jerry's a funny guy...
...this is clearly obvious, but there were some parts of jerry's new material that i made it a point to remember in order to reference later (yes, i do sometimes think of blog material far in advance, other times it's just random or i make it up).
here are a few mental notes i took from when we saw Jerry Seinfeld live last friday, i obviously can't deliver them in nearly as funny manner as he could, but hopefully you'll get the points:
- he had an extensive bit on modern communication which we all found hilarious. there was a decent amount on cell phones, and how even if you are with a big group of people, somehow the person who calls you on the cell ends up being more important than those who are in person around you. (saying this to someone with you in person) "if you really want to get my undivided attention, go across the street and call me."
another part of this bit was about email. he said email is basically the lowest form of modern communication, "basically, i don't want to see your face, i don't want to hear your voice; i'm just going to type you this message and click send."
although i found this quite humorous, i would also have to "sort disagree with you there" (like bill lumbergh)...i find email to be quite efficient, and since i spend most of my non-teaching/sleeping day in front of a computer, i find it to be the fastest way to communicate with someone. sure it's somewhat impersonal, but i either like the relative impersonality of email OR the other extreme, just talking to someone in person. so all of you who get any of the 50 important or nonsensical emails i send out each day, don't feel offended!!!
- jerry commented on the fact that our brains heckle us throughout the course of our lives. your brain often tells you something completely inappropriate, which you obviously aren't going to do, but it's there nevertheless. "like when someone asks you to pass the scissors, sometimes your brain will tell you 'i could just kill this person right here, they'd never see it coming...'" i found this bit a little sadistically funny, but still funny.
- before getting into a bit on his family and relationships, jerry explained that he was 51 years old, and got married at age 45. he said "i was married at 45, that's basically 25 years of pretending to be fascinated with what people say on dates, and that's a heck of a lot of work!" that comment basically speaks for itself. oh well, at least in my case, although i can have a pretty short attention span, i'm also often somewhat easily (and genuinely) fascinated...and i can also pretend quite well too!
- he also hates the weather channel, weather forecasts, etc. i couldn't agree more; but if you do need to check the weather, go to accuweather.com...it's MUCH better than weather.com or even NOAA most of the time; weather.com sucks. big time.
that's all for tonight folks. this week presents a combination of moderation and recovery, coupled with continued celebration as many friends will be graduating at the end of the week. kind of sad actually, but it's good to get together with everyone before they leave as well (we had the final official biofish lab reunion get-together this evening; i can't believe these people were my students three years ago, and it's sad to see these friends go)! i finished up what will be my last final for a looooong time...now it's just a matter of proctoring the final for parasitology, and hopefully getting other work during the daytime. sucks that the red wings and tribe both lost today, but there are still many games ahead! good night <:><
music:
"Unwritten" - Natasha Bedingfield
"Hit or Miss" - New Found Glory
pics:
some more pics from the weekend's celebration...
from the dominick's party -
(L-R) kara, me, detrow, andrea, brenda, julia
damon, me, carrie, rakhi
seema, me, beth
aaron, heidi, rachel, jane, andy, damon
damon, me, jeremy, detrow (i've known jeremy & detrow since 7th grade!)
here are a few mental notes i took from when we saw Jerry Seinfeld live last friday, i obviously can't deliver them in nearly as funny manner as he could, but hopefully you'll get the points:
- he had an extensive bit on modern communication which we all found hilarious. there was a decent amount on cell phones, and how even if you are with a big group of people, somehow the person who calls you on the cell ends up being more important than those who are in person around you. (saying this to someone with you in person) "if you really want to get my undivided attention, go across the street and call me."
another part of this bit was about email. he said email is basically the lowest form of modern communication, "basically, i don't want to see your face, i don't want to hear your voice; i'm just going to type you this message and click send."
although i found this quite humorous, i would also have to "sort disagree with you there" (like bill lumbergh)...i find email to be quite efficient, and since i spend most of my non-teaching/sleeping day in front of a computer, i find it to be the fastest way to communicate with someone. sure it's somewhat impersonal, but i either like the relative impersonality of email OR the other extreme, just talking to someone in person. so all of you who get any of the 50 important or nonsensical emails i send out each day, don't feel offended!!!
- jerry commented on the fact that our brains heckle us throughout the course of our lives. your brain often tells you something completely inappropriate, which you obviously aren't going to do, but it's there nevertheless. "like when someone asks you to pass the scissors, sometimes your brain will tell you 'i could just kill this person right here, they'd never see it coming...'" i found this bit a little sadistically funny, but still funny.
- before getting into a bit on his family and relationships, jerry explained that he was 51 years old, and got married at age 45. he said "i was married at 45, that's basically 25 years of pretending to be fascinated with what people say on dates, and that's a heck of a lot of work!" that comment basically speaks for itself. oh well, at least in my case, although i can have a pretty short attention span, i'm also often somewhat easily (and genuinely) fascinated...and i can also pretend quite well too!
- he also hates the weather channel, weather forecasts, etc. i couldn't agree more; but if you do need to check the weather, go to accuweather.com...it's MUCH better than weather.com or even NOAA most of the time; weather.com sucks. big time.
that's all for tonight folks. this week presents a combination of moderation and recovery, coupled with continued celebration as many friends will be graduating at the end of the week. kind of sad actually, but it's good to get together with everyone before they leave as well (we had the final official biofish lab reunion get-together this evening; i can't believe these people were my students three years ago, and it's sad to see these friends go)! i finished up what will be my last final for a looooong time...now it's just a matter of proctoring the final for parasitology, and hopefully getting other work during the daytime. sucks that the red wings and tribe both lost today, but there are still many games ahead! good night <:><
music:
"Unwritten" - Natasha Bedingfield
"Hit or Miss" - New Found Glory
pics:
some more pics from the weekend's celebration...
from the dominick's party -
(L-R) kara, me, detrow, andrea, brenda, julia
damon, me, carrie, rakhi
seema, me, bethand the graffiti party -
aaron, heidi, rachel, jane, andy, damon
damon, me, jeremy, detrow (i've known jeremy & detrow since 7th grade!)
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