At the mall

High School, Photography — Alisa on August 26, 2005 at 2:31 pm

Weirdest models that i have ever seen.

YAY GOOGLE!

Crumbs, High School — Alisa on August 23, 2005 at 8:42 pm

http://www.google.com/talk/

Earlier than expected. Better than ever. Only for Gmail users. Suckas.

Can’t Wait

Crumbs, High School — Alisa on August 23, 2005 at 10:41 am

I can’t wait for Google to launch its Instant Messaging program. This is so exciting! I hope they don’t get overrun with hits before I have a chance to download it. Or else some website that I belong to will give me first dibs like Blogger did with Gmail.

See Related:
Google to launch instant messaging program: report
Google Talk rumors, IM client

Arizonian Phrase Guide

Arizona, High School — Alisa on August 18, 2005 at 10:41 am

Arizona has its own lingo that not very many other states have. After 4 years of living here, I think I can provide an ample phrase guide.

Burrito, Chimmichanga, Enchilada, Fajita, Flouta, Taco, Taquitto, Buffet n. some sort of combination of meat, beans, and cheese, rolled in a flour flatbread shell

Coyote
n. 1 An illegal alien smuggler 2 A member of the pro hockey team 3 A wild dog

Drop House n. A house that is used to store illegal aliens in until it is a good time to move them to a safer location.

Gringo
n. A white boy who will say this word [grin'-goe] instead of [gdeen-go']

“I crossed the Rio” phrase. “I want to get arrested”

“It sure is hot out” phrase. Used when you can’t think of anything better to say

Mexican Wakeboarding n. Activity that involves the use of a tire, rope, vehicle, and at least 2 people. Oh, and a lot of open desert.

Minuteman
n. A volunteer that patrols the US/Mexico border for coyotes and Rio crossers

River n. A dip in the land that water would run to if we had any water to run.

The River n. The Salt River (ex. I’m going tubing down The River.)

U of Gay n. The “university” that is in Tucson.

Verga n. Rain that evaporates before it touches the ground

Good Things to Keep in Mind

High School — Alisa on August 15, 2005 at 2:10 pm

“If winning isn’t everything, why do they keep score?” –Vince Lombardi

“Second place is simply the first loser.” –Anonymous

“Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.” –Red Sanders

“When you’re a winner you’re always happy, but if you’re happy as a loser you’ll always be a loser.” –Mark Fidrych

“Winning is everything. The only ones who remember you when you come in second are your wife and your dog.” –Damon Hill

[quotes via Kicking and Screaming]

Don’t Click It

Crumbs, High School — Alisa on August 10, 2005 at 9:01 pm

From Digg.com

Don’t Click It is a site that you don’t have to click any buttons. In fact, you get in trouble if you do. I didn’t click. It was hard and it made my head hurt because I was concentrating so hard on not clicking. Ouch. Anyways, try it out.

Babel Fish Missed it

Crumbs, High School — Alisa on August 7, 2005 at 4:40 pm

That’s right. A main language that Babel Fish missed.

Did you guess it yet? It’s Binary. You are surrounded by Binary, and you don’t even understand it. Well, fear no longer! I found a Binary encoder/de-coder.

http://nickciske.com/tools/binary.php

That’s right. Signing off to continue to make the world a better place,
0100000101101100011010010111001101100001

Lifeguard Olympics Part II

Arizona, High School — Alisa on August 2, 2005 at 11:40 am

There were 4 teams: CG-A, CG-B, Elloy, and Coolidge. I was on CG-A, which took first, and CG-B took fourth, but we found out afterwords that it was rigged. CG-B was created to come in last. They disqualified one of its members because he “did a dolphin kick while breaststroking.” Sounds like the Japanese claim about the American at the last summer olympics. And they didn’t disqualify a Coolidge guy for doing a totally wrong hold on a victim. There was some other stuff too.

At any rate, we ended the day with 3 t.v.’s, 3 X-boxes, 12 controllers, and 3 upgraded Halo 2’s.

The Blogosphere

Crumbs, High School — Alisa on August 2, 2005 at 11:05 am

BBC News reports “One blog created every second.” Too bad that most of them are crap. Like those people who leave the demo links as “Edit Me” in the Blogger templates. If you don’t know enough html to ditch the tacky look, then you don’t need to blog.

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