Topper's TravelsTopper Kain's blog. Topper Kain is a world-famous kazoo player and traditional norwegian food chef. He wants you to use the comments. Sunday, December 26, 2004Lesbian friend while ordering pizza: "Is there meat lovers in there? Just wanted to make sure there's a meat lovers in there?".: posted by Topper 1:34 AMFriday, December 24, 2004Hawoop. Go Echo Boomers:http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/10/01/60minutes/main646890.shtml .: posted by Topper 3:14 PMWednesday, December 15, 2004SWEET! ALEX GOT INTO YALE !!!!.: posted by Topper 11:02 PMTuesday, December 14, 2004An interesting look at speech codes and liberalism on campus:http://academicbias.com/bw101.html If you are conservative, then this shouldn't be much of a shocker. If liberal, well maybe a little more so. .: posted by Topper 2:29 PMSaturday, December 04, 2004How sad, the "Ronald Reagan" donation level is above the "Theodore Roosevelt" donation level for the Kitsap County Republicans....: posted by Topper 9:37 PMWednesday, December 01, 2004Back in Bremerton till Australia now. If you are in b-town or near give me a call.: posted by Topper 10:46 PMTuesday, November 30, 2004Okay, so I get back to Pullman and find both Jon and Dan are leaving for drill the next day. So now I'm living with only Emily. To put it another way, I'm living in a house alone with another man's wife. That's just life in pullman..: posted by Topper 1:27 PMTuesday, November 23, 2004I've spent the last 2 days in New York and let me tell you, it's been quite a trip. I got in Sunday night and had a pleasant trip from JFK to Gramercy Park (where the cousin my family is staying with lives) with a really nice cab driver from Barbados. I got in and pretty much immediatly went to sleep. The next day was pretty jam-packed. We (my Mom, Andrew and myself), saw the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. The power of that statue can't be overstated, it really is awe inspiring. Unfortunatly, we didn't know that you had to buy tickets ahead of time to go into the base of the statue, and the actual structure of the statue itself is still closed, so we just got to look at the outside of it. Something to look forward to. Ellis Island was cool to see, simply because some of my ancestors came through there. Overall though, I wish they'd left it in a more original state, with cattle like lines and such.After seeing those two items, we went Uptown to see my cousin Debbie's office. She, being a super high power lawyer, has a corner office with a view of central park, so we got to see all of Central park in one go. Very, very nice office I must say. The next item of business was seeing my Mom's friend Patti, who is the managing editor of Marie Claire magazine. We got a tour of the magazine office which was pretty interesting. There were designer clothes everwhere, I'm sure it was a teenage girl's dream (Tip- next season's colors are going to be pastelly oranges and stuff. Ahh who I'm kidding, I didn't know what I was looking at, ask my mom). I wasn't looking at the clothes as much though, I was more focused on the employees. The Marie Claire work ethic is very impressive, aparently to write for Marie Claire you have to be female and at look at least as hot as that month's cover shot. I wonder if they need a network tech... ;-) But seriously, the staff of Marie Claire was all very young, very hot, and very female(except for the gay guy, who I'm sure would be hot if I was gay). If I end up living in NYC I will definatly be hanging out in the bar across the street from that magazine. Next came time to go to a fabulous dinner at the Tavern on the Green, which is this extremely Ritzy resturant in Central Park. It was really cool, you took a curving hallway to one of the various dining rooms, and the hall ways were made of hundreds of little 6X6" mirrors and decorated for Christmas and stuff, and was all very nice. After sleeping off that meal we got up bright and early Tuesday, and then let Andrew go back to bed till 10 o'clock. After the late start we grabbed some grub from a street vendor and started walking toward the Empire State building. One the way we saw a guy interviewing people, so I asked a stlightly haggled-looking girl standing nearby what was going on. Apparently this guy was auditioning for a slot as a news reporter at NBC. After asking me a question though, the producing (female) was ALL OVER HIM. She was stripping off his jacket, feeling up, making out with him. Aparently what they say about sleeping with the producers is true. That, or I was involved in what could be a really funny reality TV show. After the mock interview we went into St. Patrick's cathedral. This cathedral was amazing. I've been to Notre Dame and this is better. It's a classical, gothic style cathedral that was able to take advantage of modern building materials and techniques. The stainded glass windows are incredible, the ceiling is arched is high it feels like it encompasses all of heaven, and the acoustics are amazing (you should of heard me drop my water bottle, it sounded like a german blitzkrieg). Another thing I highly suggest in NYC. After St. Patricks we stopped by the main branch of the NYC public library. Not much in the way of books, but beautiful high wood panelled ceilings, paintings and such. After the library came gazing at some of the department store christmas displays and some quick purse shopping by mom. We finally made it to the empire state building after a pizza