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    Which will let me mark potential changes I'm not sure about and leave notes to myself in the things I write, something I used to do with HTML comments.

    So I hope that gives an idea of the types of things that I've been working on that, while not exactly writing in and of themselves, are things that can be used within the context of writing.

    Thanks for peeking in!

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    Lookie, an LJ. :o

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    Back when my mom used to cook chicken for me, even though she didn't eat it, I'd put mild Caesar salad dressing on it as seasoning. It was pretty damn good, too. Maybe one day when I'm bored, I could try and make a recipe for it. Probably sear and steam the chicken in chicken broth with a bit of rosemary and lemon juice or something, then when it's about half cooked, take out some of the broth and add some Caesar dressing. Turn it off and let it cool a bit, save the sauce, and bake the chicken the rest of the way, then serve it with a thickened version of the sauce. Or maybe just season the chicken and bake it, making the sauce separately. shrug Would be good with rice pilaf and potatoes.

    Anyway, whatever.

    Big B is still down. Screwy

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    Now that I've put down my goddamned book, I feel frustrated at the fact that we should have to worry about this at all, that we need to schedule time to talk. Perhaps I've gone nineteen, but mates shouldn't have to do that. Waiting is. Talking will happen when it needs to happen, and perhaps it does, but are we approaching this in the wrong way? Are we being goaded into action by shadows? Or perhaps I'm just out of my mind. Yar-bugger.

    Hey, I found reading again. In case you didn't notice.

    As a side note, I've not cried in years. I feel like, since I cried so much as a child, I must conserve my tears, mete them out in the proper amounts at the proper times, lest I have none when they're needed most

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    :D:D:D</a

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    Can't sleep.

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    A little cleaner looking now, but I'm not too sure about the sinking name. Suggestions?

    EDIT: at 's suggestion:

    <img src="http://drab-makyo.com/drab-makyo-prof-new2.png"/

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    It's pretty good, but I'm tempted to add a little simple syrup and soda water. I'll try another, as I get quietly and thoroughly drunk.

    Edit:

    Double the amaretto, add a splash of Rose's sweetened lime juice, and fill with soda water, and you get.. what? I think I'll call the original a beachfox ('cause a Shanerak sounded clumsy :D), and this a sparkling beachfox. Dunno how that'll sound tomorrow :

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    Family
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    Did some ad hoc photojournalism (or at least street photography) today. This family at the Freedom to Marry rally was very nice. One of their little girls had a pride flag and was swinging it about. More here<br clear="all"/

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    If you substitute Bärenjäger for Amaretto in the Beachfox or Sparkling Beachfox (or Flaming Ferret :D), you get a Honeyfox ^

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    Kayla and Me
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    Light leaks nuuuuu.<br clear="all"/

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    Went over to Kelly's to see her and Linda off last night. Took an Andrew. He and Samir drove the two to DIA while Moondog and I talked. When the got back Andrew called, got called, did stuff, then Samir drove him back to Boulder. I don't know the details, and that's okay.

    Yaytalking. Moondog even slept for a good deal of the night, though he was up coughing for a good deal. And pointing at the books on Kelly's shelves while declaring them to be "queer queer queer queer queer." This morning, Samir pounced us, and we futzed around for a while, eating food and drinking beverages, talking and canoodling.

    Now I think Andrew and Samir are gonna come over. Either Andrew's gonna stay the night, or pretend he's going to while going to stay with Samir. I don't know. I'm gonna do homework as soon as I finish DT:V. 200 more pages. Should finish tonight

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    So.. uh.. looks like I'll be able to make it to AC after all. Yarp. Staying with , I believe

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    shower And laps. Okay, I'm done now :3</a

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    Gotta admit, I kinda want a ferret now, after all those pictures and some reading c.

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    Potential deliciousness
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    Potential deliciousness is quite high in these. Soon, as in two weeks, the will be chocolate liqeuer, made from cacao nibs (the "raw" form of chocolate), rum, and sucanat sugar. In the background is a bottle of home-made vanilla vodka, which should also be good in a bit. :o)<br clear="all"/

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    Someone broke into my car last night, moved everything from the front to the back and vice versa, smoked a cigarette, then left. In other news, sleep is pretty spectacular.

    Shannon, want to move some stuff this weekend/week

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    Ghost Matt
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    No real substance.<br clear="all"/

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  • Possibly more...!

    • Let me know and we'll fiddle with prices

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    I get the feeling I just instigated one of the most awkward evenings in a long time for several people..

    Sorry about that

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    Very satisfying FFF tonight. Thanks, folks, for making it neat. :

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    Shanerak has a secret love for towels, stairs, and groovy music.</a

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    It's not that you can't compose in a rush, just that you shouldn't.

    EDIT: Better recording - better sample via GigaStudio

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    "Liqueurs de France" Blanche Traditionelle Brut d'Alembic Essai 3
    Originally uploaded by Drab Makyo.

    Didn't do much today, other than clean and take some pictures, due to being sick and having a concert tonight. Just tried to take it easy and conserve my voice. I guess it worked - Duruflé status: SUCCESS<br clear="all"/

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    Naptime
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    This is, quite possibly, the cutest picture of my cat I've ever taken.<br clear="all"/

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    </a

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    My complete ineptitude with inanimate objects made making beer extra hard today. At one point, I got so pissed off at myself that I threw a bottle of red pepper flakes across the room. Of course, the brittle lid shattered, showering the area with sneezables. Fuck. Grr. Damnit. Ended up not as sanitary as I could've been.

    Rite of Spring and my homepage made me feel a little better

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    For those of you who pay attention to such things, I'm part way through an antiphonal motet. It's through-composed, so I have no sketch of structure - just the text (De Profundis) guiding what comes next. The neat part about this is that once I finish composing a word or line, it's pretty much set. This way, you can hear what I have up through the line 'exaudi vocem meam'

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    Migraine this morning. Vision was a little tunneled, but fine, but my sense of smell was pretty messed up. It was weird. Trying to make it to class now

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    Gai cocknif en yom (go shit in the ocean - for all I care)

    God grant me the serenity to accept what I cannot change, the tenacity to change what I may, and the good luck not to fuck up too often

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    </a

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    Not a good FMS week. Oooog x.

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    Babushka cats are in ur box bein, old wimmens</a

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    here</a.</a

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    Antiphon - De Profundis

    About half way done now

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    I have lots to write about, but instead, I'd rather point out that Shanerak's kind of a mix between this and this

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    These last two weeks have been particularly busy - I finally finished that piece for the two graduating grad students, and I think it turned out really well. Having to crunch for a piece isn't something I've had too much experience with, and it turned out to be really fun. It was sort of like NaNoWriMo in that after a certain point of deciding on structure and sonority, it felt less like I was writing music and more like I was exploring something that was already there - more like reading than writing. I got it printed up all pretty at Kinkos and both the recipients seemed to enjoy the piece.

    Finals were pretty unspectacular, but during finals week, I had a few neat things happen. I wound up with a job at the Morgan Library as a help desk tech, which should prove to not only be reasonably fun and well paid, but with a good chance of moving up to working with the servers and with Sage Catalog. Then, on Thursday night, I drove Elliott down to Boulder after he invited me to participate in his Sufi Zikr ceremony. While I'm certainly not going to convert to Islam, it was definitely a very powerful experience, and well worth participating in. I had very little in the way of expectations, so it was neat to participate in something so completely different.

    Today I picked up a bunch of Górecki and a book, Litany of the Sun by Gene Wolfe. Looks to be a fun summer

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    Had a few weird dreams last night. The first was about some sort of mystical order that perfected time travel via a few carefully planned deaths (the traveler's and someone in the order at the destination). I apparently hated concert band SO MUCH that I had to go back in time for some reason. I ended up waking up when my death was particularly gruesome. Or.. well.. I half woke up, but really just slipped into another dream where had called, and I told him about the dream before falling asleep on the phone.

    The second dream was about a few gangsters robbing an IHOP and I were eating at. I was a badass in that dream :3 *win

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    I just woke up. Just now. At 2. I may be fucked. Math I can ditch, latin I can fake, but I need to do my goddamned story

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    So.. uh.. this job's pretty neat. The fact that I lurve libraries certainly helps. Plus, it feels nice to be treated like a proper geek. :

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    One of the neat things about this job so far is the complete absurdity of some of the tasks. I just rode in the back of a flat-bed truck with an Indian guy and over 70 CRTs stacked two high, and it's only 9:30.

    Hard to get used to double monitors, though - I always go too far with my mouse

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    Wrote my first bit of Perl in YEARS! Well, months, at least. Some stupid little script to run as a scheduled task so that I can track FMS symptoms. :D

    Nearly forgot how to use heredocs

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    Why don't you take a flying fuck at a rolling donut? Why don't you take a flying fuck at the moooooooooon?!</a

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    So, when I first started working here, it was suggested that I might have some useful talent and that I should speak up if I had any skills. I did so, but nothing piqued interest.

    Apparently, I have been hiding the fact that I'm pretty quick when it comes to making Cat-5 cable. Woo. Been making cable all morning. x.

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    Never used JOINs before, so can someone tell me if I'm doing this right?

    SELECT wcmsVertices.*, wcmsDiffs.modifer, wcmsDiffs.mtime, wcmsDiffs.reason FROM wcmsVertices RIGHT JOIN wcmsDiffs USING (id) WHERE wcmsVerticies.id = '$vertex' ORDER BY wcmsDiffs DESC LIMIT 1;

    I want to select everything from wcmsVertices and the three specified fields from wcmsDiffs where the 'id' fields are both equal to $vertex. If there's more than one Diff, though, I want to only grab the most recent one

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    Anyone know anything about XML::Parser in perl? Their documentation is.. lacking. c.

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    Some crazy ferret decided to be an enabler and got me a rename token, so now I'm . I'm guessing some folk might not be too pleased with this, but.. too bad :3 Everything should be transferred over fully, like friends lists and the like, but let me know if you have any problems.

    Thanks, Shan ^

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    I spent a good 45 minutes on the phone with the WA-SP today. Nice guy. Got to hear about how he worked in the dorms, too; how he had a friend who had a Japanese mother, too; how he played the trumpet. I learned as much about him as your future job :3

    Good luck

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    So.. uh.. MERRY'S FRIGGIN' AWESOME.

    Posted without permission, of course. I'll take it down if need be :

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    My will to do homework has departed. I'll take the ten percent off for an extension. I need the sleep. Didn't get much last night. I never seem to when I'm over at Kelly's

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    Iz goan RAIN! RAAAAIIN!

    I can feel it in mah bones :3

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    ...Until I was shown this.

    D

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    Cops!

    Lots of cops!

    Green Van Man may get arrested. :

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    Reasonably fun con, for the few hours I was there :o) Sorry I had to drag people off so soon. Ah well, I got a sketch out of it from a friend from long ago. :

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    New icon. And I didn't even ask permission :

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    Sorry I missed your calls D: I was getting beeped at by schizophrenic people, then getting fed peanut butter and pickle slices on crackers. Vomitacious

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    http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/129 - a video about a new technology http://labs.live.com/photosynth/default.html - a demo of that technology

    The goal behind this program is sort of what I'm trying to accomplish with what I've been doing with my website - making pages all the more meaningful because of how they're linked together. Neat

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    First corrugation
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    I spent the first hour or so of my day today corrugating paper. Unfortunately, the paper I was using (cheapo origami paper) didn't last for the whole sheet of corrugating, and I had to cut the bottom tatters off. Still enough for a nice-ish macro shot.<br clear="all"/

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    IMG_3264s
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    Folding more. It passes the time.<br clear="all"/

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    Maybe one day when I'm independently wealthy, I'll be able to afford a nice bike, but for now, $3k is too much to drop at once @.

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    This snippet has been brought to you by Empathic Connections (tm)! Enjoy having your emotions tied to random people so that you can have mood swings for no immediately apparent reason. joy sarcasm

    Wow, I got all self centered. Hmm. Sorry if I offended c.

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    Thanks, Oz :3

    EDIT: Caption contest for the above link. :3

    My entry: "After sprinkling with some thyme, I then like to backhand the bitch, just to tenderize it a little.

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    '91 Camry, $1450

    or

    '91 CRX, $1950</a

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    Shaky connections make programming hard. Thank goodness for screen.

    Still looking at cars, I guess. Mostly Hondas and Toyotas, '88-'95

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    What...

    EDIT: Also...</a

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    I just spent $522 on a used bike.

    Man is it a nifty bike :o) The shifters are going to take some getting used to, alas, as are the brakes

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    15.6 miles (From the library, north to Mountain, West to Overland Trail, South to Elizabeth, east to Taft Hill, south to Horsetooth, East to the mall, north to Stover, north to Prospect, west to Whedbee, north to Matthews, west home)

    Max: 26.6 mph, Avg: ... can't find it. Stupid comp.

    Took about an hour, with two ten-minute breaks - one at Recycled Cycles to thank them for the suggestion, and one when I ran into Richard

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    Feelin' good despite the ride yesterday. Physically, at least. Mentally, I'm pissed at this stupid shifting pay dates thing. I'd like my monies ;.

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    10.7 miles (Pitkin east to Lemay, north to one mile past Vine, south to Vine, east to College, south to Lincoln, east to Remington, south to Laurel, east to campus and around there [the oval is .4 miles around], east to Remington, north home)

    Max: 26.9 Avg: Don't have that function, doh.

    Stupid headwind wore me out at around mile 3, then some bitch honked at me when I was trying to get cleated in, and I fell on the saddle. Nice bruised perineum. x.

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    No internet at home, and I can't get in to fix it due to a BUNCH OF NAKED GIRLS, so I'm at the 'Cat. Rode a little today. Eleven mile jaunt to pick up a tube from RecycledCycles and thank the guy who sold me the bike, and get some groceries at King Soopers. Need to get ahold of John, so I can figure out this internet mess

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    This has to be the worst attack I've had since 6th grade. What little bit I was getting from Michael (who is in no way at fault for this - so don't even think of appologizing) earlier seems to have triggered something. At the risk of sounding angsty, here goes: these are quite simply the most vivid suicidal thoughts I've had yet - everything from wondering how much it'd hurt to be stabbed with a soldering iron to whether it might be better to kill myself like they kill kosher cows: with a sharp blade to the neck, so that all they feel is dizziness and falling asleep as the blood drains; these are the worst thoughts regarding school I've had yet this year, mostly tied to the emotions of helplessness and pointlessness; and this is the most scared I've been, period. I've got it running in the background (heh, yeah, ctrl-z; bg emotions) right now, and I'm going to try and let it run itself out. I staggered out of bed, crying (imagine that..), to go look for sleepytime tea so that maybe I could sleep it off, but I couldn't find that, so instead I'm going to write it out - express myself and all that, while perhaps trying to garner some pity. Maybe I could pick up on that instead, so that I could realize what a sorry dolt I must seem like and just snap out of it

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    Today, Elliott, one of my very good composer friends, stopped by my work specifically to say goodbye to me, so that felt really good - to actually be earnest in a farewell after a dream lacking those from others.

    Today's ride should be a long one. Taking the Spring Creek trail South, West along Harmony to either Taft hill or Overland Trail, north to LaPorte, East and South home.

    EDIT: some links from today: There's a comic strip?. Also, cute :3</a

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    Max: 29.7 mph (!!!) So close! Maybe if I'd done it in the middle of the ride instead of at the end.

    Took about an hour or so. Stupid headwind. Oh well. 67 miles on the bike so far.

    EDIT: 21.5 miles total today, minus back and forth from work

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    Link: The Asperger's Syndrome Test written by beachbummer on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test
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    Edit: I like how all it posted was 'a'. Stupid LJ.

    What I actually wrote up was another 'Today's Ride' post. Short little thing. Only went 7.3 miles, but I had fun noodling around. Also, Max of 32 miles per hour, which I would've been able to sustain longer had the guy driving next to me had noticed me and hadn't tried to cut me off. Thankfully, he did notice me, and shouted out an apology. Huzzah.

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    Rode off another 11.8 miles of stress, all in search of Ovaltine D: No one had any

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    Tonights nightmare was about bees that implanted their eggs in my body. It wasn't so much that they stung, that the eggs hatched inside and little bees did their best to escape my body from my blood stream, no matter where they were. If you've ever read Neal Stephenson's Diamond Age, I guess they're kinda like 'cookie cutters'.

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    So, looks like the for-rent sign is up outside the complex. Dunno if anyone who reads this is looking, but I can vouch for this place being pretty fabulous. Good landlord, excellent location, spacious 2-bedroom apartments for $620 a month, all utilities included, cats allowed.. Only downside I know of is the freakin' train two blocks away. Kinda noisy

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    Short and unimpressive ride tonight - 12.1 miles - except for a few things: Max: 32.4 mph. Also, since I got the bike Monday, I've ridden 100 miles on it so far :D Feels good. Hopefully I can keep it up ^

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    Androoo.. need to know which house!

    In other news, today sucked right up until biology, where Kiran made me happy. Fank 'oo, Kiraaaaan.

    I have an mp3 that I like, but it has clicks in it. Any way to get rid of those

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    "If you're maybe noticing that you're older than you used to be, and are feeling sad/angry/confused/worried/frustrated that you haven't accomplished as much as you/other people in your present or past/annoyingly critical voices inside your head think you should have, and if you're maybe feeling something like "I'm not a real grownup like everyone else," and if you're maybe also feeling sad/angry/confused/worried/frustrated that your body isn't working the way it used to, and you're maybe thinking, "if that's true then how am I going to DO all those accomplishments that I/other people/voices in my head think I ought or want to do?", and maybe you're also wondering how are you going to dig out from under the accumulation of habit and procrastination and self-doubt to some sense of satisfaction in your life again, then post this same sentence in your journal.

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    Figured I'd quit spamming you all with daily ride details. Instead, I stuffed it all up on Google Spreadsheets, for those who actually plan on keeping track (read: me). May give weekly updates like , tho' :o

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    I was lied to. I was promised free breakfast if I biked to work. Well, HERE I AM. I had to go buy a bagel in the student center, since I didn't eat at home

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    So, I guess every six months or so, I have to reaffirm my hatred for Tequila. Luckily, this time, I had Doc and Shannon to share the experience with, after Ryan and Merry left. Since I'd felt bad that I hadn't gotten back online, I was tempted to drunk-dial some ferret, but the time difference made me feel guilty. Guess I wasn't quite drunk enough. Until I got up to Shannon's room, where I sorta almost fell asleep on her chair c.

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    Comin' up on another 100 mile week. Also, figured out a way to approximate average miles per hour, assuming that I rode pretty steadily - total distance rode divided by total time for the ride. Updated the spreadsheet accordingly, and stuffed a link on my LJ link list to remind myself. With AC next week, I don't know that I'll be able to pull another 100 miles out of my butt, having only two days to ride (I think two fifty mile days are a little beyond me), but oh well. I'll hopefully still be able to do okay when I get back

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    Stopped by the petstore to look for claw covers for Sera. Unfortunately, they require that I clip her claws before I put them on (which is what I was hoping to avoid). Sooooo I went and looked at the ferrets. Playing ferrets is probably one of the cutest things I've ever seen. Three sables, one brown, and one albino, who was having a grand old time in his food dish. Effin' adorable, dookin' all over the place

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    So, probably the worst ride so far, weather-wise, but hey, I did it. Another 100 mile week. And I half-take-back what I've been saying about FoCo not being bike-friendly. The trail system is more extensive than I thought. Granted, trails aren't exactly as bike-friendly as a good, well paved bike path, but still, better than some shit they call bike paths.

    EDIT: Also, hat</a

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    Con, mothafuckahs.

    I mean.. I'll be there, starting tomorrow evening. Hope to see plenty of folk there. My number is 303-818-5943 for those who want to call. Since I need to bring my computer in order to work on my composition portfolio, I'll post my room number when I find out.

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    No one asked, but in case y'all were wondering what I do at work all day..

    What I do all day 1 | What I do all day 2</a

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    Today's aggregator put me in something of a win / win situation

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    OASOS was odd. Samir made me wear some of his European clothes, which are actually pretty nice. We discussed the future of OASOS - in other words, we took the most boulderish, friendly, bureaucratic way to.. something, I don't even know what, that we could. So we didn't stay for small group. Instead, we went to Fascinations, where Samir and Mikey scared Vulpine and I. After, coffee at Caffe Sole. I felt extremely off and very unplayful, even with biting and such. I mumbled about it being awkward with Samir there, but that was just to get it out of the way. I didn't know it at the time, but now I'm guessing that it most likely has to do with sleep-deprevation. It was still quite good to see Michael again. Should be alright by friday, when we're apparently going to AA, then clubbing, where Samir's and Mikey are conspiring to get Vulpine and I to dance by grinding with each other. Ah well. Should be fun to watch :o

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    Westin 2014. See ya folk around

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    Totally not eager to come home.

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    People - Ogg, TealFox, Rikoshi, KurtMRufa, Tsuki, Roma, Shanerak, Plastick, Necco, Junkie, Media, Weasel, Nothingkat, Faeros, Darkwolf, Rigel, Ben, Rafferty, Vlad.. etc.

    Art - One print for me, two for Shannon, and two commissions.

    Maybe I'll make a real post later, with pictures and such. All in all.. a little too big for me, but definitely fun. Always good to see furries :o

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    Travel was pretty horrid, due to the weather, but taking other people's experiences into account, it could've been worse. Basically, though I got on an earlier flight, I ended up home later than my original flight, only to find a voice mail from United saying that the original flight had been canceled. Scanned shit and went to bed.

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    . o O (See server?!) For Farrel</a

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    Spent far more money than I thought at AC - mostly on food. Mom's gonna help with groceries until my next pay check, but other than that, I can't spend any more money. Means bringing lunch to work and such x.

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    NO MEANS MAYBE

    (Not exactly work safe c.c

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    ...I'm a furry faggot, and compiled all of my character descriptions. It was really kind of humbling (read: embarrassing) and kinda neat to find out just how much of a furry I am, when I was thinking - and claiming - that I was more on the social end of things; you know, chatting more than roleplaying, visiting people more than playing on the internet.

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    Did a good bit of writing today, and ended up sticking another song up on my FA account. Gotta like a furry site that will take other forms of art besides just visual :o

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    DO WANT

    Also, I really dislike migraines. Any pain that you can smell is bound to be annoying

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    Geek [to You]: I'm givin' her all she's got, Captain, but we need more dilithium crystals!

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    Take the Polygeek Quiz at Thudfactor.com</p

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    Shanerak got me thinking. Now I kinda want to make a half-suit that I can wear with nice clothes, sorta like this. Dunno if I really should be spending time on that, though. Oh well

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    Sorry I missed your call. Too busy getting hit by trucks.

    Be nice to cyclists on the road. :3

    EDIT: The story is, some guy in a pickup took a right turn, right into me. Everything's okay, and the passers-by were freaking out more than I was. I guess I thought it was more funny than anything. My butt hurts, and I have road-rash on my elbow, but I'm okay, otherwise, little shook up

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    I guess the day after's always a little worse. It's when reality sets in and all that crap. Can't walk very fast, can't stand for very long - feel like I took a few big diggers skiing or something. Just sore.

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    Looks like I've missed several calls lately, and I'd like to apologize to people who have been calling me. My phone's really on the fritz - usually keep it on silent and vibrate, but occasionally switches to Driving Mode at random, which, on silent, means I don't hear any ring. It's got plenty of other problems at the moment, too, but I don't really have the cash to get a new one. Don't really know when to call some of you back, so I've just been sitting on my hands and feeling bad.

    So.. yeah, sorry c.

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    Going forty miles per hour on a bicycle has to be one of the neater experiences I've had lately

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    Protip: Avoid headwinds.

    Result: 130 mile week, broke 400 miles on the bike.

    Downside: Have to ride more, 150 miles next week

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    I lick ROCKS, bitches! Hahahahaha

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    Bacchetta - Strada SWB OSS

    HP-Velotechnik - Street Machine GTe SWB USS

    Oh, and Cruzbike - Silvio Conversion ki

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    38.7 miles, bitches!

    I'd promised myself that I would ride 150 miles this week - weeks start on mondays - and I'm at 151 with a day to go. Dare I try for 200? :3 I have a route in mind if I feel up to it tomorrow

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    CRW_3527
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    Did it :D 41.3 miles for a total of 201 miles this week! Felt pretty good, too ^^

    That's the good news. The bad news is that I bought spandex shorts. I'm sorry.<br clear="all"/

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    MAKE ME THIS. They even have some of the more complicated parts on clearance.

    (FlevoRacer) <img src="http://www.flevobikeusa.com/images/Racer_main.jpg"/

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    See, now if I were really crazy, I could make frames out of carbon fiber :o)

    I could get 10 yards for $375, and if I'm careful, make maybe 3 or 4 frames, sell a few :o

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    Matt's new toy.
    Originally uploaded by Drab Makyo

    Oooooor.. I could wind up with a bike that usually goes for $1300 for a tenth of that price (originally retailed for $3750 according to the internet @.@). Sure, it's broken, but nothing unfixable with a little ingenuity.
    oshi...<br clear="all"/

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    Ferrets where you least expect 'em!

    Ffffffcute

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    I tried to install a new barcode scanner for someone today, but no matter what I do, I couldn't get it to work. At first, it would beep and scan like normal, but wouldn't send any data to the computer, then it stopped altogether. Finally, I gave up and just fixed the old scanner with a hack. When I got down to my station again, my boss helpfully informed me that you have to program the scanner with a series of bar codes on a sheet he keeps in his office.

    GEE. THANKS

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    DON'T DO THIS.
    Originally uploaded by Drab Makyo

    Went for the first ride. Was surprisingly nice, for how much work has yet to be done. Will likely finish this weekend.<br clear="all"/

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    Read a reasonably good article on Parkour today, and figured you might be interested:

    http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5658578,00.htm

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    More plans. Wondering if I should go back on fish oil, nasty stuff that it is.

    Damn me for being such a loser. I can't figure out how to find my boundries without them having to be tested, which seems to necessitate feeling uncomfortable, if only for a little bit. Sorry, Mikey, for making things so hard, I feel really dumb. Any suggestions on finding boundries would be helpful

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    You see this look, Ryan? That means you didn't pet the cat enough. >:E<br clear="all"/

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    <img src="http://makyo.drab-makyo.com/pretties/arctics/rain%20Christy%20fox.jpg"/

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    <img alt="One gin-and-tonic ahead of everyone else..." src="http://makyo.drab-makyo.com/characters/jk-makyo.jpg" title="One gin-and-tonic ahead of everyone else..."/

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    Work D:

    Tech support is depressing. I guess when all you do is fix broken things, everything starts to look broken

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    http://wwff.wordpress.com/2007/08/08/foldable-bbq

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    So pissed.

    I went out for a ride and took along my QL17, all excited to be taking pictures again. I even processed the film right as I got home, only to find that my scanner seems to have developed a mean streak, no pun intended.

    Of course, I didn't find this out until I had already finished scanning all 25 pictures

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    OMGSANGRIA

    x.

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    Trying to psych myself up for 40 50 miles with porridge and coffee D:

    Grrgrr Sangria

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    The spirit was willing, but the flesh was weak and hung over D: Also, killer headwind from south-southeast

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    Despite lack of focus, I'm finally finished with my part of the history project. Good ridance. Thanks to Nick for video taping.

    Visited Mikey tonight at Caffe Luna (which was closed). There was talking, and he seemed fairly happy by the time I left. I felt fairly happy, too

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    Just unboxed 20 more towers, which should be out in public by Wednesday. Thankfully, though, it looks like I'm going to miss a good portion of the reimaging. I might see some of it on Wednesday, but we're reimaging.. uh.. about 150 towers and 200 laptops (40 of which are being decommissioned due to the 40 new laptops I unboxed last week.. or the week before?). I, however, will be in Florida. :D

    James, feed my cat. >:

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    (Order of the Phoenix)

    It's just so.. wonderfully British :o

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    Excellent time in Florida. Thanks for making it awesome :3

    Also, first class was permanently canceled sometime over the summer, but no one was told

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    I don't know if trips right before school starts are such a good idea - make me all emo; being disgusted by one or two of my classes as well as my roommate is just piled on top of missing people and not wanting to be back at all

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    For those who are interested I will be in Korea from October 24th through November 4th. Luckily, this leaves thanksgiving break free. Unluckily, that's a lot of school to miss. Oh well, should be fun if I go

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    You can say five until five in the afternoon (cinq heures moins cinq a l'après-midi), but not five until 1700(dix-sept heures moins cinq dix-sept heures et cinquante-cinq). Also, whose idea was it to make seventy 'sixty-plus-ten', eighty 'twenty-times-four', and ninety 'twenty-times-four-plus-ten'?

    Oh well, reasonably fun. Choir should be fun, too, except for the Disney medley

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    MFF

    Yes? No? Drive? Fly

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    Weaksauce is getting 11 miles into a 17 mile ride before realizing that a centimeter adjustment in seat height has caused an interruption in the path your thigh normally takes during pedaling by the mount of your rear rack, leading to wearing a hole in a pair of $40 riding shorts as well as in the back of your thigh.

    Fucking. Ow. Motherfuckers.

    So, does anyone need a rear rack and pack? :o

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    Hit by a car again, not so lucky this time.

    Like the guy who hit me said, at least -I'm- alright. Don't think I can afford to make MFF though

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    Omigosh bike's fixed @.@ For free, too. I was so thankful, that I bought a pair of glasses from the store, just to give them -some- money. :

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    Speaking of, Shannon got stabbed in the forehead, so I read. I was half amused and half concerned by the story. It was funny, but when you name your S.I. instruments, I find it kind of disconcerting. Shall have to 'HUG MY DUCKY' (heh).

    Today, I got my Azumaga Daioh, my Whitacre CD (LOVE Whitacre's When David Heard is the first song that made me cry just by listening to it - I cried while singing Mozart's Requiem, and nearly did during part of Vivaldi's Gloria, but that's something different), and the book Sweetwater by Lawrence Yep, a favorite book from elementary school. It's surprising how good some children's literature really is. Star Luck should be coming soon. Yay, ALibris.com

    I believe that's all. I shan't be sleeping much tonight, so I may update further if struck by something hard enough to knock me over

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    After getting hit by a car, I came down with the flu - and on a holiday weekend. NEAT. Probably made an ass of myself down in Denver, but I'm not sure. I don't remember much other than a break in the delirium where I was made to take benedryl.

    I've been taking advantage of my 'convalescence' to re-cable the recumbent. I now have both breaks working. The rear derailleur works with a new cable, and the front works with a new shifter (they had a 7-speed shifter controlling three gears - might've screwed up the derailleur). The bike works now, which is good. All that's left, really, is to strengthen the frame properly

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    You've done me wrong, Subway!

    *Hörf

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    Damnit. More delays on the major front. For those who don't know, I've been trying to switch from Music Education to Music Composition, so that I can, you know, not have to work in public schools. I've been working with Dr. Forest Greenough - taking composition lessons and working to get into the program - even though the composition professor and department head is Dr. Wohl. Forest seemed pretty confident that, when I submitted my composition portfolio a month and change ago that I would make it into the composition program with no problem, even if I wound up staying in school for an extra year taking just composition studio and an ensemble, while working 30-35 hours a week to pay for school.

    Well, I met with Dr. Wohl today in order to see what all I could be doing. I was surprised to hear that, not only had he not seen my portfolio, but wasn't really interested in it. Rather, he said that, due to funding, the composition program was there in name only, and there weren't any students in that major (which is curious, since Elliott Fiedler just graduated with his composition degree in May). Well, okay. I can deal. Instead, I figured I'd just take composition lessons with Dr. Wohl, what with Forest being way too busy this semester to fit me in. $60/hr isn't that bad, and maybe I can keep taking the lessons after I graduate with my plain-jane BA in music, since it's not done through the university. After getting all this sorted out, I headed back to the music building.

    While there, I ran into Forest and told him about what happened. He was shocked - to his knowledge, the composition program was still there, and I should be in it. Apparently, my portfolio disappeared and the head of the program decided that, while I'd still learn composition, I wouldn't get the degree, and that I'd be paying him directly out of pocket with money that may or may not be taxable. Huh. Strange. Both Forest and I were rushing to get somewhere else, so we didn't discuss that in full, so I'm waiting on a reply to a lengthly email I sent him to see what all I should do. I'd really rather feel much better going through the university - not only would the degree help with several schools with MA programs in composition (I've been told that some just see a BA-Music as a BA-Music, but I'm not sure), but I'd really rather be able to see where my money's going. Not to mention the fact that that would let me stay in choir for a while longer :o

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    Grf. Work asplode. Oh well.. Cute Overload keeps me sane.</a

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    Weekend at Pingree. Fucking tired.

    So. Much. Singing.

    EDIT: also, tell me what you think - it's for a composition contest

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    New dream bike. It's like an HPVelo Street machine, but with more for the price.

    Now I just need $3500, a the rate the dollar's going

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    I have ten days to write a paper for my 20th Century Fiction class. As I'm sure I've bitched to some before, this class is much worse the second time around: my teacher started out by treating us all like preschoolers (lower level class ftw), but now he's settled into a comfortable mix of condescension and reading from the book nervously. His ideas are rote, and there is NO room for taking any non-textbook ideas into account. I've given up trying to be intelligent to get my participation points, and instead just define everyday words that he asks about.

    So for the paper, I figured I'd get all snarky. I'm thinking:

    On the Dichotomy between Chaos and Order: a Discordian Look at Yevgeny Zamyatin's We</p

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    Random inspiration to put together a short (1'20") soundtrack sample, in case it ever comes up (and I sure hope it does). Very rough draft at the moment - there's some timing issues that need working out, and I'm not too happy with the fade-out. The sound rendering is the best Kontakt can do; which is, to say, terrible. I'll stick it in GigaStudio3 once I figure out how to get the sampler computer working at school.

