Moichandising!

(spot the Spaceballs reference)

I have a couple of CDs which half.com's database doesn't recognize, so I can't sell them that way. I'm willing to give/trade them away. The links are to my site for 30-second, 64kb mp3 samples of a few of the tracks, if you have no clue what they sound like. Mostly a kind of... mellowish... electronicish.. thing...er... with vocals in the case of Dali's Car... er... just listen, ok? The files aren't that big (~250k apiece). If you're interested, just email my livejournal address.

Mediaform, "Beauty Reports".
Beauty Report Three
Beauty Report Seven
Beauty Report Eight
Beauty Report Nine

Dali's Car, "The Waking Hour". This is a mid-80s Peter Murphy semi-solo thing.
Artemis
His Box
Moonlife

(aside... oh, it's still so good to see "deflashing to memory" rather than "deflashing to disk" in GoldWave, the sound editor with which I clip/resample mp3s and occasionally make new ones "the hard way" (i.e. live-time recording of playing CD) when my drive doesn't seem to be able to handle the disc via digital extraction. I know half a gig of memory ain't much these days, but it still feels all fuzzy inside.)

I have also a few books which I am doubting will ever sell, though I do have them listed:

The Tao of Physics
Moonflower: Erotic Dreaming with the Goddess
Werewolf: the Apocalypse Interestingly enough, this one sold on half.com just today.

One more which isn't listed yet, because I don't expect to fetch any money for it either: Here and Now: an Approach to Writing through Perception, which seems basically to be a book of exercises to improve one's writing (fiction or non) through exercises in observation.. or something. Reeks of the late 60s when it was written. Probably a good laugh if not actually useful. Picked it up for free as a library discard, myself, and never read it. gremliness, for some reason I specifically thought of you (besides the fact that you're working on being a professional writer), so you'd have not only first, but ... interruptive.. dibs if you decide you'd like to have it.

Again... a few bucks is good for any book or CD above (I have paypal, or would accept cash), or some kind of trade: I like glitter and shiny and glow in the dark and things I can re-use, and tea!. I am also willing to give away totally for free, although I like to feel that I got back the value of the postage in some way, if possible. (if not possible.. then I'm still ok. getting things off my desk is often valuable enough. ^_^)

Moichandising!

(spot the Spaceballs reference)

I have a couple of CDs which half.com's database doesn't recognize, so I can't sell them that way. I'm willing to give/trade them away. The links are to my site for 30-second, 64kb mp3 samples of a few of the tracks, if you have no clue what they sound like. Mostly a kind of... mellowish... electronicish.. thing...er... with vocals in the case of Dali's Car... er... just listen, ok? The files aren't that big (~250k apiece). If you're interested, just email my livejournal address.

Mediaform, "Beauty Reports".
Beauty Report Three
Beauty Report Seven
Beauty Report Eight
Beauty Report Nine

Dali's Car, "The Waking Hour". This is a mid-80s Peter Murphy semi-solo thing.
Artemis
His Box
Moonlife

(aside... oh, it's still so good to see "deflashing to memory" rather than "deflashing to disk" in GoldWave, the sound editor with which I clip/resample mp3s and occasionally make new ones "the hard way" (i.e. live-time recording of playing CD) when my drive doesn't seem to be able to handle the disc via digital extraction. I know half a gig of memory ain't much these days, but it still feels all fuzzy inside.)

I have also a few books which I am doubting will ever sell, though I do have them listed:

The Tao of Physics
Moonflower: Erotic Dreaming with the Goddess
Werewolf: the Apocalypse Interestingly enough, this one sold on half.com just today.

One more which isn't listed yet, because I don't expect to fetch any money for it either: Here and Now: an Approach to Writing through Perception, which seems basically to be a book of exercises to improve one's writing (fiction or non) through exercises in observation.. or something. Reeks of the late 60s when it was written. Probably a good laugh if not actually useful. Picked it up for free as a library discard, myself, and never read it. gremliness, for some reason I specifically thought of you (besides the fact that you're working on being a professional writer), so you'd have not only first, but ... interruptive.. dibs if you decide you'd like to have it.