lunch. It was a 45 minute wait to get up, but boy was it worth it. We got the audio tour, and the voice coming of that MP3 player helped me figure out more about new york geography than you could possibly believe. Beyond that, the sheer amount of humanity you see from the tower is incredible. Just people, as far as the eye can see. Seeing all the cool New York architecture at one was neat too. After the Empire state building we went to Times Square. While time square doesn't hold a candle to the gaudiness and neon on Las Vegas, it is much more pleasent than Sin City. Did you know there is an Armed Forces recruiting station in the middle of Times square? I wonder what their pool functions are... We got tickets to see "the Producers" and then went to the show after dinner (indian food). "The Producers" is a hillarous Mel Brooks comedy musical, and is highly recommended (although I wouldn't bring my little brother again). Oh and the swedish girl is HOT. We closed out the night with a trip to the rockefeller center ice rink. My feet hurt so bad I wanted to cry, but Andrew loved it. He was really happy to be skating at so famous a place, under the shadow of the unlit christmas tree. However, I have never seen so many young Jewish girls in one place in my life. Everyone looked like they could be related to me, it was disturbing! Other quick notes about NYC: New York girls are almost all very hot and well put together, but tend to look way to severe for my tastes. Street cart food vendors are awesome. Cities I live in need Gyro vendors. Get tickets to everything ahead of time. Even if it is a government run atraction it may get sold out. My feet are killing. Okay all, good night. I'll probably put up a blog about Thanksgiving if anything interesting happens. Which sure it will... sigh .: posted by Topper 9:33 PMFriday, November 19, 2004Two days till Jon gets married. Damn this war and its human cost.Six days till crazy jewish thanksgiving. .: posted by Topper 2:30 AMTuesday, November 09, 2004Halo 2 rocks hard, but the ending pissed me off..: posted by Topper 8:29 PMSunday, November 07, 2004In an election in which was probably won on social issues, (and after which I have heard some "progressives" talk of moving to another country) I decided to take a look at how other democracies laws compare to ours:Abortion: U.S. - legal to ~24 weeks France - legal to ~12 weeks Germany - very confused, but quasi-legal up to 12 weeks provided counseling and a waiting period have taken place Spain- Illegal U.K.- Legal to 24 weeks Ireland- Illegal Gay Marriage: U.S.- for the most part, illegal. Might be legal in one state, civil unions allowed in others France- Civil Unions Germany- Gay marriage, but not allowed to adopt and some finincal restrictions Spain- Legal U.K.- had trouble finding meaningful information I was going to do immigration, but figuring out the laws was taking to much time. Let us leave it at this: America is a whole lot more easy going in terms of immigration than Europe. The EU allows some movement within the borders of the EU, but becoming a citizen in most countries appears to be almost impossible if you don't an ancestor who is "naturally" from that country. .: posted by Topper 1:30 PMFriday, November 05, 2004As for a personal update: I am still unemployed in Pullman, but no longer really looking. I am reading Politics textbooks and teaching myself about finincal stuff on morningstar.com. It's like a college education without the BS of requirements and homework :)I'm going to the Marine Corps Ball tomorrow, whichs should be fun and interesting. Hope everyone else is doing interestging stuff to. Okay. I posted most of this on Emma's blog, but then I realized I might as well use it for myself: I voted for John McCain, since I knew WA was going Kerry anyways. I've wanted him for 5 years now, but oh well. Not being friends with someone because they think or believe something is just flat out stupid and intolerant. People are for the most part rational actors and have very good reasons and interests motivating the things they do. To assume that they are ignorant or stupid for not believing as you do is a huge mistake. This is in large part why the Dems lost this election. Some people (including myself) find it hard to support a platform that includes a radically different social agenda then their own, even if the economic and foriegn policy agenda lmight line up better than another party's. On another note: playing the electoral college drinking game is a bad bad idea that is extremely fun. 1/2 Oz of beer per electoral vote your canidate gets ends in lots of drunkenness. (hint, subsitute one shot per 24 electoral votes early on, other wise you drink too much beer...) .: posted by Topper 5:32 PMMonday, November 01, 2004Family Guy is friggin sweet. I love Da Boom. Too bad that I spent my Halloween watching it....: posted by Topper 2:25 AMWednesday, October 27, 2004Yes! The A/V equipment for videotaping the study abroad meeting is going to be free! Score! Now I just need to make sure someone is going to do it....: posted by Topper 1:22 PMMonday, October 25, 2004From "Home Movies"-Mom- "Brandon, set the table for dinner" Brandon- "Can I do it after dinner" Mom-"Sure." I love that show. .: posted by Topper 7:47 AMFrom "Home Movies"- Mom- "Brandon, set the table for dinner" Brandon- "Can I do it after dinner" Mom-"Sure." I love that show. .: posted by Topper 7:47 AMYEAH! North is IM Waterpolo champs again! Kick ass! On my front, nothin new. Just