17 Sep 07
It’s amazing to watch people create something out of nothing. Case in point: the first five episodes of Space Battleship Yamato, which I watched recently. Made in 1974, when anime was still a bunch of crude cartoons for kids, this is a show with weight and melancholy. It’s slow and deliberate. We spend whole episodes […]
11 Sep 07
A variety of thoughts: The most common subject in self-improvement is fear. It seems that most people don’t improve themselves because they fear, oh, all sorts of things. I’ve been reading the Shortpacked! retrospective on Roomies/It’s Walky/Shortpacked. I was struck by the juxtaposition of drama and humor. The artist has pointed out that he has […]
8 Sep 07
Sorry for the lack of updates. Work has been stressing me out. Which is odd. I don’t like the word “stress,” as it has little meaning. It’s like saying that work is “painful.” Well, painful how? Stress is just pressure. What kind of pressure? I’ve involved myself in a data migration project. It’s complicated. It’s […]
5 Sep 07
After listening to Wil Wheaton‘s PAX keynote about computer games, I thought about art. In the past decade or so, two mediums have shifted in the public consciousness from cheap pulp entertainment into potentailly legitimate art form: comics and video games. So, I wonder, what’s the next medium to transition into Art? Some possibilities: Fanfiction […]
2 Sep 07
A bit of a wash this morning, but I refuse to let it keep me down. I awoke late and lazed around in bed all morning, then drove straight to my parents’ house to go to lunch and traverse a nearby garden with them. Had a grand time. Then, home for an hour so I […]
1 Sep 07
I realized several years ago that, despite living near Washington, D.C. all my life, I hadn’t been to the museums in over a decade. It’s a common malady: you don’t experience the things that are close, because they’re close. They’re mundane. You keep telling yourself, “Oh, I can do that any time.” So, every year […]
31 Aug 07
I won’t bore you with a litany of today’s accomplishments. In brief: I took today off work, and determined to make the day count. And I did. Most exciting development: I attached a MIDI-to-USB cable between my piano keyboard and computer, fired up GarageBand, and was able to play directly into my computer. In twenty […]
27 Aug 07
I spent the weekend relaxing, pretty much. And if you believe in yin/yang retribution for goofing off, then I paid for it. Saturday, I puttered around the house, then enjoyed the company of my friends at Guy’s Night Out, where we watched Logan’s Run (a film I still love) and Sahara (which is a perfect […]
24 Aug 07
Some days, you just come home and watch two episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000 back-to-back, and then go to bed. Not that your day was bad. Not that you’re depressed or frustrated. Your brain just wants to be switched off and amused for an evening. And that’s fine. (They were “Teenagers from Outer Space” […]
21 Aug 07
Sure enough, my block of YouTube helped me to be more “productive” today, in the sense that my leisure was directed towards things that I really care about. I watched a lot of anime today, chugging through my to-watch pile nicely. I got through about a third of Gun Frontier, a fun show in which […]