A week and a half ago, our computer, P.B., crashed. P.B. is a seven-year-old desktop Mac, one of the white gooseneck models. I usually call him Plastic Baby, but his formal name for company is Pangur Bán, Irish for "White Pangur." It's the title of a medieval poem written by an Irish monk to his cat some 1,200 years ago. (Wikipedia says that pangur means "waulker," but I've also come across the theory that "Pangur" was an Irish pronunciation of "Peter." Either way, it was apparently a common cat name.) When I first read the poem as a college student at Trinity, I was struck by its sweet simplicity. The last verse opens a little slit in time to that monk, hunched over an illuminated Gospel, patiently nursing his tiny light against the darkness. With his white cat by his side.
I'd like to say it's even better in the original Irish, but I've forgotten how to do anything in Irish beyond count to ten, and now I can't pronounce the original verses without getting my tongue caught in my larynx.
P.B. came back from the Powerbook Guy this afternoon, brand-new hard drive, data fully restored. Here's the poem for him.
Pangur Bán
I and Pangur Bán my cat,
Tis a like task we are at:
Hunting mice is his delight,
Hunting words I sit all night.
Better far than praise of men
Tis to sit with book and pen;
Pangur bears me no ill will,
He too plies his simple skill.
Tis a merry thing to see
At our tasks how glad are we,
When at home we sit and find
Entertainment to our mind.
Oftentimes a mouse will stray
In the hero Pangur's way;
Oftentimes my keen thought set
Takes a meaning in its net.
'Gainst the wall he sets his eye
Full and fierce and sharp and sly;
'Gainst the wall of knowledge I
All my little wisdom try.
When a mouse darts from its den
O how glad is Pangur then!
O what gladness do I prove
When I solve the doubts I love!
So in peace our tasks we ply,
Pangur Bán, my cat, and I;
In our arts we find our bliss,
I have mine and he has his.
Practice every day has made
Pangur perfect in his trade;
I get wisdom day and night
Turning darkness into light.
I'd like to say it's even better in the original Irish, but I've forgotten how to do anything in Irish beyond count to ten, and now I can't pronounce the original verses without getting my tongue caught in my larynx.
P.B. came back from the Powerbook Guy this afternoon, brand-new hard drive, data fully restored. Here's the poem for him.
Pangur Bán
I and Pangur Bán my cat,
Tis a like task we are at:
Hunting mice is his delight,
Hunting words I sit all night.
Better far than praise of men
Tis to sit with book and pen;
Pangur bears me no ill will,
He too plies his simple skill.
Tis a merry thing to see
At our tasks how glad are we,
When at home we sit and find
Entertainment to our mind.
Oftentimes a mouse will stray
In the hero Pangur's way;
Oftentimes my keen thought set
Takes a meaning in its net.
'Gainst the wall he sets his eye
Full and fierce and sharp and sly;
'Gainst the wall of knowledge I
All my little wisdom try.
When a mouse darts from its den
O how glad is Pangur then!
O what gladness do I prove
When I solve the doubts I love!
So in peace our tasks we ply,
Pangur Bán, my cat, and I;
In our arts we find our bliss,
I have mine and he has his.
Practice every day has made
Pangur perfect in his trade;
I get wisdom day and night
Turning darkness into light.
- 01:48 Things I learned from @KingOblivionPhD: A situation can always be made better through R&B sensation, Boyz 2 Men. #
- 12:02 @talestoenrage www.the-iss.com/2008/04/metro_city.php #
- 12:03 @talestoenrage Also, I haven't actually played Street Fighter 4. How is it? #
- 22:23 @talestoenrage That sounds pretty disappointing. Generally Capcom was pretty good about careful balance. #
- 22:23 @talestoenrage I guess they slacked now that they're basically the only game in town. Well, that and even in Japan, arcades are dying. #
- 22:25 @theisb I know people always make vampires fight werewolves, but as you read twilight, imagine how much better it would be with luchadors. #
- 22:54 @talestoenrage Vampires. I see the vampire and the luchador as natural enemies. #
- 22:55 @talestoenrage This is based entirely on the fact that El Santo fought Dracula in one of his movies once. #
- 22:58 @talestoenrage Aha! Wikipedia has told me that once Santo and Blue Demon teamed up to take on Dracula and the Wolf Man. #
- 22:58 @talestoenrage However, Santo fought Dracula twice, and also twice battled the Vampire Women. #
- 22:59 @talestoenrage Then, Son of Santo fought the Vampire Women again. It's generational. #
- 22:59 @talestoenrage And while I like the werewolf angle, here's why I like vampires more. #
- 23:01 @talestoenrage "Oh look at me! I'm all broody and angsty! The world is suffering and-" BAM! HURRICANRANA! #
- 23:02 @talestoenrage It was also in the original Bram Stoke novel, but Vampires are vulnerable to garlic, stakes, and top-rope planchas. #
- 23:10 @talestoenrage It isn't talked up much in the original novel, but Van Helsing actually had a wicked missile dropkick. #
- 23:44 I legitimately am happy that Firefox still has my "Find" bar up, and in that bar are the letters, "Drac" from when I was looking up Dracula. #
- 22:23 I made 5-minute fudge tonight in 2 flavors: Blackberry Amaretto and Peppermint. I am excited to taste the results!
