Date: 2002-12-31 15:51:19
(Author: trav)
Link:
http://travis.kroh.net/archives/000972.php
And now, all my expectations for this birthday are blown away.
FRAN CALLED ME.
And her accent is even more delicious than I imagined. I can't even speak right now. The joy. I sounded like a total dork on the phone, but it doesn't matter, because one can't be expected to think of interesting things to say while listening to English women speak.
Comments:
"Heya, TWO English women called me today to wish me Happy New Year's...though neither of them was Fran. But still, scones, cream and jam would be good today..."
"I was, as expected, awash with regret when I woke up January 1st. But my crazy long-distance phonecall was one thing I felt glad about. Yay! Also, I'm fairly sure you didn't sound like a dork. Mostly I just remember sitting on the toilet while the lid was still up, during a conversation about Missy. Oh, and saying 'pubic dandruff' like three times. Happy birthday INDEED."
"(Fran's the bestest.) I'm in the middle of nowhere right now! You've never seen so many pine trees in your life."
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Date: 2002-12-31 12:40:51
(Author: trav)
Link:
http://travis.kroh.net/archives/000969.php
So, today is my birthday, and as a present to myself, I suppose, I went out and got the internet taken care of for my new place. 900Kb/sec CDMA wireless broadband for the same as I was paying before. I said wireless. Envy me, Jeff. Envy me.
Comments:
"I'm SURE that means I'll have email from you much more often now? :):) Happy Birthday, Son...we love you so...."
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Date: 2002-12-27 14:20:50
(Author: trav)
Link:
http://travis.kroh.net/archives/000954.php
Ani DiFranco's Dilate and Out of Range are two of the finest records ever made.
Other notables:
Comments:
"I have to get Out of Range."
"And "The Globe Sessions." Sheryl Crow."
"I will not harass you for leaving out RHCP, because I know you have not seen the light or been baptized by the holiness of Anthony Kiedis."
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Date: 2002-12-16 00:35:03
(Author: trav)
Link:
http://travis.kroh.net/archives/000914.php
Tonight, Nic and I were talking about my bag, and, well, here's the conversation:
"Do you have your green bag?"
"You mean my beige bag?"
"No, your green one."
"It's not green, it's tannish beige."
"Hon, that's olive."
"It is not!"
"Maybe you're red-green colorblind."
"Oh, for... I am not co...."
**to everyone in the service center**
"Hey, what color is this bag?"
"Green." "Kind of olive." "Yeah, like army green."
"It is not!"
So, I went online to look for a red-green
colorblind test, and indeed, numbers were missing. I thought they were pretty hard numbers to see for
anyone, so I turned the monitor and asked a guy at the counter...
"Is there a number in these spots?"
"Six."
"Fuck."
Off to
another site I go, and I see
nothing in the cards. Co-worker Dan found everything right away...
I'll tell you, what you need is a phatty boom batty blunt, and then I guarantee you'll see a sailboat, an ocean, and maybe even some of them big-titty mermaids doing some of that lesbian shit!
Comments:
"Babe, what I can't believe is that no one noticed it before! I mean, I know I'm your girlfriend but tons more people spend WAY more time with you. "
"I'm not amazed that you're colorblind -- so many men are -- I'm just amazed that it went undetected. I assume you never had one of those circle-dot color tests in your science textbooks as a kid.
As far as genetics go, darling, look on the bright side: it's not hemophilia or cystic fibrosis or an extra y chromosome making you go beserker. I love you."
"This is indeed interesting since you cannot have possibly perceived the bag as beige. If you are red-green colorblind then you perceive those two colors as the same color not as a completely different color. "common symptom of red-green colorblindness is the inability to distinguish between certain shades of red and green." Therefore, one you are full of it or two, you are just trying to pass off some stupid scheme to make yourself sound more interesting."
"The fact is, he did perceive the bag as what
he sees as beige or tan. What you're implying is not only unwarranted, it is poorly researched. There are different degrees of colorblindness, but only a professional can determine how he sees.
Anyway, using this chick's logic, I am lying about my epilepsy because only young children have absence seizures. I guess I just want to be more interesting, too. ;)"
""Protanomaly is referred to as "red-weakness", an apt description of this form of color deficiency. Any redness seen in a color by a normal observer is seen more weakly by the protanomalous viewer, both in terms of its "coloring power" (saturation, or depth of color) and its brightness. Red, orange, yellow, yellow-green, and green, appear somewhat shifted in hue ("hue" is just another word for "color") towards green, and all appear paler than they do to the normal observer." WOW, I can quote things too, except I'm not thriving in ignorant arrogance quite like our lovely Crystal, who thinks she is an expert on what Travis can and cannot experience. That kind of omnipotence is something I only dream about. What actually sounds like bullshit to me is the idea that Travis would not only decide to create a fake genetic condition, but he would choose to have a less severe and almost undetectable version of it, one that does not affect his daily life. If he wants to be interesting, he can invent something better than that. "
"Just because no one's heard of the same thing happening to someone else before, doesn't mean that he's making it up. Anything is possible and scientist are discovering new things every day that they never knew about before. "
"Boy howdy, I took that colorblind test, and my over-analytical mind tried to see even more in the spots. I'm a blast at parties. Travelo! I'm coming home for Christmas! See you soon! "
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Date: 2002-12-08 21:55:18
(Author: trav)
Link:
http://travis.kroh.net/archives/000875.php
The archives are online again.
Comments:
"I miss you're internet presence. I guess that just means more cell phone time ;)"
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