Z’s words of wisdom
Published April 19th, 2006 in MiscellaneousI was teaching my class the other day when one of my students made a mistake. She felt bad, and out of nowhere I said,
“God gave you ten fingers so you could learn nine lessons.”*
That definitely came from one of the shady areas of my brain I don’t visit often. Nevertheless, I thought it was quite brilliant. I keep hoping it’s a line people will one day use for their email signature, followed by a little “-z”.
My student… not so much. “What the hell would you do with just one finger???”
I doubt she expected that I’d yell, “POINT, TYPE AND CARRY PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS! BOOM! What’s up now???” She certainly seemed surprised when I spiked my dry erase marker right in front of her desk.
*I’m skeptical that this is an original line, but I’ve Googled it and haven’t found anything. My brother probably said it years ago; lucky for me he’ll never remember. In any case, I like it, and I’d be thrilled to see it in a fortune cookie one day.
If the above is true, you have just redeemed yourself.
what happened to the monkeys?
I tried, unsuccesfully, to download it several times then it disappeared
was I still in the doghouse from the Super Mario thing?
I fudged a bit on the scenario to protect all involved parties, but the essentials are the same. Gimme some of that sweet sweet redemption.
The monkeys had to go because the task of serving a 7 MB video file made my blog crap the bed. But if you want to see a video of a monkey slapping two tigers, email me at zach@underpantsontheoutside, and at the end of today I’ll send it out.
The last finger is reserved to flip off all those who front.
do you mean like people who front as nerds, but then get all nervous and uncomfortable when real nerd shit starts going down?
Don’t even question my nerd credentials just cause I can’t remember matrix math. I play Magic. That’s how I roll.
But you haven’t won any matches yet.
RUUUNDOGGLE
First of all, runeBoggle, with a B. Second of all, failing at Magic doesn’t make it any less nerdy (arguably more so). Third of all, I think my record as a nerd stands on its own, thank you.
Just because I made a spelling error, that does not decrease the severity of how hard GQ just RUNEBOGGLED you.
I would argue this point. My comment was not so much a dig at z as it was a comment on the nerd order in the world.
Z’s commentary on his experiences, as he has tried to return to his roots, is a perfect example. The day that z beats the know-it-all hands down, will only be trumped by the day he beats know-it-all with wonderwoman on his arm.*
My point is that I to have dreamed of the day I accomplished something that that would go down in the record books of nerdom.
I beat Mike Tysons Punch Out with no cheat, I once held the number one rank on a Battlefield 1942 server, and the day I modded my Xbox and was able to teach others to do the same, are all red badges of courage I wear with pride.
I do agree with Z that I often wonder if the two of us were seperated at birth but “brother” dont try to tell me sucking at Magic is better than owning people at Magic.
* Pix Plz.