cause the dark is everywhere and penny doesn’t seem to care

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Sep 032008
 

This morning, after owning an iPod for I've lost count of the years, I finally broke and did the unthinkable: I purchased a song direct from iTunes.

I have nothing against purchasing songs from iTunes, or purchasing an electronic copy from anywhere for that matter — it's just that I prefer to have a CD on hand, so I usually buy a hardcopy of my music.

There is no hardcopy of the Dr Horrible soundtrack, however. But there is an electronic copy. Cue the end of the world as signified by Deb actually changing a habit.

(Mind you, not really sure why it costs US$9.99 and yet AU$16.99 — the exchange rate wasn't that poor last time I looked. Still, you gotta pony up the dough for the stuff you like, otherwise it doesn't continue getting made.)

Now I am in fact singing along (despite the fact that I have not seen the videos (unbuffered video streaming, on dial-up? just poke out your eye with a screwdriver now — it'll be quicker and a whole lot less frustrating)), which is making the proofreading a whole lot boppier.

Although I am slightly worried that the phrase with my freeze ray might accidentally sneak its way into the novel.

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i coulda been someone…

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Aug 312008
 

Today, I was supposed to meet a friend and traipse through a local reserve (which, despite the fact that the track leads past a sewage treatment station, really is quite a nice walk — and hey, I was an engineer, sewage treatment stations are kinda interesting, if you ask me). The world, however, has other ideas, and is sending down sheets upon sheets of rain. Much as I like jumping in puddles and trekking through mud, I am just not feeling that stoic today.

So instead I shall stay at home, with my proofs and my drafts and my books. Because, oh yes, I had an appointment at the dentist this week. The dentist, you see, is situated near the central library. And the library is a dirty enabler, always pushing new books at me, whispering that I'm perfectly capable of reading seven books while labouring under so many deadlines I've stopped counting because it's getting counter-productive.

So while I'm amusing myself with reading writing, here, have a couple of things that have amused me over the past couple of days:

cat

Well, okay, this one amused me months ago. But it amuses me still, so it counts. I think Mozilla should seriously consider using this graphic in their restore session prompt. It would make me ever so much happier.

cat

How cute is Firefox?!

And this, I have been humming this for days.

and darling, we go a-drowning…

 journal, novels, shadow bound  2 Responses »
Oct 092007
 

Astute observers will notice I disappeared for a day or two there. Sorry 'bout that. Sick. Better now (at last!), or at least better enough to function.

This of course leaves me decades behind in writing, and facing a rather grim day in terms of getting back into the flow of the novel. I find it hard enough to get back into the novel when I've had a couple of days off. When those couple of days off are because I ran out of plot and the novel started baulking at any new plot I threw at it… well. We shall see. Complicating matters is the presence of a house-guest and her two cats who, not surprisingly, are causing havoc and dissension in the feline residents of this house.1

Despite this, I am cheerful enough — because this morning I purchased tickets to see Rufus in concert early next year. Rufus!

Rufus is one of my favourite singer songwriters. Doesn't matter whether his songs are melancholy, upbeat, passionate or whatever, there's a single, underlying thread of zen in them for me. His songs always suit my mood. And now, if you'll excuse me, I may go and mainline said songs in an attempt to get the novel to behave.

  1. This means I am living with four cats at the moment. My two cats, a girl and a boy, have not been made closer by the presence of enemies in teh house — in fact, the girl cat appears to confuse the boy cat with the enemies, since he's the same colour, and she hates all and sundry. The boy cat cannot stand the other boys and wants only to cuddle in close to the girl cat for added comfort. Meanwhile, the two interlopers (who should at least be reliably sanguine with each other) periodically spat with each other over the pretty girl cat. Oh, and they've discovered the rabbit. It's like a comedy with fangs. Without the comedy. [↩]

we need lies to make it through the day

 journal, pre-crash  4 Responses »
Jun 132007
 

I have power! Oh, sweet electricity, how I missed you! Hot showers, how I missed you!

On a sadder note, I still have no internets.

To celebrate the return of power, I promptly went and ordered a copy of The Perishers' "Let There Be Morning", which I can highly recommend. I also bit the bullet and bought a new mobile phone (since the old one took a little fall and thereafter refused to turn on) — only to find my new number already belonged to poor Chris, who was beleaguered by calls and texts from my friends and family for a day before the network carrier figured out what they'd done wrong. Sorry about that, Chris, whoever you are. Electricity and modern networks and I have always had an uneasy relationship.

Also? I have decided my next garden will have pansies. Uprooted pansies never hurt anybody.

the people people

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Oct 062006
 

The People People, featuring my clarion south dorm-mate Evan Dean, have recently released their debut album. If you want a sample of their music (which entertained us all through the clarion camp), you can download a couple of their songs from their website, or a couple of different songs from the JJJ Unearthed website.

If you like what you hear, consider rating their songs on the JJJ site — a higher rating will gain them greater radio airtime, something an up and coming band could really do with more of.

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