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summercomfort ([personal profile] summercomfort) wrote2004-04-11 12:40 am

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1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.

"To him this woman was an amateur." (Snow Country, Kawabata)

http://www.deleteyourself.com/lj/index.html -- someone wrote a cute program that takes random images posted on LJs and creates an on-going collage of it. spiffy! And you can click on interesting images to go to their journal.

Anyway, anime club people were over again today. dudeman, generally tiring and stressing on the nerves. I miss my early morning house-cleaning peace and quiet... I'm hoping Alexis/Isaac will host for the next week, especially since Jing's husband is coming over. Then we can have 2 sewing machines! And I guess with the box stuff, people can just come in, grab, and take outside to paint or something. Plus they're close to 53rd street, so fooding would be easier as well, and wouldn't require me to whip something up for 5 people in 15 minutes. >_< But yes. Maintaining a good relationship with my roommates is v.v. important.

And apparently I'm more popular than I thought. Um... go me?

God, my roommates are such nice people. ::sends appreciative huggles:: Man, too bad they're not on LJ or anything.

Add: So the foxtrot comic made me go Easter Egging. After staring mesmerized at the Photoshop messages, I found a pretty thorough documentary of the Book of Mozilla. :D

Add: Thanks to the interweb, PS messages for
(PS 5)
Photoshop...
In color!
Your ad here
Good day, and welcome to our show, eh?
Strange Cargo: a lovely warm color suffused with mushrooms
A propos de Strange Cargo : une jolie couleur chaude pleine de champignons
Besides, I have freckles.
Hey! Where's the button to stroke my thing?
Actually the answers are: No, Maybe, Maybe
Kram, Gerg. Gerg, Kram.
Word to your monkey!
Hang on... I’m rolling on the floor laughing
Plums!
Chicks dig it
They killed Kenny!
The fate of the country depends on Photoshop
Shut up and keep squeezing the monkeys!
I find your lack of confidence... disturbing
Murphy’s law of QA: it’ll never fail if an engineer is around to see it
Four Billion just isn^}t as much as it used to be.
So at what point do you become a being of pure energy? Oh, that takes a triple
He truly is an altered toad.
BBC presents: The Programmer...
In French, with English subtitles
“Documentation... Nous voulons de la documentation !”
“Documentation... We want documentation!”
“Vous n'en aurez pas !”
“You shant have it!”
No borrar
Oops...
he streets are cold in Q3, ya know...
That’s two!
Careful with those cows people!
Kink costs
Well, there goes the pet dingo
I can’t see the lines I used to think I could read between
One little, two little, three little Endians...
Yoiks!
Humuhumunukunukuapua’a: just like it sounds
Are you the police? No ma’am, we're musicians
Vous ‘Etes de la police ? Non ma’dame, on est musiciens
Surf the Guadalupe
When Mr. Bigglesworth gets upset, people die!
So much time and so little to do. Wait a minute - strike that - reverse it.
I play too hard when I ought to go to sleep
Udo est vivant
(Udo lives)
Your cheeriness is giving me a headache
his product banned by the Legion of Decency for “lustful complications”
I’m sorry, you’ll have to speak up, I’m wearing a towel
Damn; it’s _more_ pink now...
Buy him out boys!
Wow, un clown !
(Wow, a clown!)
Tu crois qu'il est ‘mal’ efique ?
(Do you think he’s evil?)
Mind the gap, please; mind the gap
She’s like a battery powered Mary Tyler Moore!
Excuse me sir - ticket to Clueville?
LESSEE: MILK, EGGS, BUTTER - ANYTHING ELSE, HONEY?
Two words: Monster Trucks
If it doesn't say PlaceboT, it isn't doing you any good
Let me through - I’m a nosy person.
I saved a bucketful of Wonder Woman
They fall somewhere between cows and cats...
...but gosh if they can’t sing
Miah’s got another one in his tent?
It’s all good
The young russian climber, Nadie Nolinkovitch
Nihilists don’t bowl
Actually, it’s the manacles I’m not sure about...
I’ll fish that out later.
Yeah, I probably should have just paid another three bucks
So the guy says, “That’s not a monkey, and my name’s not Johnson!”
That’s what happens when there’s now a hole where it used to was
So, do lions flicker at 70Hz?
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I am rubber and you are glue
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From the Home Office in White Bear Lake (doncha know)...
Top Ten Signs of the Apocalypse:
...wait, sorry, that was last night’s; here we go...
Top Ten Signs the Engineering Team has been Working Too Hard:
10. They go home, they come back to work, and they still haven’t seen the sun.
9. Seriously consider taking a cool refreshing swim in the flood-swollen Guadalupe
8. “What if I quit my job and became a hobo?” “Yeah, I could see that.”
7. More paranoid delusions about there really being a poison doughnut this time
6. QA team’s trigger fingers startin’ to get twitchy around RC build 25
5. Rookie lab staff complaining about staying late - at midnight
4. Andy looks.....blonde
3. Vague mumblings about “not enough hardware to get the job done, and I don’t mean computers”
2. Executive ice run frequency at a fever pitch
And the number one sign that the Engineering team has been working too hard:
1. The waist-high layer of angst
Take off, eh?
The funny bits are done.
Without whose patience...
Andrew, Ann, Annette, David, Helen, Joanna, Karen, Nicholas, Penelope, Susan, Tricia
OK, I love you, b’bye!



