http://www.amorphism.net Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:50:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en (Via Google chat) Colin: and oftentimes just to throw google off i'll do searches for random things like jasper or walkie talkies or glue sticks http://www.amorphism.net/2008/my-boyfriend-on-the-privacy-issue/ My new favorite thing about Paris: an underground group of cultural guerillas called the Untergunther (!!) who sneak around and restore monuments. Klausmann and his crew are connaisseurs of the Parisian underworld. Since the 1990s they have restored crypts, staged readings and plays in monuments at night, and organised rock concerts ... http://www.amorphism.net/2007/the-untergunther/ A conversation on a bathroom wall in a local coffeeshop: The Morningstar was here But now he's next door Will he return? Find out next week Same bat-time Same bat-channel Same bat-room http://www.amorphism.net/2007/wikipedia-eat-your-heart-out/ Now that I'm not spending my days memorizing the five ways to motivate underlings or depreciating bicycles, I've got a bit of extra time to learn Spanish, which I'm really enjoying.  Sometimes I read Spanish periodicals online in the hope that I will learn new and exciting vocabulary. Words I have ... http://www.amorphism.net/2007/the-learning-process/ So I joined the Do-Follow Movement, because I agree with the principle that blog commentators deserve some payoff beyond a niggling sense of purposelessness. As a result, lots of people have been commenting here in order to create links back to their own sites. I can't say I'm ... http://www.amorphism.net/2007/a-sad-commentary/ So I have gotten a job at a law firm. We are working on a case against the Army Corps of Engineers for the levees breaking during Katrina. Myself, I am sticking it to the Man by processing thousands of claims forms for twelve hours a day. ... http://www.amorphism.net/2007/working-girl/ Boyfriend's coming home today!  I told my dad how excited I am about it, and he informed me "not to show him you missed him."  My father is the master of romantic strategery. http://www.amorphism.net/2007/how-to-keep-a-man/ I'm back in the U.S., and experiencing a rush of patriotism! This is unexpected. Going through Customs used to be fun, back when I traveled with my family. I'd get to fill out the Important Form, while my dad would criticize my handwriting and generally give the impression that ... http://www.amorphism.net/2007/stateside/ Tomorrow (June 12) is Russia Day. I know this because my (Russian) cellphone company sent me a text message on the subject, which I hope they are not sneakily charging me for. Russia Day is not, for example, the day the first Russian Tsar was crowned, or the ... http://www.amorphism.net/2007/independence-from-ourselves-day/ I'm addicted to riddles, and Russian riddles are vastly preferable to the ones I've heard in the States. My godfather gave me this one: One hundred wise men are on a bus. A random number (not zero) of randomly selected wise men have had their faces marked with paint. ... http://www.amorphism.net/2007/riddle-wise-men-on-a-bus/