i panty-blogged, and apparently it's an unstoppable journey downwards after you've done that. but i need your help, dear readers (surprise surprise - can i ever make up my mind about something without consulting the blog?). i know it's january, but dammit, it's 55 degrees out, and i've been running past the lakefront beaches, and thus i am inspired to get a new bathing suit. plus i need some sweet shopping relief after all the work i've put into python today. lordy. but i can't decide between two, and tommy is no help. so if you don't mind, cast a vote:

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grazie.

or, trying to explain python to your hungover english major girlfriend:

pablohoney: functions look hard
halgernon: The words if then else and while all make sense in english
pablohoney: you say we already know one way to make variables contain mult values but i don't, what is it?
halgernon: Arrays are the way
pablohoney: oh yeah duh
halgernon: You could set different indexes in the array to the values you need to return
halgernon: Then return the array
pablohoney: that sentence makes no sense to me
halgernon: Ok, lemme rephrase
halgernon: If you had three values to return from a function
pablohoney: ok
halgernon: Like, let's say you had a LookUpShoe() function
halgernon: That you pass a model number
halgernon: And you want to return whether it's a mens or womens shoe, and the color
halgernon: You could say
halgernon: ShoeData = ['male','black']
halgernon: return ShoeData
halgernon: Make sense?
pablohoney: yes but i think my problem is that i dont understand programming at all
pablohoney: like where would y ou put that shoedata thing?
halgernon: It'll come back
pablohoney: i'm sure your tutorial is wonderful but i don't know if anyone with zero programming experience can understand it
pablohoney: at least, me
halgernon: That'd come in a function
halgernon: Yeah I was trying to walk a line between the programmers and new people
halgernon: But maybe I should take a step back and explain things more carefully
pablohoney: no, then you'd have to speak like you were talking to a retard
pablohoney: everyone else who is interested gets it fine i think
...
halgernon: Anyway, I think you will get it if you just ask questions
pablohoney: well you're nice to explain it to your girlfriend
halgernon: I appreciate that you want to learn my geeky stuff
halgernon: Seriously
pablohoney: it's HARD though
pablohoney: it's like a different way of thinking
halgernon: You'll get it, you're a brilliant girl
pablohoney: haha ok
halgernon: But that's the thing, once you get used to it it all snaps into place
pablohoney: this is coming from the girl who only got through high school senior computer science by manipulating the nerdy boy who sat next to her
halgernon: Well that option is still available
pablohoney: hehe
pablohoney: i can't have you cheat for me this time
pablohoney: i will learn python, goddammit
pablohoney: even if you constantly have to come up with shopping analogies to get me to understand
halgernon: I didn't do that to tailor it to you, actually
pablohoney: uh huh
halgernon: Shoes were just what came to mind
halgernon: And then I thought "shit, she'll think I'm being patronizing"
pablohoney: yes
pablohoney: but then i was like, ooh shoes