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The big three things I’ve ever wanted were a bike, a kayak, and a camera. Through connections I had with a friend who worked at a bike chop shop (legal, I swear, well, I assume) that took bikes liberated by the police, refurbished them, and resold them for fantastically cheap, I got my road bike for about $25. That’s right, my back bike rack cost more than the bike itself. My work here at wonderful Purdue happens to be in aquatic botany, so, therefore, I got my professor to buy lab kayaks for research purposes. So the use of those were free, maybe even negative free, as I get paid for that research.

Which just leaves camera. The only camera I’ve really ever had is my Canon whatever it is that I got because of the 12x zoom and a whopping 5 megapixels! Mind you, that was utterly high tech when I got it, oh, 8ish years ago. It is the next step up from a point and shoot camera, and I have loved it dearly for that whole time. Loved it dearly unless I wanted to a) take clear pictures in pretty much anything but direct sunlight, b) take pictures at any particular distance, and most importantly, c) spend less than 10 seconds pressing two buttons at the same time and guessing in order to get objects in focus. Needless to say, this upgrade was a long time in coming.

I’m looking at this little beauty – http://imaging.nikon.com/products/imaging/lineup/digitalcamera/slr/d3100/

a digital SLR with 14 megapixels, interchangeable lenses, infinite control of exposure and everything you’d ever want to control, HD video, fast processing time (meaning shorter wait between shots, meaning 3 shots per second or so), and lots and lots of other fun things. Yes, this fun isn’t cheap, but I’m considering it an investment for my future. Who knows, maybe I could use it for some part of my next job! The only big decision I’m facing right now is figuring out when I want to go start that next phase of photography… Really, it’s a matter of how patient can I be right now, as this is the carrot I’m dangling in front of myself to finish my thesis. We’ll see…

Until then, here’s a song from an old friend –

More remembrances of awesomeness.

That’s right, I’m not done expressing how warped my childhood was. Warped in a great way, mind you, I wouldn’t want it any different. Here’s a furthered list of fun stuff that is normal for us Tuckers, and rare for the rest of the Norms out there.

Monty Python –

Red Dwarf –

Faulty Towers

Mr. Bean

Blackadder

Keeping up Appearances

Are You Being Served?

Chronicles of Narnia (the good versions)

Box of Delights (every damn Christmas)

Walker Texas Ranger (muted) + Jazz on Saturday nights when Dad had a gig.

Think that about covers it for now. Oh look, a thesis to write…

March 10, 2011 2

Harry Bellybutton.

Children are molded by those who raise them.

I was raised by NPR, PBS, and parents who thought those things were good. NPR meant lots of classical music, endless “games” of name the composer / time period, Car Talk, Whad’Ya Know (not much, you?), and I shudder to think of it, Prairie Home Companion. PBS meant Nova, Nature, Mystery, and Muppets.

And by “molded”, I mean warped.

It’s more fun to learn things when they’re funny, hence the endless “memory devices” utilized in my childhood. Happy Birthday to You was “Hippo Birdie Two Ewes”, Rimsky-Korsakov was “Rip-your-Corset-off” (as in Flight of the Bumble Bee is so fast…), you know this is what it is because it sings “Oh, my word, it’s Beethoven’s 3rd”, and that this is what it is because it sings “It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a Mozart”, this goes “Old Mozart’s in the closet, let him out, let him out, let him out”, and that this is the “Pathetic Symphony”.

I also knew that Harry Belafonte was obviously “Harry Bellybutton“. The Muppets did this all the time. You have Alistair Cookie, Placido Flamingo, Polly Darton, and an entire list of famous people that children don’t know but their parents do. Jokes that the adults get and the kids will if a) their parents are weird or b) the kids actually pay attention and therefore learn things later on when they get to be weird adults.

There’s so many more examples like this, but I’m sort of trying to write a thesis… Don’t even get me started on Victor Borge.

March 8, 2011 2

the End of the Middle

As this last semester here comes to an ever exciting end, I can’t help but find my priorities shifting from what they had been in years before. Time may actually be an illusion (and lunch time doubly so). I can’t get it straight in my head whether or not I’m glad that there are only four weeks left in my undergrad career, or if I’m really sad to be leaving. It’s taken me this long to finally feel comfortable with where I am and whom I’m with. YouTube and renting British movies may not seem like the most likely path to serious room mate bonding, but I’ve had some of the best times sharing comedies with my friends these last few months. Catch phrases and tag lines do more than one would think to bring people together.

And as per the purpose of this literary journey, here is a list of some of thos particularly funny videos. On YouTube – White and Nerdy – Things you can’t do when you’re not in a pool – Jeff Dunham (that’s Jef fuh fah, Done Ham (dot com!)) – The end of ze world – Karaoke for the deaf – Dane Cook – Eric O’Shea – and more that I can’t remember right now, which is exactly why I’m writing them down now. Movies, shows, and people – Mickey Blue Eyes – Ninja Turtles – Hugh Laurie, House M.D., Blackadder, A Bit of Fry and Laurie, many many YouTube videos – Hugh Grant – and again, many others. I’d get up right now and look, but I’m comfy. And there’s no making me move when I’m comfy.

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