December 2008
64 posts
Dec 30th
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Dec 30th
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Dec 28th
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Dec 27th
Dec 27th
Colin says I have the phone etiquette of 16 y.o....
Colin: Next time I hang out with you, I'm confiscating your phone.
Me: Oooh! I'm getting myself a new phone for xmas.
Colin: What kind?
Me: Iphone probably.
Colin: No, let me get it for you. It's called 'vaporware'.
Me: ??
Colin: You think it's a phone but it's really just nothing!
Dec 25th
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“Death is her boyfriend She spits on summers and smiles to the night She...”
– m83, graveyard girl
Dec 24th
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Dec 23rd
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Dec 23rd
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Nerds get the short end of the stick but they... →
According to this Reuters article, 2007 and 2008 weren’t so kind to most quant funds.  And as always, Nassim Taleb is all doomsday and says, “Quants and quant programs are dangerous to society.”  But the story ends on a positive note by analyzing quant pay, and I agree with the article in that quants are always going to be needed, whether in risk management or strategy....
Dec 23rd
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ListenI bought tix to see m83 at irving plaza on 1/24!!...
Dec 23rd
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Dec 23rd
Dec 20th
Dec 20th
Me: Just be honest with her. Say, "Hey, I really like hanging out with you, and I think we should talk. Where is this going?"
Arif:
Me: What? Is that lame?
Arif: How about, "This other girl i'm having s** with wants to know if im seeing anyone. What should I tell her?"
Me: Hahahahaha. FAIL!
Dec 20th
“I am next to a cat with eye crap and it made me think of you!”
– Pon, via txt mesg :)
Dec 20th
“…Tokyo women in their thirties who have yet to find a mate are known as...”
– “I <3 Novels” by Dana Goodyear (The New Yorker, 12/22/08). Is this for real?  I have 3.5y til I’m a loser-dog, yes!
Dec 19th
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Listenbest part is when he sings his own name.  ha. ...
Dec 19th
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Dec 19th
Social Networking x Museum Membership = Brooklyn... →
Only $20/yr.  Twitter, fb, flickr, email updates.  New spin to an old concept. Fun perk: a free swoon studio print to be printed at their first event.  I remember back in the day when I could’ve bought a Swoon piece (like 3 edition print!) for $500-$1000.  Kicking. Myself.
Dec 19th
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Me: I'll be in DC for Xmas or inauguration, maybe both.
Marc: I'll put away all of my Legos and get out the Courvoisier.
Dec 19th
Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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“The problem with socialism is socialism. The problem with capitalism is...”
– As they say.  Particularly relevant these days.  See: Madoff, credit crisis, housing bubble, subprime loans.
Dec 18th
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Dec 17th
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Dec 17th
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Dec 17th
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Civic Literacy Test →
i got an 82%.  Apparently, average score was 49%.  Survey methodology is somewhere on that site.  Apparently, marco and many tumblr users (judging from the reblogs) are above average! marco: (via lfarm) I got an 85% (28/33). I’m qualified to live here! Yay!
Dec 16th
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“Smart boys who know they’re smart are the new hot boys who know...”
– Pon, inspired by david karp of tumblr, charles of iminlikewithyou / blockles.com, and jakob lodwick of vimeo but mostly by dkarp
Dec 16th
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Dec 15th
WatchWatch
andy did a great job on this short!!
Dec 15th
HEY YOU
Sign this: http://fooddemocracynow.org And this: http://fooddeclaration.org/ And this: https://secure.freepress.net/site/SPageNavigator/obama_priorities Pls,pls,pls?
Dec 15th
Happy Birthday Arif!
You asked for the blog shoutout, you got it. :) (Thank you facebook for the birthday reminder.)
Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
“You cant control feelings but u can control what situation you put yourself into”
– Anne Lee (via foolsaround) apparently some ppl think i’m wise! :)
Dec 15th
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Dec 12th
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Dec 12th
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Dec 12th
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Dec 12th
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serious discussion of what to wear tomorrow night
Me: I think I'm just going to go straight from the work party to the concert. "Day to night" dress. Bowery Ballroom's not a dump, right?
Angela: You're not going to be rolling around on the floor. If anything, you should wonder if The Virgins' fans are dumpy.
Me: LOL. I think they're all girls.
Angela: Yeah, im sure the lead singer will be smart enough to not try to crowd surf. Unlike alexander greenwald (phantom planet). The tweens couldnt hold him up so he ended up flat on the ground on top of me and ashley.
Angela: It was wonderful actually.
Dec 11th
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Listenwho is going to see The Virgins tomorrow? I AM, I...
Dec 11th
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Dec 11th
Dec 10th
Dec 9th
Kings of Leon, Se* on Fire →
I did it with you, and now it hurts when I pee.
Dec 9th
Dec 9th
the lucky ones
WORD. ponbop: ran107@gmail.com: i have no INITIAL to wonder about
Dec 8th
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Dec 7th
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Cat Myths Quiz →
My results: “You are a feline fanatic!  You aren’t susceptible to such silly feline folklore.  You love cats and know they make a purr-fect pet!”
Dec 6th