sitting around the house... .: posted by Topper 1:46 AMFriday, October 22, 2004Wow, I am so glad I'm doing this semester off/study abroad thing. They really aren't offering any CS courses next semester....: posted by Topper 2:23 AMThursday, October 21, 2004So I just took the Politics test at OKCupid.com (http://www.okcupid.com/politics). It turns out that I'm a Social Conservative and an Economic Moderate, and fall into the Centrist political group. According to the website, with respect to famous people I am most like the Pope. Go figure..: posted by Topper 2:17 AMWednesday, October 20, 2004Flogging Molly Concert tonight: It was AWESOME. I've never been to a concert where the ENTIRE venue was dancing, and at least half of it was a mosh pit. The lineup was as follows: The Brigs, the Street Dogs, and Flogging Molly.The Brigs sucked, there's not much good I can say about them. Their bass was turned up to high in comparision with the rest of their instruments, they had minimal stage prescence and they just in general were bad. I think they sounded like a bad garage band. The Street Dogs more than made up for it. Boys from Boston, they were obviously distracted in the beggining by the huge screen on the wall displaying the Red Soxs Vs Yankees game. They had us chanting "Yankees Suck" for a while :) When the Yankees lost (yah) they really started to shine. They had every one swaying and such, and just played an awesome punk set. I don't think I'll ever forget their lead singer climbing up into the rafters during the last set. Awesome band you should check out if they are ever in your town. Flogging Molly was just fantastic, there is really nothing bad I can say about them. Their stage show didn't consist of a whole lot, but the fans more than made up for it. Almost the entire nightclub was moshing at the beginning. They played all their big hits and some stuff off the new album. I don't know what to say. I even started minor amounts of headbanging, which is crazy for me, the most sedate punk rock concert fan ever. Only a few complaints: the "punk voter" video. If I wanted politics, I'd of gone to the Micheal Moore thing. The video itself was OK, but it was pretty long and really made a conservative in the audience feel, um, threatened... The other complaint was the amount of people taking advantage of the all ages venue... Here is me scanning the crowd for girls "Not legal, not legal, not legal, legal and legal but making out with each other, not legal, not legal, legal but man is she ugly, not legal, not hot, not legal, legal and with a gorillia" and so on and so forth. Made me feel old. BTW- Thanks for going with me Carly! It made it so much better, I didn't actually, you know, have to meet people. And I'm going to bed now, just praying I'll have my hearing back within the week. .: posted by Topper 2:38 AMMonday, October 18, 2004You know that stupid screen that pops up when you log on to AOL? I swear, it's getting as bad as the magazine covers in the checkout lane. I saw a headline that says "Trouble in Flordia Election", clicked on it and saw the article headline "Few Problems in Flordia Election." The article headline was much more correct. What a load of sensationalist crap.On another note, my brother Alex was crowned a Prince of Homecoming at Olympic High School. Isn't that awesome? Andrew's football team handily beat Bainbridge Island this Saturday, despite the best attempts of the officating crew. .: posted by Topper 9:25 PMSunday, October 17, 2004Anyone want to see Flogging Molly with me on Tuesday in Seattle?.: posted by Topper 1:21 AMTuesday, October 12, 2004Being the unemployed townie is fun.I'm in Pullman now, not yet working. .: posted by Topper 3:35 PMSunday, October 10, 2004I now live in the "Semper House".I experienced my first DI college football game today. It was fun and crazy even if WSU did blow a 14 pt lead. .: posted by Topper 1:12 AMTuesday, September 28, 2004yeah know, I'm looking forward to going back to washington. I really miss the rain. And I miss real mountians. And trees.On another note, I'm trying to think of all the physics major I hang out with on a regular basis: Aaron Conrad Sam Tavi Steph Dan Paul Andy Will All the CS majors I hang out with on a regular basis: Ricco (alright, CS-Math) All the CS majors I hang out with sometimes: Jackass Chris Andrew Is there a disparity he .: posted by Topper 11:23 PMnew swing voters this year: "Security Mom's" Def. as follows: Women with children made afraid by the war on terror. .: posted by Topper 6:52 PMinteresting song by a guy called MC Lars. The video sucks, however it does prove the MC Lars is possibly the dorkiest "rapper" ever. http://mclars.com/video.html apparently this guy is actually a bit up and coming, has some good press on his site. .: posted by Topper 1:52 AMinteresting song by a guy called MC Lars. The video sucks, however it does prove the MC Lars is possibly the dorkiest "rapper" ever. http://mclars.com/video.html apparently this guy is actually a bit up and coming, has some good press on his site. .: posted by Topper 1:52 AMOn the topic of music, I heard a song a long time ago on the end (like junior high) that was just some guy asking a question and then taking a shot with a basketball and then a voice would say "swish" or "brick" as kind of a yes/no answer. Does anyone else remember that song? If you do, do you remember it's name? .: posted by Topper 1:09 AMSaturday, September 25, 2004another note: I hate the claremont colleges