| So, Star Trek? |
[May. 8th, 2009|12:16 am] |
Yeah. Go see that.
God Damn.
"My ex-wife took the whole damn planet in the divorce."
Indeed, sir! In-fucking-deed! |
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| He was a hack, anyway. |
[Nov. 20th, 2008|12:14 am] |
Though feet of mine have oft been up to mouth,
I feel, each day, your eyes just seein' through.
As I speak, my gaze meets yours, drifts South,
Is your mind the same? 'Cuz mine is doin' you.
You speak of matters deep and consequential,
It's not fair to you or to the things you say,
That your body is more influential,
And all the language heard is "T" and "A."
Words recede as fast as space between us,
I move to make the visual tactile,
A moment of sweet cessation of lust,
Before your startled slap erased my smile.
Instead of doin' you I watch you leave...
...at least the view is one I cannot grieve.
What? I was inspired!
ETA: Oooh, shit, yeah!
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| Post-Election Giddiness |
[Nov. 5th, 2008|12:41 am] |
I'm not entirely jubilant, yet, and I won't be until I hear that Proposition 8 in Cali is shot down, but I am so very satisfied, and so very, very relieved. It's not sufficient to say that I have hope, again, it's that there's a feeling of freedom from hopelessness. That the repudiation of an administration whose actions, however intentioned, have been indistinguishable from evil is clearly evident: relief. That the words relating Martin Luther King's dream, that made me cry as a child and still make my eyes sting, are closer than ever to being universally realized: relief.
Thank you, at last, America, for remembering who you should be and what's important, even if only briefly. You've made me proud, and it's been so long.
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| OMG, SQUID, SQUEE! |
[Oct. 21st, 2008|07:19 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Da Den | ] |
| [ | mood |
| |  giddy | ] |
Holy shit, the internet is full of awesome people! My friend Marilee from Making Light just sent me these out of the blue:
Petrified Squid, you guys! HOW COOL IS THAT? |
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| Packed, finally. Mostly. |
[Oct. 9th, 2008|12:12 am] |
So, yeah, finally got everything packed and loaded and (I hope) ready to go.
I'm off to Myschievia for the next 5 days, folks. Keep yourselves entertained! |
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| The Life |
[Sep. 14th, 2008|04:00 pm] |
This is it. A belly full of BBQ, delicious seasonal beers, beautiful women and good friends (a mutually complementary set!), Anathem, and a patio seat during the prettiest day in recent memory.
Oh yeah. |
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| Distractions |
[Sep. 12th, 2008|08:53 am] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Ze Office | ] |
| [ | mood |
| |  anxious | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Trouble - Pink | ] |
So, like several others, I've got family in the Houston area, about whom I'm a bit worried. Prompted by an e-mail from ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) whatgiraffe , I thought we could all use a bit of distraction, so here's some of my favorite images from around the net:
( Laugh, dammit! )
Feel free to join in!
ETA:( More! (Some are slightly racier...) )
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| Worldcon Panel: Choosing Religion as a Setting |
[Aug. 25th, 2008|11:35 pm] |
Frankly, the title of this one was dumb. Dumb, dumb, dumb. And the moderation was probably more formal than was really needed, with Friedman posing a question and then each panelist addressing it by turns, with sadly little back and forth. Still, it was interesting.
( Choosing Religion as a Setting for a Novel )
The big surprise for me, really, was that S.M. Stirling, of whom I have less than fond memories from Usenet days, was amiable, insightful, and funny! Really, he was one of the most entertaining panelists of any that I saw at Worldcon. |
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| Worldcon Panel: Privacy |
[Aug. 23rd, 2008|12:45 am] |
I didn't get a picture of the panel members here, I think partly because I was worried it would feed David Brin's ego. An extra dose of snarkery, below!
( Privacy: what is it, should we have it, do we deserve it? )
This was my first encounter with Brin in person, and it was...very contradictory. When he wasn't triggered into a polemical fit, he seemed very personable and pleasant! But his triggers seemed hair-sensitive.
Also, have you ever heard someone argue something you don't necessarily disagree with, but the way they were arguing the point was so unpleasant it made you wish you didn't agree with them? That, in spades. Thankfully we had Brad (who's an awesome guy) to balance him out a bit. |
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| Worldcon Panel: Rolling up the Wheel of Time |
[Aug. 20th, 2008|12:41 am] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Bed | ] |
| [ | mood |
| | nerdy | ] |
For what are (perhaps) obvious reasons, I felt a moral obligation to attend this panel, and I was far from disappointed. Well, OK, so attending this panel meant I couldn't get in to hear the reading from the upcoming Vorkosigan novel, but I still attended an excellent panel.
