Thoughts re: a costume for Dragon*Con this year.
Zaphod Beeblebrox – from HHttG
Possible outfit ideas
I think I’m more partial to the black and yellow pirate-y sort of outfit. Trillian is lined up, and Possibly Arthur Dent, too. If Danny decides to go, He could pull off Ford Prefect, I think, too, if he wants.
Lately, the weather is proper rainy season fare – warm and humid, dense, moist atmosphere even when the water falls from the sky. All you need for a soothing shower would be a bar of soap and some privacy.
I’ve been feeling like it’s time for a change. Something simple, even like getting that haircut that I dodged a month or so back. As long as I don’t have to use a lot of product, I’d probably be ok with short hair.(after a period of shock adjustment)
Why is it so much more acceptable for a stranger to try and bum a cigarette off of someone else (even if they’re not currently smoking… or even holding a pack of cigs), rather than say, a stick of gum? does the addiction make the beggar more brave, or maybe the social side of smoking is the thing.
Yesterday, I went to breakfast and see superman with Tina – had a nice time, and I think that I enjoyed the movie more the second go. Going to put plans in motion to maybe get Danny and Tina to go see pirates after my journey to the keys.
We visited the Victoria park diner, 17th day open. cash register receipts still read “Miami Subs”. The food was reasonable, but big louie’s is better both in quality and cost. On the ride home, I spoke with an employee – the franchise owners are still the same ones that owned the Miami Subs before it was converted. Given the location, I suspect that they can’t help but succeed. (Unlike the archives cafe… which is closing as of 7/7. The place is already mostly boxed up. To be honest, I’m amazed it lasted as long as it did. The “new location” is selling books on ebay from the garage, it seems.
I lovely time gabbing with bhk on the ride to the theater – I’m envious of the fossil-rich environment where she lives.
Monday’s plan is a good walkabout if it’s not too rainy – otherwise, stay in and clear a few more boxes.
Moment of Lyric – youtube video
A recent discovery has me happy, curious and a bit nervous. (Something that I should’ve recognized quite some time ago, but my normally perceptive self has a bit of a blind spot when it comes to that sort of thing.)
In other, vaguely related news, I quite enjoy the scent of hickory smoked apple-cured bacon, even if it is really just the freshly-oiled and reanimated Hoff, standing in the sun. Shoo, flies!
I forgot ot mention yesterday that on Friday, Danny and I picked up a pair of “Cursed” Pirate game boosters… hoping fo ra ghost ship or a sea monster. No dice, save for a couple of spooky crewmen… but the ships I did get were pretty keen… a little one-masted pirate ship and a spanish schooner that are both especially good looking and capable. Some of the new crew are impressive, but a bit costly at 7-10 points, depending on what they can do.
I will be buying more packs, because eI really want a kraken or other sea monster to mess with folks.
That’ll teach me to go out on the porch barefoot after the floor is freshly mopped.
Footy-prints in the reflection.
Moment of Lyric – Youtube video
Whoops. Left my microphone on after dictating my last entry.
this is the result – music/tv/windchimes on in the background into the dictaphone software.
Friday. Payday. Right before a 4-day weekend. Good thoughts for July… June fairly stunk, with a few nice exceptions. June seems to often be a bad month for me.. I’m glad it’s passed for another year.
Rather rushed this morning, more to follow tonight, or from the bus ride, no doubt.
Moment of Lyric – mp3
All alone in this world am I
Not a care for this world have I
Only you keep my eyes open wide
Yes it’s true
I live for you
Not a thing in this world do I own
Only sadness from all that is grown
In this darkness I wait for the day
Yes it’s true
I live for you
For many years I wait
For many tears I wait
All this time my thoughts return to you
Give my love, that is all I can do
Wait in line till I feel you inside
Yes it’s true
I live for you
For many years I wait
For many tears I wait
All this time my thoughts return to you
Give my love, that is all I can do
Wait in line till I feel you inside
Yes it’s true
I live for you
A Japanese company called Sunamiya has developed a gun-shaped party cracker that shoots out a teddy bear. The teddy bear would then parachute down.
Developers hit on the idea after noticing that it had become a trend for people to throw teddy bears into the air instead of bouquets at wedding receptions.
