Saturday, December 21, 2002

Electronic Behaviour Control System
posted by Mikkel , 2:14 PM Þ 

for some reason my post goes big and orange when I pass my mouse over it. WEIRD.
posted by Barrie , 6:52 AM Þ 

Go here for chocolate. Check out the co-op. You have to know which companies use ethical practices and which use slavery.
posted by b , 2:30 AM Þ 
Friday, December 20, 2002

I echo Anthony's "new computer" sentiment. My old g3 is croaking and sputtering, yet is remarkably tenacious in its old age.
I spent half of yesterday pricing out how much a new mac would cost - guerilla style. That means finding the necessary parts and installing them in an ATX case, which is very easy to do.
Strangely enough, it's actually cheaper to buy a new computer from apple. Processors are so highly priced it makes building your own machine prohibitive. Strange, eh? The only advantage to building it with an ATX box would be the extra drive bays afforded in huge towers. But it's not quite worth it when you can get two processors from apple for the price of 1 and a half the retail cost. Dissapointing, for sure.

El Rey Chocolates: OH MY GOD. This is orgasmically good stuff. Urf. Hurr.
posted by Barrie , 10:55 PM Þ 

sentiment shared, mary, although i've loads of getting-up-to-speed work to be done over the next two weeks at home ....... install apache, php & mysql, get it all configured, read up on and practice building & querying databases ................... a non-stop supply of good chocolate will help ease the pain ...... as would playing the pixies very loud ....... i've not got any of their records left : i had a rash desire to purge my collection several years ago when finally moving into my own place, a need to remove all ballast ......... the local charity shops got a whole heap of great records, and every now & then when ( as now ) i get the urge to play something that i've not heard for an age, i can't, all for a moment of stupidity ..... tsch .......

...... dreaming of new computers and broadband ........ after just one week of permanent speedy access and fast, silent machines, i find it difficult to look my battered, croaking old heap of junk in the eye for fear of betraying my desire to consign it to the scapheap ....... i think it knows something's not quite right : the sudden lack of attention, the unwillingness to share quality time in the evenings, you know how it is .......... i'll make it up over christmas, but must be careful not to encourage too much emotional attachment : it would be cruel, for in the new year, i see a fresh, young mistress on the horizon

i think a beer is in order
posted by a hymn in g to nann , 8:30 PM Þ 

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. I do not have to go back to work until the 6th. Upon contemplation I have realized:

1. I have been very tightly wound lately.
2. Coffee is better in the morning in your robe.
3. WTF have I been doing with my life???
4. Those trees outside are lovely.

Make Trade Fair. Wow, the world is full of jerks. I read these stories, and I think: Make it yourself. Don't buy corporate brands. Buy stuff from your friends. Here's a good chocolate company: Denman Island Chocolates. You will never go back to Nestle. No way.
posted by mary13 , 7:19 PM Þ 

Thanks Chris - any other Londonites got any clues about getting out of Brixton late at night? Dr Kirby? Mister T?
posted by captain davros , 6:56 PM Þ 

I hate Nestl&eactue;, I've tried the whole boycott thing before, but I always gave in tot he splendor that is KitKats, well, not anymore. They are boycott fr good, and if any body gives me any Nestl&eactue; products for Xmas, I'll graciously accept them but them I can't support their fascist regime. Makes me want to go and rip up all the signs at Croyden train station...

Luckily I don't drink coffee, and if I did I'd try and buy a fair trade brand. I bet Nescafe tastes like shit anyway.

They have like a monopoly on nearly everything. 3 bottled water brands, Quality Street, After Eights and loads of 'Christmas Packs'. It's going to be very difficult to not be tempted.

For information on all their brands: http://www.nestle.co.uk/about/brands/

actions:http://www.maketradefair.com/
posted by alex_tea , 12:05 PM Þ 

Wacky:
NationStates
A weird little online game where you can make your own country and delegate between nations.
There should be an "Irdialania."
posted by Barrie , 9:17 AM Þ 

Hi hi hi , my good friend T has been seeing the 'The two towers', she just loved Aragon - the true hero! And for some reason it made me think of this:
and
Pixies Here comes your man

Outside there's a boxcar waiting
Outside the family stew
Out by the fire breathing
Outside we wait 'til face turns blue

