Top 3s


3 Favourite books from high school

  1. The Chrysalids
  2. The 5th Business
  3. Dragon Wing (Yeah, I’m in comp-sci, are you surprised I have nerdish tendencies?)

3 things I miss about Korea

  1. The bboy scene (no surprise here)
  2. The formal politeness and easy friendliness of the culture
  3. The crazy drinkin/dancing/craziness of the never-ending Korean night-life

3 Favourite courses I took at university

  1. CIS*4000 (Technical presentations) - I just love giving presentations. There’s just something awesome about taking a few papers worth of information (many hours of reading) and boiling it down to an informative and concise 15 minute presentation.
  2. MUSC*2150 (Music and Pop Culture) - I wish I’d been able to take this course with Jesse as well but I learnt (and probably also forgot) so much about many classic types of music that I’d never really bothered listening to. (though I still hate The Beatles…)
  3. ENGL*2740 (Children’s Literature) - made me buy a sweet book of nursery rhymes, with the original and messed up original rhymes. (ie: “Eeny meeny miney mo, catch a nigger by the toe,” wtf??!)

3 secrets you may not know or like about my beliefs

  1. I’m an anti-theist (I’m against the concept of religion in pretty much all forms)
  2. I’m an egalitarian (I think women’s rights are just as important as men’s rights. Hint: Chivalry is dead and that goes both ways)
  3. I think prostitution and marijuana should both be legalized.

My 3 favourite places to have a good, in-depth and possibly “edgy/offensive” conversation in Guelph.

  1. On the bus
  2. Vienna café
  3. The Arboretum

3 best breakfast places in Guelph (That I’ve been…)

  1. Vienna Café (delicious, awesome atmosphere and a metric shit-ton of food for reasonable $$$)
  2. Angel’s Diner (pretty darn good and cheap)
  3. Eggcetera (Nothing mind blowing and the wait’ll kill you but it’s maaaaaaaaad cheap son, like a bird)

My 3 worst bad habits (there’s more than 3, don’t worry…)

  1. Nail biting
  2. Not answering emails
  3. Not keeping on top of my to-do list

The 3 photos I’ve taken, that are on Flickr, that I think represent my photographic style

(man it was hard to pick just 3….)

Ok, now you all have an assignment. Comment on this post with a top 3 (or two, or three, …) of your own :)

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Written by:
Laila
Posted on:
May 14, 2008 at 1:01 pm

Ok…so I totally want to do this top 3 list, but I don’t actually know you and just happened upon this blog…is that weird?

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Written by:
Chris Marlow
Posted on:
May 14, 2008 at 11:30 pm

Not at all :) In fact, I encourage this behaviour! :)

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Written by:
Laila
Posted on:
May 15, 2008 at 5:47 am

Laila’s Top 3 List (some are adapted from yours)

Top 3 Favourite Books:
1) The Sacred Balance - David Suzuki (fostered my awareness of the interconnectedness of all things)
2)The Fifth Child - Doris Lessing (so well written that you can almost ‘feel’ the characters and events)
3)Alias Grace - Margaret Atwood (don’t remember the details, but it was good - both times)

Top 3 Things I Miss About Living in the Country:
1)Water that actually quenches your thirst and doesn’t taste like chlorine or chemicals
2)The smell of clean, fresh air - thick with the scent of pine
3)the peace of being alone in nature, able to concentrate and reflect (without the constant chaos found in the city)

Top 3 Lessons I Learned in University:
1)Social constructions are everywhere! - that many aspects of the world in which we live are socially created and that becoming aware of these constructions can allow you to carve out your own renegade-type existence - if you so choose!
2)The sense of satisfaction and self-worth you get from hard work and perseverance is exceptional
3)Even when you think that there is no way you can do something and you have lost all hope - you can.

Top 3 Favourite Quotes:
1) “Be the change you wish to see in the world” - Ghandi
2) “The soul unfolds itself like a lotus of countless petals” - Khalil Gibran
3)Any of the “Deep Thoughts” by Jack Handey quotes — too funny!

