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Mesozoic Mister Nigel

Quote from: The Wizard Joseph on December 08, 2016, 01:41:17 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 08, 2016, 01:20:06 AM
I'm trying to gear up for presenting my Master's thesis prospectus tonight. In 40 minutes. Funny how TELLING yourself to calm down and be cool because it'll all be fine doesn't fucking work.

Every dry run I do comes in under 9 minutes. I'm supposed to go to 12. I'm out of words for padding it out, so I'm going to have to go pretty slow.

Breathing exercise works. Inhale steadily until comfortably full then slowly exhale for about twice as long. The heart slows while exhaling by reflex and if you do about 20 reps uninterrupted your body will have reached equilibrium physically.

Thinking does exactly nothing without the correct "access code" to make your body believe it.

Yes, I know this and I teach it to both my biology and psychology students. :)
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."


Mesozoic Mister Nigel

Quote from: NoLeDeMiel on December 08, 2016, 01:50:23 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 08, 2016, 01:20:06 AM
I'm trying to gear up for presenting my Master's thesis prospectus tonight. In 40 minutes. Funny how TELLING yourself to calm down and be cool because it'll all be fine doesn't fucking work.

Every dry run I do comes in under 9 minutes. I'm supposed to go to 12. I'm out of words for padding it out, so I'm going to have to go pretty slow.

Hell Yes! Go slay their faces with SCIENCE! Calmness is the little penny carousel in the Kmart lobby. YOU ride fire because you can!!

I did a ridiculous dance beforehand, which seemed to loosen everybody up. My reasoning is, I'm a goofy fucker and they will ultimately realize that I'm a goofy fucker, so I might as well get that out of the way up front. The subsequent talk went well, I went to 16 minutes with questions, I have a real thesis proposal, and now I move on to stage 2: grant writing. Woot!
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."


The Wizard Joseph

You can't get out backward.  You have to go forward to go back.. better press on! - Willie Wonka, PBUH

Life can be seen as a game with no reset button, no extra lives, and if the power goes out there is no restarting.  If that's all you see life as you are not long for this world, and never will get it.

"Ayn Rand never swung a hammer in her life and had serious dominance issues" - The Fountainhead

"World domination is such an ugly phrase. I prefer to call it world optimisation."
- Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality :lulz:

"You program the controller to do the thing, only it doesn't do the thing.  It does something else entirely, or nothing at all.  It's like voting."
- Billy, Aug 21st, 2019

"It's not even chaos anymore. It's BANAL."
- Doktor Hamish Howl

xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed)

Quote from: N E T on December 07, 2016, 09:46:25 PM
Quote from: xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed) on December 07, 2016, 09:00:35 PM
Quote from: N E T on December 07, 2016, 08:57:23 PM
Hey guys, let's use all the slurs we want when fighting Nazis. I mean, we'll need people to slap around once the terrible bigots are removed from power, you know?

>current year
>still trapped in an inconsequential semantic purity spiral
>thinks you are ever going to overthrow the god emperor

:lulz:

Acceptance of slurs is the best way to build a strong leftist movement. Because dehumanizing oppressed classes with our words is inconsequential—JUST LIKE THE PEOPLE IT TEARS DOWN!!! LOLOLOLOL!

Yes exactly youre starting to understand.

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."


MMIX

"The ultimate hidden truth of the world is that it is something we make and could just as easily make differently" David Graeber

LMNO

Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 08, 2016, 04:16:41 AM
we are critically short of janitorial staff because my boss keeps firing them without bothering to consult with me. So I suggested a hiring COMMITTEE. They went for it. So I said we needed a kickoff meeting. THEY WENT FOR IT. So I said we needed buy-in from optical engineering. They went for that, too, but I was unable to keep a straight face so we're just doing the first two.

Meanwhile, the toilets don't work.

:motorcycle:

Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 08, 2016, 04:22:31 AM
Quote from: NoLeDeMiel on December 08, 2016, 01:50:23 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 08, 2016, 01:20:06 AM
I'm trying to gear up for presenting my Master's thesis prospectus tonight. In 40 minutes. Funny how TELLING yourself to calm down and be cool because it'll all be fine doesn't fucking work.

Every dry run I do comes in under 9 minutes. I'm supposed to go to 12. I'm out of words for padding it out, so I'm going to have to go pretty slow.

Hell Yes! Go slay their faces with SCIENCE! Calmness is the little penny carousel in the Kmart lobby. YOU ride fire because you can!!

I did a ridiculous dance beforehand, which seemed to loosen everybody up. My reasoning is, I'm a goofy fucker and they will ultimately realize that I'm a goofy fucker, so I might as well get that out of the way up front. The subsequent talk went well, I went to 16 minutes with questions, I have a real thesis proposal, and now I move on to stage 2: grant writing. Woot!

:banana:

Quote from: MMIX on December 08, 2016, 08:57:01 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 08, 2016, 08:14:32 AM
I wish my calendar would quit trying to video call me.
Maybe it wants to date?

:pissed:

MMIX

And now Greg Lake as died; fuck this year, that's 2/3 of my favourite band eaten by 20fucking16
"The ultimate hidden truth of the world is that it is something we make and could just as easily make differently" David Graeber

Vanadium Gryllz

"I was fine until my skin came off.  I'm never going to South Attelboro again."

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

Quote from: MMIX on December 08, 2016, 08:57:01 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 08, 2016, 08:14:32 AM
I wish my calendar would quit trying to video call me.
Maybe it wants to date?

It should have noticed that I shared it with Alty, which might tip-off a sentient calendar that I'm taken.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."


EK WAFFLR

"At first I lifted weights.  But then I asked myself, 'why not people?'  Now everyone runs for the fjord when they see me."


Horribly Oscillating Assbasket of Deliciousness
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LMNO


EK WAFFLR

"At first I lifted weights.  But then I asked myself, 'why not people?'  Now everyone runs for the fjord when they see me."


Horribly Oscillating Assbasket of Deliciousness
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Roly Poly Oly-Garch

Quote from: The All-Seeing Waffle on December 08, 2016, 09:01:45 PM
Hi guys.

HELLO! I ran across someone on Tinder that's FB friends with you. As far as I knew that was true of only three people in Portland, and I've already swiped the other two STRAIGHT UP. My mind was fucking blown right out of my skull...and now yours is as well.
Back to the fecal matter in the pool

Roly Poly Oly-Garch

Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 08, 2016, 06:50:11 PM
Quote from: MMIX on December 08, 2016, 08:57:01 AM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 08, 2016, 08:14:32 AM
I wish my calendar would quit trying to video call me.
Maybe it wants to date?

It should have noticed that I shared it with Alty, which might tip-off a sentient calendar that I'm taken.

It didn't care. The Gregorian Calendar is a notorious douchebag.
Back to the fecal matter in the pool