Good News
Miscellaneous Et Cetera
07/24/08 08:10 PM Filed in: Media | Schadenfreude
I've been out of touch for so long for the following
reasons:
1) In case you hadn't heard, Apple released the second version of the iPhone OS. Now it does all kinds of new things. So I've been dicking around with that quite a bit, because I needed more distractions on my cell phone and I shouldn't ever be more than 15 minutes away from checking my email. Ever.
2) The cable finally got fixed. I don't watch a ton of TV (particularly now that LOST is between seasons), but I was watching even less since Time Warner Cable saw fit to do a total crap job of setting up the cable. Three months and two service calls later, they finally got it hooked up so Law & Order: SVU doesn't look like I'm watching it through 20 snowglobes. The HD content even comes down now, and for some reason the Tivo thought I would like Minority Report in HD. (Incorrect assumption, but thanks for trying, tivo.)
3) Got some good news. After five+ years in the hole, I'm now free of any and all credit card debt. It's a long and trying story that I'll be sure to tell you some night when I want you wish you'd never asked me.
Plus I haven't been very inspired to post lately. I've been kind of creatively constipated. That is to say, my creativity has been constipated, not that I've found a creative way to have occasional irregularity. But I've been reading the War of Art, so hopefully that will light the fire under my metaphoric creative ass. Fingers crossed.
Okay... let's play Empty out the del.icio.us bookmarks!
Link-Tyme!
MTV is planning on remaking The Rocky Horro Picture Show. Now I've sat back while Hollywood, the machine that rejects interesting original ideas in favor of rehashed poop, has needlessly remade film after film. Remake Psycho because it should be in color, right? Whatever. Remake old TV shows that weren't that well liked in the first place? Fine. But why do you have to fuck with the jewel in the crown of cult classics? Please, MTV, no.
Think the economy is bad? Well, technically you would be right. But somehow in a place like Omaha, you can still open a Pampered Pooch salon. Well, in West Omaha, anyway.
This one goes back a ways: Eric Zorn, a writer for the Chicago Tribune, put together this great piece after gay marriage was legalized in Cali. Delightfully snarky for a proper editorial piece.
Blik Surface Graphics has this orgasmically nerdy wall decor that, were I a nerd of such deep pockets that I had a room dedicated to nothing but video gaming, I would adorn the walls entirely as World 1-1. But let's face it, I'd have a dungeon before a video game room. Although I'd be willing to entertain the idea of both in one. Although can you really picture a porta-sling in a room that whimsical? Me either.
Speaking of intriguing perversions, I love it when niche fetishes that are already within niche fetishes hold events. (Think a furry convention only for Kangaroos.) Well, that pretty much sums up the International Puppy and Trainer conference. (link NSFW, probably) A subset of leather/rubber BDSM, I find puppy play so intriguing. Not just the fetish, but the fact that there are breakout sessions to determine what breed you are. (If you're a small hairless man of hispanic descent a chihuahua? Or is that racist? Or speciesist?)
That's all for now, kids. If you have any suggestions for clever post ideas, please feel free to drop 'em in the comments.
Huzzah.
1) In case you hadn't heard, Apple released the second version of the iPhone OS. Now it does all kinds of new things. So I've been dicking around with that quite a bit, because I needed more distractions on my cell phone and I shouldn't ever be more than 15 minutes away from checking my email. Ever.
2) The cable finally got fixed. I don't watch a ton of TV (particularly now that LOST is between seasons), but I was watching even less since Time Warner Cable saw fit to do a total crap job of setting up the cable. Three months and two service calls later, they finally got it hooked up so Law & Order: SVU doesn't look like I'm watching it through 20 snowglobes. The HD content even comes down now, and for some reason the Tivo thought I would like Minority Report in HD. (Incorrect assumption, but thanks for trying, tivo.)
3) Got some good news. After five+ years in the hole, I'm now free of any and all credit card debt. It's a long and trying story that I'll be sure to tell you some night when I want you wish you'd never asked me.
Plus I haven't been very inspired to post lately. I've been kind of creatively constipated. That is to say, my creativity has been constipated, not that I've found a creative way to have occasional irregularity. But I've been reading the War of Art, so hopefully that will light the fire under my metaphoric creative ass. Fingers crossed.
Okay... let's play Empty out the del.icio.us bookmarks!
Link-Tyme!
MTV is planning on remaking The Rocky Horro Picture Show. Now I've sat back while Hollywood, the machine that rejects interesting original ideas in favor of rehashed poop, has needlessly remade film after film. Remake Psycho because it should be in color, right? Whatever. Remake old TV shows that weren't that well liked in the first place? Fine. But why do you have to fuck with the jewel in the crown of cult classics? Please, MTV, no.
Think the economy is bad? Well, technically you would be right. But somehow in a place like Omaha, you can still open a Pampered Pooch salon. Well, in West Omaha, anyway.
This one goes back a ways: Eric Zorn, a writer for the Chicago Tribune, put together this great piece after gay marriage was legalized in Cali. Delightfully snarky for a proper editorial piece.
Blik Surface Graphics has this orgasmically nerdy wall decor that, were I a nerd of such deep pockets that I had a room dedicated to nothing but video gaming, I would adorn the walls entirely as World 1-1. But let's face it, I'd have a dungeon before a video game room. Although I'd be willing to entertain the idea of both in one. Although can you really picture a porta-sling in a room that whimsical? Me either.
Speaking of intriguing perversions, I love it when niche fetishes that are already within niche fetishes hold events. (Think a furry convention only for Kangaroos.) Well, that pretty much sums up the International Puppy and Trainer conference. (link NSFW, probably) A subset of leather/rubber BDSM, I find puppy play so intriguing. Not just the fetish, but the fact that there are breakout sessions to determine what breed you are. (If you're a small hairless man of hispanic descent a chihuahua? Or is that racist? Or speciesist?)
That's all for now, kids. If you have any suggestions for clever post ideas, please feel free to drop 'em in the comments.
Huzzah.
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