Everybody Loves Nerds

Wow, it’s been a long time.  So I havn’t been posting here these days, because I’ve been writing away messages again, and those seem to get rid of any itch to express myself through blogging.  But here are away messages for the past 5 months.

6/13/07

Started at 9:30, finished at 4.  Probably should have eaten more in between, and am paying for it now with a stomach ulcer.  But it’s all done at least.

6/19/07

“The new American Dream is time, not money”

6/20/07

I usually am not one for stereotypical gender roles, but when I hear that “taking out the garbage is a man’s job,” I can’t really find it in me to complain.

6/25/07

What is this, “insult your ethnic girlfriend” day?

6/26/07

Air conditioning is for the weak.

6/27/06

Livia:  It’s on days like these where you wish you could just leave the refrigerator door open and cool the house down.  But I guess it doesn’t work that way.  Anna:  Yeah.  If only the back of the refrigerator vented to outside of the house. … Wait, they already invented something like that…

7/1/07

Currently amassing large quantities of fobby clothing [In Taiwan J]

7/16/07

Realizing that 20 years of living in a first world country has rendered her digestive immune system to be basically worthless. [In China L]

7/17/07

1 year mark

7/18/07

Insult your ethnic girlfriend part 2: L:  See, Chinese people can be useful sometimes J:  Yeah, if you need to build a railroad.

7/20/07

Quote of the day:  “Rachel, will you marry me?”

No more buffer! No more buffer!

7/21/2007

Guess who accidentally had Harry Potter shipped to Albuquerque?

7/24/07

Poo!

Harry Potter Best labmate EVER.

7/27/07

If this graduate school thing doesn’t work out, at leastI can be a high end  SAT tutor for neurotic Asian American families.

8/3/07

New weight lifting goal:  be able to change the water cooler

8/7/06

has heartburn from spicy foodtruck pork

8/9/07

Will pay someone 5 dollars if they present lab meeting tomorrow instead.

8/10/07

will start worrying if her weight drops below 115

thinks that if she shaves her head, she’ll look exactly like an 8 year old cancer patient

8/14/07

is mourning the green eyed children she will never have

8/15/07

Facebook is turning into myspace.  I got a friend invite today from some guy in his late 20s that  I didn’t know, who didn’t have a network, and who had 257 friends, of which all the ones I looked at were young and female.

8/17/07

Enters her fifth-to-last healthy childbearing year today.

Can finally rent a car without extra fees.  Stay off the streets tonight!

8/20/07

Has never received so many emails assuring her that many women have healthy babies in their 30s

8/21/07

Thinks Job didn’t really exist.  Thoughts?

Really shouldn’t be so surprised that the horseradish hummus she bought tastes kinda like horseradish.

Is wondering why every single one of her friends decided to get married in California next year.

8/22/07

The xootr is broken L

Amy and Mun-wah too!  At this rate, I will have no more single friends by winter 2008.

8/23/07

2 days until I can stay in lab for as late as I want without worrying about getting home safely

8/26/07

Good morning SidPac.  I like you.

8/28/07

is now living a life of luxury, with two potted plants, wooden furniture, and not a single spot of mildew in the shower

8/29/07

Is grumpy because she can’t go home to take a nap today

“when someone in the next stall taps their foot (either right or left depending on what stall I’m in) and sticks their hand under, I always give them toilet paper.” -from an internet bulletin board

Took the wrong saferide home last night

8/30/07

was so proud of her luxurious knuckle hairs that she showed them to Jeff before they started dating.  That’s probably what made him like her.

TAing is gonna take a lot of time next semester…

8/31/07

“And I’ve never licked a spark plug and I’ve never sniffed a stink bug, and I’ve never painted daisies on a big red rubber ball, and I’ve never bathed in yogurt and I don’t look good in leggings …”

I want to do 10 projects at a time, but I’m too slow.

9/3/07

Jeff lost our “101 questions to answer befrore you get engaged” book  How convenient.

9/4/07

Didn’t feel like much of a summer…

Passed her qual.

9//07

Is r3@d1ng r3/\s34rch 0n l337

9/8/07

Christians don’t gossip.  They share prayer requests.

9/10/07

Doesn’t believe in recovered memories.

has 3197 rollover minutes

9/11/07

Is excited about getting bruises on a regular basis again [Yay jiujitu!].

Asian peoples’ skin repels water.  That’s why they’re so good at doing laundry.