Top 3 Pet Peeves:
1)Mascots
2)The sound of styrofoam being ‘handled’
3)Littering

Top 3 Songs for Today:
1)The Only One I Know - Mark Ronson feat. Robbie Williams
2)You’re Gonna Leave - Stephen Marley
3)Don’t Play the Fool - Freddie McGregor

Top 3 Things I Used to Buy, But Now I Make:
1)Natural Lip Balm
2)Natural Body Cream
3)Natural Conditioner

Top 3 Favourite Stores in Guelph:
1)Harmony
2)Shakti
3)The Stone Store

-How can I post pics too!?

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Written by:
Chris Marlow
Posted on:
May 15, 2008 at 10:42 am

you can try writing tags in html but I think it’s probably disabled. Sorry, guess there’s a no go on that one. Good lists though :P

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Jason
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May 16, 2008 at 6:07 am

3 Favourite books from high school
- Hamlet
- lord of the flies
- to kill a mockingbird

3 things I miss about…. Guelph?
- Cheap beers
- Downtown Guelph’s character (always something to photograph)
- Guelph Friends

3 Favourite courses I took at university
- Databases (cis 3530)
- software engineering (cis 3200)
- trends in distributed systems (cis 4100)

3 secrets you may not know or like about my beliefs
- I’m offended by smokers
- I eat 2 meals a day. 3 is usually pushing it
- I get depressed if I’m not active through running, dancing, etc.

My 3 favourite places to have a good, in-depth and possibly “edgy/offensive” conversation in Guelph.
- Dance practice
- Yoga
- Jasper’s place

3 best breakfast places in Guelph
- Angels
- my kitchen
- mountain cafe

My 3 worst bad habits
- procrastination
- complaining
- purchasing shoes

The 3 photos I’ve taken, that are on Flickr, that I think represent my photographic style
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/jswaby/2017512824/
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/jswaby/1386311568/
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/jswaby/2415138001/

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Laila
Posted on:
May 16, 2008 at 12:47 pm

Oh, so Jason - you are getting in on this too I see! Well then here are some of my pictures…
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=36793&l=13c87&id=508885372
(hope that link works) — bask in the glory of them I say!!! ;) (let me know which one is your favorite with a comment maybe?)

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meg'n
Posted on:
May 18, 2008 at 4:26 pm

MARLOW! I stumbled upon your site tonight for the first time - FUN WOW! Here is my contribution to the lists, it is somewhat lengthy because I’m super bored tonight.

3 things I learned in my undergrad years:
-just because someone can’t see your face and tell you they love you, doesn’t mean they are wavering in their love for you
-stress can cause you a great deal of physical illness and pain
-it is possible to build meaningful relationships with people even when you are a grouchy, melancholy mess of misplaced and delayed teen angst with limited desire to accept someone new into your life, especially if you are always honest and upfront

3 things I am learning as a grad student:
-honest and upfront are not synonymous with clear and straightforward
-a lack of healthy, motivating stress can make you a drunken slacker who won’t ever be able to prove themselves a leader
-it can be difficult to build a meaningful relationship with someone even when they seem to like and respect you

My 3 least favourite places to have an edgy/offensive conversation:
-the solarium at the 9hole
-the Weeds Lab where I work on campus
-um… the solarium at the 9hole

3 favourite things to do while drunk:
-listen to my friends play guitar/ukelele/drums/whatevs
-HUG and KISS! And SMILE SMILE SMILE
-chat and laugh with my granddad about the things we like, and try/fail to keep up with him in drinking

3 favourite things to do while stoned:
-swim naked
-listen to The Who-Won’t be Fooled Again
-read Kerouac’s journals and pretend he has penned the words of my own soul

3 things I suck at that I wish I could improve:
-being creative
-knowing how my words and actions are going to affect people
-exhibiting grace in any capacity, not in words or movement or any other way imaginable

3 favourite songs today:
-Jeff Buckley-Lover, You Should Have Come Over
-Beach Boys- Good Vibrations
-Beirut- Mount Wroclai (Idle Days)

3 interesting/strange things about me you may not know:
-I hate putting things in my right hand pockets, of jackets or pants or anything, and I deal with this pocket dilemma every day
-I love pretty much everyone I have ever spent time with, and it causes me tons of stress
-I often have nightmares about entire cities of people running and running, and trying unsuccessfully to hide from power-hungry, violent humans or humanoids…eeeeeek

PEACE!

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Written by:
meg'n
Posted on:
May 18, 2008 at 4:29 pm

Weird. The time stamp on my post is WAY off..it is 3:28 am.