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« Reply #4620 on: May 04, 2009, 10:44:39 pm »
Did not getting mugged involve squealing like a little girl and poncing around with arms wrapped over one's head?
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« Reply #4621 on: May 04, 2009, 11:01:49 pm »
Oh, the gas station? Yeah, uh, two blocks down and on the right.

Yeah, I feel fine. I just, uh, have low blood sugar and I...need to...eat...something.

Well, sometimes I take my wallet out to count my money...just...to be sure. You know?
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« Reply #4622 on: May 05, 2009, 02:43:48 am »
Mostly just pride-hurting, I did not actually act like "you are about to mug me."

Just kept walking with eyes forward, thinking "am I just being racist? did he just turn around and start following me? why am I scared of this man? i can't tell if I hear him following me right now?"

I swear to god I heard him stop, pause, and start following me.
But he was not behind me.

I can't decide if this means I should not make the walk I was making late at night, or that I should?

"I was just being lame, I was fine, so it is probably safe to do again, dummy"
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"wait, are you a fuck*ng idiot, walking around in a place where other people you know have gotten mugged, at 2 AM, why would you think that is a good idea. just because you want a sub sandwich?"

I had forgotten how much I loved lists like this about rock music, back when I had heard so little of it that I couldn't argue about how right/wrong/pointless the list was... just look up every single artist on it, and download/buy every single album.
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« Reply #4623 on: May 05, 2009, 03:02:43 am »
As long as it is a good sub sandwich.

Also, you're not racist, just wisely wary of young men in dark, dangerous feeling places in the wee small hours. Doesn't St. Louis have a pretty high crime rate?
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« Reply #4624 on: May 05, 2009, 03:10:05 am »
yeah, but like, I passed several white bros before the part where I got scared?
And yeah, they were obviously frat-boy type dudes, had backpacks with books, etc.
But that is fooling myself.

It was a great sub sandwich.

Also: yes, st louis has high crime rates, including the 2nd highest murder rate in the US. but... not in the area where I live. probably.
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« Reply #4625 on: May 05, 2009, 03:23:55 am »
Oh, and speaking of lists. I feel that I've mentioned this guy here before, but I still enjoy reading him so I'll do it again. His best of jazz and best of rock lists. I like that Kind of Blue isn't even in the top 10 on the jazz list (it's 11). Not that it's not a great album, but at least you know he's coming at it all from a different angle than like every other critic writing about jazz today. Also, the Beatles aren't anywhere on his rock list. He's based out of Southern California, but a lot of his reviews are in Italian.
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« Reply #4626 on: May 05, 2009, 03:47:13 am »
You heard him following you but looked and he was not there. Has it occurred that you were almost mugged by a ninja?
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« Reply #4627 on: May 05, 2009, 04:16:28 am »
Quote from: miles on May 05, 2009, 03:23:55 am
best of rock lists.

Trout Mask Replica is Number 1? 

I like this guy already!
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« Reply #4628 on: May 05, 2009, 06:02:27 am »
Without some exposition on why they are the greatest albums it's just these are my favorite albums.
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« Reply #4629 on: May 05, 2009, 07:02:25 am »
i forgot about Scaruffi. a friend of mine pointed me his way. his knowledge is encyclopedic.
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« Reply #4630 on: May 05, 2009, 10:23:22 am »
I think pretty much everyone I walk past is about to mug me. I've never been mugged. Clearly muggers just love surprising people.
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« Reply #4631 on: May 05, 2009, 08:42:18 pm »
Ignoring exams I have out of panic about where all my shit is going to go when I leave in 2 days.

sorry, all 50-something genera of primates. I have not memorized you yet.
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« Reply #4632 on: May 05, 2009, 09:31:04 pm »
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sorry, all 50-something genera of primates. I have not memorized you yet.

The mnemonic for that must be insane.
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« Reply #4633 on: May 06, 2009, 06:06:03 am »
oh man, 50 was such a lowball guess.

holy crap.

so far the mnemonic is like:

PGPHHHSNAMECCMLRMPTCCPPSTPPRNSOLBAAPCCC A...
she said she will only ask us about particularly weird/distinctive ones.
so I'm guessing I should know this guy
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« Reply #4634 on: May 06, 2009, 06:25:41 am »
If this were a sitcom from the 80's, now would be the time when I'm all like, "Oh, you mean the Great Nosed Bluelipped Monkey, found only in certain isolated regions of Sri Lanka? I know that species!" And you would be all like "Yeah, that's right. How did you know that?" And then it's discovered that I am accidentally an expert on primates due to watching a lot of Wild Kingdom when I was a child. But this is not TV, this is real life, and I know nothing of primates. And Wild Kingdom has always made me so sad. I used to turn off the TV when the elephants got thirsty. The people with cameras would never help them. Why?
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