Review - North by Northwest

Having a TV can be fun. I stumbled into a series of classic Hitchcocks. This is one of those films that has so many bits I've seen *somewhere* and often seen parodied, and then gone "Oooh! They're from this!"

(1) The title. I knew it was famous without knowing where from.
(2) The "forced to drink and then put at the wheel of a car" opening.
(3) The crop-duster. One of the famoustest ever.
(4) The hanging-from-mount-rushmore. Though I might have that muddled up -- all Hitchcocks seem to end like that :)

Unfortunately I was unpacking at the same time, so sort of missed what was actually going on. But I get the impression that's not actually that important ;)

Networking - Natalie

OK, I know most people don't care about my sorting entries into types, but it still amuses me. Hmm, I should probably put the categorization in mood instead. Anyway, I decdied "stupid coincidences showing cambridge is too small" should have its own category. Soon maybe "stupid coincidences in the carlton" will, and meeting someone who wrote a program I use doesn't count unless it's obscure :)

D: I don't think you've met my other half.
Me: Wait...
???: You do look familiar.
Me: Did you used to dance?
???: Yes.
Me: Did you used to have long hair?
???: Yes.
Me: Natalie?
???: Yes! Jack? How are you, it's been so long.
Me: In the dining room with the dagger?¹

Apparently I even met them together about two years ago, and forgot all about it till (gr?)² now.

Other coincidences include meeting my best friend in London with no prior arrangement; another friend meeting half of his coursemates on a field trip in london, with no prior arrangement; forwarding an email forward from mum to a mailing list, and having someone respond "I know who started that"; and stumbling into a school friend's ex in a Newnham corridor.

What are your favorite stories?

[1] Punchline altered to protect the conversation from being too boring. No girlfriends were harmed in the creation of this post.
[2] I adopt the convention of (sp?) representing an unknown spelling I can't check easily, and (gr?) an unknown point of grammar :)

Quotations, Memes and Jokes - Latin case

There's a shortage in my life of latin case jokes, so here goes:

What Latin Noun Case Are You??? by TigerBotEdge
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How many times a month do you post?	1-23-55-1010+
Your Latin Noun Case	You are the Nominative Case. You're common as an old shoe, but let's face it, a lifetime full of imperatives would be boring and lame.
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Event - χmas

Apologies for anyone not seeing the chi in the title, I may not be using the most-compatible way of putting greek in html. Feel free to educate me.

A brief summary of my next couple of weeks. Christmas with my parents, grandparents, and Aunt and Uncle at the last's house. Possibly a few days break with my friend Justin. Back to cambridge for new year, probably with a couple of close friends (T, J and other halves) though I could be persuaded to consider something else :)

Presents: The latest Neal Stephenson Quicksilver trilogy. Squee! TV & microwave for the flat. Squee! Chocolate (I don't know for sure, but it always turns up somewhere :)).

Birthday: Gah! Ick! I'm going to be 23 in january. Kill me first and no-one mention that again :)