because they won't ley you be ordinary. The force you to be extraodinary, no matter what the cost..: posted by Topper 3:49 AMOh yeah, saw Garden State today, and it was good. You should see it. .: posted by Topper 3:44 AMIn a druken semi-bass "Storrrrryyy offffffff my liiiiiiiiiiiiiffee.... nahh nahh nahh nah nah nah.... Only wanna do what you think is right.... close and your eyes and it's passed.... story of my life.... duh nah na na nuuuuh..." .: posted by Topper 3:41 AMFriday, September 24, 2004Wow, what a boring night. We did get "Beers of the World" from Costco though....: posted by Topper 1:12 AMTuesday, September 21, 2004CONGRADULATIONS DAN AND JOY ON GETTING ENGAGED!!!!On the same note: WHAT!!! My friends aren't allowed to get ENGAGED!!! Still the same note: Dan, you are now the ultimate wingman. Once your friend has picked up the hot chick you can now tell the ugly chick "Sorry, but I've got to get back to my FIANCE." .: posted by Topper 1:18 AMThursday, September 16, 2004What absolute bullshit! Kofi Annan is now claiming that the US invasion of Iraq was illegal from an international law prespective. While you may not agree with the US invasion of Iraq, the fact is that there were three different resolutions against Iraq that promised action against them if Saddam did not cooperate. These same resolutions were used to back Operation Desert Fox (airstrikes against Saddam after he threw out inspectors) in the clinton administration, and many many strikes in the no-fly zones. There was precedent for military action against Iraq, and there were no limits on the scale of that action.The US may not of acted in the spirit of the UN, but it did act within the letter of its law. .: posted by Topper 1:13 PMwow. I love northrop: http://www.defensetech.org/archives/001030.html Supersonic, carrier landing capable, stealth, unmanned, and utterly deadly. Pilots are going to hate this thing, they're all going to be grounded. .: posted by Topper 9:39 AMmy friend has this on her profile. I found it funny. But btw, I think I was pretty clear. ReynaTerra: oh wait ReynaTerra: now i understand topkai22: I'm glad you do now topkai22: cause I think that was relatively clera fore a guy who barley made it balk to his aparemnt .: posted by Topper 1:00 AMWednesday, September 15, 2004Someone recentaly asked me why engineers and science types have to abbrevate EVERYTHING.I currently work on a program called NAIS. What is that abreviation? NPOESS ATMS Instrument Simulator. Huh, what's that abbrevation? NPOESS = National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System ATMS = Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder So, I work on NAIS, or National Polar-orbiting Operational Enviromental Satellite System Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder Instrument Simulator. Take your pick. .: posted by Topper 3:57 PMTuesday, September 14, 2004"Hey Topper, nice job on that function, it works real nice. Unfortunatly the libraries I told you to use building it won't work with our other stuff, so I need you to start all over again.".: posted by Topper 4:46 PMThursday, September 02, 2004Since I can't really decide which canidate I want and both states I can vote in are almost certianly going democrat, I've decided to make a different choice in who I'm voting for: John McCain. I wanted him to win in 2000, and considering the exposure and support he is getting from BOTH parties he's a shoe in for 2008. Let's let him know we want him to run..: posted by Topper 12:13 AMMonday, August 23, 2004I'm a bad poster. A bad bad poster.I'm in Missouri after visiting family is Wisconson. My grandparents' (Dad's side) 50th aniversery was Saturday. Yes, it is true, you can be married for 50 years. They are awesome people like that. My dad made a really cool speech summing up what had happened in 50 years of the world and of their marriage ("A love that was not talked much about, just done" was his best line), Alex made a speech RE their old world values and elegance, and I closed with a speech about their constantcy and consistence, ("no matter what else happened they saw their marriage through"). Actually Andrew closed with "Let's Eat!", but that is a minor detail. Oh yeah, there was an open bar. That was really cool. Turns out though there isn't much to do in Wisconson besides eat, sleep, and talk though. We did go to the "Irish Fest" and saw an awesome celtic rock band, whose name I cannot pronounce. Also had good corned beef. Missouri is cool too. Saw the arch (which is AMAZING) and my old home and some of our old friends. All very cool. Okay. I'm tired of blogging. .: posted by Topper 10:28 PMFriday, August 06, 2004I just realized what a large part of my problem with this decision is, especially in relationship to football: There is a very fundamental part of me for which it is important to work nobly against all odds to greatness. Making it to greatness is a part, but the important part is the working and striving and the earnest attempt to make it there. To this part things like medals, or starting positions, or where your degree is from are very important and meaningful, because they represent the effort and an attempt at greatness.There is another, not as fundamental but still important, part of me that is fine with all that, but really doesn't like a lot of the activities that entails. This part of me says whhhhhhhooooooo cares if you played on the starting football team in college, or where your degree is from. What only matters