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Okay... I'm going to talk about nothing for awhile.
I just saw my dean on the History Channel. =) He was talking about the loads of ziggurats, which is way kick ass, if you ask me. LOL, WIN.
Also, have you ever heard the term "natch" used in a conversation or writing or anything? I'd seen it a few times recently, and I honestly had no idea what it meant. I figured it meant something along the lines of being an abbreviation of "biznatch" which is an extrapolation (not the right word, but it's close enough) of "bitch." So, I thought it was kind of an "in your face," snarky type thing. In order to show superiority or whatnot. I just looked it up, though, and Random House tells me it has a long history as an abbreviation of "naturally." However, I really don't think that it's a very good slang term in that sense. It just doesn't seem... necessary. In any sense. Let me see if I can find some example to explain what I mean. Well, the older uses of it seem proper, such as:
"Let me know, will you?" "Natch." See? That makes sense. Okay, so I can't find examples of more modern use, but it still seems... inappropriate. However, that could just be the fact that we have so many INCOMPETENT WRITERS.
So, tangent, because I have lots of time to say nothing. =)
Writers, journalism majors, etcetera. They should all double major, or minor, or something like that. Because what happens is they end up knowing only about writing... and not what they're writing about, and I can even stretch that to include OTHER WRITING. If you actually KNOW what you're talking about, you can not only get a better job, but not make a fool of yourself.
This is one reason I would love to lock myself in a library. I love learning, especially when it makes me NOT a fool.
On a slightly realted note, I beat my mom twice today in Boggle! She beat me once. =P
So, yeah. This next topic is veyr slightly morbid, but I haven't really thought about it that way, just in an interest way. I read a book about Israel Kamakawiwoole, and I was just thinking about the video I watched about his death. He was cremated and his remains were dumped into the ocean in a big ceremony. So I guess this is where it gets kind of morbid. I was just thinking about all the things I would love to do and see before I die. Not really because I'm afraid that I'm going to die soon or something, just because the incredulosity of the world is just... mind blowing.
I want to see all the National Parks and monuments and all, but more than that is that I want to see everything. I want to do it all. Travel all over the world... see it all. Stuff like the Angkor Wat and the Pyramids and the remains of mesoamerican temples. And I'd love to hike the Appalachian trail.
I mean, the world is just so... amazing.
So my grandpa just told me there was another UD prof on the History channel, a metallurgist. (I think that's what he said. At any rate, they're talking about Roman and Egyptian chariots, so that makes some sense.)
My dad and Laura bought multicolored lights to hang up all over the banisters in this house. (MANSION! lol) So all the railings in the house (which are all in and around the foyer) are covered in them. I actually prefer multicolored lights to white or singularly colored ones, they're just much more festive.
Ooh! I bought some really cool beads today. I feel kind of guilty that they are made of coral, but the owner of the store said they are supposedly "found" and then dyed, rather than harvested, which is very good. (Damage to natural things is, in general, not good. I really try to care about nature.) They are orange-dyed, and carved into flowers. Laura thought they were too 70s-tacky for her taste, but me being inspired by Dia de los Muertos and all... they remind me very muhc of it, and I think they are bright and beautiful.
Hmm, so what else can I chat about? I am very relaxed. I have nothing to do, in particular, though technically we are here to ski and snowboard (but it's so goddamn cold outside! brr). So I suppose I will work on some projects. I can work on the webcomic and getting that set up, or some costume research, or some new websites I've found. Who knows.
Ooh! Or watch Star Trek or Twilight Zone on YouTube, or TV shows on YourTVLinks, or something. LOL, because I love wasting time.
Oh, something interesting here. I read an article in popular science about perhaps people are actually getting addicted to the internet. Sadly, it's quite possible. They were talking about "addict" behavior-- spending every free minute thinking about it, and losing interest in or time for other things in order to do that. I don't think I'm that bad, but I do love all the information I can find on the internet, and I probably should have spent more time working on homework and schoolwork. Though from now on I'm going to try to live by a credo of one of SW's guys, "You can live life two ways; half ass or kick ass."
It's going to go up on my wall, and on that note, what else should I put up there? I have a lot of empty space up there now, though I did get an Indonesian mask for Christmas (we did it before we left) which I'm going to hang up, plus other random quotes and photos I like.
You know what's really good? Macaroni pizza. Hella tasty.
Okay, I really need to go work on some projects. I have a lot of them because I have so many ideas, and I'm going to get to work on them, although documenting as much as possible of my life (so that others can understand me, mostly) is one of them; I'm just feeling the need ot move on for a moment. I'm very transient, especially when it comes to projects. What I need are to hire people to teach me, and to keep my crap organized. You, add this to my webpage. You, file this on such and such a database for me. You, go out and buy some art supplies. You, teach me. Yeah, that kind of crap.
Alright, one more thing. This leads to an interesting thing I've been thinking about. When I get into projects, I get very much into my mode where I am obsessed with what I want to accomplish in my life. Get all my ideas out, do all the things I want to do. I don't want to call it selfish, but I do very much realize that it's going to take the rest of my life to do all this. So, you know, makes me think that... being in a relationship would very much hamper my creativity.
And yeah, I know how bad that probably sounds. =) But I'm just going to claim egotistical creative genius and get on...
My obsession with my ideas makes me happy. And for now, that's what matters. So--
I'm going to go work! For me.
