Tuesday, May 30, 2023
[Tap tap] Is this thing on?
I am procrastinating and stumbled into this blog again from a mis-posted twitter link.
It was a great trip down memory lane. (Some memories I'd rather leave unremembered but here we are)
I hope you're well and that I'm not just shouting into cyberspace.
-Free-Ho.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Kickstart My Heart
"Check for a pulse"
"Nothing"
"Bring me the crash cart"
"Here sir"
"Everybody stand back"
CLEAR!
"We have a pulse"
I'm not sure if restarting someone's heart is relevant to a blog post, but I figured it had been far too long since any of us had posted.
In the previous months I have heard that this particular blog was met with disdain from various people. Why? Because they felt it was obnoxious, self-centered, and just plane lame.
To them I reply (with a monocle and top hat) My friends, I want to put this to you gently, I am not in the mood to give a fuck at the moment.
This blog has served as a hub where all of us can share stories, insights, and just plain keep up with each others live's. Also, if we decided to MONETIZE we could be making as much as $1.00 every three months!
So let's restart the heart of this blog. In the coming months we have an epic brocation planed, and I'm sure many of us have some fun stories to tell.
I'll start with one of my adventures from my time on the east coast.
Long story short: I met this girl in a bar. I asked her out, and we had a fling for about two weeks. It turns out she was the D.A.'s daughter of a particular place in Southern California Since this all happened within the first two weeks of me getting out east, it was quite the welcome.
Now as I head back out West I'm looking to the next chapter as well as hearing from all you guys.
I'll leave you with this
-Nonbro out
Thursday, August 30, 2012
BroCation
Where's the post on the goings on of the Bros on the 'cation?
Seriously, I expect drunk blogging.
Or at least a pic of y'all playing strip billiards with the Prince.
Or with just Prince.
And hot chicks.
You all need hot chicks.
And to train for your next Ironman.
I'm off to enlighten the future of the Amuricka.
Good luck, god speed, and good night, Gentlemen.
Monday, July 9, 2012
Funemployment 2.0 (The Reckoning)
Fellow bleacher dwellers,
It has been a long time since I have posted about the joys and sorrows of Funemployment. Nearly three years later (and one advanced degree) I once again find myself in the in the clutches of this very....let's say existential, way of life.
Contrary to the Funemployment experienced in 2009, the 2012 versions seems to be a little less about the the fun, and a lot more about the unemployment. When one takes in to consideration the field I have chosen as well as the economic circumstances, funemployment actually seems like a logical spot for my life to currently be held up in. To me, funemployment 2.0 is a beast that must be approached in a way that promotes adult behavior, while at the same time, keeping true to the essence of "Having fun with no job while you have the chance" With all that said I have listed a few bylaws/guidelines for those experiencing Funemployment 2.0
1. You have an advanced degree. You worked hard for that degree, but realize that does not increase the fun factor, but rather helps you to tackle the unemployment aspect of funemployment.
2. (May not Apply to All) You had to move back home. This time around, you are a little bit older and little bit wiser. If you are lucky, your new roommates (parents) will treat you as such.) Maximize the fun without breaching the respect of those who run the household. The occasional kick back may be a great way to ease those days of "man I wish I had my own place"
3. Get a part time job. Although it will not completely get rid of unemployment, it will give you a sense of actually doing something with your day. I currently work at a car wash where I am known as "La Flama Blanca"
4. Make sure you have a network of friends in the area with their own places. This allows you to go out, maximize the fun factor, and not have to worry about coming home at 3am and disturbing your roommates.
5. (Probably the most important) Accept that Funemployment will not last forever. It will be a rare day where you can nod off and head to the beach, or enjoy a beer in the middle of the afternoon without having to worry about the responsibilities of work.
6. The opposite sex....This is the biggest gray area of them all, and strictly depends on the various ways people like to maximize their fun factor. Also, the fact that one is funemployed, may not be the most attractive thing to people. If you can find someone who can maximize the fun factor without making you aware of your.....lack of income.....and lack of things to do in the day, you have hit the jackpot for a funemployment friend.
These are only a few of the numerous tenets that comprise living the funemployment lifestyle to the max. It is my hope many of you who read this don't find yourself in the situation where funemployment lasts for very long, nor greatly affects your way of life.
Your's Funemployed
Nonnie
It has been a long time since I have posted about the joys and sorrows of Funemployment. Nearly three years later (and one advanced degree) I once again find myself in the in the clutches of this very....let's say existential, way of life.
Contrary to the Funemployment experienced in 2009, the 2012 versions seems to be a little less about the the fun, and a lot more about the unemployment. When one takes in to consideration the field I have chosen as well as the economic circumstances, funemployment actually seems like a logical spot for my life to currently be held up in. To me, funemployment 2.0 is a beast that must be approached in a way that promotes adult behavior, while at the same time, keeping true to the essence of "Having fun with no job while you have the chance" With all that said I have listed a few bylaws/guidelines for those experiencing Funemployment 2.0
1. You have an advanced degree. You worked hard for that degree, but realize that does not increase the fun factor, but rather helps you to tackle the unemployment aspect of funemployment.
2. (May not Apply to All) You had to move back home. This time around, you are a little bit older and little bit wiser. If you are lucky, your new roommates (parents) will treat you as such.) Maximize the fun without breaching the respect of those who run the household. The occasional kick back may be a great way to ease those days of "man I wish I had my own place"
3. Get a part time job. Although it will not completely get rid of unemployment, it will give you a sense of actually doing something with your day. I currently work at a car wash where I am known as "La Flama Blanca"
4. Make sure you have a network of friends in the area with their own places. This allows you to go out, maximize the fun factor, and not have to worry about coming home at 3am and disturbing your roommates.
