Memorial day weekend is now over and a fun one it was! I think I'm actually partied out! Friday I left work early, got home in enough time to get the rest of the chores done, take a nice little nap, and got out of here before the tyrants showed up. (I don't sleep when they are here because they are worse than being nocturnal - they just never sleep.) Then Saturday, John and I headed to a "house party" where we had a blast and learned that Google can actually return "WHHAAT?!?" :) Then Sunday over to his sister Jackie's for a bonfire party, Monday the quintessential Memorial Day cookout at his sister Pam's, then a nice Monday evening where we (finally) got to watch the second Pirates of the Caribbean.
Now I have a strange stance on that movie. I am not sure as to where it originated from, but back when the first one came out, I had the misconception that this was a scary movie. Anyone who knows me knows I love scary movies. But low and behold, it was a children's movie; I quickly lost interest and ended up sleeping through 1/2 of the thing. John had been wanting to see the second one, so I told him if he would like, I would watch it with him. After all, it wasn't like I *hated* the thing, it just didn't catch my interest. Then I saw the second one yesterday, and it was like a "Napoleon Dynamite" scenario with me. Johnny Depp's character really started to grow on me. The way he deals with situations and dilemmas just cracks me up. He never gets angry or upset, but always attempts to act very smooth, and it is just so silly. However, of course I do have a complaint! What is up with that ending-ish thing? It was like Gore Verbinski just got tired and said "good enough! everyone go home!" I was horribly disappointed in wasting 2 & 1/2 hours just to find myself wondering when the next time I'll be able to get to the theaters to see the actual ending!
Also, thanks to my friend Alan, in case you don't want to waste too many of your randomly bored moments reading this thing, here is a website that is quite funny :) http://www.bash.org/?top
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Problem Solving Toolkit
I'm taking this problem solving toolkit class at work. It's a two day course. Initially I took it because one, I need to take some classes for my IDP (Individual Development Plan), and well, I really don't mind getting away from the office once in a while, and I'm sure the vast majority of you well know why. Anyway, so far we've played a few mini-games that I thought were really neat. I'm a fan of thinking games, so I thought I'd post them here:
Draw a circle. Now draw 3 lines to make the circle into at least 8 parts.
From the roman numeral number 9 below, draw one single line to make it a 6:
IX
Take 10 small pieces of something (for instance, we got M&Ms). Make 5 lines of 4 items each.
Lastly, a group brainstorming exercise. Think of all the different ways one can use a paperclip. I got pretty creative there.. my team won :)
Draw a circle. Now draw 3 lines to make the circle into at least 8 parts.
From the roman numeral number 9 below, draw one single line to make it a 6:
IX
Take 10 small pieces of something (for instance, we got M&Ms). Make 5 lines of 4 items each.
Lastly, a group brainstorming exercise. Think of all the different ways one can use a paperclip. I got pretty creative there.. my team won :)
Monday, May 21, 2007
World's Hardest Riddle
For just creating this blog out of (more or less) no where, I have found myself thinking of all kinds of things to write about. This may be something I'm kinda diggin' after all. Which is sort of funny to me.
Well anyway, so the other day I see this "World's Hardest Riddle" on myspace. For those of you not familiar with it or just want to read it again, I'll paste it below. (And if you don't want to see the answer right away, I suggest trying to figure it out first, as I have it below.)
And of course there was the nice little bit at the end about "post this and the answer will appear in your inbox blah blah blah .." Yeah. Anyway, I'm trying to think of the answer. I mean, I really thought about this for a while. When I finally decided to just google it to see if I could find it on the internet, I was rather disappointed. (The answer of course, being "No" - in response to the last line of the riddle.) I wasn't sure if the greater feeling was the disappointment of the "answer" to the riddle or the stupidity I was feeling. But a lesson I've learned from my little Mensa calendar at work, knowing "how" to think is sometimes as intelligent as knowing what to think. Indeed. So, aside of the simple answer to the question, there is bound to be those philosophical people who are bound and determined to come up with an answer to more than just the question, but the "thing" actually described in the first person of the riddle. I thought it was rather interesting. I liked 3 in particular: words, time, and God. Although if I had to pick one, I'd say time. (Because eventually everything goes back to God, time would just be more specific.) I did start to think abstractly about it a few times, but I kept going back to the whole kindergarten deal and then kept dumbing it down. Obviously I just didn't dumb it down quite enough.
Well anyway, so the other day I see this "World's Hardest Riddle" on myspace. For those of you not familiar with it or just want to read it again, I'll paste it below. (And if you don't want to see the answer right away, I suggest trying to figure it out first, as I have it below.)
I turn polar bears white
and I will make you cry.
I make guys have to pee
and girls comb their hair.
I make celebrities look stupid
and normal people look like celebrities.
I turn pancakes brown
and make your champagne bubble.
If you squeeze me, I'll pop.
If you look at me, you'll pop.
Can you guess the riddle?
97% of Harvard graduates can not
figure this riddle out, but 84% of kindergarten students were able to figure
this out in 6 minutes or less. Can you guess the correct answer?
And of course there was the nice little bit at the end about "post this and the answer will appear in your inbox blah blah blah .." Yeah. Anyway, I'm trying to think of the answer. I mean, I really thought about this for a while. When I finally decided to just google it to see if I could find it on the internet, I was rather disappointed. (The answer of course, being "No" - in response to the last line of the riddle.) I wasn't sure if the greater feeling was the disappointment of the "answer" to the riddle or the stupidity I was feeling. But a lesson I've learned from my little Mensa calendar at work, knowing "how" to think is sometimes as intelligent as knowing what to think. Indeed. So, aside of the simple answer to the question, there is bound to be those philosophical people who are bound and determined to come up with an answer to more than just the question, but the "thing" actually described in the first person of the riddle. I thought it was rather interesting. I liked 3 in particular: words, time, and God. Although if I had to pick one, I'd say time. (Because eventually everything goes back to God, time would just be more specific.) I did start to think abstractly about it a few times, but I kept going back to the whole kindergarten deal and then kept dumbing it down. Obviously I just didn't dumb it down quite enough.
Sunday, May 20, 2007
A blog!
So I figured out by mishap that since I have a gmail account, I automatically have a "blog". Interesting. I'm not exactly sure how this will go over though. I never really considered myself to be a "blogger", but I figured I'd set it up just for the heck of it. Aside of using about the lamest excuse in the book to even have this thing, there should probably exist a disclaimer for it too for anyone who decides to read it instead of doing something more productive. First, it probably won't be "funny" or "comical" or really all that interesting. I used to have a little diary-type thing when I was younger that I liked to keep. I slowly stopped writing in it, and I thought if I would start one again, maybe start it as a blog. Who knows, if its on here, I can pretend people are reading it and I may actually keep it up to date a little! Second, from time to time I will write about my boyfriend, John. Depending on the amount of "gush" you like, some may want to opt out on reading these. Third, I don't know how often I will write in this thing. There may be some boring/this-is-the-lamest-blog-ever times. Like I said, this blogging thing is all new to me. And who knows? Maybe I'll like it and post lots. I guess only time will tell..
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