- 22:29 3.5c chocochip, 16oz sweetnd condnsd milk, 2tbsp liqueur/flavor. Chips&milk in bowl. Microwv 30sec until chips melted. Chill in lined pan 2h
- 03:06 twitpic.com/ra7b4 - All hail FSM!
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I think the CBC blew half its budget on The Tudors because the whole time that I lived in Toronto, every bus and every subway car was plastered with Jonathan Rhys Meyers' pouting face and ten yards of cleavage. I believe we've all learned a valuable lesson here, and that is William Cecil may have been a crack statesman, but if he wants to me to give a shit about him he better start hitting the gym.
stoorree
Yesterday was Black Friday...I know a lot of people are going to end up doing some holiday shopping, regardless of what holiday it's for. So, here's a bunch of people who I know, even liminally, that would appreciate the funds more than, say, your local Wally World.
In no particular order:
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raoin makes lovely jewelry and will likely do custom work if asked nicely. She has an Etsy, which is probably a good place to start for the custom work.
mahajarabali draws commissions, writes and makes comics. Two of them. AND makes dolls and things.
oletheros writes occasionally mind-bending comics, and gives me work drawing them.
primaldog makes totem jewelry from legally-obtained bones and teeth, and donates much of the proceeds from said to charities involving wolves and coyotes, or veterans' benefits.
raidingparty makes crazy games.
greygirlbeast is possibly my favourite author, and as such writes books that I cannot recommend enough. Check out her Ebay auctions for rarities, and her partner humglum is making cute Cephalopodmas ornaments from paperclay.
deathboy makes awesome darkwave breakbeat-based musics. Along with being the only person I've known who has fully conjugated the word 'cunt' successfully.
fetishpunk writes industrial and fetish fiction, and it's all pretty awesome. He's got a new n*vel (his spelling) up for preordering.
diosa_en_disfra takes lovely nude pictures (that means that link is not worksafe), and has a book of them out.
lupabitch works for a small press and makes crafts from fur (scraps and upcycles from thrift store finds), leather and bone.
moonvoice makes lovely totem and faerie tale art.
karmazain makes traditional hoodoo oils, soaps, candles, jewelry, and other things as well. She has an Ebay store and her own site for readings and the like. And if you live near me, she's local.
If you're going to use Amazon, go through the links at Need Coffee, as then it benefits someone other than the Big A, sign up for their feed at![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/syndicated.gif)
needcoffee_rss, or become a member.
