Good Morning 2011: Wherein the emo comes to roost

[Anthony Edward Stark]

After normalizing for height there is a non-negligible difference between Asians and non-Asians. Boy did THAT study blow up in Tokyo University's face.

[Cmdr_King]

I'm sure djinn has an extensive collection of photos with comparative penis sizes.

[DjinnAndTonic]

Now now, that's only on average. There are certainly some Asian guys I've met who were larger than the Caucasian average.

Notably, I've heard that at that size they pretty much auto-qualify for a job in the Japanese porn industry.

[DomaDragoon]

Aww... today's my last day teaching my 5th graders...

Friday will be my last day at the elementary school in general. I wonder what I should do for the last class?

First off, despite what some other degenerates here would tell you, make sure it involves wearing pants. Your pantsless party should wait until you finish teaching a high school class.

Second, is rounding up the kids to make a hostile takeover of the other classes possible? If not, then just have a party with American music or something.

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It occurs to me that I haven't congratulated/consoled Shale yet for his upcoming nuptuals. Consider yourself congratulated/consoled, whichever you feel is most appropriate.

[TranceHime]

Hilariously, Raquel is a very common name over these parts.

I saw a pawn shop called Raquel. That was pretty weird.

[DjinnAndTonic]

Second, is rounding up the kids to make a hostile takeover of the other classes possible? If not, then just have a party with American music or something.

Is the joke here that "Hostile Takeovers are totally American culture-specific, therefore it belongs in your class"? I'm not sure how else to interpret that.

Though honestly, I could probably round up the kids to do just about anything and it'd confuse the teachers long enough that I could probably get away with it for a good thirty minutes before someone stopped me...

[Yoshiken]

Y'know, I think it's just the fact that a mass takeover of the school would be an awesome way to finish there.

[metroid composite]

Second, is rounding up the kids to make a hostile takeover of the other classes possible? If not, then just have a party with American music or something.

Is the joke here that "Hostile Takeovers are totally American culture-specific, therefore it belongs in your class"? I'm not sure how else to interpret that.

Nah, it's something the Americans learned from the French.

Just have your kids reenact the French revolution; teach them to shout "Viva la revolution Francais" and get a mock guillotine with which to "decapitate" the principal.

[VySaika]

And the toro has left for the train station. Time to get back to work on...everything I've been putting off since before the con. @_@

[NotMiki]

Boy did THAT study blow up in Tokyo University's face.

Well the do say it's all about how you use it...

[Grefter]

So I made it back just fine on the trip back home.  Highlight was an older English lady on the Skytrain leaving Vancouver sitting at the front amazed at the automated train.  Had this conversation with a local man.

"Does this train have no driver?"
"Nope no drivers"
"Well isn't that fascinating!"  Here I am kind of smiling at her exuberence, it is delightful seeing someone so enamoured with technology.

She follows it up with this though
"It is like we are living in 1984.  Have you ever read the book?"
"George Orwell?  Yes."

Conversation over and I am trying not to laugh.  Not to be cruel but that is the most amazingly soul crushing analogy I have heard.  Still she was loving it and I can't deny that we live in THE FUTURE and it is pretty fucking awesome.  I would have gone with something more like Aasimov or Clarke though.  Shit even Wells would be a fairly apt description.  Not to hate on someone that has read 1984 though because it IS pretty fantastic itself, just for very different reasons.

[DjinnAndTonic]

Boy did THAT study blow up in Tokyo University's face.

Well the do say it's all about how you use it...

Tokyo U had more than just that study on their face when it was over. </penisjoke>

[Cotigo]

I think that lady was just a fucking Hipster.  She was making an ironic statement about society.  Yeah.  That's it.

[DjinnAndTonic]

Right, so I still had some Sunglasses left over from the time I gave my last school's students Real American Sunglasses (TM) for their graduation gift. Since I'm at a smaller school now, I gave the rest of those away for my last class and we watched youtube videos of 80s rock music while wearing cheesy Sunglasses and called it 'Cool English Time'.

Because there's nothing more important than making sure Japan's impression of us hasn't changed since the eighties.

[Anthony Edward Stark]

Right, so I still had some Sunglasses left over from the time I gave my last school's students Real American Sunglasses (TM) for their graduation gift. Since I'm at a smaller school now, I gave the rest of those away for my last class and we watched youtube videos of 80s rock music while wearing cheesy Sunglasses and called it 'Cool English Time'.

Because there's nothing more important than making sure Japan's impression of us hasn't changed since the eighties.

They made Metal Wolf Chaos. Their impression of us is now etched in steel with a laser.

