I am technologically useful.
Starting from year 0 I might be able to advance civilization to 17th or even 19th century.
I guess all those Jules Verne and Mayne Reade books have not gone to waste. A Connecticut Yankee type scenario always appealed to me.
Starting from year 0 I might be able to advance civilization to 17th or even 19th century.
I guess all those Jules Verne and Mayne Reade books have not gone to waste. A Connecticut Yankee type scenario always appealed to me.
- Location:Work
- Mood:
amused - Music:Deine Lakaien - Life is a sexually transmitted disease
Quite literally.
I have discovered Eluveitie.
Chalk another win for .ch. Not only do they have the one and only incomparable SG, they also have fun music. :)
I have discovered Eluveitie.
Chalk another win for .ch. Not only do they have the one and only incomparable SG, they also have fun music. :)
- Location:Kitchen
- Mood:awake
- Music:Eluveitie - Omnis
There are no streetlights. The house is dark. The moonlight lets me see where I am going and paints the upper part of the wall on my left a lighter shade. I am walking on the lawn, going around the house to the back door. I know nobody will be at the front. I don't really know what happened, but it has to be pretty bad, otherwise these people wouldn't have called me to come at this hour. These people? Friends. No name. Decent folk. Called? Maybe. Communicated, that's for sure.
I make it to the corner of the house. It's kind of L-shaped, the bottom leg facing the street. I turn left, into the L. The lawn is mowed the width of the other leg of the L. Tall grass and some other vegetation are sprawling onto the dark beyond. I walk towards the corner. The leg of the L facing the street is definitely longer than the one in front of me. It's more of a mirror image of an L.
I see some movement on the wall of the house. Hard to tell what it is, the shadow from the rest of the house falls across. Looks to be about five feet up. I am closer now, I see it is a person opening and closing the two panes of a window. Not a common double-hung window, the panes are like cupboard doors, they swing outward. I recognize it as a danger signal. Why? Who knows... I just do. Still, I take a few more steps forward. There is bright shiny laughter from the right. It's a child? Kinda late to be out in the greenery... A clump of ferns moves back and forth, but I see no one.
Then it hits me. It is a kid. The child of the people in the house. The child isn't right. He's dangerous. He's really a thing now. A hungry thing. Suddenly I feel like lunch...
If I move forward it will corner me inside the L. Go back! Slowly. No. Sudden. Moves. Back to the corner I turned. Now move! (Shoulda exercised)
The ferns wave again. There is that shiny laughter. Draw pistol. Warm rough plastic. Thick grip - glad I have the big mag. Just like I trained - watch the front sight. Two shots at the fern clump. One more. It moved? Don't know. Turn. Run. Step. Another. Big thing. It's an adult. I'm so fu...
Wake up. Breathe. What the hell? I'm safe in bed, it's dark, the clock projects slightly past 2AM on the ceiling...
I turn the other way. Back to sleep now...
And I haven't even played any Resident Evil for a couple of weeks...
I make it to the corner of the house. It's kind of L-shaped, the bottom leg facing the street. I turn left, into the L. The lawn is mowed the width of the other leg of the L. Tall grass and some other vegetation are sprawling onto the dark beyond. I walk towards the corner. The leg of the L facing the street is definitely longer than the one in front of me. It's more of a mirror image of an L.
I see some movement on the wall of the house. Hard to tell what it is, the shadow from the rest of the house falls across. Looks to be about five feet up. I am closer now, I see it is a person opening and closing the two panes of a window. Not a common double-hung window, the panes are like cupboard doors, they swing outward. I recognize it as a danger signal. Why? Who knows... I just do. Still, I take a few more steps forward. There is bright shiny laughter from the right. It's a child? Kinda late to be out in the greenery... A clump of ferns moves back and forth, but I see no one.
Then it hits me. It is a kid. The child of the people in the house. The child isn't right. He's dangerous. He's really a thing now. A hungry thing. Suddenly I feel like lunch...
If I move forward it will corner me inside the L. Go back! Slowly. No. Sudden. Moves. Back to the corner I turned. Now move! (Shoulda exercised)
The ferns wave again. There is that shiny laughter. Draw pistol. Warm rough plastic. Thick grip - glad I have the big mag. Just like I trained - watch the front sight. Two shots at the fern clump. One more. It moved? Don't know. Turn. Run. Step. Another. Big thing. It's an adult. I'm so fu...