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    I guess I should've explained when I posted it, but that video does have an intended meaning (it's in the 70s, which means it's Modern). The setting is supposed to be a cafe, but it comes off more as a cafeteria in a mental hospital. The whole thing's half an hour long or so, and is made up of different scenes involving two patients, a doctor, and a mincing visitor in high heels and a red fright wig. I think the story's supposed to be mostly about the visitor and her own descent into madness (maybe she's a new patient?).

    Anyway, that scene that I posted is about behavioral modification: The psychologist is trying to modify the couple's behavior into a more standard (read: socially acceptable) model, i.e.: kissing and such, but the couple keeps going back to clinging to each other. In the end, instead of learning the new behavior, the learn the process of modification, which, I'm sure, happens more often than people would like to say

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    A little update! Had my first comp. lesson with Dr. Wohl on Friday. He's a very smart man, and an excellent composer (I showed him that stupid little video I made, and he made up his own soundtrack on the spot by playing a very broken/modal ragtime piece for it. Awesome). Got a few homework assignments to be working on, too. That said, I'm feeling even worse about paying him large amounts of money under the table than before, and even had a talk with Forest about what to do, so later this week, I'm going to print out that portfolio again and bring it straight to Dr. Queen, Dr. Wohl's supervisor, in order to skip this roadblock completely. We'll see how that goes.

    In other news, after a week of preparing and a weekend of cooking, I catered the benefit concert once more last night. So. Much. Food. G'damn. Also once more, all that's left is a few of the vegan items - quinoa stuffed tomatoes, in this case - for me to munch on over the next few days. I'd definitely call it a success. Totally spaced my camera in the rush to get stuff over there, so I don't actually have any pictures of the setup. Fuckfuckfuck. Oh well ;.;

    Now I get to clean D

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    Did you know...
    Originally uploaded by Drab Makyo

    ...that I get bored and creative when I can't sleep?

    Look! It's a ferret!<br clear="all"/

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    See? This is what happens when you let ferrets get uppity and don't put them in their place: they get all up in your stuff.</a

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    --Emily Dickenson

    Piano, voice; two modes: C dorian (do re me fa so la te), C double harmonic (do ra mi fa so le ti); triads and sevenths (no ninths), some rhythmic figure - exploring cadence points

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    More later, I bet.. either reply, or email to ranna at simla dot colostate dot edu if you're interested

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    3 - Write a chromatic lamentation for strings where emphasis upon total melodic motion obliterates root feeling.

    Musicians. I can't even make this stuff up 9.

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    It might be something I've made, or something cool from my hidden stash.

    What ever it is, I promise that I will get it to you in 365 days or less. The only thing you need to do in order to participate is to be the first three to reply to this & post the same thing on your LJ-because it's fun to give people stuff.

    WHO KNOWS WHAT IT WILL BE!>!>!>!?!!?!?!L!2

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    You know? There's some real shitheads in the world, both online and in real life. It confuses me how much everyone seems to like them or at least try to get into their pants.

    Yes, this is about someone in particular. No, I'm not sharing. Gonna have to live with vague. It's none of you, though

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    Reading The Celestine Prophecy, finally, after Steve recommended it.. uh.. four years ago. Five. Anyway, like Harry Potter, there's a bunch of good ideas crammed into poor writing. Still, I haven't lost interest, so it can't be that bad.

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    Wacom Intuos (1) USB tablet, 6x8" and...

    Burley Limbo SWB/CLWB OSS recumbent - refurbished.

    I'd like to pay off debt sooner rather than later. I can always go into debt again later and get myself a better bike :

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    Armchair mystic :o/ It.. sorta makes sense in the terms of the First Insight, though. At least I'm getting back into it.

    Me too. Heh heh heh.</em

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    Floe's fault. Did a reading. It indicated GREAT SUCCESS for to better the Matt. As long has he does some stuff.

    D D

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    Also still available: Photo enlarger, computer parts, guitar/amp/pedal, brewery equipment.. well, everything that was on that last post that's not crossed out

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    People whom I owe: if I know your address, I'm mailing your shite tomorrow. If I don't know your address, I needs it :3 Email makyo at drab dash makyo dot com.

    In other news, Material Wealth 1</a

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    Scruff, you're not getting your package for a bit, even though I've got it all packed up. Our postal service just doesn't seem to want me to ship it. Aren't they great

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    For Floe :3 The whole thing's documented here: http://flickr.com/photos/ranna/tags/coqauvin/ I can't really order search results, but everything's numbered.

    OMIGOSH Ryan and Merry: dinner for the ceremony? Totally easy to make in bulk :3<br clear="all"/

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    Moooooon-d-d-d-d-d-dog. I dunno when to come over ;.; Help! I'm dumb! :o) Anyway, yeah, let me know somehow. I should be home around 4ish

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    IMG_3667
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    Whatcha think, Ryan, Merry? Should I sew these into a stole and carry a staff? I could be quite Popely :D<br clear="all"/

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    BUTWAIT!!!!!

    You paid attention during 100% of high school!

    85-100% You must be an autodidact, because American high schools don't get scores that high! Good show, old chap!

    Do you deserve your high school diploma?
    Create a Quiz

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    My choices are: stay in school for a little while longer, or drop out and get disowned.

    Looks like I'll be in school for a while longer. :3 Going to do my level best to force Dr. Wohl to make my lessons count next semester so that I can get a head start on that.

    Naptime now, Korea soon

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    I lied.

    Only half the rooms in the hotel are set up correctly, and they are the first rooms to go. I'm stuck paying 500 Won for 20 minutes in order to use the internets on some random computer. Anyway, can't do my homework, so I'm just gonna get wasted on soju and leave notes of eLove to y'all 'cause I've got so little times (15 minutes to catch up on LJ, 5 minutes to write @.@) Hope you're all doing fabulously. I'm doing okay, 'cept that I got really sick with jet lag. Better now! :oP

    See y'all around

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    Alright. Kinda ready to come home.

    Y'all are such nicer people than choir folk, honestly. Fff

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    So, here's the deal. People are so dramatic in this choir, that I feel like I'm truly alone in a foreign country. If the person next to me isn't Korean, they're completely enveloped in a thin layer of drama that makes them nearly impossible to talk to. Dr. Kim is likely the most normal person here. Effin' awesome

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    This hotel has wireless :3:3:3:3:3:3

    Still, can't fuckin' wait to get home c.

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    Bahahaha. We just sang for what appeared to be a choral-only, Korean version of the Proms and gave three encores! @.@ Probably the most amazing performance we've given, fo' real. Home on Sunday, though, which I'm pleased about, even if it means 32 hours of travel. Folk whom I'm supposed to call, I'll call when I get to Denver

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    So.. my connection in Seoul got dropped, and now I'm in vancouver, but I'm sure I'm still connected to a MUCK or two. Sorry if.. er.. I'm confusing folk :D

    Almost hooooooome

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    Friday, there was an Excal performance, during which I got sick (same as before, when I got the massive hurting after attunement) and ran off during the closing speech. We got back right before 8th, but I decided to go home. Ibuprofin and lying down helped enormously, so I went back to school to catch people for AA. There, I ran into MissDoo, who just barely believed my sick story. Andrew bluntly told me that I was driving him to see Sakun at 7. I was thrown off-guard by his lack of any sort of greeting. There wasn't any AMC, so we tried to watch Azumanga Daioh in Mr. LaRue's room, but it wouldn't work in his DVD player (just like mine :oP). We made our way out to the drizzly bus stop, where Ryan and I talked and goofed around with Nicku. Picked up Shannon for AA at around 6:30 and we bopped over to CU, where we met up with the gang again, drawing on the chalk boards. I sorta draped myself over Kiran (well, not really, just kinda pet him and such) before I was pulled off by Andrew to take him up to Frederick.

    At Kei-kun's, we met with Sakun and Michael and watched TV for a while. Azumanga Daioh worked, so I watched that while Mikey and Samir talked, smoked, argued, and hotboxed the garage with cloves. After a while, we split into the two rooms, and Michael and I goofed around in Linda's. Eventually, Andrew had to go home, so he and Samir stopped their naughtiness and headed back to Boulder, leaving Michael and me to ourselves. There was a call and Mikey had to leave, so I went to sleep and woke up right as Moondog was about to pass out. I put him to bed and headed back to Boulder for a shower, then to Lakewood for lunch.

    At my dad's, I started downloading Slackware 9.1 ISOs for when I get my laptop, and I also got PDF Writer from my dad, which is cool. And now, I don't feel like writing anymore ^

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    Alright, finally uploaded a good portion of the pictures from Korea. Included: a meditating furry, choral shenanigans, and glamour shots.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/ranna/sets/72157602966231842

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    I thought I'd finally filled up what appeared to be a 40GB hard drive last night until I realized that, for some reason, it was only 18GB. Hmm. I spent last night and most of the time I was awake today trying to get my computer set up the way I want it by scavenging parts I already have, and now I've got a 40GB drive where I need it, after much cursing and flailing. The problem is, now I'm stuck with a ghost drive in Explorer from when I was fiddling with backing stuff up off other drives before I wiped them. Disk Manager doesn't see it, and neither does Hardware Manager, which is as it should be, but Explorer thinks there's an X: drive that it just can't access. Puzzled over that when I got home from school, then crashed. Oh well. I'll just live with it for now.

    Anyway, money's really starting to worry me. I need to get my card paid off ASAP, and having to pay for lessons is not helping >:E Also, I fail at jet lag

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    Woke up to click click click! Click! CLICK! ... buzzbuzzbuzz WindowsErrorNoise

    Hard drive crashed hard core. Like.. head + disk

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    Would you like to be more like your fursona? If only I could be so dapper

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    My mom found me the next morning outside Waldenbooks - she knew me so well - and the rest of the day was filled with tears on everyone's behalf. Hours were spent on the phone with my dad as he went through my room and tried to sort out what had gone wrong in the situation. The answers I gave were half-truths and evasive comments skirting the issues really at hand, and even some outright lies. The problem I had was a conflict in myself and no words to describe it. I fell, of course, to blame, and claimed that my dad spent too much time at the bar with my step-mom (the bartender). This was a legitimate concern to my parents, though I cherished the time alone, so I used it to escape from the consequences of my actions.

    This all led to me moving back in with my mom to complete my public schooling. This helped, perhaps in ways other than intended: not only was my mom a little more free with me than my dad had been, but Boulder was much more constructive to spiritual growth than Lakewood by far. It was the first sgtep in a long and ongoing journey to figure out my place in the world and finding meaning with this life I've found in my possession.

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    That was a lot of french food. Tartiflette (I made it :3), escargots, haricots avec des amande, gateaux aux amande, beignets, Perrier, Orangina, vichyssoises, pain aux chocolat..

    Also, we're on CSU's front page for the moment, here for when that gets taken down. They even used one of my pictures :o

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    Your package finally came! Thank you so much! Otters! And Chocolate! *flail

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    I am fond of a 'very'.

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    Was gonna right s'more tonight, but the Tree of Life broke my brain. Kabbalah's some heady shit, man.

    EDIT: right? wtf. Write

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    The experience I had with 'feeling enlightened' was a brief taste of this (neshama) I think, which came without form or practice (such as, say, this meditation), and thus came as rather a surprise to me.

    * Neshama is the middle level of the soul and the 'lowest' or 'closest' level that remains pure. In order from 'closest to the self' to 'closest to the divine', the levels of the soul are nefesh or physicality, ruach or emotional awareness, neshama or worthiness of character, chayah or awareness of unity, and yedidah or connection with the Divine. To give the rudest of summaries, one's soul begins in nefesh and, with maturation, is crowned by ruach. Neshama is experienced or gained through proper application and nurturing of the previous two levels (i.e.: healthy living and conscious action). Chayah is the realm of awareness of unity and enlightenment (not as what I experienced) as merging with God, and yedidah is our ultimate link with Ein Sof. This is an incredibly basic summary, and I'm hardly qualified to give it. I'm a third of the way done with one book on it :o

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    The urge..

    To nearly set the kitchen on fire while cooking a thanksgiving meal. Every man goes through it.

    (by the way, paper towels are flammable

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    Bed early, I'll get up at 2:30 to finish work

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    I did it ;.;

    For those of you interested, I made a community (and a strict set of rules), . It's open to those who would like to either read, discuss, or write about individual religion/faith/belief systems/anything related. It's intended to be safe and constructive, thus the rules, so if you're worried, look over the rules and see if they're up to spec. I don't know if I have to send specific invites, or if you can request to join, so let me know if there's problems.

    Just puttin' the word out there for those interested. :o)</lj

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    Protip: Poppies are disgusting. They're twice as disgusting in orange juice, though. hurl

    Also, seem to have lost all my Korea photos on this computer with that dying hard drive. Should still be on the CF card, though

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    This stuff's amazing - I love old systems @.@ I'll flesh it for in Manifesto at some point.</lj

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    Even within the New Testament there are things that can be applied both as active principles and set-and-setting. For example, how does one deal with the concept of witnessing? The ‘against the hypocrites’ chapters in Matthew, the sixth and seventh, would seem contrary to what a lot of Christians do, but even later books, the Pauline Epistles in particular, seem contrary to this. Witnessing, it seems, should be done on a one-on-one basis with quiet humility according to what Jesus said, which seems contrary to the shouting preachers on the plaza, condemning us all to hell and praying before us. Perhaps this is why I enjoyed Johnny Square so much more than the others. What he held was more of a public dialog between him and one or two students at a time to talk about the issues at hand, rather than to make a spectacle of witnessing.

    These explorations are still new to me, despite having thought about them for so long now. I’m sure that answers will come to me in time and will bring with them all new questions. For now I’ll have to keep reading, and perhaps one of these days I’ll pluck up my courage again and talk to someone on the other side of the situation. I’m curious to see how both Christians and Jews feel about this issue, and I’m interested to see how they’ll react to being asked such a question.

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    Heeeaaat, glorious heeeaaat..

    Stupid part is, it took all of 30 seconds to fix. I could've done that, had I known how :oP

    Also, monitor's dying ;.; Maybe a Christmas present

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    Of course, none of any of my hobbies came cheap: I’ve never been one to skimp on quality even when I’m hunting for bargains. Though I come from a rather affluent background, this gave me my first taste of debt, which, to be certain, has gotten rather out of hand as of late. As a result, I’ve gone through one of the more drastic lifestyle changes yet as of late: while I’ve tried to get rid of stuff before, I’ve never done so with as much abandon as I have now. When I began this change in my life to work way from my previous excess and my current comparatively ascetic lifestyle to a happy medium, I laid strict ground rules for myself – family tradition would hold little to no weight, personal value would be based more on how often I used the item in question, and I would not always try to sell for the highest price, for that would often result in the item not selling. Again, this was quite self-centered of me, intended to get me out of debt and into a comfortable life rather than to make me a more worldly person, but I feel that it has certainly contributed and will continue to contribute to constructive growth as a person.

    How does this tie into my personal faith? Well, I don’t suppose it does in a direct way, really. However, faith is not the only aspect in life, and other aspects do need to be taken into account. I think that this has all brought to me a grounding in the more tangible word that surrounds me as well as a clearer idea of how my mind and body work on a more basic level than any amount of introspection and reading can gain. While this spirituality business is certainly an important aspect of my life, of life on a whole, it is not all that one can focus on. There are bills to pay, I’ve found, both literally and figuratively, and one must work out the financial system before one engages in transactions.

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    Skill as basis – Ethereal style – Source and sink – Why an artist?

    Updated at: http://drab-makyo.com/Manifesto_Project/Manifesto.pd

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    DrugsUh.. if you're at all interested in Salvia divinorum, due to a law being passed outlawing it in IL, there's a 20% off all Salvia products at http://www.iamshaman.com using the coupon code LASTDAYS07. The shop's great, trustworthy, and with the sale, affordable, so if you're into that thing, just letting you know..
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    Gellin’ – Hypothesis on Unitarians – Your mileage may vary – A church to call my own?

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    My bed keeps biting me. First a hurty-bite on my arm, now an itchy-bite on my leg. Time for Calamine. Anyway, now it's time to get naked and do homework! Er... hmm. It seems that 3am is the best time for me to do homework. I'm all calm and stuff ^

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    Does anyone else think this is an incredibly good idea?

    If I were as pessimistic as Jubal Harshaw or Agent Smith, I'd say this is a perfect way to come up with an artificial human intelligence :D:D:

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    IMG_4297s
    Originally uploaded by Drab Makyo
    BAHAHHAHAHAHA.

    Thank you, Merry :D:D:D:D:D
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    The system of the Self – Cards and stars – Chaos rears her beautiful head

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    So. This new shaving soap is fucking awesome, even if I made a mess making a lather, and aftershave is equally amazing. Hopefully the straight razor I got will stand up to all the awesomeness going around and leave me free of razor burn. :D:

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    I can't even focus on procrastinating. At least my room's finally set up, even if there's still a bunch of shit on the floor. Oh well. Read God is a Verb for a bit, but alas, it started talking first about miracles, and then about angels, which, even from the mystical side, were a little hard to swallow. The chapters weren't without good ideas, at least.

    Manifesto feels too much like homework (of which I have tons) for me to want to work on it right now. Hopefully that'll change soon

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    Forest
    Originally uploaded by Drab Makyo

    Happy Repeal day :D:D:D:D:D:D:D

    From <br clear="all"/

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    In other news, Brendon loved When David Heard, especially the 18 part divisi

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    Oh.. and sorry I missed everyone's calls tonight. Kinda.. 20 page paper due tomorrow :D:D Finished now, at least

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    (12:25:51 PM) Shanerak: chirp
    (12:26:08 PM) Shanerak: gmail aim ftw
    (12:26:16 PM) Ranna Fox: Hahaha, rock on :3
    (12:28:39 PM) Shanerak: what's up?
    (12:29:05 PM) Ranna Fox: Not a whole lot. Watching Flight of the Concords. You?
    (12:29:51 PM) Shanerak: awesome
    (12:29:51 PM) Shanerak: workin
    (12:30:41 PM) Ranna Fox: Yeh.
    (12:30:50 PM) Ranna Fox: It finally snowed last night, and it got all cold, so..
    (12:31:00 PM) Shanerak: rolling around in the snow
    (12:31:04 PM) Ranna Fox: May want to bring warm stuff.
    (12:31:11 PM) Ranna Fox: Oh yeah. We can do that.
    (12:31:14 PM) Shanerak: I will
    (12:32:45 PM) Shanerak: do you have a bathtub
    (12:33:03 PM) Ranna Fox: Yes :3
    (12:33:07 PM) Shanerak: werd
    (12:33:15 PM) Ranna Fox: Not very big, but oh well.
    (12:33:52 PM) Shanerak: just wondering :>
    (12:34:30 PM) Ranna Fox: Hehe, alright :o)
    (12:34:45 PM) Ranna Fox: I also have amaaaazing bath soap body wash stuff.
    (12:36:06 PM) Shanerak: hmm
    (12:36:11 PM) Shanerak: I'm bringing incence and stuff btw
    (12:36:45 PM) Ranna Fox: I can dig it.
    (12:37:01 PM) Shanerak: yeah nowhere to use em so
    (12:37:06 PM) Shanerak: figure I'll leave them out there, lol
    (12:37:17 PM) Ranna Fox: Heh, alright. I'll keep 'em around.
    (12:39:21 PM) Shanerak: raemuz is bugging me to hang out
    (12:39:42 PM) Shanerak: told him maybe saturday or something?
    (12:40:01 PM) Ranna Fox: Sure, I suppose. Don't have any real plans.
    (12:41:16 PM) Shanerak: none here either
    (12:41:18 PM) Shanerak: oh!
    (12:41:22 PM) Shanerak: washer and drier?
    (12:41:30 PM) Ranna Fox: Yeh, one set per floor.
    (12:41:33 PM) Shanerak: cool
    (12:41:41 PM) Ranna Fox: They're fairly cheap, too.
    (12:41:47 PM) Ranna Fox: Though the drier takes forever.
    (12:41:53 PM) Shanerak: werd
    (12:43:45 PM) Shanerak: what do you want for christmas anyway
    (12:43:53 PM) Ranna Fox: Christ...mass?
    (12:44:02 PM) Shanerak: massive christ
    (12:44:51 PM) Ranna Fox: Uh.. I dunno. Just getting money from parents :oP
    (12:44:55 PM) Ranna Fox: New shoes? :oP
    (12:45:19 PM) Shanerak: werd
    (12:45:25 PM) Ranna Fox: Heh, I dunno.
    (12:45:34 PM) Ranna Fox: I've got stuff for you already :oP
    (12:45:47 PM) Ranna Fox: Anyway, I gotta go turn in that stupid huge-ass paper.
    (12:45:53 PM) Shanerak: naked mongoose
    (12:45:57 PM) Shanerak: is your present o_o
    (12:46:03 PM) Ranna Fox: Murrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
    (12:46:06 PM) Ranna Fox: I'd hit it :3
    (12:46:08 PM) Shanerak: a fat one
    (12:46:09 PM) Shanerak: I bet
    (12:46:11 PM) Shanerak: get workin
    (12:46:13 PM) Shanerak: seeya
    (12:46:22 PM) Ranna Fox: Hehe, see ya :D
    (12:46:24 PM) Shanerak: and love you :3
    (12:46:32 PM) Ranna Fox: :D:D:D:D:D
    (12:46:35 PM) Shanerak: lol
    (12:46:36 PM) Ranna Fox: Love you too :o)
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    Sick.

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    IMG_4328
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    ...But this fox licks rocks.<br clear="all"/

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    Heading to my mom's. No cell service, but I may have a wee bit o' internet. Back in a few :3

    Oh, and happy everything

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    Hank
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    Hank wishes you a merry Christmas, if you'll just leave him alone and quit taking pictures.<br clear="all"/

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    IMG_4357
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    I got me some proper shaving implements. Now to learn how to use them. So far, I've just given myself razor burn without actually removing much in the way of hair. I dunno if they're sharp enough.<br clear="all"/

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    Irrational

    * This applies mostly to OASOS, but also to school. Basically, I felt like, as Samir put it, an extra. Someone who is easy to hang around, but only for three hours a week. And it's understandable, I suppose, since I feel like I can barely stand myself, that I project this view onto others. It felt like I was just being put up with at group; I felt like a duty that had to be seen to - please watch Matt while he's out, so that he doesn't do anything stupid. I know this is probably fairly irrational, but I'm not a rational being, really. Also, Kris brought up a good point in small group about poly relationships and, specifically, some ideas on boundries. Should discuss both of these issues with Michael. (I know I'm not supposed to communicate via LJ, but I'm dead tired

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    Savory Mandu
    Originally uploaded by Drab Makyo

    Gyoza, potstickers, dumplings, etc. I'm using the Korean name, 'cause these are filled with beef, kimchi, and mushrooms :o9 I'll post more about 'em in .<br clear="all"/

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    Guess I'm headed down to my dad's for New Years, after visiting my step-mom, thus completing the family visits. Oh well, free skiing :o

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    Today's the day I find out whether or not I'll be a finalist in this. Wish me luck.

    I guess I got the wrong date, because I've been working on my New Years resolutions for a little while: switch to composition, be smarter with money to pay off the card, and settle down, finally. Over all, it's been a good year

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    My mom got me a decent garment bag for Christmas, and my dad got me a shirt, a tie, and a sports coat (which, I must say, is to die for). I'm not sure if they're collaborating, or hinting than I need to get a job where I'll need these things

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    You're amazing :3 You totally made my new years eve. FROM THE FUTUER! My new years resolution is to get you drunk more often so that you say more cute things :D

    Love you :o

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    I was looking into paying off my credit card with a loan at a lower interest rate, but I guess my card's alright. I thought, having gone over the limit once or twice, that my interest rate would be as high as they could push it, but I guess not. Variable interest card means it changes month-to-month and goes up or down as the market changes, but it's not affected by defaulting or going over the limit.

    I'd have to get a crazy good rate on a loan to make it worth it :

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    As always, there's more to the story than just interest rates that should play into my decision on the card and a possible loan. When I checked to see what a loan would be like in the way of monthly payments at similar or lower interest rates, I forgot to take finance charges into account. My plan before now is to just dump everything I can onto the card so that I don't have to worry about budgeting for food, knowing that that's difficult to do. The problem with this, of course is that finance charges are calculated mostly based on purchases on the card. This is shown by the fact that a three year loan at 5% less interest than I'm paying on the card is slightly more than my monthly minimum payment, which I thought was strange considering how long it was taking me to pay off the card, until I realized about half of each payment was going towards finance charges.

    So I guess my options are to keep paying off the card at my current rate (not very fast) or take out a loan (not very fast, but certainly more efficient). James would have me take out a student loan, which would have a better interest rate but would make me uncomfortable, never mind my past opinions of his financial advice. I would go with Prosper, which would give me a higher interest rate (still lower than the card), but would fit in more with my ideals and make me feel better for borrowing for the right thing. Nothing's urgent, though, so I have time to research

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    So I started arranging one of my own songs for a rock group, and, although it's not done, I uploaded what I had anyway.

    Enjoy, or summat.

    Why, no, I can't write for drums! Thanks for asking :

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    I added orton, because the text looked bad and that was the lazy way to fix it

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    Passing out early again

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    God damnit, Eliza, I wish you worked like a normal person. Grr.

    I don't actually feel like writing about it - just wanted to show off my Maître D'Fox.. I'm sorry, Andrew, I had too ;.

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    All this because I finally got Sibelius working on my laptop.

    * Where 'computer' is defined as a Windows or Mac (I have yet to see if Sibelius will work in Wine) box with both some form of SVN and Sibelius.</small

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    The white razor is getting retired to a stage prop. Every time I shave with it, I end up looking like I just got in a knife fight

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    After spending the day fighting with creating a new image for the D630s we got at the library, I've decided that, nice as he was, my previous supervisor really did not like his job. NONE of his code is commented at all, and the code that previous students have written is clumsy and comments usually apply to code that my previous supervisor commented out and rewrote. The guy who used to do all the imaging is graduating, and, having worked primarily with my previous supervisor, picked up the habit and didn't comment any of his code, nor document the rather involved process of image making at the library. I've decided that, once I get the D630s and Optiplex 330s out, I'm going to make it my task to not only relearn VBScript and possibly rewrite all these code tools, but to document the entire process of both making an image and imaging a computer.

    I was looking into formats to do this in, as I'm sick of my workplace's reliance on Word - any ideas? Both LaTeX and Compiled HTML Help have been suggested - I would prefer the former, but don't think anyone would even want to touch it after I graduated, and while I dislike the latter, it would certainly be easier to update and more commonly used

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    Fffff.

    Work gave me a deadline of Monday for three rather large projects. In today, probably tomorrow too D: Oh well, s'money

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    Yesterday, I totally fucked up the public profile in the library (sorry, perverts, didn't mean to mess with your scheduled porn viewing). Today, I fixed it. I'm just that amazing c.c

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  • Jeff Buckley - Halleluiah
  • Paul Simon - Diamonds on the soles of her shoes
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    Only to find that my fooling around with hdiutil to fix my laptop had mostly just made it refuse to mount properly. This means that the laptop booted fine, but it would basically fail to mount my home directory (actually an encrypted sparse image) without telling me so, leaving me with no error message or anything. I've just now finally got it mounted in single user mode and I'm currently backing all my data up, just in case it still refuses to mount properly.

    Fucking computers. They may have solved a few problems, but they certainly made a whole lot more.

    EDIT: Finally mounted properly. Yeesh

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    D:D:D:D

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    Slept from six to six. Still tired. Today, however, they're giving us free breakfast if we wear pajamas (which I am) and a free lunch for seniors (which I am). Copious amounts of food

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    Never mind that Vexus asked me, no matter how annoying that gets, sometimes; never mind that I try to keep in mind that other people are actually completely separate entities that I should be nice to most of the time; never mind that SKYLOS IS FUCKING JOBLESS... Guh, I can't even begin to articulate just how Skylos bugs the shit out of me. I've been telling people that he's 'everything I hate about myself, and proud of it,' which is true: he's a jack of all trades and tries to impose that on others, he forgets that other people exist in the world, and he's outwardly proud of accomplishments that only mean so much. This isn't the whole of it, though, and I'm not sure I really know just yet what is. Needless to say, I'm washing my hands of the Nurple for a while, if I can't get along with some of the people there, no matter how many others I'm fine with. I can page them

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    AWFUL.

    I've repeatedly been told to 'try again later' or to 'contact customer support' (helpfully with no means to actually contact customer support). The real kicker is that my email address is, according to them, not a valid email address. What the hell? I have never seen such a poorly designed website that is intended to be used by so many people.

    EDIT: Upon talking with customer support, I've been informed that 'the error is with your data rather than with our systems.' I said thank you and closed the chat

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    by Kacey Miyagami

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    BANG!

    c.

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    I discovered that you had already given me a change of major form, so I have completed it and passed it along for the Chair's signature

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    Nothing great, but it sure felt good to get back on the road, even if the wind kept threatening to push me into traffic

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    minidrive
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    So tiny @.@ Smaller than the last digit of my pinky finger.

    I think I'm gonna make it into my secure drive. Keep my keyring on there, along with installations of GPG that I download and check myself, so I know I'm not dealing with a compromised installation. Still have to worry about key loggers, I guess. I don't really have any need for such security, but it's a neat little idea. Also, thinking of doing up my will like . Again, I don't really have any need to - it's just such a neat idea :3<br clear="all"/

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    Holy crap.

    http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/29/thx-for-the-eyes

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    Saying our internet connection is 'shaky' is like saying William Shatner is 'getting old'.

    Apologies to those involved. I'm doing the best I can to keep this shit from happening all the time, but technology is no longer on our side. If this were in my apartment, it'd be much easier to manage, and honestly, I'm tempted to just sign myself up for Comcast. Let me know what y'all think

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    After school, I got sucked into AMC, then having Ryan, Andrew, Matt D., and Nicku over for Azumanga Daioh, olives, and Double Shots. I herded everyone out of the house by the time Shannon and my mom showed up, and we headed over to Tra Ling's for good/bad chinese food (it's oh so good, but how well can mexicans cook authentic chinese food?) and coffee with bobas, which I shot at people on the walk to AA. AA itself was fun, despite the fact that all we watched was Pokemon (imagine a group of thirty actively MST3King a bad anime). There was sketching and hacky sack.

    Saturday: I moped, then went out to coffee with Michael. We worked out a few more things, then decided, over pizza, that we would go see Kill Bill 2, which I thought was very good. I think we both thought it was good, since there was very little in the way of distractions.

    Today: I'm angry. I read the paper. Go figure. Mom made me plant some flowers and stuff, while being all patronizing and condescending about it. Supposedly, there's a concert later on, but I don't know what it's gonna be like. Whatever

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    Dog movies always make me cry.

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    Finally got a relatively real site up. I know the logo's hard to read D:

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    Maybe this time I'll actually complete a Django site. Of course, I'll be stuck testing it on my laptop until I figure out what to do about a server. I've got a few options in mind. I'm still amazed at how useless JavaScript can be when you try to do everything (almost) in it. Oh well

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    other things are love
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    Yep.

    Waiting on John so I can make my website live. The Django stuff is all done, the design's all done, I'm mostly prepped.. just need to populate the DB :

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    Well, it's finally up, albeit only about a quarter complete.

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    Fffffffluffelwkjfoisklfnelkasnfd

    Yeah. Got the site all updated - my whole musical portfolio is on there now :3 Not much else, but hey, at least I got the embedded flash player working

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  • A trainer or, preferable, a set of rollers - It'd be great to bike every day, regardless of the weather. Hopefully Peloton has rollers...
  • If I get a trainer, then I'd like a rear wheel computer - because my front wheel won't be going anywhere, and I'd still like to know how 'far' I rode.
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    So I updated the list to with prices and a few changes after dragging Shannon down to Loveland to visit the store. The total of stuff that I got prices on is about $130, which is a bit much, so maybe I'll leave some stuff out for now like the Aerobars. And get a helmet instead.

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    Wrote another Django app today. It's neat how a program can go from conception to tested and working in about 24 hours. Maybe I'm weird, but I like frameworks, in that they get out of your way. The part I dislike is just populating the database :oP

    So, if anyone's interested in a log-keeper (as in, logs of chats or online RP sessions), I'll post it somewhere, though it's nothing special. It's kinda geared towards furries, or at least fantasy settings, what with the 'species' attribute.

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    Sold the guitar and the recumbent. Just listed the enlarger on ebay.

    I've still got some crap if people want to buy it :D:D:D:

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    Early morning rides <3

    Also, sorry to those I freaked out at last night: there was a misunderstanding between me and James' auctioneer, and, as a result, I had to borrow some money to stay out of overdraft. It kinda pissed me off. A lot more than it should have, I guess. Oh well, the ride this morning helped. I should be getting more than a grand of the card paid off at the end of the month, which will feel good. I'll probably not buy everything on that list, but if I can get some of it and still stay above that thousand, I'll be happy :

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    Used up all my energy. Time for bed D:

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    This is probably the neatest thing I've read in a while. While they do mention that it's our habit to attribute more meaning than we really should, a lot of the conversations are, well.. really meaningful.

    http://discovermagazine.com/2007/brain/i-chat-therefore-i-a

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    Inspired by my friend John, I thought I'd look into starting up a little business project of my own. It started with wanting to follow along in his footsteps and do my own recording business (or at least take over a portion of his recording business when he graduated), but soon branched out into the uninventively-named MJS Services. Recently, I got it into my crazy little head that I should go ahead and plan out each of the different parts of the business, so I cobbled together a business plan for the.. er.. publishing division. In LaTeX, no less :oP Oh well.

    I still think I should make it a business cooperative with each score as a sub-company that people buy shares in instead of buying licenses of a product :D:D:D *dumb

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    Step 1 - Light coffee maker on fire. Step 2 - There is no step 2. Step 3 - Have a cup of tea

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    Relisted my enlarger. Dunno what I'll do if it doesn't sell. Paper the town? More flyers in the art building, Alley Cat, photo shops? Want to liquidate this investment c.