I know the nervous walking
I know the dirty beard hangs
Out by the boxcar waiting
Take me away to nowhere plains

There is a wait so long
You'll never wait so long
Here comes your man
Here comes your man
Here comes your man

Big shake on the boxcar moving
Big shake to the land that's falling down
Is a wind makes a palm stop blowing
A big, big stone fall and break my crown
There is a wait so long
You'll never wait so long
Here comes your man
Here comes your man
Here comes your man
Here comes your man

There is a wait so long
You'll never wait so long
Here comes your man
Here comes your man
Here comes your man
Here comes your man


I think Doolittle is the best Pixies album. Hav'nt heard it in years, use to hear it a lot in highschool. But for some reason I heard the album when my friend told me about 'the two towers' and aragon
- And Doolittle is still a very very cool album, nice to re-discover.

posted by Alison , 8:17 AM Þ 

Cat and Girl are relative

A lesson for us all.
posted by Barrie , 3:34 AM Þ 
Thursday, December 19, 2002

Captain, have you tried LT's info line on 0207 222 1234? They're usually helpful
posted by chriszanf , 5:35 PM Þ 

Query for London Blogdialians - how do you get from Brixton Academy to Victoria after the last tube? I can't seem to find any transport info that is consistent.

Regards,

Church-Mouse Davrotz
posted by captain davros , 5:20 PM Þ 

Mary, last february I went to see a film at the ICA in London called Atanarjuat (the fast runner), which is an Inuit folk story. It was an amazing film that gave me a brief insight into their culture. Himalaya is another one but based on Tibetan nomads with a similar teaching of not putting personal desire above the well being of the community.

I'm just starting to read some Alice Miller to try to understand some of the events of my childhood that ultimately effect me as an adult. "For your own good" is about how parents break childrens wills to make them obediant/compliant and creates later neurosis/dysfunction. She uses Hitler as a case study for how this can lead to extreme destructiveness on a world scale. She has a quote from him......"What good fortune for those in power that people do not think".

Alex, did you see this story about AOL? A case of pot calling the kettle!

And what is with these people?

I think santa needs to start giving out grips at christmas as not many people seem to have one!
posted by chriszanf , 3:48 PM Þ 
posted by chriszanf , 1:28 PM Þ 

interesting:
AOL Holds IM Patent

They seem to have a few other patenst too, SSL, cookies, etc. But they haven't used legal action for any of these, unlike some others (Adobe, Amazon, etc). Maybe AOL aren't that bad, I still hate that woman in the stupid dress though. I still hate everything about AOL. But, wasn't gnutella developed by Nullsoft, who make WinAmp and who are in turn owned by AOL? Does this mean gnutella is an AOL Patent?
posted by alex_tea , 11:43 AM Þ 

mary, that's really weird. after looking at that site i was going to post saying "look at santa's devil horns" and then make analogies between santa and satan and st nick and old nick. but then i didn't, and now no one will believe me. talking of which, where's mess noone. and why have all our names changed? Coa HyperFnord indeed.
posted by alex_tea , 11:20 AM Þ 

good article mary. I wish it was more in-depth though (but I guess that would be pretty easy research to do myself).

Also, I just saw "The Two Towers." Wow. Fucking wow. That was awesome. They take liberties with the book, and I'm pretty sure it's the studio's idea... but it doesn't hurt the flow too much. Even with the cuts and alterations, it's almost too much information to take in in one sitting. Also, half the movie is battles. Kick ass battles. The Battle for Helm's Deep was beyond cool. Waaugh.
posted by Barrie , 8:55 AM Þ 

I think it was a product of having an Iroquois grandmother and a British grandmother in the 1940's! Damn, cultural confusion! Would you rather go hunting and fishing in the outback, or strap on your Sunday best and go to catecism? hmmmmmmmm ... and both are spiritual! tough for young minds ...

St. Nick, Old Nick, and the good god Thor
posted by mary13 , 5:07 AM Þ 
posted by b , 12:47 AM Þ 
Wednesday, December 18, 2002

mary: that is interesting about your father. Sounds like a proud man to the end... didn't want to recognize his past. Isn't not recognizing your past sort of like not accepting the whole of your Self? Maybe he didn't want to acknowledge his blood because he was part of "western" culture, those who crippled native american culture? Just a thought.

