Yankees Fans

I don't get Yankees fans. It's like watching Star Wars and actually rooting for the empire.

Lack of an Update

I suppose I should update, but there's not much to say. It's almost Halloween, I guess. That's pretty neat. It doesn't really smell like fall in the city so you kind of lose touch with that kind of thing. Penn's campus has trees, at least.

Phillies just won. People are going crazy outside. You can hear them from the 14th floor.

SNL

I haven't watched SNL in years, but since I don't have much else to do except linear algebra homework, I figured I might as well check in and see how it's doing. I have to say that it's pretty alright and that I would probably enjoy it quite a bit if I were still fourteen years old. There are still completely unoriginal talk show skits, but even the best generations of SNL casts did those, so I can hardly count those against this batch.

My only real complaint is Kristin Wiig. She's so painfully unfunny that she managed to be overshadowed by the straight man in a sketch where she was pretty much the whole joke. She seems to be from the Molly Shannon school of weird voice = funny, right guys? I continue to be mystified by critics' love for her since she seems entirely devoid of talent.

On the plus side, Shakira's performances are so horrendous that that they are funny.

Edit: I forgot to mention that either these Bud wheat beer commercials are way off the mark or I am old beyond my years. They are terrible and make me want to drink this new beer less, which is saying quite a bit.

Happy Birthday to Me

Happy Birthday to me. Internet identity thieves don't steal this information about me.

Sort of unrelated things that I'd like to post about. I spent 9-5 yesterday grading an exam with the professor of the class. Today I will probably grade some labs. Hooray.

But, when I got back, my roommates and I had taco night and they also bought an ice cream cake, all of which was great. Thanks also to ma for the gifts.

Two days ago, though, was huge. Guess who came to campus? I will tell you since I can't hear your guesses, anyway. George Takei. That's right, Mr. Sulu! He is also on Heroes, I guess. A Japanese person told me I spoke better than he did, though, which is hilarious.

Regardless, he is awesome and it is crazy to see and hear him in person. That voice! He was mostly there talking about the gay marriage thing, but also about his time spent in internment camps as a kid and of course a bit about Star Trek. There was a too-short period for questions, where a few people asked about Obama, etc., but the highlight was a hugely nerdy dude asking about Star Trek who even mentioned a specific episode ("Mirror, Mirror") in his question.

Live long and prosper!

Columbus Day

No work today because we are honoring Christopher Columbus, a guy who is famous for having the wrong answer to a problem that was solved over a millenium before he was born, and neglecting to convert units NASA style, so that he ended up nowhere near where he was going. Upon arrival, he decided that the peaceful and friendly people "ought to make good and skilled servants" and that he could "conquer the whole of them with 50 men." He instead ended up just killing the lot of them. And for what it's worth, he also probably brought syphilis from the New World, killing a few million more folks in good time. Happy Columbus Day!

Edit: I forgot to mention that Monday was coincidentally a Japanese holiday, taiiku no hi, which a friend reminded me about in an email. It's sports and health day, roughly.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

I was clicking around on a break from homework and found this article about The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and it took me back to reading this book to little Japanese kids so many times that I could recite it from cover to cover. Good times. I can also attest that one of those 47 languages it's been translated into is Japanese. Anyway, it's Thursday, so I've got four strawberries to eat...

Legendary SVU Episode

This is it! This is the one where the computer guy is on the edge and disobeying orders and whatnot. Hilarious!

Grading

Is incredibly boring. Ninja Warrior is great, however.