Enemy of Translation

Enemy of Translation

Andrew Cunningham

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Fuck NBC	[Feb. 15th, 2010\|10:15 pm]
Last summer olympics, I found that you could avoid NBC's horrific Olympic coverage entirely by just watching full event feeds -- usually commentary free -- on their website. Was looking forward to seeing some awesome snowboard cross action today. But apparently they've struck a sponsorship deal that means you can only access the feeds if you're paying for cable in your area. (And, presumably, your cable provide is part of the deal. Mine is, but I'm only paying for internet, because I do not watch TV.) So I can't watch the Olympics at all. Fuck you, NBC.
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Boned by Java	[Jan. 28th, 2010\|12:33 pm]
So I restarted a few minutes ago. Now Norton AntiVirus pops up a warning every two seconds informing me that "a remote system is attempting to access on my computer" with the Path leading directly to java.exe. Permitting it doesn't make it go away, because the fucking Remote address numbers are different every time. I guess I have to fucking try and figure out how to roll back the last java update or just move this fucking always on top security alert window over to the side and ignore it till either Norton or Java fixes their bullshit.
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Joe Queenan is sort of a douchebag	[Jan. 25th, 2010\|05:09 pm]
"[Conan] pouted about getting canned for general incompetence while millions of their countrymen—who had not actually failed at their jobs—were unable to find work." Putting aside any subjective evaluations about Conan's performance on the grounds that the entire piece is exaggerated anyway, I still find the above quote rankles. I'm unemployed, and it never occurred to me to hate on Conan for...whatever the fuck he's being accused of here. Maybe I just hate being spoken for by someone who isn't unemployed. Maybe Conan's little speech about not being cynical made a bigger impression on me than I'd like to admit. The entire piece linked there is pretty fucking cynical. But mostly I think dismissing the importance of one thing on the basis of another thing existing is fucking patronizing.
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Important Thai food lesson	[Jan. 7th, 2010\|12:11 pm]
If there is rice or noodles in it, yes, a higher spice is probably edible. If there isn't, drop that shit or burn your damn mouth off. I probably should have guessed.
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Greatest movie poster ever	[Dec. 14th, 2009\|01:28 am]

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Do not ever buy Petit Fours at QFC	[Dec. 7th, 2009\|03:20 pm]
No matter how tempting they look, they will taste absolutely foul. How the fuck do you fuck up Petit Fours? And charge $7.96 for this butchery? I figured at that price it would at least be in the ballpark. Instead, it was like a fucking Hostess Fruit Pie is to the fuckers in Twin Peaks.
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Fucking HELP!	[Nov. 24th, 2009\|08:27 pm]
I somehow accidentally switched my god damn Japanese keyboard into direct kana entry and I can't fucking figure out how to get it back! When I try and type sei　I get といに instead! I can't even fucking find the god damn se button because the letters have all rubbed off through years of use! Oh, there it is. It's on the P. While all the other s kana are on the left hand. Why the hell!?
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Russians are crazy II	[Nov. 9th, 2009\|01:29 pm]
The Russian remake of The Matrix in the style of...Charlie Chaplin.
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Needs to be seen

[Nov. 6th, 2009|08:32 pm]

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart

Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c

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