Wake up. Breathe. What the hell? I'm safe in bed, it's dark, the clock projects slightly past 2AM on the ceiling...
I turn the other way. Back to sleep now...
And I haven't even played any Resident Evil for a couple of weeks...
- Location:Work
- Mood:artistic
- Music:Rapidfire keyboards
After the Crazy Bike Woman Saga wherein I was deemed not properly passionate and therefore not worthy of buying a trike I had a ( stroke of luck. )
- Location:Work
- Mood:accomplished
No, it's not the latest Steampunk novel.
It's a DOD-sponsored project.
And Skynet has been around since 1969...
Screw it. Time to go shopping.
It's a DOD-sponsored project.
And Skynet has been around since 1969...
Screw it. Time to go shopping.
- Location:Couch
- Mood:
amused - Music:Любо, братцы, любо...
For various reasons I am looking for a recumbent trike. They are apparently hugely more expensive than bicycles, and at this point I am just about ready to test my welding skills and make my own.
Enter Craigslist and the lovely seller who listed one fairly inexpensively. I emailed her Tuesday. It took her two days to reply, but that's OK. Everyone has a life. Thursday she responded with a phone number and said she doesn't read e-mail during the day. That's OK, she might be at work. However, she apparently doesn't answer that phone either, so I left a message. She called me back Friday.
I wanted to know if I could come see the trike and buy it if I liked it. She wanted to play 20 questions and asked me all manner of irrelevant stuff like whether I had one before and why I wanted one. That's OK. Some people are naturally curious. At the end of the conversation she said she was leaving for the weekend and therefore I could not come see the trike. That's OK. I had plans myself. She said she would call me when she was back.
Today, which would be Monday, there was no call, so I called her. She sold the trike. That is not OK.
Seriously, WTF? This birdbrain strings me along for a week and then sells it right out from under me and doesn't even have the courtesy to tell me not to bother. I would understand if I just sent an idle e-mail, but I think a week of trying to communicate shows a clear interest and a promise of a callback is like any other promise and should be kept. It's not so much that I didn't get that thing that annoys me, it's the wasted time and the anticipation. The ad, of course, is still up. She didn't have the courtesy to pull it either.
I am kinda thinking of emailing her exactly what I think of this whole deal...
Enter Craigslist and the lovely seller who listed one fairly inexpensively. I emailed her Tuesday. It took her two days to reply, but that's OK. Everyone has a life. Thursday she responded with a phone number and said she doesn't read e-mail during the day. That's OK, she might be at work. However, she apparently doesn't answer that phone either, so I left a message. She called me back Friday.
I wanted to know if I could come see the trike and buy it if I liked it. She wanted to play 20 questions and asked me all manner of irrelevant stuff like whether I had one before and why I wanted one. That's OK. Some people are naturally curious. At the end of the conversation she said she was leaving for the weekend and therefore I could not come see the trike. That's OK. I had plans myself. She said she would call me when she was back.
Today, which would be Monday, there was no call, so I called her. She sold the trike. That is not OK.
Seriously, WTF? This birdbrain strings me along for a week and then sells it right out from under me and doesn't even have the courtesy to tell me not to bother. I would understand if I just sent an idle e-mail, but I think a week of trying to communicate shows a clear interest and a promise of a callback is like any other promise and should be kept. It's not so much that I didn't get that thing that annoys me, it's the wasted time and the anticipation. The ad, of course, is still up. She didn't have the courtesy to pull it either.
I am kinda thinking of emailing her exactly what I think of this whole deal...
- Location:Work
- Mood:
irritated
Уроженец улиц Квинса, большого роста и полосатости. Уличный боец высокого класса. Охотник на кроликов и птиц. Общительным характером он не отличался, людей прямо скажем не любил, как, впрочем, и других кошек. Территорию отстаивал вне зависимости от размера врага. У нас с ним отношения были сдержанные и уважительные. Без сюсюканья.
Вчера он лежал и тяжело дышал, я было списал это на жару, но видать силы у него уходили. Вечером он напоследок вышел во двор, полежал в траве, потом вернулся в дом. Утром Лена его ещё видела по дороге к горшку в подвал.
Когда я проснулся я пошёл его проведать но на месте не нашёл. Полез искать по углам и нашёл уже тело. Место он выбрал как истинный воин - перед оружейным шкафом.
Не знаю куда там кошки идут после смерти. Где бы он не был, хорошей ему охоты.
