Archive for October, 2007
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
The Hallowday Spirit
The good thing about working in an office on Halloween: Free candy! Getting e-mails written in orange fonts! Drawing bats on Post-It notes! Being the only one in the office to dress up in costume!
The bad thing about working in an office on Halloween: Being the only one in the office to dress up in [...]
7 Comments » - Posted in holidays, office life by Aaron Humphrey
Sunday, October 28th, 2007
Young Mr. Blingcoln
I am not good at chess, and this surprises a lot of people. I guess I seem like the sort of person who would really care about chess, and I feel kind of bad that I have only played enough chess to become frustrated by it.
In a similar way, I feel like I am [...]
7 Comments » - Posted in Abraham Blingcoln, Halloween, holidays, photography by Aaron Humphrey
Thursday, October 25th, 2007
California is burning.
I can’t see the fires from the small square of Orange County between my work and home, which I haven’t ventured outside of since the winds picked early Saturday morning.
I know that canyons and castles and houses are turning to ashes, only I’m not there for the flames or the terror of the evacuations.
There’s [...]
No Comments » - Posted in California by Aaron Humphrey
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
G-L-O-R-I-A
The intersection between religion and rock music has always been an interesting one for me. The traditional world-views of rock and religion are supposedly in conflict, but they share the ability to inspire intense fervor and devotion. A few years ago Rolling Stone printed a pretty epic interview with U2 frontman Bono, which [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in music, religion by Aaron Humphrey
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
Brothers
My mom and little brother Nathan came to hang out with me a couple of weeks ago when Nate had a few days off of school. Nate had never actually visited me since I moved down here ages and ages ago, so it was a lot of fun. My brother and I are [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in fashion, photos by Aaron Humphrey
Monday, October 22nd, 2007
Writing What Has Never Been Written
I was thrilled to find that there’s a Wikipedia article which is essentially a gigantic list of fictional books.
It’s by no means exhaustive, but it’s still pretty great. By the likely virtues of being mostly sane and hardly obsessive, you will most likely not find it as fasciniating as I do.
Highlights include:
Commander Coriander [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in literature, slightly pointless by Aaron Humphrey
Thursday, October 18th, 2007
Homecoming
Two Saturdays ago was Chapman’s homecoming, and it turns out that I spent nearly the entire day on campus.
First thing in the morning was the 5k race, which I was a little apprehensive about. Last year’s race was what made me realize that I’m decent at running, so I was afraid that this year [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Chapman University by Aaron Humphrey
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
Bachelor Dinner Report
Arrived home at 9:45 p.m., too late for a conventional dinner. Ate Neapolitan ice cream, baby carrots, Cheetos and two Sweetarts. Am still hungry.
Current music: TOMMY!
No Comments » - Posted in apartment life, slightly pointless by Aaron Humphrey
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
Three Reviews
Review of “The Borat Movie:”
Everyone on the planet had seen this except me, apparently. My expectations were high, since everyone said that it was SO FUNNY. It was pretty funny, though. But two things about this movie that blew my mind:
#1. My parents watched this with my little brother! And [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in graduate school, movies, reviews by Aaron Humphrey
Monday, October 15th, 2007
Multiball Blues — Death Save (part 1)
This is a piece of a story in the Multiball Blues project I’ve been working on. The conclusion should follow later this week.
Death Save (part 1)
Everything got dark after the power blew. A deafening desert silence rose quickly as the whirring fans in Nik’s computer slowed to a stop. His fingers punched [...]