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    So I made the drive down to Peloton today and picked up a pair of CrankBrothers Eggbeater SL pedals and a pair of around-town shoes. At first, though I liked a lot of the features of the pedals, I wasn't too impressed with some aspects when I used them with my road shoes. When I tried them with the new shoes, however, all of those problems disappeared. Reading some, it looks like there are different cleats you can get to use with road shoes so that you don't have any of those problems. I'll see how they are in a month, but right now, they get an A (no +, since it'd be great if they worked just straight up with my road shoes). The shoes are nice, too, though nothing too special. A little tight now, but I'm sure the padding will break in nicely.

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    Pimp my ride
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    Profile Century Aerobars, Crank Bros. Eggbeater pedals (on both bikes, now), new shoes, road cleats for the old shoes, a Cateye light, and a Crank Bros. Speed Lever tire tool. My ride, it is now officially "pimp" :3<br clear="all"/

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    ...was basically amazing. My choir did a runthrough and recording of one of my pieces, I made scones, I rode my bike around a lot, I decided that my aerobars make me feel like I'm riding a light cycle from Tron, someone who looked like a Canadian I know said hi to me, but I don't know who it was, and I saw Charles for the first time in FOREVER.

    And I wrote a really long sentence

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    The question of polyamory is eating me up. I dunno what to do o.

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    It's amazing out today. My aerobars are amazing. Those 22 miles were amazing. Seeing other bikers was amazing. Hell, the shower afterwards was amazing :D:D:D:D:D

    *endorphins

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    I guess I'm going to go ahead and work on starting up this business - just got a very reasonably priced printer that can do what I need it to. Wish me luck :

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    It's been an expensive week, but.. well, I'm all set up now. MJS Publishing: sole proprietorship (soon to be a LLC), independent music publisher, helping to get composers started and all that jazz. Next comes site design, business loan, switch to LLC, start publishing, and advertise out the wazoo

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    Darkroom sundries: $30 OBO for the bundle - a decent easel, unopened pack of Ilford Multigrade 'Pearl' paper, plus a few sheets in a paper-safe, developing trays.

    Various computer parts: let me know what you need and I'll see what I have.

    I'm torn about it, but maaaaaaybe sometime soon or down the road... laptop: 15.4" MacBook Pro, 2GHz Core 2 Duo, 1GB ram, super drive, iSight, all the features that come with a previous-generation MacBook Pro with OS X Tiger. Small ding in the lid, battery doesn't work, so it'll need a new one

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    It's true.

    Went to a party last night and got sick off the food (though I'm sure the alcohol helped - still, it wasn't drunk-sick) and had to have James drive me home. Battling stomach crap all day with rice and lots of liquids, along with a short (seven mile) ride to pick my car back up from the party house. Flb.

    More congee for dinner. I'll be sure to push it on Ryan, Merry & Co. when they're out here. :D:D:D:D:

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    Even my cat loves them.
    Originally uploaded by Drab Makyo

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    Running is terrible.

    Goin' to bed

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    http://www.paulgraham.com/nerds.html

    Got some friends talking about me, wondering why I'm doing certain things. Well, that link pretty adequately describes why I'm no longer pursuing Music Education. Maybe next time you can ask me to my face, though :o

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    Why did life suddenly take such a weird turn? My mom's turning into a Concerned Mother, my friends are showing odd sides over something they shouldn't be taking any sort of side over anyway, and Moondog and I are having serious but good discussions about things most couples can't keep a civil tongue about. I feel like withdrawing

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    I blame , in a roundabout sort of way

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    Trying to decide whether 'having no regrets in life' is sort of brave, or rather inhuman.

    Same goes for the clichés 'verb as if no one is gerunding you' and 'verb every noun as if it's your last'

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    This time, I blame . Not my favorite song, but friggin' neat video

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    IMG_4421
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    Does anyone out there have a good Scots/Doric accent and a microphone? I need a poem read to me so that I know how it sounds :o)

    x-posted to my

    EDIT: BUY MY BIKE: http://fortcollins.craigslist.org/bik/616102931.htm

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    I'd complain about having 84 updates to install, if I weren't downloading them at 2.1MB/sec!

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    Rar.. haven't slept tonight.. miss Shanerak..

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  • Do you feel that you could talk to me about anything and I would listen?
  • Are you going to put this on your LiveJournal and see what I say about you
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    and

    FM7/E - CM7/E - Dm7 - CM7/E

    Time to write myself into a corner again. I've been doing taht with surprising speed and efficiency lately

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    Don't even know anymore.

    I just keep writing stuff, I guess. My composition teacher seems to have given up, since I kinda.. you know.. got him fired. We're just finishing the semester up with more of a whimper than a bang. However, for my UDQE, I have to have three songs or 10 minutes of music to share and another 10 minutes of talking to do, but since most of my crap won't sound all that good rendered, I'm toying with ideas for piano (like the above link), because my piano's about all that -will- sound good, and my keyboard does a pretty good piano, so...

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    So.. none of you know him, but after sitting in my composition lesson today, Dr. Moody walked away humming one of my songs. I'm.. incredibly honored :

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    I feel a little bad writing this, because this applicant was clearly very smart, but I had a problem in that he seemed to know just how smart he was. This came off in his teaching style particularly in lessons (I did my level best not to take the 'Well, tough!' joke personally, but it was difficult to ignore), but also in class, when he would disagree with an answer in a manner too 'chummy' to be associated with a professor. However, his comments and suggestions were well thought out and helpful.

    I preferred James David, the second applicant, above the other two. Although all three were very intelligent people, I think that I would learn the most from him due to his teaching style and my learning style meshing particularly well

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    Finished, for now

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    They weren't fucking kidding when they said that the printer weighed 180 pounds with the pallet. Oh well, one step closer to starting the business

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    Dreams of Kory make me sad, as do some of the results to the survey I put up.

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    The rare Korean Coffee Flower in bloom
    Originally uploaded by Drab Makyo

    Flowers are cliché. Coffee is much better!<br clear="all"/

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    One of those polarizing videos. People either see absolutely no point to it, or see lots of hidden meaning.

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    It's snowing like a motherfucker.

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    Mostly we just drove around a lot, went to some stores, visited friends, and bitched a lot. :

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    My new way of composing quickly goes against everything I'm being taught.

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    Sorry I've been out so much this week and missed calls and messages and crap. Everything's boring without you :o)

    How lame is this. Love notes on LJ :oP

    Anyway, I'll try to be around more :

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    I is a music publisher :3

    Or.. at least, I got my printer working

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    OW! Here's a tip, kids: don't torture yourself! Freakin'... Anyway.. apparently, I inherited IBS from my mom, which means occasional, incredibly painful, and oddly random tummyaches. Well, they would seem random, except that spicy food tends to bring them on. Spicy asian food like CURRY! Damnit.. the last three times this has happened has been the day (or morning) after I ate some wunnerful curry.

    THIS MAKES RANNA A SAD FOX.

    (Hee, notice the mood swings

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    http://publishing.mjs-svc.com

    I plan on putting up some posters this week soliciting scores and whatnot from local composers :

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    Totally found a piece of porn I wrote in senior year of highschool. Behehe. God, I suck: unintentional NC porn about one of my straight friends.

    Today's the day of stupid, random posts

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    It was with the Jean-jean piece that I discovered the reason people generally like to listen to music while high. It was as if someone kicked the synaesthesia up a notch - the bari sax felt so wonderfully brown and velvety while the soprano added sky blue, satiny accents. It was all quite wonderful.

    Plans for the upcoming week: study study study for the UDQE. I also may look into arranging 'Mirrors' for a mixed ensemble for an upcoming contest (Ithaca's 2008 Hecksher Composition Prize) - I'm thinking soprano sax, alto sax, violin, cello, marimba, and percussion (bass drum and snare drum).

    In other news... at what point should I become worried about a shoulder injury

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    I'm a geek.

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    In other news, Shostakovitch is pretty awesome.

    I think it is clear to everyone what happens in the Fifth. The rejoicing is forced, created under threat, as in Boris Godunov. It's as if someone were beating you with a stick and saying, "Your business is rejoicing, your business is rejoicing," and you rise, shaky, and go marching off, muttering, "Our business is rejoicing, our business is rejoicing."</blockquote

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    Calling for scores!

    Mostly just proud of my CSS :3 I'll make the real site more interesting once I start needing it to sell stuff. Suggestions welcome :

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    http://www.mjspub.com/

    EDIT: Unless y'all can help me think of something better, probably going with Matthew J. Scott Publishing. Seems pretty long, though.

    EDIT 2: Heeeelp meeeeee. Matthew. Joseph. Scott. Music. Publishing. GO

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    Went to feed John's cat today and decided, spurr of the moment, to head over to Foothills Unitarian on the way back, since I was just in time for the first sermon. I stopped going sometime last year after the activism got to be too much for me (guilt's useful, but only in certain quantities). Today, however, the sermon was particularly interesting. The subject was blasphemy in all of its aspects - from the inquisition to political blasphemy to social and academic blasphemy, anything that questions views that people hold sacred to themselves. Though the minister hinted at it, he didn't mention the sort of patriotic blasphemy that some Americans get so wound up in. I'd write something up about how some people take patriotism to near religious extremes, but I'd probably get accused of blasphemy :

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    Reading The Celestine Prophecy again, this time with a much more critical eye than before, now that I've already digested it once, and I have to say.. boo. I'll have to pick it apart when I finish because, for all it says that's interesting, it says and does a whole lot more that drive me crazy having to dig through

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    Move around like you don't care.

    Also, http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZGYwMzdjOWRmNGRhOWQ4MTQyZDMxNjNhYTU1YTE5Njk

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    Man, publishing choral music sucks. To get permission to use a text, it took two and a half weeks for W. W. Norton to send the contract, and only NOW do I find out that there's a $100 filing fee and they take up to 30% of my profits (not to mention two free copies of the score). In order to not get personally destroyed in case someone messes up, I have to set up as an LLC, $175 plus $90/year. Nevermind the $100 I need to spend on dual licensing from ASCAP x.x

    I have.. $3 cash

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    * Makyo casts [SCHEDULING] and gains +13 productivity points, $1600/month, and possibly an ulcer! http://makyo.drab-makyo.com/productivity.png </em

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    Usually I just surf VCL for shits and giggles (and porn), but occasionall a gem will turn up

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    A room, wide open and brightly lit by picture windows along one wall houses all that is needed for a compositional workspace. The walls are white, with wall-hangings and a few pictures added here and there to liven the place up a little without distracting from it. On one wall is a whiteboard with a few colored markers on it. The whiteboard has four staves marked on it with narrow strips of black electrical tape, good for scribbling quick ideas down as they come. In front of the picture windows is an architect's drafting table set fairly high with a tall, armless swivel-chair in front of it. In the tray are several pens, a few weighty mechanical pencils with different color leads in them, erasers, and a marker or two. On one side of the table is a stack of wire baskets with different sized pieces of staff paper, a few pads of post-it notes, and some lined paper to take notes on and tape to the masonite boards. The wire baskets sit on top of a two-high set of filing drawers filled with random things. Next to the drawers, a keyboard sits on a stand with speakers and a small sound-system below it. On the other side of the table is a tall desk with a tower computer and a dual-monitor setup, with a MIDI cable being run under the tray of the drafting table to the keyboard and sound being run to the sound system. Behind the desk sits a table with a large laserjet printer on it, holding 11"x17" paper, legal paper, and letter paper. On the end of the desk is a hand-made rack holding several large pieces of masonite board, each labeled with a piece of masking tape folded over around an edge. The boards can be set on the drafting table, and on each is a different project: a sheet of butcher paper covers the surface of the board to allow writing anywhere on it, with scraps and sheets of idea-filled staff paper and post-it notes taped on in such a way as to allow one to graphically connect ideas by drawing a line between them. This way, one can switch between projects easily by just swapping out masonite boards - when one is done with a project, the bucher paper can be taken off and rolled up to be put in a mailing tube for storage. A hand-made wood and cloth folding screen sections off this 'studio' - the wood is stained almost black with the cloth remaining white except for a few stylized drawings of bamboo along the bottom edge.

    I was originally planning on just hanging the butcher paper from the wall and working there, but Shannon lent me a piece of masonite, so I came up with that idea and switched to a staff-lined whiteboard.

    Post your own ideal workspace or studio. It's a meme now :

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    Went to static and danced to music that was on the verge of being too loud. That was about it, but it was fun ^

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    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7390109.stm - Great tits cope well with warming.

    I bet they do :

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    My phone is out of order until next week at least.

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    Anyone want a MacBook Pro? 15", superdrive, charger with two cords, OS X Tiger, Office:Mac 2004, MacHeist bundle, laptop messenger bag - $1,000

    Figured I'd ask here before craigslisting

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    Studio stuff
    Originally uploaded by Drab Makyo

    Whiteboard - $1
    Five drawer filing cabinet - $8
    Masonite board - borrowed from Shannon
    Electrical tape - free

    $9 (and about two hours of work, putting the staves on the whiteboard) for a good portion of my studio stuff? Oh heck yes :3<br clear="all"/

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    I can call out, but I can't receive any calls.

    Also, there's a chance that I won't be able to get my contacts out of this phone; if so, I'll do a screened-reply post asking for folks' numbers again. :

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    Going out of town from Thursday afternoon to Monday morning for a much needed vacation.

    'Much needed' being the understatement of the year

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    Looks like I can receive calls, since the speakerphone rings if I have the volume up.

    So I have a phone, just can't receive texts

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    My UDQE went well. Better than well, it went excellent. Probably the most fun I've ever had during a final, really. Maybe I'll still try for my Ph.D.

    It went that well :o)

    Also KIRAN KIRAN KIRAN KIRAN talk to me :D If we're doing R/M's reception at your place, I'd like to bring some foodstuffs there ahead of time if possible. If not, then I need to see about an alternate spot

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    I thoroughly enjoyed this.

    Olberman on Bush (again) - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/24635229#2463522

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    Wait until DVD :o/ My opinion, at least.

    OPEN MEMO TO THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY

    Comedy relief characters are not funny anymore. Subtlety can still be your friend, too

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    Speed Racer: A+

    Juno: A+

    D D D

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    TPA's awesome.

    Anyway, I helpfully screwed up the last night here - sorry about that, Andrew. Got a four hour flight to think about why I was angry, 'cause, like.. sheets coming off the bed are frustrating, but not usually enough to alienate people. Nothing like two weeks of the worst depression since high school :D

    Anyway, they're boarding soon, so.. fff.. back when I get to Fort Collins

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    So.. thinking of dipping down to RMFC for a while, probably Saturday during the day, unless I can get down there Friday night and find a floor to crash on. Anyone else going

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    All through creative use of underscores.
    scores = Score.objects.filter(title__icontains = 'butt').filter(client__full_name__icontains = 'matthew scott')

    Just creamed my pants. :

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    Wow.. uh.. thanks. c.

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    Wish I were this talented:

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    Today. I talked at Ryan for a while, then realized I was being a FREAKING JERK after he left. Then I invited Moondiggetydawg over for dindin, and my mom took us out to D'Napoli. Afterwards, we hid in the basement for a good long time trying to be quiet or something. When he went home, I returned to being a recluse.

    I have an idea for a sort of comic thingy. It's called 'Senioritis' and features, so far, me (as Ranna), Ryan (as Floof), Shannon (as EL), Kiran (as himself), and Matt D. (as Collins). I'm doing it in a real brief style so far (Androo should know what I mean, since he has my drawings; the fox saying 'NONE of your SASS' is basically the design for myself). I don't think there'll be a plot, just a bunch of hating school and random jokes. One sketch I have so far is of me yelling 'SWEET JESUS! What the fuck is up with gravity today?' and a vignette with Shannon's quote about me falling off the ground and Brunching's quote about shitting Jesuseseses.

    They won't all be as self centered, really. And I swear I'll get more characters, like Nicku, Androovoop, some teachers (I'm picturing Revier with a permanent anger-squiggle above his head) and maybe some others outside of Seniordom like Moondoggy and maybe some parents. Oh, to note, only those who identify as furs are furs. Thus, Kiran and Collins are humans. Well, Kiran is, Collins is a glorified stick figure ^

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    TORNADOES EVERYWHERE WAAAAAAAGH! RUN, YOU FOOLS

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    I do what I want! This must be shared.

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    RMFC was pretty awesome, and now I want to move down to Denver.

    Glad I went home early, though, 'cause Ryan and Merry (plus kids and dog) showed up that evening! Handfasting's gonna take place on Wednesday, looks like.

    Still need to clean some and bottle mead, though

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    Dunno your email :o) Anyway, congee party is gonna have to move to either Tuesday or Thursday or Friday. Let me know what works for you

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    Shanerak broke things off about a week ago. Pretty torn up about it, to be honest, despite pretending otherwise, and I'm spending all my time fighting down all sorts of illogical defense mechanisms. Truth is, I suppose I saw it coming, but that doesn't make it any less heartbreaking.

    Oh well.

    Gonna need a roommate coming up here at the end of summer, starting about August or so, but for now, I need to focus on Ryan and Merry and the kids

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    <img src="http://makyo.drab-makyo.com/handfasting.jpg"/

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    Dude.. what kind of FREAK inks a COMIC with a DIP-PEN?! Mmm.. cursive tip.. pointy..

    In other news, my stomach still hates me X

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    Just sent Ryan+Merry+kids+dog on their way. It was really nice seeing the couple again and getting to meet the kids. I think I'm pretty okay with being 'Uncle Matt' for a while :o) Should give me some time to work through some personal issues now, though. On the relationship front, I've got a whole host of defense mechanisms cropping up that I need to be careful of; I'm trying not to rebound on anyone too much and doing my level best to not place blame where it doesn't belong. Also really need to not get all overwhelmed in it all - I still have a degree to finish, hopefully in one school year, and a company to start, not to mention several thousand dollars of debt to pay off.

    Hard to 'just be positive' on two hours of sleep, I guess :o

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    This has me pretty frustrated at you and Jill both, but I don't mean to place blame, however much my subconscious would love to. I'm certainly guilty of doing much the same thing - after all, I didn't admit to Tyson, the Texas mink, until November of last year or so that I was going out with you, though we had already split up, and I'm sure you remember the fiasco with Merlin when we first got together. None of this is anyone's fault but distance, and again, I'm hardly placing blame. I just feel a need to tell you how I feel, and I hope you understand that. I'm not asking for you back, since we've pretty effectively proved that that's not going to work; just that I need to sort this out with you, and I'm too ashamed to do it over the phone, or even over IM. It's just another one of those defense mechanisms. Remember when I got really depressed back in highschool and you threatened to break up with me? I feel sort of like I did then - hell, I was even tempted to commit suicide, something even my subconscious admits is pretty stupid - but things are different now. Not only are we both more mature and I can attempt to describe how I really feel, but I don't have to worry about acting in the best interest of 'us' anymore, and I can say what I mean without layers of sarcasm and innuendo.

    Anyhow, I have to say that I really don't care whether or not you and Jill are dating, I still feel that I should be able to wish you both luck, whether in relationships or even just figuring things out. I love you enough and respect her enough to be allowed to do that, I think.

    ~ Mat

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    Wish I had some sort of artistic outlet for all this that worked worth a damn.

    Some artists identify so closely with their own work that were they to cease producing, they fear they would be nothing - that they would cease existing
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    Dreamt that I was in ninth grade, had a ferret that kept biting me, and watched an overly dramatic performance of Rite of Spring that sounded like something else entirely.

    First time I've remembered a dream in a while

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    If you gave me the flu, I'mma have to kick your ass :|

    Maybe I can skip out on stringing cable, though. :

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    Slept all day, waking up every two hours after having the same dream over and over again. Jesus

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    http://www.hecklerkoch-usa.com/usp_general.html

    http://www.hecklerkoch-usa.com/mark23_general.html

    Not going to buy anything for a while yet, since this is likely just another phase, but it's neat to research. Just peeking at something a little stronger than the .22-lr guns

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    Got to shoot not only the Ruger I want, but also the Buck Mark I want, as well as Ryan's old 9mm Kel-Tec and a bunch of neato rifles. A 10-22, a 30-30, a 22 thing, and a muzzle-loader. Besides bibles, we shot clay targets, 2-liter bottles of water, phone books, and an old camera lens I brought

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    Think I changed my mind on the Ruger Mk. III - the Mk. II sounds like the way to go, being a little more mature of a pistol while the former has that mature pistol as a base with some more immature, lawyer pleasing additions. After having shot James' Buck Mark, I think I can say that the Ruger will be my first choice, should I purchase anything down the road. I liked the Buck Mark, too, just not as much - not fond of the magazine release on the side of the trigger guard (and that's standard, unfortunate for me), the Ruger's bolt was easier to pull with the 'ears', where as the Buck Mark was closer to operating a slide, and the Ruger just felt a little more solid all around.

    Still peeking about at other pistols, but nothing so decisive on that front. Kinda digging the .22s, rifle-wise. Ruger (again) has some nifty semi-auto .22s with rotary magazines. Haven't read any reviews, they just look neat :D I did better with the 10/22 and the single-shot .22 (falling-block action, I think? James?) yesterday than any of the other guns, which seemed mis-sighted or something, though the wind stayed up around attempt-to-divest-Matt-of-clothing force throughout the entire time, so that might've been why both .22 pistols seemed like they needed such heavy correction. While I started to get used to the DAO trigger on the Kel-Tec, I still could only aim in a general sort of POINT THIS WAY sort of way with it, so I don't know if I hit anything, and the 30-30 'cannon' was a bit much for me, sitting down like I was; James blew a pretty solid hole through a phonebook with it, though! Who knows what happened with the muzzle-loader :D I guess long story short, I don't do well with much recoil.

    Must've shot 300-400 rounds of .22, 20 rounds of 30-30, almost 75 of 9mm, and four shots on the powder rifle

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    Diggin' the looks of various Kimber pistols (rowr), though the price is pretty friggin' high for most of them.

    Oh well, maybe I'll win the lottery one of these days. 9.

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    Una torti sadom Una parki sado

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    • Aquariu
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    The Kimbers are $150 less than MSRP at Jensen's.

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    Got phone service switched over today. Friggin' SWEET. Actually, it was pretty stupid.

    Please don't text me

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    Makyo's got a gun :D:D:D:D:D:D:

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    • It was a present to me when I turned 12, but my dad just now got around to actually handing it over :3<br clear="all"/
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    And so many wrong ways c.c

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    After a week of near constant heartburn interspersed with bouts of extreme dizziness and occasional nausea, I'm heading into the health center to see what's up. They freaked me out, saying I had to pay an $85 'health fee', until I found out that that was only if I wanted 'free' health care. Instead, I think I'll just pay the insurance's $20 copay :oP

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    Appointment went well enough. The doctor was pretty amazing - he talked to me rather like an equal and didn't really dumb anything down, even moving around to sit next to me when he described blood-test results (fine). I guess I have pre-ulcer symptoms and need to cut down on caffeine, which makes sense, and NSAIDs like ibuprofen, which is my standard go-to painkiller. So I got some generic Zantac-150 to help train my stomach to produce less acid for the next month or so, and a suggestion to get some Mylanta or whatever.

    On the other hand, because I didn't pay the $85 fee, insurance is refusing to cover the cost of the visit, but will still cover the blood test ($18) and prescription ($16) ?.? However, since the visit was a $50 consult, which is still less than that stupid fee.. who cares? Jesus.. what a stupid program. All the front-desk people were bitches about it, too, like they thought I was just INSANE for not paying the $85 fee. They don't get a commission, why do they care? :oP If this insurance didn't get me free health care period during the semester, I'd go with some company that's a little easier to work with :o

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    Blend.

    Drink :o

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    Ryannon (Ryan, Shannon :oP), are we taking you to dinner on prom night, or are you two gonna handle that? I'm thinking either The Med or Nabil's..

    Also, a reminder to the Jackal and the Voop, I won't be getting out of school until 6-6:30ish, so we'd be getting to group late. If you want to definately ge there for artshare, you might want to cop a ride from someone else

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    Boldface = new :3

    In other news, I filled a graph with herbs/flavors based on the temperature/humidity/color index I use for constructing dishes. I'll figure out some way to post it

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    Put about 8 slug rounds through the shotgun, as well as about 15 rounds of shot. Also got to shoot James' shotgun, his .30-30 with a new scope (which was pulling his cast bullets, whoops), and a Romanian surplus .22 practice rifle. And his new 9mm Taurus PT99, which was suitably amazing, especially for $250. Think I'm gonna get a Kimber sooooon :

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    Sighting in
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    From Thursday, more on Flickr.<br clear="all"/

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    First purchase
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    An old beater Marlin Model 60 for plinking when comes to visit. First gun purchase, and also first pawn shop purchase. Got this for $55 :3 Should prove to be a suitably goofy autoloading .22 for plinking at the grasslands.<br clear="all"/

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    So, since I'm fairly decided on a pistol (gonna try a .45ACP gun soon to see if recoil will be a problem), I've started looking at rifles (bad idea, I know..) The more I look, the more interested in .243 Win/.243 AI for an adequate mix of punch and accuracy, should I decide to either get into match shooting or hunting (which I may - I mean, hey, not only local food, but I did it myself :oP), though I'm not discounting the various .30 caliber rounds. The question on my mind is what to get, though. Part of me would really like a falling-block style single-shot, but another part thinks a bolt action would be perfectly adequate.

    This is all rambling, of course. If I do get a centerfire rifle before 2009, it'll be a surplus gun, unless I come across an incredible deal somewhere. I plan on waiting mostly to make more money :

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    Karen

    Maybe one of these days they'll implement a required computer literacy course for employees. Or maybe English literacy. It's not uncommon for us to get requests such as "the internet is in arabic help!!!

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    So for those of you who weren't privvy to my venting, I'm dealing with a good bit of homophobia at work. Usually, I just ignore it - the idea is that my sexuality has nothing to do with my work, until it starts to interfere with my work, and it's getting to the point where I can barely look my boss in the face, with all of the goofy, nasty, or even hateful things he says (usually about the building proctor, who is openly gay). Basically, it's starting to interfere with my work because I'm so uncomfortable around my boss and coworkers when they joke about that. I've been asking everyone's opinion, including that of the GLBT Student Services director, whose job it is to deal with this sort of thing, but other opinions would certainly be helpful!

    I should add that it really is all joking and commentary - my boss has completely revolutionized the way the workplace runs for the better in every other way, so I'm loathe to get him fired, or even disciplined. Rather, I'm looking for a more personal, one on one solution

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    Shooting at the Grasslands again today. About 80 rounds through the Model 60, worked like a charm. Pretty accurate, too, until I almost lost the rear sight blade :3 First time shooting a revolver, too; not as bad as I thought it'd be

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    Roitz, Carla
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    52 choir pictures scanned, and a bunch of Senioritis.

    In other news, I feel like a table. Go ahead and put s'more stuff on me. Maybe I'll break

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    Something's really wrong with this summer, so far. Everything seems to just be going to hell for just about everyone.

    Here's to things looking up, soon :o

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    I cannot brain today - I have the dumb.
    more cat picture

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    A Kimber is likely still in the works soon, depending on monies, but these little toys should keep me sated quite nicely.

    Even Kitty's happy :3 Kittyrifle 2</a

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    Funky stuff
    Originally uploaded by Drab Makyo

    Having some troubles with Iceweasel/Firefox, now that it's upgraded to 3.0. Seems to be a problem with rendering certain stylesheets, but who knows... Probably have to click through to see the larger version.<br clear="all"/

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    100 rounds through the new Ruger, 20 through the Nagant. No problems at all. Accuracy was hard to determine with the wind being what it was, but the Ruger did plenty fine; of the two types of surplus ammo for the Nagant, the steel-casings did better than the brass. The Ruger's still toight as a toigah, dissassembly-wise, and it may take another couple hundred rounds before I don't have to use my hammer's wood handle to get the receiver/barrel on and off the grip :o

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    Another 100 through the Ruger, with only one weird problem, probably due to ammo (misfire, FTE). About 60 through the Nagant, including a bunch at two 4'x4' pieces of plywood, one at about 120 yards and one at 300 yards. Same targets with the Marlin .22 - we had to wait after each shot for almost a second before it would hit near the 300 yard target :D It was pretty accurate, though, and I busted a 6"x6" piece of ceramic tile at 120 yards

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    A+ amazing :D

    EDIT: Cooooosmoooooliiiiiiiine! D

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    While I'm fairly accurate with the Nagant, I have two problems with it: the length of pull (distance between the trigger and butt-plate) is too short, and the comb (the top of the stock, where you rest your cheek) is too low and angled downwards. I fixed the first problem with a recoil absorber pad, and the second with an elastic ammo sleeve with a folded up piece of cloth under it. My goal was to fix these problems without modifying the rifle, in case I want to display it.
    Barrel grease Of course, I still have lots of cleaning to do before it's display worthy - this is about 20 patches worth of just the inside of the barrel, after doing 30 last night. Cosmo D:<br clear="all"/

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    Let me know what y'all think

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    A grade A pain in the ass, a liar, a cheat, an elitist, and a domineering bitch, but mostly, a naive little girl who doesn't know a damned thing about love

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    There are some pretty brilliant composers out there. I've now got four signed on (plus myself) to be published under my company (and to think, all I have advertising it is a single-page website).

    Unfortunately, been fairly depressed lately, so I haven't even touched the website. No way I'll make it in 14 days :oP I'll have to have a talk with the composers and let them know the site will take a little longer to get things up and running

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    IMG_4710
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    ...<br clear="all"/

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    I've been playing with the Kimber all evening. Got put away, alas, and locked up: I need to have a long conversation with the last of my gin. And some white Russians I know.

    Man, this summer sucks

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    I figured it'd be a way to relieve some stress. Relieved more driving out to the grasslands than actually shooting, though :3 Found a bunch of brass for James, some for myself, too. Very shiny Hornady Match-grade .308, which is what I was figuring I'd get my rifle in some day

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    Someone screwed up, looks like. And I really wanted to shower ;.

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    Also,

    I was told to spread the glee :3

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    GREAT SUCCESS.

    No thanks to you lot :o

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    Handguns!
    Originally uploaded by Drab Makyo

    Here, have a crappy picture of my handguns, Kimber has new grips.<br clear="all"/

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    Pardon me if I seem rather escapist, but I'm just gonna drop the subject. Kelly, I tried, I really did, and I got some gratitude for it, but reposting the conversation wasn't to anyone's benefit, and made me feel just as bad as the original did. Michael, I'm not going to choose sides; I don't feel comfortable in this tizzy. Kindra, maybe there's a way you can salvage my respect for you, but I don't know what it is. Everyone else, I'm out.

    In other news, school still sucks. Failed another math test I thought I did well on. I think I might be last in class rank. Latin has a 200 line poetry test coming up next week. Second half of a history test next week. Speaking of history, I ditched an assembly ("don't drink and drive") and got to Carter's class on time, along with about half of the class, only to find out that the assembly ran 20 minutes late, making it completely obvious who ditched and who didn't. Carter got pissed at the administration.

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    This dose of nightmare-stuff brought to you by </lj

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    So I've got myself four composers so far, plus myself, for an opening catalog of five composers with about 10-15 pieces among them. This is almost more than I hoped for, considering I advertised with a single-page website, and that's it! The problem I'm having, though, is that I'm getting a lot of very modern music (of the composers, two are college students, two are college professors, and one is a church organist), all of which is pretty difficult, with only two pieces at the level 3 of 5 difficulty, and the rest up at 4 and 5.

    Should I start actively soliciting composers to publish for me? Particularly, composers who I know can write some easier to perform music? Part of me feels pretty awful soliciting anything, but the other part knows I should get over that if I want to be successful.

    Is this the right time to start that

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    Well, since last night. In Star Wars Ep. III, one of the Jedi Council (Yoda, or maybe Windu) says, "Only the dark side deals with absolutes."

    Wh-wh-whaaa

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    Afterwards, he relived each day unceasingly

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    COMPUTOR EXPIRED: PLEASE PURCHASE ANOTHER.

    Oh well. It was long past time I upgraded, anyway

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    All came out to $265 or so, which is a pretty good deal, I suppose. I have the old box up and limping with the case open and the PSU lifted out to improve circulation. Works well enough to back up all that I need just in case. If things can be fixed in any reasonable fashion, I may turn it into a back-up box, just run a stripped down Debian installation and only turn it on to back stuff up to it.

    Hodgepodge as it was, it served me well

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    If you want to fuck the person who posts this, send him or her a reply saying "I'd Fuck You" But, you have to post this in your journal, in exchange. (Actually, I could care less if you do this)

    And marvel at the replies.

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    Compare and give me your opinion: http://makyo.drab-makyo.com/sib-ly_compare.html

    I'm trying to decide whether or not I want to go through the trouble of using lilypond to publish all of my scores. It would be a little harder on me, but the result seems to be easier to read with a few caveats (the cross-bar tie between measures five and six, the dot collision in measure six, both in the right hand piano part). I spent the day learning the lilypond syntax, and I can do much more with it than with Sibelius

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    Two things: the last image shows the CPU cooler that came with the CPU, I switched to the nicer one I bought later (which is in backwards in the middle picture, otherwise the fans would be blowing away from each other); and I had to get a new power supply, too, since the old one seems pretty busticated

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    as it stands (probably have to click 'Week' to see it

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    Behold! The Mosin-Nagant Sniper(sorta)! Should be fun :3<br clear="all"/

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    School and work are taking a lot more time than I anticipated. Sorry I'm not around online and not posting here very much. Still working on all of those projects underway, just not nearly as much. Should calm down soon.

