has anyone read "that's revolting! queer strategies for resisting assimilation" or "nobody passes" by mattilda / matt bernstein sycamore? what did you think of it?
NF Inc is having a benefit all month long for NF Awareness month - as such they’re auctioning off celebrity doodles at ebay from May 8th - 18th. You can check out all the nifty doodles up for bid at ebay through this link
Neurofibromatosis is a genetic disorder that affects one in every 2,500 births. NF is more common than Cystic Fibrosis, Muscular Dystrophy and Huntington’s Disease combined. Funds raised from the Doodle Day auction will go to support education, advocacy, coalitions, and research for treatments and a cure.
You can read about NF and learn more about NF Inc and National Doodle Day by clicking the links above.
Taking a break from straightening and organizing after getting whomped with incoming deliveries, outgoing packages, and packing supplies, and it's been a while since I've done one of these.
Things that have made me happy this week:
* Talking to ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small}
spydielives on the phone in anticipation of her visit tomorrow.
* Hearing what seems to be half the Internet commenting on how gorgeous my hair is.
* Finally seeing things come together for the folks doing all the work on planning for 3Pi-Con and for Philcon. I may ride them mercilessly and may seem a thorn in their sides, but I had a very good time at Pi-Con last year and at Philcon the year before, and I want to see both cons succeed this year.
* Getting my own body clock back. I am getting up earlier in the mornings, although I'm still not getting to bed as early as I should.
* Having people seem to really be enjoying Blog Stoker's DRACULA, not to mention the send-ups of each entry that mariness is doing. We didn't plan it that way, but it's working out wonderfully.
Things I've done right this week:
* Housework.
* Dishes.
* Paid bills.
* Laundry.
* Necessary "other" financial juggling.
* Exercise.
* Eating well.
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If you're curious about this series of entries, click on the tag "anti-apollyon" and go back to the first entry for an explanation, where I say...
"I'm not going to commit to trying to do these things daily, and my gargoylish temperament will always be closer to that of Apollyon than Pollyanna. But a wise fellow told me this week that someday the ground will be all we have, so why not touch the sunlight once in a while?"
Yes, my mind is littered with literary references.
- Mood:
accomplished
Name a CD you own that none of your friends have.
Tapered Edges by Tapered Edges (I hate self-titled albums x.x). Some band from Australia, a friend of mine from near Sydney (who I've unfortunately lost touch with) mailed it to me a few years ago.
Name a book you own that none of your friends have.
MegaTokyo: Volume 1. The first edition, when it was published by IC Entertainment, not Dark Horse Comics
Name a movie you own on DVD/VHS/whatever that none of your friends have.
The Silent World. Nothing is better than Jacques Cousteau killing fish with dynamite, just so he could count them easier.
Name a place that you have visited that none of your friends have.
I think the best I can do it Bermuda, though there is a decent chance someone else has been there too.
Name a piece of technology or any sort of tool you own that you think none of your friends own.
Goldstar 3DO. Just like the real 3DO which was made by Panasonic, only much crappier. Unfortunately mine is broken, but I plan to pick up the Panasonic model eventually.
Also, I wake up at 5am tomorrow to head off to Califur! I can't wait! ^^ I've gotta start packing. :P
Tapered Edges by Tapered Edges (I hate self-titled albums x.x). Some band from Australia, a friend of mine from near Sydney (who I've unfortunately lost touch with) mailed it to me a few years ago.
Name a book you own that none of your friends have.
MegaTokyo: Volume 1. The first edition, when it was published by IC Entertainment, not Dark Horse Comics
Name a movie you own on DVD/VHS/whatever that none of your friends have.
The Silent World. Nothing is better than Jacques Cousteau killing fish with dynamite, just so he could count them easier.
Name a place that you have visited that none of your friends have.
I think the best I can do it Bermuda, though there is a decent chance someone else has been there too.
Name a piece of technology or any sort of tool you own that you think none of your friends own.
Goldstar 3DO. Just like the real 3DO which was made by Panasonic, only much crappier. Unfortunately mine is broken, but I plan to pick up the Panasonic model eventually.
Also, I wake up at 5am tomorrow to head off to Califur! I can't wait! ^^ I've gotta start packing. :P
- Location:My Bed
- Mood:
excited - Music:SpongeBob SquarePants
Верлингв - филологический оборотень, может принимать два и более разных обличий.
Высший (ключевой) верлингв меняет облики по своему желанию, быстро, но только последовательно. Иногда ошибается с выбором облика и калечит окружающих.
