Archive for April, 2005
04.30.05
Posted in Geekery at 8:21 pm by Adriene
Jeff and I just got back from a Saturday night Barnes and Noble date.
Did I come away with the latest John Grisham legal thriller? No.
Did I come away with the latest Sophie Kinsella girlie novel? No.
No, ladies and gentlemen, I bought a cookbook. As I have done the past twenty times I’ve set foot in that store.
For some reason, I love reading cookbooks (and on occasion, use them). Like most people tackle deep novels, I thumb through cookbooks reading recipes. “Mmm. That sounds good. But what the heck is tripe?” “That sounds vile… but it has chocolate in it, so it can’t be so bad!”
Please help me.
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Posted in My Immaculate Taste in Music at 7:13 am by Adriene
…until Jeff and I are on the floor of the United Center at a U2 concert! :happydance:
I’ve decided that my mission is to get on stage. So, here’s where I need you people. I need a clever saying that I can put on a shirt or a poster board that will catch their attention. 
So, fire away!
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04.26.05
Posted in Geekery at 8:37 pm by Adriene
Thanks to my dear husband (who saw this on Mike Baumann’s blog), I have now played with probably the funniest little AI program, The Breakup Conversation.
Gentlemen, this is why you should never piss me off:
System: IM connection established.
Rufus: hi there
Rufus: what was it you said
Adriene: What?
Rufus: that we need to talk about the relationship?
Adriene: Yeah, you’re an idiot
Rufus: why are you toying with me
Rufus: oh no
Adriene: I”m not
Rufus: what happened
Adriene: You’re an idiot
Rufus: aha! you are being mean
Rufus: look why wouldn’t you just talk to me
Adriene: Gee, you’re smart
Rufus: what does that even mean?
Adriene: Um, you’re dumber than a bag of hammer
Rufus: i bet it’s because i don’t work isn’t it
Rufus: you loathe that i’m unemployed
Adriene: Yeah
Rufus: isn’t that true
Adriene: I kinda got sick of paying for all of our dates
Rufus: but i really thought you loved me
Adriene: Not without a job I don’t
Rufus: still, i thought you loved me
Adriene: Okay, bright guy. Get lost
Rufus: i suppose i’m just a naive loser
Adriene: Yes, you are
Rufus: what about ?
Rufus: i asked you a question
Adriene: Please go away
Rufus: go to hell
Rufus: what again?
Adriene: Right back atcha buddy
Rufus: i guess i’m an idiot
Adriene: Yes you are
Rufus: and now it’s because i annoy you
Rufus: i can’t believe this
Adriene: Yep
Rufus: and now it’s because i annoy you
Adriene: Believe it, buddy
Rufus: i can’t believe what i’m hearing
Rufus: i guess i’m just a loser
Rufus: so it’s because i annoy you
Adriene: I think we’ve already established that
Rufus: i can’t believe what you’re saying
Rufus: you no longer love me?
Adriene: It’s the truth
Adriene: Get a job
Adriene: Get a life
Adriene: leave me alone
Rufus: i can’t believe this
Adriene: WTF?
Rufus: i don’t think i deserve being treated like this
Adriene: I think you do
Rufus: how can you do something like this to me
Rufus: why are you being cruel
Adriene: Because I’m a heartless bitch
Rufus: you can’t be serious
Adriene: I am
Rufus: where did this come from
Rufus: did you make up your mind already?
Rufus: maybe i’m an idiot
Adriene: I joined a Wiccan group
Rufus: listen why wouldn’t you tell me what’s going on
Adriene: Call me WIllow
Rufus: what does that mean?
Rufus: do you think i’m an idiot
Rufus: it’s because i never go out
Adriene: It means myh name is now Willow
Rufus: you don’t like that i’m lazy
Rufus: isn’t it true
Rufus: well then
Adriene: Yeah, you’re kinda fat too
Rufus: what about ?
Adriene: You eat too much
Adriene: Lay off the cheetos, man
Rufus: can you really do something like this to me
Adriene: Yes I can
Adriene: SO, don’t call me anymore
Rufus: well then
Adriene: Yes?
Rufus: i don’t think i deserve this
Adriene: I think you do
Rufus: can you really do something like this to me
Rufus: you’re acting mean again
Adriene: DUDE!
Adriene: GO AWAY
Rufus: don’t you love me anymore?
Adriene: NO
Rufus: uh
Rufus: you do despise me
Adriene: Uh?
Adriene: YES
Rufus: i see you really made up your mind?
Adriene: YES
Rufus: fine
Rufus: let’s not talk about this right now
Adriene: FINE
Rufus: you should sleep on it
Rufus: just please, call me tomorrow?
Adriene: Uh, no
Rufus: please???
System: Connection closed.
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04.25.05
Posted in My Immaculate Taste in Music at 9:28 pm by Adriene
How long before I get in?
Before it starts, before I begin?
How long before you decide?
Before I know what it feels like?
Where To, where do I go?
If you never try, then you’ll never know.
How long do I have to climb,
Up on the side of this mountain of mine?
Look up, I look up at night,
Planets are moving at the speed of light.
Climb up, up in the trees,
every chance that you get,
is a chance you seize.
How long am I gonna stand,
with my head stuck under the sand?
I’ll start before I can stop,
before I see things the right way up.
All that noise, and all that sound,
All those places I have found.
And birds go flying at the speed of sound,
to show you how it all began.
Birds came flying from the underground,
if you could see it then you’d understand…
Ideas that you’ll never find,
All the inventors could never design.
The buildings that you put up,
Japan and China all lit up.
The sign that I couldn’t read,
or a light that I couldn’t see,
some things you have to believe,
but others are puzzles, puzzling me.
All that noise, and all that sound,
All those places I have found.
And birds go flying at the speed of sound,
to show you how it all began.
Birds came flying from the underground,
if you could see it then you’d understand,
ah when you see it then you’ll understand…
All those signs, I knew what they meant.
Some things you can invent.
Some get made, and some get sent,
Ooh…
Birds go flying at the speed of sound,
to show you how it all began.
Birds came flying from the underground,
if you could see it then you’d understand,
ah, when you see it then you’ll understand…
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Posted in Geekery at 9:22 pm by Adriene
The dear husband has finally caved and gone WP for his blog. Guess he realized it wasn’t evil after all. He’s still shifting a lot of stuff around, but you can see his new site here. 
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