Again... a few bucks is good for any book or CD above (I have paypal, or would accept cash), or some kind of trade: I like glitter and shiny and glow in the dark and things I can re-use, and tea!. I am also willing to give away totally for free, although I like to feel that I got back the value of the postage in some way, if possible. (if not possible.. then I'm still ok. getting things off my desk is often valuable enough. ^_^)

...in the warm California sun

(Whee! Who, being from California, doesn't love the Beach Boys? It's in the blood! Don't make me take a poll!!)

So... the (taped) episode of MST3K I'm currently watching has ads for the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. Fine, okay.

But these are talking about some kind of discount over Presidents' Day weekend. For those not in the know, that's in mid-February.

Can you imagine? Only in California (er... in the continental US...except Florida and similar... and obviously places like Mexico and Hawaii might as well; shh!!!) would they suggest going anywhere near the beach (and on rollercoasters, and to buy really, really good salt water taffy) in February!!

(not that anyone with any sense - or without a very well-insulated dry-suit - would be going into the actual ocean... the Pacific is cold-a-riffic!)

In unrelated news, while it's been decent early-autumn weather outside (sometimes sunny, sometimes overcast, daily highs averaging 75 F / 23 C, nightly lows 55 F / 12 C)... in the Media Lab it is consistently about 80 F / 26 C and too humid, because of all the computers and people giving off heat and people giving off water vapour. I need a long-sleeved shirt when I drive to work, but as soon as I get there it's way too warm. Bleah.

...in the warm California sun

(Whee! Who, being from California, doesn't love the Beach Boys? It's in the blood! Don't make me take a poll!!)

So... the (taped) episode of MST3K I'm currently watching has ads for the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. Fine, okay.

But these are talking about some kind of discount over Presidents' Day weekend. For those not in the know, that's in mid-February.

Can you imagine? Only in California (er... in the continental US...except Florida and similar... and obviously places like Mexico and Hawaii might as well; shh!!!) would they suggest going anywhere near the beach (and on rollercoasters, and to buy really, really good salt water taffy) in February!!

(not that anyone with any sense - or without a very well-insulated dry-suit - would be going into the actual ocean... the Pacific is cold-a-riffic!)

In unrelated news, while it's been decent early-autumn weather outside (sometimes sunny, sometimes overcast, daily highs averaging 75 F / 23 C, nightly lows 55 F / 12 C)... in the Media Lab it is consistently about 80 F / 26 C and too humid, because of all the computers and people giving off heat and people giving off water vapour. I need a long-sleeved shirt when I drive to work, but as soon as I get there it's way too warm. Bleah.

erm.

Argh. This kind of turned into a complete entry on its own, as opposed to just a comment reply to a comment on a previous post.

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Yar. Never mind that. It's good to know that someone.. and someone I specifically respect/admire (as opposed to in the general way in which I tend to think everyone is ahead of me), at that, is reading this!

I tend to worry that I'm posting at a blank wall, so to speak. The knowledge that I often read, am interested, and absorb (and therefore, appreciate) without having any feedback, and thus, conversely, other people could have the same reaction to my posts, is, paradoxically, not consolation. (I like commas! Commas are my friends! ^_^ t'ain't that a complex sentence? SAT, eat your point-scale out!)

Like many things, I have trouble applying something I, myself, feel, to someone else, and imagining that they could feel it towards me. Well, I suppose that has to do with a problem understanding "feelings" in general. But in any case... the point of all this is... thank you for reading, and for letting me know that you read. The feeling that I'm listened to (even if not agreed with) as opposed to ignored is a very important thing to me. (Step #2 is that I'm agreed with as opposed to discounted as an idiot, which is different from being thought wrong on rational grounds.)

erm.

Argh. This kind of turned into a complete entry on its own, as opposed to just a comment reply to a comment on a previous post.

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Yar. Never mind that. It's good to know that someone.. and someone I specifically respect/admire (as opposed to in the general way in which I tend to think everyone is ahead of me), at that, is reading this!

I tend to worry that I'm posting at a blank wall, so to speak. The knowledge that I often read, am interested, and absorb (and therefore, appreciate) without having any feedback, and thus, conversely, other people could have the same reaction to my posts, is, paradoxically, not consolation. (I like commas! Commas are my friends! ^_^ t'ain't that a complex sentence? SAT, eat your point-scale out!)

