sayra pointed out that one of the factoids from a book of trivia I posted earlier is untrue… apparently, it’s not rude to tip in Iceland….Curse you, Max for your fibs!

Which brings to mind a question. How does a “book of trivia/factoids” check it’s sources? I rather dislike having misinformation in my skull if I can help it. I sometimes wonder that about all our knowledge, and how much is patently untrue, while being accepted as fact… Did we really land a man on the moon? Is the world really round? Some of these things can be investigated, while others have to be taken in good faith. It’s not like I can go to the moon, and look for flags. I’m confident that there is math and travel that will allow us to see that the world is a ballish thing though. But why publish something that is apparently patently untrue? Filler, and the odds no Icelander (is that the right term?) will find out about it? I enjoy tipping folks for a job well done, and would’ve deprived someone of a gratuity if I took the book at face value (as I pretty much had…) while visiting Iceland.

so much for my Icelandic trivia… I wonder if my other limited knowledge of there is also incorrect….Is it true that the phone books are listed by first name? Are many of the women there as cute as Björk? Is it really nice there, while Greenland is cold and rocky, misnamed so sailor-types could have a happy private place to live?

Anyhow, thanks for the correction, Sayra…

Happy Birfday, RhondaK !!!!!

Keeno journal she has, and quite insightful.

*beeg hug*

A little FYI for any and all Evil Dead fans out there — “Evil Dead: Hail to the King” for Playstation and Dreamcast shipped October 31st, so be sure and buy eighty copies. I honestly haven’t seen enough of it to know if it’s gonna be any good or not, but this is the one time I will go ahead and say the heck with substance in favor of a license — something quite against my principles, but if it contributes to generating enough interest in the series to make an “Evil Dead 4,” then it’s justified.

However, if any of you little rascals ever buys a lousy South Park game again, I will be forced to beat you with a stick of lime pixie dust.

Due to the great resurgence of super-hero stuff.. I thought I’d provide you all with a good costume source.

lucha libre / wrestling masks, figures, or just funky lucha stuff in general

I especially recommend the Mexican wrestling mask gallery. I really admire the Payasos, Ormiga, Mexicano, and Alebrije

Please note, I have a low opinion of wrestling. but the lucha costumes are a hoot.

I think if we tattooed lucha masks on criminals, it’d be much simpler to find and arrest them.

that made no sense. I’m going to bed. ignore that prior line.

Thinking about wishing wells… if you could have one wish on a fountain, what’d you ask for?

Not even destroll could keep me down.. my queen bee has seen fit to give me new weapons with which to fight my enemies, and defend the hive!

Yikes! the happiness machine has been activated by the queen bee… she’s returned to me, tonight!

I have a quick question…

Greetings true believers, I am 3-D MAN! In the 1950’s I defended America’s shores from alien … uh … alien … whoa, sorry, but if you could just see what you look like. You’re coming right at me! It’s amazing!

Anyhow…how do wishing wells work? If I make a wish, and tell someone, will it not come true, like a birthday cake?

How about if you lie, like “you know, I really really might’ve wished for world peace, but I didn’t, because then it wouldn’t happen”

Upside of this evening… got to talk to the girl, downside, it was cut short, due to technical difficulties. 🙁

I am delighted to have spent some time, however brief…but I didn’t get to wish her sweet dreams, and so on.

Well, in other news, Robbo is officially gone… movers came today and packed him up, so he’s driving north first waking tomorrow. He left me with some non-essentials, nibbling on graham crackers he abandoned for the move right now. I’m really going to miss him. a swell guy. Oh well, a good reason to visit Seattle, now.

I’m still in awe of the number of replies to bee-man. I almost have a need to post another pic of him, just to get more responses. 🙂 The queen bee was quite conciliatory today, I enjoyed her being around, pumping larvae from her thorax, with much regalness…:) She is so lovely with her magnificent distended thorax and multifaceted eyes….I’m proud to be her worker bee….

Played AOK with Sweetalyssm today, and learned quite a lot of helpful tips on how to develop in there (and how to be destroyed by a rampaging brigade of elephants. note to self, make lots of priests, and convert the enemy. it’s faster that trying to fight ’em) Now I just have to figure out good counter groups.

Had a delightfully long conversation with my sweetie. Her voice is beautiful, musical, and soothing. Smart girl, too, and fun. we read together a classic bit of literature…and had a grand time Reading it like pirates to boot. Arr, matey. 🙂

Keen crows in japan that can drop nuts on the road to have cars run them over, and fly down when the light changes to eat the meat inside. neat documentary on PBS

Just watched a betty boop cartoon, starring Popeye! weird!