And, of course, I'm open for work, too. Digital or physical, but get to me soon if the latter, because shipping takes time. :D
Here's hoping I haven't forgotten anyone. If I have, it's not personal. I just didn't sleep well. :D
In no particular order:
raoin makes lovely jewelry and will likely do custom work if asked nicely. She has an Etsy, which is probably a good place to start for the custom work.mahajarabali draws commissions, writes and makes comics. Two of them. AND makes dolls and things.oletheros writes occasionally mind-bending comics, and gives me work drawing them.primaldog makes totem jewelry from legally-obtained bones and teeth, and donates much of the proceeds from said to charities involving wolves and coyotes, or veterans' benefits.raidingparty makes crazy games.greygirlbeast is possibly my favourite author, and as such writes books that I cannot recommend enough. Check out her Ebay auctions for rarities, and her partner humglum is making cute Cephalopodmas ornaments from paperclay.deathboy makes awesome darkwave breakbeat-based musics. Along with being the only person I've known who has fully conjugated the word 'cunt' successfully.fetishpunk writes industrial and fetish fiction, and it's all pretty awesome. He's got a new n*vel (his spelling) up for preordering.diosa_en_disfra takes lovely nude pictures (that means that link is not worksafe), and has a book of them out.lupabitch works for a small press and makes crafts from fur (scraps and upcycles from thrift store finds), leather and bone.moonvoice makes lovely totem and faerie tale art.karmazain makes traditional hoodoo oils, soaps, candles, jewelry, and other things as well. She has an Ebay store and her own site for readings and the like. And if you live near me, she's local.If you're going to use Amazon, go through the links at Need Coffee, as then it benefits someone other than the Big A, sign up for their feed at
needcoffee_rss, or become a member.And, of course, I'm open for work, too. Digital or physical, but get to me soon if the latter, because shipping takes time. :D
Here's hoping I haven't forgotten anyone. If I have, it's not personal. I just didn't sleep well. :D
- Mood:
awake...as in 'why am I?'
My brain could tell I needed to be happy last night, btw. I dreamt about hanging out with my family... and kittens. Lots of kittens. Seriously.
And now I see this...
KITTENS!
And now I see this...
KITTENS!
My head is killing me, but I'm okay.
I was foolish yesterday to not eat before I went out. I didn't even think. I'll be wiser from now on. Learn from my mistakes.
And realize that there are issues that I'm not over. I thought I was, but... apparently not.
Woke up with the lyrics "just open your eyes and see that life is beautiful" repeating over and over in my head. And I believe it.
I was foolish yesterday to not eat before I went out. I didn't even think. I'll be wiser from now on. Learn from my mistakes.
And realize that there are issues that I'm not over. I thought I was, but... apparently not.
Woke up with the lyrics "just open your eyes and see that life is beautiful" repeating over and over in my head. And I believe it.
FOR ALMOST THIRTY YEARS!
Fun fact: when the sex abuse scandals broke in Boston, then Cardinal Bernard Law tried to claim the police had no right to seize any church records documenting his or other officials of the abuse because it was a "church matter" and wanted to hide behind separation of church and state protections.
The fact that man never went to trial, much less prison, is nothing short of a travesty. I really hope Ireland doesn't make the same mistake.
Fun fact: when the sex abuse scandals broke in Boston, then Cardinal Bernard Law tried to claim the police had no right to seize any church records documenting his or other officials of the abuse because it was a "church matter" and wanted to hide behind separation of church and state protections.
The fact that man never went to trial, much less prison, is nothing short of a travesty. I really hope Ireland doesn't make the same mistake.
Dream. I'm in an abandoned factory. I think there might be someone there, exploring with me. We don't have flashlights, and it's night, but we can see. There's some light, like street lights, in most of it. Old emergency lights. Things like that. I know, somehow, it's a glass factory.
We go deeper and deeper in, until I'm not sure I can get out again with ease, but I'm too fascinated. I see a wire cage, around a vent or crawlspace opening. It's in a recessed area in the floor, like a cement pit. Where that crawlspace goes is not known; it's utterly black. As I watch, a claw, like a larger human finger, curls around one of the wires of the cage. Something attached to that claw may or may not try to speak to me.
I run to whoever I was there with. I find them in the largest area of the place, and after jibbering a bit about 'claws', I realise that they're watching a play. It's pretty loose; you can sit somewhere in what they are using for scenery, and watch. The performers are all young men, dressed in *real* industrial wear, not the Lip Service kind but foundry boots and welding leathers or grey Dickies, some bare-chested. They're performing what I just did; the finding of the monster in the depths of the place. The monster is an attractive young man, shaved-head and baby-faced, who is actually a monster. The claws were real, his whole arm's covered in scales, and they've all lived here for years.
They want us to join them. Creativity is part of the deal; I wonder if there's a place for me to have a studio, somewhere in there.
There's a story in here. Pickman's Monstrous Industrial Art Collective, or something.
Slept okay once I got there.wolven's coughing kept him restless, which kept me having to wrestle blankets back or something. The moment he wakes up and gets bored enough to move downstairs, I'm opening windows, lighting incense and washing those sheets. It smells like sick in there.
