Category: real life

  • Spoiled

    You know how outdated media companies could combat piracy? By seeding file sharing sites with files that have spoilers in the file names. I’d be reluctant to try searching an illicit download site if I’m likely to come across Harry_Potter_6(DVDRiP)_SNAPEKILLSDUMBLEDORE.avi or SurvivorS01E11_Richard_Wins.XviD or Six_Feet_Under_hey_guess_what_everyone_dies.mov. I don’t want to encourage them, but it’s not like dying…

  • Today someone told me I look like Matthew Fox. Well, I assume Matthew Fox; she actually said “that guy from Lost” and I just assumed it wasn’t Sawyer. Wait, what if she meant Hurley? JIN?!

  • 99 Problems But a Fish Ain’t One

    Yesterday I saw a turtle squashed in the middle of the road. It’s not something you see every day in downtown London, so I figure it was an omen that it would be one of those days when everything that could go wrong would go wrong. My first of two thesis defenses was scheduled for…