5. (Probably the most important) Accept that Funemployment will not last forever. It will be a rare day where you can nod off and head to the beach, or enjoy a beer in the middle of the afternoon without having to worry about the responsibilities of work.
6. The opposite sex....This is the biggest gray area of them all, and strictly depends on the various ways people like to maximize their fun factor. Also, the fact that one is funemployed, may not be the most attractive thing to people. If you can find someone who can maximize the fun factor without making you aware of your.....lack of income.....and lack of things to do in the day, you have hit the jackpot for a funemployment friend.
These are only a few of the numerous tenets that comprise living the funemployment lifestyle to the max. It is my hope many of you who read this don't find yourself in the situation where funemployment lasts for very long, nor greatly affects your way of life.
Your's Funemployed
Nonnie
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Cool shit: "consumer evolved" music
Evolutionary computation is cool, not to mention a really useful tool for finding algorithms that are well optimized or solve problems that are too complicated to simply write down an algorithm. DarwinTunes is a project by a couple of researchers from the Imperial College London which uses a genetic evolution algorithm to evolve short loops of music into something that appeals to our pop sensibilities. Each generation has a number of different loops which have a few "genes" which each determine a series of notes to be played. After the loops of each generation have been rated by listeners, they produce a new generation where two loops pair up to get it on and make a new baby loop (so the offspring has a combination of the genes from the two parents plus some random mutations). The loops that get the highest ratings have the highest fitness and become the Genghis Khans to the future gene pool. It doesn't take too long before the loops develop the same four-chord harmonies that we enjoy in our favorite pop songs. Their algorithm has it's limitations so it's not eventually going to produce the Hamlet of 8-second music loops, but it does produce something that sounds like it could have been written by your favorite elevator music composer.
If you also think this is a cool project you can check out their paper here, go to their website above to rate some loops, or listen to the evolution in action through their SoundCloud channel:
If you also think this is a cool project you can check out their paper here, go to their website above to rate some loops, or listen to the evolution in action through their SoundCloud channel:
Friday, May 25, 2012
things that are going to suck about future Carleton
1. no kegs
2. no sayles dances (sayles dances are now in cowling)
3. no one will remember the glory days of stadium
4. no kegs
5. new alcohol policy sucks
6. Carleton no care about traditions but more worried about the NAME
7. no kegs at Rottblatt and they will most likely be serving boxer
8. Boxer the worst beer ever
9. everyone forgetting about stadium
10. the rainbow has gotten out of control
11. New Administration
12. change should be good not detrimental
13. Kegs are still not allowed wtf
14. ole ball is still non-existent, more there fault not ours
Brought to you by Freddy and Nonberg
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Online Dating: A Story of Intrigue and Failure
I have been gone for awhile. I have no excuse good enough to justify how long it has been since I have contributed. Here's to new beginnings.
So awhile back, I posted about how I had signed up for online dating on OK CUPID. In the coming months, the dates I went on and the people I met were, well, interesting to say the least. But that is not the point of this post. This particular story of online dating is about the failure, maybe it's my failure to build a meaningful relationship sparked by the internet.
Now before you go "Dammit Nonberg, you are getting emotional and love is possible over the world wide web.". I get it. I understand that people can meet, but hear me out.
1. Meeting Someone you started chatting with based off a picture and some paragraphs about themselves is one of the more unnerving experiences I have ever had. Moreover, it never helps that the picture posted bears no resemblance to the person you saw on the internet. I don't know if people who online date are masters in Photoshop, or their pictures just don't accurately depict what they look life in real life. I have been met by disappointment in this facet of online dating many a time.
2. OK CUPID tends to be the luggage compartment beneath an airplane. I mean everyone has some sort of baggage, or so it seemed. It could range from religious, personal, or other unexplainable baggage, but the bottom line is that every date was a lesson in psychology. I'm not saying I'm not without my flaws, but as my roommate put it. "There is a reason some of these people are into online dating"
3. Ultimately and maybe obvious to someone like me, online dating will never work. I am not saying one can not be successful with online dating. Heck I know a couple of guys and girls who have had wonderful experiences, but at the end of the day, there is just an inorganic nature to interweb socializing.
I have stopped online dating and I don't have any real plans to go back. I just think there are too many people to meet outside the walls of my apartment and not on the screen of my MacBook.
So awhile back, I posted about how I had signed up for online dating on OK CUPID. In the coming months, the dates I went on and the people I met were, well, interesting to say the least. But that is not the point of this post. This particular story of online dating is about the failure, maybe it's my failure to build a meaningful relationship sparked by the internet.
Now before you go "Dammit Nonberg, you are getting emotional and love is possible over the world wide web.". I get it. I understand that people can meet, but hear me out.
1. Meeting Someone you started chatting with based off a picture and some paragraphs about themselves is one of the more unnerving experiences I have ever had. Moreover, it never helps that the picture posted bears no resemblance to the person you saw on the internet. I don't know if people who online date are masters in Photoshop, or their pictures just don't accurately depict what they look life in real life. I have been met by disappointment in this facet of online dating many a time.
2. OK CUPID tends to be the luggage compartment beneath an airplane. I mean everyone has some sort of baggage, or so it seemed. It could range from religious, personal, or other unexplainable baggage, but the bottom line is that every date was a lesson in psychology. I'm not saying I'm not without my flaws, but as my roommate put it. "There is a reason some of these people are into online dating"
3. Ultimately and maybe obvious to someone like me, online dating will never work. I am not saying one can not be successful with online dating. Heck I know a couple of guys and girls who have had wonderful experiences, but at the end of the day, there is just an inorganic nature to interweb socializing.
I have stopped online dating and I don't have any real plans to go back. I just think there are too many people to meet outside the walls of my apartment and not on the screen of my MacBook.
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