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01/19/2008 11:35 #42950

Idea...Help?
Category: school
Hello friends...I know I have been neglecting you all, and now I have come to ask yet another favor. I am taking an ethnographic methods class (ie. qualitative research) and I have to eventually write a 20 page paper based on interviews of a select group that I choose... I have not cleared this with my Prof yet, but I was considering using you all for this little mini study. I think that online communities are all the rage :) and this would be the perfect size to do a small scale, localized study of such a group. Of course you would be completely anonomous...I guess I have to go through some board of blahdeeblah in order to get my research approved, so it will all be on the up and up....so you get this gist? I would of couse be wanting interviews...anywhere from an hour or more that would be recorded...and I would buy you coffee or lunch for your troubles. Again, this is not a sure thing yet, but if anyone would be willing to participate, please let me know so I can have an idea of whether or not this is feasable.
Thanks!
<3
leetee - 01/21/08 12:49
i will be a guinea pig. :O)
mrmike - 01/19/08 20:37
Sure
metalpeter - 01/19/08 16:35
That sounds like something that I would be willing to do. I can't make any promises cause I don't know what it is about and I don't know how our schedulles would line up.
jim - 01/19/08 14:00
Only if you hand out lolipops
drew - 01/19/08 13:58
sounds good to me.
imk2 - 01/19/08 13:38
oh fun! i had to do a similar thing for my senior seminar. i did mine with the refugees at vive la casa.
mike - 01/19/08 13:34
you could totally inteview me
paul - 01/19/08 12:12
That sounds awesome to me. If you need any automated data collection or stats stuff too, feel free to ask.

01/10/2008 21:06 #42826

yuck
ok, so i need to have a wisdom tooth pulled...i am pretty sure it should be a simple extraction...not needing an oral surgeon... however, i have no insurance and am therefore looking for recommendations for dentists who are reasonable cheap yet won't give me a staph infection. i am not one of those terrified of dentist types, but I have only been to one dentist in my whole life who went to my church and was friends of the fam, so this is new for me. Please help!
fellyconnelly - 01/11/08 09:36
(e:lauren) was informed that the UB dental clinic was alright except that the whole process is longer due to them stopping and explaining and asking questions all the time - also a large croud watching the whole procedure... that creeps her out i guess.... lol
paul - 01/10/08 21:53
Ya, I think UB is a great option for students. You should see about it.
james - 01/10/08 21:16
UB has a dental clinic. It may take a while to get an appointment but I have known several people go there and not come out deformed.

Which is as high a recommendation for a doctor as you are going to get the way doctor recommendations have been going on this site.
jim - 01/10/08 21:16
For $99 I'll do it. 50/50 chance on the staph thing though.

01/04/2008 13:17 #42748

what did i miss?
Category: elmwood
so felly and i returned a few days ago from our trip to lake george, only to find a giant gaping whole that was once a building on elmwood. anyone know what im talking about? it is one block north of Casa di Pizza but i can't for the life of me remember what was there. it looks like a fire, but we tried searching for it online and found nothing...i was hoping you all, being the wealth of knowledge that you are, could help me out on this. i guess i just nosy, but inquiring minds want to know!
fellyconnelly - 01/04/08 19:23
ah yes... the old pier one! we couldn't figure out what we were missing! thanks so much for settling our frantic crazed craziness!
james - 01/04/08 15:16
you missed a little demolition.

But we missed you ;_;
jim - 01/04/08 13:21
Is it next to the brick highrise apartment building? and across from Toro? If so Drew is right, they're partially demoliting the old Pier one and are turning it into a bank.
drew - 01/04/08 13:20
Is it the former Pier one? It will become a bank.

12/15/2007 12:46 #42524

Hellllllloooooooo
Dear friends, I am still alive, contrary to popular belief. Needless to say, the end of the semester was rough for me. I think that my ass and this chair are now the bestest of friends. For the last week I have to admit, I have shut down...spending my days watching marathons of America's Next Top Model and not showering... loads of fun! I think (e:james) put it best when he called it postpartum depression. I have no books to read, no classes to go...I feel useless and worthless and washed up. However, the funny thing is, I am not even done yet! I still have one more paper that is due the 18th which, for the last 5 days, I have successfully ignored. Part of me wishes I had just gotten it over and done with so I could really be done, but that just ain't the way I roll.

And I am sorry that felly and I missed the party. I think that might have been exactly what she needed to get into the chrismas spirit and for me to remember that there are real life, 3D human beings in Buffalo that I can converse with rather that stare at. Ah well.

All in all though, I am happy with how this, my first semester in grad school, turned out. I am still unsure about this whole bufalo/city thing but I think I can handle it at least for another 18 months. Then, who knows...the possibilities are endless.

Finally, for those of you who don't know, Jodie Foster is a big lesbian. This is what I do with my time.
drew - 12/16/07 07:12
I remember you!
james - 12/15/07 14:39
Crank that paper out and bask in the warm glow of nothingness!
We wished you were at the party. But we all knew that somewhere you were writing a paper and Felly was pimping phones. You were here in spirits.
paul - 12/15/07 13:57
Ya, we missed you at the party ;(

11/15/2007 11:32 #42138

Why not
Category: sex
I know this won't take long, so here we go

Highschool

Boy-S

College

Boy-V
Boy-K
Girl-L
Girl-Felly


Note..."sex" is tricky business. I would say that I had "sex" with a girl when I did the same things that I would not call sex if I did them with a boy. I do this to make myself feel better. Boy sex equals penile penetration (sorry felly) and girl sex equals oral sex and/or digital or toy penetration.
Pretty sad compared to Felly huh? ;)

paul - 11/15/07 11:56
Wow, if I was talking "lesbian girl" style my list would be long enough for me to need to wear a scarlette letter A on my userpic and include a bunch of people who I am couldn't exactly name the first letter of their name.