We go deeper and deeper in, until I'm not sure I can get out again with ease, but I'm too fascinated. I see a wire cage, around a vent or crawlspace opening. It's in a recessed area in the floor, like a cement pit. Where that crawlspace goes is not known; it's utterly black. As I watch, a claw, like a larger human finger, curls around one of the wires of the cage. Something attached to that claw may or may not try to speak to me.
I run to whoever I was there with. I find them in the largest area of the place, and after jibbering a bit about 'claws', I realise that they're watching a play. It's pretty loose; you can sit somewhere in what they are using for scenery, and watch. The performers are all young men, dressed in *real* industrial wear, not the Lip Service kind but foundry boots and welding leathers or grey Dickies, some bare-chested. They're performing what I just did; the finding of the monster in the depths of the place. The monster is an attractive young man, shaved-head and baby-faced, who is actually a monster. The claws were real, his whole arm's covered in scales, and they've all lived here for years.
They want us to join them. Creativity is part of the deal; I wonder if there's a place for me to have a studio, somewhere in there.
There's a story in here. Pickman's Monstrous Industrial Art Collective, or something.
Slept okay once I got there.
wolven's coughing kept him restless, which kept me having to wrestle blankets back or something. The moment he wakes up and gets bored enough to move downstairs, I'm opening windows, lighting incense and washing those sheets. It smells like sick in there.- Mood:
curious
I fail at life.
How could I ever be loved?
God I need to be held. I was tonight for a while and... God, thank you... I just... I don't know what all I revealed to my friends tonight, but... I think it was all stuff I needed to say. I'm just scared and vulnerable and... sick. Sick and frightened.
I wish like hell I could be held tonight and sleep in the arms of another.
Fuck.
I intended tonight to be a happy thing and somehow I failed that. I'll need to try again later but tonight... tonight is torturing me.
Hold me and tell me I'm not a monster... tell me I deserve to live...
Fuck.
How could I ever be loved?
God I need to be held. I was tonight for a while and... God, thank you... I just... I don't know what all I revealed to my friends tonight, but... I think it was all stuff I needed to say. I'm just scared and vulnerable and... sick. Sick and frightened.
I wish like hell I could be held tonight and sleep in the arms of another.
Fuck.
I intended tonight to be a happy thing and somehow I failed that. I'll need to try again later but tonight... tonight is torturing me.
Hold me and tell me I'm not a monster... tell me I deserve to live...
Fuck.
- Mood:
drunk
The soup made from the leftover turkey legs was a huge success. A reminder for next time, though; even if the bones and tendons and such are going to be part of it for the broth, pull the meat off beforehand. Don't just drop whole drumsticks in the crock pot. It's much harder to get it off there when it's too hot to hold.
wolven has been laid out by surprise-SARS. Or something. He managed to find someone to take his shift tomorrow, but by the time it had become more than an annoying maybe-thing that wouldn't go away, anywhere that might help was closed. I don't think it helped that he was freaking out, trying to find that replacement, and that his mom was freaking out because he's sick, but after we took care of the cats, ran around town trying to find an open Minute Clinic or similar, and stopped at the Kroger for a couple of things, he pretty much just ate a little soup and steamed himself in the shower before passing out.
I'm avoiding going to bed because, well, he's sick. And I don't want to sleep downstairs because downstairs is cold. Although I guess should be okay if I face away from him. I have a feeling that what he's got is an elevated form of the coughing almost-thing I had a week or so ago.
Was woken early today. I don't think I can keep myself up much longer.
wolven has been laid out by surprise-SARS. Or something. He managed to find someone to take his shift tomorrow, but by the time it had become more than an annoying maybe-thing that wouldn't go away, anywhere that might help was closed. I don't think it helped that he was freaking out, trying to find that replacement, and that his mom was freaking out because he's sick, but after we took care of the cats, ran around town trying to find an open Minute Clinic or similar, and stopped at the Kroger for a couple of things, he pretty much just ate a little soup and steamed himself in the shower before passing out.I'm avoiding going to bed because, well, he's sick. And I don't want to sleep downstairs because downstairs is cold. Although I guess should be okay if I face away from him. I have a feeling that what he's got is an elevated form of the coughing almost-thing I had a week or so ago.
Was woken early today. I don't think I can keep myself up much longer.
