getting kicked out of india...
so what is the final verdict on ashlee simpson? anyone? just curious...
anyway, i'm hopped up on red bull right now so this entry could make absolutely no sense and be completely random...guess that isn't very different from the norm other than that it is being typed at light speed right now due to my chemically-induced enhanced concentration. sweet.
i have a lot of work to do tonight (this morning) and so i think this entry will just consist of some random thoughts as i see fit to report them.
today was relatively normal, but i did find out that hal and AJ found themselves eating at the same restaurant as michigan tight end tyler ecker. they did not, however, go up and talk to him; i guess they needed me there since last year it worked out well and i got to talk to braylon edwards a couple times. on a somewhat related note, when AJ walked over to me in the dana building to tell me this stuff, i totally thought she was just a random indian person coming way too close to me while i was trying to eat my lunch (panchero's burrito). it was one of those things where you only make out certain features through your peripheral vision and don't recognize the actual person (no matter how well you know them) until they are right there next to you. kind of freaked me out at first, but then again, most indian people cause me to go into sort of an alarm state.
i will also add that a nap this evening when i got back from work has helped me stay up, especially since i wasted a good two hours of quality work watching batman begins with my roommates...oh well, that movie is pretty sweet and i managed to be .045% productive with my work during that period of time.
so one of the only other 'exciting' things to happen today was the fact that we have this hyped up visiting professor/researcher from india coming to talk at our school. well i found out he also brought some fishes from the ganges (ganga) river with him. i came into the lab today and heard that he had arrived and brought some fishes, so i was really excited to see the fishes (and of course meet the prof since i had heard about him from labmates for quite some time now). well they finally came into the dungeon and i was unshackled and allowed to meet him. he seems like a nice guy, way too formally dressed for SNRE though, but oh well.
anyway, i asked about the fishes, and my mike (my main research advisor) told me where they were and said i should take a look at them since he knew i happen to like fishes just a little bit. well this was a great departure from my GIS work so i got right into them. well to make a long story only moderately long, i went through the fishes and actually recognized most of them and noted some corrections on their ID/classification. the problem was i was kind of worried about how to say this to the visiting prof and my advisor and the other indian researcher when they came back to the lab. i was worried that i was overstepping my bounds, but i knew i was right. what's the worst they could do? ban me from indian fishes? ban me from india? ban me from the local indian restaurants??? now that last one would suck.
well anyway, they came back and i had written an elaborate note and email to my advisor and the researcher, and it turns out they went with all the changes i suggested (my advisor actually said i was a gifted ichthyologist) and were happy to get the modifications. i think they are going to send me over my own personal elephant or something because of this, now THAT will be cool. or perhaps an auto-rickshaw, which i have always wanted (coolest yet most dangerous vehicle in india...well, maybe after the water buffalo). anyway, i was glad to help and therefore make myself into an even bigger FISH NERD. so yeah, it's not really bragging when you make yourself into a bigger nerd. oh well, soon i'll have my elephant and be stomping on your cars and impaling bikers with its tusks. and we won't even get into the potential warfare in terms of waste production...
well i should get back to work. i'll leave you with a quote from my good friend from undergrad, aundrea, which i thought was humorous. glad i could contribute to your time wasting aun, and you'll have to visit again soon!
"solomon...i was just wasting some time reading your blog and i think i could just sit here and weep with laughter at the "makes me tired just thinking about it" story. seriously, why is this just now coming out? that needed to be shared many years ago...."
oh and to erin and beth, trust me, i have a better record of the facts than either of you two do!!!
and laura, the fact that you know j-berry (aka jane) makes you and 86.1 even crazier!!!
ok time to get back to work <:><
random pic:
now this one is old school...well, three years ago. some of my students made me a cookie in the shape of a bug when i taught parasitology, its latin name (on the sign karen is holding up) is "Solomonis cookiei". talk about sucking up! they were a fun group though. (L-R) karen, AJ, beth, lamia, me.
anyway, i'm hopped up on red bull right now so this entry could make absolutely no sense and be completely random...guess that isn't very different from the norm other than that it is being typed at light speed right now due to my chemically-induced enhanced concentration. sweet.
i have a lot of work to do tonight (this morning) and so i think this entry will just consist of some random thoughts as i see fit to report them.
today was relatively normal, but i did find out that hal and AJ found themselves eating at the same restaurant as michigan tight end tyler ecker. they did not, however, go up and talk to him; i guess they needed me there since last year it worked out well and i got to talk to braylon edwards a couple times. on a somewhat related note, when AJ walked over to me in the dana building to tell me this stuff, i totally thought she was just a random indian person coming way too close to me while i was trying to eat my lunch (panchero's burrito). it was one of those things where you only make out certain features through your peripheral vision and don't recognize the actual person (no matter how well you know them) until they are right there next to you. kind of freaked me out at first, but then again, most indian people cause me to go into sort of an alarm state.
i will also add that a nap this evening when i got back from work has helped me stay up, especially since i wasted a good two hours of quality work watching batman begins with my roommates...oh well, that movie is pretty sweet and i managed to be .045% productive with my work during that period of time.
