There is something wrong with the "small" margarita
(the menu listed "small" and "large") ringing up
on the bill as "kid's margarita". (Mad Mex,
Sunday night.)
although if I put lots of sugar and [milk|cream|non-dairy creamer] in it, I can stomach it...
You can do that, but why do that to perfectly good cream? :-)
(I had to drink it then, because if you put me in a nice, dark room at 3pm without caffeine and make me listen to a barely comprehensible lecture I will fall asleep.)
I know that problem. And most [university|professional|conference] lectures provide (at most) coffee but no other caffeinated options. This is why I'm in the habit of just providing my own. I took a case of Diet Pepsi with me to HUC for the week (turned out they provided some), and at conferences (when I fly) I hit a local grocery store before sessions start. If people think I'm weird, well shrug.
(I really need a caffeine-related icon. Does anyone have a good rendering of the caffeine molecule?)
Does anyone have a good rendering of the caffeine molecule?
I dunno about good, but I just emailed a few gifs I whipped up to your pobox account.
As far as tricks to stay awake in dark rooms, I've found a big one is taking notes. Even if I don't need the notes for later, taking the notes tends to keep me focused enough that I don't fall asleep. And it makes me look serious, too :-)
I tried using note-taking as a caffeine-substitute in college. Unfortunately, I often got illegible notes and I still fell asleep. So notes are still good, and I often take more than I ultimately need, but I still need external aid.
(I wonder if this happens to anyone else: often, the mere act of writing something down is sufficient for me to remember it -- I don't need to actually consult the note, but if I don't write it down I'll forget. This doesn't always happen -- sometimes I really need the note to refer to -- and I haven't worked out all the parameters.)
>> I wonder if this happens to anyone else: often, the mere act of writing something down is sufficient for me to remember it
This is pretty much the way my memory works. I often found studying before a test to be less productive than expected because once I'd written it down, it was there.
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cellio
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Date: 2004-09-21 07:57 am (UTC)You can do that, but why do that to perfectly good cream? :-)
(I had to drink it then, because if you put me in a nice, dark room at 3pm without caffeine and make me listen to a barely comprehensible lecture I will fall asleep.)
I know that problem. And most [university|professional|conference] lectures provide (at most) coffee but no other caffeinated options. This is why I'm in the habit of just providing my own. I took a case of Diet Pepsi with me to HUC for the week (turned out they provided some), and at conferences (when I fly) I hit a local grocery store before sessions start. If people think I'm weird, well shrug.
(I really need a caffeine-related icon. Does anyone have a good rendering of the caffeine molecule?)
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Date: 2004-09-21 09:28 am (UTC)I dunno about good, but I just emailed a few gifs I whipped up to your pobox account.
As far as tricks to stay awake in dark rooms, I've found a big one is taking notes. Even if I don't need the notes for later, taking the notes tends to keep me focused enough that I don't fall asleep. And it makes me look serious, too :-)
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Date: 2004-09-21 09:52 am (UTC)I tried using note-taking as a caffeine-substitute in college. Unfortunately, I often got illegible notes and I still fell asleep. So notes are still good, and I often take more than I ultimately need, but I still need external aid.
(I wonder if this happens to anyone else: often, the mere act of writing something down is sufficient for me to remember it -- I don't need to actually consult the note, but if I don't write it down I'll forget. This doesn't always happen -- sometimes I really need the note to refer to -- and I haven't worked out all the parameters.)
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Date: 2004-09-21 10:06 am (UTC)This is pretty much the way my memory works. I often found studying before a test to be less productive than expected because once I'd written it down, it was there.