perdida en mi ruido.

Passing time by watching South Park

crashdream:

“Whateva! *snap* I do what I want!”

WHERE WHERE WHERE ARE YOU WATCHING THIS EPISODE?!?!!?!?

rafalor asked: you should also tell that girl if a guy doesn't drink good beer he's probably a wife-beating racist douche or a hipster douche.

The hipster douche thing depends, really. The last guy I went out with took me to a bar and he ordered a PBR and trashed on my Carlsberg and I was just like… DUDE. So yeah, if the guy drinks PBR, he’s either cheap or he has bad taste in beer, both of which are bad. RUN.

But I think the girl with the beer situation might be Puerto Rican, in which case, everybody there drinks Medalla, and that’s alright. No judging there.

Anonymous asked: Ooooh then you wouldn't like him... es evangélico (y yo tan atea... jajaja)

porque no bebe cerveza? NENA HUYELE A LOS EVANGELICOS, te van a hacer dejarte las patas pelúas y los sobacos sin afeitar, y vas a tener que andar con esas faldas largas de mahón. NOT COOL.

(O sea, yo odio discriminar por religión, pero alguien que practique su religión al punto que no se pueda dar una fría… en verdad no puedo.)

Anonymous asked: There's this guy who has caught my eye. I want to see if he's as cool as first impression made me think he is, but we never see each other in a nonprofessional context, so we hardly know each other as people. Any ideas on how to show him it's worthwhile to take the time to get to know me?

Um… It would have definitely been useful to know whether you’re a student or you just work together.

In any event, is there an excuse for you two to collaborate on something? If you have something to work on together (a project, a pset, etc) then it is easier to spend time together and get to know each other.

If there isn’t, then you’re going to have to be more bold. My favorite method of striking up a conversation with a guy is to compliment him on something. Is he wearing something cool? Is he drinking a beer you like? Did he just karaoke to your favorite song from the 80s? Fuck, whatever point in common you might have is good. If you think something he likes is cool, he will probably think you’re cool as well for having such good taste. Plus, all guys like being complimented.

If all you’ve got is, “He just looks so cool!” then just tell him that! Go up to him and say that you think he seems like a really cool person and you two would get along. If a guy came up to me and told me that, I’d think he’s awesome for having the balls, and I’d be extremely flattered. And I would most definitely want to hang out with him for accurately recognizing my awesomeness. In any event, it’s really good to bond with classmates/co-workers, not only because it makes work more pleasant, but because it is a resource one definitely needs to tap. If he doesn’t want to hang out, then whatever. He’s both stupid and stupid.

Anonymous asked: Awesome, Milena. Thanks for the advice. I'll try to get him out from behind his iPhone and into a real life bar.

There you go. And he better be a beer drinker; I once dated a snooty French guy who only drank wine. A man who doesn’t drink beer is not a real man to me.

Anonymous asked: Since we're doing the dating advice thing here, and I really do love your posts, let me jump on the bandwagon. How can I interpret online (Facebook, Twitter) flirting? I can't tell if the guy likes me or not.

Girlfriend, obviously you don’t read my column. (I want to take this moment to point out that the CL editor tries to fix words that are spelled correctly and ends up making me look like I can’t spell. It’s “zeros,” not “zeroes.” Zeroes even looks stupid. But I digress.)

How about you hang out in real life with this dude and feel things out? Stop the online flirting and take it to the real world. That’s the only way to know; flirting online is a waste of time, it’s ambiguous and confusing and completely subject to interpretation. Suggest you guys meet up for something casual— I usually suggest a beer, but coffee/tea works if you’re underage— and flirt with him there and see what his deal is. Only then will you know if he’s digging you or not.

Dating advice.

Someone asked:

I saw that you have a dating advice column. Maybe you can help me with my problem. There’s this guy I want to hook up with and I don’t know how to approach him about it I guess. We went on a few dates a couple of years ago but it didn’t go anywhere and we parted ways. I still think he’s cute but I’m definitely not interested in dating again. how do I do the booty call thing now?

Um, let’s see… So you went out with this guy, things fizzled out, and you’re still interested in doing him but not really dating him. And you want to know how to approach him about setting up some sort of FWB situation. Tricky question you’ve asked me…

Something tells me it was you who wasn’t interested in taking things further with him. You thought he was cute, maybe fun too, but not what you’re looking for, and that’s fine. But seeking him out for a hookup after you dated and it didn’t work is a bit insulting to him, if you ask me. Even if you just don’t want to date IN GENERAL, it’s going to come across as, “You’re good enough for me to fuck but not to date.” I’ve been on his shoes many, many times, and it’s not a nice feeling.

If things just fizzled out on both ends, you reaching out to him might come off to him as you wanting to date and he might accept your advances with that in mind. Having different expectations is bad for you, and as soon as you tell him you just want to hook up, he’ll probably (again) feel insulted.

If you decide to hook up with him really casually, he might take it as you being interested in him again, and then he’ll feel insulted when you tell him you only want his dick and not his heart.

So… No matter which way you look at it, odds are you will insult him with the proposal. Honestly, if there was something supremely special about this kid, you’d date him and that’s not what you want, so do you both a favor and just find another cute, fun guy who’s down to play your game. (And believe me, there are PLENTY.)

Take-out is so expensive!

But I guess that’s the price to pay for extra time to work.

Stressed out Milena brings on the waterworks.

My lab advisor has this face he puts on whenever he’s not happy with me— which is 75% of the time, because he expects me to know something or to have something that I don’t— and it just makes me tear up because it’s the most subtle way of telling me, “You’re fucking useless, aren’t you?” and I have to take it like a man and do as he says.

Last night we met and I told him I was coming down with something— I can work from bed, but I don’t have the energy to be gallivanting around— and that I probably wouldn’t work on this until today. Well, I managed to crunch some numbers out, and he was happy to hear that, but then when I said the slides weren’t ready— THE FACE.

“So what is the point of our meeting today, then?” he asked.

“Um… I’m still not clear on how we’re translating X to Y. We need to go over that,” I responded. This is the most important part of the project for me, because it is the one hole I have in my presentation and the other professors will surely catch it. Which is the point of our meeting yesterday, but instead we spent 2 hours going over numbers he wanted me to calculate. ARGH.

I cannot wait until Thursday afternoon.

Someone asked:

You have a tattoo?! I have never seen a pic of your tattoo and wondered about it so much because I am thinking of getting one of them as well and your tattoo can inspire me maybe. Also feel comfortable about your presentation. good luck.

I’ve never posted a pic of my tattoo because it requires taking my shirt off and I’m not about to post that up here. (Also, not that it’s super duper original, but I wouldn’t want anybody copying it anyway.) My tattoo is just some nice words that I want to live by, and I thought getting them tattooed would be a constant reminder. Maybe you can find something similar for yourself.

And thanks for the good wishes re: my oral report.