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| Monday, January 4th, 2010 | |
| 1:04 am | Why I'm traveling, Revisited Note: I don't think I've dedicated this to paper but I have explained it to myself and other people on numerous occasions, so this is largely for my own benefit. Be warned, it's ranty, but also basically updates on everything that's been happening to me for the last several months. :[ Such as it is, anyway. ( Why I'm traveling, Revisited ) A fresh beginning. What a terrifying thought. |
| Sunday, May 31st, 2009 | |
| 6:49 pm | Words of Wisdom... "You know, when you have a program that does something really cool, and you wrote it from scratch, and it took a significant part of your life, you grow fond of it. When it's finished, it feels like some kind of amorphous sculpture that you've created. It has an abstract shape in your head that's completely independent of its actual purpose. Elegant, simple, beautiful. Then, only a year later, after making dozens of pragmatic alterations to suit the people who use it, not only has your Venus- de-Milo lost both arms, she also has a giraffe's head sticking out of her chest and a cherubic penis that squirts colored water into a plastic bucket. The romance has become so painful that each day you struggle with an overwhelming urge to smash the fucking thing to pieces with a hammer." - Nick Foster ("Life as a programmer") Current Mood:  awake |
| Friday, November 14th, 2008 | |
| 12:10 pm | English Correct me if this seems wrong to you: As learning becomes more advanced in the English language, therein also lies a point where the scholar becomes more forgiving of work breaking the rules. This can be attributed to the feeling that the language is overly convoluted, or more likely, we have such an exposure to the language, good and bad, that we tend to gloss it over in our minds as we read it. Overexposure is the bane of self-criticism and proofreading. Your thoughts? Current Mood:  cynical |
| Friday, October 17th, 2008 | |
| 12:09 pm | Well, damn! Here's to me totally forgetting about Livejournal and just getting too busy with life! I'm not going to bother writing about it right now, but I'm going to try to get back on track with writing in this thing daily. Your mileage may vary, given that I've been getting roughly 4 hours of sleep a night for about the last two weeks, and that's a situation that looks unlikely to change. So, here's an easy discussion topic. F-List, I've pretty much fallen out of the anime/game world, and I'd like back in. I only currently have a PS2, and a craptastic computer, but I might be motivated to change that. Any recommendations on either account? Oh yeah, forgot I have a DS too. Whoops? ;P Waha, off to class. Bye~ |
| Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 | |
| 6:42 am | And here comes the awesome...>:D Current Mood:  predatoryCurrent Music: Prodigy - Voodoo People (Pendulum Remix) |
| Thursday, February 14th, 2008 | |
| 12:49 am | Valentines Day  Happy Valentines Day Current Mood:  depressedCurrent Music: Pendulum - Hold Your Colour (Bi-Polar Remix) |
| Tuesday, February 12th, 2008 | |
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| Monday, February 11th, 2008 | |
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| Thursday, February 7th, 2008 | |
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| Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008 | |
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| Thursday, January 3rd, 2008 | |
| 3:25 am | Board Games Got inspiration to write another short story. Enjoy. Comments, critiques, and proofreads are appreciated. ( Board Games ) Current Music: RenardV - Greatest Fear (Moral Fibre Retool) |
| Monday, December 24th, 2007 | |
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| Thursday, December 20th, 2007 | |
| 5:10 pm | Stolen from Eileen... I Am A: True Neutral Human Bard (3rd Level) Ability Scores: Strength-14 Dexterity-14 Constitution-12 Intelligence-16 Wisdom-17 Charisma-14 Alignment: True Neutral A true neutral character does what seems to be a good idea. He doesn't feel strongly one way or the other when it comes to good vs. evil or law vs. chaos. Most true neutral characters exhibit a lack of conviction or bias rather than a commitment to neutrality. Such a character thinks of good as better than evil after all, he would rather have good neighbors and rulers than evil ones. Still, he's not personally committed to upholding good in any abstract or universal way. Some true neutral characters, on the other hand, commit themselves philosophically to neutrality. They see good, evil, law, and chaos as prejudices and dangerous extremes. They advocate the middle way of neutrality as the best, most balanced road in the long run. True neutral is the best alignment you can be because it means you act naturally, without prejudice or compulsion. However, true neutral can be a dangerous alignment because it represents apathy, indifference, and a lack of conviction. Race: Humans are the most adaptable of the common races. Short generations and a penchant for migration and conquest have made them physically diverse as well. Humans are often unorthodox in their dress, sporting unusual hairstyles, fanciful clothes, tattoos, and the like. Class: Bards often serve as negotiators, messengers, scouts, and spies. They love to accompany heroes (and villains) to witness heroic (or villainous) deeds firsthand, since a bard who can tell a story from personal experience earns renown among his fellows. A bard casts arcane spells without any advance preparation, much like a sorcerer. Bards also share some specialized skills with rogues, and their knowledge of item lore is nearly unmatched. A high Charisma score allows a bard to cast high-level spells. Find out What Kind of Dungeons and Dragons Character Would You Be?, courtesy of Easydamus (e-mail) ( Detailed Results... ) |