- Mood:
tired
- 14:05 So, any of you who happen to be in the Greensboro area: Bendis, Oeming, and Mack will be at Acme comics for a signing. Like, today. #
- 23:14 @theisb So in your imaginary Twilight has the Undertaker shown up to cut a promo on Edward? At the Royal Rumble will Edward rest..in peace? #
- 23:19 @theisb To be fair, I'm sure Edward/Taker would be a better match than Big Bossman/Taker. #
- 23:49 When the hell did it become okay to play Creed again? #
The fourth Girls With Slingshots book is out and it's all about the wedding storyline. Since a few people have asked, I thought I'd go ahead and say it - yes, ALL the S*P/Girls With Slingshots crossover strips are in it. To my knowledge (could be wrong), this includes the few build up strips with Davan signing the wedding album, and Vanessa relaying her nervousness about him going.
All proceeds go to the Keep Danielle Corsetto From Being Sober Foundation - dedicated to keeping a young female cartoonist plied with liquor.
All proceeds go to the Keep Danielle Corsetto From Being Sober Foundation - dedicated to keeping a young female cartoonist plied with liquor.
- 22:07 Didn't eat any turkey today, but did have ice cream from @TurkeyHillDairy
- 00:33 This really touched me. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGK84Poeynk
- 06:53 Proud of self, awake at 6:41 without an alarm and on the bus by 6:51.
- 20:28 Cleaning Frenzy, beer purchase thanks to the car of @tychoish. The most appropriate tune just came on random- Tom Lehrer's "Christmas Carol"
- 20:30 Also, anyone need a google wave invite?
Long about 5:00 this evening, I was sitting in a crowded lecture theatre listening to a professor with a weird accent drone on about the trial of Socrates. Suddenly, somewhere in the room, a cell phone went off. And not just any cell phone - a cell phone with Barbie Girl for a ringtone!
Everybody loled.
Later that same lecture, somebody outside in the hallway screamed. The lecture came to a squealing halt and a bunch of people ran out to see what had happened. Turned out a girl saw a mouse in the hall.
Everybody loled again.
Everybody loled.
Later that same lecture, somebody outside in the hallway screamed. The lecture came to a squealing halt and a bunch of people ran out to see what had happened. Turned out a girl saw a mouse in the hall.
Everybody loled again.
- Mood:
amused
Yeah, the dates are outta order - filling gaps.
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- Mood:
amused
the second printing of the pfsc book arrives next week, you'll need to order it soon if you want it for christmastimes
santana v. - totensamba
The following is a "history" collected by teachers throughout the United States, from eighth grade through college level.
The inhabitants of ancient Egypt were called mummies. They lived in the Sarah Dessert and traveled by Camelot. The climate of the Sarah is such that the inhabitants have to live elsewhere, so areas of the dessert are cultivated by irritation. The Egyptians built the Pyramids in the shape of a huge triangular cube. The Pyramids are a range of mountains between France and Spain.
( Learn more history! )
The inhabitants of ancient Egypt were called mummies. They lived in the Sarah Dessert and traveled by Camelot. The climate of the Sarah is such that the inhabitants have to live elsewhere, so areas of the dessert are cultivated by irritation. The Egyptians built the Pyramids in the shape of a huge triangular cube. The Pyramids are a range of mountains between France and Spain.
( Learn more history! )
- Mood:
chipper
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( Late but still awesome. Thanksgiving night flowchart. )
Post-thanksgiving was traditionally, before I moved here, a night for stupid adventure with a bunch of equally restless post-dinner friends. So, appropriate.
Post-thanksgiving was traditionally, before I moved here, a night for stupid adventure with a bunch of equally restless post-dinner friends. So, appropriate.
- Music:Bif Naked-The Peacock Song
Okay, if I've tried to talk to you on Google Wave, you've responded, and not heard from me in over a week, it's because my computer is 'speshul', and it's only recently behaving again with the Google Wave. It *was* freezing and crashing on that page before it could even load conversations, when I tried to use it. I think a recent Java or Firefox update helped it behave.
I have invites. Eight of them. Let me know if you missed out onwolven's set. I'm too lazy to divide them between here & Twitter like he did.
Plans to hide from Black Friday aren't quite happening. Groceries are needed, and kitties need to be fed and taken care of. Two leftover turkey drumsticks, as well as many leftover potatoes and mushrooms, are going into the crockpot with more veggies and some hot stuff tonight (red peppers, chili powder, etc.) and getting turned into spicy stew.
