October 2011
8 posts
Professor: Who do you think is the most intelligent person alive?
Dude 1: Stephen Hawkings!
Dude 2: Bill Gates
Dude 3: Trupek!
Professor: Anyone not in science?
Dude 4: Conductor mumblmuble!
Me: The Dalai Lama!
Professor: Why?
Me (taken aback): um...I dunno...he sounds smart and stuff. and he knows like 5 languages...(made this up)
**silence**
*Professor continues lecture*
WHY AM I THE ONLY ONE HE ASKED???
I hate being singled out in class.
Rooney Mara - Vogue →
In addition to being totally hyped about Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, I loved reading this piece because of how it was written, this story about a movie about a story by a journalist, involving a journalist. Really, somehow this seems to be the era where the world revolves around journalism and not the other way around i.e. Murdoch, Wikileaks.
Getting back to the point, I love this story because...
PCTNT
pctnt: Pro-cras-ti-na-tion.
PC : Personal computer.
TNT: A useful explosive material with convenient handling properties.
Coincidence? I think not.
PSSHHHH. My awesome cognitive abilities just exploded.
Philippe Starck →
“…I am lazy, sadly, like everybody, and a coward, like everybody. But nobody was ever hurt by me.”
“…You are a stupid coward if you say, “Oof, it’s not me, it’s God.” This removes any self-responsibility.”
So much of what he writes really resonates with me. I can see points where he’s a little hypocritical and his logic less than thought through but...