This is amazing:
http://www.suikosource.com/
For one, it's one of the most dedicated "fansites" I've ever seen, and is incredibly successful due to its emphasis on the meaning and poetics of the story. For two, it's about a freakin' videogame. One I have been obsessed with for years. I haven't realized until now how totally great the game's story and mythos was. It's amazing complex, large, and beautiful. It's sort of like a Chinese/Japanese lord of the rings idea, but less dramatic, more political (it is based on an old chinese novel and incorporates elements of japanese culture as well). Da-amn.
Sadly the site is plagued with a terrible number of PHP overflow errors. I don't know whether the dude knows how to use his complicated web interface as you can only read for a while before you over-run the server with errors...
posted by Barrie , 8:01 PM Þ 

I think someone else was using my login, as i don't remember posting an xmas greeting ...

Perhaps all the energy i put into greeting cards last night magically erupted in a blogdial post ... HA!

We don't call our northern natives eskimos, that is not the 'correct' name, they are Inuit. It is very sad, what has happened to our native people in Canada, very shameful. My great grandmother was Iroquois (scroll to Culture!), but I never understood why my native heritage was so played down. The common reaction in Canada is, get your status card, you get benefits, but my dad never would. He thought it was hypocritical, as he wasn't living a native lifestyle, so why? And he was embarrassed, as many Canadians were/are, of their heritage, to be connected to a group that was so obviously in pain. An ill contradiction, because the things that were so absolutely him (excellent hunter, fisherman, outdoorsman), were wrapped in the things he absolutely didn't want to be ...
posted by mary13 , 4:21 PM Þ 

Talking of poets, does anyone like Simon Armitage?

I saw a programme about him on BBC 4 recently, I used to listen to him on the radio, when he had a weekly slot on Mark Radcliffe, when he played good music.

http://www.simonarmitage.co.uk/
posted by alex_tea , 12:19 PM Þ 

I met a very beautiful girl from Greenland in Iceland, she told me Iceland isn't all eskimos and igloos. Why do I always meet beautiful girls when I have a girlfriend? Not that I don't want my girlfriend. She's amazing.

My flatmate read a book about Danish / Eskimo relations too, a work of fiction... Like some love story or something, I'll ask him the name.

To quote Venetian Snares:
More Drugs,
Less Love.

Just for antithesis, no real reason. I really don't agree either.

Operation TIPS's death, surely A Good Thing™ non? Maybe amorikkkore hasn't gone completely mad. Yet.

mary13: bah humbug!.

It's beautiful outside, not one cloud in the sky, and yet I still don't feel that great.
posted by alex_tea , 11:10 AM Þ 

But have you ever met any Eskimos?
Yes we have quite a few in Denmark, I once had a girl friend that was eskimo. Especially around in Copenhagen (Christianshavn, near Christiania) you meet drunk eskimoes. Witch is pretty sad, dunk eskimoes screaming about going back to greenland (and this not fiction)....

WOW, back in 1981 I was 5 years old and did'nt even know about Kraftwerk, I lived in Karachi at the time...But Computer Love really hit me first time I heard it in 1995.... Computer love is fine like new fallen snow in sunshine... Computer Love made me think of the longing for love as a modern human....It is one of my favorite Krafwerk songs - It is almost sublime

I had the pleasure to see a program about a danish poet/author Dan Turell I feel like quoting him:
To much sex
Not enough love
posted by Alison , 10:35 AM Þ 

But have you ever met any Eskimos?

I bought "The Model" by Kraftwerk when it was #1 here in the UK back in 81/82. Computer Love is the B-side and I guess it qualifies as the first electronica record I ever bought!

I also always liked to think he sang "For a data date, for a data date" which would fit the computery theme excellently.

It's such a great song, totally classic Kraftwerk with it's teeny melody and twee lyrics, and yet the prolepsis is astonishing; I suffer from computer love all the time these days (though it was probably much harder back when they wrote the song in the days of CP/M and so forth).
posted by captain davros , 10:08 AM Þ 

Greenland: Well, Captain D... In Denmark the eskimos are like... Native americans in USA. That's my impression. I also had about eskimology at high school, never visited Greenland, but it would be pretty...cool...

