I feel like crap. Throat, lungs, and sinuses are not being at all cooperative. Think I may have a bug, which means any and all social-type New Year’s plans are cancelled, and instead will have to spend it at home being sick.
On the plus side, I’m making a bit of progress on a new mashup album. I just hope this stuff sounds as good after my head has stopped being clogged with mucus.
Hope everyone had/is having/will have a fantastic holiday season!
Awesome alert: Your Friendly Neighborhood Louis has put up another of his famous mixes. Become the next victim of his War On Xmas!
Yes, there is another issue of WTH in the works. I’m aiming close to New Year’s Day for a release date, so if you’d like to get a letter in, you’ve got another few days.
Leia Bunny and Grey had a falling out, and Leia is hanging out at my place until Grey cools off and comes to her senses.
This is what happens when I get let loose on eBay. I wonder if there’s a Sylvester McCoy sweater-vest support group…
| long survey without stupid questions | |
| basics | |
| name::: | Rob |
| age::: | 28 |
| birthday::: | 11-12-77 |
| zodiac sign::: | Scorpio. For those playing along at home, a Sagittarius Moon and Libra rising. |
| height::: | 5′11″ |
| weight::: | A bit more than I need, but I’m comfortable with that. |
| shoe size::: | 11, or 10 1/2 W |
| any piercings?: | No. |
| any tattoos?: | Not yet, but I’m designing possibities. |
| glasses/contacts::: | Reading glasses. |
| do you have braces?: | Never did. |
| hair color::: | Dark brown flecked with grey. |
| eye color::: | Dark brown. |
| race/heritage::: | Caucasian, mostly Italian-American. |
| favorites | |
| color::: | Green. |
| person::: | Too many to list. My best friend is Grey. |
| band::: | Information Society. |
| tv show::: | Doctor Who. |
| movie::: | Duck Soup. |
| number::: | 47 |
| day of the week::: | Saturday. |
| season::: | Winter. |
| place::: | Earth. |
| sport::: | Super Nintendo. |
| singer::: | Kurt Harland. |
| book::: | Too many to list. Right now I’m reading some Isaac Asimov essays, a Dr Who book, and some Witchcraft stuff.. |
| month: | They all have their points. I usually like November, but this past one was rough. |
| flower::: | Bleeding hearts. |
| candy::: | White chocolate or black licorice. |
| ice cream flavor::: | Something with cookie bits. |
| restaurant::: | Someplace I’ve never been. |
| actor::: | Groucho Marx. |
| actress::: | Eddie Izzard. |
| animal::: | Fireflies, oddly enough. |
| drink::: | Orange juice. |
| website::: | Right now LJ, for being where I keep up with most of my friends and feeds and stuff. |
| instrument::: | Cool Edit Pro. |
| planet::: | Claire. |
| ceral::: | Raisin bran, with tons of fruit and an obscene amount of sugar added. |
| store::: | Yard sales, thrift shops, eBay, my coven’s gift shop. |
| cartoon character::: | Captain Murphy. *snif* |
| body part::: | Braaaaains!!!! |
| video game::: | FF7 or FF8, depending on my mood. Also Super Mario 3, and of course Tetris. |
| first | |
| your first word was::: | The first word I knew was “unh”, but I didn’t know how to spell it. |
| the age of your first kiss was::: | 18. Yes, I know. |
| your first time was::: | 18. Yes, I still know. |
| the name and age of your first love was::: | Personal. |
| have you ever… | |
| gotten drunk::: | No. |
| done drugs::: | Not apart from becoming unintentionally zonked on the codeine I was given when I had my wisdom teeth pulled. |
| had sex::: | Yes. |
| done a threesome::: | No. |
| been jelous of a friend::: | I guess so. |
| been suicidal::: | No. |
| been homicidal::: | Only when I watch Fox News. |
| stole something::: | Yes. |
| fallen in love with a friend and couldn’t tell them::: | Yes. |
| wrecked a car::: | No, but I did punch and break a windshield. |
| been held back a grade::: | No. |
| lost a friendship over something stupid::: | Anything that breaks up a friendship is stupid on some level. |
| been single for more than a year without wanting to be::: | Yes. |
| dumped someone cause you were sick of them::: | The one time I had to do the dumping, that was why. |
| broken a bone::: | No. |
