Monthly Archives: March 2009
It’s really hard to get a real windshield to cooperate with this sport.
Check out the wonderfully original and deranged videos of Shintaro Kago.
I especially like this one. You can probably imagine why without too much difficulty.
Via BoingBoing.
Weekly twitterings for 2009-03-08
- Attempted to upgrade my kernel to 2.6.28. Nvidia drivers FAIL. Back to 2.6.26! #
- Skittles: Interweb the Rainbow! Marketing win. Must buy more skittles now. (Via @laughingsquid) http://skittles.com/ #
- Apparently it’s going to be a Jabberwocky day: woke up with the phrase ‘slithy toves’ in my head. http://tinyurl.com/4ule2 #
- @slithy_toves: Heh, I totally forgot about your handle. Maybe you ARE the reason… stay out of my head!! ;) in reply to slithy_toves #
- “Somehow it seems to fill my head with ideas – only I don’t exactly know what they are!” #
- @slithy_toves: Indeed it would, but I somehow think I’d be worse off, what with all the likely gut burbling. in reply to slithy_toves #
- @slithy_toves: It was at the Sam’s Club in Central Square. in reply to slithy_toves #
- @Qnonymous: Why do you assume they were working? Also, what’s wrong with using the Internet on the shitter (it’s like a book, only moreso)? in reply to Qnonymous #
- Just got called a stupid bitch for not going to art school. I agree! #
- Stayed up too late, being productive and scanning/posting art. http://tinyurl.com/teriart http://tinyurl.com/bjoxsg #
- Hello, sun! Fancy seeing you here! (Slacker) #
- I have no sympathy for deer. Despite disliking venison, I may start eating it out of spite. http://tinyurl.com/crwwqy #
- Played with Sculpey today for the first time ever. If this goes well, maybe I’ll set up an Etsy shop like everyone else seems to have done. #
- Wondering if I should try re-dying my hair tonight or tomorrow or if I should wait until next week. Will need more bleach. Hrmm. #
- Okay, so this makes me want to finally read Watchmen (which is in the queue) more than the movie does: http://tinyurl.com/dfgk5t #
- Hair be re-bluing. #
- Remember that sculpey I mentioned yesterday? Here are the results: http://tinyurl.com/a9tafp #
- Despite going to bed at a reasonable hour; still tired as all get-out. Thank $DEITY it’s Friday!
(export DEITY=’Invisible Pink Unicorn’) # - It’s such a nice day! Went for a walk to collegetown for lunch, took some pictures: http://tinyurl.com/d669s4
Ready for a nap! # - @slithy_toves: I’m hoping to check out the galleries tonight; if you see me around, say hi! (Look for the excessively blue hair) in reply to slithy_toves #
- @mhaithaca: Me too! Also, very small horses. in reply to mhaithaca #
- Hrmm… Got exalted with the Kalu’ak in #wow. Got a penguin. That’s neat, but still I’m still rather underwhelmed. Should I take up fishing? #
- Rockband and DAAAANCE party over at my place soon! If you know where I live and are interested, come on over! #
- Ugh. I feel like a beached whale. Time to get up, I suppose. #
Susie Smartypants
Is much more likable than most children. That’s probably because she is smarter than about 80% of the adult population of the United States:
At least there’s hope for the future of Germany.
Via Pharyngula
Big girl burlesque
The above documentary got sifted today and reminded me of seeing the White Elephant Burlesque Society last year at the TNE. At the time I remember being annoyed and ashamed at the reactions some people seemed to have to the larger dancers that were performing. How people could be so distracted from the grace and moxie of burlesque by something so trivial wass beyond me- if anything, the performance was even more spectacular given the bravery of the dancers in exhibiting themselves for a society that seems to refuse to believe that beauty can come with a BMI over 17.
This disgust can’t be about legitimate sexual attraction (or lack thereof) – if that were the case, it should be impossible for a heterosexual woman to enjoy burlesque. (As a heterosexual woman, I can attest to the fact that not wanting to sleep with the dancers certainly doesn’t prevent me from appreciating the dance.) No, I think the disgust is based more upon bullying- wanting to feel better about oneself by demeaning others; or upon the worry that one’s friends will mistake artistic interest with sexual lust.
Feel physically attracted to whomever you are attracted to- I’m not saying that you should change (or even that it is possible to change) that. If you like heroin-addict skinny, that is your business. But remember that your preferences are your own, and no one else cares. To each their own. Live and let live.
But regardless of your level of interest, be respectful. This isn’t elementary school, you callow cretins.
Do you suffer from polyps?
Via Ectomo
Weekly twitterings for 2009-03-01
- Why am I still doing this? #
- Workin’ on replacing code I wrote with code other people wrote. #
- Am I alone in not giving a flying fuck about the Oscars? Really, who cares? Like movies if you like them, not because they win awards. #
- I’m looking for a very lightweight canvas backpack with a good amount of pockets, preferably black. Any recommendations? #
- Kissing comes from mouth-feeding masticated food to babies. Ewww. (May never kiss again) http://tinyurl.com/dbukyh #
- @rstevens: One of my major guidelines in life is to never trust anything written in comic sans. in reply to rstevens #
- Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. will ALWAYS be State St. to me. Ithaca has history, too. Why throw it away? #
- @slithy_toves: I’m all for MLK, but I’m also for the State Theater (et al)! I asked about this before and the response was “visibility”. Bah in reply to slithy_toves #
- Apparently changing a windows login means I cannot login at all now, with either the new or the old password. Huh. #
- Twitter keeps being over capacity. Believe it or not, this is getting in the way of my work! (Work-related twitter account: @cceweb) #
- Finished migrating comments from my old art and photo galleries; made changes live. Discovered bugs in UNG; fixed them for a working demo. #
- Is ambivalent. #
- Had lunch with @loxosceles, who is heading off this weekend for new adventures. Ithaca will miss her! #
- How did I not know this?! Ithaca’s “Sign Guy” has a blog! http://sineman.blogspot.com/ #
- Wondering where someone who I am supporting financially, who is also unemployed, gets off lecturing ME on how I spend MY money. The nerve! #
- I have to say, I dig the way @DAVID_LYNCH does user validation. And weather. http://tinyurl.com/ah766u #
- ♪ Painting my backpack, la la la-la! ♪ #
- Staying up too late. Again. #
- Three days in a row on less than four hours of sleep each. Today is a coffee day. Also though, it’s a Friday, so yay! #
- There’s only so long a reasonable person can remain supportive of a dead weight. #
- My head is full of PAIN. In a physical achey sort of way, not in a psychological emo sort of way. #
- Coldfusion, where did you go and why didn’t you leave a forwarding address? (somebody misses you) #
- Apparently Nessus stole our Coldfusion away. We think they eloped and are living in the Mariana Trench. Sending out rescue subs. #
- Got a Targus Grypton Pro Portable Tripod and tried it out; it broke INSTANTLY when I tightened the ball head lock lever. :( #
- @slithy_toves That’s what I got! Either it was defective or cheap. in reply to slithy_toves #
- I’m really glad I’ve finished my website updates finally. Now I can finally scan / post some art. And, theoretically, play WoW again. #