Mikkel: The Chris Cunnigham exibit is kindda disappointing, 4 music videos (2 Afix Twin: Window Licker and Come to Daddy, Björk's All is full of Love and Portishead) and the movie Flex and Monkeydrummer. Thats it! I thought it was disappointing. But again, Flex was really really one of the best 'movies' I have seen, I'll never forget it and really wanna see it again.

Buy the way, This lyrics are over 20 years old and I love the instrumentation, so fine....


Computer love, computer love
Computer love, computer love
Computer love, computer love

Ah the lonely night, the lonely night
Stare at the T.V. screen, the T.V. screen
I don't know what to do, don't know what to do
I need a rendezvous, need a rendezvous

Computer love
Computer love
Computer love
Computer love

I called this number, I called this number
For a downtown date, for a downtown date
I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do
I need a rendezvous, I need a rendezvous

Computer love
Computer love
Computer love
Computer love


Get a dancer
posted by Alison , 8:37 AM Þ 

Nat Hentoff
The Death of Operation TIPS
Volunteer Spying Corps Dismissed
December 13th, 2002 5:00 PM

When the Homeland Security Act was finally signed by the president after many weeks of extensive media coverage of the congressional warfare over the bill, I saw nothing of the most significant result of it all—the decision to ban what had been a key provision.

"Section 880. Prohibition of the Terrorism Information and Prevention System—Any and all activities of the Federal Government to implement the proposed component program of the Citizen Corps known as Operation TIPS (Terrorism Information and Prevention System) are hereby prohibited." (Emphasis added.)
posted by Barrie , 7:08 AM Þ 

merry christmas!
posted by mary13 , 5:05 AM Þ 

Quality Street. Squeaky wrappers and the smell of cellophane and chocolate and strawberry
and orange fondant within a cold echoey tin.
posted by captain davros , 12:56 AM Þ 
Tuesday, December 17, 2002

Ain't Canada grand?

"If the proposed increases are approved, a 100-pack of blank CDs would have a levy of $59, raising its retail price to about $88 plus tax," said coalition member Brian Levy, chief executive of InterTan Canada Ltd., owner of the Radio Shack electronics chain. "Without the current levy, the retail price is about $29."

If the new fee structure is implemented, Apple Computer Inc.'s $799 iPod digital recording unit could see its levy rise to $113 before tax.
...
But the coalition, which includes such computer manufacturers as Hewlett-Packard Canada and Intel Canada and retailers including Wal-Mart, Costco and Best Buy/Future Shop, wants the government to scrap the current levy entirely, saying it unfairly penalizes the hundreds of thousands of consumers who do not use the blank media to record copyrighted music.

Fewer than half the blank CDs sold in Canada are used for copying music, according to the recording industry.

The Canadian Private Copying Collective has also admitted that none of the $28-million in levies collected to date had been paid out to composers and musicians.

"You have to understand that there are mountains of data to go through," said David Basskin, a spokesman for the Canadian Private Copying Collective.

"I find this to be a staggering piece of hypocrisy," said Mr. Basskin, who believes yesterday's announcement was timed to increase interest in digital products before Christmas.

"If these companies cared so much about copywriters, they would not manufacture products whose very existence depends on the ability to copy unencrypted music."

Recording industry slammed over tax plan
posted by Barrie , 7:06 PM Þ 

Oh and I bloody well hope Per Stig Møller doesn't take it up the ass. There's no fucking reason for Amerikkka to be let into Greendland. Other than arms-races, that is. And I don't like that. I'm really pissy about it, actually. Grrr.
posted by Mikkel , 5:34 PM Þ 

A bit, I suppose. We had a Greenland theme week/month (I forgot for how long) at my school, learning a lot of stuff. Really about everything related. Shamanism, drumdancing, etc. I remember a band called Niivertut (I'm not 100% on the spelling, but it means Businessmen). They're pretty good.

I'm going to see that exhibit too, Alison! Can't wait =)

Mum got a super-light-thingie. It hurts my eyes, but she says it works for her in the winters. I love sleeping, it's so comfortable.
posted by Mikkel , 5:30 PM Þ 

If you live in Denmark how much do you get to know about Greenland? Do many eskimos/greenlanders live in Denmark? I've always been fascinated by Greenland and its peoples, and have just been doing some surfing of greenland websites and bands.
posted by captain davros , 2:19 PM Þ 

Suddenly there's vancouver!

