Introduce Yourself
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Hey Headrickianator (I can tell that’s going to be fun to learn-therefore I believe your name to be interesting, using my chemistry teacher’s definition) welcome to the forums. Please mind the gap as you alight from the Lurker Bus
JoAnn, you're a better woman than I. I only got through the undergrad. I looked at the masters and ran screaming. Now I'm trying to figure out what direction I want to go. Great heaps of fun.
I think they make it so frustrating to get into the program as a kind of rite of passage…
I believe this is the basic purpose of all graduate programs. It’s not higher education, it’s an endurance test.
And, hello, new folkses.
Thanks for the ukele and handshake borbaspinotti, and your right, a monkey butler would be a very kool aide. Perhaps I was unclear about the playlist. I was intrigued by the suggestion to add a little JoCo to my regular mix, as a way to introduce it to my closed-minded friends. The links will help slip in just a little to the rest of the songs. Then, when they think it's safe…
i also took a ba in psych. have yet to go back for more, although it is hypothetically planned at this point. so far i've made good use of it taking people down a few pegs on other, less educated internet forums, when they fail to properly interpret research findings reported ineptly in the mainstream media. I definitely feel like i got my money's worth.
I have a BA in Psychology too. It has turned out to be the perfect background for my career as a project manager. Project managing is, after all, just the science of getting people to all do what you want them to do.
My psych degree has been used to not kill my kids while they were growing up, for the most part. Now that they are grown I want my Masters so I can not kill other peoples kids :o) Actually I want to work with PTSD soldiers and possibly teens/military family members.
But saying “not kill other peoples kids” is a lot more funny, no?
The invasion of psychologists continues. Master in Psychology here (minor in statistics). Initially, I joined the forum to prepare myself for the recent NYC concert. It seems to me, especially after the show, that Jonathan Coulton draws a rather distinctive crowd and I guess I'll hang out here a bit more frequently in the future (soon). My real name is Johannes, but the internet knows me as Jutze. I'm from "over there" (Germany). Male, born in 1979.
How did I get here? My parents introduced me to Star Wars early on in my life. This led me to watch Episode I. Before I knew it I became a fan of Natalie Portman and another fan of hers (Scarlet, one of the smartest people on the planet, just for the record) introduced me to the music of Dar Williams. Searching for setlists of Dar Williams I came across a (mathematician's) blog that contained not only some setlists, but also appreciation for one of my favourite movies. When I saw Jonathan Coulton mentioned there as well, I visited his homepage. I was intrigued by songs like Ikea, The Future Soon, and Mandelbrot Set. Apart from the good music I was (and continue to be) very impressed by JoCo's way of dealing with the music business, the internet etc.
Meeting Jonathan after the NYC concert was a thrill and, well, I guess I'm a dedicated fan now.
Wilkommen Jutze! Ich hab in Deutchschland fur 6 Jahre gewohnt, im Kaiserslautern, Heidelberg und Karlsruhe- so where are you from? Cool, another shrink joins the group, and your name is essentially the masculine German form of mine, so that is probably how I will wind up thinking of you. Only thing is that I totally suck at statistics, and probably should take a class in it since it is 20 years since my last one.
Hi!
I am not, sadly, a psychologist. Only a lawyer, for which I’ll just apologize now. I was a psych major in college though, many moons ago, if that counts.I’m in NYC, was introduced to JoCo about a year ago, oddly enough through the Spiff WoW videos, which a friend of mine forced me to sit through, ending with my going to Coulton’s website that same night and buying every mp3 no the bloody thing. I’m in a World of Warcraft Horde guild called “Code Monkey Buy You Soda,” on the Rexxar server, which probably starts to elevate me from “fan” to “crazed otaku stalker.” I was blown away by the Highline show, which inspired me to come here and check out the forums. Next time around I hope to hang about a bit and try and get to know a few of the other forum monkeys.
So, yeah, Hi!
Spiff got me hooked on JoCo too, you are not alone in that. Mow I try to get folks to listen to my iPod for a small taste of his work…I feel like some sort of internet/iPod music form of the old dope peddlar now.
Hello!
The names Erin and Im from the fabulous state of Michigan (but not from Pontiac, of course). I’ve been lurking about in the forums and on the website for awhile, but finally seeing JoCo live this week has encouraged me to post on here. I’m also not a psychologist, but I sometimes get to play one for my distraught students (I’m a middle school teacher). My talents include making an idiot of myself in front of my students for educational purposes, angering my neighbors by playing Rock Band too loudly, and freezing up and not saying anything memorable/impressive when meeting Jonathan Coulton. I thought that since I failed so miserably in my attempt at conversation with him, Id come here and see if I could do any better. 🙂 So hi!
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