| been in a serious fight::: | Yes. |
| been do depressed it was hard to get up in the morning::: | Yes. |
| cried over someone::: | Yes. |
| had a friend who died young::: | Too many. |
| had to go to a funeral of someone you really loved::: | Far too many. |
| this or that | |
| winter/summer: | Winter. |
| rebirth/death: | I don’t see a difference. |
| coke/pepsi: | Both overrated. |
| hot tub/pool: | Depends on the company. |
| dream/reality: | They both have their functions. Each can help illuminate the other. |
| cat/dog: | Both, but right now I just have two cats. |
| flowers/candy: | Flowers in nature, candy as a gift. I wonder how quickly the flower industry would crumble if all women realized the subtext of being given a plant’s sex organs by their date. |
| comedy/tragedy: | Comedy, but they both have their places. Even tragedy has comedic aspects. |
| your view on | |
| politics::: | Politics are there to keep the people who want to change the world too busy arguing to do so. |
| god::: | I believe we are all one with God/Goddess/however else you refer to the Divine/all that is. Separation from such is an illusion we’re meant to outgrow. |
| gay marrige::: | Yes. It’s ridiculous that this is even an issue. Future generations will lump this in with slavery and women’s rights in the “took those damn fools long enough” category. |
| magick::: | In my belief and practice it’s an expression of the Divine, and as such it’s involved in every aspect of my life. |
| love::: | Every choice in life can be boiled down to love or fear, and fear is an illusion based on belief of separation from God. All that’s real is love. |
| evolution::: | It has, does, and will continue to happen, regardless of what they let them teach in certain schools. |
| aliens::: | It’d be a terrible waste of space if there weren’t. I’d guess they’re waiting until we straighten our own shit out before saying hi, though, so don’t hold your breath. |
| abortions::: | I won’t venture any opinion on this until I either become a potential father or grow a womb. |
| karma: | I believe in karma like I believe in trees – it’s something I have much direct evidence and deep personal and practical experience of. |
| fate::: | Nothing is written in stone and you have free will, but everything does work out for the best. Even the supreme fuckups one makes have their purpose and lessons to teach us. |
| legalizing marijuana::: | Legalize and tax the crap out of it and, like the cigarette industry, it’ll die out as our boneheaded society slowly realizes how useless it is in life. |
| the afterlife::: | Been there, done that, will do it again. |
| do you have | |
| more than 50 cd’s?: | Yes. |
| a car?: | No. |
| a motercycle?: | No. |
| a job?: | Yes. |
| more than 10 pairs of pants?: | No. |
| more than 15 shirts?: | Yes. |
| more than 8 pairs of shoes?: | No, I’m a heterosexual male. |
| love | |
| gay/bi/straight::: | Straight. |
| are you dating someone?: | Not currently. |
| if so for how long?: | |
| do you love them?: | |
| whats your favorite things about their personality?: | |
| do they have any flaws in their personality?: | |
| whats your favorite thing about their looks?: | |
| what your least favorite thing about their looks?: | |
| loves | |
| friends::: | Grey, Murd0c, my coven, all you great people who read / look at / listen to / otherwise dig my work, the PLA folks, NYC2600, the Dr Who nuts, too many others to list… |
| faimly members::: | My sisters Fina and Jo, my mom, my late grandfather, and that’s about it. |
| pets::: | My current cats are Patty and Hitch-hike. |
| random | |
| do you love yourself?: | You saw that??? |
| if you were a mythical creature what would it be?: | A renegade Time Lord. |
| if you had a wish….: | Standard wish for more wishes. |
| other | |
| anything else not mentioned?: | My socks never match. |
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This morning at work, a button came off my shirt. Since nobody in that office needs to see my hairy chest unless the song “Rico Suave” is on, I came up with a quick fix you too can use to survive an offce-type button-reattachment situation..