***
Mitya was born in Queens, large in stature and of many stripes. Street fighter, hunter, the scourge of rabbits and inattentive birds. He was never a people cat, and, truthfully, didn't really like other cats either. He protected his domain, no matter the size of the opponent. We had a reserved and respectful relationship.
He was breathing heavily last night, but I ascribed that to the heat. This morning Lena saw him on his way down to the litterbox. When I got up I did not see him, went looking, and found the body.
I don't know where cats go after death, but I hope the hunting is good there.
- Location:Couch
- Mood:
sad
So, here's an electric bike. http://www.zeromotorcycles.com/
Had I some cash that I just didn't know what to do with, I'd buy it. Don't get me wrong, this wouldn't be out of some misguided environmentalism. I know full well where electricity comes from, I live next to a power plant. An electric bike would be a nifty thing in itself because of performance and the nerd bragging rights. It would be a great toy, and I could probably even commute on it (work is 18 miles away).
That said, there are some things about the marketing of this thing I just find hilarious. A big selling point is that there is no need to stop at gas stations. How is the need to stop at a gas station to fill a motorcycle tank, which can't possibly take over 10 minutes, an inconvenience compared to the need to plug the electrobike into an outlet for 4 hours? Add to that the fact that this four hour stop needs to happen every 60 miles. An average motorcycle has a 4.5 gallon tank and average mileage is about 45mpg, which works out to a 10 minute fuel stop every 200 miles (yeah, I know it isn't exact, but people normally don't run tanks dry).
So, yeah. 10 minutes every 200 miles is so much more inconvenient than 4 hours every 60 miles.
Our energy storage technology sucks. Burning stuff is still the best we can come up with. I want my Mr. Fusion, and I wouldn't mind the DeLorean it was attached to.
Had I some cash that I just didn't know what to do with, I'd buy it. Don't get me wrong, this wouldn't be out of some misguided environmentalism. I know full well where electricity comes from, I live next to a power plant. An electric bike would be a nifty thing in itself because of performance and the nerd bragging rights. It would be a great toy, and I could probably even commute on it (work is 18 miles away).
That said, there are some things about the marketing of this thing I just find hilarious. A big selling point is that there is no need to stop at gas stations. How is the need to stop at a gas station to fill a motorcycle tank, which can't possibly take over 10 minutes, an inconvenience compared to the need to plug the electrobike into an outlet for 4 hours? Add to that the fact that this four hour stop needs to happen every 60 miles. An average motorcycle has a 4.5 gallon tank and average mileage is about 45mpg, which works out to a 10 minute fuel stop every 200 miles (yeah, I know it isn't exact, but people normally don't run tanks dry).
So, yeah. 10 minutes every 200 miles is so much more inconvenient than 4 hours every 60 miles.
Our energy storage technology sucks. Burning stuff is still the best we can come up with. I want my Mr. Fusion, and I wouldn't mind the DeLorean it was attached to.
- Location:Couch
- Mood:awake
Нет, ни красотками с зализанных картинок —
Столетья пошлого разлитый всюду яд! —
Ни ножкой, втиснутой в шнурованный ботинок,
Ни ручкой с веером меня не соблазнят.
Пускай восторженно поет свои хлорозы,
Больничной красотой прельщаясь, Гаварни —
Противны мне его чахоточные розы;
Мой красный идеал никак им не сродни!
Нет, сердцу моему, повисшему над бездной,
Лишь, леди Макбет, вы близки душой железной,
Вы, воплощенная Эсхилова мечта,
Да ты, о Ночь, пленить еще способна взор мой,
Дочь Микеланджело, обязанная формой
Титанам, лишь тобой насытившим уста!
***
It's not with smirking beauties of vignettes,
The shopsoiled products of a worthless age,
With buskined feet and hands for castanets —
A heart like mine its longing could assuage.
I leave Gavarni, poet of chloroses,
His twittering flock, anaemic and unreal.
I could not find among such bloodless roses,
A flower to match my crimson-hued ideal.
To this heart deeper than the deepest canyon,
Lady Macbeth would be a fit companion,
Crime-puissant dream of Aeschylus; or you,
Daughter of Buonarroti, stately Night!
Whose charms to suit a Titan's appetite,
You twist, so strange, yet peaceful, to the view.
***
Ce ne seront jamais ces beautés de vignettes,
Produits avariés, nés d'un siècle vaurien,
Ces pieds à brodequins, ces doigts à castagnettes,
Qui sauront satisfaire un coeur comme le mien.