9/12/07

is thinking about whether she should store emergency water supplies in her apartments

9/13/07

Nightmare roundup #1:  The night before he visits Livia’s church for the first time, Jeff dreams that he’s teaching Sunday school there and totally screws up.  Children are running everywhere, chaos ensues, and they ask him to please never come back.

9/14/07

cannot understand why perfectly capable MIT graduate students cannot figure out how to take themselves off a mailing list

9/17/07

When I get married, they will announce at the end, “I present to you for the first time, Mrs. and Mr. Livia King…”

Just read a police bulletin about a gang rape on MIT campus.

9/18/07

Jeffrey Alan Blackburne-King

9/19/07

Got my first ultrasound today.

9/21/07

I think I’m going to make an effort only to use free range animals in my cooking from now on.

9/22/07

Likes hanging out in lab when nobody else is in.

9/24/07

Sophistication in music, food, and wine may be a optional luxury, but good taste in significant others is something that should and must be cultivated early.

I would want people to wear happy colors at my funeral.

9/25/07

I put my bowl in the microwave for 90s.  Jeff wants to one-up me, so puts his in for 100 seconds.  And the microwave goes “59, 58, 57…”

Survey of the day:  is Oliver Hinds more than just a pretty face?  Submit your answers here.

Oliver’s away message:  those with refined taste in significant others should know better than to date those that can’t use a microwave

9/26/07

“he does have kinda a pretty face, and when he wears that ripped clothing…oh man”  -anonymous

Wants to grow “jiu cai” (garlic chives/Chinese leeks) in her room, but is afraid it would make everything smell bad.

9/28/07

L:  Teach me how to fix my scooter.  J:  You can’t fix it.  You’re a girl.

10/2/07

wants to get involved in social justice but doesn’t know how to get objective information

10/3/07

Is trying not to crack her back but it’s really ahrd.

10/4/07

has been crack free for 20 hrs and counting…

10/8/07

I wish I had read this article before I decided to have four a day for lunch last week.  http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/complementary_medicine/article556697.ece

10/10/07

An unassisted triple play in kickball. [Sooho is amazing]

110/14/07

Is eating 3 week expired yogurt

10/17/07

human-gestation-period-plus-half-year-iversary

10/18/07

Fun anniversary game:  brainstorm all the couples who have gotten engaged either at or before this same anniversary, and then tell the names to Jeff.  Worst girlfriend ever J

10/19/07

Thanks for letting me borrow the ring sizers, Karen.

10/20/07

Does anyone have an old school cassette player I can borrow?

10/22/07

Fixed her scooter.

10/25/07

has gained 2 pounds since deciding to eat vegetarian for two weeks

10/26/07

Either photoshop or Livia is dumb.  The problem is she can’t figure out which.

Treat your ex’s with respect.  You never know what a scorned lover will do. [following the stabbing at next house]

10/27/07

PETA is starting to get to me.

10/29/07

If WinRAR were a girlfriend, I’d be that jerk who strings her along but never makes an honest woman of her.

10/30/07

Research is interfering with my ability to be a good friend.

10/31/07

My friend is conducting research to “determine the relationship between breast volume, surface area, and other physical measurements that yields and aesthetically pleasing shape”  The study involves evaluating the appearance of about 100 pairs of breasts.  Lemme know if you want to particpiate also.

11/1/07

Going to San Diego to get dumped. [Met Jeff’s family]

11/4/07

In San Diego, not dumped yet.

11/9/07

Peter Petrelli is awesome.

11/12/07

Hiro is kinda cute too but Jeff doesn’t feel as threatened by him as he does when I talk about Peter.

11/14/07

It’s a good thing that the alternate future didn’t actually happen, cuz Peter and Nikki are way too pretty for each other.

11/15/07

Left some knuckle skin on a punching pad last night.

11/16/07

Currently operating at the rate of one good idea every 4 months.

People ask me if I’m Philippino or Thai more often than they ask me if I’m Chinese.

11/21/07

is looking at websites with maternity wedding dresses.  Don ask.

11/24/07

Needs to think of another away message so she can take down the one about maternity wedding dresses.

11/25/07

Probably the most rewarding habit I’ve picked up lately is to force myself to call a friend I havn’t talked to in a while every week.

11/26/07

Do I really have to choose between putting my kids in daycare and committing professional suicide?

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