( Rolling Up the Wheel of Time )
I came away from this feeling a great deal of hope for the series, as someone who was once deeply attached to it and will always hold a fond place for it. Sanderson is very deeply enthused by the project, and seems ultra-aware of the need to make it as genuine as possible without reaching for a Jordan-esque caricature. Frankly, he impressed me.
In an amusing tidbit, I raised my hand and mentioned that "so far as I know" I was the only rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan old guard in attendance that day, upon which the guy sitting next to me raised his hand. It was Tony Z! But, anyway, I asked if he'd had any use from the WoTFAQ, and he said that when he asked the current (web-based, of course) Jordan fandom what references he should use, that was at the top of the list. Still! |
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| Worldcon Panel: Book Reviewers |
[Aug. 17th, 2008|08:28 pm] |
This one was fun. Also, there was an incredibly hot lady in the audience who reviews books for...Horn? Or something like that, anyway, it was almost distracting me from the panel, she was so attractive.
( Book Reviewers: The Missing Link of the Publishing Industry )
Of all the panels I went to where a personal celebrity wasn't the draw, this one was probably the most fun, maybe in part because, you know, I review books and stuff. |
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| Worldcon Panel: Bleeding Heart Liberals and Military SF |
[Aug. 14th, 2008|05:23 pm] |
I still really needed a nap, but this panel was more than interesting enough to make up for that.
( Bleeding Heart Liberals and Military SF )
There is, apparently, a perception that liberals form the vast majority of MilSF readers, even though several prominent writers are conservative in ideology. I did not know this. Regardless, much of the panel was spent clarifying (justifying? Maybe...) how and why it is no longer the case that being liberal means being anti-military or even anti-war.
See, also: Avram's Sketchnotes for this panel! |
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| Worldcon Panels Creating a Mythos |
[Aug. 13th, 2008|10:42 pm] |
To be honest, I wasn't paying terribly close attention to this one and really needed a nap. I didn't take a terrible lot of notes.
( Creating a Mythos )
Really, I just couldn't get into this one. None of the stuff they talked about really struck me as mythos-y, just worldbuilding-y. |
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| Worldcon Panel: The Future of Mental Health |
[Aug. 13th, 2008|07:15 pm] |
Here's the first of my Worldcon Panel reports. Most of the panels I got pictures of the participants, except for this one and one other, so you'll just have to imagine.
( The Future of Mental Health: Defining it & Deciding how to Implement it )
This panel was a bit woo-woo for my tastes. I would have preferred more discussion of science fiction that addresses psychological issues, like Friedman's "Upon This Alien Shore." There was really far too much discussion of current and historical psych issues and treatments, and not enough speculative discussion. I should have asked some pointed questions in that direction, but as it was my first panel (and as I'd only been awake for an hour) I didn't. Ah, well. |
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| Whee! |
[Aug. 6th, 2008|08:59 am] |
Happy Birthday, kara_isma and stick_figure! I hope you lovely leo ladies have a lovely day!
And now, to Denver I go! |
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| Worldcon Panel Schedule |
[Aug. 4th, 2008|06:03 pm] |
Here is my tentative panel schedule...please note that I do not expect I will attend all of these, but these are the ones I am most interested in, as filtered for there being only one of me able to attend them and all.
There are a few other things on the schedule that I'm definitely interested in, but aren't really panels, you know?
Anybody with questions for these panels they'd like me to relay? |
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| Miscellany and Musical Machines |
[Jan. 18th, 2008|05:47 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | The Plano Tavern | ] |
| [ | mood |
| | dorky | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Red, Red, Red - Fiona Apple | ] |
The weekend is here, I have an ice-cold Guinness to hand, and I'm seeing Cloverfield tonight. All very good things.
Had an interesting IM exchange regarding iTunes, iPods, and how I use them today. It occurred to me that although I've posted it in various places, I now have a general-topic shoutbox here to share that with you all .
I have a 4 GB 1G Nano. I have a music collection that is something like 5 or 6 times that size. How to manage your iPod when your collection is bigger than its capacity is a challenge that many people need to tackle, and I'm rather proud of my system. It works well for me, with the understood caveat that the way I use the iPod is basically as an ultimately customized personal radio station. I seldom feel the need to listen to any given particular song on it, and when I do it's more often than not on there (about which more later). If you're the type of person who absolutely must have their whole collection with you, though, you probably need a solution other than the one I've detailed below the cut:
( What's your system? )Heh. That was even longer than I thought it would be... |
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