Author Archives: baudattitude

Goals for the summer

The big goal for the summer before school begins in September is to be good and ready for Japanese 201. Unfortunately I have the problem that, while I have a pretty decent vocabulary built up, a heck of a lot … Continue reading →

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An unfortunate pattern.

When something happens only once, it’s possible that it’s a unique event. When something happens more than once, it starts looking like a pattern. That’s about as “deep” as I get in the morning. At any rate, the pattern in … Continue reading →

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I don’t (heart) LA

But we lived there for five years anyway. If you’re a fanboy, LA is like a giant box of things you probably want.  Honestly, it’s no Akihabara but  it’s full of stores that want to sell you cool things. That … Continue reading →

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Osu! Tatakae! Obsession!

Yes, I know, Ouendan 2 is already out, and if I were a true fan I’d have it already, but for now, for now I am going back to the original game with a mission. You may have noticed, if … Continue reading →

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One class down, one to go…

Due this Thursday, by 11:55PM: My Technical Writing term paper and my English Literature term paper. I turned in the Technical Writing one Tuesday at around 10:30PM, so I am completely done with the class – just have to wait … Continue reading →

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More phone lust

Before the Nokia 6630, I had a Motorola RAZR V3.  I confess that I chose it largely because, well, it looks really neat.  Also, it’s a quad band phone, which the T-Mobile guys assured me meant that I could use … Continue reading →

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Reflections on (abusing) trust.

So I’m about 3 weeks in to the new job and starting to build a rapport with our development staff.  It really is a pretty decent place to work, and they’re all pretty pleasant which is fairly unusual for coder … Continue reading →

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New phone!

Well, new to me anyway. eBay angst is over as I have now received the Nokia 6630 I bought about a week ago. No box, mind you, and the manual is in Danish, but the phone itself is in fine … Continue reading →

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Giant bugs and hoppy bunnies

I came *this* close to having another game on the “played through” pile Saturday. I don’t often have people over – I have lots of friends who I’ve known for years and share interests with, but most of them live … Continue reading →

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eBay angst

eBay auctions are done for a little while. Have gotten an amazing amount of closet space back, made a fair hunk of cash, now I need to decide what I want to auction off next. Of course, one of the … Continue reading →

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