Was that a real ad or am I dreaming?
posted by Alun , 9:34 AM Þ 

When living with no light at all
posted by Alison , 9:05 AM Þ 
Monday, December 16, 2002

nickleback and their imitators, in fact any group whose singer thinks 'gruff' is a novel vocal style.

Fuck man, I'm sorry. Nicelback is from my city, Edmonton (actually a small town near Edmonton). I have to accept resposibility for this - but, consider, how much Nickelback and their clones I am subjected to hear. You are not alone.
Jesus fuck. I actually own a Nickelback CD. Granted, it's from 3 years ago before anyone outside of Alberta knew about them and is on an independent label but... it's still not very good.

eminem. oh yes.
Shamed to admit, but I kind of like Eminem's newest work. My problem with him is his love of the extraordinary and the sensational. He obviously goes over the top to achieve some kind of ironic, self-depreciating goal, but he just goes too far and ruins it. Music's catchy, though.

As for SAD, I too am incredibly subject to it. Any type of overcast and I become the most lethargic, glum person in the world. Always gives me a real bad headache, too. Winter generally makes me depressed, but not lately. Fortunately for me, Alberta is turning into a desert so we are getting a lot of sun this winter (and there is no snow on the ground at the moment). Unfortunately for everyone else, we are currently drier than 1930's dustbowl conditions. Oops.
posted by Barrie , 10:34 PM Þ 

mary13, i thought you were in canada or the northern u.s. somewhere...?

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
posted by mary13 , 6:59 PM Þ 

how many people are in London? do we outnumber the danes? mary13, i thought you were in canada or the northern u.s. somewhere...? (and thanks for the SAD treatments.... I'll try them!)
anyway, i've been working in the lab all day... as usual the communal radio is on, and sometimes it just drives me crazy. here are a few of the "people who make money selling cds with their image attached" who have blighted my working life in 2002... i refuse to use any descriptive word for these people which may imply creative talent inherent in those people themselves. sigh.

anything on classic fm, capital, heart fm, jazz fm and magic fm during working hours.

eminem. oh yes.
coldplay. musical genius, apparently. someone must have redefined genius while i was out of the room. and i hotly debate the musical bit as well.
jah rule.
david bedingfield and his demon ilk.
ANY chart 'house', euro 'house' anthems. particularly those sung by tone-deaf germanic ladies.
ALL manufactured boy/girl bands. 2 out of every 3 U.K. number one singles in 2002 have been by manufactured acts.
nickleback and their imitators, in fact any group whose singer thinks 'gruff' is a novel vocal style.
nelly. just give me one punch.... and this from a pacifist! see what they've turned me into!
so solid crew, and all other 'crews' everywhere.

i could go on but there are, after all, better things to think about.

Thanks for the music Mary. Real pop lives forever!
posted by Alun , 6:00 PM Þ 

you missed the thai massage?????????????????????????????????

you will just have to go back.
posted by mary13 , 4:23 PM Þ 

i know, but when i go to safe mode, the edit tag is not linkable...

my apologies ...
posted by mary13 , 4:21 PM Þ 

mary, you have a stray tag open... go into safe mode and edit it... ;) hmm doesn't seem to be affecting the real blogdial, just the posty bit.

anyway, i had reflexology in singapore! amazing... missed out on a thai massage though cos we were running out of time.
posted by alex_tea , 4:19 PM Þ 

A friend of mine gave me some Oil of St. John's Wort that she made (f**king love naturekind) to combat the SAD. Epidemic in Vancouver, rains constantly all winter. I rub it on the inside of my big toes, there is a pressure point there that affects the thyroid glands. (Research does show that any amount of foot-rubbing will aid in sour moods.) Or you can do a shoulder stand*, the world will look different after a shoulder stand.
posted by mary13 , 4:15 PM Þ 

I think I have SAD too. I don't like reading about medical things though as it makes me think "ooh I have that" which then makes me think it's less likely I do, it debases my original feelings and I'm not sure what to think anymore. Anyway, I have an appointment with the counsellor at uni tomorrow, so maybe that will clear things up. I went to my GP last week, but he didn't seem that interested. Anyway, I can now Think Unix.


I read that site a bit more now. I think it's almost exactly what I am suffering from right now. And it comes and goes, maybe that's a symptom? Anyway, the lethargy is a huge thing with me, I can't pull myself out of bed, and when I do I feel listless and empty. I also try and hide from my flatmates in my room, and I don't ever feel like going out. Very weird. The lightbox treatment sounds exciting...

