Enthusiastically Ambiverted Hopepunk
Michael Hanscom I got my first paper back in my ENG101 class today. The only comment given by my teacher was, “superb,” and I got a 3.9/4.0, or 95/100 — it would have been perfect, except that I forgot to include a ‘memo of self-reflection’ wherein I “analyze and evaluate the effectiveness/growth of [my] own work.” Oops. Still, I think I can cope with the final grade.
The paper was an argument analysis; the article I chose to work with was A Blogger is Just a Writer with a Cooler Name.
Here’s the paper…
Every so often, someone contacts me after finding one of my photos and asks permission to use it for one project or another. Here’s another: exhibit design firm PPI Design and Fabrication used this photo as part of an exhibit at the newly-opened KidsQuest Childrens Museum in Bellevue.
Prairie and I were able to stop by the museum this morning to find my photo…
“Trust (Never)” by K.M.F.D.M. from the album Glory (1994, 4:36).
I never met anyone sillier than your dad…until you came along.
— Mom to me in a conversation today.
Prompted by a discussion on Jason’s forum, I’ve finally re-posted all of the Jason Webley bootlegs I’ve managed to get my hands on.
“I’ll Fly Away (Live)” by Webley, Jason from the album Halloween Deathday 2004 (2004, 3:59).
I’m trying to figure out what this movie‘s about, or why it’s been made. I can only come up with a few possibilities:
So: Leeloo + Trinity + Selene = Violet?
Or, to put it another way: Milla Jovovich + tight outfits + promising effects + promising action = my ass is in the theatre. ;)
(Random, only semi-related trivia: In The Fifth Element, Leeloo’s full name is Leelouminai Lakatari Bali Minouchai Ekbat de Sabat [the spelling may not be precise, but I’ve done my best]. I actually took the time to learn that, so that at any given moment, I can let Leeloo’s full name come rolling off my tongue. Why? Why not?)
Following in the footsteps of jwz, Tim Bray, AKMA, and Paul, here’s the rating system I use in iTunes:
From there, the custom playlists I use (which have been updated and tweaked a bit since that post, but the basics are still good) work for daily listening.
“Work It! Dance = Life (full mix)” by Various Artists from the album Work It! Dance = Life (full mix) (1996, 1:09:44).
Scribbled notes while watching last night’s episode of Lost. Spoilers, obviously, so only read further if you want to…
Just heard in a commentary on NPR (no idea who, I turned in partway through):
If those bible-thumpers really want a conundrum, how about this? If you take the word ‘presbyterians’ and rearrange the letters…it spells ‘Britney Spears’.
— Jim Hightower, at the October 2005 Annual West Colorado Congregation in Grand Junction, Colorado
After having some recurring problems with the Gallery software that we’d been using for the Hanscom Family Gallery, I decided to throw in the towel and talked dad into putting his Flickr account to use.
I’m so glad I did.
He’s been going through and scanning in a lot of old pictures that he and mom brought back from Florida after her parents died last year, and putting them up. Such great stuff in here!
Mom’s parents, my grandparents, Harold and Arline Ward.
My grandpa teaching swimming — probably at the YMCA, if I’m remembering correctly.
Mom in about 5th grade, dressed up as a clown for Halloween.
“La Vie Boheme B” by Original Broadway Cast from the album Rent (1996, 1:53).
Scribbled notes while watching last Wednesday night’s episode of Lost (I actually watched it a few days ago, but just realized that I’d forgotten to post this. Oops!). Spoilers, obviously, so only read further if you want to…