1 year ago – Missing the good ol’ days- Sam and Max, a9 maps, Chee-chee gone, pumpkins are berries, flickr-google earth hack, movie plans, maps
2 years ago – planning a trip, big rock candy mountain, getting journal-spam
3 years ago – Heroclix Icon, Playboy Mystery, The Thorns, Octopus hot dogs, KingKong, Acme Illustrated Catalog, Newtcam pic (see the day prior for oneof his gut sticking out), Lunch with Danny, Las Olas Walkies, awonderful surprise chat.
4 years ago – settling in, south beach remote cam, Newt-lassie comparisons, power puff/marley
5 years ago – Rookie Bodine, good thoughts, crash test dummy plot seeds, redolent, the power of cheese, Ornj goes camping
6 years ago – shotgun
WHERE DOES THE LINE START
Originally uploaded by adampsyche.
um, what?
Got some writing accomplished last night. Basic outline, some bits of dialogue. It’s not coming together in “freeflow” style I usually go for, but building on a planned skeleton seems to be working for me so far. 6 characters is a bit stereotypical so far… protagonist, romantic interest, street contact, police interface, villain and victim. I’ve got the method, but some aspects of the implementation aren’t quite on the beam. It wa skind of hard ot get rolling, but about 15 minutes in, the flow improved.
(Writing to Linda Ronstadt’s unreleased Keeping Out Of Mischief album certainly promotes noir. Got to love a good torch song from a voice like hers. Thank you, internet for obscure, but easy to download, lost vinyl!)
I would really like some of these USB Powered Air conditioned clothes in a Hawaiian print.
Bing, Bang Boing – The bounce-a-dilly whatchamagame with the bingaroony sound. (and the rnifty 70’s commercials) My neighbor Jason has the smash-up derby ssp racers, and they were a hoot. (via my my littler big sis, ldy)
Moment of music – mp3
Rotating head, keeps on the right side
Coiled up and tense remains on the lookout
Expects to be shot or get given the bullet.
Rotating head tries to look on the bright side of things.
I’ve been feeling a rather blah mood underneath my basic mostly chipper vibe for a little while now. I’ve got a lot of good things going in my life, but still feel a bit of malaise. I think it’s just a combination of the time of the year, general stresses and the like.
I get cheered up quickly when I think of good people I know…LJ folks, not to mention phone calls or hanging out with Danny really energize me and return my thoughts to an even keel. (Usually… sometimes Danny and I commiserate to a point of being mutually cranky…or at least mutually tired.)
Coworkers are a mixed bunch… GG and TD are cool, but the higher much-a-mucks have been really stressed lately, and that’s contagious. Nobody’s really given me any direct guff, but lots of guff “near me”. I have to remind myself to just let it go, and not feed into that mentality.
I’ve got 7 vacation days left to use before 8/25. Not sure what I’m going to do with that, but I know at least part will be sent going up to Virginia, to relax and enjoy myself. (Staying at the crash pad near Mom and Wilt.) Hopefully, a little sidebar to the Keys could happen, too.
I feel good that I’ve raised enough money (between my junk-food fund, now at about $70, plus the kindly donations of folks who click on my webpage ads at about another $100, and outright paypal donations of about $25) to do the bees option, Trees, and chicks a couple of times over. Unless I find an even better charity, that’ll be where the funds go at the end of this month.
See, I feel less bleh, even just typing about making an improvement, and thinking about good folks in my life. Needless to say, Newt is a fine calming and cheer-bringing medicine, too. Thinking about it, I only lapse to humbug when I forget about all the spiffies.
Soccer / Football – Who Should I cheer for?
Alert Map. I am altogether too fascinated with this.
Here’s a breakdown of what the icons mean
When I build my superhero lair, this is going on a large screen on the west wall of the ready room.
An unknown object has dropped from the sky in a remote village of Tsurma, Kiyawa local government area of Jigawa State. The object labelled “Adolphus 12” carried the French national flag that was covered with an 8 inch polytene bag attached with electronic gadgets, telephone numbers of France and Benin Republic. Eyewitness account told Vanguard that the strange object dropped in the village around 5.00 pm local time after a slight rainfall, which caused apprehension and tension among inhabitants. The eyewitness account stated that the object which appeared to be remote controlled from an unknown centre attempted to take off again before it was tied down by the villagers who subsequently alerted the Emir of Dutse, Alhaji Muhammadu Nuhu Sanusi. Vanguard reports that the object that was about the size of a 2,000-litre water tank has an inscription that says “whoever finds it should call the numbers attached, this is not dangerous, and it is a scientific experiment.”