Средний верлингв - симбионт, может менять облик только в присутствии мыши, медленно, зато произвольно и точно.
Низший верлингв (пунто-верлингв) меняет облик непроизвольно, едва заслышав незнакомые сочетания звуков. Частенько оказывается не в том облике и не в то время, и тогда калечит окружающих.
Высший (ключевой) верлингв меняет облики по своему желанию, быстро, но только последовательно. Иногда ошибается с выбором облика и калечит окружающих.
Средний верлингв - симбионт, может менять облик только в присутствии мыши, медленно, зато произвольно и точно.
Низший верлингв (пунто-верлингв) меняет облик непроизвольно, едва заслышав незнакомые сочетания звуков. Частенько оказывается не в том облике и не в то время, и тогда калечит окружающих.
Well, there's a new Hamlet page. The end better be coming soon, because we are running out of characters.
Another reason the end better come soon: my iBook's ancient battery finally up and died like an old hound dog yesterday. The computer won't work unless it's plugged in, and when it is working, it seems to labor under the delusion that it's December 31st, 1969. I now officially live in a state of panic, and back up every single panel as soon as it's drawn.
It would be so me to lose all the files this close to the end. Over the years I've given the universe ample chance to do good things for me without being forced, and have stopped giving it the benefit of the doubt.
Anyway. Saturday will involve a serious visit to the Apple Store.
On the plus side, I will be seeing Flight of the Conchords tonight. So life can't be all nightmares and panic attacks.
Another reason the end better come soon: my iBook's ancient battery finally up and died like an old hound dog yesterday. The computer won't work unless it's plugged in, and when it is working, it seems to labor under the delusion that it's December 31st, 1969. I now officially live in a state of panic, and back up every single panel as soon as it's drawn.
It would be so me to lose all the files this close to the end. Over the years I've given the universe ample chance to do good things for me without being forced, and have stopped giving it the benefit of the doubt.
Anyway. Saturday will involve a serious visit to the Apple Store.
On the plus side, I will be seeing Flight of the Conchords tonight. So life can't be all nightmares and panic attacks.
- Mood:
stressed - Music:Robots - Flight of the Conchords
Hope it's a good one!
lex_kravetski выступает в топе с диаграммами распределения российских доходов. По этому поводу я вспомнил вопрос, о котором давно собирался рассказать.Вы знаете, почему вокруг нас так много нормальных распределений? Куда ни плюнь - везде характерный гауссовский "колокол". Что за волшебное распределение, почему ему подчиняются самые разнообразные величины в живой, неживой, разумной и неразумной природе?
Если вы учили и ещё не забыли матстатистику, то знаете.
Потому что по центральной предельной теореме сумма (или среднее арифметическое - не важно) множества независимых однотипно распределённых случайных величин всегда стремится к нормальному распределению.
Любимый пример из крайтоновского "Парка Юрского периода": рост особей в нормальной популяции распределён нормально. Почему так? Потому, что рост - это не элементарный показатель, а итог сложения множества факторов.
Везде, где вы видите нормальное распределение, можно копнуть глубже и увидеть уйму мелких подробностей.
Некоторые байки начинаются словами: "Голосом Дроздова: ...". Ну я-то голос Дроздова помню ещё с советских времён, а как с ним сейчас - даже и не в курсе был, телевизор-то я не смотрю. Пошарил: и Дроздов жив, и передача.
Из статьи о передаче я узнал, что в заставке используется испанская песня паломников La peregrinación (послушать фрагмент). Она начинается дивными словами (голосом Дроздова):
Из статьи о передаче я узнал, что в заставке используется испанская песня паломников La peregrinación (послушать фрагмент). Она начинается дивными словами (голосом Дроздова):
A la huella, a la huella
José y María...
Идея эта не новая. Возьмём, к примеру, "Неустойчивые орбиты в пространстве лжи" Грега Игана. Или даже коллективномыслящих канисоидов из "Пламени над бездной" Винджа. Но добавим к ней один поворот.
Пускай люди, когда приближаются друг к другу на расстояние менее пары метров, сцепляются бессознательными частями своих психик. Когда их только двое - это ещё ничего, а когда трое и больше, то сцепленные бессознательные превращаются во вполне сознательное и разумное самостоятельное существо, со своими идеями, целями и планами. Люди его не осознают - оно же для них в подсознании - а оно из подсознания может направлять поведение носителей по своему разумению.
