2005
JanuaryJanuary 4 - L.A. Trip Photos: http://www.eateggs.com/photos/05.01.14.los.angeles/ Day...January 5 - Saw (4/5 stars) 4/5 Stars Don’t get me wrong—Saw is not a “good” movie in terms...January 6 - Hey, RIAA... My friends rock. In the last hour, we've transferred what's likely to be over...January 7 - Dead and Gone to Dust Today was a wonderful day. Although originally scheduled to leave for...January 8 - Winter Break Best Moments 1. Wrestling with Chester. He’s developed such a personality and I so very much...January 12 - For Deposit Only This is not an auspicious start to the semester. It's Wednesday morning,...January 12 - MTA 218 - Tokyo-Ga I just finished my first International Film & Television class, and all I can...January 17 - To a close: week two In two hours, I'll hop into my car with Sagar in order to get him to the Billings...January 18 - Still a bad student. Ah. Second semester. It finds me sitting at work, killing time on the internet,...January 19 - Resignation to Reality There's no way I can do it. I'm not Bovard, I'm not god, hell, I'm not even a...January 20 - T & C Thoughts -- The Role of the Unconscious Ha. I'm excited. My T&C class rocks the house. Aside from "freak girl," everyone...January 21 - Life's Recipe Red Bull + Decongestants == God I'm going to be more sick in the morning,...January 23 - What a wild lazy Saturday So... I got back from my meeting... and god only knows what I did with my time...January 23 - A New Direction I came to a realization tonight that my schedule for the following semester,...January 24 - As I was stupidly killing time in the computer lab this afternoon, I happened...January 27 - Parallel Parking Skillz That Killz and Stuff Parking is a bitch. Fortunately, I've mastered parallel parking. Don't believe...January 29 - All I Ask of You Ah-- what a wonderful day. I slept through my 10:00 class, not waking up until...January 30 - Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura We re-arranged my room a little a couple days back: It's...January 31 - Pictures Photos from my hike on Saturday are available here: January 31 - Hailey passed something rather clever on to me today at lunch: A student...FebruaryFebruary 4 - Bovard ate my pants. So it's 1:31AM in the morning, and I'm leaning back in my chair with my head...February 7 - Lily, you're not our prop pimp daddy! Ah. What a weekend. Million Dollar Baby / Car fiasco / MSU Basketball...February 7 - Damn the Man! Good heavens. I guess I learn something new every day. Today's lesson: credit...February 9 - Tralfamadore Come, Muse, and sing the song of journey. Sing ye of bright-eyed Odysseus, Man...February 11 - On Lieing Lies, I realize, are highly pragmatic. This realization came during a discussion...February 12 - I Planned for This So here's the challenge: for my T&C class everyone was given a short story, and...February 13 - Walmart. Ug. Since I frequently include my blog in outside discussions, I figure it's about...February 14 - A Case of the Mondays It's 8:36AM on a Monday morning. I don't have any obligations until 9:00AM, and...February 14 - More from the Walmart rampage JadeRobbins wrote: Yeah but you sit on your ass and surf...February 14 - Version 2.995 Blog has reached version 2.995. There has been a minor interface revision and...February 15 - Creative story thing results Well, the results are in for the "I Planned For This" story endings. (See: February 15 - Another random thought As I was reading Kindred (a dreadfully banal pseudo-science fiction book...February 18 - I love myself sometimes. So. At 9:37AM I wake up and roll out of bed. I put some clothes on, grabbed my...February 21 - Support our troops. Bring them home. And so here's what terrifies me: I guess it didn't really strike me as...February 21 - Why? So I discovered an error in my script today. Comments posted by anonymous users...February 21 - Your daily Douglas Adams So as I was reading The Restaurant At the End of the Universe, and I've...February 24 - My syphilis has gonorrhea. Go figure. So. I'm going to freakin' fail my MTA218 class this semester, which is rather...February 27 - EUROTRASH DANCE PAARTY! The Eurotrash Dance Party was a resounding success. I think we had upwards of...February 27 - Oscar Picks Here's the predictions, rated 1-5 for certainty (1-- this COULD happen 5-- this...February 28 - Michael's Well, I managed to get at least SOME of the oscars right. Tsk. I'll do better...February 28 - I'm not going to lie. I hate to be immodest. Or maybe I just think I should be modest, and so I pretend...February 28 - The Günther Obsession Continues http://www.eateggs.com/gunther/ Here's quite a discovery:...MarchMarch 3 - Third Surfer Despite being sick, my life is made pleasant by my three current simple pleasures: 1....March 5 - New York, New York Ah. Saturday morning, and by 10:24AM I've already been productive. My parents...March 5 - ... March 6 - I am a god of music I decided a few days back that I should share my music on the network via iTunes....March 7 - Some people's