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Mahatma

Monty Python's "Oliver Cromwell" ... the only history lesson I've heard with the phrases "oy vey" and "stupid git".

http://bau2.uibk.ac.at/sg/python/Songs/OliverCromwell

Mahatma

Confession: I think stepping looks like so much fun, but it's mainly thought of as a "black thing" at least around here, and as a nerdy white girl, I'm afraid of being judged for my interest, by both races. (I'm too busy/lazy to do it anyway, but I still think it's awesome.)

Mahatma

Ahh... in my class we analysed that as a null determiner.

Mahatma

That's a really great way to put it, EL... :) Syntax was the first non-intro linguistics course I took, and I thought, "Wow... I could do syntax for the rest of my life!" Then I took phonology and thought, "There is no way I can do syntax the rest of my life." I don't know why I ...

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My mother was talking about being sick and remedies and telling me she was going through her health journal to see which ones had worked for her, and the only thing that did any good was elderberry tea. And what is the first thing that pops into my head? Good lord. My mother smelt of elderberries! ...

Mahatma

The same guy/gal who thought of the various Harry Potter flavors:
Booger
Dirt
Grass
Pepper
vomit
I wouldn't recomend eating any of them but....

SPOILERS

....they all tasted like thier names.

"Alas... ear wax."

*giggles*

Mahatma

Okay, it's a social science, but we use the scientific method of data analysis, so science it is. I know there are other linguists on this board, so I thought we might convene here and share our particular interests in the field. And answer people's questions about "what the heck is that?!"...

Mahatma

Firefox closed on me, too... eh. That is weird, about the DE masks... although now they don't look so KKKish (which isn't entirely inappropriate)... but I guess it doesn't bother me that much. I'm excited about the part where the declarations are exploding -- I'm hoping hoping hoping that's part of ...

Mahatma

There are links to the trailer on http://www.mugglenet.com/. I feel obsessed

Hehehe... I am. I literally squealed while watching the trailer today. My roommate judged, but I don't care!

Mahatma

Right, right. Lifts, then, if it makes you happy...

Mahatma

Living on the 9th floor can provide some good opportunities for elevator stupidity. I got on the elevator at the first floor and pressed 9 (the buttons glow orange when you push them), and a woman with a suitcase came in and requested I press 8, so I did. Then she said, "Do you live on the 8th ...

Mahatma

*bump*

10 second clip of the teaser trailer!

http://www.hpana.com/news.19665.html

The full one's due online on Monday. As I haven't got a chance to see Happy Feet yet, I'm awaiting it with enormous buckets of excitement.

Mahatma

I'm being reminded of one of Moody's comments in OotP. Wands in back pockets are bad ideas, apparently.

heehee... that part always makes me giggle, especially when Tonks pipes in

Mahatma

Oooh, I like this one. It's more general and somewhat less random. How many songs: 717 (I have a lot of CDs and records) Sort by song title: First Song: "12-bar Original" by the Beatles Last Song: "Your Song" by Elton John Sort by time: Shortest Song: besides a bunch of recording...

Mahatma

Dear Bob,

Please, please make this semester slow down to manageable pace.

Thank you,
Student, Tutorer, and Study Abroad-er.

Mahatma

my betta fish went kamikaze

Really?! Mine too! He just refused to eat, no matter how well I cleaned his bowl or whatnot. Stupid fish.

Mahatma

I have a lot of those attachments. 1. My dictionary. I got it in 4th grade (11 years ago) -- a paperback Webster's New World Collegiate Dictionary. The cover is falling off, but I put so much faith and love into that baby, I can never truly replace it. I had to buy a newer, hardcover version for a c...

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-guster (old stuff, ive not heard any of the new cd) I like their new CD, but it's not exactly classic Guster... definitely more sticks (as opposed to bongos), and more electric stuff... if you listened to Parachutes and then Ganging Up on the Sun, the only thing that'd tell you it's the same band ...

Mahatma

Interesting... I did an "UnSuggester" search for The Red Badge of Courage (which I hated) and a lot of cognitive and computer science stuff came up, which I actually might be interested in (and knitting, but I have no idea why nor any interest in it). Cool!

Mahatma

And for kicks, one from a trip to NYC this summer -- me and my best friend with the cute greeter-person at FAO Schwartz. It was way too hot for that outfit, I don't know how he survived. I dont get it, i thought those guys werent allowed to move or react in any way...... Hehe, only at Buckingham pa...

Mahatma

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1592400876 I just started this book, and it's awesome. Sticklers unite! I have a feeling there are several people here who would enjoy it. It's funny, and, well, nerdy. And I want to give it to my 6th grade teacher who wanted to put an apostrophe in &qu...

Mahatma

how to be me, a college student... Wardrobe: jeans metal belt band t-shirt ratty chucks Items: hair tie (around the right wrist when not in hair) Led Zeppelin bookbag with hippie pins pen from Study Abroad office test kit, syringes and insulin ratty notebook laptop that doesn't move from the desk cl...

Mahatma

I definitely voted for Wonder Woman. Not because I am a Socialist by any means, but because Wonder Woman is the shizzle.

Hehe, I did the opposite. I am unfamiliar with the character but support the ideals.

Mahatma

Oooh, Iceland, Sigur Ros? I'm jealous... I <3 Scandinavian cultures

Mahatma

*grumble grumble* Stupid absentee ballot... applied for a day too late... *grumble grumble*

Mahatma

i didn't/can't vote today because i never registered in new york and i totally forgot to get an absentee ballot for massachusetts. i feel like crap about it. Same here -- only instead of states, different counties in New York. And I'm at school and I don't drive so I can't go home to vote. I sent i...

Mahatma

I'm looking for a quote from Yoko Ono about how once you love a person, you can never not love them, but I can't find it. Anyone have the Playboy Interviews handy?

Mahatma

Dear you,

Why did you cut your hair? NOT necessary. Just so you know, you haven't filled your drag quota for the semester. Not even close. I'm waiting for a repeat.

-your stalker

Mahatma

j'ai vingt ans

Mahatma

Ahhh... yeah, I know the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band version but it's interesting that Garth Brooks covered it. Thanks!

Mahatma

5) How can I make myself happy? Fishin in the Dark - Garth Brooks Garth Brooks does that song?! Is that the one that goes "you and me go fishing in the dark..." and something about "lying on our backs" and "count the stars... where the cool grass grows..." Or something...

Mahatma

I write fan fiction (mostly Harry Potter -- short stories, because I can't be creative on a big enough level to write more) and poetry, which I don't share with anyone except maybe my best friend if she asks. And, like EL, I write papers. Problem sets. Research. I definitely have more examples of th...

Mahatma

Today we went to Lowell, Mass, and we saw the building for The Sun and we were close to Boston and I was just so filled with joy. We have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age and just because you can't see fairies dancing on the lawn doesn't mean they're not real. I can definitely und...

Mahatma

Hehe, I like this thread. My honors professor yesterday: "In a world where there are a lot of stupid people, you have to defend yourself." My cognitive science professor says a lot of crazy things. "They're Amsterdamers. They get the munchies after doing things." "All of Bil...

Mahatma

*giggles* Okay... not feel anything different, then.

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