Like many things, I have trouble applying something I, myself, feel, to someone else, and imagining that they could feel it towards me. Well, I suppose that has to do with a problem understanding "feelings" in general. But in any case... the point of all this is... thank you for reading, and for letting me know that you read. The feeling that I'm listened to (even if not agreed with) as opposed to ignored is a very important thing to me. (Step #2 is that I'm agreed with as opposed to discounted as an idiot, which is different from being thought wrong on rational grounds.)

too honest?

so, like.

i just received an order from Dagon Productions and by mistake, they sent me two copies of an item i ordered, one booklet nested inside another. so of course, i emailed them as said wow, this is great, however, i didn't pay for it, and since the books by this author seem to tend to limited edition, i'll return it ASAP so you can put it back in stock.

the response i received seemed over-grateful, like this was an unusual response. from my perspective, i got something i didn't pay for. While i would happily keep it from a big company, from a small business, i figure stock is money and it's best to return it. heck, i'd hope for the same, were i a small business.

really.. i'm confused as to why this merits gratitude (beyond simple thanks)?

too honest?

so, like.

i just received an order from Dagon Productions and by mistake, they sent me two copies of an item i ordered, one booklet nested inside another. so of course, i emailed them as said wow, this is great, however, i didn't pay for it, and since the books by this author seem to tend to limited edition, i'll return it ASAP so you can put it back in stock.

the response i received seemed over-grateful, like this was an unusual response. from my perspective, i got something i didn't pay for. While i would happily keep it from a big company, from a small business, i figure stock is money and it's best to return it. heck, i'd hope for the same, were i a small business.

really.. i'm confused as to why this merits gratitude (beyond simple thanks)?

friday vroom

Since I saw forestdweller do this with the letters MOTOR instead of numbers or ABCDE, I'm going to do that too!

M. What vehicle do you drive? 1987 Toyota Corolla SR5.

O. How long have you had it? Eight years (eep!).

T. What is the coolest feature on your vehicle? Erm... the rear defogger? Those are really common nowadays, but before I got this car, I was usually driving my mother's '77 Plymouth (which we no longer own), and that big expanse of rear window was really, really hard to get defogged, so I appreciate the thing.

O. What is the most annoying thing about your vehicle? This problem it has where it will suddenly jerk when accelerating, mostly in second or third gear, or occasionally while cruising at freeway speed in fifth. It's not that the engine cuts out, but it's not misfiring either, I'm pretty sure it's not slipping a gear, etc. My dad thinks it might be an electrical contact problem somewhere that's making the ignition screw up somehow, but we can't seem to pin it down.

R. If money were no object, what vehicle would you be driving right now? Probably just a new Sentra or Corolla or something. I might spring for the Solara or similar, but expensive big/fancy/fast cars aren't my thing.

friday vroom

Since I saw forestdweller do this with the letters MOTOR instead of numbers or ABCDE, I'm going to do that too!

M. What vehicle do you drive? 1987 Toyota Corolla SR5.

O. How long have you had it? Eight years (eep!).

T. What is the coolest feature on your vehicle? Erm... the rear defogger? Those are really common nowadays, but before I got this car, I was usually driving my mother's '77 Plymouth (which we no longer own), and that big expanse of rear window was really, really hard to get defogged, so I appreciate the thing.

O. What is the most annoying thing about your vehicle? This problem it has where it will suddenly jerk when accelerating, mostly in second or third gear, or occasionally while cruising at freeway speed in fifth. It's not that the engine cuts out, but it's not misfiring either, I'm pretty sure it's not slipping a gear, etc. My dad thinks it might be an electrical contact problem somewhere that's making the ignition screw up somehow, but we can't seem to pin it down.

R. If money were no object, what vehicle would you be driving right now? Probably just a new Sentra or Corolla or something. I might spring for the Solara or similar, but expensive big/fancy/fast cars aren't my thing.

Line of the day

"We were both gonna vote Green, just because the guy was named Luigi, and Luigi wears green, so we figured he deserved the vote of the Nintendo generation."

(from enotsola)

Line of the day

"We were both gonna vote Green, just because the guy was named Luigi, and Luigi wears green, so we figured he deserved the vote of the Nintendo generation."

(from enotsola)

(no subject)

Just misread on movie ticket pinned to my corkboard:

Lord of the Ribs

sounds like an ad for Chili's or something.

(no subject)

Just misread on movie ticket pinned to my corkboard:

Lord of the Ribs

sounds like an ad for Chili's or something.