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inception fandom is worse (better) than an intestinal worm
Greetings from Narita Airport! I really wish I wasn't too lazy to plan an actual trip to Japan. Akihabara and Harajuku and Kyoto and Nara and.. :( But that's irrelevant at the moment ( Read more... ) -
the difference between "tropical" and "extremely tropical" is not as drastic as i'd hoped
In short, why did I choose to move from one tropical country to an even more tropical country? That is the question. But I'm finally home after a 3.5-hour-long flight on a cramped airplane complete with crying babies and snoring adults, so that's something. Also, I'm sitting 2 feet away from an industrial-strength electric fan (which, although it ( Read more... ) -
kinokuniya is my heaven, eagle of the ninth is a homoerotic children's book
It's a sign of how quickly the fandom has swallowed me up that I couldn't stop myself from buying The Eagle of the Ninth Chronicles. It's also a sign of how little research I actually did that I was completely unaware that it's a book for children (well, technically it's for young adults, and technically I am a young adult). This explains why I ( Read more... ) -
the most helpful error message ever
I was trying to create a new administrator account on my work laptop and Windows decides to prove that it's as dumb as Apple fanboys say it is by giving this nugget of technological wisdom: "Cannot add user 'Admin' because 'Admin' does not exist."
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i despair of the English language
Whose bright idea was it to make "ravel" and "unravel" mean the same thing? Honestly.
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game of thrones: epic fantasy or medieval porn?
Fair warning: This entry contains spoilers for the first episode of Game of Thrones, the new HBO series based on George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels. That probably means spoilers for the books too, though I haven't read any of them.
As a self-proclaimed hardcore sci-fi and fantasy geek, I am probably a failure in the eyes of my ( Read more... ) -
i think we can put our differences behind us, for science.. you monster
Portal 2 is coming! Portal 2 is coming! I've been spazzing about it for the past few days because Valve apparently makes the best ads EVER. I am fundamentally incapable of picking a favorite, but I'll post this one because it clearly shows how epic this game is going to be:
Needless to say, all of these videos are already in my Favorites list on ( Read more... ) -
(i'm doing science and i'm) still alive
Posting this here for posterity, because it's so true that it's tragic (and yet somehow still funny).
What if the world’s best game developers collaborated..
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animated films meme
This made me realize how few classic Disney films I've actually seen, and how partial I am to Pixar (though Kung Fu Panda remains my favorite by a wide margin). Apparently, I watch more cartoons now than when I was a kid :))
EDIT: Added the meme instructions (my memory is failing meeee)
Stolen from stellareclipses
( long incubation = boredom = meme time! )
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