| Wednesday, December 5th, 2007 | |
| 5:18 am | Hmm. While researching short stories to write papers on, came across a fan-made timeline that was placing where Heinlein's books were supposed to be happening in regards to our own chronological timeline. Heinlein thought that we would have space colonies by 2003... Space colonies? Hell, we don't even have flying cars yet. If I were Heinlein, I would come back from the dead, just to give the whole world a collective kick in the ass. Cause really, that's just pathetic. Seriously guys, what the hell? Current Mood:  annoyedCurrent Music: John B - Electrofreek (Epic Mix) |
| Monday, December 3rd, 2007 | |
| 8:42 pm | There were things to suggest to a thinking man that the Creator of mankind had a very oblique sense of fun indeed, and to breed in his heart a rage to storm the gates of heaven. The mugs for example. The inquisitors stopped work twice a day for coffee. Their mugs, which each man had brought from home, were grouped around the kettle on the hearth of the central furnace which incidentally heated the irons and knives. They had legends on them like A Present From the Holy Grotto of Ossory, or To The World's Greatest Daddy. Most of them were chipped, and no two of them were the same. And there were the postcards on the wall. It was traditional that, when an inquisitor went on holiday, he'd send back a crudely colored woodcut of the local view… And there was the pinned-up tearful message from Inquisitor First Class Ishmale "Pop" Quoom, thanking all the lads for collecting no fewer than seventy-eight obols for his retirement present and the lovely bunch of flowers for Mrs. Quoom, indicating that he'd always remember his days in No. 3 pit, and was looking forward to coming in and helping out any thime they were short-handed. And it all meant this: that there are hardly any excesses of the most crazed psychopath that cannot easily be duplicated by a normal, kindly family man who just comes in to work every day and has a job to do. Vorbis loved knowing that. A man who knew that, knew everything he needed to know about people. (From Terry Pratchett’s Small Gods) |
| Monday, November 5th, 2007 | |
| 7:41 am | You know you've disappeared off the far end of nerddom when you look at someone and think that they are a pallete swap of someone else you know... Explanation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pallete_sw |
| 7:28 am | V Remember, remember the Fifth of November, The Gunpowder Treason and Plot, I know of no reason Why Gunpowder Treason Should ever be forgot. Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, t'was his intent To blow up King and Parliament. Three-score barrels of powder below To prove old England's overthrow; By God's providence he was catch'd With a dark lantern and burning match. Holloa boys, holloa boys, let the bells ring. Holloa boys, holloa boys, God save the King! |
| Thursday, November 1st, 2007 | |
| 3:50 am | Preface from "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim. The critic is he who can translate into another manner or a new material his impression of beautiful things. The highest as the lowest form of criticism is a mode of autobiography. Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault. Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope. They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only beauty. There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all. The nineteenth century dislike of realism is the rage of Caliban seeing his own face in a glass. The nineteenth century dislike of romanticism is the rage of Caliban not seeing his own face in a glass. The moral life of man forms part of the subject-matter of the artist, but the morality of art consists in the perfect use of an imperfect medium. No artist desires to prove anything. Even things that are true can be proved. No artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style. No artist is ever morbid. The artist can express everything. Thought and language are to the artist instruments of an art. Vice and virtue are to the artist materials for an art. From the point of view of form, the type of all the arts is the art of the musician. From the point of view of feeling, the actor's craft is the type. All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. Those who read the symbol do so at their peril. It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors. Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the work is new, complex, and vital. When critics disagree, the artist is in accord with himself. We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it. The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely. All art is quite useless. Current Mood:  contemplativeCurrent Music: Coldplay - Speed of Sound |
| Monday, October 29th, 2007 | |
| 3:25 am | Snaps.com So, have you been noticing links in LJ have been loading big pop-up previews? It's not spyware. At least, not the uninvited kind typical to the internet. It's actually supposed to be a feature in LJ. Think it sucks? Below is a post on how to get rid of it pretty much across any OS/Browser you have. http://spacecowb0y.livejournal.com/2815 Enjoy. -Alu |
| Sunday, October 21st, 2007 | |
| 5:04 am | |
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