post 179

By jp 04 Nov 2000

so I bic’d my brain case for the first time this morning. I was generating some serious heat with all the cramming I’m doing for monday’s exam. but my head feels actually hotter to the touch than before. so I’m wondering if hair is actually nature’s heat sink.

and I found a birthmark I never knew I had. not like that russian guy though.

post 174

By anders pearson 01 Nov 2000

last night, i was busy studying for my probability midterm and it became clear to me that i really am not nearly as conscious in my morning classes as i think i am. there were huge sections of my notes that i just have absolutely zero recollection of writing. there is seriously just page upon page of notes on material that i’ve never even heard of before. apparently the part of my brain that is trained to take notes doesn’t actually require any of the rest of the brain to be working; it’s developed into pure reflex, so i can sleep through my classes and still have complete notes to read later. a pretty handy skill i think. of course, it does seem to have a few glitches that produce, at random intervals, weird little stanzas of incoherence. eg, i found this in the middle of one page:

“this little interval
that little interval

casts/splints
PANTSMONSTER

suppose dysfunction afly
a flat is a good idea
so just chose deformed hula
fly by twice the negative tea
he is not wonder one maybe it
wiggles”

i have no idea how that came out of my brain or what any of it means, but i did decide that ‘PANTSMONSTER’ is quite possibly the funniest word ever invented. i think i could be a successful stand-up comedian just by getting on stage and saying ‘pantsmonster’ over and over.

post 173

By jp 01 Nov 2000

it’s been a long day at the laugh factory. did you know there were three kinds of funny? there’s funny ha-ha, funny strange, and funny uh-oh.


it’s been a long day cause I can’t tell the difference anymore.