are tangible results. Part A is responsible for me playing football and going to Mudd in the first place. Part B is telling me to do something else. Oh yeah, and Sam you are gay gay gayier ya fuckin faerie. .: posted by Topper 12:17 AMThursday, August 05, 2004Warning- I'm afraid I'm about to sound like a total jackass.I've been having trouble deciding what to do with the next 2 years of my life. This is normally not a problem for college students, you eithier push on through school or go work, but I have the unfortunate blessing of an alternative oppurtunity. I have the potential to take a semester off and then take an extra semester to graduate. While this sounds like a lot of fun, I can't shake the feeling that 1.) I'm being totally worthless by taking a semester off, 2.) that I'll never want to go back to school (or at least Mudd) and 3.) I'll never be able to be on the starting football team. On top of this I can't decide if I want to play ball again anyways. I don't see how I could turn down the oppurtunity to be a starting player in college, but that is by no means a sure thing (esp. because right now I haven't lifted anywhere near what I should have) and I don't think I could stand being sidelined by a freshman. On top of all of this I feel like a total putz because THESE ARE THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS IN MY LIFE. I've spent a ton of time worrying about these desicions, and the fact is that I'm presented with many "good" options. Pretty much the only thing I lose by picking any one of these is the other options, and for some reason this is a harder desicion for me than any other I have had. Any comments? .: posted by Topper 11:55 PMThursday, July 01, 2004Hey guys, turns out I made an industry journal last year!http://www.sacm.co.za/Feature.asp?NewsID=5466&Item=6110&Title=PC+Horror+Stories%3A+When+Good+Machines+Go+Bad .: posted by Topper 7:38 PMSunday, June 27, 2004Ahh, back on campus for less than 12 hrs and already the drama begins..: posted by Topper 12:20 AMFriday, June 18, 2004I went out on my boat today. Amazing how a few hours of scrubbing, lifting, and rather annoying driving can actually be a lot of fun, and that was just preparation. Actually boating was just great, I was out with three beautiful girls and just sitting in the sun and cruising around is a great feeling.I'm going to miss home... .: posted by Topper 8:33 PMTuesday, June 15, 2004Just spent a lovely evening with Emma, swapping college stories and complaining to each other about knee-jerk militant liberals. How stupid is it to refuse to be friends with someone just because they have different opinions than you, espicially when your opinions are supposedly to be inclusive? I'm just glad those type of liberals seem to be in shorter supply at the 5Cs than at Mount Holyoke. Poor Emma is in a hostile enviroment for conservatives :(In other news: I still dislike little kid parties. I spent all day Sunday taking care of 12 lil hellions, I guess my mom is getting to old to do it herself... .: posted by Topper 12:44 AMMonday, June 14, 2004So I have two job offers in CA and I'm waiting on one in WA. Why couldn't they have gotten around to this two months ago?.: posted by Topper 12:06 AMfor those who haven't seen it: www.redvsblue.com .: posted by Topper 12:05 AMSunday, June 06, 2004In Claremont till wednesday. Claremont peeps should call..: posted by Topper 10:08 PMThursday, June 03, 2004ARGHHHHH!!!! Right before everyone starts to come home, I get all sorts of interviews in CA. Watch me end up stuck in CA right as everyone comes home..: posted by Topper 2:19 PMTuesday, June 01, 2004Damn damn damn. The Mountain Shoppe really is going out of business now! So sad, but understandable, the owner has been there for something like 25 or 30 years. I just hope something else takes it's place, I still don't like Kitsap sports...I really hate home changing on me. Pete's Jersey Subs closed then reopened as Katie's Jersey Subs, the Boatshed burned down is being rebuilt (hopefully in time for boating season), and various other things have occured to make home feel different. Ahh, boo me and my ultra-conservative I hate change mentality. .: posted by Topper 12:45 AMSaturday, May 29, 2004I was going to UW to visit some friends (Carly, Laura you're awesome. Clancy you're a stinker for not calling me but I forgive you) Anyways I got off the bus, asked someone where Hagget dorm is and found out I was on the wrong side of campus. Someone suggested I take another bus across campus, but having become used to living in Claremont my gut reaction was instantly to think "Campus isn't THAT big" and "aviod taking the bus at all cost." Now this would be an entirely reasonable line of reasoning in Claremont, but it is a little absurd in WA, as Seattle buses are really good and UW really is that big. Not only that I forgot to take into account a major difference between WA and CA: Rain. It was pouring at UW Thursday, torrential downpour, epic "time to build a boat" style. My coat soaked through, my pants were wet, my backpack (with change of clothing) was wet, the map of campus I had got wet and dissolved. I passed a duck while I was walking and even the duck gave me a look like "enough of this friggin rain. I'm sick of getting wet and I'm a DUCK." Eventually I do make my way to Carly's dorm and get inside. And then some guy bumped into me and didn't apologize so I stabbed him. Yeah. Stabbed him, right in the gut. Yeah..: posted by Topper 4:56 PMSunday, May 16, 