But i'm outnumbered and one of you is Hitler.
It's rather weird when shit comes together...My "plans" as such are kind of working. It's a deeply unusual phase.
I. Labu. Tobys.
The whole getting to try coffee thing is awesome! I had a really good Kenyan today, and had a very nice Sumatran yesterday. Plus I had it with Sam. That just makes it amazing.
Logic is slow, and quite treacherous at times. But English is shitty, and suffers from scope ambiguity. I am trapped with these conundrums. Solution: baby fetuses.
NB: Baby fetuses may not actually solve problem. Consult your uterus for more details.
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Thursday, August 16, 2007
I know why Jane Fonda married Henry Fonda
She saw him in 12 Angry Men.
Upon my visitation of UTS to partake in the viewing of Magnolia, I learnt that the UTS film society is disorganised. They also seem to have this thing about viewing rights; they're afraid of getting sued or something, it's rather stupid. Nevertheless, we didn't end up watching Magnolia; I ended debating suicide and abortion with a law student, then we watched 12 Angry Men.
12 Angry Men is fantastic. It's better than Tom Cruises's face atleast. I really, really advise you to go watch it. Haven't seen the remake, and I hope I don't soon see it.
You know that one he does, the one when he's running? That face.
Upon my visitation of UTS to partake in the viewing of Magnolia, I learnt that the UTS film society is disorganised. They also seem to have this thing about viewing rights; they're afraid of getting sued or something, it's rather stupid. Nevertheless, we didn't end up watching Magnolia; I ended debating suicide and abortion with a law student, then we watched 12 Angry Men.
12 Angry Men is fantastic. It's better than Tom Cruises's face atleast. I really, really advise you to go watch it. Haven't seen the remake, and I hope I don't soon see it.
You know that one he does, the one when he's running? That face.
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Let me say just one thing
I just love molded plastic. The miracle of chemistry!
Now that my laundry is out of the way, lemme continue.
Goddam I love the korz. I didn't realise just how much I missed him, and I hate myself for it. Since when did I want to be this? He's still absurdly good-looking. Ugh, now i'm embarrassed. Which is the real deal; embarassment is one thing, admitting it is another.
I've had to reluctantly admit to myself that I really enjoy television, possibly more so than films. Am I a bad person now? There's so much good stuff out there that I could spend the rest of my life just watching good, enjoyable television...or so I feel. Maybe i'll exhaust all of it.
Assignmenting goes badly! C'mon now, love yourself. Or so she says.
Now that my laundry is out of the way, lemme continue.
Goddam I love the korz. I didn't realise just how much I missed him, and I hate myself for it. Since when did I want to be this? He's still absurdly good-looking. Ugh, now i'm embarrassed. Which is the real deal; embarassment is one thing, admitting it is another.
I've had to reluctantly admit to myself that I really enjoy television, possibly more so than films. Am I a bad person now? There's so much good stuff out there that I could spend the rest of my life just watching good, enjoyable television...or so I feel. Maybe i'll exhaust all of it.
Assignmenting goes badly! C'mon now, love yourself. Or so she says.
Thursday, August 09, 2007
From one cat to another
It's been over two weeks now, and I still don't have the right words to say, nor do I have mental space-time to formulate them. So, I will let Mr. Murakami take over, for he is a better man than I.
Mimi screwed screwed up her long white whiskers and frowned. "I'd rather not think that, or even imagine it, but it is a possibility. Mr. Nakata, I haven't lived all that many years, but i've seen terrible things I never could have imagined. Most people look at cats and think what a life - all we do is lie around in the sun, never having to lift a finger. But cats' lives aren't that idyllic. Cats are powerless, weak little creatures that injure easily. We don't have shells like turtles, nor wings like birds. We can't burrow into the ground like moles or change colour like a chameleon. The world has no idea how many cats are injured every day, how many of us meet a miserable end."
On the Monday of the 23rd day of July, my cat was hit by a car. The impact severed her spinal cord, and paralyzed her from the waist down. There was nothing that could be done; she was put down and passed away peacefully. She was a good cat, and young. She did not deserve this.