A) Cut the red string from one of those recloseable inter-office envelopes.
2) Straighten one leg of a staple, and fold the other leg tightly over the middle of the string.
d) Use this makeshift needle-and-thread to throw a stitch or two through the button and reattach it. It helps to use the holes already in the fabric from the old thread.
&) Tie the string off on the inside, snip the excess, and you’re good to go.
€) Optionally, use a pen on the stitches to match dark thread and make you look slightly less stupid, you button-losing office twunt.
Later at lunch I had the worst split-pea soup ever made. It was much better after I crushed a bag of crunchy cheetos and mixed them in, which I think spoiled the appetite of the stodgy-looking businessman sitting at the next table over. Good for me!
This just in: the Senate is suspected of attempting to grow a brain. More on this story as it develops.
To quote The Onion, I’d really like to tell this damn government what I think, but thanks to the Patriot Act, they already know.
Here’s an article from the Washington Post (if it asks for a login, BugMeNot is your friend.)
From TFA:
Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) had implored his colleagues to approve the four-year renewal. If terrorists attack the United States next year, he said in a floor speech, “we will have to answer to that if we don’t vote to renew the Patriot Act.”
The President is throwing out similar tat..
“The terrorists want to attack America again and kill the innocent and inflict even greater damage than they did on September 11th — and the Congress has a responsibility not to take away this vital tool that law enforcement and intelligence officials have used to protect the American people.”
One thing frightens me deeply about this.. I wonder if the Act does get denied, or even delayed, what lengths people like those two will go to in order to prove themselves right. It would seem a perfect opportunity to blow something else up for a big “I told you so.”
I thought it would never stop being this week!
Sleep is good. Must get back into that habit.
About a year ago I bought a sewing machine from a friend, and stashed it in my basement.
Friday night I finally set it up, and spent most of Saturday teaching myself how to use it. I’m pretty damn good at it now, if I do say so myself, especially considering the last time I used a sewing machine was about 20 years ago.
I’ve always been quite handy at sewing, even some heavy-duty clothing modding for costumes and things, but it was always by hand. Now I’ve gone mechanical I feel like I’ve just given up being Amish.
I’m running out of things to repair or embroider, though. Next step: find some neat fabric and make something from scratch.
Today, I put the spurs to a really insane “Doctor Who” fic, while keeping up with the newly active Gallifrey. For those unfamiliar, it’s a spoofy, shits-and-giggles sort of online RPG in which people start a livejournal as a Dr Who character, and bicker flirt bitch socialize in-character in the community posts and on players’ individual journals. It’s a ton of fun, and any of you Dr Who fans reading this should definitely check it out, if not to join then to just read the ongoing insanity.
I’ve been playing since April, and my sock puppet has been Frobisher, a shape-shifting detective who featured in the spinoff comics, novels, and audio plays. He is usually shaped like a penguin, for personal reasons.
In a sweet coup, I’ve also managed to snag the new Tenth Doctor. Ten will be played pretty manic and unstable until Christmas, when his first full episode comes out and I find out how he really acts on-screen.
Hi, my name is Rob, and I’ve spent a perfectly serviceable weekend sewing and immersing myself in dodgy scifi fandom. Not only that, but I’ve blogged it. And you know what? I’m glad! Glad, I say, glad!!!
Long post. Yay memes!
Yanked from the Doctor..
The adult meme….Check all that apply.
Ok are you sick of all these surveys that are obviously made by teenagers, with questions like “Have you ever stayed out all night?” Who cares? Well, I guess when you’re 14 that’s a big deal. So here is a survey for adults cause there are some of us out there you know.
