keeping sane, one word at a time
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Male; Age 25; Likes Ultimate Frisbee;
Here's a favorite quote of mine from Tropic of Cancer p.99, "I have found God, but he is insufficient. I am only spiritually dead. Physically I am alive. Morally I am free. The world which i have departed is a menagerie. The dawn is breaking on a new world, a jungle world in which the lean spirits roam with sharp claws. If I am a hyena I am a lean and hungry one: I go forth to fatten myself."
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Sunday, June 29, 2003
Batman is by far, the greatest superhero. It all starts with the fact that he's human, with no unexplainable phenomena surrounding his body. He doesn't leap over buildings, shoot web from his wrists, casually throw 70 ton tanks; he's 100% human. He trains to be strong, trains to be stealthy. He carefully studies his enemies and builds all his own weapons. All this sums up to one inspirational dude. He represents. I think Wolfgang Peterson might be making "Batman vs. Superman". You can count me in.
10:24 PM
Sunday, June 22, 2003
I thought I'd share the book I'm reading, "Senor Vivo and the Coca Lord" by Louis de Bernieres.
If I had to summarize in one sentence:
An outrageous black tale on the Columbian drug trade, marked with a veraciousness that catches you laughing.
7:30 PM
Saturday, June 21, 2003
Okay. So I'm starting to figure out just what side of the family my body hair is from, my mothers. I'm going to be the spitting image of my grandfather, bald with a gorilla chest. This is because I've started to get small amounts of chest hair. And, as an added bonus, my hairline is receding. At this point I'm not sure by how much because I've just noticed. Anyway, I was checking out the Rogaine webpage to learn more about my disease and found some pretty funny quotes:
"To ensure the solution fully covers your scalp, you may want to rub Men's Rogaine into your scalp with your fingertips. However, this step is not necessary to receive the benefit of Rogaine. Be sure to wash your hands with soap and water after applying Rogaine. " <-- this one self-explanatory:) MR. Hairy Hands.
and the classic side-effects:
"Stop Use and See A Doctor If You Get:
chest pain, rapid heartbeat, faintness, or dizziness.
sudden unexplained weight gain
swollen hands or feet <---- that one is kind of interesting.
scalp redness or irritation that continues or worsens. "
So, if you're really unlucky, you could have swollen hairy hands;P
7:12 AM
Tuesday, June 17, 2003
Function will never go out of style. Simple and practical will always be cool, will always be sexy. Take my new watch for example, with one glance everything's purpose is very clear. The analog face is simple, from the chrome "hour" notches to the "time setting" knob on its right all gently attached to the wrist with a black leather band. Pure and simple. Some might say minimalistic. Yes, a minimalistic functionality. You have to include that, or else you lose something. The bulky sports watch, with all its clutter, is functional but not cool. The Swiss Army knife is very useful, but lacks the integrity of the clean, unserrated, single-bladed "buck" knife. A drawn buck knife has only one purpose.
1:45 PM
Sunday, June 15, 2003
The Fast and the Furious decided to close the street in front of my apartment and park itself over the weekend. Yes, you guessed it, a suped-up import car rally. I don't see the pretty metallic paint, the turbochargers, or the mag wheels. All I see are mobile stereo amplifiers, tuned into the latest pop and capable of outputting enough bass to rattle windows and organs. Ah, all of them in such a small area. With one concentrated attack I could rid myself of that racket for most of the summer.
Attack Plan #1: One pass with an M1 Abrams Attack Tank (60 tons)
Attack Plan #2: Simultaneous placement of ~50 bags of thermite on the hoods of all cars. (Thermite burns at 3000 C)
Attack Plan #3: Drive a busload of SARS patients into the area and tell them they've each won one of these cars, the first into the driver's seats gets to take it home.
Attack Plan #4: Grenade Launcher (self-explanatory)
Attack Plan #5: Electro-magnetic Pulse (EMP)
Attack Plan #6: Commandeer a nearby Water Bomber; 2-3 drops should be enough.
Any one of these should work by itself, but a combination would be 100% effective. For example, Plan #3 coupled with Plan #1 (in that order) would rid of the city of two scurges at once.
good night.
9:10 PM
Thursday, June 12, 2003
Does anyone actually like popcorn? I mean, if popcorn were to take human form, would anyone be its friend? I don't think so. We tolerate it, but no one would call it up to hang out. If chocolate were in trouble I'd definitely be the first on the scene to help out, but popcorn just doesn't satisfy. It's as light as air, you get more energy from breathing in bugs. There's no point to it.
7:45 AM
Violet Jessop was a stewardess on all of the White Star Line's three sister ships: Olympic, Titanic and Britannic. Olympic was never sunk, but eventually scrapped. She survived Titanic's maiden voyage. And she survived being sucked into the rotating propellors of a sinking Britannic. Some people like boats; I like sinking boats. There's no story in a boat that floats:) If I could make regular trips back in time and hide within the bodies of other people hers would be high on the list.
6:25 AM
Tuesday, June 03, 2003
I use this program called ANSYS on a regular basis these days. It's an absolute monstrosity, capable of modelling things I have no comprehension of. Today it gave me an error message as such, ". . . (insert babble). . . You are using this program in an unconventional way". I find that pretty hilarious - maybe it's just been a long day. Either way, it's my new favorite error message. This is officially a lame post.
9:04 PM
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