(PS 6)
Photoshop
In managed color!
Your ad here
Good day, and welcome to our show, eh?
There is no spork
The fate of the country depends on Photoshop
I find your lack of confidence disturbing
BBC presents: The Programmer
In French, with English subtitles
This product banned by the Legion of Decency for "lustful complications"
That's what happens when there's now a hole where it used to was
There's always a bigger fish
Nice rabbits
I'd better get this in before I lose all this logic
My toys! My toys! I can't do this job without my toys!
No, my powers can only be used for good
Cats Why does it always have to be cats?
So many evil plans, so little time
Mmmmm Guatamalean insanity peppers
You can't do a correlation analysis with 200 variables and one observation!
All work and no play makes Marc a dull boy

ALL wORk aNd nO Play mkes MaRC a DuLl boY

ALL WOrK aND NO PLay mAKeS mARC a dULl bOY

ALL WORK aND NO PLaY mAKES mARC a DULL BoY

Sarcasm is just one more service we offer
Errors have been made Others will be blamed
Too many freaks, not enough circuses
Chaos, panic, & disorder - my work here is done
Are we whisperers, gossips, smiling backstabbers?
Shoot, a fella could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
How can she be so evil? She's only in high school
Not too many straws left
I don't think it's quite fair to condemn a whole program
because of a single slip-up
Gee, I wish we had one of them doomsday machines
I honestly think you ought to calm down; take a stress pill and think things over
Good Bad I'm the guy with the gun
I've got to go implement the stuff on this napkin
Tell him to come down here and we'll bite it off!
Photoshop: You can check out any time you want, but you can never leave!
all accordians and bagpipes
Home is where the DSL is
Bitter people need not apply
There's no shame in being a pariah
This is between me and the vegetable
Y
He must be killed before the others become infected
It didn't say anything about shooting way the hell up in the air and exploding
I've run out of places to hide secret documents
Caffeine, sugar, chocolate AND fat -- now there's a balanced meal!
Eskimo
I am the text I am the most powerful weapon of destruction in the two universes
It's okay to LovE your Photoshop, but don't LOVE your Photoshop
Sometimes the delete key is your greatest friend
We're down in the trenches, and we ain't seein' nothin' but trench
My pockets hurt
If I had six beers, I'd be working faster
It's always open season on princesses
It's a penguin! And he's been - drinking!
Hmmm That would explain the missing hunting knife
Let me tell you about my mother
The efficiency of the coconut wireless is not to be underestimated
Whip me, beat me, make me know love!
I am Sci-Fi
Mmmm, Shroomy Bears™!
Where was I going to go? Detroit?
I'm always pleasant when discussing facism
That's right, sugar Everything in it is go
Timmy!!!
Holy flerking schnit!
Actually, we're quantum Presbyterians
and of course, Big Papa Smurf
Initiating mallard linearization
Were you just soliliquizing? No, just talking to myself
Knot head, eh? I'll show you knot head
I've got to go - my transforms are screwy
Tonight's play contains full frontal nudity
The more it stays the same, the less it changes
I prefer to remember Batgirl the way she was
Hampster Dance: The Extended Club Mix
Monkey paw!
Whaddaya want, raccoons?
You've got slush!
Because Mistress Becky told me to
Hey, at least it doesn't shoot out of the box
What's with all the Limeaid in the freezer?
Lengua!
And you may ask yourself, "How do I work this?"
Did somebody order a pepperoni pizza?
Bam chicka wah wah
I am the queen of shift-control-alt!
Do not tease the dragon
you are crunchy and go well with ketchup
Holy synthetic instance, Batman!
It gives unexpected, yet pleasing results
Trust me, I tried it
It's trivial, _and_ important

