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Memetime: Something neat. What don't I post about? 2008-03-09 22:59:52 This is something neat I saw in faerievixen2's journal. So I figured I'd give it a whirl.As I'm effectively bedside without much beyond really kitchy Anime. (Bonus points if anyone can guess which) {Freeple house members who currently know are not eligible} So here's the meme:Everyone has things they blog about. Everyone has things they don't blog about. Challenge me out of my comfort zone by telling me something I don't blog about, but you'd like to hear about, and I'll write a post about it. Ask for anything: latest movie watched, last book read, political leanings, thoughts on yaoi, favorite type of underwear, graphic techniques, etc. Repost in your own journal so that we can all learn more about each other!
Rant: The internet can shove it up it's uncorked A** 2008-03-09 22:32:54 So... for the past 24-48 hours... I have been.. unwellThanks to some meds (today) ... I'm starting to get some sense of normalcy back...slowly.Unfortunately, I haven't really had much to eat. Maybe 2-3 bananas. Some saltines, some water and the high point... A jelly on rye bread sandwich.I figured I'd look on line for 'what to eat on a sour stomach/suffering from d**'And I found tonnes of lists.The part that's got me "oiked" off... Every BLOODY list is the same.1) Don't eat this2) cut out this3) Avoid this4) reduce intake of this5) stop eating this6) Stop drinking this.In the words of the masters: Can we stop talking "YAMA" here. I need some dietary NIYAMA.I don't have a lot of energy to begin with. If I'm spending all my time going, "Nope, not that" I'm too damned tired when I get to som
Nostalgia: Witches from the Mountain 2008-03-06 09:40:28 I have often posted about probably my all time favourite film. "Escape to Witch Mountain
"Thanks to a link by shadesong it looks like Disney is going to take another poke at the venerable film. Like anyone else who loves a classic film or book... this makes me fidgety in a 'not so good' way.There are so many pieces of this original film that just work so well together. The original preview for the film was pretty much excerpts from the intro with several clips cut in. The music was haunting and riveting. This coupled with the simple images left me (at about the age of 8) contemplating the mystical symbolism of the title, the children running, and of course the animated dogs.For those that haven't seen this (and those that just want the nostalgia rush); I attach the opening 3 minutes of the
18 months: Genetics time! 2008-03-05 22:16:44 Well, it's been 6 months since Genetics
kicked me in the nuts and made it completely obvious to me that aiden_freeman is undoubtably 'of my loins'So, now at 18 months...it's time to take a look at some of the other genes. I've pulled out the old photo of me and this time added in one of shimmeringjemmy
Freaky weird text message 2008-03-05 21:18:38 Back on the first a little after 6pm I received a text message on my phone:"Hey, off the top of your head do you know what 255 would be in base 8?"About 15 minutes later the following came in:"Never mind. Figured it out. 255=377 In base 8/ octal"So... now the weirdness.The sending cell number isn't one I recognize. Not only don't I recognize it... it comes from a part of the country that I know absolutely no one in. "Florence", South Carolina.I quote Florence because prefixes in cell phones are widely inaccurate as to the origin of the owner. Admittedly, some times the area codes are misnomers too.My cell phone number puts me in Van Nuys, California.So.. with no signature... I'm left trying to figure out who the hell would text me a number conversion question on Saturday evening who's phon Read more:Freaky
MemeTime - Oh, dear 2008-03-05 13:39:45 Taken from a post by polanegriPowered By Adult Toy StoreThe average person is $200. So I guess I should be pleased.
I know it's tasteless, but I really have to 2008-03-04 14:12:18 Dungeons and Dragons' creator Gary Gygax botches saving throw at age 69Thank you for several years of fun geekdom.Edit: princekermit beat me to the joke by about an hour.
Aiden at 18 months 2008-03-04 13:13:23
Aiden at 18 months
aiden_freeman discovers the glory of a swing.
Picture... too...cute.
