...to record a concept album in which I play 'Centifolia' (the ending theme to Aoi Hana) over and over again while reading various Supreme Court rulings out loud. Much like how the last episode of the show times the crescendo of the music to coincide with the emotional climax of the series, I would time it so that the crescendo coincides with those ( Read more... )

I DISCOVERED HANS-GEORG GADAMER

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MY FAITH IN PHILOSOPHY IS RENEWED FOR AT LEAST A LITTLE WHILE LONGER.

...THIS IS SERIOUSLY MAJOR FOR ME GUYS.

So, to-day I watched what exists so far of Rebuild of Evangelion.

And...

OH. MY GOD. IT IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL SERIES. Less hopeless tone! Better animation! Even better music! More likable characters! A Gendo who's realistically aloof and neglectful and not an over-the-top unfeeling monster! Plots that make sense! Toned-down religious ( Read more... )

IMAGINE, IF YOU WILL:

TUM TE TUM

I AM DR HENRICK HIGGINBOTTOM, FOREMOST ROSE CULTIVATOR IN THE WORLD. I AM LOOKING FOR A GOOD PICTURE OF A SPECIES OF ROSE FROM BURMA THAT I WISH TO USE FOR A HYBRID.

TUM TE TUM

'Google Image Search: 'rosa gigantea''

WAIT
WHAT

Thank you, thank you, I'll be here all week.

YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO THIS.

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This is 'Danse Bacchanale' from Saint-Saëns' opera Samson et Delila. AND IT IS AWESOME.

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1. I will be at Otakon for the next two and a half days! See you later, everybody!!!
2. I AM GETTING SOME KIND OF SPECIAL SCHOLARSHIP ON THE BASIS OF MY PRIOR WORK. Since my prior work is limited to a few published short stories and something called 'The Encoded and Pervasive Religiosity of Modern Japanese Society', this is rather remarkable. THIS IS GOOD ( Read more... )

WHY DIDN'T ANY OF YOU TELL ME KAREN GILLAN DID  A GRATUITOUSLY VICIOUS PARODY OF 'I KISSED A GIRL'???

I LOVE YOU KAREEEEENNNNNN

...seems all set, standby, ready, to be EPIC WIN.

So you know that meme where you feed stuff through the I Write Like analyzer and it tells you what you evidently write like? Well, here are my results:


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