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Deanna ([personal profile] dr4b) wrote2007-02-16 03:26 pm

Braindead braindumping and a meme

From [profile] ciaweth, [profile] piratelemur, [profile] ohsochewy, whatever. I don't usually do memes, but feel obligated since I commented on theirs.

Leave a comment and I will:

1) Tell you why I friended you.
2) Associate you with a song/film.
3) Tell a random fact about you.
4) Tell a first memory about you.
5) Associate you with a character/pairing.
6) Ask something I've always wanted to know about you.
7) Tell you my favorite user pic of yours.
8) In return, you must repost in your LJ. Okay, not really. I don't care if you do or don't.




Last night, after finally getting things to work!11!!!1!1! at work, I went to dinner at the downtown Todai with [profile] genericman and Mike "from Duquesne" Piatek, who I hadn't seen since like, some DDR thing or another back in 2002 or 2003. He's all grown-up and grad-student-like now!

Todai changed their policy or maybe I just never knew about it since we always had a big enough group, but apparently you only get the free meal on your birthday if there are 3 or more people with you (otherwise you get a certificate to come back for a free meal another day, also accompanied by someone else). So Mike and I did not count as three people for Jason's birthday, alas, but I think we had fun, though Jason and I both talk way too much for me to really catch up significantly with what Mike's up to these days besides CS grad school at UW. Heck, I'm not sure I even found out if he still plays DDR.

I went to B&N after that and picked up the Hardball Times book as well as the Moe Berg story "The Catcher Was A Spy", and made Jason buy a copy of the Gehrig book I finished, "Luckiest Man".

At home I watched the first two episodes of Haken no Hinkaku (a TV show this season about the state of temp workers in offices in Japan). The show is pretty good on its own, but I'm also using it educationally as a refresher course on business Japanese, as well as picking up on dress codes. After that I wrote my book review of Luckiest Man, which was heartfelt and a little bit depressing, I'm sure.
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[personal profile] flatvurm 2007-02-17 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm throwing in on this basically because it's been quite some time since we interacted. Also I'll probably spread this meme. Tally ho!
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[personal profile] flatvurm 2007-02-19 08:02 pm (UTC)(link)
In answer...no, I never actually finished a degree. I've spent a good amount of the intervening time assuming I'd never go back for one, and as I get older there seems to be less and less point, I guess, though lately I've sorta been feeling the urge to maybe take classes again. I dunno...I can't say getting a degree is really on my list of things to do. But if I go for it, I have to imagine it would be a part-time, long, and drawn-out process. :) Also, just because, I'd also try to get a degree in something completely irrelevant. Just because.