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So, I went to a funeral today...
And was utterly mortified by the speech. ( I didn't quite agree with the rabbi on what's appropriate for a eulogy ) -
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Yeah, I know disappear forever (I'm an ickle firstie phd student in CS at this point in my life, just got my BE in Computer Engineering!), and what do I pop back in for? to rant ( again) about semi-forced posting requirements.
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Barbie
Lj ate my post, so this is the short version. *shrugs* viomisehunt poked me, so the update is: finishing up my undergrad this semester, planning to start a phd in Computer Science in the fall (got into my home school), and doing all right all around.
So Barbie has made me very happy lately. The internet voted and one of Barbie's next jobs is computer engineer ( Read more... ) -
dropping the thread
Disappeared for forever and a day, mostly 'cause I've got some new distractions. On the plus I'm really happy (in a stable earthy way), so I guess there are good trade offs. Basically using this 'cause it'd be way too long to fit into a facebook status update.
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angst or fluff?
*shrugs* guess I'm in the mood for posting a lot lately or something, mostly 'cause facebook is an awful media for this kind of stuff. So I was reading fanficrants today and a poster was ranting about lousy reviews to her angst fic. What I found mystifying was that everyone seemed to agree that angst and fluff are two separate and distinct genres of fic, ( Read more... ) -
religion soup
The last manga I grabbed had a mashup of Christianity and Ancient-Eqyptian polytheism which got me thinking about the various religions I've seen thrown together in one big ball. The western world does this too, but usually the religious families/boundaries are respected: stories inspired by a religion/religious tradition stick to that one, so ( Read more... ) -
appreciation for fanwork
So the fandom etiquette topics most likely to elicit massive drama in the scanlation community (and really every other) have gotta be appreciation and attribution. Attribution-crediting people's work-is pretty logical and everyone agrees it's important, and it only gets messy 'cause of the he said/she said involved when someone claims theft. ( Read more... ) -
gentrification mostly
So, listening to a rap song railing against gentrification (immortal technique is worth listening to for smart rap) and wondering about it. I dislike gentrification 'cause it robs neighborhoods of their character (Williamsburg has no personality outside of the ethnic neighborhoods) but it's the only reason I've got a good grocery store within ( Read more... ) -
fanfic-ish literature
TIME magazine has an article on new trends in publishing, Books Unbound and one of the points raised in the article was that:
"And what will that fiction look like? Like fan fiction, it will be ravenously referential and intertextual in ways that will strain copyright law to the breaking point. Novels will get longer--electronic books aren't bound ( Read more... ) -
cell phones
Sometimes I like the firefox/bbc newsfeed, and sometimes it leads to much head banging as I see stories like this: Is that cellphone kosher?
So, stuff like no internet and no camera isn't remotely surprising, and as for the rest, uch but expected. The kosher symbol bothers me 'cause that's not what it's supposed to be for, but oh well it happens ( Read more... )