Это не абсолютный контроль (какой абсолютный контроль у подсознания?). Люди даже не подозревают, что ими руководят. Ну, меняется вдруг настроение, накатывает вялость или энергичность, какие-то непроизвольные мелкие движения, оговорки или иллюзорные интерпретации фактов - ну так это вообще-то естественно и при обычном человеческом общении. А что толпа самоорганизуется под общей идеей, так это все знают.
А спонтанно возникающие и распадающиеся подсознательные существа тем временем что-то планируют и добиваются...
Пускай люди, когда приближаются друг к другу на расстояние менее пары метров, сцепляются бессознательными частями своих психик. Когда их только двое - это ещё ничего, а когда трое и больше, то сцепленные бессознательные превращаются во вполне сознательное и разумное самостоятельное существо, со своими идеями, целями и планами. Люди его не осознают - оно же для них в подсознании - а оно из подсознания может направлять поведение носителей по своему разумению.
Это не абсолютный контроль (какой абсолютный контроль у подсознания?). Люди даже не подозревают, что ими руководят. Ну, меняется вдруг настроение, накатывает вялость или энергичность, какие-то непроизвольные мелкие движения, оговорки или иллюзорные интерпретации фактов - ну так это вообще-то естественно и при обычном человеческом общении. А что толпа самоорганизуется под общей идеей, так это все знают.
А спонтанно возникающие и распадающиеся подсознательные существа тем временем что-то планируют и добиваются...
I just want to state, for the record, that I think this is one of the silliest questions I've heard in a long time. I'm not even sure what the hell they're asking for: Are they asking what kind of plant I'd like to be, which one I physically resemble, or which one I'd rather be friends with?
In any case, I find the whole concept distasteful, as the question dredged up unpleasant childhood memories about my brother Kevin. He spent the last 10 years of his life in a "vegetative state" due to a degenerative neurological condition... and I spent most of my life believing that I was going to die the same way he did.
Worked from home today. meanderfox came down around 5pm, and we went to Five Guys. I don't think I've been there since I went down to York. We also saw Iron Man. That movie was amazing, and it proves the scientific fact that Audis are completely indestructible. I think I ate too much popcorn, so I feel crappy now. I definitely have to go in to the office tomorrow though, because I leave for Califur on Thursday.
Also, I stole two of these fromstreakthetiger, and did one extra:
meanderfox came down around 5pm, and we went to Five Guys. I don't think I've been there since I went down to York. We also saw Iron Man. That movie was amazing, and it proves the scientific fact that Audis are completely indestructible. I think I ate too much popcorn, so I feel crappy now. I definitely have to go in to the office tomorrow though, because I leave for Califur on Thursday.Also, I stole two of these from
streakthetiger, and did one extra:
- Location:My Bed
- Mood:
sleepy - Music:Kim Possible
I got a phone call from a celebrity yesterday while I was making dinner, which flustered me so much that I forgot a key ingredient in the casserole I was concocting... an ingredient that I didn't even miss until I heated up leftovers for a late night snack.
The celebrity [no, I'm not telling you who] paid me some very sweet compliments on our customer service.
That kind of flattery can tuna girl's head.
- Mood:
giddy
There were three jokes I thought of almost immediately when I started doing this comic, and they were the only pages I had mentally worked out ahead of sitting down to actually draw them. One went up years ago.* Another will be up sometime in a few days, a couple weeks, not sure. It's toward the end of this scene.
The third was in the sword fight, and wound up not being used, which was something of a surprise.
Originally, there was going to be a point where Laertes knocked Hamlet's sword out of his hand, and it looked like Hamlet was fucked. So he was going to whip his face back and forth in a panic, scramble back up against the edge of the panel, then turn, grab the panel border, snap off a piece, and continue fighting.
Because their swords are just straight lines, you see.
I don't know why I didn't wind up including it really, except for a vague sense that it wound up not really fitting the rest of the comic I've drawn. I kept kinda cocking my head to the side while drawing, chewing on my stylus (which I really have to stop doing), and trying to figure out a place to put it in, and not finding one. Then the swordfight was over, and oh well.
I have no idea why I'm rambling about this, except that I think the joke was really funny, and feel the need to write this down, in the hopes that the act of expressing it creates some sort of parallel universe where Dan of Earth 2** found a way to include it.
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*Seriously, I posted that page in 2006. A bit unsettling, I should say!