    Classes are okay, nothing great, nothing terrible. The new building is amazing, though, and I feel like I'm actually getting to help in some respects. With our regular replacement cycle of two years at work, we pulled 52 relatively good computers (3GHz, 1G RAM, 40G SATA hard drives, but only two PCI slots, no PCI-E or AGP, so onboard video only). I pulled some strings and initiated some dialogs, and somehow got 19 of those computers, plus 21 fairly decent 17" LCDs, PLUS 10 laptops taken over to the new building. All of those desktops are going in the music composition lab, which I'll be helping to set up. The Music people didn't know about the free equipment transfers, so they're all excited to be getting this stuff for free from the library. There's a whole lot of politics involved, really: campus surplus would have us transfer the machines through them (charging $25 per computer, plus the cost of recycling the current hard drive and buying a new one) and have the music department buy the computers from them afterwards. As the department would be using student tech fees, which bought the computers in the first place, to do this, students would effectively be buying the computers twice. No one in LTS is a fan of that, though, so we do our best to work around that by technically willing the computers to an individual over in the new department. Kinda sneaky, I guess, but worth it.

    I guess that's it, really. x.

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    I'm looking for suggestions to get a traditional mediums piece done of my mom's dog, who's getting up there in years. I think it'd be a good sort of present. Looking to have it done and in my hands by October 16th at the earliest, and Christmas at the latest. Anyone have any suggestions for artists

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    I'm still hung up on this because Lilypond's printed output really does look better to me than Sibelius', which looks anemic. Now that I know what I'm doing, it really doesn't take much longer to transcribe from printed music to Lilypond than it would to Sibelius

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    Card will be paid off Monday. Won't be using it again until after it expires in January and I get the next one.

    By the way... PUPPYPUPPYPUPPYPUPPY!</a

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    This link will be sporadic, so enjoy it while it's up

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    And also: </lj-embed

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  • Morten Lauridsen - Lux Aeterna
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    $0.99 single piece sale (3-day weekend? one week? one month?) - sell individual short pieces like art-songs or piano pieces for $0.99. Offer some songs only through this deal?

    Build-your-own songbook - for the price of the songs plus a small fee, combine pieces into a book - make sure LaTeX, PDF combining, and page-numbering are all worked out firs

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    Dr. Asbill -

    Dr. Asbill teaches one of two sections of beginning conducting. I signed up for one section (with the other professor), but we started the first three class periods with the entire class combined. Then, Dr. Asbill, who had barely let the other professor speak more than two or three words per period, simply had us count of 1, 2, 1, 2, and made all the twos go with the other professor and all the ones stay with him. I didn't really think anything of it until Tuesday, when he informed half our class that they weren't registered for his section and that we should do that within the next few days. I tried to register on Wednesday, only to find out that registration had closed, and I found out today that I can still get Dr. Asbil to file a late-registration class change. For $50. Basically, I have to pay for a teacher's incompetence, on top of my $4,000 semester.

    Nice, guys. Real nice

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    • 18:28 iPod Touch 2nd Gen :| Oh well, half a pay check. #
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    Posting from my iPod at work over wireless and VPN. This thing is pretty awesome, even if it makes my coworker call me a latte-sippin' Mac user :

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    IMG_4793
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    Finally getting all set up :3 Just need all the data drops activated c.c<br clear="all"/

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    scan Enter. Alt i e 9 Alt i i tab tab 800 Ctrl+shift+s Shift+tab Shift+tab down up up enter tab right right down down down enter down enter tab 0501-059 tab j enter enter Repeat.

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    Grab the nearest book. Find the 5th sentence on page 23. Append it to the paragraph below. Append your name to the list below of people who have contributed to the paragraph. Post the result to your LJ.

    They also talk of our being guilty of injustice, and their being the victims of an unjustifiable war. Brandy, and Tom got increasingly close-mouthed and sour. Although a certain sense of tripartite society survived down to Christian times, the three classes described in the Eddic poem "Rigdthula" bear little resemblance to Dumezil's three. It is often argued, and still oftener thought, that none but bad men would desire to weaken these salutary beliefs; and there can be nothing wrong, it is thought, in restraining bad men, and prohibiting what only such men would wish to practice. At its nearest point the wall was little more than one league from the City, and that was south-eastward. When he saw Jack Hare jump towards the fire, and the Practical Man brandishing the toasting-fork, Sir Isaac grabbed the strings of gravitational force that bound Jack to his destiny and PULLED--- That's a seventy-four gun privateer, besides. To honour a group of British nobles, treacherously slain at a conference by Hengist's guards, Aurelius decides to erect a great monument near Amesbury. That being so, he did not chortle when he went upstairs. Let stand. This ensures that when the garbage collector runs, it has complete access to the memory in the heap and can perform its tasks safely without the threat of being preempted by another thread. And then you may begin to laugh. The data are stored in Column 1 and renamed "Age." Pull your hand back. I don't remember that any secrets were revealed to me, nor do I remember any avid curiosity on my part to learn something I wasn't supposed to--perhaps I was too young to know what to listen for. You don't remember how awful it is being normal. Highlight the desired state tax table and press Enter. Abraham had now reached a ripe old age, and the LORD had blessed him in every way. This doesn't alter either string, any more than 2+3 alters either 2 or 3. And I will say firmly that it is the author who says, "One does feel," who is really an egoist; and the author who says, "I believe," who is not an egoist. The police have agreed to let us show this video. She was particularly fond of Union Maj. Joseph Willard, some years her senior, who courted her amid the competitive field of Blue and Gray. And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womanservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok. Nonetheless I am surprised to see the amount my week's worth of toil has actually brought me. "How Noble," the Reverend Mother sneered.

    1) Ranger Rick 2) Rialian 3) Elenbarathi 4) Starsandfishes 5) Echthros 6) Doltaghey 7) Ebonhost 8) Tibicina 9) Browngirl 10) ceo 11) roozle 12) quietann 13) Dale (achinhibitor) 14) tigerbright 15) autographedcat 16) kitanzi xvii) annonyno חי)thnidu 19) smallship1 20) vashti 21) xydexx 22) Leonard_Arlotte 23) margaras 24) Maky

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  • Full fathom five thy father lies. Yeah, maybe this one was a bad idea.</em
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    And yeah..

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    She deserved it
    Originally uploaded by Drab Makyo

    ATTENTION

    MY CAT SOMETIMES SMELLS LIKE POOP

    THAT IS ALL :3<br clear="all"/

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    I kinda suck at this game

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    If you read this, if your eyes are passing over this right now,(even if we don't speak often or ever) please post a comment with a COMPLETELY MADE UP AND FICTIONAL memory of you and me.

    It can be anything you want - good or bad - BUT IT HAS TO BE FAKE.

    When you're finished, post this little paragraph in your LJ and see what your friends come up with

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    I'm glad pen nibs only cost a quarter or so, 'cause I wouldn't waste a micron on this ^

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    Shopping today, I was almost hit by a car trying to turn in the wrong way down one of those one way parking-lot lanes, so I pointed to the arrow on the ground indicating the lane's one-way-itude. Some guy who witnessed this accosted me on the way in and called FoCo the "Jackass capitol of the west" and implied that I might be the president of such a capitol. Further, he indicated that he would slit his wrists if he was from such a jackass state, and implied that I should do the same.

    I didn't have time to commend him for how well he seems to be fitting in :oP

    In other news, I figured out that Obama backwards is 'I will love' in Latin. Clearly, he's far to intellectual for America, hiding such things in his name

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    Can't help it with the Cornelius

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    (The conductor, alas, is far from metal

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    Anyhow, in my ongoing attempts to ACTUALLY COMPLETE A PIECE OF WRITING, I'm going to try NaNoWriMo again this year, and I'm really working on it, I promise! I have a LaTeX shell that I just need to fill in as I write (though I'll likely write in plain text and just copypasta everything into the shell later, since all the pretty colors of LaTeX are distracting :D), I just got back from the first Meet'n'Greet and I plan on going to as many Write-Ins ans I can (FoCoNaNo-ers are surprisingly like furries, I must say; whether this is good or bad is yet to be decided c.c), and I have an outline that I plan on actually following (last year, my characters got out of control and turned out to be just as boring as I am).

    As for the other projects, I'll likely pick Manifesto up again in December (snow is for spiritualism, I guess), and maybe I'll do the Tarot project over Christmas break, since school and work stole that out from under me pretty efficiently - I even have a volunteer who wants readings done. The problem is I'm good at planning (the novel, Manifesto, and the Tarot project are all completed on paper) but I need to work on completing. Oh well, that's my goal with this mess.

    <img src="http://www.nanowrimo.org/files/main/images/nanowrimo_participant_icon_122x244.gif"/

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    Dinner plans up in the air. The Med is kind of expensive and full, so maybe The Kitchen or something else.

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    Woo, mom dragged me to the Obama rally today. It was.. strange. I don't think the organizers were expecting the population of Fort Collins to pile on campus, and so the line wound up being 2.5-3 miles long. Still, it was kinda fun to go, and is probably the closest to a (possible) president I'll ever get

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    All of the sudden and with no warning...

    ...I now like candy corn. o.o

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    I haven't composed more than four or five measures in the past two and a half weeks because upgrading Sibelius took away all the functionality that I actually liked and used in the previous version. I don't know what to do anymore.

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    Sorry for the weird copying issues in the last couple of entries. My bad. I'd start typing in Vim without being in insert mode, and wound up yanking (copying) and pasting paragraphs accidentally. All told, deleting those duplicates brought me down to 9,778 words. I tried to make it up tonight, getting to my old count and writing past that.

    Unfortunately, I don't feel like posting the whole thing twice. Twice, you say? Shameless plug, I say! I got my drupal site running enough to start posting things there, and the 'book' plugin is pretty awesome, so you can see the whole thing at http://drab-makyo.com/node/3

    Or you can just pick up where we last left off. Caution! Matt got sappy, borderline saccharine! Oh, and I wrote about morning wood. Just a forewarning :

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    * This key is actually fairly easy to rock in if you’re in drop D, but you rarely hear any super punk death metal in D Minor. Odd.

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    Once again reminded of how much I love biology. Lately, these essays-a-night have been bugging me, but the one due tomorrow is on the immune system. When I found my notes, I had another sort of flashback to learning in class and getting so damned excited at the topic that I was most likely impatient with Ms. Reed for going slow :o) Anyway, I'm quite pleased with my reaction, as I was afraid that I'd have a hard time with bio in college, but with this I can understand how I'll just end up having fun with it. Well, most of it ^

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    Cruisin' along. finished the second section of the novel (for those of you following along with the outline, I just finished the 'First theme in the tonic'. At this rate, I'm going to be writing a fairly long book.

    I posted it, but, fair warning, there's some sex in the last 'chapter'. I was tasteful, but it's pretty damn explicit. Sorry about that, but, after so many years of dealing with typefucking on the internet, I feel as though I'm entitled to take some liberties with my novel :D:D:D

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    If you are celebrating after this election, please, for humanity's sake, do not stop. Acknowledge your victories, yes, but never let anything stop you from trying to make this a better world no matter how you are able, because our drive to improve is what will make this world great through the ages to come.

    This American election was stressful for us all, Americans and otherwise, but it is just a moment in time, and time will never stop. Let us look back and say that we weathered the surge of politics and moved on, ever seeking to make the world a better place for ourselves, our friends and families, and for everyone in it for eons to come.

    (It's written like a speech because I was going to check out one of the library's MacBooks and make a YouTube video, but someone stole one of them Friday and the police have requested we put a hold on them for a while, so take it in its context.

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    (I liked this one, since it makes me look like I wrote way more than I did today, since I didn't update until after midnight last night)

    Finally onto the transition to the second theme: http://drab-makyo.com/node/9 Gonna be a long book at this rate

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    I burned the heel of my right palm on the cast iron skillet making steak for myself tonight. I never realized how much that part of my hand moves when I type, especially reaching for the backspace and shift keys until now x.x Oh well, I'm keeping a frozen lump of emu close by so that I can palm it every now and then. The good news is that there are two shift keys and the right shift key on this laptop is going out, so I've been using the left more and more. The bad news is that I almost always use the right shift anyway, since that's what I use normally, only correcting myself after the fact.

    Stupid foxes.

    Anyway, still writing tonight, pain or no. I finished `chapter' fifteen earlier today, which means I'm done with the transition section. On to the second theme, which might be a whole lot more difficult to write. I'm finding that I'm starting to care about my characters' relationship a lot, which.. well, I shan't spoil the rest of the book :o

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    28,406 words - 56.81% I've now surpassed my previous effort :D

    I'm getting into the swing of the second theme, two chapters into it now. I'm curious, for those who are reading as I write, do you want me to tell you what the themes represent before I get too deep into the second one, or do you want to guess for yourselves? I had planned on the latter and asking when I got halfway done with the book just to see if I was pulling things off, but I figured I'd see if y'all want to know up front :o)

    Anyway, I left off halfway through chapter sixteen which I finished earlier today, so here's the link to that: http://drab-makyo.com/node/45 I promise I'm not writing a porno, but there's more sex c.c It's part of the plot, I promise

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    James came up yesterday, so I took a bit of a writing break. He was out this morning, though, so I got another chapter done. It's posted here: http://drab-makyo.com/node/55

    I'll be writing more this weekend, too be sure, but since I'm at 31,690 words/63.38% I don't feel too bad taking it easy for a day or two :o)

    Watch out, now he's doin' drugs

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    35,235 - two more chapters under my belt, and probably two more in this section. The second of the chapters is a total cop out that will likely disappear when I edit, but for now, it's a bunch of words that have something to do with the story, so I'll keep it :D

    Where we left off: http://drab-makyo.com/node/56

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    Went to a NaNoWriMo write in today for the hell of it (there now, actually). Friggin' awesome. They gave us goodie bags with little plastic ninjas and buttons and 'Novelist' signs.

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    (it occurs to me that these images cache. I really shouldn't use them. BUT THEY'RE SO AWESOME. Ctrl+f5 or Shift+f5 to refresh all cached data. One of the two :o)

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    I feel like crying! It's sad :o)

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    41,302, woooooo. Also, I'm now done with part 1! Time to figure out how to write the development section :3 This predicts that I'll break 50k in four days :D:D:D:D

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    Just an observation - I've stopped washing my hair in the morning because I look British :D

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    I thought a shopping trip would interrupt my writing flow, but I'm not so disappointed now. Vitamin water was on sale for $0.50 per bottle, so I stocked up on that (been looking for something non alcoholic to keep around the house c.c) and got a bunch of fruit, as well. Total score.

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    Bang, baby. 11:50 PM, I saved and reached 50,070 words! Now, my laptop's battery is about to die, so I gotta head home and recharge. I'll finish the chapter and post then.

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    EDITEDIT: Finally! 50,694. I know it's all rambly. Side effect of trying to cram 7,000-some-odd words into such a short time. Where we left off: http://drab-makyo.com/node/6

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    First snow of the season. A MONTH LATE. Looks like it'll only leave half an inch or so, which will be gone by 9 tomorrow

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    Two days off has made it decidedly difficult to get back into writing.

    Oh well, 52,612 words (52.16% complete, if I'm aiming for 100,000, which is accurate enough), one chapter that probably doesn't make any sense and adds very little to the plot. Hopefully I'll get back into the swing of things.

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    I may update this if I write more later, but I may focus on music instead. Artfox is arted out. And fat! *squish

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    I'll do your name up all pretty-like if you ask me nicely

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    Before I forget

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    Just something to give me nightmares before bed c.

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    My brain has melted out my left ear in protest, but I finally got some of my crazymodern stuff done in lilypond

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    Recording: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1722607

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    ...But I've stalled :| I neglected to plan the middle section, so I don't really know how to finish it off. Still trying

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    Defend yourselves*, and in the process, teach me how to defend myself! I get this, though rarely this blatant, about once a week, and I need to know how to convince people that music is a legitimate, substantial endeavor worth pursuing in today's world, because honestly? I'm getting sick of this.

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    :|

    Rifles (left to right) Ruger No. 1 in .25-06 (3-9x Leupold scope); T/C Encore in .243 (6x Bushnell Scope Chief); Mosin-Nagant in 7.62x54R; Marlin Model 60 in .22LR; Browning BPS in 20 Ga.

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    Yap!

    Just got my pictures today in the mail.

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    Everything is hunky-dory-ish. :D:D:D:D:D:D D

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    Labyrinth + Mugwort and Catnip tea lead to me dreaming about David Bowie being my choir director and some odd group (it had Tim Schiesswohl in it, who isn't actually in choir) rehearsing lying down on the stage naked.

    Anyway, yesterday: I had my speech in public speaking. It went pretty well. My 'opponent' ended up proving my point in a round about way, but she still did well. I think, for doing my outline a few hours previous, I did pretty well, too ^^ I didn't lose anyone on the oppinion polls. After that.. um.. Carter.. nothing exciting. Went home for lunch alone (I waited.. c.c) and put in eyedrops before my eyes got too bloodshot and itchy (which they did anyway) and also printed out my poem for creative writing. Latin was actually pretty cool. Sort of. Got out early and went to Wendy's for fries. Creative Writing, MissDoo's hatred grows.

    Last night, I wish I had been able to talk to teh Moondoggy s'more, but my mom stole the computer and I went to bed. Oh yeah, before that was Labyrinth and tea. So.. here I am ^

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    Made it all the way through the day, then got all emotional when I got home. Oh well. Walked a couple miles, went to a bar a block from my house, and ate the most decadent thing I could find. I had a glass of scotch, mushroom tortellini in a white porcini sauce with truffle oil, and a glass of wine (by the way, wine folk, I finally understand why you pair wine with food), all for fairly cheap. I think I've gotten over all that mess, though it was likely more the walk than the consumerism, though those tortellini were really good :

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    Anyway, I got back into work the next day, planning on what I would do if I got fired. My boss pulled me aside and told me that everything would be okay, that I wasn't getting fired, but that if I did it again, not only would I be fired, but he would personally kick my ass. The network admin told me just about the same thing. I was told that it was technically untraceable to me and that no litigation would be filed because it was fairly untraceable. And then we got to work as normal.

    This was the first thing I had downloaded in months, almost a year. I think the last thing I got was BSG season 3. And you know? This was a pretty effective deterrent - I think it'll be the last thing I download, too.

    Moral: be careful. They really are keeping an eye on this, and they really will contact you, if nothing else

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    The Blue Flag

    Sucks that the first snow of the season didn't come until December, but at least it came. (click through for large, didn't resize well

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    Pots
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    Got the white balance all fixed up on this one, too. Huzzah :D<br clear="all"/

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    ...is James' squib load out of my Encore.

    And a new cleaning rod (snapped), and a new .22 cal jag (bent). And probably a new .243 barrel for the Encore (which may have a new groove)

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    http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1777895/ - Concerto for Saxophone Quartet (2nd draft)

    http://www.archive.org/details/CharacterDances - Character Dances for piano (final draft)

    There's some other piddling little things, but nothing even worthy of 'draft'

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    Friggin' love work :

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    Oh gawd...

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    In other news, I went to the food bank today and got fooooood, finally. Prr :3 Rather awkward collection of people in line there. Don't suppose I helped - red pants and a brown fleece and way too much hair.

    In other, other news, I got a couple pictures of me from a friend. May be helpful somewhere

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    Went grocery shopping today 'cause despite going to the food bank yesterday, I was still missing a variety of things - coffee, noodles and sauce, vegetables, etc. Still, I spent $90 at King Soopers, which usually gets me about two weeks worth of food, but this stuff should last me about a month (except for the spinach and milk). If I can cut my food costs in half like this for every month, I think I'll be good!

    In other news, I'm ready to be done with school :

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    Anyway, yeah. After school, I beat people with my tail for a while, then we all (Ryan, Nicku, Andru, Kiran) decided to go to my house for partaking in Labyrinth, since some had never seen it (it was cheap, so I bought it). We piled, sort of, and I reiki'd Kiran for tummy hurtiness until he squirmed away from my overheated paws. After, there was more piling, some wrestling, and other goofing around while Nicku looked at my Magic cards. Before long, Kiran had called his mom to get picked up, Andrew left for the bus, and Ryan and Nick followed shortly after Kiran was picked up. So here I am. Talking to Li'l Orange Thing.

    Today was cool. Went to talk in health classes about faggotry. Nicki and Constance spoke, too, so we had a grand ould time. Lots of good questions and good responses. In choir, we voted for top senior people, and I was informed by a good number of people that they voted for me. Hmm. Odd. Anyhoo. Nothing special after that, 'cept for leaving Latin to go drink chocolate soy milk with peoples on rampthing.

    P-p-p-p-p-prom! I'm thinking an earlyish dinner and a movie somewhere. Man on Fire and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind have been suggested to me by biology students. Kiran wants to come to dinner and movie, too, but not Prom, so.. yeah. Michael and Ryannon, talk wif me, and we'll work times out that'll work. Also, what should we do about dinner? I'm assuming there's no qualms with the Kitchen or Nabil's..

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    the first five people to comment get a doodle of their choosing. in return, they have to post this in their journals.

    This won't be pretty :

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  • Purchased from Magic Makyo's Floating Hat Emporium, of course.

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  • Timescape, Gregory Benford
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    Sorry. Hehehehehe... Heidi Montag
    more lol celebs!

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    I'd have to pick up a couple of things just to help myself out. Pasta rollers, ingredients, dish soap and dishwasher detergent, stuff like that. Some more tupperware, sandwich baggies, and plastic wrap would help, too. I can probably borrow my mom's pasta rollers, which would be the biggest expense, but does anybody want to 'sponsor' me with some of the other things? Already got a bunch of food from James. :3

    Also, if this just plain uninteresting, I'll leave it out of here

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    VBScript sucks. Like, hard-core. I'm not quite sure how something like this can be called an adequate language by any stretch of the imagination. WMI is a good idea, I suppose, but its implementation rather blows.

    Anyway, did my programming. We now have a way to turn the entire public area of the library, including all three labs, off and on remotely. And since all public machines are set to boot to NIC on Wake-On-LAN, that means we can reimage the entire public area as needed from our desktops in the cozy area we live in :D And hey, if we replace computers? There's a script that rebuilds all the WOL scripts, too :o)

    Ship it

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    Best place for self defence
    Originally uploaded by Drab Makyo

    Pff. Where would YOU hang your holster?<br clear="all"/

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    Lunch: Leftover saag

    Dinner: Stir-fry

    I'll add more to this later, hopefully. Good stir fry. Late, though

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    FN Hi-Power
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    Hi-Power GET!<br clear="all"/

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    Lunch: Nothing

    Dinner: Pasta with homemade red sauce and home-made sausage; orange dreamsicle shakes

    James has been over, sorry for slacking on the writing. I'll try to remember how I made all these soon, but I keep forgetting to post until way too late

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    D:

    ===

    Also, too sick to eat breakfast, made dinner with mom. Roast chicken, string beans, and mashed potatoes. Cranberry "sauce" and poppy-seed cake for dessert. Some good stuff, wish I had the will to post recipes

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    Only 57.

    Every time we get a shipment in, I wind up with a wall separating me from my (very concerned) coworker

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    Still alive, promise. Still eating in for the most part, though I've had a few little excursions here and there. I've even been making some interesting stuff, but.. dunno, just fell out of posting. Maybe when I'm done, I'll compile a few recipes and pictures of neat stuff. I've been feeling better for eating in, too, since I use so little oil, grease, and fat (makes me wonder if I have some sort of gall bladder problem c.c).

    Work's been going well enough. I've been doing a lot of scripting and such for the public machines. VB Script still sucks, but WMI and ADSI are alright. They're certainly good ideas, if implemented a little awkwardly (it IS Microsoft, after all). I'm trying for a lateral shift of some sort, so that I'd be working under both R&D and Tech Support. I'd be doing all that I'm doing now, plus a little PHP maintenance, and I'd get a small raise. Got my resume all prepped for that.

    Other than that.. uh.. dunno. I suck at this blogging thing, I guess

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    It's pretty rare that I find any of these more than vaguely chuckle-worthy, but this one was just too perfect this morning :o)

    funny pictures of dogs with captions
    see more puppies</a

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    Baby pew pew pew
    Originally uploaded by Drab Makyo

    Plus this eventually. :D:D:D

    * It will eventually grow up into a big pew pew pew.<br clear="all"/

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    Feeling really good ^^ Mellow waves of a sort of vague, euphoric love wash over me. It's both directed and undirected, so if I seem rather affectionate tomorrow (big if, it might not last the night), cool. Apologies if it offends.

    Talked to Kory a little bit earlier about the crush I had (have? As nice as it'd be to have other feelings leave when you enter a relationship, it's not always so simple) on him, as well as Jerred, though it was mostly just a discussion on how it related to Shanerak. Silly old me, I ended up sorta edging away from the truth, portraying Shan as an enabler who sort of edged me closer to my crushes. What can I say, I was scared shrug

    I might've seemed angry at Androo earlier tonight, but he was coming off as kinda rude. Sill old me, jumping to conclusions. Anyhoo, I'm in love with the world, so it seems to matter so little now ^

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    Adolescent pew pew
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    Built it myself, with help from :D<br clear="all"/

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    Just cleaned, de-primed, sized, and primed my first brass on ' old single-stage rig :D I've got twenty .308 cases ready for powder and bullets, just as soon as I mount the press, 'cause I sure as hell am not doing -that- step in my lap :oP

    Also from this weekend: a bench rest for accuracy and a bipod for when the AR comes of age :D Oh, and a buttstock wrench for ARs, if anyone needs it :o

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    Reloading setup
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    Huzzah! Single-stage press - making .308 Winchester, 150 grain Sierra spitzer-boattail, 42 grains of Accurate 2495BR<br clear="all"/

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    From </lj

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    In the video, the camera follows a hand with a marker as it draws on a wall or giant whiteboard, never lifting the tip of the marker from the surface. Faces and buildings start to show, here and there, and finally, the camera zooms out to show that the artist has combined everything into a giant mural. Anyone seen this video or know where I can find it

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    When I moved over to start working for R&D, I figured I would, if nothing else, be less stressed due to not having to fix things for stupid crazy people.

    So much for that idea.

    Time for a beer and furry porn :o

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    Socketed.

    Via William Gibson's Pattern Recognition, and his concept of souls in terms of jet lag

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    all packed into some terrible little dinner, which may have been an IHOP. Ohgawd D

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    Schoool. Overslept some, but Revier didn't say anything. Went home during second for a shower and a snack. I ended up eating something that made me rather sick, and, though I started feeling slightly better during lunch, I ended up just taking Shannon home and sleeping through sixth and eighth. I made it back to school in time for Chivalry, where we had a really good rehearsal, even if the bases (coughKorycough) wouldn't shut up. During massed choir, I sung and poked at Kory some, then sat on the stage and poked at Jerred. I was gonna give Kory a ride to his car 'cause he's a lazy bum, but he had to stay, so I just drove Shannon home and dumped off some plastic. Just got off the phone with Moondoggy, who sounded half asleep, and now here I am.

    Yesterday was unspectacular except for the lack of sleep. I was late to Chivalry 'cause I forgot it started at 6:45, so Revier yelled at me and I yelled back. After school, I drove home to pick up mail. Got my Salvia (10x extraction, and a free baggie of 5x extraction) and HBWR seeds. Then to coffee with Samir. We talked a lot about everything from Michael to innocence (that file is one I mentioned to Samir; it's not what I remember it being, but some similar ideas and a quote are expressed). After the talk came group, which sucked mightily, so Michael, Samir, Androo, Me, Kelly, and two NVHS kids left for coffee. I left shortly after to go to bed.

    Aaaaand I just forgot to press enter x.x I know I told Michael I was gonna go to bed after a shower, but I got distracted (and spent some money. Damnit..), sorry. Anyway, gonna talk with him Sunday about schtuffs

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    Okay, , you made it into my dream last night. Anthrocon + zombies :D :D :D :D

    EDIT: was there too, but he turned into a zombie D

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    Spent $712.50 on food today. I purchased fruit and vegetable shares at Grant Family Farms, so every week from June to December, I should receive about ten pounds of vegetables and seven pounds of fruit. It was a big hit on my credit card, but I also won't have to buy much more than milk from the store, since I can get most everything else from the food bank. Hell, I'm thinking I might even get an egg share, then I could probably cut out meat from my diet fairly easily - or at least cut it way down. The list of what I'll be getting over the 26 weeks is impressive, and there's a chance that I'll get even more, since I heard mention of peaches :o9 Since I usually spend between $100 and $200 per month on food anyway, I'm really excited to be getting half a year's worth of food for that price.

    Grant Family Farms, if anyone's interested. Order before the end of the month and you'll get a discount :3 (And if you want, tell them 'Matt Scott' from Fort Collins sent you :D

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    Drupal has FAILED ME.

    Spent the last two days marathon-coding my storefront in Python using Django and Gchecky. Fuuuuck. Oh well, proves I can actually do things when I put my mind to it. Gonna take the weekend to myself and finish development and testing, hoping to go live next week.

    EDIT: Dreamhost has also FAILED ME. Oddly enough, my site on DreamhostApps also runs Drupal 9.

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    Fuckin' adding up

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    Isn't my icon SUPER COOL? Well, the SUPER COOL artist who did the SUPER COOL picture I got the icon from is doing some SUPER COOL icon sale!

    You should totally check it out :3</a

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    Where'd all my pretty music go

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    Gears for eyes! :D:D:

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    A giant self-portrait of you.

    This Friday.

    Ohhh yeeeaaah :

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    I'm lazy, I like Modest Mouse, and I like Erowid. That's all I really have to say

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    I really hate the person that I've become. I was supposed to meet up with Jerred tonight but he never called. Part of me is glad because I would be embarassed for him to see what I am now after being so close for so long

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    INTP - not what I used to be
    You Are An INTP
    The Thinker

    You are analytical and logical - and on a quest to learn everything you can.
    Smart and complex, you always love a new intellectual challenge.
    Your biggest pet peeve is people who slow you down with trivial chit chat.
    A quiet maverick, you tend to ignore rules and authority whenever you feel like it.

    In love, you are an easy person to fall for. But you're not an easy person to stay in love with.
    Although you are quite flexible, you often come off as aloof or argumentative.

    At work, you are both a logical and creative thinker. You are great at solving problems.
    You would make an excellent mathematician, programmer, or professor.

    How you see yourself: Creative, fair, and tough-minded

    When other people don't get you, they see you as: arrogant, cold, and robotic
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    Finished Neal Stephenson's Anathem last night. I'm starting to see a formula to his books, but, like Neal Gaiman, it's a good one, and he pulls it off well. While this wasn't my favorite Stephenson book, I enjoyed seeing his writing in a more blatant sci-fi setting (closer to Diamond Age rather than his cyberpunk Snowcrash). I'll have to read it again to really get the whole thing

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    Finally. Took waaaay too long, but now I can convert Sibelius to Lilypond.

    And now, bed x.

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    Need a second computer at some point. The problem is that I need a Windows box for the business, but I don't want a Windows box at all. I have a few applications and a device or two that are keeping me tied to this horror of an operating system, and Wine support is running low :oP Wondering if I should see about borrowing one from work..

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    Modem died, tech out tomorrow! Hopefully be back then

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    Junior recital: at least it's over. Too ashamed of recordings to post them :o

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    Automatically assume that every action you take in this dwelling will affect everyone else that lives there. I think we can all agree that cleanliness is less offensive than messinessm and there are five senses for you to consider, each as important as the other: raunchy smells, eating others' delicious food, disturbing others' sleep with light and loud nose, and slimy counters or floors are disrespectful. Passive-aggressiveness will happen, to be sure, but part of respect is working problems out when they happen. In order to live well with others, make sure that everything you do takes them into consideration and accept possible compromises you will have to make if something goes awry

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    It sucks to hurt people even if it feels like you're doing it out of necessity. I woke up with just barely enough time for a shower and driving over to Michael's, but traffic was against me, so I ended up being 15 or 20 minutes late. We were to talk about some of the stuff that Samir and I had talked about, but didn't get around to it for a few because I'm a wimp. Basically, we ended up putting the relationship on hold. My feeling non-sexual and a little iffy about Michael's sex combined with Michael's feeling quite sexual made things awkward and kinda put a more platonic relationship in doubt. We'll need to talk more, but I'm assuming this means we're just good friends. At least I hope so.

    I'm gonna go lie down for a bit, then get up and do math homework

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    Finally, something to show for the past few months. I've got so many half-completed things :o/ Oh well, have fun.

    In other news, I seem to have come down with a big sinus infection, which is what has been messing with me for the past few months. Got a Z-pack and some sprays to snort. :D

    Finally, it's looking more and more as though I'll be helping to a house here pretty soon. We've got three of the four bedrooms filled for sure and some leads on the fourth - anyone else interested, in case things don't pan out? It's in East Fort Collins

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    Halfway through Bolt. I've already vomited rainbows, and the cute is starting to hurt :| Gonna make scones~

    In other news, bid on a house today, wooooo. Hopefully we get it. I've got my heart set on it :

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    So, along with orchestrating Mirrors for Pierrot ensemble, my other major project for composition was Little Eclogue (link to FA). It's a shitty rendering of a choral piece, and it's still only a rough draft, but I imagine once I get the pacing worked out and rewrite one or two parts, I'll be pretty proud of it. The text is an intriguing poetic dialog from one of my friends, whom I haven't seen in aaaaages.

    And then there's this. Ehehe c.c It's paced wrong, nearly impossible to play, a friggin' MIDI, and my teacher told me to not waste my time on it.. BUT GOD DAMNIT I DID! And it was fun :o) I may have to rewrite it for when CSU gets that crazy Vienna set up and turn it into an electronic-orchestra piece, but until then, I've got competitions to write for

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    Job stuff
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    This is what I'm doing currently at work - GIS stuff for the library so that when people go to search for a book, they'll have a good idea of where it is in the stacks. This is a map of one of the support areas (the one I work in, no less), since we don't have any call-number locations entered.<br clear="all"/

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    Exported Tempest into a more listenable format: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/227422

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    It's.. it's.. KIRAN!

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    It just so happens that, despite the almost completely undocumented state of OpenLayers, the rather messy documentation of MapServer, and the nonsequiturs of QuantumGIS, I still kick ass :

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    Long story short, borrowing money.