2004Check this out: http://www.re-soft.com/product/topper.htm.: posted by Topper 2:15 AMSomething I've noticed about CMC and CMC affilated girls: bad skin. For some reason it seems a lot of them have it. I wonder if the problems with girls at particular schools can be generalized and stereotyped.... .: posted by Topper 1:56 AMMonday, May 10, 2004It's that time again. I've been harassed enough to post. Let's see... what's new...It's finals week, I think I did well on my History of Sci/Tech final (it was two essays) and passed the stems exam (an accomplishment...) Seriousaly, all professors who choose to unnecessarily obfuscate relatively easy problems and courses should be dragged out into the street and... well shooting them is a bit rough, but they should definatly be left there. Two weekends ago was Stags vs. 1000 beers. 55 stagies participated and when all was said and down we downed 960 beers in 24 hrs. Not quite our goal, but there were also a good deal of uncounted beers. Regardless, it was quite a feat of human endurance. Lil Hib and Nick Piadiac (?sp?) were apparently still downing beers in Collins the morning after. That's dedication to the team right there. After Stags Vs. 1000 beers was the Alumni Vs. Students softball game, also known as beer ball. I ripped all the skin of my left leg sliding into base. That wasn't fun. Its been two weeks and it is still a giant mass of scab. No one knows who won the game, but our Alumni are AWESOME. 3 kegs in 2 days for the dorm, and shelling out $20 per person in bar donations... Also in the news: I'm working with our director of corporate relations on a bunch of learning disability stuff. Talk about a good contact to have, the guy knows EVERYBODY. At least outside of Mudd. Still no job for summer. Anyone need something programmed? .: posted by Topper 1:59 PMUmm yeah, so the STEMS final is in two hours and I have slept yet. This isn't for lack of trying. I don't know if it is too hot in my room or I'm anxious (actually, I know I am, but I'm not sure that's the reason) or what, but I definetly haven't slept yet. Why is it the final I'm most worried about is at 9 AM on Monday, and is the only one that isn't a takehome? I'd be totally down if I could of taken this about 8 hrs ago. Oh well. In other news: Caughey is in North Africa now, and Jon is probably headed to Iraq soon. Don't get shot or killed or anything guys. Sorry about the shitty post, I'll try to be funny sometime soon. .: posted by Topper 6:51 AMMonday, April 12, 200446.74556% - Super Geekhttp://www.innergeek.us/geek.html .: posted by Topper 6:51 PMFreddie Roosevelt says: Oh, did you hear the french instituted a new Terror alert system? Carly says: no Freddie Roosevelt says: yeah the levels are "1- Whine 2 - Appease 3 - Run Away 4 - Surrender 5 - Aide the enemy" Carly says: for real?...or are you joking? Freddie Roosevelt says: HAHHAHAHA I'm joking. Carly says: asshole Freddie Roosevelt says: you thought I wasn't? Seriously? Carly says: well...for a sec...I might have...shut up! .: posted by Topper 1:30 AMSunday, April 11, 2004[after I make some comment about uptight, neurotic Jewish relatives]Carly says: I won't get that way in my bird calling and bellydancing classes Freddie Roosevelt says: wow Freddie Roosevelt says: just wow .: posted by Topper 11:56 PMDancing is really freaking tiring. It's like doing an hour's worth of half squats with a chick sitting in your lap. .: posted by Topper 3:42 AMThursday, April 08, 2004CMSgirl2004: random question for youCMSgirl2004: do you know who was in charge of distributing lemons this evening at scripps? topkai22: umm, no clue topkai22: but that would be someone from west dorm CMSgirl2004: hmmm topkai22: wait, no one is getting in trouble right? CMSgirl2004: haha CMSgirl2004: no topkai22: okay, good CMSgirl2004: i was just curious CMSgirl2004: they could have though CMSgirl2004: i think it might have been them CMSgirl2004: but 3 males streaked through our dorm this evening CMSgirl2004: went out the patio doors which set off the alarm and out the garden door topkai22: hahaha topkai22: that's funny CMSgirl2004: luckily it was only a small group of us girls around and none of us are uptight so no one like reported it or anything CMSgirl2004: i was just curious if you knew the culprits CMSgirl2004: or had heard anyone say anything topkai22: nah CMSgirl2004: haha CMSgirl2004: well if you do, now you know where it happened. CMSgirl2004: lol topkai22: which dorm do you live in again? CMSgirl2004: browning topkai22: ahh, okay topkai22: they were streaking? CMSgirl2004: they were without clothes topkai22: who the hell does that anymore? I thought that died with discos and bellbottoms .: posted by Topper 2:17 AMMonday, April 05, 2004Northern Dorm in HMC Under Martial LawBy Christopher Kain, Routers (North, HMC) North dorm has been put under martial law by local warlord Dean Noda after actions by a small group of extremists caused major disruptions during festivities this weekend. There are troops in streets, and a strict curfew has been imposed. Liquid substance is being denied the population and sacred religious traditions have been banned by the government. The flow of refugees to the surronding West and Linde dorms has quintupled in recent weeks, and is placing a noticeable strain on those dorms facilities and supplies. Moderate groups in dorm are asking from intervention from the UN, and demanding the investigation of possible human rights violations. Inhabited primarily by the