November 2011
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Amadi Talks: Siri Failures, Illustrated →
amaditalks:
The recent illustrations of Siri, the iPhone 4S voice-recognition based assistant, failing to provide information to users about abortion, birth control, help after rape and help with domestic violence has gotten a lot of notice. Yesterday’s post with screenshots from a Twitter conversation I was…
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I received an email from my uni telling me that today was ‘Mental Health and Stress Relief Day and Healthy Living and Body Image Day’
I feel like almost everything I did today was the antithesis of these ideas.
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The prescription says two tablets four times a day but I think what it really means is eight tablets one times a day.
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I was coming home today and my friends came out of the building and said ‘oh my god, did you see that huge rat that just ran past?’.
I did not see the rat but I am never leaving my house again just to be safe.
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mothersbaugh:
having two friends was working well for me until one of them decided to go spend 7 months overseas.
I will be home in 101 days, but I’ve been gone for 104. We’re walking down the hill now!
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I have to go to Belgrade, right? It is crazy expensive to get there but money isn’t important in the grand scheme of things - going to Belgrade is important in the grand scheme of things.
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Tonight I was just standing in front of an ATM getting my card out of my wallet and this girl comes piss bolting out of nowhere, jumps in front of me and puts her card in the ATM. I was taken by surprise so I only managed a weak ‘are you serious???’ instead of a ‘are you fucking kidding me, i’m gonna mug you, ya freak bitch’.
I had to walk away because I would have...
I’m going to Stonehenge this afternoon….I hope the Pandorica opens and silence falls lolz
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A guy in my lecture today had the cover of Figure 8 as his desktop background. New Husband.
It was weird, he didn’t really look like the kind of guy that would listen to Elliott Smith, but then I guess Elliott Smith didn’t really look like the kind of guy who would be Elliott Smith.
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After seven weeks, I am finally going to make it to my 8.15am Friday class for the first time! I would like to thank Parks and Recreation for being on hiatus this week for making this dream a reality.
Just the fact that you’re asking if I was ‘brought up’. I don’t even remember...
– Larry David in an interview, 2007. (via keyboardpubes)
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Tonight I am cooking portobello mushrooms as a meat replacement for my housemates, Chris Traeger style. It’s in revenge for when the ‘family dinner’ they cooked last week was ‘roast chicken from sainsbury’s’ and I starved.
I hope it inspires some kind of meltdown because one guy is basically the German Ron Swanson in that he eats pretty much a whole cow and the...
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Tom: What did Jaz-Z, Li'l Wayne and Drake all have in common?
Jerry: Oh, I know this one. They are all "rappists."
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being sick is the worst because my brain still says ‘hey pump yourself up with nicotine, bro’ and my throat is all like ‘no no no’ but the feeble protest of my throat is no match for the all encompassing power of my stupid brain.
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I have just finished an essay that isn’t due for another 1.5 weeks. This is the first time in my life I haven’t done it the night before. This is scary. I’m becoming a monster. Therefore, I am off to watch Breaking Dawn part 1 to kill a couple of my brain cells.
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This next- this next song is about A-athens in…Georgia, not in Greece.
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me: so did you listen to the band i told you about
friend:
me: oh don't worry you just gotta get used to their sound
me: their lyrics really speak to me, and in time they will speak to you too
me: want some bootlegs
me: want their documentary live sessions KEXP interview
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Twelve thousand square foot, four car garage Tennis court, swimming pool, in the backyard I know it can seem like a lot THAT’S WHY I PAY SOMEONE TO CLEAN IT UP