kids... So, as I sit at my computer lab monitor perch, I am given the amusement of seeing...March 8 - I hate HTML So I have this random problem where, with Firefox, the pretty blue bar on the...March 9 - ... I can't SEE! Ever since this damned pink eye hit I haven't been able to focus...March 9 - I really do suck at HTML So if I were smart, I'd do the smart thing and work with a "test" version of...March 9 - I suck at life. =P Ug. I'm pretty sure that I have strep throat as well. Severe and sudden sore...March 13 - Spring Break! Day 1: March 13, 2005 8:27AM Some things change, and some things remain...March 14 - Internet Crisis I'm addicted. I'm helpless without it. I can't function in society if I don't...March 15 - Right-o. Well, Chicago was nice. There you go. Off to bed now! Whoo-hoo!March 16 - Two for one! Kekklewatts Monday, March 14th 2005: 9:39PM Oh my goodness. I just...March 16 - Your Suntan Faces Yeah, I know I have a problem. I'm addicted. Hello. My name is Mark, and I'm...March 17 - Mweh sha na ha fa buhoovurla So another day of break has come and gone. Ken and I were pretty lazy today--...March 21 - Oh my allergies! So I didn't think that I had allergies. But now I'm thinking differently. Things...March 23 - It's snowing! I woke up this morning (after wearing shorts around campus yesterday) to find...March 24 - WHHHHHHHHOOOO! Remember when I posted yesterday and said it was snowing? Yeah, well, it still...March 25 - This might be the earliest entry ever. It's 7:54. AM. And I didn't stay up all night. I think this is definately some...March 26 - William hates the French. If I don't burn a bridge, I'll cross back over it. Yeah, there's...March 27 - What the Bleep Do We Know? I ended up writing a mini-review of What the Bleep Do We Know? in a comment...March 27 - The best of intentions... Strong though his literature teacher's impact may have been, it was...March 28 - aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Good heavens. I guess I'm glad to be at work-- in the last 26 hours, I've spent...March 29 - Terri Shiavo's Blog William pointed me to one of the funniest things that I've seen in a long time: March 30 - Stop Culture My Texts & Critics project is finally complete. The goal was to draw my viewer...AprilApril 3 - Bland I've been increasingly breaking more and more pieces of my blog. Rather than...April 4 - Ishmael Good heavens, this book is making me upset. It's so damned presumptuous...April 4 - Just my night Oh, and I think I have pink-eye again. I can't be sure, but my eyes are very...April 4 - Suspicions Confirmed Ya win some and ya lose some. Right now, I seem to be on the losing end of things....April 4 - No Title and that's just it-- you reach the point where you have nothing left to give....April 6 - Words of the Wise (concerning Easy-Mac) Useful tip #1: 2/3rds of a cup of water is almost exactly equal to 3.5 shots...April 8 - Such is Life I just spent the last two hours with Jack Horner (see: Jurassic...April 8 - I'm LEAVIN'... on a jet plane... WHOO!! Duluth, here I come! I'll be back Sunday. Now, I...April 11 - ...April 11 - April 11 - Goldfish Colors! Ah. I worked for seven hours this afternoon, went to class at 7:00, got back...April 12 - sunshine, green grass, and frisbee There's something extremely swollen in the back left part of my throat,...April 13 - The Decemberists Concert William and I went to the Decemberists...April 14 - Hotel Rowanda I want so much to say "go see this film," but...April 14 - Put that flag up! William asked a great question yesterday. He asked, "why is the flag at half-mast?"...April 14 - Snow, snow go away... It's snowing outside. Yeah, that's right. After four days of playing Ultimate...April 15 - 16 Military Wives I thought I'd post the music video for The Decemberists' Sixteen Military...April 18 - Untitled Sitting, slumped in my chair, I can see the wet, heavy spring snow falling outside....April 19 - Pathetic Fallacy Part II And it snowed and it snowed and it snowed. For twenty-four unrelenting hours...April 19 - On Business Majors I always feel obligated to preface any statements or posts about business majors...April 20 - Why I Partied All Night And by party all night, I mean did homework all night, 'cuz that's always such...April 20 - *sneeze*April 21 - Summer Plans Just in case you're interested or somehow don't know, this is what I have on...April 22 - In Transition Just as a heads up, I am currently working on a new layout for Eateggs.com, but...April 25 - It's Technology-Hates-Mark day! So. At the time I went to bed this morning, my laptop was under a motherboard-replacement...April 25 - A man was passing by a small courtyard when he heard voices and murmuring. He...April 26 - My Linguistic Profile Your Linguistic Profile: 75% General American English 10% Upper...April 27 - Unsettled I’m in an odd place. I found out today that rather than leaving for Bangkok at...April 28 - Childhood Reflection I never wore a watch—I never needed one to know the days were too short. Home...MayMay 3 - Progress, on