11 May 2001, 3:57 a.m.

Weird Al brainwaneovich

Wow. I've gotten used to cleaning, or maybe it's just that I've cleaned up my apartment so many times in the last few weeks that I haven't had time to get it *really* dirty again, …

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10 May 2001, 2:24 a.m.

Slouching Towards Beth El, Hmm?

Very little to say, and I'll go ahead and say it. Today: My friendship braid is neither eternal nor golden, but it's neat nonetheless. And I've watched a bit on the telly, what? I watched …

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09 May 2001, 9:47 a.m.

Episode I: The Summer Begins

End of classes; woo-hoo. Finals approach; no woo-hoo. Finals still a few days away: woo-hoo. Turns-on: Proper pluralization. Turns-off: Plagiarism. More randomness follows. I, like Seth, am not a vegan yet, though Berkeley certainly makes …

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07 May 2001, 2:26 a.m.

Got your nose!

The game in Russian today was "Find the Nose." The history grad student cut a picture of a nose out of a magazine. Someone left the room, the other students hid the nose somewhere, the …

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06 May 2001, 2:01 a.m.

The funny

Is "the funny" an ideal? Is it a perception? Is it the manifestation of The Good? Is it a transaction of some sort? An accident of juxtaposition? Why is it that sometimes two people can …

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04 May 2001, 2:18 a.m.

The Nut That Didn't Crack

I may, in fact, be a figurative nut. But at least I haven't figuratively cracked. Air hockey and boredom, on today's "brainwane." I've decided to try to be content with what I have. "All Your …

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03 May 2001, 2:56 a.m.

Antics of the Russian Students

We played "telephone" in Russian. Of course, we made fun of the guy who's never there. "I saw him sleeping on the street in big red waterproof boots" turned into "I saw him sleeping with …

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02 May 2001, 10:24 a.m.

Hangman

I played Hangman with a random seatmate in California Politics yesterday. Political Science was the category. judiciary, resolution, legislation, reapportionment, cabinet, elect, naturalize, parliament, farm. Farm? "My term paper was on farm labor," he said. …

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02 May 2001, 3:30 a.m.

Comedy Night II: Canadian Showdown

No, it's not actually in Canada, nor is it a Showdown. It's another U.C. Berkeley Comedy Night, this one put on by SUPERB on Monday, May 7. I'll probably be there; you? Yes, I borrowed …

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01 May 2001, 10:45 a.m.

Fickle Fiona takes over my dreams

Is being in a teen chick flick a dream or a nightmare? Another day, another dollar, another dream. This one is much less excruciatingly, er, exhaustively detailed. And I make cranky complaints, too. Another weird …

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