Music what helped us do that voodoo we do so well:
Michael Brook, James Brown's Funky People, Parliament, Cubanissimo, Jean Michel Jarre,
Tom Waits, Frank Zappa, Morphine, Hampster Dance (Extended Dance Mix), Brian Setzer,
Portishead, Static X, Motorhead, YES, Korn, Stanley Turrentine, William Orbit, Pantera,
White Zombie, Slayer, Godsmack, Gap Band, Nina Simone, KFOG Live from the Archives,
Steve Reich, Aimee Mann, Laurie Anderson, Robert Fripp, King Crimson, Puya, Morcheeba,
Bob Marley, Steely Dan, Earth Wind and Fire, Eurythmics, Roomful of Blues, Underworld,
Contemporary A Cappella Society, Billie Holiday, Spinal Tap, Stevie Wonder, Pure Heart,
Aretha Franklin, Talking Heads, Blue Man Group, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Blues Brothers,
Professor Longhair, Doc Severinsen, Lyle Lovett, Peter Gabriel, David Lindley, Sevendust,
Frank Sinatra, Louis Prima, and the majority of the Rhino Records catalog (they rule!)

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Boo Boo
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(As if we care)
I'm gonna get that fifth egg hunter


From the Home Office in White Bear Lake (slogan: We've got ice fishing!)
Top Ten Signs of the Apocalypse:
wait, sorry, that was last night's; here we go
Top Ten Signs the Engineering Team has been Working Too Hard:
10. Fix a bug? Do a shot Write a bug? Do a shot
9. 3AM is just another time of day
8. Increasingly dense Nerf™ crossfire
7. None more black
6. Bugball!
5. Rookie lab staff complaining about staying late - at midnight
4. Peet's considers us one of their special valued customers
3. All out of Sugar Frosted Feisty Wheats™ again
2. Executive hair-graying at all time high
And the number one sign that the Engineering team has been working too hard:
1 Don Julio: it's not just for breakfast anymore