[superaielman]

For those who avoid FB: I'm putting the finishing touches up on my two year degree, and going to ODU in the fall for my four year degree in the fall. Decided once I steamrolled a math in the fall (Thanks to some prodding/debate with LD) to skip the medical stuff and do what I've always wanted to do, which is work in a library full time. That means I need to grab a BS, and then a master's in library science. Aiming for having my  BS in Criminal Justice before I hit 30, which gives me four full semesters and a couple of summer semesters to work with- should be doable.

[metroid composite]

I am on vacation for two weeks, whoo!

Not leaving town during this time, though, because I have to move during this time

[Lady Door]

For those who avoid FB: I'm putting the finishing touches up on my two year degree, and going to ODU in the fall for my four year degree in the fall. Decided once I steamrolled a math in the fall (Thanks to some prodding/debate with LD) to skip the medical stuff and do what I've always wanted to do, which is work in a library full time. That means I need to grab a BS, and then a master's in library science. Aiming for having my  BS in Criminal Justice before I hit 30, which gives me four full semesters and a couple of summer semesters to work with- should be doable.

My corruption -- bringing others to the Humanities side -- continues. Muahahah, etc.

But seriously: congrats. Making a decision, moving forward with what you really want to spend your time on, and making progress to a goal is something anyone should be proud of. It doesn't matter what happened up until here, and "age is just a number" was never more appropriate than with education.

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I am on vacation for two weeks, whoo!

Not leaving town during this time, though, because I have to move during this time

Yay vacation! Boo moving. But at least you don't have to work and move at the same time. That is painful.

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On that note? I have 2 weeks worth of paid vacation available to me (even after the trip to DLC and the trip to Vegas) -and I can't take it-. Damnit all. I would really like to have an extended vacation instead of a series of long weekends.

[Shale]

For those who avoid FB: I'm putting the finishing touches up on my two year degree, and going to ODU in the fall for my four year degree in the fall. Decided once I steamrolled a math in the fall (Thanks to some prodding/debate with LD) to skip the medical stuff and do what I've always wanted to do, which is work in a library full time. That means I need to grab a BS, and then a master's in library science.

YES. Librarians are awesome, and I applaud this decision. Not to mention that by the time you get your master's you'll be middle-aged, so you'll fit right in! *runs*

And now a complete change of tone: My grandfather's heart stopped yesterday. He was walking out of the apartment he shares with my grandmother (who has late-stage Parkinson's) and he just collapsed. By some miracle (and I don't use that word lightly) a neighbor who is a semi-retired doctor saw it happen and performed CPR. By another miracle, my aunt was staying with them for the weekend and was on hand to call 911. By a third miracle, the CPR revived him, and he came back with relatively good vital signs. That happens....rarely. This also happened to be the weekend my sister and I were visiting our mother for a short family reunion, so literally the entire family was in town when usually only one of us is within a hundred miles.

He still hasn't woken up, but he will,pending another incident (they still don't know what caused it,except that it wasn't a heart attack). Every time the sedatives get low he tries to sit up and pull tubes out. That's exactly what he always does in a hospital, so I know that whatever brain damage he might have suffered left his personality behind. Hopefully they're going to be able to wean him off the sedatives today and we'll be able to see what kind of condition he's in.

It's seriously amazing that he's alive at all, though. My grandfather is 83 and has not exactly practiced healthy living. He's been a practicing alcoholic since his early teens, he smokes, he ignores doctors' advice in general, he's got one kidney and it doesn't work very well, he's got the stress of being primary caregiver to a Parkinson's patient, after all that his heart finally gives out, and all it takes is a round of CPR and he's (metaphorically) right back on his feet. To say he's got the constitution of a goat would be an insult. It's more comparable to a Galapagos turtle, or maybe the United States.

[superaielman]

...Holy shit. CPR actually worked? When I took my CPR class, the paramedic talked about only having successfully used it twice in his years as a professional.  Who's taking care of your grandmother right now?


And yeah, always wanted to be a librarian. Math problems/laziness stopped me, and I've conquered both.

[Shale]

My aunt and her nurse. She's in good hands.

Edit: Just heard he woke up this morning. Didn't talk, but responded to commands and answered yes/no questions by hand squeezes for a while before going back to sleep. He's not happy, unsurprisingly.

[Idun]

That's amazing.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

That's amazing.

And in a good way.

[Clear Tranquil]

Grandfathers are badass. Even if they worry us tremendously at regular intervals. Some people just have incredible iron wills and spirits. Their feats and what they survive really are miraculous. Truly inspiring.

[Anthony Edward Stark]

Sounds like your grandfather could eat rocks and crap gunpowder.

On an unrelated note, I was wondering if it still counted as doing Lame Couple Stuff to watch your favorite show together on Sundays if said show is Dexter.  I hope there's an exception if it's Dexter.