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Edit: Picture by stardragan
Fan Squee! Doctor Who! 2008-03-04 02:59:17 According to SciFi's April schedule:Fri, April 11: 7:30 pm - The Sarah Jane Adventures Pilot: "Invasion of the Bane"Fri, April 18: 8:30 pm - Doctor
Who Christmas Special: "Voyage of the Damned"Friday April 25: 8:00 pm Sarah Jane Adventures: Series 1. 2 30 minute episodesFriday April 25: 9:00 pm Doctor Who: Series 4And they wonder why I love April so much :-D
11:30 pm in Redmond 2008-03-04 01:33:05 Wow, what the hell am I doing up at this hour and not at home?Well, I had one of those rare bugs dumped on my plate that while not really difficuly, is time consuming.It also would be a really good thing if it were done by a meeting at 11 a.m. tomorrow.Believe it or not... I don't have to be here. I want to be here. I know with just a few extra hours I can get this thing done and in under the wire... I think. Well, I understand about 95% of the bug. The question is whether the last 5% will take 10 minutes, 2 hours, or have me scrambling.So... For the first time at this job; I decided to put in my requisite all night session.I'm online and doing lots of little fixes for this bug. Meaning... 2-4 lines of code... build for 10 minutes...leather, wince, re-beat.Translation: If you're on late ni Read more:Redmond
Thank Gods it's March 2008-03-01 02:24:23 I suppose I ought to explain. This may possibly have been the worst and longest February of my life. It certainly felt longer that 75% of them.The Puget Sound had an attack of Neo-Black-Death. Which I managed to grab hold of. More correctly it grabbed hold of me. And everyone in the household. Unfortunately, in my case it grabbed a bit too tightly.I wound up with a fairly bad case of Bronchitis. I lost about 2 weeks from work. I also got to walk through a veritable cornucopia of pharmacopeia. Among this list were anti-biotics, expectorants, steroids, amphetamines and narcotics.So for about a week I was going to work, getting breakfast and then taking speed, juicing, and popping downers.My mood was... um... to call me tetchy would be polite. To say that I was having raw, painful, near-psych Read more:Thank
, March
A few might see the motivation behind this 2008-02-29 11:00:15 I find myself wondering this morning if there is 'bad speech'In an absolutely free and liberated word... anyone should be able to say, truly anything.I'm not saying we should agree with anything that is said. But I feel anyone should have the freedom to say it.I suppose then, the question becomes... where is the safe line of consequences?We often throw 'Flag Burning' onto this heap. In the United States there are some that feel that this goes to a point of taboo while others view it as representative of the freedoms the country stands for. So who is right? You can't really ask one extreme side or the other because they have the definitive answer that they are right and the other side is wrong. Fall to extreme-extremism and you get those that will kill to defend their views. And to be hones Read more:motivation
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Oh nos... 2008-02-29 09:37:22 I have started contributing to wikipedia... And I like it.Gads.Edit added a link to my contributions.
And then there was filk... 2008-02-21 20:01:49 This filk is called "Go Away Snot Boy" - It is a filk of S. J. Tucker's amazing "Go Away God Boy"(Now Public)Some notes on this filk:This filk is tied to the version of "Go Away God Boy" as performed on Sirens.It scans great to that version. It doesn't do as well to the published lyrics on S.J.'s site.Two things about the chorus.1st. There is a note (cough). The performer should actually cough on this beat. (Yeah it's fast.)2nd. The third line of the chorus changes each of the three times it's sung. Insert the changes as noted.Liberties taken: Just make 'shambling starspawned' work as best you can. It'll fit if you tryDies should be pronounced in this song as one syllable. Yes I know it is two.. Just deal.Finally. There is a place where you can entirely freeform. It's marked with ** with n
Meme: Oh my 2008-02-21 16:42:27 I'm just going to put this up as is... Um... I know at least one person who will get a laugh at it
What The Hell Happened Last Night?
LJ Username What did you drink? You wake up in the morning next to: dryadsidhe...who is wearing: lacy stockings...and rolls over to you to say: Wanna do that thing with the broccolli again?...and then: hugs you for ever and ever until you die
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Memetime Redux: Some interview questions I've received 2008-02-21 11:40:40 But first... A note... Several of you asked to be interview
ed by me. Please check the post to see if your questions
are up or if you'd like to be interviewed.Below are questions I've received with my answersFrom faerievixen2 1) What does the word "love" mean to you?In a way I guess for me it means freedom. Freedom to trust, freedom to be, freedom of emotions. It's like opening a flood gate of ability to give while at the same time taking ownership for the responsibility in affording another the same freedom.2) Of all the places you've lived, what was your favorite and why?I can't really say that I have a favourite. There have been many places and they have all had their ups and downs. San Diego was nifty but hot. I suppose if I were to pick one it'd be the town I lived in as a kid. It was Read more:Redux
MemeTime: Interview on the Interwebs 2008-02-20 12:56:36 I bring this one around on occasion. It keeps me busyLeave me a comment saying, "Interview me."I will respond by asking you five questions of a very intimate and creepily personal nature. Or not so creepy/personal.You will update your LJ with the answers to the questions.You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the post.When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.Edit 12:12 pm. I've changed comments to screened to allow freedom of response. Please note if you want your responses unscreened.If you'd like to track this post, click here
