eyes or care about your eye color. Boobs.<br /><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Home+Appliances&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">Home Appliances</a><br />Next.<br /><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Affordable+Housing&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">Affordable Housing</a><br />Times have changed...marchhare14http://www.blogger.com/profile/08368391925219120165noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358393.post-29361156581758605332009-03-20T20:50:00.000-07:002009-03-20T23:18:47.196-07:00BSG FinaleFrom my vantage point, this finale was absolutely disappointing, but that's perhaps because I didn't watch the series over the course of years, but months. And there are still a lot of episodes that I haven't seen. Having said that, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">I'll</span> give my two-cents. The first hour was exciting and tense, while the second hour tried very hard to be cryptic and give resolution at the same time, but it failed on both counts. Still, the stretch of episodes this season dealing with the mutiny was amazing, so I'll forgive and forget. No one made me watch this show anyhow, I just felt let down.<br />They <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">should have </span>ended on a shot of Earth after the jump. Perfect. Instead we got 45 minutes of outtakes from "Planet Earth".<br /><br />I must say something nice, though, right? The special effects in the first half were top-notch and I would go as far as to say that the actual <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">assault</span> was perhaps the best space battle I've seen.<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Gaius</span> was <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">exemplary</span> as usual, but he had more to do this time around. I think he has the most interesting character arc on the show.<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">EJO</span> was <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">kickass</span> in many scenes, but in the second half he became bogged down by the scenery a bit.<br /><br />I'm feeling a bit over-critical right now. I need to watch it again.marchhare14http://www.blogger.com/profile/08368391925219120165noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358393.post-6715205181486880672009-03-17T21:07:00.000-07:002009-03-17T21:14:18.335-07:00Top Ten Most Searched Items on Yahoo! - Pithy one-sentence edition<a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Vanessa+Minnillo&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">Vanessa Minnillo</a><br />She's married to that Lachey guy, and kinda seems like a weird version of Tara Reid except not as gross.<br /><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Natasha+Richardson&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">Natasha Richardson</a><br />I hope she's alright.<br /><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Jennifer+Grey&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">Jennifer Grey</a><br />Frances. That's a real grown up name.<br /><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Coffee+Coupons&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">Coffee Coupons</a><br />Caffeine is my master.<br /><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Dancing+With+the+Stars&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">Dancing With the Stars</a><br />My parents love this show.<br /><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Carson+Daly&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">Carson Daly</a><br />Douche bag.<br /><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Antivirus+Software+Reviews&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">Antivirus Software...</a><br />Everyone should obviously have this. Come on!<br /><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Protein+Shakes&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">Protein Shakes</a><br />There's a joke here but I'll let you write it with your own mind. Isn't that groundbreaking? Or is it just lazy postmodernism?<br /><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=DJ+AM&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">DJ AM</a><br />He's like one of the characters on LOST or one of the people on Sully's plane.<br /><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/r/dy/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Unemployment+Insurance&cs=bz&fr=fp-buzzmod">Unemployment...</a><br />Get a job, you hippie!marchhare14http://www.blogger.com/profile/08368391925219120165noreply@blogger.com1