    EDIT: Not quite so horrible as I made it out to be - I'll still get paid on the fifth of June, due to paychecks coming two weeks after the end of each pay period. But for someone who's living paycheck to paycheck, a month is quite a long time

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    Bike''s messed, I'm torn up, but I'm still alive. I'll have to patch a hole in the wall - I got a little angry

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    What a shitty day. When I'm not thinking about yesterday, I'm being tormented by teachers, my inability to deal with inanimate objects, other people's responsiblities, and my own mind messing with me. What I wouldn't give to not have to go back to school right now -.

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    We both tumbled for a bit, then dragged our bikes off the road. Another biker stopped to ask if we were alright and waited around as we called our friend to come pick us up (John Wright rocks :D). After we got home and John left, I punched a hole in the living room wall. It feels like everything I love doing just ends in disaster, and I was pretty pissed about the crash.

    I've got road rash on a good bit of my left side and my gear is a little scraped, but not too badly, my left knee's freaking out (fingers crossed that it's nothing big), and my lower back hurts like hell whenever I move, but I think my kidneys are alright. James has a little bit of road rash and some muscle in his left shoulder might be torn, so he's in a borrowed sling for a bit. My front wheel is trashed, as is my rear bike light, and James' front wheel is out of true, possibly trashed. Other than that, the bikes seem fine.

    Thanks for all the comments and concern - everything's fine, but I'm still pretty pissed. Oh well, my mom might come up to help me patch the drywall and to possibly get me a new front wheel as an early Christmas present, which should help a lot

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    So I've now completed several projects for work in my new position - I modified the library's calendar to use LDAP for authentication and changed things to fit the library's standards; I've researched the possibility of migrating the site to a content management system as well as possibilities for specific systems; I researched and implemented GIS enabling the library; and now I've completed in three days a full library catalog system for a portion of the library that's not kept in the base catalog, including LDAP authentication, searching, checking books out, etc.

    Everyone seems pleased with my progress, but I'm still dissatisfied. For one, the only project to be implemented so far is the calendar. The CMS project was apparently completely and totally unnecessary: not only were they already planning on migrating to a CMS, but they already had a CMS picked out, despite my research and recommendations. The GIS stuff was appreciated by surprisingly few people at first, but has suddenly turned into a committee effort, involving meetings and bureaucracy heretofore unimagined; it will probably be wrested from my hands and outsourced or I'll be forced to change everything to some products that have more buzzwords attached. The catalog was appreciated and will be deployed soon enough, thankfully, but I was forced to work with some undesirable technology which shall remain anonymous to protect myself from flaming. All this, and I'm still making less than entry-level tech-support wages at Hartshorn Health Center, where my friend wound up; and I'm making far less than my coworker in tech support who isn't doing any development. If I don't receive a raise by the end of the fiscal year, I think I'll install Sibelius on my Windows box here and spend my time composing instead of working - I'll work only as much as I get paid :o

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    Photos taken during the inspection today. Definitely lots of cosmetic work, but we can deal for the price

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    Kitty likes it in there
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    Sera has a thing about sitting in the gun safe. Just a cute picture for the day.<br clear="all"/

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    I'm truly, deeply sorry, and I hope that you'll forgive me for being such a terrible person.

    x.

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    I think it's time to dust off the old resume and start searching for a new job. If nothing else, I'd like to have something to bargain with when it comes to demanding a raise next month. After rereading a bunch of a friend's entries from a year or two ago, I just want to say "you aren't paying me enough to do the stuff you're asking me to do" more than ever

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    Quite the kerfuffle over the desktop backgrounds they want to push to the public computers. Apparently, there's some turf war going on over who gets to decide this: the public area coordinators, or the marketing team. Unfortunately, the marketing team has won. Here are the proposed desktops (8MB PDF).

    Note that students were not involved at all in the decision making process, nor was anyone with anything beyond a mediocre grasp of Adobe Photoshop asked to help. The only input we got was when we were asked how possible it would be to push news and advertisements to the desktop backgrounds via a PDF. You can trust that that was shot down as quickly as possible, as was anything relating to web pages as the desktop.

    Currently writing a letter to those involved asking why students had no say in the look and feel of student computers. Grr

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    I spent the day having responsibilities that aren't mine pushed upon me unwillingly because people can't deal with them themselves. So when I got home today (to a package, yay) and talked with Moondog, I was hardly in the mood for an argument, so I tried everything I could think off to be as reasonable as possible, and now we're in limbo. Everything, that is, except backing down. There's nothing I can do about our current dilema. I've dealt with just dealing with things that make me uncomfortable in relationships in the past, and it almost always lead to disaster, so I stand firm (ha ha) on my current boundry of no sex. However, that just seemed to confuse things as I offered Moondog myself as I was before. I'm trying my hardest to be steadfast, but it's only seeming to make things worse. I wish I knew if I were helping Michael, or hurting him further by doing this. It makes me just want to give up sometimes; curl up, fall asleep, and never wake again

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    I'm now a homeowner. Awesome. $64k in debt :D

    Here she be. If you want something to do today, come help me pull weeds and such :D:D:

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    Omigosh house. Lots and lots of work done on it today after signing my name about fifty billion times. Oh well. Still be a bit until we move in, but I'm excited because the work seems meaningful now that I own the place.

    Edit: Ryan and/or Merry, email me. August nears

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    From a call this morning: my uncle and his boyfriend had moved to Florida and ran out of money. They were living in a rented house with no utilities connected. Somehow, they still managed to afford drugs, though, and purchased some pills of some sort, which they crushed and mixed with (probably) hot water in order to inject in between their toes. Both overdosed and died fairly soon after (ten minutes was the quoted number). After the full autopsy, they will likely be cremated and sent.. somewhere. My family wants to keep them together wherever they go, since they were together for something like 20 years, but we need to okay that with the other next-of-kin.

    While I wasn't particularly close to the uncle, and this wasn't much of a surprise due to him having used and abused Heroin since as long as I can remember, I DID look up to him for maintaining a relationship for that long and through all that mess. I'm not surprised by this happening, just.. sad. I don't know, I'm sure I need more time to think about it.

    Anyway, I got my iPhone today :o

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    Hanging out with Ryan and Merry up in WA. So far, awesome company, awesome wedding, awesome food, and lots of greenery everywhere. And goats. And dogs. And chickens.

    Also, Port Townsend is totally like Boulder with an ocean nearby :

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    So the result of my slight epiphany? I love you, Michael, and I suppose I feel comfortable declaring that publically. I love you enough that, given time, I suppose I could change. Maybe not completely, but enough that I feel I could deal with the way things are. No, not deal, enjoy. So, if you're still willing, if I haven't pushed you too far away, I'd like for you to remain my mate and help me as much as possible with any changes that need to be made by cooperating with my body for this short time while it rebels by being silent. I sincerely apologize for all the grief and confusion I've caused, but please, work with me.

    That said, both you and Samir, I think, read my previous post incorrectly, as I meant to just be summarizing the discussion for journal's sake, however weird it might have come out. God damn the english language, and I'm sorry for my ambiguous wording.

    Remember, Love keeps no record of wrongs, it does not rejoice in evil by rejoices in truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. I Corinth. 1

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    I've been alternating between apathy toward my situation and crushing emotions surrounding it. I really wish that I could sit down and write about it without having the two battle for control of the keyboard. About the only thing I feel strongly in one way about, however, is the trip to Aspen, which has helped me to decide not to be in choir anymore. Everything else - the house, Washington, my dog, work - is a bunch of mixed blessings. I feel as though it would be cathartic to get all that pent up crap out in a whiny LJ post, but every time I sit down to write the post, I either sulk or find "better" things to do.

    That said, I'm incredibly happy for Ryan and Merry, and incredibly lucky to have James and my mom in my life. Focusing on the happy brings about the apathy, so I'll have to write about everything some other time. "Better" thing of the moment: sleep

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    So despite having the program for quite a while now, and the fact that I've ridden my bike to work almost every day now, I finally got around to using RunKeeper to track the ride, and whaddayaknow, it's actually really awesome. Check it out: my ride to work. I've been saying seven miles, but I think that was before I started taking the Poudre trail from Timberline. I used go down Summit View, then along prospect, to pick up the Poudre Trail from their, then riding up to the Spring Creek Trail. Inefficient! Oh well, It's less than a mile of non-trail now, which is good for a relaxing commute. I should use RunKeeper for real rides, when I get back to doing them :o) 10.08 miles per day isn't bad, though

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    This morning's dream totally seemed like some sort of action movie. At the beginning, my younger brother and I got separated while I was busy being emo and eating breakfast with Shade. He wound up on some train or ship (long like a train, but somehow over a large body of water) that was holding a bunch of really smart children captive. Because we were both scientific geniuses, we independently discovered the same thing, which was that there was some sort of algal bloom in the pacific in the crook of Alaska and Canada called the 'cytochasm' (v. important in the dream, everyone kept saying it) that was caused by a greenhouse gas. The big problem was that this was some sort of weird.. uh.. couldn't remember the phrase in my dream, can't remember it now.. wound up calling it a self-fulfilling prophecy because the pollutant that caused the bloom caused the algae to create more of the pollutant. This was causing some sort of horrible reaction in the upper atmosphere that generating a lot of heat and spreading at the same speed as the bloom, creating an almost visibly widening hole in the ozone. I woke up then, but there was all sorts of foreshadowing of how the train my brother was on was the source of the pollutant, how my brother and I would be reunited, how Shade was awesome, eating quesadillas for breakfast, and finally saving the world.

    So super cool. Also, this is pre-coffee, sorry for the ramblage

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    Running Citrix XenServer, hosting Debian Lenny for file/print/imaging/web server and domain controller and Windows Server 2008 R2 to play around with and run Visual Studio 2008 (DreamSpark, she is nice to me, yuss).

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    All that and the μATX case I got is too small D: Waiting on a replacement before I really get started, though I may set up XenServer soon

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    Last night's dream, , at some point in the past (about a year back, it seemed), got fed up waiting behind some old man at an ATM and and shot him in the head :oP The entire dream was a prison interview with flashbacks about how he ran from the police in order to get the kiddos home before got back from work.

    RYAN STOP SHOOTING OLD MEN. >:

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    The quick, brown fox jumps over a lazy dog. DJs flock by when MTV ax quiz prog. Junk MTV quiz graced by fox whelps. Bawds jog, flick quartz, vex nymphs. Waltz, bad nymph, for quick jigs vex! Fox nymphs grab quick-jived waltz. Brick quiz whangs jumpy veldt fox. Bright vixens jump; dozy fowl quack. Quick wafting zephyrs vex bold Jim. Quick zephyrs blow, vexing daft Jim. Sex-charged fop blew my junk TV quiz. How quickly daft jumping zebras vex. Two driven jocks help fax my big quiz. Quick, Baz, get my woven flax jodhpurs! "Now fax quiz Jack! " my brave ghost pled. Five quacking zephyrs jolt my wax bed. Flummoxed by job, kvetching W. zaps Iraq. Cozy sphinx waves quart jug of bad milk. A very bad quack might jinx zippy fowls. Few quips galvanized the mock jury box. Quick brown dogs jump over the lazy fox. The jay, pig, fox, zebra, and my wolves quack! Blowzy red vixens fight for a quick jump. Joaquin Phoenix was gazed by MTV for luck. A wizard’s job is to vex chumps quickly in fog. Watch "Jeopardy! ", Alex Trebek's fun TV quiz game. Woven silk pyjamas exchanged for blue quartz. Brawny gods just flocked up to quiz and vex him. Adjusting quiver and bow, Zompyc killed the fox. My faxed joke won a pager in the cable TV quiz show. Amazingly few discotheques provide jukeboxes. My girl wove six dozen plaid jackets before she quit. Six big devils from Japan quickly forgot how to waltz. Big July earthquakes confound zany experimental vow. Foxy parsons quiz and cajole the lovably dim wiki-girl. Have a pick: twenty six letters - no forcing a jumbled quiz! Crazy Fredericka bought many very exquisite opal jewels. Sixty zippers were quickly picked from the woven jute bag. A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats. All questions asked by five watch experts amazed the judge. Jack quietly moved up front and seized the big ball of wax

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    The previous owners named him Freckles, which is apt, but I dunno. I was thinking Zephyr or Samuel. Ideas? :

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    At group, I was confronted with some possible changes in group culture, that, if they go into effect, will lead me to stop going. So instead of staying for the first hour, Michael and I went and sat by my car to talk (which shall remain private), me on a towel so as not to get grass all over my Excal suit. After that, the concert. My mom had insisted on a light dinner of a salad before, so I stopped and got some fries at Wendy's and Kory stared at me from the next lane as we cruised down Broadway. It took a while for me to notice. May Our Paths went well until the bases decided to leave before the curtain closed due to an ambiguous cue from Keller.

    This was followed shortly by Chivalry, which went very well. From the time I left the stage to the time I left the school, random people - mostly choir kids - came up to me and shook my hand, telling me how wonderful it was. I'd met up with Shannon earlier, and this didn't seem to make her very happy. I still feel slightly like I'm blamed by her for her outlook on choir. Oh well. More random, high profile people told me that they voted for me for #1 choir geek; I'm starting to think that I should think some about a speech for tomorrow. Anyway, massed choir followed and went really well. It felt kinda odd, like a penultimate moment. I think tomorrow's going to be really powerful, personally, and I probably won't feel so hot afterwards. I'm going to miss choir a lot, despite the shit I talk about it sometimes to keep myself ingratiated with friends or release anger with Revier. Specifically, there are a few people who I'm going to miss a whole lot, like Jerred and Kory, even though tomorrow's not the last time I'll see them. I feel kinda bad for still having a thing for Kory, even though I'm in a relationship currently.

    panics over choir video Aaaand.. that's it

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    This dog is slowly killing me. Agh. So frustrating :

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    For those dog people out there, I've got a question. Within the last few days, Zephyr's started getting more and more afraid of everything out doors, to the point where I sometimes have to block the entrance to the deck long enough for him to do his business in the back yard, lest he run up and whine at the door. He was leash-trained with 'heel' (well, sort of ^^), and would run with me for about a block or two, but now just tries to hide under ever car we pass. Is this a phase, permanent, or something else I should be worried about? He's seven and a half weeks old, which, I've heard, is the beginning of the "fear imprinting" phase, but I didn't expect that to mean that he would start being afraid of things he wasn't before.

    Secondly, I know this is a very important time for socialization, but the vet-nurse flat pretty much flat out told me that I wasn't to socialize him with other dogs until he got his third distemper/parvo vaccine, which won't be for another six weeks. This seems like it would cut out a lot of that learning period and possibly leave him unpredictable around other dogs. Is this the case

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    YOUTUBE REMOVED IT.

    http://paws.ru/flash/src/Bewbs.swf instead :D:D:D:D:D

    Also, happy Thanksgive. :

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    Last puppy I ever get. I already feel guilty for not adopting, but if I could circumvent this annoying brat stage at the same time as rescuing an otherwise unwanted dog, I'd be in heaven. :o

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    I can't favorite this enough:

    More updates eventually :

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    Composing hasn't stopped with the recital coming up, thankfully, and I've had a good bit more inspiration than I did last semester. I've been working on a three-movement set of songs for choir, soloists, and Pierrot ensemble called "Bird Songs" with texts by a friend, St. Francis of Assisi, and Wallace Stevens. I'm also working on some incidental evocative music for 's book, Thousand Leaves, and I'm about 70% done with the first draft of the first movement. First time I've written directly for a large ensemble (that is, not arranging a previously written piece).

    A lot of creativity has been happening on the programming front, too. After getting a little fed up with Sibelius, I've started work on a program to help me write directly in Lilypond, whose output is amazing. The cool part about Lilypond is that its a text format, so you can diff it easily, so I'm thinking of tying it in with a website which would act as a revision control system for composers. That way, instead of just saving a score to your computer, you can save it to the site and update it every now and then, then publish it for everyone to see when you've finished. The program is being written in Java, so it would be trivial to make it into an applet, which would mean that you could work on your music from any computer with a browser and Java installed. Big plans. Anyway, also got my portfolio site up and running in order to apply for a composer-in-residence position with these guys, which I hope works out well. If nothing else, it's good to have the site back up, so I can show off scores more easily. Man, I love Django :3

    Anyway, work's being a butt, so that's all for now

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    What's this?

    First time I've done something like this, and it was pretty fun ^^ Felt like I woke up Tuesday with the idea fully formed in my head, and the rest was just making license plates. Have fun, do whatever with it, heh

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    Alrighty.  I used LiveJournal for quite a while and some of their current changes combined with the changes I’ve gone through in the way I think about blogging have prompted me to switch to a more personal system such as this.  WordPress was just the ticket, and since it was free and I can set it up the way I want, it all works out for the best.  I’ll try to link my posts over to my old LJ blog as well, just so that they get read by the masses over there, but I’m thinking that all of my writing will take place here, for the most part!

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    I called FexEx last night and told them to deliver my package sometime AFTER 3 O'CLOCK. I come home today to find out they tried to deliver at 11:15 AM. Do I really need to specify 3 PM? Are people really this dumb. I'm irate.

    As for today, the zoo kinda sucked with an assignment, but Kiran and Jani were there to goof around with. Still felt sad this morning, even though I slept in somewhat. Now I'm gonna go nap, 'cause I have a migrane and not enough sleep backing me up

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    Not cross posted to maintain the semi-professional decorum of the blag, but I'll be at Anthrocon this year, in the Westin with JD and Tabernak, flying out with JD and Rhaen. Hope to see folks there

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    Stole it from [info]rhaenburger

    100% TMI, so.. yeah.

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     1.Is there anyone on your friends list you would ever consider having sex with?
    Probably - already have with quite a few.

    2. Sex in the morning, afternoon or night?
    Doesn't really matter ^^ Most receptive in the morning, it seems.

    3. What side of the bed do you sleep on?
    Whichever side Zephyr ISN'T on.

    4. Do you masturbate?
    Yep.

    5. How often? Lately?
    Lately?  1-2x per day.  Can be as high as 4x/day or as low as 1x/week

    6. Have you ever taken your clothes off for money?
    No.

    7. Do you prefer showers or baths?
    Showers.  I don't fit well in many baths.

    8. Have you ever had sex in the shower or the bath?
    Sorta, yeah.  Was too awkward :o/

    9. Do you watch/read pornography?
    Yep, though it's not often that it does much for me.  I'm more of an obsessive collector than an actual looker.

    10. Do you want someone aggressive or passive in bed?
    Aggressive, but I suspect the original author meant dominant or submissive.  I go either way on that, so long as I'm not doing everything - passive people who need to be told to do everything don't really do much for me.

    11. Do you love someone on your friends list?
    Oh, sure!  Lots :o)  Seriously, too, love's free and benefits both parties, even if the other party doesn't realize it's there.

    12. Do you know all the people on your friends list?
    Nope.

    13. Would you choose love or money?
    This is NEVER an either-or scenario.  Un-ask the question.

    14. Your top three favourite kinks in bed?
    Um.. hmm.  I'm not very kinky.  Exhibitionism, definitely.  Maybe.. being quiet?  Like.. acting as if nothing is really going on during orgasm, just quietly breathing in and out and trying to keep my breathing stable.  Can't really think of many others.  Multiple partners, maybe?

    15. Has anyone ever gone beyond your personal line of respect sexually?
    Yes, but I was young :o)

    16. Where is the most romantic place you have had sex?
    Oh, they're all good :D

    17. Where is the weirdest place you have had sex?
    On the steps of the back deck, or maybe laying out in the back yard.

    18. Have you ever been caught having sex?
    I don't think so..?

    19. Have you ever been to a strip club?
    Nah, pass.

    20. Ever been to a bar just to get sex?
    Depends.  I've gone to a bar with someone with the end goal of sex at the end of the night!  Not to pick anyone up, though.

    21. Ever been kicked out of a bar or a club for sexual reasons?
    Nah.

    22. Ever been picked up in a bar?
    No, but not for lack of trying.  Sorry, guy :o/

    23. Have you ever kissed or had sex with someone of the same sex?
    Yep.

    24. What's your sexuality?
    Bisexual.

    25. Had sex in a cinema?
    No, but things have gotten pretty heated in one before.

    26. Had sex in a bathroom?
    Sure.  My complaint was how many right angles and sharp corners there were :3

    27. Have you ever had sex at work?
    Nope.  RP'd, though, lots.

    28. Have you ever been in an "adult" store?
    Yep.

    29. Bought something from an adult store?
    I.. don't think so, actually!

    30. Do you own any sex toys?
    Yep.

    31. If yes, how many and what are they?
    Two - a dildo (from Zeta, heh) and a vibrator.

    32. Does anyone have naughty pics of you or are you on film?
    Oh sure, they're available online :o)

    33. Have you ever had sex with someone and called them the wrong name?
    Nah, I don't really make noises during sex.

    34. Have you ever had phone sex?
    Yeah, wasn't really my thing.  It served more to emphasize the distance rather than bring us closer.

    35. Have you ever had cyber-sex?
    Yep!  At least.. check 679 times, according to the tally, but I know I missed some.

    36. Do you think oral sex constitutes as a form of intercourse?
    Sure..?  "constitutes as a form of intercourse" sounds so dry.  Yes, it's sex.

    37. What's your favourite sexual position?
    I'm willing to try most any, but the favorite depends on the mood.

    38. What's your favourite sex act?
    Hmm.. dunno that I've had one that I've not enjoyed!  I used to not get anything out of receiving oral sex, but that's since changed.

    39. Have you ever had sex with more than one person at a time?
    Yeh.  Several times :o)

    40. Who do you think has the guts to repost this?
    Whoever.  I don't think many will, but I'd be curious to see some people's answers ^^

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    Fine, I'll join at least part of the recent slew of bandwagons. I only picked one of the answers because it said something about 'disrespect your face', which, even though the first part of the answer didn't fit, that part was me to a T.

    Glasswalker
    You are a Glasswalker. You are techno-savvy and a
    born city dweller. You are very social and
    classy, and probably not doing too bad
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    Which of the twelve werewolf tribes would you be in?
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    What is this BS?  Using a VCR makes you mature?  Hahahah  Oh well :

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    Another neato inexpensive commission, this time from Patto

    Yep, still a dandy. :

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    Username:
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    Happy 2011 :3

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    Still waiting on ones from when I was wearing stretching out my sweater vest, or any of the partial with the dressy clothes. Will post them at some point

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    ...is a healthy one.

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    and I have a song now!

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    I don't really have a real post for here, 'cause I don't really feel all that connected with LJ anymore! Instead, have a dog and an ott!

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    (p) Jim pages, "alright. tommorow will probably be my last chance to getonline before I head over to seattle. just incase, my cell is 604-728-9664.. believe I still have the # for one of your parent'splaces" to you

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    I'm not quite sure how I pulled off sleeping 15 hours on a school night, but I don't believe I have time for all of my homework, much less the choir video

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    It's like a steganographic artlang from Latin ^^ I'm a geek, but forgive me, I just took a history final. Now I truly am done with school :o

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    The badly implemented part is that the majority of people take religion farther than I find comfortable; pushing the more obscure (and obsolete) Ideas down other people's throats by means of politics, rules, circular arguments, and general overzealousness. They don't realize that there can be different degrees of faith in their religion and that life will still go on. Subtle seems to be a difficult concept. People who can recite bible verses should check to see that they understand them, first. For example, I can recite Romans 1:22 "Professing themselves as wise, they became fools", but I understand what it means: that it is foolish to say that you're smarter than you are, or to show off how smart you are to other people. Also, people who recite should try to take the verses to heart. I know that I sometimes show off, but, for the most part, I try not to do it.

    Now days, however, things are starting to shift a bit. The majority of religious people still tend to be fairly zealous, but more and more people that I meet tend to be reading more into the bible, not as a story, but as a set of ideas put forth by the School of Deuteronomy, the Apostles, and other people who worked on the bible to help promote Goodness, even if it means fighting for Goodness, because Goodness is Good.

    This probably didn't make sense, but at least I have it written down somewhere now

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    ''I DON'T. Buy the tomatoes with. The stems. On them. They don't. Degrade. They go. Down the sink. And into the WATER. Then. They get lodged in the throats of little. OTTERS.'

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    My emotions are gaining distinct colors, like a kind of twisted synaesthesia. There's definitely a sense of physical location associated with each emotion, and it's not always internal. There may also be a tactile part to this, but I have yet to experience it in any different places or with any different touches, so it may just be one continuous headache that goes latent occasionally.

    An example: when pondering Kory, a luminescent fuschia color that seems to be flowing in the right hemisphere of my brain; when thinking of Moondog and snuggling, a warm, earthy brown with a little bit of green in a pine-needle-ish pattern about a foot and a half in front of me and slightly to the left; tiredness is off-white everywhere and blind hopelessness is bright blue wrapped around my mind. The headache moves around, but it's mostly at the lower, back, right side of my head. Ibuprofin works well.

    This isn't what I meant when I was talking about beautiful pain

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    There was a LAN in here (Caffe Sole) earlier, they just left.

    Earlier today, I went to my dad's to go shopping with Julie. Belmar kinda sucks, but I got some nice clothes. Hooray for stereotypical women. After that, I came back and had dinner with my mom. I went out to get some more applications, and that's when the cyan took over. Now I'm just switching randomly between Dvorak and QWERTY. I suppose I should pick one

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    I decided to exchange sleep for watching Amelie. It made me sad. Now I'm awake, and reading about drugs. Woo.

    I know I haven't written much about Michael recently, but I guess when everything seems pretty cool, it doesn't feel like there's a whole lot to write about. We just sorta threw everything out the window (the window, the window, the second story window...) and got rid of all the labels and ideas we had for the relationship, and aren't calling it anything. Samir tried to define it, so I just went along with whatever he said and kept my lack of names to myself. We've been fairly close recently, and I'm feeling pretty good about that. Moondog seems to be happy as well ^

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    ...hello

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    I'm thinking spells for summoning of elements will all be pretty much the same. Just in case, the word for rain is s'sit; bodily energy, strength, or willpower is ganon.

    Let me know if you need any others. Also, if you want them in the native script of the language, let me know, and maybe we can work something out.

    Oh, and for posterity, Canadia. Thanks,

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    Very angry. Parents don't seem to help the stress level, since they tend to whine a lot. A whole lot. Sometimes, it feels like home is worse than school, even though I know it's not. I'll be fine when I get home, then when my mom gets home and does the whole 'parent' thing, things just sorta go downhill. Today it happened to occur during a dicussion with Andrew, so that sorta.. sucked.

    Sleep may be a factor, too, as I'm on my last bit of energy and it's not really that late.

    Still not sure whether I believe the $297 for a non-stop, round trip plane ticket to Florida over Christmas break. Especially since I just bought it. Oh well, now I'm two slips of paper richer

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    Even though, when brewed as a tea, blue/white lotus is a sedative, I can't sleep. And I had quite a bit of that tea, too. I've worked myself into a sort of panic mode whereby I'm afraid to leave the phone, even though there's one by my bed. I'm afraid that I might miss something. I left my mom a note, since she really cares about Michael, but I'm hoping she doesn't try and take it into her own hands, like she's done it before. I think I might go add that to the note before my body gives up and crashes like it wants to

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    Moondog's dad just showed up. Now the worryfest begins in earnest

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    Finally got to sleep at 7 AM (no thanks to the second Nytol, which I took at 3). Got another few hours of really bad sleep. My head's changed from feeling like wool to feeling like wood: hollow. In other news, I feel like I don't matter much, and mexican food makes my tummy rumble

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    In other news, I told my mom about not sleeping, and she banned me from having tea ;.; It made me sad, but she's right. I should lay off the caffeine. I'm not tired now, which is odd, considering how little I've slept. Hyped up from talking to your ex? Hushya. Mom gave me a Vicodin to help me sleep tonight. I'm gonna take it here while I read Michael's entry before it's too late to get a good night's sleep

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    Nice discussion with father figure tonight, no huge swings. Just did the thinking/meditating thing (I don't know about you, but I have to think things over to clear my mind. All you people who just go blank or something are either lucky or working too hard) and it didn't really resolve anything. All I feel from it is tired.

    Maybe the discussion had to do with the lack of swings (vice versa, too lazy to delete). Maybe keeping myself occupied helps, though it'd take an awful lot of work to keep myself as occupied as I was tonight. From overrestrictive parents, to science, to dogs, to math, to books, to music, &c. Well.. whatever

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    IT WOULD FOR GOD DAMN SURE BE EASIER IF I WEREN'T STILL PAYING FOR YOUR STUPID DIVORCE, FREAK. I drive 44 to 66 miles a week to go between your house and my dad's house because you two had a tiff and refuse to at least resolve it by paying for your only son's gas while you make him drive between the two goddamn houses.

    The math gives me $2520 over the past two and a half years I've been driving. Now, if I didn't want to eat or pay for the music I own, much less anything else, sure, I could do that out of my allowance, but life's just not that simple, is it? And now I have $300 in the bank and a projected $500 for books.

    Irate only begins to describe how I feel right now, because I'm about to drive another handful of dollars down the drain for my mom to drop off a load of branches for her at the dump. Honestly, I just feel like strewing them about the living room about now and leaving for a few days. Park my car or something and just sleep in it for a few days

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    Now that today's intense emotional blast is over with...

    I went back to bed and slept a lot more, which felt really good, and now I'm not nearly so angry. I broke the light-switch plate in the big room downstairs, so I'm afraid I might have to replace that sometime... Anyway, my Diviner's Three showed up today. I still don't know if IAS wants me to send them back the Dreamers Blend. Woke up to the doorbell. Ryan and Nicku. Bugged Nicku a little about Azumanga. Yeah..

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    Went to Sherpa's with mom, complained to her about the Quantum lab tech situation, she seemed to understand how that kinda really screwed me up. Sherpa's changed the recipe for their tomato chutney. I was disappointed, until I realized that the burn was still there, just more intriguing. Unfortunately, they didn't give me any of the chutney in the doggie bag... er, box.

    I just finished moving all of my GYBE, Mogwai, and Alamaailman Vasarat to my laptop. I should really see how much space I have left on it. Shouldn't fill it all up...

    Still need to call my roommate.

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    Amelie: I feel a change. I had two heart attacks, an abortion, and did crack while I was pregnant. Other than that, I'm fine

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    New - Kwiz.Biz Astrology</font

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    http://www.erowid.org/experiences/exp.php?ID=3440

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    I'm not sure why this struck me as a good idea, other than it would give me some purpose in life for these three months (lack of job + spare time = bad thoughts). I've got a whole lot of sheet music, though most of it's classical, that we could try and learn...

    Anyway, I couldn't sleep last night, so I slept all of today. Set my alarm for 11 after going to bed at 9, woke up at 4:30 when my mom came home. She thinks I'm sick. I think I'm a loser

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    FoxFe - project in progress - http://ranna.bolognia.net/cgi-bin/dirlist.pl/available/in-progress/ffcode Bigass perl story server that I've been working on for eternity (sorry 'Leah). It kinda works.. only not.. and it doesn't have any frontends, except for one that I started in VB. It's purrrrddyyyy...

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    I wish I could talk to my mom about being a 'stress factor' A lot of little things she does really get me going. Anyway, I can tell that the thinking and meditating is helping slightly. The swings are still severe, but they're more spread out now

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    Oh, I started that story Shan was thinking about writing, about people becoming furs, since he has yet to do anything about it and we talked about it two or three years ago. It's turning out to be harder to write than stream of consciousness porn or stupidity with drugs, but go figure. By the way, don't click on the first link unless you really do want to read gay stream of consciousness erotica, and don't click on the second if you don't want to read sagely ramblings. Don't complain, either :o

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    Got woken up by a lonely smoke alarm pining for company this morning..

    Wait. This morning! Yee! I slept through the night! Finally! Anyway, as soon as I started to search for the beeping smoke alarm to replace it's battery and give it some tender luvvin's, it stopped beeping.

    In other news, I'm not allowed to take a shower in my bathroom for a while so that my mom can recaulk the tub, so I put a big ol' sign up on the door written in Nanon script. I'm such a loser ^

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    Took a nap and accidentally slept through dinner. I wish my parents would wake me up for dinner, it would make things a lot easier for both of us

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    It's that time again! Nap time! And I think napping would not be very conducive to not sleeping through dinner, so I'm gonna tough it out for a while.

    In other news, I'm kinda eager for this sleepoverdoohickey. Haven't seen Kiran in a while, and I gotta admit, I kinda miss him.

    Ally's already asleep -.

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    I just finished Kiss Me, Judas. This book is exceedingly dark in a post-modern sort of way. I would highly recommend it to anyone who is into horror, noir, and/or slightly gory books. I'm willing to lend it to people if they want.

    In other news, got the Pathfinder towed ;.; I miss my twuck. I hope they figure out what's wrong with it. Just waiting for the call now..

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    Supplies: $8.63 Tax: $8.96

    Total: $300.4

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    RannaFox: giggles at a story "Socialist leader Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero was summoned to the Vatican to hear the papal blast just weeks after Zapatero announced his government would bring in a bill to allow gay marriage." RannaFox: Set the Papal blasters to stun! senotay2: heh ^

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    Doctors appointment tomorrow. This time for shots (tetanus and meningitis) and more blood-work, this time with a big meal and lots of water beforehand (last time, with the fasting blood-work, I had high-end-of-normal haemoglobin and bilirubin counts [bilirubin is a byproduct of haemoglobin degradation, and is normal; in high amounts it's part of the cause of the yellow tinge in jaundice patients], so another liver panel it is).

    ...damn, I need a job

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    DocML - completed project http://ranna.bolognia.net/xml/DocML I rewrote Nanon in this to be more universal than LaTeX (I don't like dvis). It's like html, but more for writing structured documents.

    Nanon's finished (except for a few small things) too: http://ranna.bolognia.net/nanon/xm

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    Someone wanna do lunch before my appointment thingy? ^

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    I haven't written anything of substance for days!

    But I did buy an cigarettes for a minor

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    Apologies to Michael and Samir for freaking out at them. I guess I'm still good for clubbing, but I need to check with parents... I'll call later.

