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Shaky ground
No secret that the ads in LJ have gotten more intrusive since the latest sale. Playing audio, expanding on hover, etc.
But now they're just naked malware. Immediately redirecting you to a fake Java update page? Giving you no-choice dialog boxes to "upgrade your virus software"?
What a sad state of affairs. But I suppose you get what you pay for. -
For the archives of the institute.
Caught up on the Leijiverse, a bit. Did you know that Uchuu Senkan Yamato not only premiered on October 6, 1973, but was, in-Universe, launched on October 6, 2199? So, as good a reason as any to be a fan. Though it was revisited on account of the whole inspiring-Galaxion thing, and then on account of thinking and reading all sorts of things about ( Read more... ) -
Trouble with the trees
Thinking about the myth of expulsion from Eden in the context of my continuing assertion that I'm not some kind of "good guy" - that I'm just a guy, and we can all just choose what we do, and that once we know better we can't go back to not knowing - all that we can do is do the thing we know to be good, considering the circumstances ( Read more... ) -
Nothing's the same anymore
Welcome to a new sort of everything ( Read more... ) -
oho
well, THAT'll take the wind out of your sails. -
Revenge of the cryptic LJ post
My obliviousness sense is tingling!
The best part about this sense is that even if it's wrong, it's right - possibly even more so for having gone off in the first place.
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Cut to Kratos crawling out of Hades
Hey, a thing happened.
Or rather, a thing didn't happen yet: as a consequence, I'm in a bit of a detente when it comes to service to Her Majesty. This means I get to be in service of the not-so-Royal "I" for a week or so. Laundry! Sleep! Self-maintenance!
...and new episodes of Squideye and The Bitter Guy uploaded only four months after recording ( Read more... ) -
Live, from Capitol Hill
Been on the road with alienne4, yuriko, chanteuse11 and the rest of Countermeasure for about three days now - hard to believe it's been such a short time - and I'm almost starting to get enough distance from the Toronto life to start thinking with a bit of perspective ( Read more... ) -
Shallowjournal: Routine
Let's get some data points happening.
Woke up: 5:30am. Snooze cycle until 8:00am.
Dreams: Something about working late on a project. LSD was passed around. I partook, donned a cowboy hat, apparently grew a goatee and walked around the dorm (?)
Breakfast: Clif bar (PB Crunch)
Going-to-work music: Paul's Boutique
Personal style: Black cotton GAP ( Read more... ) -
Adrenaline
So let's get this out of my system.
Life is not fair.
It falls to us not to give up when it's conspicuously unfair to the people around us.
I'm thinking of the fact that I'm wearing my soldier t-shirt not for its facile answers to problems (shoot it more!) but because it stands for a powerless person facing hopeless odds.
Not giving up, though.
I hope ( Read more... )