Mimi screwed screwed up her long white whiskers and frowned. "I'd rather not think that, or even imagine it, but it is a possibility. Mr. Nakata, I haven't lived all that many years, but i've seen terrible things I never could have imagined. Most people look at cats and think what a life - all we do is lie around in the sun, never having to lift a finger. But cats' lives aren't that idyllic. Cats are powerless, weak little creatures that injure easily. We don't have shells like turtles, nor wings like birds. We can't burrow into the ground like moles or change colour like a chameleon. The world has no idea how many cats are injured every day, how many of us meet a miserable end."
On the Monday of the 23rd day of July, my cat was hit by a car. The impact severed her spinal cord, and paralyzed her from the waist down. There was nothing that could be done; she was put down and passed away peacefully. She was a good cat, and young. She did not deserve this.
Friday, July 20, 2007
My eyes have been soiled
There once was a student named Frisk
Whose sex was exceedingly brisk.
So fast was his action
That the Lorentz Contraction
Reduced his tool to a disk.
*cries with joy/sadness*
It seems that wine disagrees with me. I'm perfectly fine with it; it doesn't seem to like me.
Polyphasic sleep is nifty! I would like to try it. Either way, I'm off to continue the gift buying.
Whose sex was exceedingly brisk.
So fast was his action
That the Lorentz Contraction
Reduced his tool to a disk.
*cries with joy/sadness*
It seems that wine disagrees with me. I'm perfectly fine with it; it doesn't seem to like me.
Polyphasic sleep is nifty! I would like to try it. Either way, I'm off to continue the gift buying.
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
I'd like to bow out like Felix Faure, too.
Me too!
So I finished watching The Barbarian Invasions...again. Instead of one of the myriad movies I have lying around that I haven't seen, I decide to watch the one movie that I've seen a lot. Goooo me.
It's still awesome. I'm so glad that my favouritest movie of all time isn't a sappy, inaccurate pile of suck. I'm also glad that one of my favourite directors of all time isn't a giant douchebag.
Now there's a googlebomb i'd like to see.
So I finished watching The Barbarian Invasions...again. Instead of one of the myriad movies I have lying around that I haven't seen, I decide to watch the one movie that I've seen a lot. Goooo me.
It's still awesome. I'm so glad that my favouritest movie of all time isn't a sappy, inaccurate pile of suck. I'm also glad that one of my favourite directors of all time isn't a giant douchebag.
Now there's a googlebomb i'd like to see.
Monday, July 09, 2007
Erosion continues unabated
It's dangerous, you know.
Now that i've calmed down enough to return to a semblance of coherency, I'll talk. I'll talk I tells ya!
Patrick Wolf was GODDAMN EXCELLENT. The shit he managed to pull off using just himself, a piano, a violin and two ukeleles is quite astounding! Not only did he play musics, he bantered with us a lot. He gave lengthy (relatively) intros and outros to the songs. He let us pick! He felt bad for turning up in Australia so late, so he had a songlist and asked us for requests. He then proceeded to play songs that weren't even on the list! Like the excellent Tristan, using just him and a piano, though the album cut distinctly features cowbells. Where are my cowbells damnit! He's such a nice kid as well. Plus he *cough* shaved his legs *cough* as well. Hawt.
And once again, I'm left bewildered about the vagaries of production. His voice really is quite good; and yet, this is not easily apparent on the album. Admittedly, I do like his beats and melodies and such, but his vocal capabilities are rather more impressive.
The concert was sooo good, it was like sex. Except i'm having it.
Old joke.
It was quite so great, I had to pin myself (okay, more like give in to inertia and not move from my bed) so I wouldn't go and buy tickets for the next day. That was why Saturday was fun! I managed to stay in bed the entire day! So proud of me. A good 18? 20? hours of lying in bed. I didn't even read or nothing. My parents didn't do anything! So glad. Well, they did, but that was much later and I didn't mind as much.
It's been something I've wanting to do for a while, but i've finally managed to, and I is proud of myself.
I'm going to only do three units this sem methinks. I'm 'deferring' a sem, by doing 4 sems of 3 units each. Ingenious no? I only realised this recently, I should have done this from the beginning! That way, I would have got to 'defer' a year, plus have an actual year of deferment! Oh the fallacies of youth.
Now that i've calmed down enough to return to a semblance of coherency, I'll talk. I'll talk I tells ya!