    Also to Kanu and Kianir, neither of whom read this (I think), for having to deal with me last night

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    Oop, mom's home

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    Off to a sleepover. Good thing my dad just paid me for something as simple as mowing the lawn, otherwise the gas wouldn't be worth it. Gonna bring laptop and Bebop. NICK SHOULD BRING AZUMANGA DAIOH!!!!!! Yes he should oh yes he should *coo

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    The lyrics to Green Bird are in a constructed language: a made up language by either the composer, Yoko Kanno, or the singer, Gabriela Robin

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    I have a post half-written about the sleepover, but it's on my laptop, and I can't wedge it into the network at the moment, so I'll replace this with it later

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    Yeesh. Okie, now, two days later. Kiran did eventually make it to sleep for about an hour and a half before we decided to get donuts and coffee at Safeway. That done (a difficult experience, trust me), we headed back and futzed around before Ryan and Nick left. With them gone, we goofed around a little more while Brian and Jeff slept. I piled on Kiran and annoyed him some while Andrew dozed, maybe. I might've dozed a little too, since Kiran makes a good pillow. I think I made him uncomfortable with my proximity, but I always think that, and he always assures me I don't. I'm not sure I believe him.

    Anyhoo, in recent news, I rated all the Bebop music Andrew gave me; lotsa good stuff, some stuff I didn't like. Need to give the Andrew the bumpersticker I got for Moondoggy.

    Today, I got emissions and registration done on ye oulde pathfinder, then went home for lunch with fatherfigure. After he left, I collected some wild lettuce sap (for relaxation) and tried to figure out some other weeds in our backyard. One is probably bindweed (wild morning glory, not of any interest to me currently) and the other I positively identified as horsemint. I love the stuff, so I collected some new branches and some tops. I put the tops in some wet paper towels in the hopes that horsemint grows from cuttings, and I dried the leaves of the branches. It's not of much spiritual interest, but I love the smell and the taste (though I may be alone in that respect). I'm curious to explore some more aspects of it, but I'm feeling that it's a kind of blank herb

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    Odd, I just watched Mushroom Samba last night. o.O

    Anyhoo, I took pictures of the house today for marketing, and now I'm at Caffe Sole waiting for the comforters to dry at the Laundromat.

    Yipku

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    A reminder to myself to frequent his L

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    If you want to hear the story, read Shannon's post(s). As for me, I'll provide you with this lurvely depiction of my life for a while.

    Met someone today who was like a more talkative Shanerak. It was odd.

    Shower, dinner, then maybe go attack Ryan

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    ¡Basta! señor. As the man said. Enough.

    It is clear that the poison path has to do with a certain excess. Hyperbole: what is the alternative to dying a thousand deaths?

    Madness!</em

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    I need to think about Aya. I'll just store it better for now. I don't think I really need it. I was just collecting the Datura, I wasn't planning on doing anything with it

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    The Ultimate LiveJournal Obsession Test
    CategoryYour ScoreAverage LJer
    Community Attachment40.86%
    There's something special about you. Every once in awhile, one of your topics gets everyone chatting.    		22.37%
    MemeSheepage45.61%
    An expert on multiple-choice questions, an whiz at the cut-and-paste    		28.1%
    Original Content67.74%
    Newsweek, People, and gv_ranna's journal    		38.11%
    Psychodrama Quotient44.58%
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    SELF: No, you just sit there and criticize every new creation, every innovation, until it all stops and you are left with your tired and dusty classics. You leave it to time, the worms, and the spiders to make art for you. Thank you for your input. Without you, I might've ended up a real writer, and where would I be then? Busy writing "good" books on contract, one after another. Or in some staid lecture hall, feeling full of myself.

    Instead of like this, stumbling along, mostly out of my mind, scribbling whatever comes.</em

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    Bebop, mmhm.

    I had decided that the label making programs suck, so I just drew it myself. My hands were really shakey, 'cause I haven't inked in a long while, so that's why some of the handwriting sucks.

    Same vein, different topic: got my choir CDs. Now I just need to strip the applause from them. Grr. I don't like some of the recordings

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    Nightmare about choir, dream about Kory, extreme boredom. Pondering trip to see Shan later on this summer. Still pondering, though, I'm not sure I really want to go. I dunno

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    To this day, I'm still not sure what I'm talking about. Thank you

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    Take the quiz: "Which Random Irish Gaelic Phrase Are You? "

    Ta mo bhriste tri thine
    Ta mo bhriste tri thine - 'My trousers are on fire.'You're a few bricks short of a load, aren't you? You're probably not allowed to use sharp objects and you should be locked in a rubber room. With Rubber rats. Rubber rats? I hate rubber rats. They drive me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They put me in a rubber room. With rubber rats. Rubber rats? I hate rubber rats..

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    I'm thinkin' a trip to the Renaissance Festival, just for the pack. How does this coming weekend sound? Either day's fine for me. Tickets are $14.95 at Soopers, I'll drive

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    The Federal Marriage Amendment died in the Senate today in a 50-48 vote, with the proponents missing the 60 vote bid put on by the democrats by twelve votes. Thus, the issue is most likely dropped for this year

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    I'm sorry about all of the teasing, but setting and my tiredness prevented anything more. *luv

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    I have the sheet music for Tallis' Spem in Alium for 40 voices (eight choirs of five parts each), and I was just thinking how cool it'd be to sing that at CSU flashmob style. Have 40 or 80 people milling about during a busy day on the plaza suddenly burst into song starting with a solitary voice. It's handy that way, so you don't have to blow a pitch pipe loudly and attract attention. For directing, a tactus might be handy. A white cloth on the top of my staff would work.

    This would require much planning. First, getting even 40 people might be tough. Perhaps vague signs in the music building and perhaps on the Plaza and in the student center.. I wouldn't want anyone except the choir and a few others to know where and when. Writing vague things on the ground might help, like 'It's coming... (date)' or 'Hope... You ready? (date)'. Rehearsals would be done within the choirs; I could try and make it to all the different ones, I suppose.

    It's a wonderful song to do in flashmob style, 'cause it starts out small and gets fairly big over a span of time, slowly attracting attention. It doesn't even have to be at the Plaza, or even at CSU, or even in Ft. Collins. Then the choir could just disapear into the crowd (hopefull ^^). The only real problem with the song is that it's 10 minutes long c.c Well, whatever. I'll look around, maybe there are some other ones that would work well. Some stuff, just as a note to myself: Socio-Musicological Ramifications, Experiments in Socio-Musicology, have my own group be the first choir. Some notes on the song: 138 bars; the pdfs I have of the sheet music are for individual choirs with the other choirs in piano reduction; each file is 34 pages long; I have midis of all parts and all choirs separately, as well as one of the whole thing with a continuo; given time, which I have, I could Sibelius-ize the song, and distribute cds to all members with stuff on them, like an mp3 of the song, appropriate midis, and sheet music

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    Stuff!! Yeah. I'll pick up Mikeywolf first, so he should be ready by.. say.. 10:30 (if you're gonna wear the tunic, wear long pants, preferably not blue - I have some you can borrow if you want). After that, I shall steal the Breakfast Fox (cloaaak.. and staaaaff), and proceed to make my way to the Pilot's house. Then.. hope for the best, 'cause I don't really know how to get there other than on I-25, and I don't want to take that ^

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    Or maybe I just have to go to the bathroom.

    Re-read Lirael, then Abhorsen, now Sabriel.

    Death is subjective, see.. the Gates are a set distance from the observer, and inherently infinintely circular, but everywhere at once >.

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    But hey! Your tea is good ^^ (no, haven't broken into your half, but I'm going through mine quickly since I left my chai at OASOS)

    In other, more serious news, while looking at insurance stuffs, my mom found that the majority of insurance companies will refuse to insure us. Why? Millie. Met-Life, of all people, whose logo is A FREAKING DOG won't insure us. As it is, State Farm (with whom we're insured) doesn't have such crazy policies, but if Millie bites someone, they'll drop us completely. Grr.. makes me angry. We're thinking of emphasizing Millie's Boston Terrier over the pit-bull (read, omitting the pit-bull part). Mikey was telling me about when he got his puppy, some kid wanting to bring up another puppy from the litter as a fighting dog. Well... FUCK YOU, BUDDY. It's people like you that make my dog illegal! Damnit...

    Got angry at mom today. I'm getting so irritable 'cause I'm so bored.. So we went out to a movie. Spiderman 2. I give it e stars out of 2

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    The \\\\
    Last Cigarette:A Djarum Black, months ago (barfalicious c.c)
    Last Alcoholic Drink:I have an alcohol based tincture.. but champagne at my grad party thing.
    Last Car Ride:Back from the movie a bit ago.
    Last Kiss:Moondoggy, yesterday.
    Last Good Cry:I don't keep track.
    Last Library Book:Lie... briar.. eeeeee? Um.. a book on Gay Rights for a speech.
    Last book bought:Um.. hmm..
    Last Book Read:Finished: The Five People You Meet in Heaven; Working on: Hyperion
    Last Movie Seen in Theatres:Spiderman 2
    Last Movie Rented:Dreamcatcher
    Last Cuss Word Uttered:Fuck..?
    Last Beverage Drank:Desert tea.
    Last Food Consumed:Soft pretzel with cheese.
    Last Crush:I have several at once. No, I won't list them.
    Last Phone Call:Georgiana called for my mom..?
    Last TV Show Watched:Tee... veee?
    Last Time Showered:Heh. Heh. Heh.
    Last Shoes Worn:My Boulder shoes.
    Last CD Played:Festival 02-03
    Last Item Bought:By me? A ginger beer at Penny Lane.
    Last Download:Some sheet music PDFs..
    Last Annoyance:Not remembering the last book I bought.
    Last Disappointment:Insurance agencies.
    Last Soda Drank:Last night, ginger beer.
    Last Thing Written:Last night, ginger beer.
    Last Key Used:.
    Last Words Spoken:'Wake up in the moonlight singing..' (I'm singing along c.c)
    Last Sleep:Last night.
    Last Ice Cream Eaten:Last night.
    Last Chair Sat In:This one!!
    Last Webpage Visited:GRAGGGHHHH!! THIS SHOULD BE OBVIOUS!425

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    http://www.nononsenseselfdefense.com/victimhood.htm http://www.nononsenseselfdefense.com/blame_responsibility.htm

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    This has got to be one of the world's coolest songs

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    Isn't Google handy?!?!114m

    By the way, that's incredibly strong for a suspension. I believe it's saturated o.

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    killer in disguise. I'd rather not stick around to find out.

    Which Cool Evil Guy Are You?
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    Brain.. shredded. Azumanga Daioh.. all four manga.. glrk

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    My mom woke me at around 12:20 (four hours. Good enough) by placing an espresso maker - still in the box, mind you - on my not-so-peacefully sleeping form. There was much rejoycinge, for I was having a really stupid dream. Then I went upstairs, and made some goddamned coffee ^

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    Online. Well, whatever this fast turns out to be, I'll probably, at the very least, take a break from caffeine and the computer. Also, I'll try and get a regular sleep schedule going without melatonin.

    Any input would be handy. Preferably before I start. :o)

    Edit: I need a bit to prepare, looking back on what I've eaten recently, so I won't be starting until Saturday

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    Yes, kids, going without food will indeed make you hungry. I find myself craving salt, mostly, so I've been making 'virgin Bloody Marys' to get at that. I'm not as hungry as I think I should be, though, so I'm wondering at my choices of juice. Are they too thick, maybe? Oh well. It's still less then food.

    Almost finished with The Fall of Hyperion.

    (NB: Okie, I lied. I checked my friends list. Sorry x.x It's so haaaard to go without computer ;.;

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    In the book I'm reading, one of the means of communication is to modulate the superstring of the current universe. I found it interesting, thought you might too. ^

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    I broke my fast. Before I realized what I was doing, I'd eaten a few olives.. Oh well, I guess I could keep going, but, while I'm not really hungry, I miss the solace and wondrousness of food. I might just go ahead and end the fast early, since I got at least 30 hours out of it. And juice. I got juice.

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    http://www.twotowersprotest.org/ http://www.petitiononline.com/twotower/ http://www.snopes.com/rumors/cool.ht

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    Broke the fast. It's not What I Need (tm). Maybe later, when it'll be of more use to me.

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    Reading old books. Still like the Hyperion series. But I have promises to keep And miles to go before I sleep

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    I'm stealing Shan's neighbor's wireless. It's fun. Anyway, this visit's turning out to be really cool, and kinda sad 'cause of that for fairly obvious reasons. It's hot here. I got a hematite ring. Shan has school until 5 today. Stuff. Internet. Laffo. OMGWTF it's true. Lawl. I met N(itrogen) and WishIWas. They're really cooool.

    I'll stop now. :o)

    Oh yeah, before I forget: Esadim and Star Spangled Banner are finished. In the works: "Jeder Engel ist Schreklich" for SATBSATB and piano; "Stanzas" for SATB; and a bunch of ideas for a piano concerto

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    Christ... I got so depressed just leaving to go get my bags scanned. Shan and I had just had an awkward and brief goodbye, though I'd been clinging to him all day at the apartment, so I guess I wasn't really prepared to be.. saddened by going home. I've been reading almost continuously since then just to keep myself distracted from this. It really sucks.. I'm thinking of giving him a call when I get to the airport, though I'm not sure what good it would do.

    Ah well. Planes still suck.

    Edit: Got in too late for calling. Hope I'll see him around soon or something.

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    It was divine. However, I can't think of anything to write about it, so.. yeah. Met Wish and Nitrogen, who are exceedingly cute together. One of them I had met previously and was a little embarrassed around, but whatever. It was good to see Shan again. He thinks he might come out here sometime soon. We'll see

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    I've realized that one of the reasons I'm excited about going to college is that I won't be a taxi there :o)

    Don't appologize. It's fun driving people around. Just expensive is all.

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    http://outofambit.blogspot.com/archives/2004_08_01_outofambit_archive.html#10925491851623024

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    Grrrrrr.

    No more excisions. One disservice to my younger readers, however minor, has been enough. I will never cave again

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    e4428679087c9aec74b239813aca1d0f http://www.ljmeme.co

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    How aboot breakfast? Wednesday morning? Ryan said maybe, I say yes. Shannon? Kiran? Androo? Well.. Androo suggested it, um.. Anyone else

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    Might be inaccessible, but I'll check this thing if I can.

    Terb, might need some help, if you're willing and able, with network stuff. Talk to you whenever about it. I have your cell #, that still work

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    Shannon, don't suppose it's too late to ask you to bring my USB memory drive..? c.

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    Arg. Maybe I'll fill this in later, but.. I dunno

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    New! Get Free Daily Horoscopes from Kwiz.Biz

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    Loooooooomf: What.

    I'm sorry, I think I've lost my journalling knack

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    History of the matter --- One step closer to Ein Sof --- Shock and Awe --- Coming to terms with being a terrible person

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    I am not writing this for it to be believed, or even seen as a creed --- how could I hold that power over anyone? --- but simply to explain myself. Read this and take it into account, as only one man's manifesto.

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    When someone recently asked me about my religious beliefs because they were genuinely interested to know, I was at a loss. I think I answered a muttered excuse of being agnostic because God was none of my business.

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    Thinking back on it now, this answer is inadequate for a few reasons. For one, my reply was based off the set and setting: this was during a choir tour in South Korea, and not only was most of the choir Christian, but most of the stops on the tour were to Christian churches. Secondly, and due in part to the above, I'm sure our concepts of God differ in many ways. Lastly, born of my haste, I was not completely explicit when I said "none of my business."

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    Now that we are back home and I have time in the evenings to do as I please and study what I will, I will strive to come up with a more complete answer to this rather complex question. A bit of history is certainly in order for this to be complete. I was born in the mid eighties to baby-boomer parents. Both my mother and father were raised by devoutly religious parents --- my father was in the Lutheran church, I'm fairly sure, but I don't know about my mom --- though both dropped their religion sometime during their high school or college years and neither have shown much if any inclination towards it since. Rather, both became very strict atheists later in life, my mother in particular. While my dad may have made a comment every now and then about the irrational nature of organized religion, my mom would often go into diatribes about how useless even personal religion was, or how absurd the concept of God is.

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    This was not a positive experience for me, to be sure, and so I wound my way through elementary school proudly calling myself an atheist, after my parents, just as I'm sure many others proudly proclaimed their Christianity or Judaism. It wasn't until middle school, really, that, with the development of my super-ego, I began to even contemplate anything of a spiritual nature. Of course, at that age and with that background, I lacked the vocabulary necessary to flesh out these contemplations, much less to voice them. Needless to say, my developing moral code was at odds with what I had been taught and had practiced up until that point.

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    Hoping to produce another engineer just like himself and my mother (and we see how far that got), he put a very large emphasis on doing well in school, particularly in math and science. In sixth grade, I moved down to live with him instead of my mom, making the hour's drive to stay with her every other weekend in a reversal of the previous schedule. In the first quarter of my seventh grade year, however, when I receieved my first 'F' on a midterm report card, I panicked and left home before he got back from work, leaving a shattered cosmetics mirror on the table along with the report card, took the quarters in the change jar, and rode my bike to the Wal-Mart nearby. It was October. I was eleven.

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    While I shivered and waited for the ideas to come to me behind the dumpsters and A/C units of the Wal-Mart, I reasoned with the screaming of my fledgling conscience: The broken mirror stood for my broken trust in my dad --- I did not think that he would not get irrationally angry with me because of my grades. Further, my running away was to be an escape from all of those things and a return to the safety of my own mind and plans. I would ride the bus up to Boulder, where my mom lived, and plan the next step of my escape to safety.

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    My mom found me the next morning outside Waldenbooks --- she knew me so well --- and the rest of the day was filled with tears on everyone's behalf. Hours were spent on the phone with my dad as he went through my room and tried to sort out what had gone wrong in the situation. The answers I gave were half-truths and evasive comments skirting the issues really at hand, and even some outright lies. The problem I had was a conflict in myself and no words to describe it. I fell, of course, to blame, and claimed that my dad spent too much time at the bar with my step-mom (the bartender). This was a legitimate concern to my parents, though I cherished the time alone, so I used it to escape from the consequences of my actions.

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    I've always been into science fiction, but this was about the time that I started to get into fantasy as well. If you've talked about books with me at all, you'll know that, despite having read a good many others, a few books in particular start coming back again and again after I've read them. Some noteables being Garth Nix's Abhorsen trilogy, Brian Jacques Redwall series, and C. S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia.

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    I've heard that this stage of life is the time when, for the first time, mortality becomes truly evident and important to the growing mind. If so, then I was left not only with thoughts of mortality, but beyond, and into morbidity. Always affectionate, I would no longer lean on my mother, or hug her for any extended length --- if I could feel or hear her heartbeat --- I'd refuse to, in most situations. It wasn't that I was particularly 'grossed out' or anything, but more that her mortality was made evident in these situations. While death was a comfortable subject for me in my fantasy worlds at the time, when it related to my mother, I became frightened --- particularly at the vividness of my own thoughts. I would start in fearing for her safety, then slip into picturing what I would do if she died, and finally get stuck in a gruesome loop of scenes of gore or emotional trauma resulting from her death.

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    Here is where the early hopes and dreams would come into conflict with my upbringing: my fears, plainly, were death and the emotions involved; my hopes were that it wouldn't happen, or, should it, it would be okay, because the person would live on in some sort of after life. My spiritual upbringing, on the other hand, left no place for the latter, and, while the former was brought up, it was rarely discussed in depth.

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    The period in my life with which this coincided was my first discovery of the internet. Though I'm currently nicely addicted to the 'net, I didn't see much potential in it for myself. At the beginning, when my mom's house was still on AOL and my dad's was on Prodigy, I saw it as little more than a library, full of more information than I really needed and far too difficult to search. However, after reading, for the second time, Herman Hesse's Siddhartha, something prompted me to look up Buddhism.

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    My experience with religion so far had been limited to vague ideas that Christians and Jews were just people with funny ideas and enhanced senses of guilt and punishment. Buddhism was, then, "in my mouth as sweet as honey." (Ezk. 3:3) Here was a religion that really seemed to appeal to me. Contained within it, according to my knowledge, was not only something to do with my free time --- meditate --- but an assurance of reincarnation --- of myself and my loved ones living again. In my mind's eye, I saw myself passing away, only to wake up, refreshed, as if from a bad dream, out of my former life.

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    That I could sum up Buddhism like that is clear evidence of my limited knowledge. Meditation was simply another way for me to draw attention to myself, however (one doesn't generally meditate in public places, as I did), and I conveniently overlooked the entirety of the rest of the religion. At that stage, Buddhism was a way out of death and into the spotlight for me. I could even be selective about the spotlight: I remember, after having told a friend of mine that I was Buddhist, adding that it was perhaps best if she didn't bring the topic up around my dad, as he "didn't need to know yet."

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    Having learned more about the religion, I can say that there is indeed a lot about it that I find amazing: their tradition is deep and rich, their stories beautiful, and I agree with a lot of what they have to teach. For instance, the Noble Eightfold Path is, I believe, a very robust and comprehensive way to look at life. I disagree, however, with the 'goal' of that path, of trying to eliminate suffering and escape into or through Nirvana. Rather, I look at it in a different way.

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    The Noble Eightfold Path is a system of eight elements divided into three groups. In the category of Wisdom, there is right (or ideal) view and right intention; in the category of ethical conduct, there is right speech, right action, and right livelihood; and in the category of mental discipline, there is right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration. These are posited as a path leading to the cessation of suffering in life through attainment of Nirvana: the ultimate goal in life of obliterating the need to become again --- to be reincarnated. Perhaps due to my prior self-conditioning, I disagree with this, or at least agree in a creative way.

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    Looking at Nirvana, seeing that change in definition instead of deletion, I feel that the meaning of "to become again" changes also. Whereas before it meant escaping from the cycle of reincarnation, I think that it now becomes an escape from the previous ignorance, from the 'lives' (read: instances of this life) before this one, by becoming something new built off this new synthesis. In this sense, one tastes this sense of Nirvana every time one consciously builds off what they were before. This changes the function of Nirvana from a goal and into a path.

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    With this early focus on reincarnation as an extension of life, it's a wonder that I didn't move into other, more easily digestible spiritualities with a focus on the afterlife (I don't mean to say that Christianity is simple, far from it, but the language and culture barrier between myself and Buddhism is an obstacle), but my next "step" in my spiritual path was a lot more appealing to me than such things as the Trinity, the idea of sin, and the consequent repentance. To have a self guided faith means that things beyond your current development level are a little harder to take in on any intellectual level beyond blind faith.

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    Buddhism did not, obviously, take a firm hold on me after those early explorations and, as it often does with me, my interest in that specific application waned soon after. It wasn't until a few months later, some time around when high school was getting near, that I found a new outlet for my spiritual needs. As before, this was brought on by a particularly influential book in my life that I read towards the end of my eighth grade year.

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    The fantasy genre is rife with magic of various sorts, and it was this, along with the ideas about death that helped me to get into and research earth based religions and paganism in it's various forms. In Garth Nix's Sabriel, these two ideas are melded together to form an engaging view of death as a place accessible by magicians and affected by sounds --- something that particularly struck a chord with me, as this is when I first started to get into music. Even to this day, I still fantasize that I'll find a certain pitch or chord that will be particularly powerful over people --- this may have been one of my early influences in composition, and has led to my exploration in the uses of the dominant sonority in unexpected or unresolved fashions, since it holds such sway over the western listener.

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    The more I thought about this description of Death as a place --- a land of nine stages or 'levels' with the final stage leading to that final resting place of all souls --- the less I was drawn to the idea of reincarnation and the more I started to accept death. I don't think that, at this point, I was mature enough to embrace death, or even stop fearing it. I had, however, matured enough to understand the finality of it, and to accept that as a truth in life, even as an every day part of it. When people die, they aren't coming back, not here, or at least not in a recognizable form, going by other traditions. This thought still terrified me, but not to the same extent as before.

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    The idea of magic, however, did intrigue me, so I wound up, once more, at the bookstore and on the internet looking up 'practical' references to that. This, of course, led me right to paganism, along with other magic- and earth-based spiritualities. Through my friend, co-explorer, and teacher Ryan, I learned more about these traditions than I would have with just the internet, however, and I have several memories of walking with him along ditches or through the 'mini-forest' and having nicely mystical experiences with the rich greenery, meandering streams, and climbing over dead foliage.

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    I took perhaps less from these religions than from Buddhism, but due to paganism being a less-mainstream religion (and, to be sure, I chose that in part as a sort of 'standard' rebellion from the main-stream religions), I feel that I did gain a broader perspective of what's out there, and a more open mind toward different things. A few things in particular stood out to me: at the beginning of my path through these 'earth-based traditions', I came across the Wiccan Rede which, paraphrased, states "as long as it harms none, do what you will," which I feel is a much more important statement than the Thelemic "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law." The first part of the phrase, "an it harm none," is a very important addition to such a phrase. If I were to keep one idea in my mind at all times, it would likely be that one --- even focusing for on not only actions and words, but inaction and silence that cause harm is a very difficult and enlightening exercise. It was, for me, the beginnings of the sense of humility that I strive for and always fall short of (which may be in the definition of humility, granted).

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    My interest in magic hasn't waned, but it has changed a great deal over the years. Magic is, I believe, a whole lot more subtle than I believed when I first got myself into a more serious study of it. Perhaps it's the cynic in me, or the scientist inherited from my parents, but I don't think that the magic I thought of originally (think the movie The Craft) exists, or ever has in the Common Era except as some sort of technological wizardry (think the movie The Gods Must be Crazy!). Instead, the magic I think of is summed up in the acronym MEAD: Magic is Empowerment by Attention to Detail. Just think: were I to relax a certain few muscles in order to let blood flow from one place to another, half an hour of friction could lead to a new life being brought into the world. If I were to concentrate on the correct sequence of movements, I could certainly execute a cartwheel. Magic is the background of all that is around us, and it's that attention to detail that can make things seem magical, or at least not 'everyday'.

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    This is echoed in Richard Muller's The Sins of Jesus, in which Joseph explains to a young Jesus that it's not that there are no miracles anymore, but the miracles are all around, they just seem every day, such as children. I think this is an echoing of Jesus' own words, "Wicked is the generation that looks for signs." This is most of the concept behind Muller's book, and is certainly pertinent in my life, but will have to wait until the exploration of Judeo-Christian spirituality, the study of which encompasses more of my life than the rest of these minor vignettes, and, thus, draws on them, and will have to wait for its own section.

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    One final thing that I got out of paganism was the importance of symbols. Sigil magic was something that I toyed around with briefly, and I believe that the subconscious is an important tool to work with in this sense. Using active symbols such as sigils, or even Tarot or runes, is a powerful form of introspection. More subtly, however, passive symbols play an important part in a sociological sense: a cross --- say the hematite crucifix pendant that I own --- will not likely stop a bullet, draw lightning down to me, or enable me to walk on water, but it will influence the ideas of those around me, change their perceptions of who I am. The Christians my speak more openly to me about their faith or, as I've had happen, will speak as if I know everything about their faith that they do; while skeptics may look down on that aspect of me and question why I would wear it. Likewise, if I were to wear my flaming chalice pendant, a symbol unknown to a good portion of society, I'm likely to invite questions --- I could even be accused of baiting the topic, of which I know I'm guilty. Honestly, I think that's the purpose behind most jewelry, which is why I will only wear a piece if I'm prepared to explain it. Then again, perhaps I'm putting too much meaning into an inanimate object, of which I'm also quite guilty.

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    Other aspects of being --- The terror of individuality --- The spirituality of fiction --- The beginnings of true creativity

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    There's a long space of time after my initial intense exploration of paganism, which is filled with a nebulous sense of spiritual growth not connected to any particular spiritual set. I attribute this to a general "opening of the mind" from the gaining of more concrete intelligence. My interests started to shift from their previous areas of simple pleasures of reading, playing outside, making slings out of kite string and the toes of socks into subtler, more complicated pleasures of the more in-depth learning of high school. This is not to say that I enjoyed school --- I considered dropping out at several points --- but I did enjoy the act of gaining more knowledge, and in such diverse subjects. This, for me, was the beginning of learning to think within concrete systems, an idea that I'll certainly come back to later. These were, at first, the more obvious systems of grammars (I began in Latin my sophomore year, and began constructing my own language shortly afterward), history (learning to think and analyze historical data is something I attribute to my one history teacher in high school, Dr. Carter), and biology (microbiology and biochemistry in particular --- the latter was even my original major in college), not to mention music, which is a topic unto itself.

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    Such intellectual things were not the only changes going on during my life. From the end of eighth grade and into ninth, a few other changes, both subtle and dramatic, took place. Though I'd suspected for quite a while, my initial feelings of sexuality crystallized into a definitive sense of something out of the ordinary. Beginning as trouble understanding the idea of what was 'attractive,' I eventually settled on the label of homosexuality for what I felt, coming out to my mom sometime soon after middle school had ended. This also coincided with my growing infatuation with the internet, something which has, at points, gotten way out of hand. At one point, I was the moderator of an online forum on GovTeen.net with my then-boyfriend Danny, another teenager with similar interests living in New York.

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    At the same time, my mom and step-dad's marriage started to turn sour for various reasons. While my mom had taken my coming-out fairly well, my step-dad did not; at points during this continuing strife which lasted part-way into my freshman year, he forced me to come out to his children in a rather embarrassing fashion (he told my step-sister, and made my mom force me to come out to my step-brother), checked my email and found emailed replies from the forum I moderated including some very revealing information (the forum was one of many in a group entitled Puberty-101 --- this should explain a good deal about the content), all while refusing to talk to me directly about such things. I harbored an intense dislike for him at this phase and I don't feel that I fully forgave him for all of what happened until much later in my life when I started to incorporate it into myself. Thus, I was very willing to let my mom use my orientation as the reason for breaking off the marriage, though that was only a small portion of the myriad of reasons for divorce. In honesty, I believe this was as high on my list of influences in my life as my previous flight from home, perhaps due to the similarities in how the situation turned out.

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    The divorce was finalized and we --- my mom and I --- were planning on moving out to a townhouse very close to my high school in the next few days, and until then, my mom was sleeping on the couch in the family room with her two dogs Helen and Hank. My step-dad, perhaps with a belated riposte, came down the stairs to talk to her when, Helen, being out of control in the best of times, began barking and ran up, jumped on him, and, in short, punched him in the crotch with her paw. Humorous in hindsight, the event led to my mom and I having to move out of the house by that evening, while we were both only partially packed at the time. This was halfway through the first semester of my freshman year at Fairview and at the time, it was quite traumatic, particularly with it being a Sunday, meaning that I had to go to school the next day after this frenetic move.

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    While a good portion of this was going on, my wanderings of the internet led me into the furry fandom, a broad community of folk interested in anthropomorphic animals in various ways and to various levels. Generally an open-minded bunch, if a little dramatic, I fell right in with the ranks. I fit in quite well, being a young, gay male, and a good deal of my closest friends were made through this community, or, as in the case of Ryan, introduced to it. However, seeing as the majority of furs that I knew who were interested in anything spiritual, were interested in Native American or Asian mythology, both of which are rife with anthropomorphism, and the majority of furs in general were at least agnostic, if not militantly atheistic (I saw this echoed more clearly in the gay community later on, but that's later on), I kept my spiritual explorations separate from this aspect of myself, keeping all of my associations with other furs on a lighter level, and only letting loose on certain occasions, such as the move mentioned above.

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    This habit was likely built up out of a sort of spiritual downtime. That's not to say that my sense of spiritual self had waned, but rather that it had become tangible instead of based in words and ideas. One of the most unique experiences to come from this shift was the sense of individuality and how terrifying that can be. This was coupled with a budding sense of appreciation for humility, despite being a near-physical sensation for me. It began as a sense of how small I was in the grand scheme of things, which was made particularly evident to me by both mountains and clouds. Boulder, where I lived is right at the base of the Rocky Mountains and I grew up with those looming over me every day of my life. When my mom started to take me on hikes with her in Rocky Mountain National Park, though, I began to realize just how big the mountains were --- and not just the mountains, but the entire world --- compared to myself, and when I brought the entirety of the rest of space off earth into account, I was terrified at just how minuscule I was in comparison to everything else out there. This was emphasized whenever I'd look up at a partially cloudy day and see all the folds and corrugations in the clouds above, knowing that even they were likely larger than my entire high school --- a building large enough to house its 2,200 students and 200 faculty and staff in ten 'levels'.

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    It was a struggle for me to embrace this idea, and I would comfort myself with other near-physical mental wanderings, such as stretching out in bed during a windy night and imagining that the wind was my body --- feeling myself flow in chaotic eddies over mountains and plains, buildings and open spaces. In a sense, not only was I making myself bigger, but I was trying to escape the confines of my body's limited range of motion, imagining the way that the wind is less of an object as a verb, as the air is not the wind, but rather the flow of air. Later in life, I'd discern this as a shallow form of a Kabbalistic exercise, a sort of synaesthetic experiences of Matt-ing. The beginning, as is said, of wisdom is awe.

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    One of the things that I would do when wind-ing would be to attempt to feel the others around me as a sort of empathy. A selfish empathy, of course: rather than actually attempting to feel for those around me, it'd be more accurate to say that I was feeling my interpretation of those around me rather than them as individuals. Individuality and uniqueness of perception was a concept that I'd struggled with often up until that point, and even continue to struggle with today. Seeing others as completely separate entities rather than projections from within myself is one of those tasks that sounds much simpler than it really is. Our day-to-day lives are lived from within ourselves, in a world where self and other are distinct, and interconnectedness is achieved only on the fragile and shallow level of our tacit agreement that everyone else is just a projection of ourselves onto animate objects. To actually live your life in a continuous sense of seeing others as true individuals with their own unique perspectives --- both physical and interpreted --- seems to me as having the paradoxical effect of creating a deeper sort of interconnectedness born out of true dialog between two separate beings instead of, as E. E. Cummings put it, "all talking's talking to onesself."

