January 9th, 2007 by Dieter
yeah so i dont know about you guys but i’m pretty sure my ass just exploded upon the news of the new Iphone Woot Woot! which will be available this june hmmm and thats right around my birthday hmmm i wonder what i want for my b-day. je suis ainsi passionnant!
January 8th, 2007 by Tyler
Holy crap! Tomorrow’s Macworld!
I’m going to get up at my regular time, go to work, and read about the keynote instead of working at the risk of my career!
OMG, I hope there’s an iPhone. 8D
December 13th, 2006 by Min
“This article is in dire need of quality editing. I love you, Apple—I really do. That is why I’m so offended to have this scourge against humanity brought to my attention. Typically, your documentation is very well edited. The tone of this article deviates from your other tech notes in that it crosses the line of informal tonality. It’s also laden with grammatical errors and lacks clarity. Please do not sink to the awful level of editing found in Microsoft’s documentation—I don’t think I could find any joy in this world should this level of editing become standard practice.”
November 19th, 2006 by Hugh
The Mom unit got in line @ 5 am at our local BestBuy and at 9 am got into the store and scored a Wii and Zelda and an extra controller for Tyler’s birthday. We strategized last nite and targeted this BestBuy ’cause it’s the newest one and many people don’t know it’s open. I got credited with an assist since I took care of the dogs and brought her a Starbucks hot caramel apple cider. She’s a little cold and wet, but I made her and Dieter a nice hot breakfast. See you in a few days!
November 6th, 2006 by Min
Hi Amicks and Friends!
I don’t have any literary or story-driven posts for you today, but I thought I’d check in and update you on my life through my words (and not Tyler’s “yeah, she’s doing pretty well…”).
I’m still bored at The Big Suck. I can’t wait till this job ends, but I did decide to let them renew my contract until January 31st. I figured it would hold me through the holidays since the job market stalls during that time.
I spend the majority of my work time playing on the interweb at Etsy, which is an orgasm of crafting and shopping. I don’t do so much of the shopping part, as I’m still very poor. But I did indulge in these really cool organic and healthy dog treats called Pupcakes. The name made me so happy, I couldn’t help but buy them. Mary probably won’t get all 12 “pupcakes” as that would make her fat, so I’ll probably bring some down for the “Mother unit.”
I am taking the GRE for grad school next Monday, and I’ve been slacking on studying. For the programs I’m applying to, the GRE is required as a threshold to weed out non-serious candidates. However, no one looks at the scores most of the time—unless you’re at the very bottom of the acceptance pile. I still want to do as well as possible on the test, and since I never work at work, I thought that I should use this time to study. But then I felt kinda odd about installing my GRE prep software on their computer. And I also felt kinda odd about bringing my giant GRE book with me and studying in the open office I share with four other contract workers.
So instead of studying for the GRE, I’ve been editing some of my older short stories. The majority of my application rests on writing samples, and then a wee bit rests on letters of recommendation. Most of my former instructors want samples of work before writing their letters, so I’m trying to crank something out. I choose to use my older stories because they had been through class workshops and received feedback from former instructors. I also thought they would be easier to edit and strengthen as I can examine them more objectively.
Oh, and back to the GRE. There really needs to be a video game for the Nintendo DS that helps one study for the GRE. I say this because there are already two “brain-training” games for the DS that are quite fun. And I really do feel like they make me smarter. Well, they’re not supposed to “make one smarter,” but rather exercise one’s brain and wake it up. Though that’s really just making one’s brain smarter, right?