Patrick Wolf was GODDAMN EXCELLENT. The shit he managed to pull off using just himself, a piano, a violin and two ukeleles is quite astounding! Not only did he play musics, he bantered with us a lot. He gave lengthy (relatively) intros and outros to the songs. He let us pick! He felt bad for turning up in Australia so late, so he had a songlist and asked us for requests. He then proceeded to play songs that weren't even on the list! Like the excellent Tristan, using just him and a piano, though the album cut distinctly features cowbells. Where are my cowbells damnit! He's such a nice kid as well. Plus he *cough* shaved his legs *cough* as well. Hawt.
And once again, I'm left bewildered about the vagaries of production. His voice really is quite good; and yet, this is not easily apparent on the album. Admittedly, I do like his beats and melodies and such, but his vocal capabilities are rather more impressive.
The concert was sooo good, it was like sex. Except i'm having it.
Old joke.
It was quite so great, I had to pin myself (okay, more like give in to inertia and not move from my bed) so I wouldn't go and buy tickets for the next day. That was why Saturday was fun! I managed to stay in bed the entire day! So proud of me. A good 18? 20? hours of lying in bed. I didn't even read or nothing. My parents didn't do anything! So glad. Well, they did, but that was much later and I didn't mind as much.
It's been something I've wanting to do for a while, but i've finally managed to, and I is proud of myself.
I'm going to only do three units this sem methinks. I'm 'deferring' a sem, by doing 4 sems of 3 units each. Ingenious no? I only realised this recently, I should have done this from the beginning! That way, I would have got to 'defer' a year, plus have an actual year of deferment! Oh the fallacies of youth.
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
I don't think that word means what you think it means
Or free-as-in-beer.
As a recent /. recently mentioned, the USA has gone completely insane. But still probably not as crazy as this guy.
20 good films were watched. What surprises me the most was that I felt that none of those films were a waste of time. Further evidence that Oliver is supremely skilled at the selection process. Eww. I feel dirty.
I am completely convinced that it was one of the best investments i'll ever make. I'd do it again in a heartbeat...after my body's recovered a bit.
I finished reading the Odyssey. There's apparently an audio book (it would be some kind of poem...epic, perhaps?) using the Fagles translation that is narrated by Ian McKellen. Gandalf people! It's Gandalf. Or Magneto. Depends on your POV really. Guy's freaking awesome either way. King Lear too! And nekkid. On my way to obtain.
Translation is fun. It's one of those activities where someone skilled at it can truly be called a craftsman; as much art as science. Wonderful. Such a great way to pass time: it's one of the best puzzles invented. Changing things from one code to another one, according to some incredibly arcane rules.
Which leads me to another point: words aren't things. They are representations of things. They can be studied as things unto themselves; but it doesn't make them the things themselves. The word tree is not the same as a tree.
And unfortunately, I can only say that using words.
"One of them sounds really gay. I can't remember who it was, but I'm sure he has an animal in name. Andrew Bird or Patrick Wolf or something."
Dave is hilarious.
As a recent /. recently mentioned, the USA has gone completely insane. But still probably not as crazy as this guy.
20 good films were watched. What surprises me the most was that I felt that none of those films were a waste of time. Further evidence that Oliver is supremely skilled at the selection process. Eww. I feel dirty.
I am completely convinced that it was one of the best investments i'll ever make. I'd do it again in a heartbeat...after my body's recovered a bit.
I finished reading the Odyssey. There's apparently an audio book (it would be some kind of poem...epic, perhaps?) using the Fagles translation that is narrated by Ian McKellen. Gandalf people! It's Gandalf. Or Magneto. Depends on your POV really. Guy's freaking awesome either way. King Lear too! And nekkid. On my way to obtain.
Translation is fun. It's one of those activities where someone skilled at it can truly be called a craftsman; as much art as science. Wonderful. Such a great way to pass time: it's one of the best puzzles invented. Changing things from one code to another one, according to some incredibly arcane rules.
Which leads me to another point: words aren't things. They are representations of things. They can be studied as things unto themselves; but it doesn't make them the things themselves. The word tree is not the same as a tree.
And unfortunately, I can only say that using words.
"One of them sounds really gay. I can't remember who it was, but I'm sure he has an animal in name. Andrew Bird or Patrick Wolf or something."