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    These were my thoughts at that time in my life, and my spirituality was the spirituality of fiction. In fiction, there are often deeper dialogs that ever happen in person due to the writer attempting to create characters outside of him or herself. This, combined with the fact that one of the goals of fiction is to provide a vehicle for ideas, no matter how fantastic, lead me into this incorporation of ideas from fiction into my own spirituality. The books I started reading began to have a more overt spiritual bend to them, and the ideas became more and more influential on some level or another throughout. The most readily apparent of these are Dan Simmons' novels, all of which contain some sort of spiritual or at least deeply intellectual basis. The Hyperion Cantos, in particular, proved to be an eloquent example of the importance of individuality, not only while one was still living, but after one died. Through the esoteric idea of The Void Which Binds, Simmons' offers a glimpse of what happens after death back on Earth (or 'back in Life' may be more appropriate in this sense); more specifically, the importance of the memories of the dead cherished by the living. This fit in nicely with my solidifying stance on death. We don't know what happens after, but we can be proactive about the subject while we're here, cherishing the lives and keeping alive the memories of those who have passed, incorporating their gifts to us all while moving forward in our own lives --- that is, not getting caught up in the past and what can't be changed.

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    This burgeoning habit of looking deeper into creative works was likely one of the early influences into my own real creativity. I say real because, while I'd been creative in the past, it was always in the sense of following --- singing in choir, playing in band, writing for class. Now, however, I began to apply that creativity into more of a leadership role, as in writing outside of class or composing my own music. In this, I was leaderless and totally without a teacher, which certainly shows in my writings and music from the time, of which little remains, Needless to say, I was all over the map in terms of style and application, and I don't think that any of it shows any sense of my personality. However, it was creativity and I was doing something positive, something which might last. What I lacked at the time wasn't just a teacher or solidified direction in my creations, but the appreciation of such --- I didn't want a teacher, didn't think I needed one, something that would take a good deal more humility and a few really good teachers to appreciate, which didn't arrive until college.

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    I wonder if my continued attempts at creativity are a stab at immortality in the minds of others, just as Beethoven and Bach are immortal, and that, in turn, makes me wonder how to interpret that goal: is it selfish to want to live on and be remembered? It feels deep down inside that it is, after a fashion, but on a more intellectual level, it seems absurd not to want to do anything constructive, not to leave some lasting impression on the earth, with the time we're given. My thoughts and feelings on this and on music, however, are worth a chapter in their own right.

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    Tee hee

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    As a brief vignette, humor has always been important to me. It struck me, sometime in high school, that there wasn't any 'real' humor in religion, though. There are plenty of edgy comedians that make fun of it and jokes abound, sure, but within each religion, there's very little to be had in the way of direct humor. There are, of course, exceptions to this rule: Unitarian-Universalists do tend to have a bit of a self-deprecating sense of humor (most of their jokes involve their reliance on committees, coffee pots, or copy machines), and I've seen some really subtle humor in traditional Jewish teachings. Rarely, however, are religions outright humorous.

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    Well, except those that are.

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    One of my friends on the internet --- a furry, of course --- introduced me to Discordianism sometime around late freshman year, and I thought that I had finally found a religion I could take seriously. Discordians have a creation myth, a curse to lay on others, a system to live by, apostles, and even a church sanctioned game. The catch, of course, is that none of this is intended to be taken seriously. Basing their deity on the minor goddess of Grecco-Roman mythology, Eris, the goddess of chaos, the Discordians have built up either one of the more elaborate jokes or one of the least elaborate religions in the modern era. Despite being popularized through not only their holy book, The Principia Discordia --- or How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her, but also the writings of Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea in the books of the Illuminatus! Trilogy, the number of serious Discordians is still quite small, and despite that, the church is very fractured, what with every member being a Pope and several of them running their own Cabals. So it was, with humor as a major factor in the religion, I declared myself a Discordian Episkopos and leader of my own 'Qabal', the Qabal of Ranna I.

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    Despite the fact that the majority of the religion is a joke, I did take several things from Discordianism worth mentioning. As mentioned, the deity in question, Eris, is the goddess of Chaos, and the Discordians do take their Chaos seriously, or as seriously as a Discordian takes anything. While most of that is for comedic purposes, there are good points about chaos that need to be brought up when talking about religion and spirituality. Several of these valid points stem from the Discordian's argument that most religions point to all the order in the world and proclaim it the work of some Deity or another, handily ignoring all the chaos inherent in nature. After reading the Principia as well as a few pertinent science fiction books and actively spending a while pondering Chaos in the world, not only am I inclined to agree, but I find that I'm more inclined toward that chaos than toward the order. That is not to say that order has no place: "To choose order over disorder, or disorder over order," the Principia states, "is to accept a trip composed of both the creative and the destructive. But to choose the creative over the destructive is an all-creative trip composed of both order and disorder. To accomplish this, one need only accept creative disorder along with, and equal to creative order, and also be willing to reject destructive order as an undesirable equal to destructive disorder." A fine point, I believe, and something I have integrated as an active principle in my life.

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    The Church of the Subgenius is Discordianism taken several steps further. What was at first humorous is now intentionally absurd, and where once was disorder is now active strife. The Book of the Subgenius is filled with clip-art, a veritable collage of propaganda posters, diagrams, nonsensical text, and repetitive references to their deity/prophet/ruler J. R. "Bob" Dobbs. Their rituals seem to consist of getting drunk and holding devivals, and possibly some waxing poetic about meteors bouncing around inside the Earth. I took nothing from the Subgenii, excepting perhaps a bit of skepticism --- their humor is simply over my head.

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    During my senior year in high school, several friends and I, all interested in the more esoteric and unique traditions began to get together to discuss such traditions from serious to humorous (they had all heard of and participated in Discordianism), and, at one point, even became a school-sanctioned group, though we were only just barely tolerated --- Prayer at the Pole, on the other hand, was, of course, embraced wholly, which certainly got on our nerves at the time. Once we started advertising, we did hold a few successful true meetings, the most memorable of which involved the various methods of divination in use around the world, or at least those allowable indoors. While Dan spun in circles until he fell down --- gyromancy: his landing would determine the answer to a question --- Toren read tarot, and I conducted crude numerological explorations with a book by Aleister Crowley. Mostly, however, we would just laugh a lot and talk about various odd things about this religion or that cult. I would post 'propaganda posters' consisting of images and phrases from the Principia Discordia and my own contrivance, stamp any poster I saw in the hall with a self-inking stamp which read "APOTHEOSIS APPROVED" (for which I got in trouble), and even hand out Pope cards. This was my attempt at adding creative chaos to an otherwise dreary school atmosphere: the prime example of order both constructive and destructive in the world.

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    Sent away to learn --- Who'll be a witness? --- Two texts, one word --- The difference between you and me --- Ecstatic meditations.

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    In this country, and in this day and age, it's nearly impossible to go without experiencing some form of Christianity. As was mentioned earlier, I did attend a church service at an early age and I remember my maternal grandmother showing me a cartoon about Jesus' life, but, again, at the time, it meant little, if anything to me at the time. I was simply too young to incorporate those ideas into my life without any prior knowledge or expertise. Even into high school, my ideas on Christianity were limited to a vague sense of a few of the core ideas of the religion: only what my limited knowledge could offer.

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    My parents' opinions on religion in general were mostly informed by their experiences with Christianity while growing up, and, as such, my sources for such knowledge were limited by my parents' opinions. That is, until one summer at the away-from-home camp I went to.

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    My dad had been sent to something similar as a child: run by the YMCA, such camps were usually secluded up in the mountains or by some lake or another, providing a chance for kids to learn in a more natural context. He enjoyed the experiences so much that he wound up being a councilor at his camp, and decided to send me to one when I was old enough. I wound up at Camp Shady Brook, west of Salida, Colorado, first for one week then for two weeks at a time, running amok in the valley in which this camp was situated. There were the standards of archery and target practice with .22 rifles, swimming and canoeing in the pond, playing kickball, and massive, camp-wide games of capture the flag (the valley setup allowed a girls slope and a boys slope, and this, I remember being informed, was a precious opportunity to see the girl's side). What I remember most, however, was talking with my councilor and my cabin-mates. It was, I believe, my second year there when I received a bible as a gift from my councilor.

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    Though I'm sure it was a form of witnessing, it was too subtle for my mind. I took the book thinking it might be a fun read and would make me into a good person because of it. I thought little of the societal implications of Christianity at the time, much less the religious factor of it, and I was consequently disappointed when I found it so difficult to read and get through the KJV's wording.

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    Having put the bible down and peeked at it only to verify one or two quotes that I'd heard over the years, I thought of it rarely, at one point having had to take it back from my step-mom after forgetting that she had borrowed it. It was my budding sexuality that eventually brought it into relevance again, and I struggled to read it once or twice in middle and early high school with no luck, basing my knowledge instead on commentaries on relevant verses I found on the internet.

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    The ideas that I knew were contained in this very difficult to read piece of literature did seem worthy of investigation. 'Love thy neighbor' is almost cliché in this society, but the first time I heard "love your enemy as you love your neighbor," I felt that there might be some portions of this book worth reading. It wasn't the bible, however, that was to solidify this for me. Sometime in my junior or senior year of high school, I came across a book called The Sins of Jesus by Richard Muller somewhere online. I'm not sure who recommended it to me or where I saw it, but the idea intrigued me: after my recent disillusionment with the concept of magic in paganism, I felt that a view of Jesus without the added baggage of miracles would be an interesting way to learn more about the religion; the fact that the book was a novel just made it all the more appealing to me, even if I did feel the need to put a blank cover on it to keep from offending others while reading it in public.

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    "Had I read this book as a teenager, I might not have become an atheist," reads a blurb on the front of the book, and I have to admit, I found it nearly as powerful. As soon as I finished the --- admittedly rather short --- book, I read it straight through a second time. Many of the precepts of Christianity are crystallized in this telling of the life of Jesus, and to see them in a plain, readable (for me, at least) form proved quite compelling and made me reevaluate my view not only of the religion of Christianity, but my view of my own individual spirituality. How would it feel to love my enemy as I loved my neighbor? What would it mean to have this concept of God be nearer to a caring father figure than an overarching deity that cared more about following rules than human interaction? Wasn't human interaction one of the most important things to humans?

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    All this called into doubt what I had seen of the more fundamentalist Christians that I had seen on TV and heard about through my friends. To put it loosely, were they preaching from the same gospel? This required some deeper investigation, which meant doing some research from the more quoted of sources.

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    In my search for a more direct answer, I went straight for the New Testament in my bible, using the internet as an alternate resource for when the text became too bulky for me to digest. What I found wasn't something radically different as I had supposed, but something much more vague than I had expected. Herein was my first real experience with the vagueness of text --- while my mom had often explained horoscopes away as simple vagueness, I had never seen it in a true religious sense like this.

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    What I was seeing was two different interpretations of one text in active use. On one side was the supposed eternal love of Christ and the Father in heaven, and on the other was spelled out damnation in the words of an angry God. Two things lead to this disparity and, in my case, made it worse. Firstly, I had not, at that point, read the Old Testament, nor had I finished more than the apostolic books of the New Testament, so I was without the harsher tradition of the Tanakh, as well as the stricter words put forth in the Pauline epistles and later books in the newer tradition. Secondly, I lacked the faith-driven background that most of these fundamentalists and true Christians had lived through. Not only was I brought up to use the healthy sense of skepticism that I had been given and had developed with my forays into other, smaller religions, but I was lacking the foundation of knowledge that these people had.

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    Of course, the largest difference between most of those people and myself was likely one of sexual orientation. I was reading the bible from the careful, wary standpoint of a young gay man eager to avoid conflict, while those around me were reading it from the standpoint of those who have always been taught that homosexuality is wrong by their society, their religion, and individuals in their lives. In my view, at that time, they were picking and choosing verses to justify their actions, whereas in their view, I was committing --- make that living a sin that is strictly defined in several places in the entire bible, described as everything from 'detestable' to worthy of the death penalty. At this point in my life, this was too large of a portion of myself for me to keep at any sort of serious study of the bible or Christianity, and the phase quickly tapered out, leaving me with a greater sense of the religion derived from a novelized telling of Jesus' life than from the bible itself.

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    Now that I was getting to be more experienced in this, I made sure not to just garner all this information without taking some of it into myself. One situation of note sticks out in particular. I had fallen madly in love with a friend of mine, Andrew, and, after our fair share of tribulations, we wound up in a relationship. However, a year or two into the relationship, we parted briefly for several reasons, and Andrew wound up with another person --- a mutual friend of ours. One evening, feeling sorry for myself and rather sour all around, I went to bed early and lay, thinking, for several hours.

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    I really did wish the best for Andrew, though I was torn between that and jealousy, which made my feelings for our mutual friend all the more confusing. On one hand, he was my friend, but on the other, he'd taken something dear to me for himself, making obvious all of the ways I had screwed up in my relationship leading up to that point. I felt that I should have been thankful to him for that in a grudging sort of way because perhaps I was now a better person, but, to put it bluntly, I felt more that he was my enemy.

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    Remembering that silly phrase that I had heard, "love your enemies as you would love your neighbor," I felt that it was worth a go, if only for not feeling so terrible for a while. I tried several approaches to this problem. Thinking of all of the redeeming factors of this person worked only on a very shallow level, as did just plain force. Removing Andrew from the equation helped a little, but after a while, I felt more like I was ignoring the problem than working towards a solution. It wasn't until I removed myself from the equation that things started to work out. At first, I took a step back from the problem and attempted to see from the perspective of the others involved, which, as stated before, worked only somewhat well, as I was seeing what I interpreted to be their perspective, rather than their true perspective. After this, I attempted to draw the situation with myself as an observer, before finally stepping back from the whole thing and doing my level best to take in the logic and emotion bound up in this situation.

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    What I saw wasn't some case of enemies and new loves, but was an instance of three people interacting with each other on a deeply emotional level. While I do not know all of what happened between Andrew and this friend of ours, much less what thoughts were going through their heads, seeing the situation laid bare helped me to understand the intricacies of what was going on along with the intense and, cliché as it sounds, beautiful interactions between three intense and beautiful individuals.

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    This was just a vague taste of what I think was meant by loving one's enemies, and, finding such elation after being wrapped up in such drama, I slipped quickly out of this mode of thinking, though the ideas behind it stayed with me; it was only a brief glimpse of a deeper understanding. I leapt up from bed and got online as quickly as I could to tell this mutual friend that I understood and that I loved him "as a brother," and that I had (jokingly) "reached enlightenment, and all it took was three hours in bed."

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    Things eventually worked out well, I think, though tendrils of the situation lasted long past when I expected them to, several years later. Some sense of that original emotion stuck with me, and I felt that, at last, I finally knew what might be the driving force behind the origins of religion, that I knew what people meant by a mystical experience, and that this ecstasy would indeed serve as an excellent starting-point for wanting to join a religion. With the sour taste still in my mouth from finding the difference in interpretation within Christianity, I abandoned that thread and continued to look within myself, searching for the reason and method behind that moment.

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    Four years passed --- Five Pillars --- The Gays versus the Preachers --- Changes mean new beginnings

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    High school did not pass in a flash, even in hindsight. It wound laboriously through the weeks and months, most of the time, and I remember long stretches of dull times throughout my four years there. That's not to say that times were all bad, of course. I made some incredible friends, did some incredibly stupid stuff, and just generally grew up a whole lot in the time I spent there.

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    I had gained a new appreciation of music through my experiences in choir under two tried and true directors, and had considered that as a field I might want to pursue later in life. However, I also grew to appreciate biology after taking a few advanced courses in the subject, gaining an interest in the areas of biochemistry and molecular biology. Thus it was that I applied to Colorado State University.

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    My reasons for applying to CSU as opposed to the more local CU were myriad. Foremost, during the application period, I was still together with Andrew, and he was planning on going to CSU as well, at the time. There were more pertinent reasons, however: according to my mom, who graduated from CU, the Fort Collins' university's methods were more geared toward practical applications while the Boulder university generally favored more theoretical study. This, I felt, was key in the area of biochemistry, my first major. Also important, I felt that moving away from my hometown --- far enough to put some distance between my parents and I but near enough to make visiting easy --- would be a good idea in order to facilitate independence.

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    All in all, with such a large move, I was left with a rather large change in my life. I found myself with a few of my classmates from high school in a different town, inundated with freedom. Now was obviously the time for experimentation beyond what I had been able to do at home. I began, at first, with classes. Besides the obvious biology, chemistry, and core classes I was taking, I added in The History of Islam to the 1500s.

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    During my classes in history in high school, Islam had been my favorite subject. Perhaps it was because it was the only sanctioned bit of religion we were allowed to be taught, with most other material sanitized of such content. My teacher at the time, Dr. Carter, did an excellent job of providing an historic overview along with a good description of the tenets of Islam, and my close friend, Jerred, a Malaysian Muslim, supplemented this information.

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    Getting to take an in-depth class on the subject felt like a privilege to me, and getting to learn from such a professor as Dr. Lindsey was an honor. The structure of the class, being basically historical, worked to our advantage, adding information to the basic understanding of the religion in chronological order as we learned about the events behind such changes.

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    In Islam, I saw a sort of purity and a fairly well defined system of faith with some clearly explained goals, along with a sense of brotherhood that I hadn't really experienced or seen through any other systems. Alas, though I felt at first that I really connected with the religion, I ran into much the same problem that I did with Christianity --- namely the discrepancy between what I learned from people and what I actually read in the Qur'an, and I wound up dropping the interest fairly soon, looking into it only at a much later date and from a much different perspective.

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    Meanwhile, I branched out in other areas of my life due to the freedom I had gained. With a campus of several thousand people, despite the university's more conservative reputation, it was no surprise that there was a student group for gay students. The GLBT Student Services office quickly became a regular haunt for me, and I began to meet up with other gay people close to my age on campus, working into a group of friends and possible dating pool more so than I had done in Boulder. It was from this group of friends that I first strongly felt the aversion many gay people have toward religion, Christianity in particular.

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    With such a large area of campus devoted to free speech, the Plaza outside the student center was regularly visited by 'street preachers,' men whose full-time job it was to travel the nation and witness to large groups of students at a time. They would stand or sit out in one place with a ring of students gathered around them answering questions, preaching gospel, and shouting themselves hoarse. Generally the types of fundamentalists I would see on TV, they were usually fairly harsh on students, accusing everyone of engaging in irresponsible drinking, premarital sex, and vague gender-roles. Men in pink shirts would get shouted at for not being masculine, and public displays of affection were cause for rude noises.

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    Many of the people in the GLBTSS office pounced on the opportunity to start an argument with these preachers and often, whole groups of gay people would band together against the lone Christian in a shouting match over the ethics of homosexuality or the legitimacy of the bible in today's society. Both sides would hurl logical fallacies at each other and both would leave frustrated. I didn't actually work up the courage to talk to one of the preachers until a few years later, but I would always go and watch whenever these squabbles would happen, curious as to the lack of civil discourse.

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    My own beliefs came into play more toward the end of my first semester of such freedom. By now, I had gone to the nearby Bible Superstore to pick up a different translation of the bible, one that would be easier to read, and started picking at it now and then. At the same time I got a little into Tarot cards and explored the system behind them, though that exploration didn't last too long due to what I felt to be a rather large amount of information to memorize. Deep inside, though, things were certainly getting riled up: something about my current major did not agree with me.

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    It wasn't just that I wasn't doing well in my classes (a test that I felt that I had done well on would turn out to be a 30% score), but something didn't feel right about the subject I was studying. I found, as I still do, the information absolutely fascinating and extremely pertinent in today's world, but I felt that I wasn't the one who should be working on it. For me the path seemed the incorrect one, like I was doing something that I knew I shouldn't by studying in a field so close to other people's physical bodies, something which I felt should not be my area of expertise.

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    After one semester, I changed my major to music, seeking music education. With my emphasis on the internal aspects of humanity, I thought that this was a better fit for me. The education portion of my degree would not only be more marketable than just music, but now I would be dealing with kids (my aim was to teach high school), something else that was important to me. My one big regret of being gay was that I wouldn't likely have any children of my own.

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    This feeling of 'correct fit' when it came to my choice of major along with the direction my life was headed was the trailhead for the path of mysticism and religious study that would follow. Though that first year was vague in terms of beliefs and traditions, I feel that it was the beginning of a solidifying phase. My method of study --- rather than my actual religion, of course --- was gelling into a means of exploring traditions, religions, and spiritualities that was constructive for me, leading to the beginnings of my concept of synthesis, which would become so important later on. I was a preschooler in learning how to learn.

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    Early musicianship --- The subtleties in the art --- A major in two halves --- Counterfeits sell --- Another change

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    Some of my earliest memories are of listening to the music of my parents, making mix-tapes (I grew up in the 80's, you see), and hearing new songs on the radio. Seeing my interest in the music around me, my parents agreed to put me in lessons for an instrument, and, from about age six through about fifth grade, I played the alto saxophone, all while maintaining interests in other instruments such as drums and keyboard.

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    Music was, essentially, the closest thing I had to a 'religion' for a long time. I put religion in quotes because I do not mean that I had mystical experiences while playing the sax or that I believed strongly in any one particular thing about music (at that time), but that music was the thing that was constant in my life: lessons were church, recitals were special occasions to get dressed up for, and it was something that I had to think about in my daily life.

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    It's of little surprise, then, when I say that my interest in music continued throughout my life. After all, it began as a habit and stayed with me as one for a long time before I started to actually think about it in any sort of depth. It used to be that I would listen to music on repeat while doing homework, thinking I'd just have noise in the background, but I'd often find that I'd wind up anticipating what song was coming up next and trying to tie the whole of the album or tape together into a story.

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    Music meant little to me in middle school, and I picked up the oboe then more as a way to attract attention to myself as the one that played that weird instrument that sounded more like a duck than a woodwind. High school, on the other hand, was the defining time for me, more by chance than anything else. I first signed up for classes so that I had seven periods of class and one off period in the middle of the day for lunch. On my third day at school, however, while eating lunch in the hallway with a friend from elementary school, several girls came up to us and basically bribed us into joining choir (their reasoning was that there were a lot of girls there, which didn't interest me nearly as much as the music).

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    Winding up in choir for that freshman year was, in retrospect, the original turning point of my life in the direction of music. Before that, I really had no idea of what I wanted to do with my life, other than the occasional vague notion of being a scientist of some sort. Through the four years of choir in high school (five choirs; seven if you count seasonal choirs), I developed a deep respect for some of the music we performed and began to ponder the music in a more conscious fashion.

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    How, exactly, did one convey emotion through music? This became particularly pertinent when we performed music of different cultures. To western ears, the major scale (or at least major tonality) outlines a generally positive mood while tempo and dynamics are left to further that description. For example, a loud, fast, and major sounding song may suggest triumph or ecstasy, while a soft and slow major song can sound introspective --- love is a big theme, of course. This leaves the minor scale for describing negative emotions, with similar modifications from tempo and dynamics.

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    Looking at music from other cultures, however, provides a different glimpse. As a readily available example, much in the way of Jewish choral literature relies less on what melodic materials are used and more on articulation and other devices to determine whether a song is 'happy' or not. In other words, many Jewish choir songs sound distinctly depressing or sad to our western ears, though the texts are rather positive.

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    As another example, I mentioned before that I've played with the dominant sonority, using it in ways that are not expected. A dominant function chord is one that, in western music, has a tendency to resolve in a certain way to the tonic, or primary key sonority, that is, it is usually seen as the second-to-last chord and over all sonority in most common practice period pieces, excepting of course the 'amen' of hymns. Though originally seen as dissonant, the dominant seventh chord became so ingrained into western music that it became strict taboo to not resolve it properly, or at least in a properly deceptive manner. It wasn't until the late romantic era and into the jazz era that 'improper' uses of dominant seventh chords became commonplace.

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    These are both examples of the effect of music on the mind of the listener. The composer plays with the direction of the music based on the listener's expectations of what's to come in the line of the song. In high school, though I'd begun composing, I was subconsciously trying to do just that. My earliest songs show some attempt at providing material that would sound unexpected without being totally out there.

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    Once I got to college and settled into my music major, however, I began to come across more and more in the way of musical materials in my schooling. Though I started with Music Theory Fundamentals, I ended up building a strong core of musical knowledge from the ground up, and from the past to the present. This growing core of knowledge allowed me to explore further into my own musical style, but more than that, it provided growing concern in my major, though I had just switched recently.

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    My goal up until that point was to major in music education as a way to stay in my desired major of music and wind up with a sure-fire job when I graduated. The more I dealt with the education department, however, the more I came in contact with the public education system and its philosophies, and the more I came in contact with those while building my musical knowledge-base, the more I wanted to get out. What I saw in the music department was incredible. I saw, for the first time, all of the ideas that I had in my head from choir in high school not only put into action, but also embodied in the other students that I met there, not to mention the teachers, who were and still are of great inspiration to me.

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    In the public education system, however, I saw everything that I hated about my own public school experiences. Teachers are taught to act fake, to refrain saying anything about themselves that kids might pass on to their parents, and to fear, above all else, the power of parents and their litigious tendencies in today's society. As teachers, we were expected to teach in the style sanctioned by whatever was popular, and what was popular was determined by what was making the most money for publishers at the time. My education classes contradicted a good portion of my knowledge of psychology, and a good portion of what I expected to be able to teach was denied to me.

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    In particular, I felt that the direction in which my music education classes were heading was not where I wanted to head with my life. Specifically, the problems I had with music education had to do with the current trends in music and where they get their influences. The more I learned about the different styles of western music through the ages, the more I doubted the authenticity of what we sang in high school. Some of our music was genuine, true to its period or style, or unique in a way that offered a glimpse at something new. A healthy portion, however, was phony. Fake. Totally lacking in the soul and creativity that I saw in the other pieces we were performing. This was music that was written to fulfill a contract with a corporation, and it was the corporation, not the artists, the trends, and the times, that was deciding what was the correct music for our age group to be performing. This pseudomusic, as I later learned to call it, is easily taking over the industry, smothering students and leaving composers with little choice of what to write. This was not something I wanted to push on my students.

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    Likewise, teaching methods were pushed with the same voracity in the music education practicum class I took. Orff, Dalcroze, and Kodaly systems were pushed and hyped without end, and we were encouraged to spend several thousand dollars on a course that would get us a certificate proclaiming us as followers of that one particular method. Such useless certifications for simply different ways of teaching music put a bad taste in my mouth

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    With these doubts instilled about my future job, I began to question my true reason for wanting to be in the music education program. Sure, I wanted to give students the same joy that I had felt in singing an incredible piece, but I felt that that wasn't the only reason for me wanting to be in front of a room full of students. A room full of singers is an instrument, and, as a budding composer, I felt that, were I not careful, I might start to see them as such and begin to push my own music on them. Of course, with this growing appreciation of music, I was terrified that along with my music would come my ideals, and here is where humility began to beat me over the head. Who was I to push around a room of students like that? I could bring them to see the same joy that I had felt, sure, but how would I feel expressing my opinions --- as I knew I eventually would --- in front of people who are just starting to form theirs? I wouldn't be teaching so much as taking advantage.

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    For a while, I tried to quell my horror at the public education system and to work around these doubts. I formulated the beginnings of my teaching philosophy in an attempt to keep the proper goals in mind, though I only finished it recently under encouragement from others. In short, my goal should not be to lead an excellent choir in beautiful concerts, or to provide an artistic outlet for students, or even to teach the fundamentals of music; my goal should be to encourage the future generations to become more complete and well rounded individuals with an appreciation not only for the arts of our culture, but of others around us --- leading an excellent choir, providing an artistic outlet, and teaching fundamentals is only the path toward that goal, and the harder the students and I work toward that goal, the greater our accomplishments along the way will be.

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    In an ideal world, that would be the case. The more I saw of the public education system, though, the more I was convinced that we were living in some world far, far from the ideal one, and I eventually started to look toward other avenues where I might help in other ways, eventually seeking to get into the composition major, a battle unto itself.

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    Arguments and smooth talkin' --- Set, setting, or integral part?

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    While my library of relevant books grew from the KJV Bible and the Principia Discordia, my interest in spiritualities continued to swell and, eventually, I began to read more into these different faiths. I came back time after time to the bible, however, having branched the collection out to a nice NIV copy, an Amplified copy (wherein whenever there's a difference in a source material, it's noted, and whenever there are multiple meanings for a word, they follow in parentheses), and several NKJV New Testaments from the Gideons on campus. My reasons for looking so keenly into the Bible were due in large part to the overwhelming presence of Christianity on campus, specifically in the music department.

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    Perhaps because it was so pertinent in my daily life in school, I was very interested in the 'why' of Christianity. Why did people focus so intently on this one book, take the words written in it so seriously? I had gleaned a good bit of information about the history and concepts from Muller's The Sins of Jesus, and I had read a bit of the bible at this point --- the apostles and about half the Torah --- so I could see that there was indeed something there to be learned. My struggle, then, was to find agreement in what I saw in the actions of Christians with the dogma put forth in the Bible.

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    There was, one spring, a preacher out on the Plaza named Johnny Square. He had the perfect voice for a contemporary evangelical, black preacher: smooth and reassuring with an almost sing-song tone to the important words which brought them out almost as much as the long pauses filling his speech did. Also, unlike the other preachers that usually came to campus, he encouraged one on one discussion, bringing with him a couple of PA speakers, a throat microphone for himself, and a microphone on a stand for whomever he was talking to. This idea of a public 'one-on-one' dialogue was something that intrigued me, as most other preachers were content to just shout at passers by from a central location, usually surrounded at a respectful distance by a ring of students listening, rarely participating.

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    As I mentioned before, though, many of the people from the GLBT office were rather harsh with these preachers, and today was no exception: what began as a light argument about homosexuality as sin turned into each side throwing logical fallacies at each other mingled with insults. With this apparent stalemate, the folk from the GLBT office headed off to their classes and Mr. Square was left all worked up.

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    For some reason I'm not sure of, I got up and went to the microphone. I had little idea of what I was going to talk about, other than I just wanted to make it a more constructive conversation than what had just taken place, perhaps as a means to show that not everyone from the office was so intent on attacking. Not really in the moment, I began by asking him how he was and a few basic questions more to stall for time before I brought up the idea of love in homosexual relationships. While I'm sure we talked for about half an hour or forty-five minutes, I really don't remember much about the conversation except that, at one point, I mentioned that I would be willing to go to hell for the love that I've experienced in this life, to which the preacher responded, "Hell is the place where Jesus Christ is completely separated from you and absent from the whole of your existence."

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    This was, by far, the gentlest description of hell I'd heard, though depending on whom you ask, possibly the most devastating. Our own conversation reached a gentler stalemate soon after, though it was not without a few pieces of scripture --- the standard statement from Leviticus regarding homosexuality included. Certainly not as exciting as the previous discussion, ours left us both feeling a little lighter, and he offered to meet with me over lunch the next day, though our conversation was rather shallow over that.

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    What I took away from this experience was a few bits of confusion that I'm still thinking about today, all surrounding the definition of Christianity. Granted, such a thing is quite subjective and will change depending on whom you ask, I was left wondering about the connection between Christianity and Judaism. The two are obviously connected --- the first five books of the Old Testament are the Jewish Torah, and, with the rest of the books in that collection, part of the Tanakh, the collected writings which, along with the Talmud and Midrash, serve as the basis of the religion. Jesus himself was a Jew, and the Jews played a major part in the story of his life.

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    Separating the two, then, becomes a problem. There are a few obvious differences in teachings between the Old and New Testaments: in the former, God is shown to be quick to anger and, in his own words, "a jealous God;" while in the latter, he is put forth as a loving abba, or father figure. In Judaism, God talks the people of Israel through prophets, of which there are many, and many instances of groups of people prophesizing, while in Christianity, God is said to be manifest in the form of Jesus (basically --- different denominations, different views on this), making Jesus more than just a prophet. Also, prayer is left to the individual, and, as a consequence, there are less in the way of prophets, not to mention the priest caste that had existed before.

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    Another difference in the two is the amount and presentation of rules. It is said that there are 613 rules in the Torah that Jews must follow, and they are stated plainly, along with consequences. In the New Testament the rules are muddied and indistinct, though there are certainly commandments, and many of them show up not only in the form of parable, but only appear later in the writings of his followers, such as Paul. This, of course, brings into question the sources for each of these two traditions: for the older, there are the words of God brought to the people by way of the prophets, and in the latter, God spoke directly through Jesus, and the rest, to paraphrase Rabbi Hillel, is just commentary.

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    These differences lead to the question of how does Judaism (in the context of the Old Testament) factor into Christianity? In the culture at the time, it would be easy to see Jesus as the next prophet, taken from an outsider's perspective --- an insider, of course, having the miracles on his side. With Jesus being a Jew in a Jewish culture, it's easy to look at it that way, but obviously, things have changed --- Christianity is now seen as a separate entity from Judaism, and most Jews certainly don't consider Christians to be Jewish! With its focus on the Israelite community (the oft-quote Leviticus 18:22 is followed with, in the 29th verse paraphrased, "Whoever commits these acts will be cut off from the people"), what then does this mean for Christians who use this --- obviously a cultural and spiritual influence in Jesus' time --- to condemn people today? Yes, in a later verse (Lev 20:13), it does say that the person who commits this act (a man laying with a man) is to be put to death if they're in the house of Israel and defile the Lord's sanctuary, but how does this fit in with today's Christianity? I honestly am not sure whether the Old Testament is intended as the predecessor and basis behind Christianity or if it is actively considered part of the teaching. It seems to me that it depends on the Christian, and many opt for a combination of both --- using portions such as those listed above as active principles in their faith while the others are simply set-and-setting for Jesus' life.

