I haven't written anything for awhile... so here's a quick update. Life is going well and I just got back from 4th of Juplaya which is a mini-burning man like event with less than 1000 people and lots of ammo and explosives. I may put up picks in a few days, we will see ( Read more... )

I guess I'm an actual adult now. I have a real job, one that involves a cubicle and swivel chairs. I'm expected to be there Monday through Friday at approximately the same time each day. How odd ( Read more... )

I've been trying to hunt the internet for either a bdsm furniture designer or at least an accurate picture of something and can't find it. I'm not sure if I'm using the right term, but it's basically an upright wooden lattice (i.e. like a st. andrews cross only with lattice work instead ( Read more... )

I am now 100% officially graduated with a master's in social psychology.

Now, to enter the drudgery of finding a job in spite of the current economy.

Hey, that almost rhymes... almost.

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Things I learned from this most recent trip to Dubai ( Read more... )

I'm leaving on vacation for a week and this is the first time I've been unable to get friends to take care of my cat. Given his new medical issues, he needs medication twice a day which is a bit difficult for people to do. So I hunted the bay area for cat sitters and found out it's damn expensive. I was quoted on average around $45 to $80 a day ( Read more... )

It turns out that same of the financial survey I developed is being used as a standard for my advisor's psych lab. It's very weird to respond to a survey research request to find out that some of the survey is what you developed. This makes me happy.

In other news, I'm planning on volunteering for Yaoi Con this year.

A geeky friend made a "twitter bot" that regurgitates tweets made by a bunch of other generic users.

The bot now has 69 followers.

In the last few years there have been frequent videos of violence around the world on the internet. Sometimes I'll watch, sometimes I'll pass.

The video of Nega Agha-Soltan is particularly difficult to bear and has struck me in a way as nothing else I have ever seen.

My heart goes out to all in Iran and their relatives abroad.