Got to see Robbo tonight after all! hooray! We went to Denny’s and talked, I had cherry pie ala mode with my fave coffee. (pie coffee for me is black, double sweet. I felt like Agent cooper, in a South Florida version of twin peaks.)

He’s blowing out of here on Wednesday-ish. Very sad, but I’m super happy he’s going to Seattle, as it’s a great step for him… been talking about it for as long as I’ve known him. 🙂 It’s odd, we didn’t get to be good friends until after everyone else left, really.

I present 5 fun facts about Robbo. (some reasons I like him)

1. We share the same birthday, February 2. Groundhogs Day, Candlemas, Imbolc, and very close to the Chinese new year, depending, and fat Tuesday. (Of course, I was born like 6 years ahead of him… weird generation gappy stuff, which makes things fun to talk about, like late 70’s.)

2. He’s the least egotistical computer guy I know. Not a braggart. A fine quality in someone competent.(or someone incompetent, for that matter… but Robbo knows what he’s doing.)

3. A fine eclectic Taste in media. Music, movies and books are all open, and he can appreciate most all of them. a co-fan of They might be giants, soul coughing, cat power, and prairie home companion.

4. A very similar world view to my own. “If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing all the way, or not at all”. (scaled down a mite, to balance with reality, and personal comfort zones) can lead to a little trouble, but I think is a good motto. Went through some of the same things I did, but later. I feel that of my pals that’ve moved away, we’ll stay in touch. Might get lazy about it, but I don’t see it breaking off completely, like the others who have moved out of state. His sense of style is different than mine, I prefer a clunky but functional thing, he likes pretty and maybe less functional. (or more expensive and neater abilities, while I like Spartan and ‘does what I need’)

5. Just a swell guy. I’ve only really seen him angry once, and even then, he was pretty cool about it. For knowing him about a year and a half, that’s a good track record. Had some great conversations with him over coffee, observations, and interesting things about people, and why they act the way they do. He’s the type of guy that instead of getting road rage, is likely to want to pull a bad driver over in front of him, and just ask them what they were thinking. (in this day of dangerous psychos on the road, he doesn’t of course, so he’s destined to just be curious, and we speculate.)

Well, time for me to go to bed. Work tomorrow! (I hope. I still don’t know why the locks were changed on Saturday.)

the girl, today. usually I see her on by noonish.

*mopes around the office*

Well, I’ll just think happy thoughts of her, until I hear from the real deal.

*happier*

Played AOK with Sweetalyssm today, and learned quite a lot of helpful tips on how to develop in there (and how to be destroyed by a rampaging brigade of elephants. note to self, make lots of priests, and convert the enemy. it’s faster that trying to fight ’em) Now I just have to figure out good counter groups.

Had a delightfully long conversation with my sweetie. Her voice is beautiful, musical, and soothing. Smart girl, too, and fun. we read together a classic bit of literature…and had a grand time Reading it like pirates to boot. Arr, matey. 🙂

Keen crows in japan that can drop nuts on the road to have cars run them over, and fly down when the light changes to eat the meat inside. neat documentary on PBS

Just watched a betty boop cartoon, starring Popeye! weird!

Got to see Robbo tonight after all! hooray! We went to Denny’s and talked, I had cherry pie ala mode with my fave coffee. (pie coffee for me is black, double sweet. I felt like Agent cooper, in a South Florida version of twin peaks.)

He’s blowing out of here on Wednesday-ish. Very sad, but I’m super happy he’s going to Seattle, as it’s a great step for him… been talking about it for as long as I’ve known him. 🙂 It’s odd, we didn’t get to be good friends until after everyone else left, really.

I present 5 fun facts about Robbo. (some reasons I like him)

1. We share the same birthday, February 2. Groundhogs Day, Candlemas, Imbolc, and very close to the Chinese new year, depending, and fat Tuesday. (Of course, I was born like 6 years ahead of him… weird generation gappy stuff, which makes things fun to talk about, like late 70’s.)

2. He’s the least egotistical computer guy I know. Not a braggart. A fine quality in someone competent.(or someone incompetent, for that matter… but Robbo knows what he’s doing.)

3. A fine eclectic Taste in media. Music, movies and books are all open, and he can appreciate most all of them. a co-fan of They might be giants, soul coughing, cat power, and prairie home companion.