The object also has an antenna, four aerial wires, and a transmitter that looks like a satellite transmission mechanism. Vanguard further reports that the sleepy village was to turned to a Mecca by the news of the strange object as crowd estimated at about 10,000 trooped there to catch a glimpse of the object. Following the development, the Police authority in Dutse sent a team of expert from Bomb Disposal Unit to ascertain the true picture of the object. Briefing newsmen on the incident, the Jigawa Police Public Relation Officer, ASP, Ejike Nwakalor, confirmed that preliminary investigations indicate that the object is a safe scientific gadget with no destructive element, but could not say if it was an espionage object.
How To Make Anything Look Like a Toy – see also –
10 Free Plug-ins to Enhance Photoshop (virtual photographer is a new fave don’t forget the extras)
Moment of Lyric – (Youtube is my hero, yet again)
Very superstitious, writing’s on the wall,
Very superstitious, ladders bout’ to fall,
Thirteen month old baby, broke the lookin’ glass
Seven years of bad luck, the good things in your past.
oo When you believe in things that you don’t understand,
Then you suffer,
Superstition ain’t the way
Very superstitious, wash your face and hands,
Rid me of the problem, do all that you can,
Keep me in a daydream, keep me goin’ strong,
You don’t wanna save me, sad is my song.
When you believe in things that you don’t understand,
Then you suffer,
Superstition ain’t the way, yeh, yeh.
Very superstitious, nothin’ more to say,
Very superstitious, the devil’s on his way,
Thirteen month old baby, broke the lookin’ glass,
Seven years of bad luck, good things in your past
When you believe in things that you don’t understand,
Then you suffer,
Superstition ain’t the way, no, no, no
Spidey 3 Trailer Yay, Sandman!
Obscure Characters in the DC Universe
Self-reminder about more youtube cartoons.
1 year ago – mp plans, tired, miami vice movie filming, outdoor bro, open id, falling body, florida on florida, pictures, I don’t wanna be stoned, zombie dogs, To live instead of exist
2 years ago – pick up the phone, explosion world, virtual frog dissection, viruses,giant clothes, roadsign, hulk coloring book, ebooks, puppy stops killers
3 years ago – plushie microbes, night flight, handguns, Scientology, newt pics, playboy
4 years ago – Newt smarts, moment of zen, moment of poop, political compass, dusty apt.
5 years ago – weird emma, peremptory, yum!, broken linkies, evil news, name poll, who do you love
6 years ago – breakup w/ April, Candle, submarine
Today is a better day. (animation here)
I actually prefer the rain, as perverse as that might sound – cool wind, soft white noise in the background, and thunder
What’s not to like?
THROUGH 4 PM…SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS MIAMI-DADE…BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES.
THE SHOWERS OR STORMS WILL AFFECT MAINLY THE METRO AREAS FROM SWEETWATER TO COCONUT CREEK EASTWARD AND NORTH TO BOCA RATON. EXPECT LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN…WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. SMALL HAIL COULD OCCUR WITH THIS ACTIVITY. THIS ACTIVITY WILL ALSO AFFECT THE NEAR SHORE WATERS WITH SIMILAR WEATHER CONDITIONS.
I really like the word “cavort“.
Nice dreams last night… pretty surreal for the most part, including some TV crossover With Jimmy Doohan and Barbara Eden – Sort of a Montgomery Scott dreams of Jeannie. “Ye Canna Change the laws of Physics” “Why not, Master?” Arms-fold, *blink* and suddenly, cheese is an explosive.
He then flips out over all the things that will upset the universe, and hilarity ensues.
Illustrated Gravity’s Rainbow.
Random Scotto factoid – I think Mother Jefferson looks a lot like Shari Lewis’s Lambchop.
the show with zefrank: 06-26-06 – Ze was having a poopy day like me yesterday. I cheered up in the evening, though. I’m very blessed to have nice people in my life talking about blue stuff and baths and snowflakes and such.
Moment of lyric – Youtube
While researching world hunger, I stumbled over this guy. Norman E. Borlaug
“Dr. Norman Borlaug is the first person in history to save a billion human lives. But he must also get credit for saving the wild creatures and diverse plant species on 12 million square miles of global forest that would long since have been plowed down without the high-yield farming he pioneered. The two accomplishments combined make him dramatically unique. I am proud to work with the Center for Global Food Issues, of which he is Chairman Emeritus.”