three counts 1. I made it most of the way accross my slackline today. I had a long...May 4 - Progress, Part II 1. This is the second consecutive morning that I have been up until 4:00AM working...May 5 - A bit of my evening For something random, I thought I'd post a bit of my evening. I found this...May 5 - Hey, Little Ben! This post is dedicated to Quad E's favorite resident, Little Ben! Without further...May 8 - Welcome Home It's been a few crazy and full (and computerless, to boot!) days since my last....May 9 - Grades Semester 2 GPA: 3.86 Cumulative GPA: 3.73 HIST 109D Modern Asia:...May 11 - Suddenly Tasteless I just finished Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita, and have been set into a thoroughly...May 12 - All Because of You I suddenly remembered why I was a film buff. It's not because I have some great...May 16 - Let there be light Chester is wonderful. He never fails to make me smile. Every night,...May 17 - Mud on my shoe God, I'm a roller-coaster, but god... it feels good to be this high. Emotionally...May 26 - On Love (and other such nonsense) Love: usually bullshit, and always a bad idea. Deep, I know....May 30 - Walk on the Ocean Apparently I'm going to Bangkok. I haven't received any of the confirmation materials...JuneJune 7 - nrrrrrrrg! aaaaaaaaaaaah! I'm SO sore! I somehow, stupidly, forgot to stretch out last night...June 8 - Crash Go see Crash. That's all I can say right now. I'm floored. Goodness,...June 11 - Party Details Who: You, your friends, but not your parents! What:...June 12 - Party Aftermath Thanks to everyone who came out last night! It was a smashing success. June 18 - Weekly update And so, here we are, another week of summer come and gone. Another good week...June 22 - Bleed Green Good heavens. It's Wednesday already. Good heavens. How is it only...June 23 - "They were savage and bitter, especially the middle-aged and the old,...June 24 - Park thing Friday night Starting at about 5:30PM tomorrow (Friday) there will be people hanging out in...June 25 - An amusing note I found it appropriate that "WC3" is not containted within the default Microsoft...June 26 - "Lying on my back facing the cloud cluttered sky, I noticed the reddened...June 26 - The Lost Legend of Long's Peak Two things: 1) Get Shorty is a highly entertaining movie. Easily...June 28 - Chester and I danced tonight. And as we did, the world was beautiful and loved.June 30 - Summer Update Number Six Six? Hmm. Just a guess. So. Officially, I'm doing "landscaping" for...JulyJuly 18 - Blather Ya-hey. 1) My mom makes the world's BEST strawberry-rhubarb pie. Hands...July 20 - Same dirt. Different day. "Yeah. I'm not in to sports. If I found out that I had athlete's foot, I'd think...July 22 - (Untitled) Nine.July 23 - Eight "Do I have the right so far, big man? And best of all, for...July 24 - Seven Seven.July 25 - Six Six. Pick up sticks. And stones. I'll break...July 26 - Five Of course, this would be the point where I say something profound that rhymes...July 27 - Four Four. Long's peak was declared non-technical this morning. Perfect...July 28 - Three Three. And Long's Peak was an incredible hike, the summit was absolutely...July 30 - One One. This is my last. day. in Cheyenne. ... ...AugustAugust 2 - One Ya-hey!! Hello from ... Bangkok. How weird. Apparently I made it....August 4 - Three This post could be titled "jetlag is killing me." Or "don't these people ever...August 5 - Four Where to begin? Today... well, wasn't especially... productive.August 6 - Five - The loneliness that is Bangkok Yesterday was spent wandering through ... more malls. I've ceased to be impressed,...August 7 - ... God, blogging and email seems to take such a long time... Eesh. Oh well. August 7 - aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah on, no. just peachy. yeah, that's right. just p-e-a-c-h-y. i'm going...August 9 - Billy-Bob the Sanitation Engineer This is so strange. I'm here 11 minutes before the class is scheduled to start,...August 11 - Space Oddity I slept through my 12:30PM class this morning. No, actually I didn’t,...August 12 - Three I saw my first scratched/dented vehicle yesterday. I've been looking, ever since...August 12 - August 15 - Pliny 1.0 This post marks the update of my blog to Pliny 1.0. Unfortunately, due to a fix...August 15 - Bangkok, mon amour or Bangkok, Closed City. Or Bangkok, Symphony of a Staggering City....August 17 - A Toast to Bangkok Bangkok is growing on me. It really is. I couldn’t say...August 18 - August 23 - As you might surmise by the recent lack of posts, I went to Chiang Mai for the...August 25 - Chiang Mai Of course, one never thinks much about censorship unless either 1) in a political/philosophical...August 26 - Chiang Mai Pictures ...August 29 - Saxophone I have a pet. A lizard. And a plant, but that's a different story. But about...August 30 - Kho Kret On Monday I went up to Ko Kret (Kho Kred)-- a small island (in the technical...SeptemberSeptember 3 - Feel Good Today was generally solid. I saw some temples this morning (including a 53m golden,...September 5 - Look Twice Walking down the street. September 7 - On A More Personal Note I have twenty minutes until I need to leave to get to campus, and my cup-of-noodles...September 8 - Fighting spam with google For the last four months or so, I've been receiving an increasing amount of spam....September 12 - An Announcement I will be returning to Montana State for the spring semester. I am returning...September 12 - Milieu There are two parts to this. The following post about my weekend, and an announcement...September 14 - Banana Pancakes Can't you see that it's just raining? There ain't no need to go outside.September 16 - Raindrops kept falling on my head. But I didn't... And the rains just keep coming. It's really quite amazing to me. The river is...September 19 - like she said -- status quo Lets see... Peter Pan performed as a ballet on Friday, followed by some (NOT...September 20 - Prophetic Palahniuk I came across a most intriguing article on the BBC’s website concerning face...September 20 - Yet Another Rant In an unrelated rant, if I were forced to evaluate Thammasat's security,...September 21 - The Sunflower Author and renowed nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal died yesterday at age 96.September 21 - Another obscene hour in the morning I have this odd routine where, almost every night, I come down from my 6th floor...September 23 - It's all downhill from here... Apparently, the car-park was full. Oh my. I hate to be the one to...September 26 - Bankok Burns There's so much I'm troubled by... so much I don't understand. I don't understand...September 30 - One in three elevator related deaths is a homicide That elevator is going to be my sad undoing, I tell you. It's just been getting...OctoberOctober 7 - Hello, briefly, from Cambodia For me to try to document just the events of the last few days would require...October 8 - more cambodia Friday was spent, from 5:00AM to about 4:00PM, visiting the various Angkor temples.October 9 - mute Over 19,000 people confirmed dead, with 42,000 people injured, and countless...October 11 - re: numb In re: mute (two posts previous) When I posted, as per the BBC, the...October 13 - On a happier note Ha. I don't know whether to disparage Dell over my laptop's second motherboard...October 14 - asdf ya hey. So... I'm chilling in the coolest internet cafe ever, sipping...October 18 - Cambodia Pictures Here's the first half of my photos from Cambodia: Photos...October 22 - And we both go down together Last night was profoundly stupid. We'll see how things pan out. But...October 23 - Pattaya So, right now, I'm in Pattaya with the Thammasat debate group. Pattaya is, more...October 27 - Stack It Up Again --! I just knocked over a 2" high stack of coins (which I stacked up earlier...October 29 - To do list Recommended reading: http://pakistan.wikicities.com/wiki/Hassun_Shareef_entry_1NovemberNovember 8 - O.A.R's Stories of a Stranger mini-review O.A.R. (of a revolution) recently released their fifth studio album, Stories...November 8 - Prioritize: America's response to the crisis in... Bovard sent me this link...November 9 - Thai Cuisine, or How to Cook With a Blowtorch As much as I often sometimes (ok-- often) complain about my classes here,...November 13 - Live in Quad E in 2006-2007! When I return to Montana State in the fall of 2006, I will live on campus, hopefully...November 15 - Christmas As the holiday season approaches (or so my calendar says-- you wouldn't know...November 18 - Ayudthaya Pictures Last weekend Nam Pueng took me to her "village home" in Ayudthaya, which is 80km...November 19 - Loi Krathong Last Wednesday was Thailand's annual Loi Krathong festival: a holiday for dedicated...November 21 - Cannery Row Today has been completely non-productive, but ultimately rather enjoyable just...November 22 - To Do With Nothing Here's a random, vacuous post for ya: I was arrested (heh) by a most...November 26 - Bangkok Marathon After months of training, my roommate Josh ran the Bangkok marathon this morning....November 29 - Avoiding Homework... This might be the first time this semester that I've posted here simply because,...November 29 - She'll Hang the Baskets It happens every once in a while that, listing to a song I've heard a hundred...DecemberDecember 6 - To Everyone in Montana Enjoy your -6 degree weather. But hey-- at least it's going to warm up into the...December 12 - Foolhardy Optimism New drink of choice: Coke & RedBull. The RedBull here in Thailand (the original,...December 15 - Volunteer Placement It looks like I may actually leave Bangkok one of these days. According to the...December 19 - Quick update In Kolkata, alive and well. I leave for Hyderabad at 5:40AM tomorrow. December 20 - Hyderabad Arrived in Hyderabad at 7:40 this morning, despite nearly missing my flight (my...December 29 - Varkala Since Hyderabad, we've been through Hampi, Bangalore, Kollum, and are now settled...December 30 - Christmas in a picture
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