Je laisse à Gavarni, poète des chloroses,
Son troupeau gazouillant de beautés d'hôpital,
Car je ne puis trouver parmi ces pâles roses
Une fleur qui ressemble à mon rouge idéal.
Ce qu'il faut à ce coeur profond comme un abîme,
C'est vous, Lady Macbeth, âme puissante au crime,
Rêve d'Eschyle éclos au climat des autans;
Ou bien toi, grande Nuit, fille de Michel-Ange,
Qui tors paisiblement dans une pose étrange
Tes appas façonnés aux bouches des Titans!
— Charles Baudelaire
( I am curious... )
Столетья пошлого разлитый всюду яд! —
Ни ножкой, втиснутой в шнурованный ботинок,
Ни ручкой с веером меня не соблазнят.
Пускай восторженно поет свои хлорозы,
Больничной красотой прельщаясь, Гаварни —
Противны мне его чахоточные розы;
Мой красный идеал никак им не сродни!
Нет, сердцу моему, повисшему над бездной,
Лишь, леди Макбет, вы близки душой железной,
Вы, воплощенная Эсхилова мечта,
Да ты, о Ночь, пленить еще способна взор мой,
Дочь Микеланджело, обязанная формой
Титанам, лишь тобой насытившим уста!
***
It's not with smirking beauties of vignettes,
The shopsoiled products of a worthless age,
With buskined feet and hands for castanets —
A heart like mine its longing could assuage.
I leave Gavarni, poet of chloroses,
His twittering flock, anaemic and unreal.
I could not find among such bloodless roses,
A flower to match my crimson-hued ideal.
To this heart deeper than the deepest canyon,
Lady Macbeth would be a fit companion,
Crime-puissant dream of Aeschylus; or you,
Daughter of Buonarroti, stately Night!
Whose charms to suit a Titan's appetite,
You twist, so strange, yet peaceful, to the view.
***
Ce ne seront jamais ces beautés de vignettes,
Produits avariés, nés d'un siècle vaurien,
Ces pieds à brodequins, ces doigts à castagnettes,
Qui sauront satisfaire un coeur comme le mien.
Je laisse à Gavarni, poète des chloroses,
Son troupeau gazouillant de beautés d'hôpital,
Car je ne puis trouver parmi ces pâles roses
Une fleur qui ressemble à mon rouge idéal.
Ce qu'il faut à ce coeur profond comme un abîme,
C'est vous, Lady Macbeth, âme puissante au crime,
Rêve d'Eschyle éclos au climat des autans;
Ou bien toi, grande Nuit, fille de Michel-Ange,
Qui tors paisiblement dans une pose étrange
Tes appas façonnés aux bouches des Titans!
— Charles Baudelaire
( I am curious... )
- Location:Support Horseshoe
- Mood:
amused - Music:Идеал - Гарик Сукачёв
And so, I am back from a major plumbing tuneup. Septoplasty, turbinate reduction, sinus repair, and even a myringotomy. As the nurses put it, the works. No, you can't see my scars, they are all on the inside, internal suffering right and proper.
I have shaved my mustache for this, and that turned out to be a wonderfully correct decision, considering the number of times stuff was taped to my face and then replaced. If I ever have to be in a hospital again I will have to remember to shave the back of my hand, too.
I was completely fascinated by the whole thing, this being my first experience with major surgery and with full anesthesia. Sure, I've had the occasional bit of slicing and sewing done on me, but those were all minor enough to warrant a shot or a couple of pills at best, no "going under". I wasn't really sure what to expect. Doctors did their best to tell me it was no big deal, after all I was supposed to go home the same day. Stuff I read online and got from some people I know went more along the lines of "it feels like your brain is being pulled out through your nostrils".
The other thing that fascinated me was the gadgets. Hospitals are full of blinking, beeping, hissing tubey and hosey nerdy goodness. Heck, it's almost enough to make a geek wanna be sick, just to be around that much shiny...
( Detailed account under the cut )
I have shaved my mustache for this, and that turned out to be a wonderfully correct decision, considering the number of times stuff was taped to my face and then replaced. If I ever have to be in a hospital again I will have to remember to shave the back of my hand, too.