so one of the only other 'exciting' things to happen today was the fact that we have this hyped up visiting professor/researcher from india coming to talk at our school. well i found out he also brought some fishes from the ganges (ganga) river with him. i came into the lab today and heard that he had arrived and brought some fishes, so i was really excited to see the fishes (and of course meet the prof since i had heard about him from labmates for quite some time now). well they finally came into the dungeon and i was unshackled and allowed to meet him. he seems like a nice guy, way too formally dressed for SNRE though, but oh well.
anyway, i asked about the fishes, and my mike (my main research advisor) told me where they were and said i should take a look at them since he knew i happen to like fishes just a little bit. well this was a great departure from my GIS work so i got right into them. well to make a long story only moderately long, i went through the fishes and actually recognized most of them and noted some corrections on their ID/classification. the problem was i was kind of worried about how to say this to the visiting prof and my advisor and the other indian researcher when they came back to the lab. i was worried that i was overstepping my bounds, but i knew i was right. what's the worst they could do? ban me from indian fishes? ban me from india? ban me from the local indian restaurants??? now that last one would suck.
well anyway, they came back and i had written an elaborate note and email to my advisor and the researcher, and it turns out they went with all the changes i suggested (my advisor actually said i was a gifted ichthyologist) and were happy to get the modifications. i think they are going to send me over my own personal elephant or something because of this, now THAT will be cool. or perhaps an auto-rickshaw, which i have always wanted (coolest yet most dangerous vehicle in india...well, maybe after the water buffalo). anyway, i was glad to help and therefore make myself into an even bigger FISH NERD. so yeah, it's not really bragging when you make yourself into a bigger nerd. oh well, soon i'll have my elephant and be stomping on your cars and impaling bikers with its tusks. and we won't even get into the potential warfare in terms of waste production...
well i should get back to work. i'll leave you with a quote from my good friend from undergrad, aundrea, which i thought was humorous. glad i could contribute to your time wasting aun, and you'll have to visit again soon!
"solomon...i was just wasting some time reading your blog and i think i could just sit here and weep with laughter at the "makes me tired just thinking about it" story. seriously, why is this just now coming out? that needed to be shared many years ago...."
oh and to erin and beth, trust me, i have a better record of the facts than either of you two do!!!
and laura, the fact that you know j-berry (aka jane) makes you and 86.1 even crazier!!!
ok time to get back to work <:><
random pic:
now this one is old school...well, three years ago. some of my students made me a cookie in the shape of a bug when i taught parasitology, its latin name (on the sign karen is holding up) is "Solomonis cookiei". talk about sucking up! they were a fun group though. (L-R) karen, AJ, beth, lamia, me.
posted by Solomon at 2:06 AM
3 Comments:
Ashlee Simpson sucks worse than before with her new record. I will, however, mention that Jude Law is a very sexy man and a great actor...a bit cocky too. Is norm really a bird? About your pictures do you use google image search cause that's how I'd do it and maybe I'm just stubborn but I can't think outside of my own box. I hate bikers too. Basically when traveling, I hate anything that gets in my way. This includes pedestrians, twigs, rocks, bikers, logs, things dogs pee on, dogs, animals...not squirrels that's always a good time..I like to watch people hand-feed squirrels (and did you know people hunt them too...whaaaaat an accomplishment! look at what i caught it's so large and ferocious.....)anyways annyoing things see also: cars, turbulence, parallel parking spots, and curbs. I'm going to ban you from india. You're banned, HA! Why, you ask? You never responded tomy question: are you a pisces? (The astrological sign of a fish...) I am. Thus you must adore me. But please don't try and ichthyologize me. Thanks! Lastly, that laura comment really freaked me out for a second. I was like whoa whoa whoa, hold the phones, who's laura and why is she stalking me? (I have a tendency to attract stalkers. See also: creepy, clingy, weird, lesbians/men)Then I realized who you meant and I was filled with joy and relief. I'm glad she reads this!
j-phew
i don't know if i agree. i'm still a fan of ashlee. but i think moreso because i can't stand jessica. and i would love to see her win over. (do you like how i refer to them like i know them?)
nice long, pointless, and time wasting entry solo. props to you. this one did use up a significant amount of my time. but u'll have that. i look forward to seeing the pic wall.
ps-i think in ur next entry u should post the pic of rachel in her "monkey suit"
well it's quite late (3:45am) but i'm still up so i'll reply to a couple of these comments.
sarah - i'll see what i can do about getting rachel's monkey suit picture up, maybe that will bring her out of hiding as well (probably because she'll be pretty upset with us for posting that pic)!
j-berry - since you apparently think you have the power to ban me from india (don't know where you came up with that line of thought, but oh well, we'll humor you), i'll answer your question about signs. as much as i WISH i was a pisces (given my affinity for fishes of course) i am in fact a taurus. i don't know the zodiac too well, but i don't see any rules where a taurus (or other signs) must adore a pisces...just consider yourself lucky that you get the fish sign. oh, and i have no idea what ichthyologize means in that context, but i think i'm going to start using it in regular conversation and see how long said conversations last after that point. ok time to get to bed. hope you kids stayed out of trouble tonight, hahaha <:><
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