Things I learned yesterday
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cosmolinguistTwelfth Night is funnier than I remember. Olivia's character especially, I am such a fan of the guy who played her. (Yes, I said "guy"; it was an "original practices" production. I saw it at the Guthrie last night, along with a bunch of other English majors and honors students from Morris.)
I don't like Chinese food, but I like eating with chopsticks. I don't think chopsticks will work well for Cheerios and sandwiches, though.
I should just cultivate a taste for McDonald's, and forget about Chipotle and The Olive Garden and Space Aliens and the palce I ate last night (The Lotus, I think it's called), and all the cool places I like to eat, even Arby's, because I never get to eat there.
I am not the only person who admits to being a Linux user in the way that I do. What way is that, you ask? Grudingly, only when necessary, and not expecting to really be understood. We're not ashamed, it's just too much work to explain to people who've never heard of it, and people who have heard of it freak out because they think you're going to start talking another language or something. It is fun to meet another such person and take the news in stride (he seemed like a computer geek; I wasn't too shocked at him saying he uses Linux) and to, in turn, surprise them at your lack of surprise. Especially when you happen to be a girl. It's fun. It's like ambushing the geeks.
Apparently everybody on the trip has been to England, London, and the Globe Theater. Except me. I heard a bunch of people talking about it at more than one point. I've never been out of the country, so I just nodded at those points.
An acquaintance of mine, sort of a friend-of-my-friends, no longer wants to have ten kids. She's babysat for two kids and has seen the light on that subject. Hallelujah. I knew that was going to happen. I've taken care of kids; she never had before. I could tell; she romanticizes them so. She still wants four or five, which is bad enough, but it's a lot better than ten. She still thinks it's okay to turn left when the arrow for the left-hand lane is red, though. But hey, no one's perfect.
Somebody should just hit Jane. And Mr. Rochester. They're so dumb. We hate them because we like them and don't know why they're making things so difficult for themselves.
Wandering around downtown Minneapolis when you don't know where you're going isn't the brightest way to find a place to eat. No one got frostbitten or run over by cars, but I think a couple of people tried.
THE SPACE-RACE JOKE!
Youre just downright silly, but thats exactly what
everyone loves about you.
Which Eddie Izzard Joke Are You?
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I don't like Chinese food, but I like eating with chopsticks. I don't think chopsticks will work well for Cheerios and sandwiches, though.
I should just cultivate a taste for McDonald's, and forget about Chipotle and The Olive Garden and Space Aliens and the palce I ate last night (The Lotus, I think it's called), and all the cool places I like to eat, even Arby's, because I never get to eat there.
I am not the only person who admits to being a Linux user in the way that I do. What way is that, you ask? Grudingly, only when necessary, and not expecting to really be understood. We're not ashamed, it's just too much work to explain to people who've never heard of it, and people who have heard of it freak out because they think you're going to start talking another language or something. It is fun to meet another such person and take the news in stride (he seemed like a computer geek; I wasn't too shocked at him saying he uses Linux) and to, in turn, surprise them at your lack of surprise. Especially when you happen to be a girl. It's fun. It's like ambushing the geeks.
Apparently everybody on the trip has been to England, London, and the Globe Theater. Except me. I heard a bunch of people talking about it at more than one point. I've never been out of the country, so I just nodded at those points.
An acquaintance of mine, sort of a friend-of-my-friends, no longer wants to have ten kids. She's babysat for two kids and has seen the light on that subject. Hallelujah. I knew that was going to happen. I've taken care of kids; she never had before. I could tell; she romanticizes them so. She still wants four or five, which is bad enough, but it's a lot better than ten. She still thinks it's okay to turn left when the arrow for the left-hand lane is red, though. But hey, no one's perfect.
Somebody should just hit Jane. And Mr. Rochester. They're so dumb. We hate them because we like them and don't know why they're making things so difficult for themselves.
Wandering around downtown Minneapolis when you don't know where you're going isn't the brightest way to find a place to eat. No one got frostbitten or run over by cars, but I think a couple of people tried.
THE SPACE-RACE JOKE!
Youre just downright silly, but thats exactly what
everyone loves about you.
Which Eddie Izzard Joke Are You?
brought to you by Quizilla
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Date: 2003-11-07 07:31 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-11-07 01:28 pm (UTC)Hehe! Pardon me!
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Date: 2003-11-07 02:26 pm (UTC)But this guy and I were having a conversation about something else-Java, and browsers--and so when I asked him which browser he uses, he answered with "Well, I have Linux ... " which isn't answering the question I posed but is necessary background information. Because using Linux means you won't have Internet Explorer or Netscape (the only browsers most people have heard of), so it means another layer of explanation is necessary before the person can understand you. Well, in this case he found someone else who's heard of Linux and Mozilla, but he didn't know that. You can't assume that sort of thing--except in certain company. And since I'm a girl and fairly clueless, I do not usually appear very geeky.
Anyway, my point is that you can't just talk about whatever it is you're talking about; you first have to warn the person that you're part of an entirely different computing paradigm from what they're used to. And since most people don't care anyway, it's not worth the effort. That's what I meant about it being too much work to explain.
I'm actually quite happy when people are interested in knowing things--it reminds me of me!--and so I'm happy to tell them anything I might know ... and sometimes things I only think I know.
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Date: 2003-11-07 04:54 pm (UTC)It does (http://wp.netscape.com/download/full_install.html)? Please note the "Linux" link.
It's slightly outdated, but it's still Netscape for Linux. And hell, with Wine it's theoretically possible to run Internet Explorer! (I say theoretically because I've never managed to make it work. -_-)
There's a reason I don't talk about stuff like this ...
Date: 2003-11-07 05:08 pm (UTC)I didn't actually check to see if it's possible to use IE or Netscape with Linux; I was just saying it's not as common or likely. This guy and I ended up talking about Mozilla, which is perfectly normal to us, but the two other people at our table said they didn't even know what a browser was. So there's sort of a gulf or abyss or something between the two types, and that's all I was really trying to say. The details may get kind of fuzzy, but, as I told
Re: There's a reason I don't talk about stuff like this ...
Date: 2003-11-07 05:33 pm (UTC)Of course, it doesn't hurt that I was an on-again off-again Netscape user since 4.0something, and that's how I discovered Mozilla.
Re: There's a reason I don't talk about stuff like this ...
Date: 2003-11-07 06:39 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-11-07 07:01 pm (UTC)Either way, I don't think you're a pedantic bitch. Perhaps I just have a lot of experience with winging it, saying things that sound good and only sometimes getting called on it. :-)
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Date: 2003-11-08 03:53 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-11-09 07:56 am (UTC)Beware the ferocious female, let loose to prey upon the poor defenceless geeks in their natural habitat. See her clever use of camouflage, as she takes upon herself their behaviours to better infiltrate their home, which has been carefully defended with arcane and obscure knowledge.
You're so cute, and spunky too. You always make me smile. I wish I knew people like you IRL.
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Date: 2003-11-09 05:41 pm (UTC)