I'll post some new, interesting content soon--I just have to get my mind straight first. The production of my senior project has proven more difficult than I had hoped, and that's forced me to repeatedly reconsider how I want to go about approaching it. I had another such epiphany this morning, so I need to (once again) reanalyze my approach.
3.20.2005 In order to test whether I'd correctly remembered our house phone number, I dialed the number I believed to be ours--but the phone on the other end started ringing. Because it wasn't busy, it obviously wasn't our phone, so I hung up the phone immediately so I didn't have to speak to the person I'd just randomly called at midnight. A second later, our phone rang. I was immediately worried that the person I'd called--and probably woken up--was somehow calling me back, but I have a problem where I can't not answer the house phone because I don't know who's calling. When I picked up, it was completely silence, only me saying 'hello' to myself.
3.17.2005 Over the weekend, the New York Times had an article on the front page of their real estate section titled, "Yes, There Are Apartments Out There for $1,000." This title scared the hell out of me, given that I'm looking for apartments for $500. However, for those of us who don't make our own brie, there are still hundreds of apartments in the city for less than $1000. And on that note...
People I don't know: Wanna rent me your apartment in New York City? There are four of us (my previous post was successful), and we'd like to move in June 1st. $2000-2400/month. Butler preferred, but not required.
If I had more time than I do, I would change the title graphic of this page--because I now have two short months to complete my senior project. I spend my nights tossing and turning and I spend my days subsisting almost entirely on Aleve. A few nights ago I hardly slept at all, and the during the little bit that I did sleep, my mind repeatedly storyboarded the previous day--most of which had consisted of sitting in one place, working on my project.
Anyway, so I have two months left to do an incredible amount of work. If I successfully complete everything I'm setting out to do, I would like to think I'll be proud of myself.
3.12.2005 People I know: Wanna live with Dave and me in New York City? We'll be moving there this Summer, and we're looking for another roommate. So if you want to live in a house of comedians and filmmakers (for $500-$600/month), send me an email!
3.08.2005 After being pestered by Caleb to write something for the Observer, the best of Bard's various sources for unnecessarily-rewritten national news and poorly-worded criticisms of cafeteria food, I agreed to submit something on the condition that I be given an entire page. I imagine that this demand must have seemed incredibly pompous to their editorial staff--because, indeed, it was. There's definitely a part of me that enjoys making absurd demands, and another part of me that always wants to see how much I can get away with.
Anyway, instead of publishing my original idea--the definitive list of which Bard students' parents are divorced--I spent two days adapting and rewriting the classic "Choose Your Own Bard Party Adventure," which I first found online about five years ago, before I had even visited Bard. Though it took me (what felt like) forever, this project was really satisfying--both because it gave me an opportunity to make Bard jokes (which we purposefully avoid in Olde English), and because the original was already so good that I could just devote my energy to writing new jokes instead of having to worry about the structure. Anyway, enjoy!
The response of David Chaplin-Loebell, the creator of the original: "Ack!! You made it possible to get to the happy ending!!"
3.04.2005 WORDCOUNT is really neat. For instance, the word "his" is the 27th most-used word, whereas "Ben" (the 3042nd most-used word) occurs more frequently than "hers" (#3613).
