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| | Tags: | diary | | Current Music: | Cristobal - Devendra Banhart | | Subject: | failsleep | | Time: | 06:13 pm | | Current Mood: | ![[mood icon]](http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc20/psychohazard2/genodmood.gif) blarg |
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| I couldn't fall asleep last night because it was early for me (lol 1:30am) and I was caffeinated too much. When I DO sleep, I have nightmares of outright existential horror - alone in giant, dark spaces, either the ocean or Space or on high scaffolding. And then MERRY CHRISTMAS HERE'S YOUR PERIOD!! Cue the worst cramps I've had in a while. I finally get a good hour of sleep with weirdass dreams of computer virus dinosaurs.
But all my siblings came in yesterday and right now they've cooked a fancy dinner and yay.
Concerning Christmas, I'm entirely bored of it. Luckily lots of people I know are too. My excuse is after 7 years of being in multiple choirs and having to do innumerable christmas performances I have sung every song too many times and I CANNOT stand any carols unless they are made into horrible abominations:
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| | Tags: | diary | | Current Music: | Take This Waltz - Leonard Cohen | | Subject: | mmmmmmmyay | | Time: | 03:00 am | | Current Mood: | happy |
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| Beck covers Songs of Leonard Cohen OH MY GAWD WHAT
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I made chocolate chip cookies, rice crispie treets, coconut macaroons, but the most effort was in fancy gingerbread (cake form) made with crystalized ginger we happened to have left over. I need to make seven layer bars tomorrow (again, since i ate all of them the other week...) but those are so damn easy. so GOOD tho, gwah.
people better want some motherfucking sweet things | | comments: 3 comments or Leave a comment |
| Several years ago my siblings and I were shown these trinkets at a church. We about died. I finally found a picture of some of them!
I present to you the ultimate in layered simulacra
(it is a digital copy of a photograph)
of CERAMIC
pretending to be SMORES
pretending to be SNOWMEN (which is in itself SNOW pretending to be PEOPLE)
pretending to be THE HOLY FAMILY
- Buy Now Only $22.00!!!! | | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment |
| Found some stuff! Informative or useful for anyone's Debunking Toolkit.
Substance dualism is the popular idea that mind/soul/consciousness is somehow totally separate from physical matter.
This slick video clearly explains why that can't be true-
Biocentrism Demystified -
"...consciousness is a product of purely inanimate matter assembling in highly complex states. Such a view is disillusioning to anyone who craves a more central role for the human ego in determining one’s reality."
Hence Deepak Chopra selling millions of books. fffffffffffffff-
Something From Nothing - an hour long lecture that's a good general introduction to our evidence for the Big Bang and what will happen to the universe. it all connects! yay math | | comments: Leave a comment |
| I had a nightmare that was basically Attack of the Blob. It sounds silly, but insiduous utterly inexcapable doom will freak you out. This horrible dark mass could be the consistency of liquid to fit through the tiniest crack or hard rubber to bounce and recoil. It could, against the law of conservation of matter, regenerate itself from the tiniest spec of its leftovers into incredible size. It could stretch, bend, warp into a horizon-spanning tidal wave of goo. It was alive and wanted me dead! I had to run and fight to keep it from smothering me, and I couldn't annihalate it because even the smallest crum would allow it to respawn. It grabbed a hold of the earth and stretched out in to the night sky so it could fucking slam the moon into the planet.
Later I dreamt I was in this cool red/black acrylic armor but had Plastic Man stretchy powers, which are the best. The setting was a Heroes-like plot of having to hide. My sister had powers but our other sister didn't. Had to hide from planes when we met our master-teacher lady by diving in to the lake and it took me a while before I realized I could stretch a snorkel of flesh to the surface so I could breathe without being seen. D'oh.
There was also a musical called The First Sperm about fertilization and the entire theatre was supposed to be the interior of the vagina involved and the implications were hard to realize since we had to make a theatre-filling penis fill the space. 8CCCCCCCCCCCCC
wut
Then I woke up and played 3 hours of flash games but Alchemy keeps crashing my browser and now I'm mad cuz I was kicking ass. Updated flash player, hopefully that'll fix it. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| | Current Music: | Prophecies - Philip Glass | | Subject: | candy happened | | Time: | 01:10 am |
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| oh my gawd this Metalocalypse episode is the most Ho Yay yet. dawwwww gaaaaaay
oh man. I haven't eaten this much sugar in a while. sour worms, pure icing, other crap. *diabetes*
I have art somewhere! | | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment |
| WTF is this ??? Spiral over Norway?? its too regular, its freaking me out.