**Who I'll bet is pretty awesome, just in a pre-World War II way.
The third was in the sword fight, and wound up not being used, which was something of a surprise.
Originally, there was going to be a point where Laertes knocked Hamlet's sword out of his hand, and it looked like Hamlet was fucked. So he was going to whip his face back and forth in a panic, scramble back up against the edge of the panel, then turn, grab the panel border, snap off a piece, and continue fighting.
Because their swords are just straight lines, you see.
I don't know why I didn't wind up including it really, except for a vague sense that it wound up not really fitting the rest of the comic I've drawn. I kept kinda cocking my head to the side while drawing, chewing on my stylus (which I really have to stop doing), and trying to figure out a place to put it in, and not finding one. Then the swordfight was over, and oh well.
I have no idea why I'm rambling about this, except that I think the joke was really funny, and feel the need to write this down, in the hopes that the act of expressing it creates some sort of parallel universe where Dan of Earth 2** found a way to include it.
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*Seriously, I posted that page in 2006. A bit unsettling, I should say!
**Who I'll bet is pretty awesome, just in a pre-World War II way.
- Mood: frustrated
- Music:Sello Tape - Flight of the Conchords
My godson's Bar Mitzvah was back in January. However, for a variety of reasons his Bar Mitzvah Party will be held on June 22nd.
I already knew this.
His mom (my sister) doesn't have a ton of money to spend on the party, and was looking for "volunteers" to help with a variety of chores.
(No, my sister didn't come begging for money. It's nothing like that...)
So, I get a phone call from my godson last night. He officially invited me to the party... and asked me for a favor:
Could I help entertain the guests by displaying my skill at origami? His mother had told him how good I was...
Well, technically my sister didn't lie. I was very good at origami...
But can I say "No" to my godchild?
Actually, things are nowhere near that bleak: I'm not being asked to be the main entertainment; I'm just helping to "fill in the gaps" in the rest of the entertainment schedule. I've got about 6 weeks to pick up some books and refresh my skills. And there are a couple of "routines" that I recall that are good for demonstration in front of an audience.
I'm just feeling a little "stage fright", now that I've actually agreed to this.
I already knew this.
His mom (my sister) doesn't have a ton of money to spend on the party, and was looking for "volunteers" to help with a variety of chores.
(No, my sister didn't come begging for money. It's nothing like that...)
So, I get a phone call from my godson last night. He officially invited me to the party... and asked me for a favor:
Could I help entertain the guests by displaying my skill at origami? His mother had told him how good I was...
Well, technically my sister didn't lie. I was very good at origami...
ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO!!!
But can I say "No" to my godchild?
Actually, things are nowhere near that bleak: I'm not being asked to be the main entertainment; I'm just helping to "fill in the gaps" in the rest of the entertainment schedule. I've got about 6 weeks to pick up some books and refresh my skills. And there are a couple of "routines" that I recall that are good for demonstration in front of an audience.
I'm just feeling a little "stage fright", now that I've actually agreed to this.
- Mood:
nervous
Goals and plans for this week:
Tuesday:
-NeighborsProject board meeting. I haven't done anything in preparation, and I haven't even written any articles, but they do understand with the wedding being so close.
Wednesday:
-Leave work a little early to get home in order to leave to see (duhdaduhdahhhhhhh!) Flight of the Conchords! Woo!
Thursday:
-Apply for new job; create excel sheet for job search progress; read.
Friday:
-Read
-Go to Delilah's
Saturday:
-Volunteer at Green Festival
-If time in morning, work on photo mat guest book
-Maybe (?) go shopping with Emily
Sunday:
-More likely shopping with Emily for dress
-Photo mat work
-Maybe shopping for gifts for people?
Tuesday:
-NeighborsProject board meeting. I haven't done anything in preparation, and I haven't even written any articles, but they do understand with the wedding being so close.
Wednesday:
-Leave work a little early to get home in order to leave to see (duhdaduhdahhhhhhh!) Flight of the Conchords! Woo!
Thursday:
-Apply for new job; create excel sheet for job search progress; read.
Friday:
-Read
-Go to Delilah's
Saturday:
-Volunteer at Green Festival
-If time in morning, work on photo mat guest book
-Maybe (?) go shopping with Emily
Sunday:
-More likely shopping with Emily for dress
-Photo mat work
-Maybe shopping for gifts for people?
if life were The Wizard of Oz, i'd be the creature prancing around singing "if i only had a dick"...
- Mood:
frustrated - Music:H.O.S.H. - Steppenwolf
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