I dreamed of living in something like The Village, but one with a much simpler kind of trickery in which they either forced you to pay exorbitant prices for water, to have a garden, or for the produce required to stay healthy. So, 'Whole Foods' The Village'? Of discussing with someone how to pirate water, enough to keep plants from drying up within a day in the desert.
Trying not to vent about spite-filled, passive aggressive people here. It's not my workplace, it'swolven's, but it's been stuck in my mind, and the early-PMS apathetic and mopey me is morphing into the later-PMS more driven and aggressive me. So, you know, any punching bag in a storm, but deserving ones first.
I have invites. Eight of them. Let me know if you missed out on
wolven's set. I'm too lazy to divide them between here & Twitter like he did.Plans to hide from Black Friday aren't quite happening. Groceries are needed, and kitties need to be fed and taken care of. Two leftover turkey drumsticks, as well as many leftover potatoes and mushrooms, are going into the crockpot with more veggies and some hot stuff tonight (red peppers, chili powder, etc.) and getting turned into spicy stew.
I dreamed of living in something like The Village, but one with a much simpler kind of trickery in which they either forced you to pay exorbitant prices for water, to have a garden, or for the produce required to stay healthy. So, 'Whole Foods' The Village'? Of discussing with someone how to pirate water, enough to keep plants from drying up within a day in the desert.
Trying not to vent about spite-filled, passive aggressive people here. It's not my workplace, it's
wolven's, but it's been stuck in my mind, and the early-PMS apathetic and mopey me is morphing into the later-PMS more driven and aggressive me. So, you know, any punching bag in a storm, but deserving ones first.- Mood:
irritated - Music:Combichrist-Enjoy the Abuse
Random odd note:
I frequently get motion sickness during movies, at least when I see them in theatres. When I saw PotC 3, I felt queasy. When I saw Cloverfield, I had to stagger out of the theatre and throw up. The first time I saw Star Trek, I had to stagger out of the theatre and throw up - I then went back in and watched the rest of the movie, and the second and third times I saw it, I was smart enough to take gravol first. I have learned from this experience and I'm gonna dope myself up real damn good before Avatar.
But this effect tends to vanish when I'm watching the movies on a small screen. I've watched the PotC movies plenty of times without any ill effects. Star Trek in DVD form has no effect on me. But last night I watched Cloverfield for a second time, and I had to turn it off every twenty minutes because I started feeling sick. Dude, when your movie makes me nauseous on my laptop screen, you're overdoing the shakycam.
Another random odd note:
A few weeks ago I had the sniffles and I was going, "oh, god, here it comes, this is the piggy flu", but the sniffles went away and nothing ever materialized. Now I have a sore throat, and part of me is going, "oh, god, here it comes, this is the piggy flu" while another part doubts it. I actually kind of hope it is... I'd rather get the stupid bug and have it over with than sit around worrying about it every time I sneeze.
I frequently get motion sickness during movies, at least when I see them in theatres. When I saw PotC 3, I felt queasy. When I saw Cloverfield, I had to stagger out of the theatre and throw up. The first time I saw Star Trek, I had to stagger out of the theatre and throw up - I then went back in and watched the rest of the movie, and the second and third times I saw it, I was smart enough to take gravol first. I have learned from this experience and I'm gonna dope myself up real damn good before Avatar.
But this effect tends to vanish when I'm watching the movies on a small screen. I've watched the PotC movies plenty of times without any ill effects. Star Trek in DVD form has no effect on me. But last night I watched Cloverfield for a second time, and I had to turn it off every twenty minutes because I started feeling sick. Dude, when your movie makes me nauseous on my laptop screen, you're overdoing the shakycam.
Another random odd note:
A few weeks ago I had the sniffles and I was going, "oh, god, here it comes, this is the piggy flu", but the sniffles went away and nothing ever materialized. Now I have a sore throat, and part of me is going, "oh, god, here it comes, this is the piggy flu" while another part doubts it. I actually kind of hope it is... I'd rather get the stupid bug and have it over with than sit around worrying about it every time I sneeze.
- Mood:
tired
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this is on my christmas list
and I swear I will stop updating LJ... I'm just a bit wired right now. Energy drink. The crash will happen soon enough and I'll go to bed and leave you be.
and I swear I will stop updating LJ... I'm just a bit wired right now. Energy drink. The crash will happen soon enough and I'll go to bed and leave you be.