religous tribe Norf, North dorm has historically been one of the most contentious provinces of HMC. The Dean system of ruling HMC has come under critiscm recently for using strong-arm tatics againsts Norfers, including the summary executed of a minor vandal and the imprisonment of a respected Norf leader after he failed to notify the government that a minor religious celebration was going to take place. .: posted by Topper 10:50 PMSunday, April 04, 2004So last weekend night my roomie gets REALLY fucking drunk. I mean he gets drunk a lot, and this is the worst I've seen him, the guy is walking a line crookeder than the Harding adminstration. Anyways, he eventually gets himself back to our room (also motel style, funnily enough), kind of collapses on the floor and starts muttering to himself "fuck em, fucking mother fuckers" over and over again (he eventually starts playing a beat to this with his hands on the floor). Eventually he realizes he has to pee, bolts up, and instead of using our bathroom (which he is already part of the way into...) he runs outside and shouting "Pi O S. Pi O S", which is an abbrevation for "Piss On South (an adjacent dorm)." So he runs over to South, drops trou, and starts pissing on South. At which point a Camp Sec (Campus Security, rent-a-cops) starts rolling by in patrol car (read golf cart). I shout "Sam, Sam, Camp Sec dude!" Sam goes "Oh Shit", and not stopping to zip up his pants or anything he bolts through a hedge of bushes, away from the Camp Sec cart and behind a tree at which point he whips it out again and resumes pissing. Camp Sec rolls bye, and we all breath a sigh of relief, but by this time Sam has, in the commotion, pissed all over himself. As he is walking back to the dorm he relizes this and starts shouting "No piss-pants, no piss-pants" and begins to take off his pants in the middle of the four dorm quad. Realizing this is obiviously a bad situtation my buddies and I drag his ass back to our dorm. He gets his pants off, crawls his ass over to one of our couches, and sits sits down in it. Then lil' nick grabs his piss-pants, runs off with them, and then throws them on the roof. Sam (after a healthy comprehension delay) gets pissed and starts chasing after lil' nick in nothing but his boxer briefs. Nick, being a wily little monkey, gets away, and so sam decides to take out his aggression against our dorm President, Colin. Sam sticks his fingers above his head, in a manner reasembling horns, and then proceeds to charge Colin. Colin Ole's him and he crashes into the fence cage we had set up for the party that night. Undettered, Sam charges twice more, and the second time ends up flipping over a couch. Sam, perhaps suddenly becomming embarrased, buries himself in the couch cushions. I walk over and ask "Sam, you alright man? Bleeding anywhere?" and get this reply: "Dude, I'm a couch, what are talking to couch for. That's fucked up man, everyone knows couches can't talk."Okay, so that was a little longwinded, but I don't feel like editing. It's still funny. .: posted by Topper 3:18 PMSaturday, April 03, 2004Online personality quiz: damn ugly picture but not a bad description. It pegged jon pretty well too:http://www.okcupid.com/personality?type=RGLD&g=1&o=1&h=177 .: posted by Topper 10:04 PMTuesday, March 09, 2004Obscenely good description of LA from cityguide.com:It's possible that Los Angeles is a figment of its own imagination. No other city studies itself so intently - on film, television and in glossy magazines. LA is where the American Dream is manufactured, and if you're not prepared to embrace the dream, you'll doubtless find it filthy, irritating, frightening or just plain dumb. .: posted by Topper 4:26 PMMonday, March 08, 2004Well, that's 3 long term relationships broken up in the last month and a half. I'm now taking bets on Jon..: posted by Topper 11:47 PMSaturday, February 28, 2004wow, Sam just broke up with his girlfriend of... well since a month after we got here. Steve (my last year roommate) broke up with his gf of at least two years last month. WTF is up?.: posted by Topper 5:12 AMThursday, February 26, 2004Sam, my roommate, never sleeps in our room. Ever. It's happened maybe three times since I've been here. So imagine my suprise when I walk into the room and find him sleeping on the couch. Examining this situation more closely I find on his chest the cause of this oddity: A copy of "Jane Eyre" that he is reading for his lit class..: posted by Topper 5:02 PMMonday, February 23, 2004Volleyball- I'd be good if I wasn't so terrible..: posted by Topper 11:03 PMSunday, February 15, 2004Only in LA do you run into traffic at 3 AM...I was driving down the 10 freeway at 3 AM this morning after having to drive to West Covina to fax off an application when all of sudden the cars in front of me slammed on their brakes. I managed to do the same, but I was shocked: I was in bumper to bumper traffic at 3 AM in the morning. It was surreal. After about five minutes the traffic cleared up and I saw what had caused it: rubbernecking at flipped car an the CHP officers inspecting it. Man that pissed me off. I worked all day today, from afternoon till post-midnight, on job apps and I only got two done. I still have tons of school work due on Tuesday, and my sleep schedule is all F-ed up. Does it ever end? Probably not for another 3 or so months. KROQ is having the "90s Flashback Weekend" I. Feel. Old. and I'm not yet 20. It makes me sad though, I'm not sure if we'll ever have an era of music