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Aaah, i totally forgot about CSI and Survivor!!! I wonder if I can go back and edit mine...

by Kat

I left work late on Friday, around 6:30, and as I was crossing the street to where my van was parked, I heard a man call out from a doorway. Unsure if they were talking to me, I looked over my shoulder and walked a few feet. Again, he said something and again I didn't quite understand what was being said or who it was being said to. My work isn't in an unsafe neighborhood, per se, but the University District is full of weirdos and I had parked right outside two of Seattle's dive-y-est bars. So I kept going. The third time, I heard him clearly.

"Hey, is your name Kat?"

He did look familiar. I walked over and apologized for not hearing him the first two times. He clearly remembered me from somewhere... but where?

As it turns out, he has a nearly photographic memory for names and faces. We worked together for the latter six months of my freshman year at the University of Oregon, which I spent as a consultant at the Computing Center beta-testing IP-Multicast software. He was in my department, and one of the suprisingly more socially functionl geeks there. I ended up leaving the CC and returning to be tech support for the less-specialized Microcomputing services for the rest of my college career (probably because the geeks at Micro were more socially functional). It surprises me to no end that he remembers me, partially because I'd like to think I've changed a bit since then and also because we knew each other for so short a time.

Nevertheless, it is strange that he's here in Seattle working across the street from me-- and that he happened to see (and recognize me) by chance. Funny, huh?

Posted on February 12, 2006 @ 12:08 PM | 0 comments

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Push

by Kat

When I returned to my car after eating lunch at Julia's with Rand and Matt, I found it completely parked in. Unmoveable. The car behind me had pulled up no more than two inches from my bumper and I, admittedly, had parked close to the car in FRONT of me to make room for them.

But hey, I drive a mini van and I like to make sure others still have room to park. Annnnd the Outback that parked me in still had a good two feet behind them. Realistically, there was no way I could move my van. We were just contemplating walking when Rand suggested we check to see if the subaru had its parking brake on.

It did, because apparently the Moomy who had parked it was thoughtful enough to do that but not enough to check her spacing. But that didn't stop Matt from trying the passenger door-- to find it unlocked. He unset the parking brake, hopped in the driver's side and took it out of first (keep in mind, we WERE on a flat here, not a hill), and then they pushed it back two feet. I suggested they push it back a little farther so that it blocked the service driveway... I would have loved to see the look on her face when she came back to her car to see it sitting five feet from where it was, possibly ticketed as well... but Rand declined. We reset the brake and I drove off, first giving the car an obligatory nudge with my bumper.

Posted on February 09, 2006 @ 6:57 PM | 4 comments

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Evil!

By Chris P., at 11:54 PM, February 09, 2006

chuckle. Nicely done

By inkandpen, at 6:55 AM, February 10, 2006

That kicks ass. I applaud your friend Rand. I'd be tempted to do something far worse than simply do as you were suggesting, Numine.

Where I'm from, especially at this time of year, tehre are innumerable Detroit Red Wing flags all over car windows. If I had a dime for every flag I've snapped off of a car in a parking lot in the past year, I'd have enough for a Whopper Value Meal.

Each event is not a random act. They all deserved it somehow for either dinging my door in the parking with their huge fucking Ford Extragigantadition, for blocking me in like Fran, etc. It's just my good fortune that they all seem to have these flags.

If I were to put together a thesis on it (which this comment is turning out to be), I'd say Red Wings fans either have a vendetta against me or they're just shitty drivers.

G-Rob, at 8:10 AM, February 10, 2006

Nice.

By Louie, at 5:11 PM, February 10, 2006

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Boo. Yah.

by Kat

We lost, and I am sad & tired for no good reason other than collective empathy. But here are a few happy things:

- My new Woolrich slippers are love;
- I have found an awesome new way to waste time online, Consumating.com. You should all sign up now;
- I plan on biking to work tomorrow, the first time since I moved from Eugene and biked to campus almost every day for four years. (Yeah, it's a bit hillier here.)
- I *finally* saw The Chronic (what?) Cles of Narnia this weekend and, well, I'm a bit embarrassed to say that it made me reminisce perhaps a little too much about World of Warcraft. What can I say? My Tauren is almost level 20. For the horde!

Posted on February 05, 2006 @ 8:13 PM | 10 comments

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why do you use the 'word' "EVAR" (sic). no one really pronounces it like that.

cunning linguist, at 9:21 PM, February 05, 2006

As I can't find an instance of "evar" on the top level of this page, I'm not sure exactly to which useage you're referring.

"Evar," in general, is the ultimate emphasis of the word "ever," used in leet (internet) speak. I use it generally in a sarcastic capacity, as in "the best/worst (something) EVAR!" Making fun of leet speak seems to facilitate regular use just as much as taking it seriously, unfortunately. See

the Wikipedia article on Leet for a reference to "evar."

