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A friendly reminder!
May. 24th, 2010 10:40 pmDon't forget, tomorrow is Towel Day! Be sure to bear your towel with pride and pronounce to the world that you are indeed a hoopy frood! <3
Retro geek warp factor 5, captain!
May. 21st, 2010 12:32 pmIf you haven't been to Google's main page yet today, do so, and watch 1980 and 2010 clash delightfully!
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May. 15th, 2010 11:36 pmOkay, let's see if I can do this crossposting thing, and how I like it.
I wish I could put together a more complicated post right now, but I am friggin' BEAT. Last night we went to see Jonathan Coulton in concert, which was thoroughly AWESOME. I also found myself really enjoying the opening band, Paul and Storm too. They got some really nice banter going with the audience, which made for hilarity. But basically it was a geek out of epic proportions on all fronts. People were waving their lightsaber apps to some of the ballads, some guy was making Wookie noises in the audience, everyone had WAY too much fun making lots of ARR noises during a song about pirates, and JoCo incorporated the Mario theme into one of his songs. And those are just the things I remember off the top of my head. It was kind of awesome, though, when the entire audience started singing along to some of the more well-known songs, like "Still Alive", and screaming(or zombie-mumbling) ALL WE WANT TO DO IS EAT YOUR BRAINS during "Re: Your Brains". Yep. We were at Geek Factor 9.
And then today Eien-chan and I went tromping out to one of the coastal parks in search of a rare species of Dichanthelium, as my advisor had the idea that we might be able to find some there, and it would be kind of awesome if we did, because I can count the number of global populations for this taxon on one hand. For the most part, it was very hot, and very humid, and we must have gone through something like 4 quarts of water between the two of us. And ultimately we didn't find any on this trip, which was disappointing, but not unexpected. But we did find plenty of other Dichanthelium species, and I got some pictures that might be helpful for when I'm making my defense.
I took about ten billion other pictures too, to the end of making a Kingdom100 contribution with them in the form of a photojournal by Alice. I think I've got enough pictures to make a story. That include paparazzi-hating hermit crabs and fiddler crab hordes! We'll see how that goes!
I wish I could put together a more complicated post right now, but I am friggin' BEAT. Last night we went to see Jonathan Coulton in concert, which was thoroughly AWESOME. I also found myself really enjoying the opening band, Paul and Storm too. They got some really nice banter going with the audience, which made for hilarity. But basically it was a geek out of epic proportions on all fronts. People were waving their lightsaber apps to some of the ballads, some guy was making Wookie noises in the audience, everyone had WAY too much fun making lots of ARR noises during a song about pirates, and JoCo incorporated the Mario theme into one of his songs. And those are just the things I remember off the top of my head. It was kind of awesome, though, when the entire audience started singing along to some of the more well-known songs, like "Still Alive", and screaming(or zombie-mumbling) ALL WE WANT TO DO IS EAT YOUR BRAINS during "Re: Your Brains". Yep. We were at Geek Factor 9.
And then today Eien-chan and I went tromping out to one of the coastal parks in search of a rare species of Dichanthelium, as my advisor had the idea that we might be able to find some there, and it would be kind of awesome if we did, because I can count the number of global populations for this taxon on one hand. For the most part, it was very hot, and very humid, and we must have gone through something like 4 quarts of water between the two of us. And ultimately we didn't find any on this trip, which was disappointing, but not unexpected. But we did find plenty of other Dichanthelium species, and I got some pictures that might be helpful for when I'm making my defense.
I took about ten billion other pictures too, to the end of making a Kingdom100 contribution with them in the form of a photojournal by Alice. I think I've got enough pictures to make a story. That include paparazzi-hating hermit crabs and fiddler crab hordes! We'll see how that goes!