[X] I have a Job
[ ] I own a paid off car
[X] I have a house payment or rent
[X] I’ve made a house or car payment late
[ ] I’ve had a car reposessed
[ ] I know my credit score
[ ] I have kids
[ ] I have kids by more than one person
[ ] I pay child support
[ ] I’m married
[ ] I’ve been divorced
[ ] I’m 30 or older and haven’t been married
[X] I have toys from my childhood that are older than half of myspace (Ataris.. Commodores.. original Voltron and Transformers toys..)
[X] I remember when David Lee Roth left Van Halen.
[X] I saw “E.T.” in the Theater or Drive – In.
[X] I know who shot J.R. (Which time? He got shot like twice.)
[X] Fraggle Rock.
[X] “Where’s the Beef?”
[X] I’ve found grey hairs
[X] I have aches and/or pains for no apparent reason.
[X] I’ve uttered the phrase “Kids these days…”
[X] I’ve uttered the phrase “When *I* was a kid…”
[X] I think current teen fashion is laughable, but I own something from the 80’s or early 90’s thats equally retarded… that I still wear.
[X] I know off the top of my head who Crockett and Tubbs are.
[X] “Capital Gains tax”, “401k”, and “Homestead exemption” all mean something to me.
[X] I wanted a Delorean. (still do)
[X] Yes, I have had sex with people of different ages and backgrounds.
[X] I remember when it was just “Star Trek”
[X] I had a Trapper Keeper
[X] I know what “Reaganomics” was.
[X] I remember when Michael Jackson was Black.
[X] I remember Max Headroom
[X] I know who killed Laura Palmer
[X] I remember when VCR’s were a “new gadget” And the remote control for the cable box had a long ass wire
[X] I remember Atari (Recently bought one in original box with a pile of games at a yard sale for $5, back then you needed a second mortgage to afford one.)
[X] I remember when the only anime show you could watch was Robotech.
[ ] I remember when there was no such thing as a computer.
[X] I remember Pop Rocks!
Year in review meme – yanked from everyone’s LJ.. Go through your blog, and post the first one or two sentences from each month.
January: New Year’s in Times Square: the good…
February: Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride (no, it’s not a Lisa Marie biopic.)
March: Yoinked from music god and DJ, Your Friendly Neighborhood Louis…
April: Yanked from RageFury…
May: I had a great day in the City, but I’m too tired to write it up now. Short version: if you’re in the area, cheack out HOAST today.
June: For the Doctor Who fans who read this blog.. I’ve posted my first vignette to the Dr Who fanfic archive.
July: Two Thousand, Six Hundred today. Woot! Crap from the crappy world of crap.
August: A nice young man named David recently had a brain tumor removed. In what may be a first on the Internet, he has posted photos of his own brain surgery to Flickr.
September: This sums it up perfectly. Ellis is from New Orleans, living and working in New York.
October: Yesterday was Pagan Pride Day, and it was lots of fun.
November: Halloween Parade was awesome as always. I just got home, showered and shaved, and will now pass out for five hours or so.
December: Happy birthday, Leo and Sergey!!! I love you guys like brother-in-laws, which is probably fortunate.
I had an account on myspace some time ago, but ditched it as I never got into the thing. Now, however, I have bad music to pimp, so I’ve decided to start up an artist account for my data-jockeying alter ego.
The power of bad mashups compels you…
Just putting this together has reminded me how much I hate their damn interface.
Stolen from everyone’s blog..
I’m not one to expect accuracy from online surveys, but I do know this one came damn close.
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Rob took the free ColorQuiz.com personality test!
“Seeks success, stimulation, and a life full of exp…” Click here to read the rest of the results. |
Happy birthday, Leo and Sergey!!! I love you guys like brother-in-laws, which is probably fortunate.
A piece of fan art I made has become the cover for Q-Unit’s upcoming instrumentals disc. Sweet!
Speaking of mashups, in an odd mutation of a dream I had Saturday night, it turns out that Green Day are dicks after all.
Wendie Jo Sperber passed away yesterday. She will be missed, and my deepest condolences go out to her family, friends, and someone named Greg or Craig.
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