It's 4.30am and I am depriving myself of sleep for no good reason. My vector calculus class later in the morning is going to be deeply mystifying, as opposed to being merely hard to follow. Argh. But this was entertaining.
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Which Discworld Character are you like (with pics)
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Well, I like books and bananas.
words were spilled on Wednesday, November 30, 2005
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Sunday, November 27, 2005
And nice snow it was too - delicate, crystalline flakes that melted on your fingers in a heartbeat, not compacted lumps of ice, or disgusting slushy stuff. This was real snow.
Winter is setting in. I returned from New York to find the branches of the gingko tree outside my window well and truly bare - which was somewhat depressing, since it had held out for so long.
I would post more photos from my NYC Thanksgiving trip if my upload limit to Flickr for the month hadn't run out. It was a great trip, even though I did not have the time to properly visit the major attractions. But I managed to see Wall Street and the WTC site (albeit at night, so no photos, sorry), watch 'Syriana' at the Angelika Film Center (during which I got offered popcorn by a guy sitting next to me), wander Times Square in the -4degC cold, amidst gusting winds that made it feel at least 5 degrees colder, be awed by the majesty of the Grand Central Terminal, get myself tangled up in the subways in the wee hours of the morning by virtue of oversleeping and missing my stops (yes, multiple stops - I amaze myself sometimes). Oh, and I was there for the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, but not for the M&M balloon's unfortunate crash into a lamp post. Scientologists accosted me at the Times Square station purportedly offering a 'free stress test' that was really an advertising pitch for their book on some 'stress relief' technique called 'dianetics' (but who trusts these religious cults?). People kept asking me for directions - which pretty much goes to show how cosmopolitan New York is: it's hard (at least for the tourists) to tell the locals from the tourists. And as I went my meandering way through the city, my brain was constantly generating movie /TV references. It couldn't be helped. It was New York, New York.
words were spilled on Sunday, November 27, 2005
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Saturday, November 12, 2005
This review of 'Derailed' (not one of the good stuff, but it's got Clive Owen =) cracked me up:
"When you see Clive on that commuter train you can't help but wonder if he's actually some sort of CIA contract killer trying to get away from his old life. There's nothing about him that says 'suburban schmuck.'"
... I just have this hopeless female nerd thing about Clive Owen/ espionage/ assassins. It's the perfect combination, and an incredibly alluring concept. Someone should pitch the idea to a studio. Meanwhile, I can play hostess to my own fantasies.
Meanwhile there's Syriana to whet my appetite for eye candy and intrigue. Well, Clooney's beer-bellied CIA agent character may not be the Danny Ocean I know and love, but there's still Matt Damon, Chris Cooper and Alexander Siddig. (It's always a pleasant surprise to see an obscure actor responsible for one of your most beloved characters gain exposure in a major film with a big role, provided he doesn't disappoint. That being said, though, I'm beginning to wonder if DS9 is going to be Siddig's only major non-Arab role. Race works for you, up to the point when it starts working against you.) And the trailer had 'Spy Game' tracks in it (!!!) - which pushed me over the edge into a procrastinator's frenzy.
So I have wasted more than 2 hours being joyfully unproductive. Think I'm going to stay in the library for as long as I possibly can. It's warmer than the dorm, anyway.
The temperature here has dropped to subzero at night, and the riot of autumnal colours has given way to stark, bare, grey branches. At least the weather isn't all rainy glumness, but the sun sets so early it's depressing. By 4.30pm, it's complete darkness, and you are left with the feeling that time is passing too quickly for comfort.
[edit: Still procrastinating. Damn Wikipedia. It's too addictive for my own good.]
words were spilled on Saturday, November 12, 2005
