(Reappears from the darkness) Come skiing with me on Sunday! (Disappears back into the void)

It's the end of an era ( Read more... )

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Self-sacrifice is not strength, nor is it a fundamental aspect of heroism. It is an act of a lack of faith in the strength, competency, and potential to learn in other people. This is obviously not black and white, and it's something I'm not entirely guiltless of, but self-sacrifice is for the most part a bad, bad thing.

So among other things with the website that's been taking me way too long, I've had to translate these six poems. Finally made myself sit down and crank all of them out today. This last one especially has been a pain in my side, but I like how it turned out ( Read more... )

SIFF starts on the 20th. Last year was an off year, so the hope is that this year will be awesome (that's how it usually works).

Who is seeing what? Recommendations?

Also, I have four SIFF vouchers left that are good for SIFF cinema films up until May 20th, so if anyone wants one (or four), please come and get it/them from me.

I've been informed that far more people than I realize are into surgical staples, so now I'm amused and curious. So:

Poll

Neuromancer: "The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel. [...] Night City, with Ninsei its heart. By day, the bars down Ninsei were shuttered and featureless, the neon dead, the holograms inert, waiting, under the poisoned silver sky."

Altered Carbon: "The sky was the texture of old silver and the lights were ( Read more... )

So I have a regular Russian car mechanic now, I guess, which is rare for me, because I hate paying for car repairs almost as much as I loathe paying for doctor visits. "Car, heal thyself!" is as far as I'm concerned the magic invocation that makes my Frankenstein, like my body, invincible ( Read more... )

I was watching this tango video and it really brings to mind how aware of your partner you have to be in order to do a lot of the more risky and beautiful moves. Some of the embellishments that the follow is doing I would be pretty hesitant to do with any lead that wasn't really good about paying attention to the follow and playing off whatever she ( Read more... )