I can't tell if I'm just being superglue-clingy to the only person who is nearly always available to listen to me, or if it's more than that. He knows my conditions, but really, those are the products of thinking, and when it comes down to it, it's hard for reason to overcome the heart ( Read more... )

A little holiday cheer to myself:

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Now with Linux!
A couple of weeks ago my computer decided that its HDD had developed more bad sectors than it was able to deal with, so it started going U NOE I'M ABOUT TO DIE ANYTIME NOW SO BACK UP UR STUFF AND REPLACE ME KTHXBAI. Unfortunately I also forgot to take my meds that day. But despite scrambling to back up my stuff (thank you 1TB ( Read more... )

When my order gets delivered in three separate packages, I get triple the fun!
(From Helsinki, from Turku, and the one CD is on backorder so it will ship later)

I am also almost out of FAILmoney (i.e. money I earned from working on EPIC FAIL) now. I'm not sure whether that's a good thing or not.


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Edit: Randall was interested in these, so I emailed him my scans and he has cleaned it up a little and posted it here.

If you're not familiar with what joss paper or "Hell money" is and what it's for, Randall at BigWhiteGuy.com has a nice illustrated write-up on that here.

I remember Hell money modeled on US greenback designs used to be ( Read more... )

I'm holding off on the Final FAILCLASS post until I receive my grade for the course. That way, it'll truly be the last word on it (that's why it's called "Final"?). Here's what you can be looking forward to reading about:
* ReflectionResearch essays ( Read more... )

On BoardGameGeek, I accidentally (accidents happen a lot) came across the card games Inquisitio, Modern Society, and Soul Hunters, for which there seemed to actually be a little bit of buzz about their public release at the Essen Spieltage (which is next week). The publisher had a pre-Essen deal on: the games for 18€ each, or 45€ for the ( Read more... )

I went to the Secondary Education orientation presentation today. Most of the talking was done by people from the student services office, and I just wanted to note that they really really really made a big deal about being around to support students in any situation, from academics to personal issues. Even if they turn out to be empty words, they ( Read more... )

(short week; yesterday was a holiday)

It was below freezing this morning, but since I don't have a winter jacket that is expendable enough to throw onto the floor/on top of the fridge in a dusty workshop area, I just put on a sweater and headed out to work, cold weather be damned.

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