I was completely fascinated by the whole thing, this being my first experience with major surgery and with full anesthesia. Sure, I've had the occasional bit of slicing and sewing done on me, but those were all minor enough to warrant a shot or a couple of pills at best, no "going under". I wasn't really sure what to expect. Doctors did their best to tell me it was no big deal, after all I was supposed to go home the same day. Stuff I read online and got from some people I know went more along the lines of "it feels like your brain is being pulled out through your nostrils".
The other thing that fascinated me was the gadgets. Hospitals are full of blinking, beeping, hissing tubey and hosey nerdy goodness. Heck, it's almost enough to make a geek wanna be sick, just to be around that much shiny...
( Detailed account under the cut )
- Location:Chair
- Mood:
high - Music:Tiamat - Do you dream of me?
Сделали мне операцию на носу. Септопластика, усечение "турбинатов"(не знаю как это по русски), зашитие дырки в неположеном месте и проделывание её в положенном. Как мне сказали, the works. Вчера вернулся домой.
Изначально должны были отпустить в тот же день, но когда я отходил от наркоза решили что у меня с кислородом в крови плохо и оставили для наблюдения.
Поскольку это моя первая в жизни операция под общим наркозом мне был интересен весь процесс. Вообще, меня конкретно впечатлила куча мелких больничных прибамбасов. Например, халат с наддувом. Но наверное лучше по порядку.
Пришли мы в больницу как было сказано к 8:30. Первым делом мне дали ворох бумаги и попросили проверить имя-фамилию и дату рождения. С фамилией они, естественно, ошиблись. Правда исправили тут же. Потом меня провели в комнату и сказали переодеваться. Выдали для этого два мешка, халат и супергламурные голубые носки. В один мешок сапоги, в другой одежду.
Халат это отдельная история. Одевается спереди, завязывается сзади и в трёх местах имеет кармашки с твёрдыми пластинками внутри. Я было не врубился зачем они, но потом пришла медсестра и шустро присоединила в кармашек шланг. По шлангу пошёл тёплый воздух и надул хитрые внутренние подушки халата. Лежишь себе как космонавт со шлангом и в надутом скфандре...
Лежать пришлось сравнительно долго. Как оказалось, предыдущая операция в предназначенной мне операционной затянулась. Тем временем мне принесли пачку бумажек на подпись, взяли кровь на анализ. Постоянно задавали одни и те же вопросы - есть ли аллергия на лекарства, когда последний раз ел, когда последний раз пил. Сначала медсестра,потом какой-то азиатский медбрат с натужными попытками отрастить бороду на лице. Начало казаться что меня пытаются подловить на несоответтвии версий... После пришёл анестезиолог, жизнерадостный как доктор Ливси из мультика. Опять задал те же вопросы, а в ответ поставил капельницу.
Капельница в руке вызывает странное ощущение ползущего холода. Вроде весь организм тёплый, а по руке холод подымается...
С такими интересными ощущениями я пролежал ещё непонятно сколько времени, как вдруг распахнулась дверь и всё заверте...
Точнее вбежал жизнерадостный анестезиолог и две медсестры. Одну представили как его ассистентку, а вторую как хирургическую сестру. Анестезиолог откуда-то выхватил шприц и со словами "Вот кое-что чтобы расслабиться" шустро ткнул его в клапан капельницы. Меня выкатили в коридор и...
Я проснулся в большой комнате где было явно много народу. Точнее я сказать не мог, потому как был без очков. Кто-то был слева, передо мной была большая прозрачная воронка из которой дуло, а справа мне кто-то дал кусочек льда. Самое странное было что я периодически забывал дышать, просто как-то не хотелось. Потом я вспоминал что вроде надо бы. Короче, шёл ёжик, забыл как дышать...
Потом началось какое-то шевеление, что-то сказали про кислород, и меня отвезли в тихую тёмную комнату. Дальше я много спал, а меня периодически будили проверками давления и температуры. В порядке весёлой шутки мне сказали что я могу встать и дойти то туалета, если захочу. Хохма заключалась в том что капельница и датчик примотанный к пальцу дойти да туда мне не давали.
На следующее утро я одел очки и выяснил что у меня две медсестры - Сара и Джессика. Паркер не было. А потом пришёл доктор и вынул у меня из носа тампоны. Я и понятия не имел что два предмета такого размера могут поместиться у меня в носу. От удивления я их даже сфотографировал. Теперь в носу уменя только какие-то пластиковые хрени о которых нос у меня как у Карлсона. Говорят что в четверг их должны вынуть.
Сейчас я дома, вместо сбритых усов ношу марлевые валики, периодически закусываю весёлыми таблетками.