Dave is hilarious.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
In light of Sicko and all that
From this article:
What could be changed about the health-care system to better help patients?That last statement really spun me out. It's so...true! It's rather obvious, and yet hasn't been stated as well as that. I really recommend reading that entire article; it's good reading. New York Magazine (not to be confused with the New Yorker, also a very good publication) is really quite good. Here's another nice thing to read, along the lines of Freakonomics.Dr. Baby: Universal health care.
Dr. Heart1: But you’re talking from a public-health perspective. If you are an individual … if your dad is sick and he has access to insurance and money, do you want him to live in the country with universal health care or our kind of health care? Our kind of health care.
Dr. Virus: The only place I’d defend American care is for the catastrophically ill, where there are miraculous outcomes still.
Dr. Heart2: If you’re talking about separating Siamese twins, yes, I’d want to do it in the United States rather than anywhere else in the world. When money is not an issue, I would still contend that we have the worst, because we get overtested. We chase incidental diagnoses that might not affect the patient’s health.
Dr. Virus: With universal, you’d get the same kind of mediocre shittiness that you’d get in all other kinds of standardized approaches. But for millions of people, that would be a big upgrade.
Sunday, June 17, 2007
So yeah
Amongst my very, very staggered bouts of inadequate studying for things, I am surrounded by sucktitude. I forgot about the nature and sheer quantity of this sucktitude, being surrounded mostly by non-sucktitude: listening to live sets of Regina, really digging Patrick Wolf (he's coming to Aus!) and *cough* playing Heroes III waaaaay too much *cough*.
Man I have a bad cough.
Anyway, inbetween the my mothers' attempt to seek attention/lamely joke about suicide, I chanced upon the Sunday Herald. Lo and behold, the sucktitude begins.
Now, I understand that corporate media as such are indecent, self-serving piles of shit, but ye gods the front page story was trash (In fact, it's making me so goddamn angry that I'm barely managing to stay coherent; i'm put some water to boil for ramen, as it accurately reflects my situation: it's fucking making me boil). It was about there was sooo much violence and murder and mayhem on prime-time television on the free-to-air channels in Australia. This is below propatainment; it's not something I expect the even the Telegraph to publish.
And the story itself! Oh my god. They hired media students to catalogue violence that occurs in the primetime block of television (6-10.30pm), note that there is a lot of violence and then make some fucking platitudes about 'being desensitised to violence' and the Premier not letting his kids watch Spiderman or some other bogus crap. I can't even begin to start.
First, off, media students?! What, doing your own goddamn work is too fucking much now? Is watching television so much work you have to delegate it!!? Are you admitting this to me openly?! Fuck, atleast lie to me, so I feel like you went to some trouble to decieve me. Instead, like a shitty lover, you just went and crapped all over my face, and want me to be grateful and pay you. My god.
The worst part? That i'm only just about to come to the worst part.
The worst part was when you looked at the catalogue of violence that they mention. The leader was SBS (big surprise there) and why you might ask? Because of their news coverage. Because it actually goes out of the country (shock! horror!) to cover atrocities being committed, it ends up scoring high. Are you fucking high or something? You're a goddamn news publication, you assholes! They're actually covering news! What, you want all the news to be goddamn kittens and newborns? Jesus Christ.
SBS also scores high on the sex meter, because again they show foreign films. And yes, obviously, this indicates that SBS is a den of craven lust. Gee, you never consider the fact that maybe, just maybe, Australians are conservative prigs? No, it must be those foreigners, they must be the evil, corrupted perverts.
One last thing: One of the media students mentioned how awful it was to watch images of torture victims. During an ABC documentary about torture. Lord forbid, with cases of extraordinary rendition and cases of torture occuring due to major Western powers, why should we ever want to talk about torture? Back to the kittens and newborns.
In retrospect, the trivial bullshit and fluffy airheads of 60 Minutes seem like they're overflowing with integrity. Though they don't, and it contributes to the sucktitude mentioned above.
To cap this off with some humour, bash quotes about Wikipedia. My favourite:
<@ZoFreX> goddammit
<@ZoFreX> I forgot the definition of irony
<@ZoFreX> so I went to look it up on Wikipedia
<@ZoFreX> but Wikipedia is down
<@ZoFreX> AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT'S IRONIC OR NOT
Oh, the irony! Ramen awaits.
Man I have a bad cough.