* Senator Rudy Boschwitz, R-MN, former member of the US Senate Agriculture Committee
A *BILLION*.
A *BILLION* lives spared from starvation.
I can’t even properly conceive of that. 1/6th of the planet’s population?
Why had I never heard of him? That’ll teach me not to watch the West Wing or Penn & Teller’s TV show.
I apologize for all of the thighbones. as penance, I present the superhero database and a bunch of cartoons.
Cats that look like Hitler and a big-eyed kitty bath.
Handy Guide to wildflowers. and NatureServe has great databases of North American (Explorer) and Latin American (InfoNatura) plants, animals, ecosystems.
I knew it: (the word pants and trousers were disturbing me a great deal on Saturday, at the salvation army.)
In the early 19th century the words “trousers” and “pants” were considered obscene in England. Woman referred to trousers as “inexpressibles” or “a pair of dittoes.” Later in the century the taboo was carried to such lengths that piano legs were covered up because they reminded people of their human legs. In 1836 Charles Dickens wrote the following lines in Oliver Twist:
” ‘ I tossed off the clothes, got safely in bed, drew on a pair of ________’ ”
” ‘ Ladies present, Mr. Giles,’ murmured the tinker.
” ‘ _________ of shoes, Sir,’ said Mr. Giles, laying great emphasis on the word.”
Moment of Lyric – mp3
Woke up on Saturday with a slight pinch in my back… must’ve slept a little funny the night prior… a hot shower and some stretching took care of the bulk of the problem in fairly short order.
Had a lovely day meandering about, looking for proper goodies to put in the apartment, sniffing at teak and rattan-type stuff. Saw a few things that had some potential, and a truly grotesque table that was also a drum made from zebra skin (and legs made from the hooves) which will give the more sensitive folk nightmares for weeks.
As always, we got a lot of good gab-time in, and I always enjoy a day’s worth of social-time.
After doing some legwork, we swung by Tijuana Taxi, and the food was jim-dandy. The place was basically a Mexican version of Crabby Jack’s – with better food. I’ll certainly be back. (I’ve got 2 additional good reasons to swing by there, it’s near both Danny’s house and Tina’s.) Since the refried beans were made with lard, I had the chile-cheese smashed potatoes, and they were tasty, though it took a moment to get used to the idea of mashed potatoes with a south of the border flair. I think I’ll have to get something a little lighter next time, because the veggie Chimichanga was just too much after an appetizer.
When we finished, I took the BCT home… route 2 to the West Terminal, Route 22 to Central, and Route 10 right on home. I ate so much, I was *still* feeling a bit overfed 2 hours later.
The bus ride was nice, too… the rain started to pound down, coming in sheets to the point where I couldn’t see more than 25 feet in any direction. Thankfully, the terminals are well covered against the elements. (most street stops aren’t so blessed.) By the time I got home, the streets were clean, but the skies had fairly dried up, for the final walking-leg home.
walkabout pics – found objects and stencil graffiti
Stairwell to Tattoo place & “Relax, You’re Loved” at Chiropractor’s window
Stencil Graffiti – Optimus Prime and R2-D2
Stencil Graffiti – Herman Munster and Face in profile
TNT- Keepin Mullets Evil. (I’m sure that’s really hard work)
unpainted life-size pencil sketch of some skate-kid.
Current Music – Instrumental – Mp3
Because of the rotation of the earth, an object can be thrown farther if it is thrown west.
1 year ago – weary, Alex Toth’s last birthday, journal entry length, stumbleupon, silver bullets, bso pics, data munging, dork, smashing pumpkins, dalek mood theme, call forwarding, testing flickr’s autopost, newtcam pic!
2 years ago – Ubermensch Baby, walk the drunk, hulk returns to blogville, talked with sedef, tiki beach doodle
3 years ago – sernya, Zod is Jor-El, plushie supers
4 years ago – random adds, new place, sleeping late with cat, riaa shaman defeats bad magic box, Francesco skips out, no cable.
5 years ago – oblation, wonderful world, chopping block
6 years ago – threads
Welp… Danny and I got together briefly, but he petered out about an hour or so afterward… we didn’t have a proper meal, because his blood sugar bottomed out. Better Luck next week. Superman Movie, maybe?
Nice day out and about planned today! It looks like it might be a bit rainy, but that might be what we need to keep it cool.
Video – waiting for the #10
bus stop view, Friday am
Moment of Lyric – (youtube video)