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Saturday, May 19th, 2012
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4:50 pm - Blood Oils the Gears
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I'm spending some time this week putting together a Steampunk themed playlist, a command performance from Herself. If you are familiar with my theories on the genre then I welcome your suggestions for contributions. Humanity vs. Technology, Alienation, Class Tension, good chewy meaty stuff like that. The sound of the machine. I'm expecting some Clash, some Thomas Dolby, Dresden Dolls... And probably lots of stuff I didn't expect.
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| Friday, May 18th, 2012
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2:07 pm - New Beats
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10:13 am - A little more bite and a little less bark
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This quote from Z-Amber has, I believe, set the tone for my day.
[A]t this point filing for bankruptcy is like a miniature one-man
show of Leverage. Take back your life!
I think that I've spent enough time beating myself up for allowing people who are trained to take advantage of ignorance and vulnerability to take advantage of my ignorance and vulnerability. I have some culpability in this, and I'm going to pay for it over the next ten years, so the balance is clean.
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| Thursday, May 17th, 2012
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10:07 pm - We don't need another hero
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This one is mostly for Ebonlock. My latest character in City of Heroes is Servalan, a puppetmaster with striking blue eye makeup and a snazzy white dress. She commands a tiny army of the undead, right now consisting of Gan, Vila, and Cally. I still have three more slots to fill as I get more powerful. The Lich King position is reserved.
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11:46 am - A fine example of customer service: Cubicle 7
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Last year at GenCon, after two playtesting sessions, I bought the main book and a supplement. I asked the nice man at the vendor stand if they had a policy like Evil Hat, where if you buy a meatspace copy of the book then they will provide you with a pdf copy as well. He said he was uncertain, but that I should contact 'them' a week or two after the con when craziness had subsided and they would find out.
Nearly a year passed.
I didn't know who was officially running the booth, whether it be C7 or a contracted subsidiary or Uncle Phil Who Likes Going to GenCon. So I wrote the 'Contact Us' address at C7 explaining the situation and asking if they had any advice.
Within a few days, Dominic the CEO had created a free download for me at rpgnow.com--no questions, no need for a scanned copy of my receipt, which god knows had long long ago vanished into the mists of time. And now I have the Havering Adventures on my Kindle. (:
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| Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
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11:40 pm - Everyone must hanker for the butchness of a banker
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My lawyer thinks I should seriously consider Chapter Seven. Honestly, if I were smart I probably should have done it long ago. I have no real assets, and to the banks the amount I owe is probably not large enough to make them get snippy. I could maybe get back on top of this in five years, provided nothing bad ever happens to me in that time period. But I'm not that guy. It looks like I can get it done for under $2k if all goes according to plan. (I am sad that I don't have $2k in credit on any of my cards because the irony would make at least one part of the process fun.) The big concern I have is if one of my creditors decides to try to garnish my wages.
Well no. The big concern I have is that bankruptcy is what irresponsible people do, people who are out of control and have made foolish decisions, and so it's obvious what that makes me. Because that, dear children, is how my head is wired.
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| Monday, May 14th, 2012
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10:32 am - I feel electric
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I have a small library of music I consider 'steampunk'. Beats Antique and the Flash Girls, for the sound and musicality--Flash Girls very much evokes an untidy Victorian era, and Beats Antique combines machine sounds with futuristic beats.
This weekend I realized that Thomas Dolby's Golden Age of Wireless definitely belongs there, with themes of humanity being buried behind walls of machines, alienation... all those classical steampunky ideas.
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| Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
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5:02 pm - The birds have flown.
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| Monday, May 7th, 2012
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12:57 pm - Oh Yeah! Hey Michigan, what's cool?
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The lovely and talented Megan is coming to visit for a weekend and has asked what's cool.
I'm thinking the zoo, Greenfield Ford Extravaganza, the DIA....
What else? Talk to me, Michiganders, tell me what makes this place awesome.
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12:47 pm - Adventures in Cooking--another day
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The impromptu kadu did not turn out as well as the cuban chicken, but when I used marinara instead of yogurt sauce on it then it wasn't half bad.
mmmm. Kabul.
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| Sunday, May 6th, 2012
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11:51 pm - History Proves It: Lessons Learned Part 34
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There is great wailing and gnashing of teeth over the election of the new French leader (who may actually BE a socialist, unlike the current PotUS) and his call to tax the richest French citizens 75% of their income. There is an assurance that everybody in France who is rich will surely simply stop making money, having lost all interest in being rich.
I think the Beatles proved this in 1966 when they discovered that the Crown would be taking 95% of their earnings (one for you, nineteen for me) and they simply stopped working, and the world never saw another Beatles album again as JPG&R lived on the dole like the wacky students in The Young Ones.