Anyway, inbetween the my mothers' attempt to seek attention/lamely joke about suicide, I chanced upon the Sunday Herald. Lo and behold, the sucktitude begins.
Now, I understand that corporate media as such are indecent, self-serving piles of shit, but ye gods the front page story was trash (In fact, it's making me so goddamn angry that I'm barely managing to stay coherent; i'm put some water to boil for ramen, as it accurately reflects my situation: it's fucking making me boil). It was about there was sooo much violence and murder and mayhem on prime-time television on the free-to-air channels in Australia. This is below propatainment; it's not something I expect the even the Telegraph to publish.
And the story itself! Oh my god. They hired media students to catalogue violence that occurs in the primetime block of television (6-10.30pm), note that there is a lot of violence and then make some fucking platitudes about 'being desensitised to violence' and the Premier not letting his kids watch Spiderman or some other bogus crap. I can't even begin to start.
First, off, media students?! What, doing your own goddamn work is too fucking much now? Is watching television so much work you have to delegate it!!? Are you admitting this to me openly?! Fuck, atleast lie to me, so I feel like you went to some trouble to decieve me. Instead, like a shitty lover, you just went and crapped all over my face, and want me to be grateful and pay you. My god.
The worst part? That i'm only just about to come to the worst part.
The worst part was when you looked at the catalogue of violence that they mention. The leader was SBS (big surprise there) and why you might ask? Because of their news coverage. Because it actually goes out of the country (shock! horror!) to cover atrocities being committed, it ends up scoring high. Are you fucking high or something? You're a goddamn news publication, you assholes! They're actually covering news! What, you want all the news to be goddamn kittens and newborns? Jesus Christ.
SBS also scores high on the sex meter, because again they show foreign films. And yes, obviously, this indicates that SBS is a den of craven lust. Gee, you never consider the fact that maybe, just maybe, Australians are conservative prigs? No, it must be those foreigners, they must be the evil, corrupted perverts.
One last thing: One of the media students mentioned how awful it was to watch images of torture victims. During an ABC documentary about torture. Lord forbid, with cases of extraordinary rendition and cases of torture occuring due to major Western powers, why should we ever want to talk about torture? Back to the kittens and newborns.
In retrospect, the trivial bullshit and fluffy airheads of 60 Minutes seem like they're overflowing with integrity. Though they don't, and it contributes to the sucktitude mentioned above.
To cap this off with some humour, bash quotes about Wikipedia. My favourite:
<@ZoFreX> goddammit
<@ZoFreX> I forgot the definition of irony
<@ZoFreX> so I went to look it up on Wikipedia
<@ZoFreX> but Wikipedia is down
<@ZoFreX> AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT'S IRONIC OR NOT
Oh, the irony! Ramen awaits.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
And fresh off their landmark tour
Do you see this?
No you can't. Because i'm on the other side. If you can see me, stop. Wrong side.
But if you can see this, you can see that i'm quivering. What am I quivering from? The cold partially yes. But more importantly, I just finished the watching the game demo of Starcraft II. All I can say is: Oh-em-gee. It looks awesome. I think the cutest part was the Banelings writing GG. It was adowable. So watch it now! Go go go.
Also finished my essay on time! I don't know whether it'll do well. Sometimes, I just amaze myself. Or astonish. Or unpredict.
Oh what's a Baneling? Why don't you just watch it then!? Going to watch Naruto and warm self up. I don't read enough.
"A clean house is a sign of a wasted life."
No you can't. Because i'm on the other side. If you can see me, stop. Wrong side.
But if you can see this, you can see that i'm quivering. What am I quivering from? The cold partially yes. But more importantly, I just finished the watching the game demo of Starcraft II. All I can say is: Oh-em-gee. It looks awesome. I think the cutest part was the Banelings writing GG. It was adowable. So watch it now! Go go go.
Also finished my essay on time! I don't know whether it'll do well. Sometimes, I just amaze myself. Or astonish. Or unpredict.
Oh what's a Baneling? Why don't you just watch it then!? Going to watch Naruto and warm self up. I don't read enough.
"A clean house is a sign of a wasted life."
Thursday, May 31, 2007
This is becoming a speech.
"You're the Captain sir. You're entitled."
"Hmm. Not entitled to ramble on about something everyone knows."