TEMPERATURE DROPPING
HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH WINDS
RAIN TO SNOW
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH UNDER ATTACK BY WINTER | | comments: 4 comments or Leave a comment |
| The dragon design for the How To Train Your Dragon I actually really like. It's salamander face is a different but very enjoyable design choice........I'm stupidly picky bout dragon design c_c (my 8 year old self raged srsly wtf is this shit this is not a ferocious serpent )
there is this box of dark chocolate covered shortbread cookies I can't stop eating. they're small and crunchy and chocolate why did they bring them in this house which always lacks anything substantial (that is, without the label Fat Free or Low Calorie) to snack on. crunchacrunchcrucnh
EVERYONE HAS / RECENTLY HAD A COLD
ITS A MILD ANNOYANCE PANDEMIC
Going to the pet store, although I've been there hundreds of times, still makes me want to take home everything that's not a mammal. omggggg <3
ITS SO FUCKING COLD
Tonight I learned which tanning salon nearby is actually a whore house.
Chris made the MOST delicious chili. you think you had good chili? you were wrong.
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| | Tags: | review | | Current Music: | On Your Wings - Iron & Wine | | Subject: | The Magic Flute | | Time: | 03:19 am | | Current Mood: | happy |
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| Ooooh my goodness
I stumbled upon my PBS station playing the Metropolitan Opera's 2006 performance of The Magic Flute my Mozart (abridged and in English) . Fucking fantastic, and gorgeous both musically and visually. I haven't seen much opera, and what little I have wasn't much to my liking, so I was happily surprised.
The art direction is a modern, bold graphical approach with emphasis on silhouettes and shapes. They use elements of Chinese opera and Japanese bunraku puppetry to great effect. It works very well for the story being a Masonic allegory.
It goes without standing that the singing was amaaaaaziiiiing. Now I miss being in choir
You've likely heard this aria because it's notorious for its difficulty. But I didn't know it was titled "Hell's vengeance boils in my hear"! Angry angry angry
The main guys: Papageno basically has the minnish cap.
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| After an evening of excessive wigglyness, the snake has finally settled, folded under himself with his head hidden under his midsection, into an infinity symbol.
Last night I had an awful night sleep since my nostrils were plugged so I had the unpleasant task of continually excavating a breathing airway. I can't sleep with my mouth open (my jaw will just close ;_;) though I tried, giving me wonderful chapped lips. I got sleep in weird segments.
My mom didn't want me taking pseudophedrine in case it messed with my medication, although NO WHERE have I seen that as a problem- the only thing that screws with medication is fucking MAOIs and like hell am I on those. The only thing I could have thought was that it could overtax my liver. But today at the doctor said that's no problem and if anything it will make me drowsy as opposed to more awake like it usually does. dammit that was not a fun night.
Anyway today, manthing was sweet and came with me to my routine please-refill-these-drugs psychiatric appointment, whose waiting room is always Kind of Special considering the nature of the practice.
But while we were out we stopped by the free H1N1 vaccination place nearby. Weirdest date ever. But you guyz, we were rushed through there in half an hour, the lines was barely any sort of wait! And Free! Lots of little kids everywhere we were probably the oldest getting injected. This was about the third run of vaccines in town- the guard said the first time there were like 3-4 hour waits. When we left was no one waiting in line anymore.
Then we got cuban sandwhiches since I hadn't had any since I got back. My parents really liked them. You cannot not like them. These are magic sandwhiches. | | comments: 4 comments or Leave a comment |
| | Tags: | review | | Current Music: | You Were There With Me - Four Tet | | Subject: | Wild Fist Pump | | Time: | 02:44 am | | Current Mood: | tired |
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| Saw Fantastic Mr. Fox today. Go see it! I really enjoyed it! Didn't realize it was a Wes Anderson movie but I was just happy it wasn't a predictable cliche. It's much more mature than a kids cartoon and easily enjoyed by adults. This isn't Disney. The characters are much more subtle and complicated than that. The message is not a straight-forward 'save the environment' message but remarks on being true to oneself even if that is not always the easiest. Okay, that sounds cheesy, but it's not.