Random note after looking at old Head Trip comics, and new ones...
The difference in art quality...
I'm both horrified and proud of myself.
And excited about how it will look after another few years of practice. ;)
The difference in art quality...
I'm both horrified and proud of myself.
And excited about how it will look after another few years of practice. ;)
Head Trip - Timing Is Everything, pt 2
(EDIT: oh hey dumbass it's part 2, not 1. wake up.)
As a random note, noticing the icons I use on this journal... dear God my art has made some changes.
Anyway, hope those of you that did the turkey holiday thing had fun. Hope you're not fool enough to go out shopping on Friday.
- Shinga
(EDIT: oh hey dumbass it's part 2, not 1. wake up.)
As a random note, noticing the icons I use on this journal... dear God my art has made some changes.
Anyway, hope those of you that did the turkey holiday thing had fun. Hope you're not fool enough to go out shopping on Friday.
- Shinga
I am so tempted to decorate for Christmas first thing tomorrow.
Because God knows I'm avoiding going anywhere... fucking Black Friday, day of doom... well I am going one place but it's only my aunt and uncle's place because they're giving me a microwave and hey, why turn that down, right?
... Though theoretically I could just pick it up Saturday instead.
But yeah, IT'S CHRISTMAS DECORATING TIME, BITCHES. I'd wait until December but if I do that I'll end up putting it off until December 26th, which will just be awkward.
So, my Thanksgiving was good!dmo214 was part of my family for a day and they were cool with that. We like randomly pretending we're related to minorities, it's like a game for us.
But seriously, yeah, good day. I'm home now, curled up in my surprisingly warm apartment, all cozy and whatnot. Not sleepy just yet but I had an energy drink earlier (something had to balance me out from the turkey... goddamn turkey... why did I even eat it I don't even like turkey...)
Trying to catch up on LJ, was barely on yesterday and definitely not much of today so I hope to God I didn't miss anything important you guys posted. :P
Because God knows I'm avoiding going anywhere... fucking Black Friday, day of doom... well I am going one place but it's only my aunt and uncle's place because they're giving me a microwave and hey, why turn that down, right?
... Though theoretically I could just pick it up Saturday instead.
But yeah, IT'S CHRISTMAS DECORATING TIME, BITCHES. I'd wait until December but if I do that I'll end up putting it off until December 26th, which will just be awkward.
So, my Thanksgiving was good!
dmo214 was part of my family for a day and they were cool with that. We like randomly pretending we're related to minorities, it's like a game for us. But seriously, yeah, good day. I'm home now, curled up in my surprisingly warm apartment, all cozy and whatnot. Not sleepy just yet but I had an energy drink earlier (something had to balance me out from the turkey... goddamn turkey... why did I even eat it I don't even like turkey...)
Trying to catch up on LJ, was barely on yesterday and definitely not much of today so I hope to God I didn't miss anything important you guys posted. :P
- Mood:
chipper
- 00:39 Well, I guess these chocolate-covered peanuts aren't going to eat themselves. #
- 01:46 Obscure pet peeve time: There is a remake of Clash of the Titans. Apparently Hades is the villain. This always bugs me. #
- 01:47 Just because he rules the underworld does not mean he's analogous to the Devil. The underworld also included the Elysian Fields. #
- 01:47 The Greek pantheon didn't have "good" gods and "bad" gods. They were all self-absorbed pieces of crap. #
- 01:47 End rant. #
- 01:48 Okay, if you want to be confused and irritated. www.apple.com/trailers/fox/familyguysome
thingsomethingsomethingdarkside/ # - 01:48 Seriously, read the description. It's basically just "Hey, we have one character standing in for another! Isn't that hilarious?!" #
- 02:01 @DrPuppykicker But they have someone as Lando Calrissian! That was a character in The Star Wars! Is that not the height of ribaldry? #
- 21:23 @CWJacobson @Blfowler Welcome to twitter, both of you. I wholeheartedly hope you catch some kind of disease from it. #
- 21:24 @CWJacobson Also, the answer is Spider Queen. You can always make traps worse. #
Having finally watched a Lady Gaga video, I can say, with some certainty, that I could never listen to her music without the videos, but the videos definitely make the music work. The subtleties of hand positioning, stance, and body motion really, really intrigue me.