Oh Picard. Thou art most quaint. How you warm my mind...and on a good day (A VERY GOOD DAY) my loins.
Not really. Mental loins perhaps?
Animals have ruined anatomy for me.
Books. Are. Good. Librarians are nice. Nice lady complimentated me on White Teeth. Which is fucking great by the way. Got her history down pat, her science down pat, her immigents...Very Very Impressive. I'm tempted to go buy it. If only I had some money...
...Because I spent it! I have a spare ticket to teh Shins now! So tell your neighbours. Tell your parents! Tell your friends! Tell Superman.
Because he is the one true lord. Explain that, Darwin.
Or should I say, Charlatwin?!
Eh it's cold. I'm just warming up. I'm always warming up! What's wrong with me!?
It's been a while since I wrote something on this!! My oh my. Mostly because my capped internet. Popped a cap right in its knee. Crippled. Like my idiot brother. Well, that's not entirely true. The tests were inconclusive. Cap lifts tonight! Huzzah! I require study of sorts. I need to hang around people who are much smarter than me. Osmosis to the rescue...But not Osmosis Jones. Bill Muwway for the win though.
Witness this remarkable act of substitution. Acccidently ciphers much!?
erll, i'm ogg yo trsf snf dlrrp
oops
well, i'm off to read and sleep
looks like you need all the dlrrp you can get.
"Hmm. Not entitled to ramble on about something everyone knows."
Oh Picard. Thou art most quaint. How you warm my mind...and on a good day (A VERY GOOD DAY) my loins.
Not really. Mental loins perhaps?
Animals have ruined anatomy for me.
Books. Are. Good. Librarians are nice. Nice lady complimentated me on White Teeth. Which is fucking great by the way. Got her history down pat, her science down pat, her immigents...Very Very Impressive. I'm tempted to go buy it. If only I had some money...
...Because I spent it! I have a spare ticket to teh Shins now! So tell your neighbours. Tell your parents! Tell your friends! Tell Superman.
Because he is the one true lord. Explain that, Darwin.
Or should I say, Charlatwin?!
Eh it's cold. I'm just warming up. I'm always warming up! What's wrong with me!?
It's been a while since I wrote something on this!! My oh my. Mostly because my capped internet. Popped a cap right in its knee. Crippled. Like my idiot brother. Well, that's not entirely true. The tests were inconclusive. Cap lifts tonight! Huzzah! I require study of sorts. I need to hang around people who are much smarter than me. Osmosis to the rescue...But not Osmosis Jones. Bill Muwway for the win though.
Witness this remarkable act of substitution. Acccidently ciphers much!?
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
Why do they never show ugly pictures of famous people?
I'm looking at you, Lincoln.
Season 3 of Arrested is wonderful. All should watch it. For a show in its death throes, it does magnificently well.
And Michael Cera is hawt. That is always a nice bonus.
Unfortunately, I only have two modes: Panic and Dull Fear. I do not learn well in Dull Fear. The problem is, everything shades off from Panic into Dull Fear, given enough time. This is a deep problem. Shit.
Reading Thomas Covenant. Donaldson's writing improves over time I think. Reave the Just and Daughter of Regals have so much better writing in them. Or it could be the short story thing and he's not being disciplined enough. Still good, if a little inaccurate in its treatment of leprosy.
Or Hansen's disease. My bad WHO.
do you know of any major organizations that are similar the CDC?
who?
center for disease control
i said WHO
what? i'm asking you
World Health Organization
not actually a very good joke. Abbot and Costello would be mad. Anyway, back to watching Arrested. Again. And Whose line! Yayyyyy.
Season 3 of Arrested is wonderful. All should watch it. For a show in its death throes, it does magnificently well.
And Michael Cera is hawt. That is always a nice bonus.
Unfortunately, I only have two modes: Panic and Dull Fear. I do not learn well in Dull Fear. The problem is, everything shades off from Panic into Dull Fear, given enough time. This is a deep problem. Shit.
Reading Thomas Covenant. Donaldson's writing improves over time I think. Reave the Just and Daughter of Regals have so much better writing in them. Or it could be the short story thing and he's not being disciplined enough. Still good, if a little inaccurate in its treatment of leprosy.