I just saw my dean on the History Channel. =) He was talking about the loads of ziggurats, which is way kick ass, if you ask me. LOL, WIN.
Also, have you ever heard the term "natch" used in a conversation or writing or anything? I'd seen it a few times recently, and I honestly had no idea what it meant. I figured it meant something along the lines of being an abbreviation of "biznatch" which is an extrapolation (not the right word, but it's close enough) of "bitch." So, I thought it was kind of an "in your face," snarky type thing. In order to show superiority or whatnot. I just looked it up, though, and Random House tells me it has a long history as an abbreviation of "naturally." However, I really don't think that it's a very good slang term in that sense. It just doesn't seem... necessary. In any sense. Let me see if I can find some example to explain what I mean. Well, the older uses of it seem proper, such as:
"Let me know, will you?" "Natch." See? That makes sense. Okay, so I can't find examples of more modern use, but it still seems... inappropriate. However, that could just be the fact that we have so many INCOMPETENT WRITERS.
So, tangent, because I have lots of time to say nothing. =)
Writers, journalism majors, etcetera. They should all double major, or minor, or something like that. Because what happens is they end up knowing only about writing... and not what they're writing about, and I can even stretch that to include OTHER WRITING. If you actually KNOW what you're talking about, you can not only get a better job, but not make a fool of yourself.
This is one reason I would love to lock myself in a library. I love learning, especially when it makes me NOT a fool.
On a slightly realted note, I beat my mom twice today in Boggle! She beat me once. =P
So, yeah. This next topic is veyr slightly morbid, but I haven't really thought about it that way, just in an interest way. I read a book about Israel Kamakawiwoole, and I was just thinking about the video I watched about his death. He was cremated and his remains were dumped into the ocean in a big ceremony. So I guess this is where it gets kind of morbid. I was just thinking about all the things I would love to do and see before I die. Not really because I'm afraid that I'm going to die soon or something, just because the incredulosity of the world is just... mind blowing.
I want to see all the National Parks and monuments and all, but more than that is that I want to see everything. I want to do it all. Travel all over the world... see it all. Stuff like the Angkor Wat and the Pyramids and the remains of mesoamerican temples. And I'd love to hike the Appalachian trail.
I mean, the world is just so... amazing.
So my grandpa just told me there was another UD prof on the History channel, a metallurgist. (I think that's what he said. At any rate, they're talking about Roman and Egyptian chariots, so that makes some sense.)
My dad and Laura bought multicolored lights to hang up all over the banisters in this house. (MANSION! lol) So all the railings in the house (which are all in and around the foyer) are covered in them. I actually prefer multicolored lights to white or singularly colored ones, they're just much more festive.
Ooh! I bought some really cool beads today. I feel kind of guilty that they are made of coral, but the owner of the store said they are supposedly "found" and then dyed, rather than harvested, which is very good. (Damage to natural things is, in general, not good. I really try to care about nature.) They are orange-dyed, and carved into flowers. Laura thought they were too 70s-tacky for her taste, but me being inspired by Dia de los Muertos and all... they remind me very muhc of it, and I think they are bright and beautiful.
Hmm, so what else can I chat about? I am very relaxed. I have nothing to do, in particular, though technically we are here to ski and snowboard (but it's so goddamn cold outside! brr). So I suppose I will work on some projects. I can work on the webcomic and getting that set up, or some costume research, or some new websites I've found. Who knows.
Ooh! Or watch Star Trek or Twilight Zone on YouTube, or TV shows on YourTVLinks, or something. LOL, because I love wasting time.
Oh, something interesting here. I read an article in popular science about perhaps people are actually getting addicted to the internet. Sadly, it's quite possible. They were talking about "addict" behavior-- spending every free minute thinking about it, and losing interest in or time for other things in order to do that. I don't think I'm that bad, but I do love all the information I can find on the internet, and I probably should have spent more time working on homework and schoolwork. Though from now on I'm going to try to live by a credo of one of SW's guys, "You can live life two ways; half ass or kick ass."
It's going to go up on my wall, and on that note, what else should I put up there? I have a lot of empty space up there now, though I did get an Indonesian mask for Christmas (we did it before we left) which I'm going to hang up, plus other random quotes and photos I like.
You know what's really good? Macaroni pizza. Hella tasty.
Okay, I really need to go work on some projects. I have a lot of them because I have so many ideas, and I'm going to get to work on them, although documenting as much as possible of my life (so that others can understand me, mostly) is one of them; I'm just feeling the need ot move on for a moment. I'm very transient, especially when it comes to projects. What I need are to hire people to teach me, and to keep my crap organized. You, add this to my webpage. You, file this on such and such a database for me. You, go out and buy some art supplies. You, teach me. Yeah, that kind of crap.
Alright, one more thing. This leads to an interesting thing I've been thinking about. When I get into projects, I get very much into my mode where I am obsessed with what I want to accomplish in my life. Get all my ideas out, do all the things I want to do. I don't want to call it selfish, but I do very much realize that it's going to take the rest of my life to do all this. So, you know, makes me think that... being in a relationship would very much hamper my creativity.
And yeah, I know how bad that probably sounds. =) But I'm just going to claim egotistical creative genius and get on...
My obsession with my ideas makes me happy. And for now, that's what matters. So--
I'm going to go work! For me.
