Freakishnesses
A couple weeks ago, my cell phone showed I’d missed an international call. Yesterday, I had two missed calls from the same number. As far as I’ve been able to find out, nobody I know has called. ‘Course, I have my number on this site, so it could’ve been anybody….
Yesterday, I saw an old MSN screenname I quit using come online (all my IDs are on my buddylist). I froze and stared for a while and then IMed it, “What in the world is this handle doing online?” In a few seconds, it went offline. Today, I’ve been changing passwords on every site I can think of, especially where I have accounts with credit card information.
In the last week, people have found this blog searching for the following.
- lexicography (Nice.)
- “dead toad” picture (OK.)
- Ben Zedek Smith blog (Sorry, he doesn’t have one.)
- stomped mice to death (Yuck.)
- how to beat a frog senseless (Why?)
- bald women berek (*blasts of laughter*)
- “brady allen” horror
- “because those who have had real Chinese food know it is the best in the world” (Hehe.)
- make your own roach killer (Why?)
I’m using 3 GRE prep books. My verbal percentile is always about the same, but my math percentiles are crazy.
- Monday, Thursday, Friday: Kaplan, 70th
- Tuesday, Wednesday: Barron’s, 20th
- Saturday: Princeton, 60th
Denny’s Wine Menu
I learnt nearly nothing from Barron’s. Kaplan is easy to understand but almost too simple. Princeton has been the most useful.
Six hours sitting at Denny’s today drinking way too much coffee (free refills) drove me to confusion and rage, and banging my head back against the wall several times a page, muttering. Nine more days, 13 more full-length practice tests till zero hour.
And, oh, hey. In Japan, Denny’s is a fairly nice restaurant. They have strictly-trained super-polite waiters and waitresses, serve Japanese and Western food and desserts, and even various kinds of wine and cheese.
“Freakishnesses” has been splattered on 8 times.
Oh yeah P.S. I like your background picture. It is cool.
Studying very hard for something and having coffee refills is NOT a good thing. It’s just wayyyy too easy to drink yourself to distraction when the thermos are bottomless.
Hi Emeth,
Do the kanji on your blog mean anything, or are they just aesthetic ornaments? I mean, i doubt there’s a kanji that means “recent posts,” right? Artistically they complement the site very well. I’m having doubts about that background, however - yellowish green makes my eyes hurt.
Everybody’s a critic, eh?
I don’t remember searching for my own name, though it is possible. A little freaky otherwise. In any case, I’ll introduce myself (whether you care or not.) I know Berek from an IRC channel, and I have read his blog for a while. I started reading your blog ever since your post on LibraryThing. (I don’t remember how I first was linked to it though.) And btw, if the only mention I get in your blog is under “freakishnesses,” I’ll have to stop reading, however fitting it may be.
Thanks for the intro, Joel. Rest assured, I don’t think you’re freaky, LOL. I’ll mention you in a non-freaky post, k?
Peter, yes, all the kanji mean something, LOL. The kanji at the top right of every post are the categories and the ones in diamonds on the sides are the titles for their respective boxes. Mouse over in IE or right click and select “view image” in Firefox to see what they mean.
Ben, too bad it costs too much to drink European ale to distraction. That coffee was about 2 bucks, LOL.
hrmrmmm … bald women berek … I think that’s a setup.
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Eric Dau | 5:37 AM, Sunday, November 13, 2005
Wow, your Denny’s’s sound really nice over there. I guess that might be because the Pullman Denny’s is just so crappy. We went a whole lot this summer because Asher had a crush on a waitress. I think he still does, actually, but nobody has any time anymore what with school and other stuff. Moscow needs a good open-all-night sort of place, but not Denny’s. We also need a Christian Dance Club, or at least a dance club where I can stand at the door and not let all the dumb fratboys and sorority ditzes in. They would just ruin everything.