4. A very similar world view to my own. “If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing all the way, or not at all”. (scaled down a mite, to balance with reality, and personal comfort zones) can lead to a little trouble, but I think is a good motto. Went through some of the same things I did, but later. I feel that of my pals that’ve moved away, we’ll stay in touch. Might get lazy about it, but I don’t see it breaking off completely, like the others who have moved out of state. His sense of style is different than mine, I prefer a clunky but functional thing, he likes pretty and maybe less functional. (or more expensive and neater abilities, while I like Spartan and ‘does what I need’)

5. Just a swell guy. I’ve only really seen him angry once, and even then, he was pretty cool about it. For knowing him about a year and a half, that’s a good track record. Had some great conversations with him over coffee, observations, and interesting things about people, and why they act the way they do. He’s the type of guy that instead of getting road rage, is likely to want to pull a bad driver over in front of him, and just ask them what they were thinking. (in this day of dangerous psychos on the road, he doesn’t of course, so he’s destined to just be curious, and we speculate.)

Well, time for me to go to bed. Work tomorrow! (I hope. I still don’t know why the locks were changed on Saturday.)

How many people had chili for supper recently, like tonight?

many many!

at least 4 of my friends did… 2 lj (Ginamoog and nashata) and two meatspace pals, Dave and Cathi!

It’s odd to me, but I’m easily boggled, I suppose.

Ok… I couldn’t blow us all up. I didn’t have the moxie. I did, however use my special bee-powers to travel back in time and lobotomise destroll, before he killed me. In other news, Jennylee found this keen test! I can’t believe she’s grinchier than I am.

I scored a 5!

Pack your bags for a Whoville holiday! You’ll spend 4 days and 5 nights donned in a plush red and green faux-fur lined coat and a funky cool hat! Visit the world’s largest Christmas Tree and bathe in yuletide cheer as Whoville residents welcome you into their loving holiday sing-song circle…we know you’re really just in it for the gifts.

Grinch test.

Good Grief! I never know what will attract a crazy train wreck of replies! I love you guys, for being such silly wackyheads.

I’m all a-buzz. 🙂 ugh.

anyhow, got a fresh cartoon from a friend in new york. The poor guy’s trying to get me to like anime, but I’m not really much of a fan. some of the storybits are fun, and much of the art is interesting, but to paraphrase sturgeons law, I think that 98% of all the anime I’ve seen is pooties. (the 2% has been good though, which is why I’ll still eyeball some, if it is reccomended to me by someone I trust)

Here’s the latest on a big ol’ tape of his. (on a borrowed VCR from Tim! Thanks Tim!)

Basically there’s a high school student who gets a disease (it was hard to tell what with the fan subbed, billionth-generation tape – but it was probably bone cancer). He takes some special medicine that only gives him a fever for a week. Then, 5 years later, he witnesses a pillar of supernatural light and a ball of ghostly energy passes through him.

From that point on, he sees big spiders on some people’s chests and necks. After failing a wide variety of stress checks, he stumbles upon the fact that these spiders are the memories of regret, guilt and shame – and he starts taking them from people and eating them. Sin-eater indeed.

Anyway, he gets addicted and (to spoil the episode) starts going to greater and greater lengths to get these spiders. Then Boogie Pop Phantom herself (the God of Death, what a name for her, eh?) shows up and “collects” him. She says that she’s not the one who is killing him though, and points at his chest, where we see all the spiders he’s been eating latched onto him.

Very nice stuff.

The show has some strange direction as well. The first two episodes happen at the same time, but have different plots and characters – they just intersect in the middle. I have the feeling that this “same story, different angle” approach will continue. The show itself is also rather odd, drawn with fuzzy borders and colored almost entirely in cepia. That’s sure to piss some people off and for those who know stuff about anime, it’s apparently written by the Lain guy and directed by the man who made Slayers. An odd combination that ends up being nothing like Slayers at all, and strikingly similar to Lain.

Definitely something people should check out if they get the chance, if they like that sort of thing. 🙂

Rivendell
(Words and Music by Geddy Lee and Neil Peart)

Sunlight dances through the leaves
Soft winds stir the sighing trees
Lying in the warm grass
Feel the sun upon your face
Elven songs and endless nights
Sweet wine and soft relaxing lights
Time will never touch you
Here in this enchanted place

You feel there’s something calling
you You’re wanting to return
To where the Misty Mountains rise
and friendly fires burn
A place you can escape the world
Where the dark lord cannot go
Peace of mind and sanctuary by loud
water’s flow

I’ve traveled now for many miles
It feels so good to see the smiles
of Friends who never left your mind
When you were far away
From the golden light of coming dawn
Till the twilight where the sun is gone
We treasure every season
And every passing day

We feel the coming of a new day
Darkness gives way to light a new way
Stop here for a while until the world,
The world calls you away
Yet you know I’ve had the feeling
Standing with my senses reeling
This is the place to grow old till
I reach my final day