# Notes to self.. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 1, 2002, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notes-to-self/134904 "2002-11-01T22:22:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notes-to-self/134904/1 "2002-11-01T22:22:37Z")
Notes to self: Stay away from the airport on Dec. 17. (if only because my sister’s coming home that day, hehehe) Read the blogspot every day, if I can. If I don’t, I’ll miss a lot. On the weekend, view that (presumably) hysterically funny movie **Spoz** emailed me about. Listen to that remix track that **Spoz** was telling me about… also on the weekend. Highlight things _before_ I put tape over whiteout and / or stickers. Take the bus earlier on Saturdays… last time, I was almost really late to Awana, and that won’t do for me. (maybe it’ll be easier now that a certain someone’s clock is put forward at the same time mine is chucked back, hehehehe) Start Christmas cards within the next week… and see if I can get it together enough to buy presents. (it’s a good thing I got my brother’s birthday / Christmas presents already) Read the _Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Encyclopedia of the Bizarre_ I got on Sunday. Call various people about get-togethers for their birthdays / whatever. Put myself on “invisible” in Yahoo whenever a certain someone logs in? (not who you think it is, either) Buy a bunch of stuff I need! No, I’m not linking to the cartoon short film or the track… if you really want to know, there are links given in the blogspot. F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notes-to-self/134904/2 "2002-11-01T22:30:06Z")
Ack! Darn coding. ---
**Author:** ![dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dreamer)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notes-to-self/134904/3 "2002-11-02T00:43:58Z")
Don’t forget today is November 1st and you have a certain thread you need to post… hint hint 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notes-to-self/134904/4 "2002-11-02T11:10:20Z")
Oh, I thought you were doing that. But I’ll get right on it before I need to go to bed. 🙂 F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notes-to-self/134904/5 "2002-11-02T11:34:45Z")
You do have a livejournal, don’t you? ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notes-to-self/134904/6 "2002-11-02T14:27:06Z")
Flami and Spoz, sittin in a tree… ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notes-to-self/134904/7 "2002-11-03T04:59:29Z")
**Francesca** … I doi happen to have one. The problem with me is that if I don’t write things down in a variety of places, I tend to forget them. That’s how it is. _sigh_ **dantheman** , it’s definitely not like that. How would he flirt with a computer program? 😉 F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Mnementh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mnementh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mnementh)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notes-to-self/134904/8 "2002-11-03T06:48:34Z")
Never try to swim in a puddle. It just makes you look silly. On second thought, swim in a puddle. Note people’s expressions. Stare at people at school. Note their expressions. Get really close to finding the secret of the universe, but get bored at the last minute and go play video games. Stay away from Radioshack. Despite what you may think, you did not invent duct tape. Despite what you may think, you are not omnipotent. Think of a way to become omnipotent. Tell no one. They will live to regret this. Repeat this aloud as often as possible. Stop… doing… anything. Floor is slippery when wet. Lake is slippery when dry. Sun is bright when lit properly. Okay. I’ll stop now. ---
**Author:** ![TVGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@TVGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notes-to-self/134904/9 "2002-11-03T17:12:07Z")
You’re parked in D-26. You’re parked in D-26. You’re parked in D-26. ---
**Author:** ![Anahita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9a28c/32.png) [@Anahita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anahita)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notes-to-self/134904/10 "2002-11-03T19:49:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Flamsterette\_X \* > \*\ ***Francesca** … I doi happen to have one. The problem with me is that if I don’t write things down in a variety of places, I tend to forget them. That’s how it is. _sigh_ > > F\_X \*\* Do they have to be in a public forum? There are diaries, on line and paper ones. I have several. I’d think having something written here and in LJ would be harder to remember, because you have to go and find that post to remember what you have to do, no? ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notes-to-self/134904/11 "2002-11-03T20:01:57Z")
Note to self: Remember, there are only 3.5 weeks left in the semester. Everyone else is stressed too. Get to the library early and monopolize a laptop all day long. This annoys undergrads a lot. Diet coke does have caffeine. So, when you have three cups of coffee and two twenty ounce diet cokes, don’t wonder why you’re wired. Make a hotel reservation in Atlanta for the three nights when you have to be in town for the rehearsal dinner/wedding. Otherwise you’ll be stuck without a place to stay and you’ll be sleeping in a car. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notes-to-self/134904/12 "2002-11-03T21:49:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anahita \* > Do they have to be in a public forum? > > There are diaries, on line and paper ones. I have several. > I’d think having something written here and in LJ would be harder to remember, because you have to go and find that post to remember what you have to do, no? I write things in my PDA and on post-its on my computer monitor. No need to specially navigate anywhere for that, and I’m at my computer a lot so I can just see the notes right there around the screen. ---
**Author:** ![RenegadeLibrarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f08c70/32.png) [@RenegadeLibrarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RenegadeLibrarian)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notes-to-self/134904/13 "2002-11-03T21:56:41Z")
Be gentle with your heart. Falling in love is just like any other kind of falling: roll with it or it tends to hurt. ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notes-to-self/134904/14 "2002-11-03T22:00:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TVGuy \* > \*\*You’re parked in D-26. You’re parked in D-26. You’re parked in D-26. \*\* Ghoddammit! Sure, she is, but I’m in F-18, and now I’ll never remember it. You owe me a car! ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notes-to-self/134904/15 "2002-11-03T22:12:45Z")
Whoa, man, you’re in an F-18?!? _ **Coool!** _ I mean, I didn’t even know they’d let civilians _have_ those! Does it still have the missiles? ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notes-to-self/134904/16 "2002-11-03T22:21:25Z")
Nah. It turns out that my third cousin, twice removed on my dad’s side once took a camel trip through Persia, so I didn’t get the security clearance. Stupid Persians. I hate cats. And rugs. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2002, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notes-to-self/134904/17 "2002-11-04T01:31:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anahita \* > \*\* > Do they have to be in a public forum? > > There are diaries, on line and paper ones. I have several. > I’d think having something written here and in LJ would be harder to remember, because you have to go and find that post to remember what you have to do, no? \*\* No, not really. It’s just that when I know I have it written down in a variety of places, I can remember at least one place where I have it as a reminder to myself. Of course if the notes were of an overly personal nature (which mine are not), then I wouldn’t post it anywhere, no? 😉 Thanks to everyone who grasped the intended nature of this thread… namely, to post your own “notes to self,” if need be. 😃 F\_X ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2002, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notes-to-self/134904/18 "2002-11-04T01:40:13Z")
You can get Post It notes for about two dollars and not waste any bandwidth. Just a little FYI. ---
**Author:** ![knock\_knock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/22d042/32.png) [@knock\_knock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knock_knock)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2002, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notes-to-self/134904/19 "2002-11-04T03:51:13Z")
**note to self** Buy tape recorder so you can make these jokes in public. ---
**Author:** ![F.Prefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cc9497/32.png) [@F.Prefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.Prefect)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2002, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notes-to-self/134904/20 "2002-11-04T05:50:19Z")
> [@](#): > > Get really close to finding the secret of the universe, but get bored at the last minute and go play video games. **Mnementh** just as well you stopped, “There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers what the universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another which states that this has already happened.” The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notes-to-self/134904.md?page=2)