Mar. 7th, 2003

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(courtesy of [livejournal.com profile] annaoj)

What was the last song you heard?

Ani DiFranco, God's Country. I got to the parking lot during the song just prior, but I sat in the car until I'd heard this one too.

What were the last two movies you saw?

In the theater? The Hours and... um. Surely my second most recent film wasn't The Two Towers. Surely I go to the movies more often than that.

What were the last three things you purchased?

Lunch. (Grilled chicken, ham, and cheese sandwich, chips, pickle, and an iced tea, wolfed down in fifteen minutes at the coffee shop closest to the clinic.)
Parking.
Replacement Palm Pilot IIIxe. (I was previously coping with the crack in its face, even though it meant I couldn't see anything in the upper right corner of the screen. But, as cracks in glass tend to do, it spread. Now I can't see 25% of the screen. Thank God there are people selling discontinued Palm Pilots at bargain prices. I'm getting the replacement for $30 less than the repair cost.)

What four things do you need to do this weekend?
1. Dishes.
2. Gym.
3. Date with [livejournal.com profile] wcg.
4. Start work on the sushi sundresses.

Who are the last five people you talked to?
Counting brief exchanges? In reverse order:
1. The security guard at the Health Sciences Library.
2. An infectious disease doctor.
3. The clinic receptionist. (I wanted to borrow some tape.)
4. A research participant.
5. The Institute's HR person, who is handling the paperwork to put [livejournal.com profile] curiousangel on my health insurance.
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Teresa Nielsen Hayden has an inspired post about - what's the opposite of optimizing? pessimizing, I guess - pessimizing Google searches for bad fiction. For example, "She loved him. She really loved him" is a very efficient filter for bad stories of all kinds. Someone in the comments suggests "steely blue gaze," which also seems to work well. "That fateful day" and "a new star in the" are recommended as bad poetry searches, but neither one is quite as efficient as a simple search on "poerty."

Recommendations for bad fanfic searches are in the comments. Teresa recommends, to good effect, beautiful shyly phaser as a search string for bad Trek fanfic. mirrorshades black leather gets you trite imitations of William Gibson. I hit pay dirt for Harry Potter fanfic (although it might have been too easy) with american transfer student hogwarts. Goodness.excerpts, plus even yet still more horrific finds... )

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