Also, you may not know anyone who pronounces it like that. But my homies are people who spend all day on TEH INTARWEB, and some of them, myself included, in proper context, do.

Kat, at 9:34 PM, February 05, 2006

I'm with Kat on this one. Although, we may not be hip anymore-- some of my students named their in-class team "The Coolest Team Ever" the other day, and I thought to myself "don't they mean, EVAR?" but they didn't. They just meant that they were the coolest team that had ever been, not a touch of irony. And this is a class of nerds! I was speachless.

inkandpen, at 7:00 AM, February 06, 2006

Also, can't you tell me, what is this "TEH INTARWEB" you speak of? Surely you must have mistyped. Don't you mean "The Internet" or "The World Wide Web?"

Jeeeeeezus.

I just stopped by to tell you thanks: I got on that consumating thing, and now I've been at work for like 2 hours and haven't done a damn thing but search for people and answer pointless questions.

Adrienne, at 7:54 AM, February 06, 2006

Numine, dahling, you should really stop playing with the English language like that. Language is a concrete entity that should only be used when following the prescribed rules of grammar and syntax.

53r1o51y, \/\/h41 k1nd 0f g33k r u?

And b/c I love you friend but I also know that you are free to make your own decisions, please consider wearing your helmet when you bike. / endfriendlyplea

Rachel, at 8:12 AM, February 06, 2006

d00d, I totally am wearing my helmet. I'm in tha big city now. :-O It's proportionately scarier biking these streets, though I avoid traffic for 75-85% of my ride in. Stupid hills. D-:

Kat, at 10:20 AM, February 06, 2006

*breathes a sigh of relief*

big city or not, you should always wear your helmet when biking. cars don't see you, balances get lost, shit happens, even if it hasn't happened yet and even if you are very physically coordinated.

ok, I'm not your mom, but I am an advocate for basic safety for all of my friends cuz I love you guys and stuff and I want you around for a long time. oh and I'm also not a cat! ;)

Rachel, at 5:30 PM, February 06, 2006

dude, can it, Adrienne. i spend plenty of time on el interneto and have never heard "evar". that link you sent was fascinating, kat, btw.

Anonymous, at 6:35 PM, February 06, 2006

Re: the "EVAR" thing, I think there's another facet to this whole thing that has not been mentioned yet. When I hear "Worst _____ ever." I think of the fat comic book guy from the Simpsons. He says it very deliberately, almost to the point of requiring it to be written or said "Worst ... _____ ... ever."

Perhaps that what the youngsters on the "Coolest Team Ever" were going for?

This was the worst comment ever. My apologies.

G-Rob, at 8:52 AM, February 07, 2006

I gotta doubt how much time "Anon" spends online, having never heard "Evar"!

Also, usually people who spend any measureable amount of time using the Internet (in the way that people who are familiar with leet use the internet) have chosen a handle by now!

And I think the term is spelled "d00d".

Adrienne, at 5:29 PM, February 10, 2006

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Superbowl Sunday

by Kat

Unless you've been living in a closet, you know that tomorrow is Superbowl Sunday. And, if you're anything like me, you generally couldn't care less. But this year is different. This year I'm going to my first-- and probably my last and only-- Superbowl Party.

Why? I daresay I like cheering for the underdog. The Seattle Seahawks, cursed with a losing streak going back years before my family relocated to the Pacific Northwest, are playing tomorrow in Detroit. Football? Meh. Beer? Meh. I just want to see the look on my "boss's" face when his team wins (or loses).

Justin's whipping up a batch of his famous habenero salsa and some guac and tomorrow we're off will Rand and Matt (the SEOmoz crew) to Rand's mom's house to watch the game and glut ourselves on excess calories.

Wee-ha!

Posted on February 04, 2006 @ 8:51 PM | 2 comments

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Yeah pro football just doesn't really scratch any itches for me either. But I am down with the excuse to make good food, drink beer, and yell and the televison for no good reason.

My last memory of the Seahawks was performing in their half-time show with the UO Marching Band. The Seahawk fans were awful; they booed us while we performed and threw stuff AT THE BAND even when UW had owned us in football the day previous and the Seahawks had invited to perform in their half-time show in the first place. Yeeehaawks.

At least some of the commercials on Superbowl Sunday are entertaining and attempt to market to a wider audience instead of the beer-drinking males.

Rachel, at 10:43 AM, February 05, 2006

Yeah, football parties are fun because there are lotsa people and gooooood food!!

Too bad we lost though...

By Allie, at 7:39 PM, February 05, 2006

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