MemeTime: MovieQuotes 2008-02-19 01:01:57 With all due credit to tzaddi_93 for bringing this one back for me.Edit: 7:45 am: - I will note who got each one correct up until I expose the answer. So if you guessed it 2nd but before I exposed it; you'll get solving props too.Edit: 7:50 am: - I will expose the correct answer for your first guess. If you guess more than one right... I'll credit you, but not expose it until either someone else guesses it else enough time elapses that no one else get is. Reason... I have an extremely talented person on my list who got them all. marta_s rocks. So I'm going to list her here in the main post to credit her and this way others can still guess.Edit 6:36 pm: - All answers are guessed. All comments unscreenedBig props to marta_s for getting them all right reallllly fastStrong props to apsulute an
Anti-Meme Time: Do you have a crush on me? 2008-02-18 01:19:19 Please read carefully, This is not what you think it is.Also, with due respect to the people I do consider friends and loved ones who've posted on this topic; this is not a personal attack on you.Comments are not screened. If you've ever had a smidge of a crush
on me and you haven't let me know about it; I really don't want you to comment about it quietly and secretly in my journal. Personally, I'd rather you tell me. Face to face.See, more often than naught, I consider myself the monarch of low self-image. Therefore, I tend not to ask (anymore) to see if people crush on me. I tried it once a while ago. I got no responses. And with a friend's list at the time numbering about 150 of which I had crushes on no less than about 45 people... it was... well not what I was hoping for. Amusingly, t
Irony 2008-02-16 01:43:52 Needing desperately to find someone to talk to. Not seeing anyone around to talk to. Read more:Irony
Status: Physically miserable redux 2008-02-12 11:52:01 I've been coughing really badly for about a week or two. Painful hacking coughing that leaves me debilitated for about half a minute and reeling with a headache.Last week I left work Wednesday afternoon and went through a physical and emotional roller coaster from being sick through to Sunday.Yesterday I dragged myself back to work. The cough wasn't gone.. but seemed manageable. Last evening it started getting worse. I had to take very slow very short breaths to prevent hacking painfully. At 10pm we headed off to the hospital in Kirkland. I was given Lortab elixir. This is a narcotic cough suppressant. It didn't make me loopy but it reduced the cough, helped me relax, and more importantly let me sleep.4 hours later but with really nice service I am pleased to report that I do NOT have pneu Read more:Status
Creativity? 2008-02-11 13:30:15 When I was a kid (and I mean 'kid') I was writing a story called "The Bridge" At the time it was (to me) a neat concept. While the media hadn't been created yet, it was one part "Tomorrow People" one part "Doctor Who" one part "Quantum Leap". Interestingly at the time I'd written it only Doctor Who existed.As shimmeringjemmy can tell you; I've never considered writing my forte. Most of my posts over 1000 words often have to go through her to be converted from Andrei into English.In college, I went into Directing because.-I didn't have the talent to do sets, costumes, or makeup beyond a passable level. -I didn't have the looks or business-machine callous destructiveness to be an actor.But most assuredly... I never really thought I had it in me to really be a writer.This was actually a bizar Read more:Creativity
OMG the Spoilage: Doctor Who 2008-02-08 17:23:59 I just found an amazing spoiler for the upcoming 4th series of Doctor
Who.For those who lack control or those that enjoy knowing minor things in advance... Feel free to click the linkFor those who don't wish to be spoiled... I've hidden the destination of the link behind tinyurl.com.Comments will be filtered
Damn you Glitch25! 2008-03-13 01:46:12 I adore the Kransky Sisters. More on this when I'm awakeAnd yes more responses to the meme.
Memetime: Okay.. how about you? 2008-03-12 11:49:34 Memepath: tisonlyherself -> shivanaComment on this entry I'll:» Tell you why I friended you.» Associate you with something - fandom, song, color, photo, word etc.» Tell you something I like about you.» Tell you a memory I have of you.» Ask something I've always wanted to know about you.» Tell you my favorite user pic of yours.In return, you can choose to post this in your LJ.C'mon its even all about you!
You know the days is off to an auspicious start... 2008-03-12 10:58:52 ... when the only thing going through your head is "Simon and Garfunkle" as sung by the B52s"Hello darkness my old Friend!!!"ooookay.. one of those mornings.Just felt the need to share.
So.. a surprise health note... 2008-03-15 16:56:13 I commented that February was the month I suffered the Black Death. Bronchitis, mild Pneumonia, and some other assorted entertaining ailments that continued into my digestive system.Also over the past year I've been discovering a general intolerance to caffeine (on a large scale), corn syrup, and especially aspartame. My doctor started me on some digestive enzymes. I also have to admit, I've pretty much entirely kicked soda. (Moment of bittersweet sorrow)In January I was less than pleased to discover I'd hit 208 pounds. Probably the heaviest I've been ever. I'm now 5'8 (like my grandfather I seem to be shrinking with age)I know I've been taking off a pound or so from being sick and everything else.Today I was pleased to weigh in at 189.2 pounds. I haven't been there since just after colleg
You know you're a Sooj Fan... 2008-03-14 23:43:51 After seeing her new Wikipedia entry I knew what I had to do.I love all her albums. But Sirens will always hold a very special place in my heart.So... I started working on her Discography pages with an entry for Sirens.Let me tell you... Doing those pages from scratch... not as easy as you might think.But I'll do more when I get the time.
Morning happy picture 2008-03-14 13:19:37 Everyone tends to be a bit slow in the morning. However, there are certain things you see in the morning that really just pull the grouch out of anyone.This is happy making for me.
Aiden just after 18 months. 080314
Aiden in the morning shortly after waking up and being dressed. Oh the happy!
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