Another factor which may be amplifying things is that my sleep patterns are all messed up. Waking up in the afternoon and going to bed around dawn, so I'm basically missing the little sunlight there is anyway.

I also think has happened since I moved to London, when I was in the country side I used to really enjoy winter. And when I went home the other weekend I felt fine, although my mum's cooking and central heating may have helped.
posted by alex_tea , 3:22 PM Þ 

Alun, Denmark is very strange

More fiction:

Jeg er på randen af selvmord, hele tiden slår tankerne mig: hvordan dør jeg uden det gør ondt?
uden jeg lemlæster mit lig? Uden der er en rift på mig? Uden mit ansigt bliver opsvulmet og blåt? Jeg fantaserer om at taget et hårdt drej på 90 grader på min cykel lige ud foran en eller anden kæmpe stor lastbil, der ikke når at bremse, så jeg havner inde under den og er død. Men jeg synes ikke min død bør være til gene for andre mennesker.
Hvordan dør jeg uden at være til gene for mine omgivelser - men det kan ikke lade sig gøre, der vil altid være nogen der fandt de fysiske rester og der vil altid være nogen tilbage, der ville bliver sure på mig på den ene eller anden måde, nogen der vil bliver forargede og sige at det kunne jeg ikke være bekendt. Men HEY, prøv lige at høre her, Hvis nu man gerne vil dø - så vil man gerne dø! Og der er helt sikkert en rigtig god grund til det. Nemlig at man synes liver sutter max røv! Respektér det!
Jeg vil ikke dø, men jeg gad godt jeg ville det. Hver gang jeg har prøvet, bare at lege med tanken (som nævnt, noget jeg gør sådan et par gange om ugen -mindst!), hver gang jeg tænkt:
Der er ingen der elsker mig

Jeg skal alligevel ikke havde børn

Og jeg ved jeg bare bliver som mine forældre uanset hvor meget jeg kæmper imod, så ender jeg med at sige og gøre alle de ting jeg ikke ville.

Fuck, men der er alligevel noget inden i mig der bliver ved med at give mig lyst til at leve - jeg tror det er min nysgerrighed. Men det er også det eneste der holder mig oppe jeg bliver ved med at tænke, at jeg slet ikke ved hvad jeg laver om 4 måneder, og et eller andet sted er det argument nok til at leve - hvorfor? Det er vist noget dybt forankret i en som menneske, livet er sgu helligt! Men jeg vil altid hellere ønske mig død - ikke af selvmord, men bare at mit hjerte holdt op med at slå! Er det så svært at forstå? Og med disse tanker i hjernen går jeg ud og er glad for mit liv - jeg kunne jo dø i morgen i stedet. HA HA HA!!!
posted by Alison , 2:07 PM Þ 

We have a population suffering from SAD in Denmark, Alun

Which is strange, because I loved living in Sweden (Lund) and very much enjoyed the winters. Especially those crisp -5, -10 and even (boxing day 2000) -20 degree days out walking in the snow. Sigh.
SADder now!
posted by Alun , 1:33 PM Þ 

We have a population suffering from SAD in Denmark, Alun
posted by Alison , 12:43 PM Þ 

What Drug are You?

Tell me something I didn't know.
posted by Alun , 11:57 AM Þ 

"If there's going to be blood on my hands, I'm determined that it's not going to be invisible"
Sean Penn
I like Sean Penn.

This is ridiculous. Ban all cameras! Ban any pictures of under 18s anywhere for any purpose! Ban the evil perverted image on that link!

Fuck RIGHT off.

And just to really start the week off on a good footing... bastard M$ are crawling all over our government. And at the governments invitation!

Sigh. I think I'm suffering from SAD. Apparently London has had 'no significant sun' (i.e. none at all) for the last 7-11 days.
posted by Alun , 11:50 AM Þ 



Chris Cunnigham is very cool - had the pleasure of watching Flex yesterday. WOW it blew me away, very sensual, sweaty, beautiful and watching two people beat up each others and have sex in the end.......... good sunday.......
posted by Alison , 9:15 AM Þ 

What Drug are You?

