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Webcomic rec: Abstruse Goose
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shoutingboy linked to an Abstruse Goose comic on Facebook, and I clicked through and ended up reading the whole archive. It's very xkcd-esque (although here's what the creator has to say about that). It's more math-oriented, so there's a slightly higher percentage of strips I don't get than in xkcd, but I've been enjoying it anyway.A few of my favorites:
SETI Finally Receives a Signal
LiveCommentJournal
What's in a Name?
Family Reunion
Alice and Bob (all together now: n'awwwwwwwwwwww)
Electromagnetic Leak
Traveling
Artificial
I guess it's not just Clark.
Jan. 28th, 2009 01:40 pmI think I've been this undergrad for a few of my TAs, and teachers too. At least I hope I have. The prospect of teaching at some point is intimidating to me mostly because I'm afraid none of my students will give a shit.
Best Christmas present ever: backstory fic during Metanoia's annual winter break from updates! Familiarity with the webcomic is slightly helpful in appreciating this, but it's really not necessary.
*squee!* And also *sniffle*, because it's sweet and sad, like nearly everything Jesse Hajicek writes. (See Fourteen, another Metanoia backstory fic, and Zachary, one of my favorite short stories.)
*squee!* And also *sniffle*, because it's sweet and sad, like nearly everything Jesse Hajicek writes. (See Fourteen, another Metanoia backstory fic, and Zachary, one of my favorite short stories.)
Points that may or may not be of interest
Aug. 21st, 2006 09:08 pm-I am home. Airport security has been uncharacteristically easy on this trip.
-Watchmen is an absolutely excellent graphic novel, and if you haven't read it, I highly recommend borrowing it from me. As soon as Clayton, Bill and Cordell have finished it, in that order.
-Last night, I called Sharai from the beach and she told me that Ray had talked to her about the open executive editorial position, and we joked about fighting to the death over it. Today, Craig told her that he wants us both to have it. Eeeeexcellent.
-I lost the piece of paper with my tutoring hours on it, and I'm supposed to work tomorrow morning. I guess I'll just show up when the TLC opens tomorrow just in case, and copy down my hours from the chart then.
-Textbooks might have been a good thing to procure before the first day of classes. Ah, well. I'll pay for my procrastination by waiting in line for three hours tomorrow.
-I want a "Hello My Name Is" sticker, so I can write "Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die." on it and wear it tomorrow. Sadly, I have no "Hello My Name Is" sticker. Perhaps I'll drop by Student Activities tomorrow and see if they have any.
-I cracked up out loud at today's QC strip. And then cracked up again at the idea ofprodigal7512 doing his geek-smacking in a nun outfit.
Anybody feel like taking me to see "Snakes on a Plane" sometime after 3:15 tomorrow? Look at my icon- you know you want to buy that girl a movie ticket.
-Watchmen is an absolutely excellent graphic novel, and if you haven't read it, I highly recommend borrowing it from me. As soon as Clayton, Bill and Cordell have finished it, in that order.
-Last night, I called Sharai from the beach and she told me that Ray had talked to her about the open executive editorial position, and we joked about fighting to the death over it. Today, Craig told her that he wants us both to have it. Eeeeexcellent.
-I lost the piece of paper with my tutoring hours on it, and I'm supposed to work tomorrow morning. I guess I'll just show up when the TLC opens tomorrow just in case, and copy down my hours from the chart then.
-Textbooks might have been a good thing to procure before the first day of classes. Ah, well. I'll pay for my procrastination by waiting in line for three hours tomorrow.
-I want a "Hello My Name Is" sticker, so I can write "Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die." on it and wear it tomorrow. Sadly, I have no "Hello My Name Is" sticker. Perhaps I'll drop by Student Activities tomorrow and see if they have any.
-I cracked up out loud at today's QC strip. And then cracked up again at the idea of
prodigal7512 doing his geek-smacking in a nun outfit.Anybody feel like taking me to see "Snakes on a Plane" sometime after 3:15 tomorrow? Look at my icon- you know you want to buy that girl a movie ticket.
Sooooooooo, what should I buy with the five bucks this guy just PayPal'd me?
Also, I Metaquoted a great comment fromscottchurch's journal. Definitely go look if you're a Star Wars geek. (Look in the comments if you don't remember the quote.) I created this icon just to respond to that comment, it was so fricking awesome.
I realized today, when the head of the Humanities department greeted me by name, how really connected I am at Penn Valley. I know people all the way from Brian the cafeteria janitor to the president of PVCC. I'm involved in just about everything there is to be involved in except Campus Crusade for Christ, and people know me all over the place- teachers, students, employees. It's a really nice feeling. I don't think I've ever been part of a community this large before. Really, though I hate to admit it, I have Dr. Spaulding to thank for it. She made me go to the leadership conference, and that's how I met Mindy and learned about Student Activities.
Anytown starts on Sunday. I won't have internet, phone, or personal contact with anyone outside the program, unless it's an emergency, until the 24th. Mom thinks they're going to withhold our luggage from us the first day, because it's supposed to be dropped off at a different location than we are and Sunday is the day we learn about oppression.slightly_wrong is the only other person I know who's going, so I'll be meeting a lot of new people. It should be fun.
I've been social lately. I've been hanging out with people from the Spectrum outside school, going to the library a lot, ran into Laura on the bus twice this week, and I have two new IM pals: Scott, the dude from St. Louis, and Phil, a guy I met at the Chuck Palahniuk book signing. I haven't been sleeping much, but I get to sleep in tomorrow.
I'm happy. There are plenty of things I could be unhappy about if I put my mind to it, but I'm honestly pretty satisfied with my lot in life right now.
Also, I Metaquoted a great comment from
scottchurch's journal. Definitely go look if you're a Star Wars geek. (Look in the comments if you don't remember the quote.) I created this icon just to respond to that comment, it was so fricking awesome.I realized today, when the head of the Humanities department greeted me by name, how really connected I am at Penn Valley. I know people all the way from Brian the cafeteria janitor to the president of PVCC. I'm involved in just about everything there is to be involved in except Campus Crusade for Christ, and people know me all over the place- teachers, students, employees. It's a really nice feeling. I don't think I've ever been part of a community this large before. Really, though I hate to admit it, I have Dr. Spaulding to thank for it. She made me go to the leadership conference, and that's how I met Mindy and learned about Student Activities.
Anytown starts on Sunday. I won't have internet, phone, or personal contact with anyone outside the program, unless it's an emergency, until the 24th. Mom thinks they're going to withhold our luggage from us the first day, because it's supposed to be dropped off at a different location than we are and Sunday is the day we learn about oppression.
slightly_wrong is the only other person I know who's going, so I'll be meeting a lot of new people. It should be fun.I've been social lately. I've been hanging out with people from the Spectrum outside school, going to the library a lot, ran into Laura on the bus twice this week, and I have two new IM pals: Scott, the dude from St. Louis, and Phil, a guy I met at the Chuck Palahniuk book signing. I haven't been sleeping much, but I get to sleep in tomorrow.
I'm happy. There are plenty of things I could be unhappy about if I put my mind to it, but I'm honestly pretty satisfied with my lot in life right now.
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I feel so dumb.
Apr. 22nd, 2006 08:42 amI totally didn't connect the song "Here Comes a Special Boy" with Phillipe from "Achewood." D'oh. Does anyone know how Freezepop is connected to the comic? My stepdad thinks Liz Enthusiasm is married to the strip artist, but a quick Google search does not confirm or deny this.