The animation and art production were gorgeous. Every scene is dressed to the nines with fantastic little details. The facial close ups on the characters are beautiful (Ash is so cute) and all the effects - water flowing down stream, boiling liquids, paint, smoke, fire, and explosions, are done well and done often. And man the human puppets! So realistic in rendering and movement, but not creepy, and still very distinct. Absolutely brilliantly done! Overall there's so much going on in every scene that is fun to look at and deserves awe at the effort put in to them. The warm color palette and highly textural quality of everything is delicious.
It is still a Wes Anderson movie, directed and written, so if you're familiar with all his work and character types it's nothing too new, but it is still really fun.
I would love that red-and-gold checkered motorcycle.
IN OTHER NEWS
I have a head cold! I can't fricken breathe correctly! I had this same thing like two month ago what the fuck!
Here's hoping I can sleep!! | | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment |
| What music are you folks digging right now? You guys should check out Vadoma I'm friends of those guys and they are churning out great stuff.
I pretty much doubled my playlist in the past few days. I always need more. so this excites me (so does rare 30StM tracks aaaahmfg). I also need to dig out some old cds to put on iPod.
being eclectic is good for your health. I am happy to find some rap, metal, and pop I really enjoy. wide ranging tastes is good for a well balanced meal and helps in digestion.
The only- and I mean ONLY- genre I still can't stomach still is country. I'd like to like it but I don't. :(
hurp hurp hurp
I NEED MORE BLOOPY MUSIC LIKE THIS
oh I guess I can ask Pandora *duh* NOT HELPING
I ATE THANKSGIVING THERE IS A SURPRISE I BET
in other news, I am done recuperating now that I'm bored of being lazy. I got my juices back, some pieces in mind to do, things to explore, colors to molest. but for now bed time | | comments: Leave a comment |
| WELL LET ME TELL YOU how we roll
So I'm back home and all and it's pretty sweet.
Chris and I caught Where the Wild Things Are at the very last showing at the very last place running it in town. Fantastic, holy cow. We read some reviews from parents who totally don't get the entire point of the movie, haahahaah. The fact that this movie, of all places, nailed the most realistic interactions between people and highlighted those weird moments therein, was brilliant. And art direction and monsters.
We, Irish guy and German gal, came back and made tamales. Somewhere, some Mexican woman is furious at our bad tamale-tying form. Braised pork inside. We were gonna made a giant pile but ran out of time/energy. Cooking is fun and tactile yay.
They were cooking so we snacked on the most delicious dang pomegranate with pistachio nuts. There's a huge difference between the crappy one I had awhile ago and the Pom brand ones. SO GOOD. YOU GUYS. EAT IT. The pistachio nuts cut the tangyness that builds up from eating the tart pomegranate. SERIOUSLY YOU GUYS.
Then went to watch Venture Bros with his friends.
Came back and ate tamales. Delicious, even though we could do better. Need to find a recipe for the onion sauce the Cuban restaurant makes.
I AM SO RELAXED HOLY SHIT. This time last year I was still depressed as fuck and had my finals to finish still but now I have no deadlines and Chris is right here and OH MY GOODNESS PISTACHIO NUTS | | comments: Leave a comment |
| I am back home! Man-thing is here! I feel so much better!
Oh man I just watched Doctor Who's Water on Mars and holy shiiiiiiit like you said ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) saelyra it's real campy in the beginning but then GAAAH ;_;. Really good development of character. I can't fricken wait for the next one holy shiiiiiit The Master holy shiiiiiiiiiiit-
I've been enjoying DC's Blackest Night event so hard, expecially the Green Lantern / Corps books because aliens and rainbow colorz and fucking epic. Even though the plot is the bad guys collecting hearts. D'oh! The art's been very inspiring too, I'd love to pencil the Corps so hard. also Larfleeze / Atrocitus OTP fricken started to happen aahahahaha.
I can't decide which Corps I'd most want to join. at. all. ffffff why is this a problem.
Also, when anime have people been enjoying? Now that I'm home I've got torrents again and am stocking up. | | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment |
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