quite like the 90s. Probably not, as eras of music have yet to repeat themselves. It keeps on evolving I guess. I just hope hip-hop, rap, and production pop does not continue it's march of dominance. Let's hope someone of our generation picks up the microphone and says "No more! I'm going to be a Rock Super Star! Big house, Five Car.... " no wait, that's already been done. And it was a shitty song. Damnit. Maybe we'll find a way to resurrect Kurt Kobain, re-unite SoundGarden and the Smashing Pumpkins, have Green Day and Offspring stop producing shit, get the President's back on the road, get the spice girls back together, bring back that "I'm too sexy" song, color changing Tee-Shirts, slow down computers to a snails pace, and have everyone go around in trios saying "Bud--wise---errrr". Or maybe I should just adapt to the times. Oh well. At least I can relive the 1990s at www.inthe90s.com .: posted by Topper 4:26 AMMonday, February 09, 2004My roommate Sam and I are brewing beer, about 5 gallons of it. It's been a pretty boring process so far, mostly consisting of letting our room smell like bread. However, two nights ago I was awakened late at night to a loud BANG and glass shattering. Naturally, I thought this was just the seniors being jackasses again, but the next day our room started to smell even more like bread than usual. This morning I awaken to Sam shouting "OH SHIT!!!" Turns out that bang was a gallon of our beer over carbonating and exploding the wine jug it was, all over Sam's bed. We produced a beer bomb!.: posted by Topper 5:09 PMMonday, February 02, 2004topkai22: damnit, how fucking long is my metreosexual suitemate going to take a showerCMSgirl2004: hahahaha CMSgirl2004: thats goin on the profile CMSgirl2004: :-) topkai22: haha, no prob topkai22: he was giving me crap about not using face soaptopkai22: I didn't even know they made different soap for your face CMSgirl2004: lol CMSgirl2004: yeah they do CMSgirl2004: haha topkai22: I think it's kind of like my prada story CMSgirl2004: which is that? topkai22: My friend from a really upscale private school was describing her classmates: Allison-"My school was like a constant fashion show. Everybody was always wearing the newest Gucci, Calvin Klien, Prada..." I interrupt her, "Prada! That's a real brand! I thought they made that up for Family Guy! You know, Prad-a, prod-uct. Making fun of expensive fashions." Allison- "Oh my god. What high school did you go to again?" CMSgirl2004: hahahaha CMSgirl2004: thats an awesome story topkai22: I'm such an uncouth heathen CMSgirl2004: it should be made up. it just means you are paying way too much money for something not worth it CMSgirl2004: it just means you are apart of this real world CMSgirl2004: instead of the wierd twisted world some people with too much money live in CMSgirl2004: its not such a bad thing CMSgirl2004: alright i need sleep babe topkai22: yeah. And I bet you none of those rich kids can give the two major arguements in the ford/chevy debate CMSgirl2004: hah topkai22: #1-"chevy's better" #2-"no, ford is!" CMSgirl2004: haha topkai22: yeah, me too .: posted by Topper 2:24 AMSaturday, January 31, 2004caugheyusmc@hotmail.com says:btw i quit dipping Freddie Roosevelt says: really? Freddie Roosevelt says: awesome dude! Freddie Roosevelt says: shit man caugheyusmc@hotmail.com says: yeah caugheyusmc@hotmail.com says: my gums were getting bad Freddie Roosevelt says: no shit? caugheyusmc@hotmail.com says: i was afraid id sneeze and lose some teeth Freddie Roosevelt says: who would of thought that? :) Freddie Roosevelt says: so are you tabacco free? caugheyusmc@hotmail.com says: yeah. THEY HAVE COFFEE WITH NICOTINE IN JAPAN!!!! YEAH!!!!! Freddie Roosevelt says: hahahaha Freddie Roosevelt says: no wonder you quit! .: posted by Topper 3:13 AMWednesday, January 21, 2004Alright, so I did end up getting the Avalon and took a wonderful road trip down to Claremont with Dan "the Man" Smith. We went through rolling hills that looked like they were floating above the clouds, giant mountians with 400 ft. sheer cliffs that looked like the walls to a giants castle, wide open plains covered in snow, Utah (which we drove through as quickly as possible), giant canyon's that looked like god had split open the earth with a chisel, red mesas and mountians that should have been on Mars, undeveloped desert scrub that I swore I could still see cowboys herding their stock and indians setting up their tee-pees, and Vegas, which really can only be described as "Over the Top." Like I said, the road trip was awesome.However, my mom IMed me today to say she misses the Avalon, she forgot how much the van sucked. I knew she was crazy when she said she didn't care if she drove the Avalon or Van. Anyways now I'm upset my mom is stuck driving a crappier car then I am, but I can't really do anything about it. Stupid, or silly, parents... .: posted by Topper 1:32 AMWednesday, January 14, 2004My dad is pissing me off. Originally I was going to come home and shop for then eventually buy a car, but my mom fell in love with a BMW right before I came shome, so then my mom was supposed to get a new car I and I was supposed to take her toyota to school. Now my dad has decided that the toyota is too nice for me, so I'm just up shit creek without a paddle. I would have been fine with this had he told me LAST MONTH, but this is two days before I'm supposed to head to school! Arghhh.: posted by Topper 1:52 AM |
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