Do you want to be a nameless drone in my excel spreadsheets?

Dear livejournal,

Today I am running the experiment for my sociolinguistics project, and I need several volunteers in order to conduct it and get all my data to write up. If any of you felt like participating, I would be very grateful!

Here is what I need:

+ 1 woman in her 30s, preferably from a middle class background. I would ask you to write a paragraph or so on a topic I will give you. Found, thank you!

+ 8-10 women in their 20s. I would give you several small pieces of text to read, and then ask you a question about your opinion of the authors. All set!

If you feel like pitching in for either of these things, go ahead and comment to this post, and I will email you later today with your exact instruction. Neither of these tasks should take longer than ten minutes or so.

Thanks, Livejournal!

love,
Pearl-o

It's Post As Another Person Day, you guys!

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So I just watched twelve hours of Big Brother, and I have some important thoughts. I'm still working on the 12,000 word essay I want to share later this week, but for right now I'll just say this: Addison is REALLY HOT.

(My parents just wandered into my room and pushed me into the corner while they took over the rest of the room. The FoxNest has been moved the six inches underneath my bed in Jersey. Instead of a mattresss I've started sleeping on a pile of perfectly labeled tapes. It's really comfy, actually.)

Today's hatred of grad school is strong to quite strong.

(GREY'S TONIGHT YOU GUYS. PROFESSOR MCLESBIAN!)

I am all caught up with The Office.

So by the time I was halfway through season 2 of The Offine, I was sort of thinking "Wow, this is a pretty awesome show, and yet I find it strangely unsatisfying." But then I realized it had been a couple of days and I couldn't stop watching it and now I am totally caught up all the way to the latest episde of season 3. So. Um? The Office! Pretty cool!

My favorite part so far is still the beginning tag of "Take Your Daughter to Work Day" when Dwight and Jim both call out "That's Batman" at the same time. ("What about Aquaman? Where does he live?" "...The ocean." "I work with a bunch of nerds.")

Basically all the pranks (faxes from future Dwight!) are pretty awesome. And I'm pretty amazed by how all the creepy weird stuff can suddenly become totally unexpectedly sweet -- Dwight and Angela, Dwight and Pam, Michael and Pam, all these little moments.

--And I was about to say Roy actually seemed like a really nice guy, but then the last five minutes of 3x18 happened. Heh.

Okay, seriously, could Pam be any more likable? Is it possible for anyone to watch this show and not Mary Sue yourself into her place? She's smart and funny and cute and sweet! It's ridiculous, it really is.

Finally, my mental image of Rainn Wilson is no longer as an undertaker-to-be nuzzling a sixty old woman like a horse. Instead, it is ... a really creepy guy carrying around dead things and staring at people. Awesome.

(Are there any ridiculous vampire AUs following "Business School"? It feels like there should be.)