Такая вот интересная история...
Изначально должны были отпустить в тот же день, но когда я отходил от наркоза решили что у меня с кислородом в крови плохо и оставили для наблюдения.
Поскольку это моя первая в жизни операция под общим наркозом мне был интересен весь процесс. Вообще, меня конкретно впечатлила куча мелких больничных прибамбасов. Например, халат с наддувом. Но наверное лучше по порядку.
Пришли мы в больницу как было сказано к 8:30. Первым делом мне дали ворох бумаги и попросили проверить имя-фамилию и дату рождения. С фамилией они, естественно, ошиблись. Правда исправили тут же. Потом меня провели в комнату и сказали переодеваться. Выдали для этого два мешка, халат и супергламурные голубые носки. В один мешок сапоги, в другой одежду.
Халат это отдельная история. Одевается спереди, завязывается сзади и в трёх местах имеет кармашки с твёрдыми пластинками внутри. Я было не врубился зачем они, но потом пришла медсестра и шустро присоединила в кармашек шланг. По шлангу пошёл тёплый воздух и надул хитрые внутренние подушки халата. Лежишь себе как космонавт со шлангом и в надутом скфандре...
Лежать пришлось сравнительно долго. Как оказалось, предыдущая операция в предназначенной мне операционной затянулась. Тем временем мне принесли пачку бумажек на подпись, взяли кровь на анализ. Постоянно задавали одни и те же вопросы - есть ли аллергия на лекарства, когда последний раз ел, когда последний раз пил. Сначала медсестра,потом какой-то азиатский медбрат с натужными попытками отрастить бороду на лице. Начало казаться что меня пытаются подловить на несоответтвии версий... После пришёл анестезиолог, жизнерадостный как доктор Ливси из мультика. Опять задал те же вопросы, а в ответ поставил капельницу.
Капельница в руке вызывает странное ощущение ползущего холода. Вроде весь организм тёплый, а по руке холод подымается...
С такими интересными ощущениями я пролежал ещё непонятно сколько времени, как вдруг распахнулась дверь и всё заверте...
Точнее вбежал жизнерадостный анестезиолог и две медсестры. Одну представили как его ассистентку, а вторую как хирургическую сестру. Анестезиолог откуда-то выхватил шприц и со словами "Вот кое-что чтобы расслабиться" шустро ткнул его в клапан капельницы. Меня выкатили в коридор и...
Я проснулся в большой комнате где было явно много народу. Точнее я сказать не мог, потому как был без очков. Кто-то был слева, передо мной была большая прозрачная воронка из которой дуло, а справа мне кто-то дал кусочек льда. Самое странное было что я периодически забывал дышать, просто как-то не хотелось. Потом я вспоминал что вроде надо бы. Короче, шёл ёжик, забыл как дышать...
Потом началось какое-то шевеление, что-то сказали про кислород, и меня отвезли в тихую тёмную комнату. Дальше я много спал, а меня периодически будили проверками давления и температуры. В порядке весёлой шутки мне сказали что я могу встать и дойти то туалета, если захочу. Хохма заключалась в том что капельница и датчик примотанный к пальцу дойти да туда мне не давали.
На следующее утро я одел очки и выяснил что у меня две медсестры - Сара и Джессика. Паркер не было. А потом пришёл доктор и вынул у меня из носа тампоны. Я и понятия не имел что два предмета такого размера могут поместиться у меня в носу. От удивления я их даже сфотографировал. Теперь в носу уменя только какие-то пластиковые хрени о которых нос у меня как у Карлсона. Говорят что в четверг их должны вынуть.
Сейчас я дома, вместо сбритых усов ношу марлевые валики, периодически закусываю весёлыми таблетками.
Такая вот интересная история...
- Location:Couch
- Location:Couch
- Mood:Holiday stupor
That made me think. (Another filthy habit I picked up in the Far East) There is a class of words out there that cause a kind of an intestinal twitch. For me it's "extreme". Every freaking thing is extreme. Extreme racing, extreme ammo, extreme ironing. No, really, extreme ironing. The word is almost completely meaningless.
What else is there?
- Location:Couch
- Mood:
complacent
I saw this a couple of weeks ago at the Lagoon theater, about a week after it opened. There were exactly four people there - us, and a couple of friends. The big media reviews panned it, the little media reviews loved it.
For the intimate details of the movie, see here.