My crepes are good with fresh fruit and thick yoghurt mixed in honey, never make pan-cakes... I love cooking - it is the ONLY thing besides sex, where you use ALL senses - see, listen, taste, smell, fell and even your 6. sense. Some times I work as a chef down on a small place called Kates Joint, where I make stir fry and curry dishes...I also enjoy making danish food like 'frikadeller' (what do you call that in English - Mikkel?). Cooking food is the best!
I'm out of a 'real' job next year (the company I'm working are not prolonging my contract, since business is slow, ), will just cook food, throw parties and write a novel - I have my head filled with sentences, pictures and just want to write... So it suits me perfect (kindda)! I am very affraid and excited at the same time, affraid I'ed dump the class of life, trying to 'live' like an 'author'. But I just have to - my mind is blowing me apart... I see letters before I sleep, visualize words in 3D, make illustrations of everything, even have to write in danish on Blogdial (I'm sorry Mary, I cant translate my fiction at the moment)....


Here comes my man:

It could all be so simple
But you'd rather make it hard
Loving you is like a battle
And we both end up with scars
Tell me, who I have to be
To get some reciprocity
No one ever loves you more than me
And no one ever will

Is this just a silly game
That forces you to act this way
Forces you to scream my name
Then pretend you can't stay
Tell me, who I have to be
To get some reciprocity
No one ever loves you more than me
And no one ever will

No matter how I think we grow
You always seem to let me know
It ain't workin' , it ain't workin'
And when I try to walk away
You'd hurt yourself to make me stay
This is crazy, this is crazy

I keep letting you back in
How can I explain myself
As painful as this thing has been
I just can't be with no one else
See I know what we got to do
You let go and I 'll let go too
'Cause no one's hurt me more than you
And no one ever will
posted by Alison , 9:09 AM Þ 
Sunday, December 15, 2002

Proud and Insolent youth incorporated

This is about a guy who posted on a site (his actual posting) an eloquent piece about corporate greed, the assistance they have from the US govt and their war machine, his disatisfaction of it all and then a confession of shooting a cop at a gas station as a way of demonstrating the hipocrasy. I can empathise with him for his frustration but shooting a cop in a gas station is only going to alienate him from 95% of the population and does nothing except release his frustration, for a time. I couldn't help but be reminded of a quote from John Lydon that's along the lines of ..If you value a cause more than human life then you're following a lost cause.

Pancakes.....I hated these when I was a kid. The only time we ever had them was on Shrove Tuesday (I never understood that one either) and they were the omlette/crepe variety but coated in sugar and that horrible, artificial jif lemon juice ( we were too poor to afford real lemons). Thankfully the scars have healed and I love the fluffy variety but have yet to sample them freshly cooked in a diner. Something to look forward to in life, I guess!

I spat my tea at the screen when I read of your comparison of Kylie to a french public lavatory, Anthony. I can never look at her in the same way again.
posted by chriszanf , 7:23 PM Þ 

I think I'm going to have to make some pancakes for my tea this evening.

quick poll - astra or hotbird?
posted by captain davros , 4:53 PM Þ 

@kin:
"The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer."
--Henry Kissinger, http://www.truthout.com/docs_02/12.02D.kiss.quotes.htm
(thanks to aq records for that one)

Fuckin' shit, alex. Kandinsky could see MICROCOSMS. That's really weird. :)

To counteract my shitty night on friday, I had an absolutely wonderful night out with several friends from my art classes. Dinner was spent with them at our drawing teacher's house (a very great painter) and then we proceeded to a tiny two-floor cafe with live art, and a neat little funk turntablism/open mike/cello/saxophone going on. A really great time, with great people all around having FUN.
posted by Barrie , 11:15 AM Þ 

thanks barrie ; ]

food analogies have never really set me aflame, until now ..... my breakfast banana will never be the same : for some reason abba spring to mind ; disposable to a degree, but nutricious and almost without exception perfectly formed ( also, unzipping the tight protective layer will now forever remind me of lurid catsuits - a pleasant thought to start the day )

i always tend to think in terms of architecture

bach elegantly purposeful suspension bridges

led zeppelin medieval castles

kylie minogue french public lavatory
posted by a hymn in g to nann , 10:40 AM Þ 



looks like kandinsky. actually polythene folio. mental
posted by alex_tea , 2:38 AM Þ 
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