Or Hansen's disease. My bad WHO.
not actually a very good joke. Abbot and Costello would be mad. Anyway, back to watching Arrested. Again. And Whose line! Yayyyyy.
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
As an avid user of the interblags
I've been watching this develop tonight, and Digg has gone into meltdown, not so much in the technical sense but in the sense that the user base is in open revolt, posting stories containing the code and commenting on events over...and...over...and over. As quickly as one article is removed, two more appear, and the tone of them is getting angrier and angrier by the hour.
Just my opinion, but I don't see how Digg can come out of this with any credibility left. Was this ever about the DMCA? Perhaps in the beginning, but it's turned into a battle of wills between the Digg admins and its user base, and, even if the admins could somehow manage to magically obliterate every article on this subject, they're going to have a hard time explaining themselves to the user base, who are, by and large, mad as hell.
And to those who are, indeed, mad as hell, consider what you will do after this incident is over. Kevin and the other admins may indeed fear a lawsuit if they don't take these articles down. Is that wrong, or is the law that allows this possibility the thing that is wrong? It's easy to sit there and paste line after line of numbers, but what would you do in the face of a lawsuit, even if it it's a ridiculous lawsuit supported by a law crafted just for this kind of abuse? You're taking action now, but will you get organized to push for real change tomorrow, the day after, and the day after that?
"
Dear God. There is a veritable war going on, and a lot of people are going to miss it. This is a big deal. Digg is completely toasted, and it's even starting to spill over. It's fucking batshit insane right now. We'll see what the fallout leads to.
Just my opinion, but I don't see how Digg can come out of this with any credibility left. Was this ever about the DMCA? Perhaps in the beginning, but it's turned into a battle of wills between the Digg admins and its user base, and, even if the admins could somehow manage to magically obliterate every article on this subject, they're going to have a hard time explaining themselves to the user base, who are, by and large, mad as hell.
And to those who are, indeed, mad as hell, consider what you will do after this incident is over. Kevin and the other admins may indeed fear a lawsuit if they don't take these articles down. Is that wrong, or is the law that allows this possibility the thing that is wrong? It's easy to sit there and paste line after line of numbers, but what would you do in the face of a lawsuit, even if it it's a ridiculous lawsuit supported by a law crafted just for this kind of abuse? You're taking action now, but will you get organized to push for real change tomorrow, the day after, and the day after that?
"
Dear God. There is a veritable war going on, and a lot of people are going to miss it. This is a big deal. Digg is completely toasted, and it's even starting to spill over. It's fucking batshit insane right now. We'll see what the fallout leads to.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Tastes like sawdust with a sprinkling of bark
or bad cereal: somebody's gonna eat it.
Too busy to talk. Playing baldur's gate. Oh carp. Assignments. Test what now?!
That has been the essence. I've become a layabout. The Basics are amazing. I regret that I only have the opportunity to see them once more. Goddamn. If they play Help, all will be perfect.
Too busy to talk. Playing baldur's gate. Oh carp. Assignments. Test what now?!
That has been the essence. I've become a layabout. The Basics are amazing. I regret that I only have the opportunity to see them once more. Goddamn. If they play Help, all will be perfect.
Thursday, March 22, 2007
I'm about to cry
Because I'm genuinely considering going to the V festival. Because it is the only place where I can see Beck live.
Why don't you do a side-show? PLEASE?!? PRETTY FUCKING PLEASE?!? I would love you forever. In as many as or as few ways you want. I won't say a word about the scientology thing. Though he is quite low-key and nice about it.
Also, Phoenix = popular! Not only have they sold out the factory gig, ebay tickets are selling crazy well! What the hell!
*sigh*
The rain it raineth every day
upon both the just and the unjust fella.
But mostly on the just because the unjust
had stolen the just's umbrella.
That's a great little ditty.
So yeah, Ross Noble was fantastic. Funnier than last time, if that's possible. Really great show which I would recommend to watch. Shut your face!
But I love rollerblading! :S
Whose Line continues to blow my mind. Best name for a TexMex restaurant: Nacho Mama! I am busy, if non-attentive at my lectures. I've already blown a hundred dollars of my 120 odd dollars I recieved. This is not good financial sense. I really want to go Dylan Moran's show. Somehow. Sigh.
Teh Little Snail is tomorrow though! Looks goood.
