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[oakenguy]

This is me in the hallway of Boston University's student union, posting at one of the internet kiosks they recently installed (the fools, the fools).

This is my life without a home computer. It feels strangely retro. It's _so_ 1996, y'know?

Although, even in '96 I was able to sit down while I was online.

Let's see, other things to report...um...The Incredibles is just as good a second time.

If I can kill forty more minutes here, I'll be able to see something called "Combat Theatre", being put on for free in the common area by a group of undergrads who, even as I type, are rehearsing with buckets over their heads. No weapons are visible. No combat is being practiced.

Dubious? Yes, yes I am.

Speaking of dubious, I'm having doubts about whether my phone is working. I've gotten five "new calls" with no number listed or message left. Spammers? Opinion pollsters? Bob Hope reaching out from the afterlife to warn me not to see Christmas with the Kranks? (Don't worry, Bob. I'm at the point of yelling at the screen whenever I see that awful preview. Was Jamie Lee Curtis's hairdresser mad at her? Oh, and check this out: the only 'user review' of the film at imdb.com tries to praise it by saying "This film had all the laughs of The Santa Claus II, plus Dan Aykroyd." Ouch. OUCH.)

Oh, this is something I've never seen before: twenty feet to my right is an ice cream vending machine. You put your money in, and a VACUUM HOSE lowers itself, sucks up the ice cream of your choice, and delivers it to the proper slot. A vacuum hose! I can already see the king-size version I want to build at Six Flags.

Am I right in thinking that this is new and neat, or am I sounding Amish? "I telleth thee, Isaiah, the English twist a button on their shiny box, and music soundeth from no visible source!" I can't tell sometimes.

My first attempt at writing a one act play has resulted in a half-decent two page comedy sketch involving James Bond, the world's worst torturer, and two nun-clowns. I should try writing a comedy sketch; given the way my brain works, I'll probably wind up with a three-hour opera.

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[sairisse.livejournal.com]

Those ice cream machines are fun. We had one in the caf of our highschool, and there's one in my dorm as well... not that it's much use in this weather.

[ah42.livejournal.com]

'puter broken?! I bet I can help :)

[foresthouse.livejournal.com]

1. I just now realized that if I had chosen my other Top Choice law school, I could have been posting at the kiosk right next to you. BU was oh-so-tempting. But in the end, DC won me over.
2. "I telleth thee, Isaiah, the English twist a button on their shiny box, and music soundeth from no visible source!"
HAHAHAHA that made me laugh. I have seen a couple that dispense the Dippin Dots kind of ice cream, but the ones with vaccuum hoses are rare as far as I know.
3. NUN-CLOWNS. hahahaha. The nun-clowns are oh-so-scary. Yes, yes they are. Also they are standing behind you right now.
I want to read this sketch.

[prettydark.livejournal.com]

I decree your computer must not stay broken.

[telepresence.livejournal.com]

Oh hell, the nagging thing at the back of my head I'd forgotten this week was helping you with your computer. :(

Um..email me again, we will figure something out.

[learnedax.livejournal.com]

They've had the vacuum hose machines around the area for a couple of years, though they're still relatively new. The thing that always gets me is that, after the elaborate effort of delicately lifting up the ice cream with the gentle power of air, the machine drops your choice of frigid goody rather heavily on the internal light, frequently breaking some part of it. Clever design, there.

[maxineofarc.livejournal.com]

The vacuum thing isn't new. When I was in library school, I used to go out of my way to get ice cream from one of those in the library school building, even though I would never have gotten ice cream otherwise, just because it was so darn cool. I graduated library school in '02.

[elkster.livejournal.com]

Hey! Can someone bring over the ice cream vacuum hose thingy to the UK???

Thanks :)

[snowwand.livejournal.com]

*poke poke poke poke poke poke poke*
Andrea and I are probably going to a burlesque show on Thursday. Wanna come?

[captain-quint.livejournal.com]

Your presence was expected at Man Ray Friday night, a lot of people are very dissappointed in you. In fact, a small mob was going to march to your place to get you, but I held them back.

[bad-gustav.livejournal.com]

FYI, that ice cream machine, which is manufactured by FastCorp, has been around for quite a number of years. They have any number of fancy things out there now, including a hot food machine which actually cooks your french fries/hamburger/mini-Tombstone pizza for you. I could tell you WAY too much about the workings of such things, the side-effect of my job...

[oakenguy.livejournal.com]

Oooo, is this the Beat Circus thingie?

Thursday is set aside for Eddie Izzard, but hopefully he won't go too late...what time is the burlesque?

[snowwand.livejournal.com]

Yeah

What time is the Eddie Izzard thingie going till? The burlesque thingie doesn't start till 9:30

Wow, I'm going to be up late that night