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A Geek's Eye
30th November, 2009. 9:08 pm. Nope
Didn't make it through NaNoWriMo this year.
-Dave
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28th November, 2009. 10:35 am. Sarah Vowell gives thanks
Sarah Vowell
I've always loved Sarah Vowell. I've thought of her as one of America's treasures since first hearing her read one of her essay's on "This American Life", some years ago. Since then, I've read most of her books. She's a genius; a bonafide Samuel Clemmens of the 21st century with a mastery of English and the American condition.
These two YouTube vids make up her essay from "The Wordy Shipmates" on Thanksgiving and TV Sit-Coms that I was lucky enough to see, live, a few years ago when "This American Life" came through Minneapolis, on one of their rare, live shows. It was amazing and awesome! Sarah Vowell was, for me, the highlight of the evening.
Please see why and take a listen:
Read her books and, please, have a great Thanksgiving!
Yours,
Sylvan (Dave)
Current mood:  thankful.
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27th November, 2009. 10:04 am. rrrrr...
Great. Woke up after a great Thanksgiving with a migraine.
grrrr...
-Dave
Current mood:  pissed off.
Current music: none.
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26th November, 2009. 10:47 am. I will survive!
YES! Turkey in the oven, wild rice on the stovetop, and Gloria Gaynor singing "I Will Survive" on the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on TV...!
It's a GREAT Thanksgiving so far!
Yours,
Dave (Sylvan)
Current mood: grateful.
Current music: "I Will Survive" - Gloria Gaynor.
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24th November, 2009. 12:38 pm. Thankful Meme
It's easy to slip into a cynical dismissal of cultural festivals that encourage positive feelings. Harvest festivals -whether religious or secular- often have their roots in events that modern sentiments find gauche or downright abhorrent. Contrary to this view that I held for many years, however, I've decided in recent years to embrace American Thanksgiving for what it can mean. Instead of focusing on elements of its past and how many choose to interpret it today, I will focus on the elements that I think are the its core:- Being Thankful, and
- Family (of any stripe)
In support of this, I would like to propose this Meme: no matter how tired or old-fashioned it may seem:
- Thankful Meme Rules:
- List Twelve Things For Which You're Thankful (One for each month of the year!)
- Be Affirmative (Don't focus on the negatives; list the positives in your life. Negatives are too easy and -hey- we talk about those all the time, anyway!)
- Tag Six Friends You'd Like To Take This Meme To Hear Their Thankful Things (Although, it shouldn't be too much of a drama moment if they don't, Ok? Life's busy this time of year!)
Others should feel free to participate and spread this around, too!
- 1. Fandom
- The geeks shall inherit! Well, probably not, but they do provide me with an extended family that really comforts me with good conversation, welcoming folk, and great times!
- 2. Being Able To Cook
- This lets me share my love with others as well as express myself!
- 3. Being Able To Write
- The English language and my ability to shape it into thoughts and ideas gives me great pride. The ability to craft my innermost imaginings, too, into something others find valuable, challenging, and exciting goes along with this in making me feel successful.
- 4. Love
- Little makes me feel better than when someone holds me close, wraps their arms around me, and says "I Love You".
- 5. The Great Outdoors
- Nature sculpts more beautifully and with greater scope and breadth than any human artist. To walk in the South Dakota Badlands or see the peaks of Mount Rainier is to be in the presence of the ultimate artisan. To have had the opportunity to visit the Hoh Rainforest, Crater Lake, and so many other places of immortal, natural beauty is something for which I'm eternally grateful.
- 6. My Nieces and Nephew
- In many ways, they are like daughters and son. To watch them play and learn about the world makes me young inside.
- 7. Role-Playing Games
- My deepest form of self-expression, no other way has been found by me as deep or abiding in sharing my imagination with others.
- 8. My Parents
- The upbringing I had was special. I didn't know, at the time, just how special it was. My perspectives and grounding can be traced to much of the lessons they taught me. We're very different people -I am not like them, today- but without them I would never be half the man I am. I have great respect and honor for my upbringing in their home.
- 9. The Internet
- Information flows through my veins and demand for more keeps me moving. The ability to share my experiences with others has found no better or larger-in-scope outlet than this magnificent invention!
- 10. My Siblings
- I'm blessed. One brother and one sister. It doesn't get any better then these two. They always have my back.
- 11. Sex
- It's a wonderful thing: deeply satisfying, personal, but wild, fun, and universal, too. It's expressed through erotica on the page, artwork in museums, secretly in smut, and is all-too-frequently a forbidden thing that we all adore. In the end, it's one of those things that makes life not only worth living but worth shouting about from the highest rafters!
- 12. Speculation
- Without speculation there would be no Fantasy, no Science, no Magick, no Horror, no Dreams at all: it is my joy to look forward and ponder the world to come and wonder at the course our world will take as well as help chart its course to that place. No matter how things may go, there's always inherent hope in the ability to look forward because in that ability is the understanding that there will always be a tomorrow.
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23rd November, 2009. 3:07 pm. NaNoWriMo - "fen" - chapter four
19,663 words out of 50,000
These chapters are friends-locked to my alternate account on nanowrimo_dave, my writing account. I really do want my friends to be able to read them and offer me encouragement so, please, simply ask and I'll add you to my Friend's List over there!
Yours,
Sylvan (Dave)
Current mood:  accomplished.
Current music: "Blackwagterside" - Broceliande.
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23rd November, 2009. 8:04 am. Wolverine's Claws Suck
I'm back from Midwest FurFest after a long drive and, now, I'm just going to relax, unpack, and do some writing...
In the interim, please enjoy this little treatise on our favorite mutant, Wolverine:
Wolverine's Claws Suck
Yours,
Sylvan (Dave)
PS - cookie?
Current mood:  amused.
Current music: none.
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21st November, 2009. 6:01 pm. Dungeons & Dragons: Choices
Now this is a fan-film worth watching! Those who loved the 80's Cartoon "Dungeons & Dragons", should definitely watch this:
Yours,
Sylvan (Dave)
Current mood:  impressed.
Current music: none.
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15th November, 2009. 4:04 pm. NaNoWriMo - "fen" - chapter three
15,863 words out of 50,000
These chapters are friends-locked to my alternate account on nanowrimo_dave, my writing account. I really do want my friends to be able to read them and offer me encouragement so, please, simply ask and I'll add you to my Friend's List over there!
Yours,
Sylvan (Dave)
Current mood: accomplished.
Current music: none.
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15th November, 2009. 11:15 am. College Humor presents "24: the unaired pilot"
This is pretty damn funny: "24: the unaired pilot" from 1994.
Yours,
Sylvan (Dave)
Current mood: amused.
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