So here I sat three hours after I announced to a craving for McDonald's (sometimes I think an overzealous affection for the bottle might be less damaging to my health), and thanks to another addiction of mine, that being the obsessive accumulation of trivia abetted by Wikipedia and their damnable hyperlinks, I had yet to actually retrieve the ( Read more... )

After much trial and mostly error, I managed to load Simcity 4 onto my laptop. It has been ages since it was on my desktop, which is no longer in my possession. Perhaps because I was raised on the Super Nintendo version of Simcity, when I previously played this game I was unable to ascend the learning curve, a fact both frustrating and puzzling. ( Read more... )

My grandmother's cat had been in a veterinary hospital since Easter Sunday. Studies have shown that pets are more effective than people in cheering up the elderly and that the elderly prefer visits by animals than by people. Maybe it's because animals are less complex - show them that you care, and you have their love and loyalty. Sometimes I think ( Read more... )

This is something I want: Fade To RedThis here is a collection of Tori Amos' videos. I was first introduced to Tori Amos through her video for the song "Crucify". It was several years back; it was after Loyola, and in the summertime, so I imagine this must have been the summer of 2001, in those days when we didn't have to take our shoes off when ( Read more... )

Sometimes the amount of censorship I impose upon myself is almost communist Chinese in its repressiveness ( Read more... )

with apologies to joseph campbell
Heroes and villains/like dolls in a child's hands/they war on a field of battle that isn't there/rarely is it clear-cut/and so what if it is/either way people end up as carrion/the crows grow fat/it is a child's game/these heroes and villains.

rant III: the jury is excusedSometimes I pray for that apocalypse/ ( Read more... )

My mind flits about like a butterfly - it can be a beauty to behold, but it jumps from place to place and ultimately it doesn't make a heavy impact on what it lands upon. I wonder what exactly I'm supposed to do with this life I have ( Read more... )

I haven't really posted recently. Part of this is because my life has become a hurdy-gurdy carnival ride of sorts. I find myself sometimes feeling rushed, like there isn't enough time in the day. Sometimes, I think, I ought to simplify ( Read more... )

This isn't poetry. I don't know how to write poetry. The last thing the world needs is more bad poetry. This is just a collection of one-liners ( Read more... )

I haven't posted recently, nor have I been particularly keeping up with everyone else's posts. I feel vaguely guilty about this, but for some reason I could not summon the desire to post. It's strange. I haven't really said anything even remotely personal here in a good couple of weeks. This isn't to say that my life has been devoid of activity, ( Read more... )