I cannot yet say whether I like this, but it Certainly isn't boring. See for yourself:
Direct Link
I cannot yet say whether I like this, but it Certainly isn't boring. See for yourself:
Direct Link
- Mood:pondering
- Music:people talking...
- 23:04 English country dancing is still kind of boring.
- 17:10 I am so happily at home after a wonderful walk by the Wissahickon
- 18:29 Just got spam with the subject line "I'm a terrible hacker. Scared?"
Every so often, I look at unknownbinaries' art, and I'm just fucking Amazed.
Seriously, look at this: http://unknown-binaries.deviantart.c
I mean what the HELL, Man?! What the fucking HELL...
unknownbinaries' art, and I'm just fucking Amazed.Seriously, look at this: http://unknown-binaries.deviantart.c
I mean what the HELL, Man?! What the fucking HELL...
- Mood:flabbergasted.
- Music:MythBusters
I just killed a silverfish with a biography of Verdi.
- Mood:
sick
Or at least for it to be time to start cooking green beans. There is no curry in the turkey, but there is a metric fuckton of rosemary, garlic, wine, ginger and even a little cumin.
And, as per usual, click through for the fullview mode.
Done for shits & giggles. I started this wanting to practice cel shading as well as drawing in Painter. As we all can see, that didn't quite happen.
Done foropheliastorn's online fiction mag, Semaphore.
And Dorian will not give up on the bottle-cap fetch today. O_O;
And, as per usual, click through for the fullview mode.
Done for shits & giggles. I started this wanting to practice cel shading as well as drawing in Painter. As we all can see, that didn't quite happen.
Done for
opheliastorn's online fiction mag, Semaphore.And Dorian will not give up on the bottle-cap fetch today. O_O;
- Mood: ?
- Music:ThouShaltNot-When Everyone Forgets
I have the most magnificent ability to Miss The Damn Point.
There's a paper I've been working on for a month. I now have a week to redo it more or less from scratch.
There may not be any Knowledge is Power comics next month.
There's a paper I've been working on for a month. I now have a week to redo it more or less from scratch.
There may not be any Knowledge is Power comics next month.
- Mood:
stressed
New userpic slightly related. Because dinner may or may not end up with curry in it. There is a better-than-half shot of anything I make having curry as a component. So, I thought this only appropriate for a cooking icon.
All-natural, freerange turkey drumsticks achieved, and the whole dinner (turkey, potatoes, mushrooms, fresh green beans and canned cranberry jelly thing) will still cost less than the last time we did this with an entire turkey from the Kroger. Also, less than ten bucks. We didn't get pumpkin pie, which is kind of a travesty, but between the expense and already having a shitload of leftover pastries thatwolven brought home from work, pie can happen later. When it's on sale.
A discussion last night, one that started out bemoaning the lack of interaction on here, led to the conclusion that the Internet is widely becoming less and less of an interaction medium, and more of a self-presentation medium. It was only proven by the seeming lack of interest on here, as well as the growth of abhorrent things like MySpace, and the prevalence of unelaborated retweets on Twitter.
Prove me wrong. Engage with one another. We're not just here to stroke our own egos or cower in our own spaces writing to ourselves. This is as much a reminder for myself as for anyone else. It's very easy to convince myself that I don't have anything worthwhile enough to say to merit hitting the 'reply' or 'comment' buttons, and that's a habit I need to get out of.
All-natural, freerange turkey drumsticks achieved, and the whole dinner (turkey, potatoes, mushrooms, fresh green beans and canned cranberry jelly thing) will still cost less than the last time we did this with an entire turkey from the Kroger. Also, less than ten bucks. We didn't get pumpkin pie, which is kind of a travesty, but between the expense and already having a shitload of leftover pastries that
wolven brought home from work, pie can happen later. When it's on sale.A discussion last night, one that started out bemoaning the lack of interaction on here, led to the conclusion that the Internet is widely becoming less and less of an interaction medium, and more of a self-presentation medium. It was only proven by the seeming lack of interest on here, as well as the growth of abhorrent things like MySpace, and the prevalence of unelaborated retweets on Twitter.
Prove me wrong. Engage with one another. We're not just here to stroke our own egos or cower in our own spaces writing to ourselves. This is as much a reminder for myself as for anyone else. It's very easy to convince myself that I don't have anything worthwhile enough to say to merit hitting the 'reply' or 'comment' buttons, and that's a habit I need to get out of.
- Mood:
thoughtful
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