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    Even within the New Testament there are things that can be applied both as active principles and set-and-setting. For example, how does one deal with the concept of witnessing? The 'against the hypocrites' chapters in Matthew, the sixth and seventh, would seem contrary to what a lot of Christians do, but even later books, the Pauline Epistles in particular, seem contrary to this. Witnessing, it seems, should be done on a one-on-one basis with quiet humility according to what Jesus said, which seems contrary to the shouting preachers on the plaza, condemning us all to hell and praying before us. Perhaps this is why I enjoyed Johnny Square so much more than the others. What he held was more of a public dialog between him and one or two students at a time to talk about the issues at hand, rather than to make a spectacle of witnessing.

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    These explorations are still new to me, despite having thought about them for so long now. I'm sure that answers will come to me in time and will bring with them all new questions. For now I'll have to keep reading, and perhaps one of these days I'll pluck up my courage again and talk to someone on the other side of the situation. I'm curious to see how both Christians and Jews feel about this issue, and I'm interested to see how they'll react to being asked such a question.

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    Distractions --- Pleasure first and pleasure in all things --- Reeling --- Consequences

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    School provided an ample distraction for me from my spiritual pursuits, but even so, I was still left with some free time to explore other interests. The internet still occupied much of my time, and through it, I found myself picking up a few different hobbies. As may be obvious by now, my attention does tend to wander from one topic to another fairly often and I've wound up with a good collection of stuff --- both intangible knowledge and tangible items --- related to all of these brief infatuations. However, I'd have to say that the thing that makes me happiest in the world is this exploration of the different corners of the universe and building my knowledge up higher and higher, as there is always still more and more to learn.

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    In this way, I consider myself a hedonist, or at least rather selfish. I suppose by garnering all of this knowledge and related materials, I was, as Jesus put it, building up wealth (of a sort) in this life instead of working for the next. It felt good for me to build a wider and wider base of knowledge on which to build myself. It felt good to have tangible evidence of my skill, and to be able to demonstrate it. This, I think, is where the selfishness showed up --- thought it did feel good to have all this, I felt rather bad in having it. It felt as though I was bragging, and continuously searching for new things to brag about. I still struggle with this, and I do my best to keep humility in mind.

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    Along with this garnering of knowledge, I did my level best to cherish experiences and emotions as well. While it might be slightly contrary to the definition of hedonism, I didn't do anything to avoid depression and pain to focus just on positive emotions and pleasure. Rather, when depression came up, I did my best to dissect the feeling both in an attempt to remedy it as well as cherish the feeling while it was there. With pain, I focused on the pleasure within it and toyed with finding descriptive words and phrases for it. A paper I found on my floor recently offers a glimpse of this: "Pain is the harsh light that illuminates our lives in a stark contrast of ups and downs; it is the gently persistent glow that brings color to our pleasure; we breathe pain --- the scent of snow on the way in and the taste of blood on the way out, frigid to the core no matter how hot."

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    With these descriptions in mind, I began almost subconsciously to attempt to synaesthetically catalog my different emotions and sensations in terms of sensory responses. My early attempts back in high school described emotions and the thoughts tied to them as clouds of color in different locations within and surrounding my body. I think that, by attempting to picture the colors before I tried to decipher the emotions involved helped me to differentiate between separate and related emotions. As an example, I wrote, "when pondering (attraction), a luminescent fuchsia color that seems to be flowing in the right hemisphere of my brain; when thinking of (a significant other) and snuggling, a warm, earthy brown with a little bit of green in a pine-needle-ish pattern about a foot and a half in front of me and slightly to the left; tiredness is off-white everywhere and blind hopelessness is bright blue wrapped around my mind." However, this exercise was rather draining, and I didn't keep it up for long.

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    This lust for experience and betterment eventually lead into exploration of drugs --- I'll be blunt; mind-altering substances is a nice phrase, but food and water are mind-altering substances --- beginning with the obvious months of research on Erowid and like sites back in high school. Upon the way, I came across a page about Salvia divinorum and its effects, including a chapter from the book Pharmako/poeia by Dale Pendell. I purchased this book and skimmed through the amazingly poetic content (I even began writing in his style --- if anyone remembers my 'ally' --- while reading the book) all while still researching the interestingly bizarre plant that is Salvia. I finally worked up the courage to purchase some Salvia just to see what it was like.

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    The third time was the charm, and also the most terrifying. The first two attempts at trying the plant resulted in little more than hypoxia, but, as I'd read, there was a bit of reverse tolerance --- the drug got stronger as time went on. Never has anything instilled such fear in me, and, in time, such respect. While I had steered clear of drugs throughout high school, preferring instead to sit and watch from the sidelines as a girl in my world literature class freaked out on mushrooms, I only began to really respect them with this experience.

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    What exactly happen sounds rather mundane and funny in retrospect: having smoked a little bit of the extracted plant material in an empty room, I was neatly destroyed before I even had a chance to exhale the first breath. I felt that I had lost nearly all sense of my ego, and I was clinging to what remained by the barest of threads while my room tried to eat it. Having fallen over on my side, the baseboard heater had become a mouth, the window a solitary eye, and the vast expanse of the empty room a muzzle and throat of some sort of beast emanating from my chest, intent on eating my ego and any lingering sense of self. With Salvia comes a certain gravity --- it pulls back and to the right, for me --- along with a rhythm of about two or three strikes a second, and this turned into a sensation of being caught in the maw of this beast while it struggled to dislodge me with its tongue in order to swallow.

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    To be honest, I'm not sure how my deep sense of respect for such a powerful plant emerged from such a situation, other than perhaps the sense of ego-death caused by it. Also, it made me realize what a control freak I can be when it comes to my mind. My worst fear in the world at the time was insanity, of which I was given a brief glimpse. Part of, I believe, my trouble with that experience was the need to hold onto the strand of my ego throughout the process and not let it go.

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    The next experience, that of psylocybe mushrooms, completely destroyed all of that. Salvia is a quick experiencing. From start to shaky baseline was likely no more than five or ten minutes. With mushrooms, I was clearly not myself for a good three or four hours, and was not back to baseline for another four hours after that. Sometime during this process, I started to break out in a mild case of hives, which, while you're in the process of going crazy, does little to help the situation. While I had been pleasantly goofy before, I suddenly turned into a mess of fear and panic, getting stuck in a time loop in the bathtub, and spending half an hour writing to myself that I had just taken a psychoactive substance in order to convince myself that I was still sane.

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    It was after this that my respect for Salvia grew even more. It took another year after the episode with the mushrooms, but I finally tried another psychoactive substance again, and this time, I let the herb steal away my ego, placidly going through a sort of ego-death in order to experience the rawer side of myself that is normally buried under the crust of the Self. While the imagery of the 'trip' was fairly standard --- floating up through the branches of a limitless tree as the layers of my mind were laid bare to me --- the deeper meaning struck me as a very introspective look at some of the parts of my mind that I don't normally get to see. The next evening, I attended a Sufi zikr ('dhikr' depending on the tradition) ceremony with a very close friend in the music department, and I was tempted to ask for a mystical interpretation of the experience while the leaders of the ceremony engaged in a traditional interpretation of dreams.

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    My explorations with other substances have also been introspective, but none so deeply. To take a phrase from Dale Pendell, they were, rather, ground-state training. I have toyed with large doses of caffeine and then fasted from it in order to take a look within myself and see what courses my thoughts take both on and off the substance. I have sought empathy in plants such as Kava kava, blue lotus, and pot, and found it in only limited qualities. I have toyed with the concept of addiction --- something my mother warned me ran in the family --- and intentionally gotten myself addicted to alcohol in order to see what the concepts of addiction and withdrawal mean to me, even to the point of having several of my friends worried for me (though I honestly feel that I'm a safer drinker than most college students --- I drink often, yes, but rarely more than two drinks). Oddly, I tried to toy with the same thing with opium (in the form of poppy tea), but never found what was purported to be one of the most intense addictions. The whole experience was rather dull, really. The most comfortable 'dull' in the history of my life, yes, but dull. The other substance that one equates with addiction, tobacco, often makes me vomit, so I tend to stay away from it based on a more physical aversion. This ground-state training is more yogic than usual drug use, but certainly pertinent to my explorations. The poison path remains a part of my life.

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    Of course, none of any of my hobbies came cheap: I've never been one to skimp on quality even when I'm hunting for bargains. Though I come from a rather affluent background, this gave me my first taste of debt, which, to be certain, has gotten rather out of hand as of late. As a result, I've gone through one of the more drastic lifestyle changes yet as of late: while I've tried to get rid of stuff before, I've never done so with as much abandon as I have now. When I began this change in my life to work way from my previous excess and my current comparatively ascetic lifestyle to a happy medium, I laid strict ground rules for myself --- family tradition would hold little to no weight, personal value would be based more on how often I used the item in question, and I would not always try to sell for the highest price, for that would often result in the item not selling. Again, this was quite self-centered of me, intended to get me out of debt and into a comfortable life rather than to make me a more worldly person, but I feel that it has certainly contributed and will continue to contribute to constructive growth as a person.

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    How does this tie into my personal faith? Well, I don't suppose it does in a direct way, really. However, faith is not the only aspect in life, and other aspects do need to be taken into account. I think that this has all brought to me a grounding in the more tangible word that surrounds me as well as a clearer idea of how my mind and body work on a more basic level than any amount of introspection and reading can gain. While this spirituality business is certainly an important aspect of my life, of life on a whole, it is not all that one can focus on. There are bills to pay, I've found, both literally and figuratively, and one must work out the financial system before one engages in transactions.

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    Skill as basis --- Ethereal style --- Source and sink --- Why an artist?

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    The more I took of music theory, the more I got into music composition. While I still hadn't managed to officially change my major to composition, I did start taking lessons at some point with my theory teacher, and music started to become one of the sole focuses of my life as my appreciation of it started to grow.

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    At the same time, I began to try to dissect what music meant to me, and why I felt it important to give up what would've been a very lucrative career in biochemistry for a major that will not lead me to making very much money at all. It wasn't so much that I just 'heard melodies in my head' as that I felt the active desire to be creating music. Normally, I suppose that'd be something I could do as a hobby, but I felt the need to excel in music, and the more I performed both in my solo voice lessons and in choir, the more I wanted to create music of my own. I felt that my own ideas were valid and that all I needed was the learned skill to be able to set them down effectively in music that might get a performance.

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    The skill came slowly, but with each lesson --- both in theory and composition --- there were revelations that came not only as ideas for how to do things in the future, but also as understanding to things that I had already been doing in my compositions subconsciously. It was always interesting to learn the how and why of something that I had done after the fact --- all I had been doing was trying to achieve an effect, but in reality, I had been borrowing techniques from the early romantic period or using tools of the 20th century composers.

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    With this steadily growing foundation of technique, what I was struggling to develop was my own style, more than anything. This is something distinctly hard to do when your total, completed works amass to little more than twenty minutes of music, as mine did at the time. What was even more difficult was hearing all of this music that I liked, playing music ceaselessly, and recognizing that it was spread out widely across eras, styles, and difficulties. I felt that I could never really settle down into one style of writing.

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    I suppose I'd heard at some point that your style was that of the music you loved to compose, and, while I'd certainly had fun composing in a good number of styles, most of those were for class, which added a touch of resentment to each piece (I've never liked homework). Though I had several personal pieces planned out and in the works, it wasn't until I got bored one day and whipped out a rather random attempt at writing in a sort of neo-romantic style with some crunchy dissonance and a bit of a jazzy feel that I finally felt that I had settled on something that I truly enjoyed composing in. In particular, it was one of the first uses of rhythm that had really stuck with me in any song, and the melodic theme was one that I had achieved without reaching. As many good fiction writers attest, it was as if the piece wrote itself, and I, as the composer, was occasionally surprised at directions it unintentionally headed in.

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    This brought to the forefront an idea that had been bouncing around inside my head from way back in high school. As a composer, I have the fairly unique perspective of music. It's generally accepted that the composer is the source of the music, the voice is the instrument in choir, which is the ensemble, and the conductor is mostly a glorified metronome, more of a help to the singers than anything; music itself is the art, sound is the medium, and the audience takes in aurally what the instrument produces. I began to perceive things a little differently my perspective, however. What was once a straight-forward system became muddied by the experience of creating music as compared to the experience of performing it: music itself began to resemble what I had thought of the source previously, while the composer turned into a creative moderator of that stream of primordial emotion and sound, modulating it into units and setting them down on paper. The voice, therefore, became the medium and the singers and players the true audience, leaving what had been the audience before to some sort of incidental passers-by who enjoyed what was more like a grainy, blurred representation of the true Music as a concert, or an even blurrier representation on a recording, which lacked the visual aspect.

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    As a performer, this was echoed to an extent, though the concept of 'the art' was shifted from singing to the process of learning, analyzing, memorizing, and performing songs. It was this, not simply making music, which caused me as a person to grow. This added 'teacher' to the composer's role and 'undeniable truth' to Music's, while the audience became my graders or, were performing to become my full-time job, my clients. My voice or instrument, then, would be a tool with which I hammered the air into constructive or at least aesthetically pleasing waves.

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    What a profession composition turned out to be! Not only was I providing simple enjoyment to the masses, but I was also serving both as teacher to musicians and student to the higher teacher of Music, playing not only with techniques, but with sound at its rawest level. I began to see what I had been attracted to in music, why I had chosen to give up a life of comfort for a less financially viable future, though one in which I could produce such things and influence people in such a way, for I still consider much of the music from my high school years to be an active influence on me.

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    So I had become an artist. An artist is, of course, a difficult thing to describe. Very few people have to live by such vague expectations: ours are simply that we create art. Depending on the society or situation, we may have more or less restrictions --- such art should be unobtrusive, or should grab the audience's attention, should please, should evoke emotion, should be easy to perform, and so on. The current world society, in America in particular, is rather unfriendly toward the artist. There's a very good book on this subject, Art & Fear by David Bayles and Ted Orland, and I won't repeat what they say, other than to offer a quote: "The viewers' concerns are not your concerns (although it's dangerously easy to adopt their attitudes.) Their job is whatever it is: to be moved by art, to be entertained by it, to make a killing off it, whatever. Your job is to learn to work on your work."

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    This is all well and good, but what, exactly, did it mean for me financially? I've had several ideas --- from getting my Ph.D. and teaching to working in Hollywood, to working under a contract for a publishing house, to starting my own self-publishing company. There are many options --- none of them will make me a very rich person, and the thought of mixing legal thoughts with musical thoughts is distressing --- but the fact remains that, no matter what I do, I'll be working with music. It seems to me that, having walked this path, the most ideal professional situation for anyone would be the one that connects all aspects of their life to the others, specifically the spiritual aspects to the mundane, real world parts which we can never deny. However impossible, it would allow everyone to be in a situation of the utmost potential for them as a person.

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    Gellin' --- Hypothesis on Unitarians --- Your mileage may vary --- A church to call my own?

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    Things were slowly beginning to come together for me. Not only had I settled down in 'real life' with my major, but my spiritual ideas were beginning to coalesce into the start of a workable system for myself. Up until this point in life, I had felt little rhyme or reason to my moral system and why I felt so strongly about some things as compared to others. Thought my cautious forays into the realms of religions and, in particular, religious texts, I felt that there was something to be said for basing a secular code on a feeling (I use the word feeling in place of what I had originally written, 'sacred system,' because, at this point in my life, my morals were hardly founded in anything traditionally considered sacred).

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    What I had needed in my life was some guiding force, or a path along which to certainly expand the specificities of my sense of right, wrong, and purpose, but also along which to further my experiences in life through research and action. I was preparing for myself for a course of study with a loose plan of how to live my life in a way that I deemed proper.

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    Most all of this was unconscious on my part, of course; although did feel that things were coming together for me in a way that I could follow for the rest of my years, I really didn't consciously plan out this course of study. Rather, by virtue of what I was figuring out, I found myself drawn to certain sources of information or along certain paths in life, found myself acting in a certain way along a general trend of circumstances. I suppose that, having settled on this, I was both elated and lonely, because this was about the time I started to search for a community of like-minded individuals.

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    With such a background, I'm sure that it's of little surprise that I wound up researching Unitarian Universalism. The lack of dogma or creed, the openness to others, the acceptance of homosexuality, even the important people in the church's history, such as Emerson appealed to me. Here, I felt that I would find a community of like-minded people in order to share this spiritual journey with me and to talk with openly about it.

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    The Unitarian Universalist church is a combination of two previously Christian denominations that united in the mid-twentieth century into a liberal religious sect that encouraged the utmost in freedom. One common activity of Unitarians (to abbreviate) is to come up with an 'elevator' pitch, a speech describing their church in the time it would take to ride an elevator with someone, so I'll use mine to describe what I felt the church would mean to me: "Just as you and I are very different people, so too are our paths to truth; Unitarian Universalism embraces this and provides a safe, democratic space in order to encourage exploration in our own ever-changing and interconnected lives."

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    I found this in the Unitarian church only in a very limited quality. What I neglected to take into account was that, even though the congregation was, in general, only there for an hour or two every week, they still had lives and relationships outside of the church. While I did occasionally come across some discussion over the rather standard coffee-hour between the two sermons about either the topic of the sermon or other related issues, most of what I heard from the congregation was something of a mix of what I would hear every day in the music building (that is to say, joking around and hollered greetings) and in my hometown of Boulder (being a good amount of social activism). Perhaps I had expected too much from a church filled with such individualistic people, perhaps I was expecting more of a serious atmosphere devoted towards these subjects, what with the sermon being only one hour out of an entire week. The sermons themselves, while certainly excellent examples of well-thought-out and pertinent material, tended to follow much the same course: social activism was talked about a good deal, much time was spent on such issues as births, deaths, greetings, farewells, and occasionally, a bit of religion might slip in, as well.

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    Had I perhaps come to the church a little sooner in my life, I think that I would've found it a welcome home in my life, but as it was, my path had turned too far inwards for me to feel comfortable trying to engage in a public activity based around it, especially one so irrelevant to me at the time. As was mentioned to me, half the pull of a spiritual following was finding people to belong with, to which I replied that the consequences of thinking too much --- specializing, as it were --- led to a feeling more of alienation than acceptance in a group setting, at least with a group that large.

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    My ideal congregation would be far from the hundreds that attended the Unitarian church --- rather, I feel that the most successful path for growth in this area lies in a smaller group for me. With my strict atheist upbringing, it's hard enough for me to talk about my beliefs as it is, never mind to share them in a crowd, even if I'm only talking to one person, being surrounded by others hinders my concentration and brings on a feeling of self-consciousness. I'm learning to share more and more, though, as this is testament, and I think that perhaps if I were to find a smaller group of individuals with which to share these ideas and gain personal feedback, I would be much better off.

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    The place for such a group is tough for me to decide on. While I welcome the internet and cherish the friends that I've made there, I feel that I wind up relying far too much on the fact that I get to read what I'm saying as it comes out, not to mention going back and editing what I've written before making it visible to others. Although it's important to think about what I'm going to say before I say it, this ability stretched to the point of writing makes for a distinctly colored snapshot of what is really on my mind, as if I had taken a picture and then altered the result on a computer before showing it off --- the true image isn't what is presented.

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    I did, for a while, have a half-serious Discordian 'Qabal' (for nothing Discordian is going to be completely serious), a group of two or three friends that I would talk about these things to in fast-paced chat sessions online. I've thought about porting such an idea over to real life, were I to find such a group. Perhaps in these matters, though I feel that it would be unwise to have such a structured environment. With ideas that come spur-of-the-moment, it's tough to hold them back until the next meeting of an ongoing Socratic discussion on individual beliefs! I suppose my idea of a congregation, then, is a group of friends who regularly get together to hang out, discussing these ideas as they come up. Perhaps finding myself amongst friends, I simply need to learn to open up on matters such as this: if such talk started up, who knows what would come of it?

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    The system of the Self --- Cards and stars --- Chaos rears her beautiful head

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    Mysticism, I've heard it said, consists of interpreting literal things symbolically and symbolic things literally. Of course, this is only part of the truth, I believe. For one, the definition is missing the word 'constructively' in one or two places, not to mention the fact that mystics themselves would certainly have a bit to say about their matter, concerning their own mysticism. Rather, I think that mysticism is a little more in depth than any definition is going to provide.

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    To me, mysticism represents an attempt at a conscious application of a spiritual or otherwise internalized system. A system is defined in The Harper-Collins Concise Guide to World Religions as meaning "all phenomena pertaining to a single unit are interrelated and integrated into a complex structure that generates them. Being a mental process, this system follows the tracks created by the computational rules of the mind. This is its only 'logic' (which may not be 'logical' at all according to the standards of formal logic)." From out of the densities and vagaries of this academic definition, I've formed my own definition of the system, perhaps applicable only to myself, as an intuitive and seemingly orderly procession and description of a set of rules or actions followed for internal or spiritual reasons. I call it both a procession and a description because I think that a system can be taken both as a noun and a verb: beyond being just a set of rules, it is the process of following or living that set of rules.

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    A good (and pertinent) example of this would be that of divination. A good portion of all of the systems of divination rely on an underlying set of interrelated rules and processes connected in some way to some aspect of the unknown. This is perfectly standard, taken in the context of mysticism: a system is being put into conscious use by the diviner, applying what may seem to some a nonexistent element of the unknown, be it divinity, ghosts, or something vague and new-agey.

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    At the point in my life when this became pertinent, I was dealing specifically with the archetypes represented in a deck of tarot cards. My approach to mysticism was, however, not a very whole-hearted one: I saw the usefulness in creative, conscious, and constructive application of a system to my life or to some particular exercise, but I saw no reason to deal with such controversial aspects of the unknown. Mine was the approach of logic to tarot.

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    One of the oft-repeated complaints my mom had with such systems (astrology and horoscopes being the most commonly mentioned) was that they were too vague, made instead to fit just about any situation and anyone's life. While I initially agreed with her, further thinking on the subject turned this problem into the major applicable part of the systems of aided introspection. Where before the vagaries of language were an enemy seducing the weak-minded, they now became a tool of anyone wishing to look within.

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    This changed my view of tarot, however. What is commonly accepted as a form of divination, as a way to look into the future, became instead a mirror into the self. The subtleties of language brought forth by the applications of archetypes to oneself made clear some of the goings-on in the subconscious. On an even more logical level, when read in relation to a specific problem or issue, the cards provided an outlook perhaps not seen before: the patterns exposed by a series of archetypes laid in some order in relation to a problem provided a random scenario in relation to the problem upon which the mind could build a new viewpoint on the issue at hand.

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    This, then, was how I approached tarot and stood as my first 'tangible' exploration into practical applications of these internal and slightly more spiritual aspects of my life. Not only had the cards become a tool for me to view the inner workings of myself, but I began to, as my friend Ryan put it, "think in archetypes," particularly those shown in the deck of tarot cards. This was the 'verb' part of the system: application. Each archetype provided a means for self-improvement by laying bare the root of the issue at hand. For a rather pertinent example, the card The Heirophant loosely represents religion, or at least religion as a system: a framework upon which to build one's own system, an individual faith. However, it can also represent being stuck in that framework of rules, being caught up in the church while forgetting the religion for which it stands as a house. While "thinking in archetypes" this became, for me, a guide: many ideas that crop up in my life should be taken as guidelines upon which I can build myself and grow into a better person.

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    This logical approach to the cards did not omit that connection to the unknown, but took it in its own context. Just as I saw the cards as a tool for introspection instead of divination (for how could I even pretend to lord over time?), I saw the connection to the unknown as inherent chaos instead of spirits choosing the order of the cards for me. Perhaps due to my Discordian background, the chaos became an important part of cartomancy for me. I began, over time, to eschew spreads as an element of order, preferring instead for a more chaotic approach to laying down any number of cards. The subconscious was not an ordered entity for me, so I felt that if I were to lay the cards out in an ordered fashion, my conscious mind was more likely to impose order on what thoughts my subconscious had on the pattern of archetypes shown.

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    Thinking on this, chaos was, to me, the largest of limits on our free will. Only through chaos could we recognize how little control we had over our lives. It affirmed the individuality of our own personal system by pointing out that the systems of others truly have nothing to do with ours, and that as a result, other people are truly among the greatest of outside influences in our lives. This chaos is a personable chaos and the cards showed how external influences can't be changed, but that the self can be changed to deal with these influences. This was the self-betterment that I sought through the cards: helping myself to relate better to others in the world.

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    Systems I (rules), music III? Synthesis

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    Mysticism II, tarot, Kabbalah, researching mysticism

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    Love (emotion into system)

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    Systems II taken with mysticism in mind, religious theory

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    Triangulation of self

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    Conclusion, why this is never finished (Real Buddhism)

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    In which Maddy had strange thoughts on music. Still does, but not quite so forcefully.

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    Outline

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    • Intro
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      • "Music is a transfer of information and emotions across a distance, occuring over time, and taking place between minds."
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        • source?
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      • signal flow
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        • source? -> composer -> conductor -> ensemble -> medium -> audience -> sink?
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      • Purpose and meaning of music
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    • Sound and music
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    • Creation
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        • Creative - using some nebulous concept to somehow generate music
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          • Music as medium - always there, just modulated by composer into written notation - mystical
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        • Combination
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          • is it useful to have someone else know the program?
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        • debates as to the use of critics, theoricians, and analysts after the fact
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      • Working as a composer
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        • The composer's role in music after publishing - is what is written The Law?
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        • Audiences
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    -* Rehearsal Techniques
-* concert - work is done - this is payoff
-* knowing how to work
-* teachers primarily (what do we teach every day)
-* help students become independent musicians (better)
-* pitfalls - try to do everything for student - don't give students any space - CD least effective way of teaching (may get product)
-* benevolent dictator!
-* choose appropriate repertoire for each ensemble
-    * Choir rebels: almost always about person, not about music - build trust, make students know that this is good
-    * New Teacher w/ new music, students rebel because treat as group, not soloists
-    * prev teachers picked rep to highlight soli, thus more about person, new style teaching for group
-* music = tool 
-    * get good tools (good music subjective)
-    * language - latin easiest, good for teaching vowels, phrasing, articulation
-    * mainstream - palastrina to '50s, proven, give whats good for students
-    * research - what does music teach? too hard? research to fit ensemble (transcription, transposition)
-    * back-up plan rep, but.. not about sudents, about self b/c students will never learn more than teacher knows
-    * Have high expectations
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-    * sight read ALL THE TIME
-    * "listen", not "watch me": focus on one, lose the other, stop conducting sometimes internalize
-    * interact - ask questions
-    * always conduct best students ~ 10% ~ create leaders, not boredom
-    * give them reason to watch you: never stop MAKING MUSIC
-    * be respectful: "ladies", "gentlemen", etc: treat them that way and they will act that way "Let us", "could we", not "let me" Be inclusive of rest of choir
-    * Involve as many parts as possible, no boredom, no singling out, stay focused
-    * always give reasons for work "lets go back and fix.."
-    * always give feedback, but be honest "that was the idea but if __ it would be better"
-    * use vague terms, often works because students think, "beautiful", "musical", "expressive" sometimes: "that was not good" make them think about why
-    * no hipocrisy! always do it yourself first
-    * admit mistakes and fault or at least don't blame students if not their fault
-    * dont talk too much - as much music as possible
-    * dont leave others behind (ie some work on notes some on phrasing), but always give everyone work
-    * always do everything - phrasing and articulation while learning notes
-    * ensemble - everyone should be complimentary - creative seating and paring of abilities
-    * plan for productive rehearsal - macro: battle plan -> micro: attack plan
-        * in general: early: big picture, mid: small details, end: put it together (milestones!)
-        * plan times (milestones!)
-        * dont eschew explanation: change concept of macro based on a piece (ie epitaph for moonlight)
-* overperfection
-    * process vs product
-    * humanity + emotion vs being polished
-    * no overrehearsing
-        * overpolished
-        * getting stuck/bored
-        * music loses warmth
-        * lost expressivity
-        * cold, straight tone
-        * from conductors wishes
-            * sound vs music
-            * sound has to fit music and text, not the choir
-            * people dont listen to sound, but music
-            * conducting follows music, after all
-* conductor
-    * breathing
-    * text + nuances - speak it
-    * know difficulties and why
-        * voice difficulties (passagio)
-        * keys (flats better, more flats more betteR)
-* lack of trust shown in focusing on direction instead of rebound
-* rehearsal techs:
-    * fine tuning vowels (english is difficult) when ascending, think down; when descending, think up
-    * phrasing and breathing - breathiness
-    * purpose of rehearsal: diagnose problem (isolate), provide remedy
-        * demonstrate (more)/explain (less)
-        * then feedback
-    * teach students EVERYTHING at the same time (because practice makes permanent)
-* doing too much/wrong things - easier to ask forgiveness than permission
-* what goes up must come down and vice versa - natural cycles in conducting and music
-* no choral conducting, no instrumental conducting, just conducting
-* paint a picture with conducting
-    * Britten
-        * dry ice
-        * phantom: setting up mood before, phantom appears at "thou art the king.."
-    * adjectives to go with every section, every note
-* problem directors
-    * self control
-    * admitting mistakes
-    * self confidence and respect -> respect others
-    * no apologies: dictatorship
-    * ensemble never knows more than conductor: always know more
-    * own the piece
-    * self deprecation to make a point
-    * line between student and conductor
-    * give reasons/justification
-    * dont get used to choir
-    * empathy with singers - lots of work for them
-* q: why aren't you singing what I want? a: why aren't you showing what you want?
-* preachers on the pulpit in our influence (???)
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    Music is organized sound. Music is audible art. Music is a transfer of information and emotions across a distance, occurring over time, and taking place between minds. (...)

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    Music is participatory. There are distinct roles within music that we each take part in at some point. The Composer. The Leader. The Performer. The Audience. (...)

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    There is a concept in audio engineering - signal flow. That is, the signal comes in from the microphone and travels down the cable to the mixing board. It enters the top of the board and passes through a series of knobs - gain, EQ, auxiliary, pan - buttons - mute, redirects, filters - and sliders, all the way down to the bottom of the board. It then travels to the right, then back up through the board and several more controls - main mix faders and pan, main EQ, main filters - all the way to the outputs, along the cables, and to the speakers.

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    I think there is an analogous flow in music. From some source flows the art and the composer commits it to paper. The conductor takes the paper and brings the music to life through the ensemble in rehearsals. The ensemble performs the piece and the music travels through some medium like the air of the concert hall or onto a recording (or both) before reaching the audience. The audience consumes the music and it fills up some sort of sink. From source to sink, music travels these highways and airwaves and acts out a role over and over again.

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    Maybe that's the purpose of music, of art.

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    There's always some sort of overflowing source of emotion and ideas and some sort of sink, a land in drought ready to be quenched by aesthetics, interesting things, order and chaos, the stuff of art. The trick, the reason for the toil of artists, the purpose of having accredited institutions teaching toil, is getting the art there. Composers, painters, writers, directors: these are the shepherds; curators, conductors, performers, editors: these are, for lack of a better term, the butchers; museums, theaters, bookstores: these are the delis and markets; the audience members are the hungry ones.

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    Sound and Music

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    If music is organized sound, then I can see why a class on the psychology and physiology of music would be taught for music majors. What was surprising, though, was that it wasn't taught to every music major at school. Dr. Thaut talked to us about the physiology of music and Dr. Davis about the psychology of music, splitting the semester into two sections. The information presented in both sections of the course was so bland on the surface, seemingly so targetted at the music therapy majors, that I could see why most performance majors stayed away, why education majors grumbled, and why composition majors were baffled as to the purpose of the class.

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    I liked it, though. Therapy majors would need it, yes; but performance majors would find interest in learning about their concept of pitch and how their ears work. Education majors would find out why their careers are pertinent, and why their methods are structured in the way they are. Composition majors like myself would find their art laid out plain: a basic knowledge of the physiology of music would help them to compose more effectively for both performers and audience, and the knowledge of the psychology behind music would help them to understand themselves and the reactions to their music.

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    I don't mean to gush too much; it was just one three-credit course I took a while back, but honestly, it was a gem hidden in the cruft of electives chosen to fill out credit requirements. Finding an unexpectedly helpful and interesting course in all that dross really got me thinking about music and why it's as important to me as it is.

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    Music is, of course, vibration (or strategically timed lack of vibration) that is caused by a source of some sort and perceived by a listener of some type. That's a really rough way to boil down music, of course, but at its emotionless, physical core, that's all there is to it.

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    Instruments create sound in a variety of ways. Woodwind and brass players (well, and pipe organists) create it by causing air to move in such a way as to set up a vibration. Within that category, reed players blow through a reed and a mouthpiece or between two reeds - the low pressure caused by the moving air makes the reed move to stop the air. The new pressure difference pulls the reed back again and air is allowed to pass. Repeating this sets up a vibration. Back-pressure from the body of the instrument determines the rate of vibration or pitch, and this can be changed by changing the length of the body of the instrument - say, by opening or closing holes. Brass players create a vibration by buzzing their lips and change the pitch with valves which direct the vibrating column of air to different sections of tubing, changing the length of the instrument. Organists and flute players cause air to vibrate by blowing across an embouchure hole: the air moves over the hole creating a pressure differential which then pulls the air stream down into the hole, then across, then down into, and so on, setting up the vibration that creates the pitch.

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    String instruments, plucked or bowed set up a vibration in a string which vibrates the air around it. This vibration is amplified by the body of the instrument or, with electric instruments, the movement of the string over a pickup induces current changes which can be directed to a speaker. Percussion instruments work much the same way: a vibration is set up when a membrane (or string, in the case of the piano) is struck, and the vibrating air nearby is amplified in a resonating chamber.

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    We singers have it lucky in some ways in that we don't have to carry any instrument around with us in a case, and unlucky in others in that our instrument is easily permanently damaged. The vocal folds work in a similar way to a double reed instrument - air travelling between them sets up a vibration through pressure differences. Pitch can be changed by adjusting the tension of the vocal folds themselves, a complex process usually done subconsciously by adjusting the larynx. The larynx tilts and elongates the folds to change the pitch.

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    Of course, these are only the basics of producing vibrations perceived as sound. Each instrument has a totally unique sound or timbre, due to its shape, the materials of its construction, and the skill of the player. That timbre can be boiled down to which of the harmonics are present along with the fundamental (...)

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