( Here's what I think, with spoilers )
- Location:Support Horseshoe
- Mood:
tired - Music:deine lakaien - the game
I feel like crap, looks like it's the flu. This video was a welcome distraction.
- Location:Support horseshoe
- Mood:
sick - Music:My own coughing
Итак, вот сей суперинструмент мегабренда First Act.

Сначала она не играла, но после лёгкой хирургии звук появился. Играть на ней хочется исключительно панк. Надо будет хоть струны сменить для приличия...
Сначала она не играла, но после лёгкой хирургии звук появился. Играть на ней хочется исключительно панк. Надо будет хоть струны сменить для приличия...
- Location:Couch
- Mood:
tired - Music:Deine Lakaien - Into my arms
Well, maybe nothing would have happened anyway.
At any rate, I did some shopping for Lena's group. They are now the proud owners and I am the caretaker of these miracles of technology:
A PA mixer

A set of wireless mikes

and another smaller mixer that turned out to not have a power supply.

The mixer is nifty, but to really drive the speakers I have for it it will need a power amp. That's not a huge concern at the moment.
The microphones are funny. They seem to be extremely directional and fairly low gain, so they can only really be used for one person. None of that Beatle-like singing-in-the-same-mike crap. Not that I was expecting a whole hell of a lot out of a cheap Chinese set like that. It will work for what we need it for. The sound is pretty clear, and the wireless range is very decent.
Combine this with the recent purchase of a piano and the accidental purchase of a no-name electric guitar, and I just about have enough to start a cheesy band. I still have my bass, and it still works. Hell, if I can scare up four girls willing to jump around onstage in bikinis, I can have a pop band with this setup.
At any rate, I did some shopping for Lena's group. They are now the proud owners and I am the caretaker of these miracles of technology:
A PA mixer
A set of wireless mikes
and another smaller mixer that turned out to not have a power supply.
The mixer is nifty, but to really drive the speakers I have for it it will need a power amp. That's not a huge concern at the moment.
The microphones are funny. They seem to be extremely directional and fairly low gain, so they can only really be used for one person. None of that Beatle-like singing-in-the-same-mike crap. Not that I was expecting a whole hell of a lot out of a cheap Chinese set like that. It will work for what we need it for. The sound is pretty clear, and the wireless range is very decent.
Combine this with the recent purchase of a piano and the accidental purchase of a no-name electric guitar, and I just about have enough to start a cheesy band. I still have my bass, and it still works. Hell, if I can scare up four girls willing to jump around onstage in bikinis, I can have a pop band with this setup.
- Location:Support horseshoe
- Mood:
amused - Music:Evanescence - "Good Enough"
It has been how long now? Eccch.
At any rate. If any who read this have an interest, I am alive, kicking, and fairly well. I just got out from a few hours spent under my latest car, replacing the exhaust, which had the consistency of wet cardboard.
The conveyance in question is this:

For those not following Swedish automotive design of the late 20th century, this is a 740 wagon, or, as the real Volvo geeks call it, a 745.
I have developed a thing for station wagons. They are fairly economical (this one clocked in at 23MPG this week), especially when compared to vans, still haul a ton of stuff, and the shape somehow seems harmonious, more so than a car with a trunk.
I drive cool cars. At the moment, I think a black 745 is cool. Just look at the awesome beautiful angularity! Touch my monkey! Touch it!
At any rate. If any who read this have an interest, I am alive, kicking, and fairly well. I just got out from a few hours spent under my latest car, replacing the exhaust, which had the consistency of wet cardboard.
The conveyance in question is this:
For those not following Swedish automotive design of the late 20th century, this is a 740 wagon, or, as the real Volvo geeks call it, a 745.
I have developed a thing for station wagons. They are fairly economical (this one clocked in at 23MPG this week), especially when compared to vans, still haul a ton of stuff, and the shape somehow seems harmonious, more so than a car with a trunk.
I drive cool cars. At the moment, I think a black 745 is cool. Just look at the awesome beautiful angularity! Touch my monkey! Touch it!
- Location:Couch
- Mood:accomplished
- Music:Over and Done - Deine Lakaien
I have never thought I'd see a metal cover of a disco song. I have also never thought I'd see anyone cover this one.
Turisas proved me wrong.
- Location:Support horseshoe
- Music:TURISAS
- Location:Support Horseshoe
- Mood:
amused - Music:They Might Be Giants - Whistling in the Dark
