Published on
September 23, 2006 in
Musings.
The sampling of away messages on my buddy list were so good tonight that I just had to post some of them. Even though I don’t really talk on AIM anymore, I can’t seem to ever actually shut it down for more than a day. I am a compulsive away message checker. I know it wastes time, but luckily with the advent of AIM clients that don’t suck such as Adium, I can just scan my buddy list to quickly see if there is anything interesting. The best part is speculating on what they all could mean. Here is the wisdom that everyone left for me on a saturday night (with a little of my own commentary):
- “as cool as the other side of the pillow” — Man this is such a great expression, I have to start using it.
- “Diet Potato Chips…. the reason we fight terrorists to keep America free…..” — Well, I could think of some better reasons. Diet food tastes like crap, and I wouldn’t trust the synthetic sugars. But, you know, different strokes for different folks.
- “feeling like shit…staying in tonight” — Me too. Got a mild cold.
- “I’m not talking about dance lessons. I’m talking about putting a brick in the other guy’s windshield. I’m talking about taking it out and chopping it up.” — I googled it. Royal Tenenbaums. Sorry, it’s on my “to watch” list.
- “damn it is early…getting a prom queen” — Yeah right, Dave.
- “ahhh fuck yea, endicott can suck my nuts” — Some emotional catharsis, from a person who is not usually mad. Nice.
- “sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep…maybe” — There are so many things that could mean. I have a dirty mind.
- “they call me Czar Nicholas… aka the White Russian” — I like it.
- “if your chest says BRUCE you are awesome” — Did someone get written on after passing out last night?
- “advil, ice, and liquor….i love rugby” — Ahhhh, yes. College sports. Add ice baths to that list.
- “Even farting when I’m alone makes me laugh” — Doesn’t it make everyone laugh? Especially a really good one?
I was having lunch with my parents on Thursday at Mexicali in Williston (Yes, I happened to be in Vermont for the day), when two people carrying balloons, a box, and an envelope walked up to my table. “Are you Tyler?” they asked. “Ummmm, yes,” I answered, thinking at first, They clearly have the wrong Tyler, then once I realized that they meant me, How did they find me here? I’ve only been in Vermont for 16 hours!
I only applied for one scholarship this summer. It was for students in Science/Technology/Engineering fields, and it was offered by the New England Federal Credit Union. Since I hadn’t already heard from them, I assumed that I hadn’t won. Turns out that they had contacted my parents a few weeks earlier, and since I was going to be in Vermont they wanted to hand-deliver it. The other two winners were students at UVM, so they had no problem tracking them down, but since I am usually in Rochester, they wanted to know if there was any chance that I was going to be around.
Most scholarships that I’ve won have notified me with a congratulatory letter, then sent the check to my school. The notable exception was the Toyota Community Scholars Program, which brought all their winners together for an awesome celebration weekend in St. Louis which included a dinner 
cruise down the Mississippi, a tour of the Toyota Plant, and a formal dinner at Churchill Downs, site of the Kentucky Derby. Even they, however, didn’t track me down in person and tell me I’d won the scholarship. I thought it was extremely nice of NEFCU to not only bring me the check personally, but also to give me balloons. The best part, however, was that they had gone through the trouble of personalizing a Vermont Teddy Bear for me, dressed in a track suit with my name embroidered on the sweatshirt (I added the shades). I took him back to school with me, and now he sits on my bookcase. I’m not quite sure what I’m going to name him yet. It would be weird to call him Tyler, but then again, he does already seem to have a name. I guess I’ll just call him “Teddy” for now.
Published on
September 12, 2006 in
Apple.
I feel like a little kid trying to go to sleep on Christmas Eve. Thank goodness I only have one class left to go, then lunch, then … it’s showtime! It seems to me that Apple is not even trying to hide the movie store anymore. I don’t even want to speculate on what that could mean. Is it a diversionary tactic, meant to take attention away from something even bigger? I can’t recall a time when the iTunes Music Store was down this far before an Apple event. Oh, wait … its not even called the iTunes Music Store anymore as of today.
Sheesh, the anticipation.
UPDATE: Could Showtime be the new name for iTunes? Probably not, but all this speculation is quite a good way to pass the time.
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