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Wednesday, April 14, 2004

Within the goggles, he saw he stood in the center of a rectangular grey room, about twenty feet square. Of course, the goggles were cheap, and didn’t completely enclose his eyes, so he could still see their motel room at the extreme top and bottom of his vision. But the eye is easily fooled, and Thomas knew that after a few minutes of staring at the image that dominated his vision, his brain […]

April 13, 2004

And hell just froze over (see the final paragraph). I can feel the adrenaline pumping through my veins after seeing this announcement. I finished watching Turn-A Gundam last night. Turn-A was the 20th anniversary Gundam series, and as such, it is itself a commentary on the Gundam franchise. The creators seem to be saying, “Look, we’ve been showing you the horrors of war for twenty years. When are you going to get the point?“ […]

Monday, April 12, 2004

Saturday I saw Hellboy, which was quite good. It was exciting, and funny, and thought-provoking. Unfortunately, it also had some comic characters who were a bit too fantastic for live action. There are certain things that just don’t work when you see them on film. And, ironically, Hellboy himself wasn’t one of them. The main evil villain was essentially Snake Eyes from G.I. […]

Friday, April 9, 2004

I very much want this t-shirt. Writing Thoughts Lots to talk about, but I’m not really in the mood to write. I haven’t been in the mood to write all week, really. So I haven’t. This causes the Gurney Halleck in me to rage, “Mood?!? Mood’s a thing for cattle and love-play, not writing!” And, yes, it’s important to write even when you’re not in the mood. But not every time you’re not in the mood. […]

April 7, 2004

Congrats, Chris! Smart people believe weird things because they are skilled at defending beliefs they arrived at for nonsmart reasons. — Michael Shermer, “Smart People Believe Weird Things” And now, more of the VR story. He waved it off and massaged his temples for a moment before asking, “Who hired you?” She shook her head. “Whoever it was didn’t want me to say anything about […]

April 6, 2004

…and I just noticed that The Brunching Shuttlecocks have put up the absolutely perfect Geek Hierarchy Chart. As Neil Gaiman puts it, it’s “almost too accurate to be funny. But it’s still funny.” 5:13 p.m. There’s a new blog, called Worthwhile, which posts entries from a handful of highly-respected business writers. It’s sort of a cross between a blog and a magazine (mlog?); it’s nicely laid-out and offers posts from […]

Monday, April 5, 2004

Well. This has been a bad week, really. Mainly, I’ve felt lonely, which was exacerbated by my requests to have my friends contact me. But they haven’t. Not a single phone call or e-mail. :sigh: Also, my eyes are frustrating. I have to put in a lot of drops, and I was told at my last eye doctor appointment that it’ll be months before my eyes are fully healed. So I’m staring down […]

April 2, 2004

OMFG FIRST POST AHHAHHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAAA ROFLOL!!!!11!1 …Ahem. Sorry. No post today. I was kidnapped by evil wombat-like aliens and had all memories of the last twenty-four hours removed in a highly painful operation. Luckily, I was able to find one of their many escape pod mecha and blasted off for earth. Of course, I then had to save the universe in between moments of hilarious romantic comedy and deep personal angst. But I eventually got back […]

April 1, 2004

Congrats, Saalon! Everyone, go read Daemonsong. Does anyone else find that the amount of verification required on most banking sites is rather too much to deal with? Why does the bank insist that I enter the city I live in when registering? Isn’t that in their records? And, really, if I’m spoofing somebody else’s identity and already have their street address, I probably have their city name […]

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