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| Saturday, May 5th, 2012
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1:30 pm - Disappointment never smelled so good
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There was chicken and cow in the fridge threatening to turn, and so this morning I came down to prep some tequila lime chicken. That there were no limes did not surprise me *too* much, although zest is very yummy. But there was also no tequila. So I went cuban, with a spicy garlic marinade, and added a hint of triple sec for the 'not really citrus' flavor.
Win.
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| Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
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10:44 pm - Memento Mori
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I would like to pour one out for my fuzzy little homey, and link to a post where I filked at a confused cat, reprinting the relevant passage below:
This morning I had "March of the Pigs" stuck in my head, as part of my assembling the Nine Stone Male mix disc. But I don't really know the lyrics, after "STEP RIGHT UP! BLAH! BLAH!" So I had to kind of ad lib it.
ARNOLD'S A CAT!
WITH!
FUR!
HE'S GOT BIG EYES AND
HE'S LOOKING AT ME CUZ
HE THINKS I'M A
KITTY EATING MONSTER BUT
I'm not a kitty eating monster.
I JUST WANNA STEP ON HIS
BIG FOOFY TAIL AND I
(and so on.)
With several playings of "Steve McQueen" (which I *do* know the lyrics to) I managed to purge this earworm.
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| Sunday, April 29th, 2012
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8:30 am - It's Sunday I Ask You A Question Day
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This is for people who say they cannot go to the movies unless there is somebody to go with, but not for people who say they would prefer to go to the movies with somebody.
Does this apply to watching television, too?
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| Friday, April 27th, 2012
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2:35 pm - Coyote News Update
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I cannot recall who it was that gave me my copy of "Pirates! In an adventure with Scientists!" but I'm suspecting Leigh Ann, Ellie, or Angie. Regardless, it's a movie now! So I'll have to see it.
Also?
I don't wanna be hip and cool.
I don't wanna play by the rules.
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2:03 pm - Mostly for Me
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I have once again grown tired of "Ojeezusfuckiforgottodo ...." so I'm making a to-do list that will hopefully help me avoid that. So this is mostly for me, but it's public so it doesn't get hidden by a lock. Also, I figure somebody might notice something that needs doing that is not on the list, and since I'm certain you wiseacres will have lots of 'helpful' contributions, trying to keep you out is a lost cause.
Presented without numerical order, because that would imply some sort of hierarchy of importance:
Memorize Verne's schtick for the Rose Awards
Record radio show
Make a list of who gets the show
Write Coyote's time travel story
Create a budget
Consider following it
Register for ACC/for slots at GenCon
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| Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
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1:05 pm
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| Monday, April 23rd, 2012
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10:51 pm - New show
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I'm assistant stage manager for CVP's production of "Moon Over Buffalo", a farce about a performing company trying to keep things together enough to do one more show. It's going to be a lot of fun, and people should buy tickets fast because apparently they're nearly sold out.
But I didn't come here to tell you that story. I told you that story to tell you this story. I am over and over surprised at how hard it is to be behind the curtain--not because the work is grueling, unforgiving, and thankless, although I may tell you about that later, but because I keep wanting to be back out on stage. I'm going to be working very hard at not directing, and keeping my mouth shut, but it's becoming obvious to me that I'm going to have to try and find some balance between wanting to commit to projects like this and getting out of town to go other places.
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2:43 am - Coyote Cinema: Cabin in the Woods
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I'm gonna try to do this pretty spoiler free, but if you plan to see it soon then skip this for now. And I do recommend you see it before somebody spoils it for you.
Yes, you can tell by the cast alone that this is a Joss Whedon project, but the dialogue and the weird ass plot will also do it. It's kind of a horror movie, but it's really about the horrific things going on behind a horror movie. And I laughed a lot, although of the dozen or so people in the house I think I was the only one. There were a couple of male gaze moments that made me uncomfortable, although it's pretty much an omnipresent trope of american horror films.
This film has a great premise, and it went some places I really didn't expect. I remember at least once looking at the screen, deflating a little, and thinking "well hell, what now?" And then they said "THAT! THAT'S WHAT!" And I was wowed.
Four wags, I paid five bucks but would not have felt cheated at ten.
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| Friday, April 20th, 2012
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8:57 am - IFIAYAQD: What's that song?
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It's It's Friday, I Ask You a Question Time!
I'm putting together a ska playlist, and there are the usual suspects (Madness, Reel Big Fish, Fishbone, Specials, etc) and I'm checking out a few bands I'm new to as well, like the Slackers. But in addition I know there are some bands that are not known as ska bands that have done some ska, like Elvis's "Watching the Detectives" or Joe Jackson's "Beat Crazy", and possibly even Ricky Martin's "Vida Loca". These are the ones I'm looking for, and I figure the Clash or the Police might be gold mines if I looked through them. But I'm lazy, so instead I come to you, LJHiveMind, and ask "What ska tunes do you know of from non-ska band sources?"
( A quick ska primer for those in search of knowledge )
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