putting the j in jjosh

here’s some random stuff…

lots of people apprently have seen this, but I never did…it’s good, I love the whole ytmnd thing…

my dad gave me a great geeked-out book on language and linguistics for Christmas…it’s like the most amazing, uh, bathroom reading…you come out of there with stuff like "Hey Maxine, did you know that of languages with no relation to other languages, Korean is the most isolated?" Lately I’ve been reading about what the author calls "garden path" sentences. These are sentences that seem to go one way but then suddenly force you to change direction due to the syntax. For some reason they really tickle my brain. This is my favorite, chew on it a while:

The old man the boats.

Also I came across this the other day and I just watched it over and over and over until I was in a pleasurable trance…something about that flip is so appealing:

ps they accepted our offer on the house in Williamsburg (Brooklyn)! we’re all jacked up and getting readt for months of paperwork and follow-through…you’re all invited to our house-warming, we’ll let you know when…