Why don't you do a side-show? PLEASE?!? PRETTY FUCKING PLEASE?!? I would love you forever. In as many as or as few ways you want. I won't say a word about the scientology thing. Though he is quite low-key and nice about it.
Also, Phoenix = popular! Not only have they sold out the factory gig, ebay tickets are selling crazy well! What the hell!
*sigh*
The rain it raineth every day
upon both the just and the unjust fella.
But mostly on the just because the unjust
had stolen the just's umbrella.
That's a great little ditty.
So yeah, Ross Noble was fantastic. Funnier than last time, if that's possible. Really great show which I would recommend to watch. Shut your face!
But I love rollerblading! :S
Whose Line continues to blow my mind. Best name for a TexMex restaurant: Nacho Mama! I am busy, if non-attentive at my lectures. I've already blown a hundred dollars of my 120 odd dollars I recieved. This is not good financial sense. I really want to go Dylan Moran's show. Somehow. Sigh.
Teh Little Snail is tomorrow though! Looks goood.
Monday, March 19, 2007
Why can't I say this this simply? Cause I suck.
"Interesting point - in the article, a therapist tells Ms. Moser [just learned that she has a predisposition to Huntington's Disease] that it would be unethical for her to have kids. This makes her very upset, understandably. But is he/she right? If you know that any children of yours are likely to have a short life and a protracted, horrible death, is it wrong to reproduce?
I tend to think it is, but that's me."
"My take on it: What gives you the right to KNOWINGLY inflict a high probability of unusual suffering and early death on your children? How is having a child in that situation NOT unfair to your kid?? It's like saying to your kid, "We knew in advance that your life would probably suck big-time, but we did it anyway." Producing a child under such circumstances isn't love, it's just selfishness."
I'd take it a bit further. Bad eyesight is not something that's enjoyable.
I tend to think it is, but that's me."
"My take on it: What gives you the right to KNOWINGLY inflict a high probability of unusual suffering and early death on your children? How is having a child in that situation NOT unfair to your kid?? It's like saying to your kid, "We knew in advance that your life would probably suck big-time, but we did it anyway." Producing a child under such circumstances isn't love, it's just selfishness."
I'd take it a bit further. Bad eyesight is not something that's enjoyable.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Too many posts.
This is apparently no. 400. LoL. Too many.
I've got a cold! And several ulcers. And a sore throat. In retrospect, this is not really a celebratory occasion.
I've got such an eclectic reading list recently. Reading business strategy, a book of feminist articles, assorted readings on liberty, democracy and economics and french. Must seem very odd to people.
I lost my phone today! But I found it again. So there's that. Work tomorrow. Hopefully, it will be nifty. Night.
I've got a cold! And several ulcers. And a sore throat. In retrospect, this is not really a celebratory occasion.
I've got such an eclectic reading list recently. Reading business strategy, a book of feminist articles, assorted readings on liberty, democracy and economics and french. Must seem very odd to people.
I lost my phone today! But I found it again. So there's that. Work tomorrow. Hopefully, it will be nifty. Night.
Thursday, March 08, 2007
So exciting!
It truly is!
I'm buzzing. Like a bee. I'm overstimulated. It's great.
Great, GREAT, couple of days. Harp-playing, tap-dancing, mariachi singer. There is nothing more to say.
Oh, Disney songs. That too.
I'm buzzing. Like a bee. I'm overstimulated. It's great.
Great, GREAT, couple of days. Harp-playing, tap-dancing, mariachi singer. There is nothing more to say.
Oh, Disney songs. That too.
Sunday, March 04, 2007
It's a type of ship
This is your junk.
Best. Double. Entendre. Ever.
Why was it so hot today? I was muchly tired! I did consume timtams though. They were fucking great.
Or, grrrrrrrrrreat! Something an anthropomorphic tiger would say. For more advice on cold cereal mascots, consult this wise sage.
My penchant for bringing up smart people during conversation must cease. But it's much too fun. Shit. Dilemma!
Best. Double. Entendre. Ever.
Why was it so hot today? I was muchly tired! I did consume timtams though. They were fucking great.
Or, grrrrrrrrrreat! Something an anthropomorphic tiger would say. For more advice on cold cereal mascots, consult this wise sage.
My penchant for bringing up smart people during conversation must cease. But it's much too fun. Shit. Dilemma!
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