(PS 7)
Adobe® Photoshop® 7.0

Photoshop...
In managed color!
Your ad here
Good day, and welcome to our show, eh?
OK, that last checkin was a spectacular failure.
Ribbed, for your pleasure!
Life would be so much nicer without focus.
"Nice car"
You must be at least 10 pixels tall to use this product.
Hey, this is Unix! I know this!
What's on _your_ TiVo?
Curling rocks!
All the more fox for me.
They're chock full of evil goodness!
You look like a normal person, but actually you are the angel of death.
Thank you Captain Obvious
It's not like there was a mob at the gate...
Help, my paradigms are clashing!
We need an escape goat
Mmmmm... Chinese fighting muffins...
I don't get mad, I get stabby
No time for love, Dr. Jones!
Saying Photoshop is a "nifty tool" is like saying The Mona Lisa is a nice picture.
Anisotropic diffusion based on Hamiltonian mechanics. Them's good eatin'!
I knew when I saw the rolling pin something bad was going to go down.
The pink ones stop you from screaming.
Hey you, wanna buy a swatch?
You kill with your what?
Caution: Happy Fun Ball may suddenly accelerate to dangerous speeds.
Happy Fun Ball Contains a liquid core, which, if exposed due to rupture...
...should not be touched, inhaled, or looked at.
Do not use Happy Fun Ball on concrete.
Pop-Tarts are safe and do not cause fires.
Aqua: Interface of Desire
We are Sci-Fi.
We want dancing girls. Oh, that would be Bob.
Happiness just isn't happiness without a violin playing goat.
Mmmmm... Mexican fighting trees...
Remember, if it's not mucilaginous, it's not sputum!
Is this a kissing book?
I got the goatee, my hair is down, and it's all about bass
Psychotic, but absolutely right
The soup already tastes like bark
Thank you! See you again tomorrow!
You're aware that while it affords one the momentary illusion of satisfaction...
...the spewing of bile is never a permanent solution.
By the hand of Zeus what manner of deviltry is this? I mean... what gives?
See you next Wednesday!
I'm waiting for transporter technology. "Beam it out Scotty!"
Your eyes look like olives. Black olives.
Today we covered 87 bugs and 1 dog vasectomy
"I'm soooo there, bro", I answered, as I did a little conversational impedance-matching.
Management in, sanity out....
Any way you slice it, them's Good Eats!
This is not rocket science. Rockets are MUCH simpler than this stuff.
Play the best song in the world, or I'll eat your souls!
I said, "_Hers_"... and I said, "Knee"!
The night is young, and they haven't handed out the crossbows yet...
The wombat has left the hole.
cage is too small

cage is too small

cage is too small

cage is too small

cage is too small
Wit? You call this wit? Why when I was your age, the witticisms were so funny...
...they made tequilla come out of Sandy's nose!
The marching ants killed my laptop!
"Daddy, you have cracks in your eyes."
"Daddy, you have cracks eyes."
220... 221... Whatever it takes.
Or, you know, El Duderino, if you're not into the whole brevity thing.
I don't know where code monkeys come from, I don't know how they reproduce...
...I don't know what they eat. But now my code's monkey clean, and monkey fresh!
And another thing - no death races.
The kiss of death? That's all I need...
I've gone dark!
I'm not scratching anything now
I must only use this power to annoy!
New Dork? Nude Work? Anyway, it's everywhere you look.
Color's prettier! Oh, then make it color!
But that trick never works!
And you may ask yourself, "How do I work this?"
And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"
Same as it ever was

Same as it ever was


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You are glue.
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Go on... we dare ya...

We double dare ya...

We _triple dog dare_ ya!


And now...
From the Home Office in Arden Hills (slogan: "We've _luv_ them duckies!)..."
Top Ten Signs of the Apocalypse:
...wait, sorry, that was last night's; here we go...
Top Ten Signs the Engineering Team has been Working Too Hard:
10. Gerg asks if he can start writing code again
9. Increased UPS shipments from Leather Masters to the tenth floor
8. Complaints stop about the sickly sweet smell of fresh Gummi Worms
7. Krispy Kreme's completely fail to give sugar rush anymore
6. Caffeine, caffeine, caffeine!
5. There's just something about eyeballs...
4. Team actually starts talking about productizing our synergies
3. Sandy starts using her "Mom Voice" again
2. That strange eerie calm, like the one just before - "Quick! Look out behind you!"
And the number one sign that the Engineering team has been working too hard:
1. They're Crispy! They're Crunchy! They're Engineer-O's!










Take off, eh?

The funny bits are done.

We're here through Tuesday. Try the veal.





Without whose patience...
Andrew, Ann, Annette, Helen, Joanna, Karen, Max, Ronda, Susan, Jasmine, Joanne
Kendra, Lisa, Max, Rebeka, Royce, Rowan





Goodbye, nurse!