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Jul. 15th, 2004 01:59 pm
Jul. 15th, 2004
Jul. 15th, 2004 03:01 pm
Meme: It's all I can do right now.
Yeah, so, these things.
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Consider this entry to be fair warning:
I've been thinking about LJ Cut-tags, and for at least some posts, I won't be using them anymore.
Don't worry, I'll still use them for not-work-safe posts or memes, as well as for posts that not everyone will be interested in (such as gaming), but I won't be using them for long posts that are important to me.
See, I figure if you're reading this, it's because you're a real-life friend of mine, or you just like how I write, or maybe even both. In any case, why cut something that is important and revealing of my thoughts and self? Sure, it means you'll have to hit the Page Down key a couple of times if you want to skip it. Is that really taking up too much of your life? Are you so utterly cool that it would hurt you to do so?
I think that too often, hiding such things behind a tag makes it easier for people to just skip on past and not read it. And I don't put those essays out there just to make me happy, I put them there to be read.
So, be warned. Even if it costs me readers (all three of you), I won't be cutting the important stuff any longer.
I've been thinking about LJ Cut-tags, and for at least some posts, I won't be using them anymore.
Don't worry, I'll still use them for not-work-safe posts or memes, as well as for posts that not everyone will be interested in (such as gaming), but I won't be using them for long posts that are important to me.
See, I figure if you're reading this, it's because you're a real-life friend of mine, or you just like how I write, or maybe even both. In any case, why cut something that is important and revealing of my thoughts and self? Sure, it means you'll have to hit the Page Down key a couple of times if you want to skip it. Is that really taking up too much of your life? Are you so utterly cool that it would hurt you to do so?
I think that too often, hiding such things behind a tag makes it easier for people to just skip on past and not read it. And I don't put those essays out there just to make me happy, I put them there to be read.
So, be warned. Even if it costs me readers (all three of you), I won't be cutting the important stuff any longer.
Jul. 15th, 2004 03:23 pm
Two things: A point, and a rant.
The "No cuts on important stuff" doesn't apply to the meme I just posted; that's just me being mean.
Now the rant: "World" and other stupid labels
I loathe the labels put on various CDs. Some CDs I recently ripped into iTunes carried the label "World" for the genre. I hate that.
Listen, record stores/RIAA/whomever, "World" can mean so damned much it's silly. Is it Celtic? Is it Rai? Is it Greek? Is it Chinese classical erhu music? ARGH!! I shouldn't have to change it every time I import things.
It's horrible. And movies are no better; you go into a movie store and you have every genre there is, and then one other: "International." ARGH! At least there, they usually put them in ranks by country, but not all stores do, and it's aggravating when you're looking for "Ran" to have to wade through a bunch of French crap. (Tangent; I loathe French film with very few exceptions, as a French actor I cannot remember (he was famous for about a week a few years back after starring in Amelie) said, "French film is horrible. For every "Amelie", you have a hundred pretentious stupid movies not even the writer and director can understand." or something like that.)
The one that really gets me, though, is the catch-all category "Asian." While Asian cinema does have a few common elements, Chinese cinema is different from Hong Kong cinema, and Japanese cinema is slightly different than Chinese cinema. It bugs me that "Fists of Death" is in the same section as "East Palace, West Palace" when the two movies' only similarity is that they star Chinese people.
Now the rant: "World" and other stupid labels
I loathe the labels put on various CDs. Some CDs I recently ripped into iTunes carried the label "World" for the genre. I hate that.
Listen, record stores/RIAA/whomever, "World" can mean so damned much it's silly. Is it Celtic? Is it Rai? Is it Greek? Is it Chinese classical erhu music? ARGH!! I shouldn't have to change it every time I import things.
It's horrible. And movies are no better; you go into a movie store and you have every genre there is, and then one other: "International." ARGH! At least there, they usually put them in ranks by country, but not all stores do, and it's aggravating when you're looking for "Ran" to have to wade through a bunch of French crap. (Tangent; I loathe French film with very few exceptions, as a French actor I cannot remember (he was famous for about a week a few years back after starring in Amelie) said, "French film is horrible. For every "Amelie", you have a hundred pretentious stupid movies not even the writer and director can understand." or something like that.)
The one that really gets me, though, is the catch-all category "Asian." While Asian cinema does have a few common elements, Chinese cinema is different from Hong Kong cinema, and Japanese cinema is slightly different than Chinese cinema. It bugs me that "Fists of Death" is in the same section as "East Palace, West Palace" when the two movies' only similarity is that they star Chinese people.
Jul. 15th, 2004 03:26 pm
And another thing
If anyone is familiar with a Scottish folk group called the Corries, please let me know. I'm looking for an album I used to have on tape (which was given me by a friend), which is a live concert album.
All I can tell you for sure is that the album begins with "Come o'er the stream Charlie" and ends with "O Flower of Scotland". The Corries' discography on their website (or, more properly, the website of the son of one of them; the duo is no more) doesn't list any album that has the songs in the right order. It's making me nuts, because I love the album and want to get it again (my copy died a while back).
All I can tell you for sure is that the album begins with "Come o'er the stream Charlie" and ends with "O Flower of Scotland". The Corries' discography on their website (or, more properly, the website of the son of one of them; the duo is no more) doesn't list any album that has the songs in the right order. It's making me nuts, because I love the album and want to get it again (my copy died a while back).
Jul. 15th, 2004 06:13 pm
I hate Mo Rocca
Ok, so I love VH1's "I love the 80's/90's" shows. Most of the commentators are funny, and the show has a very "We're making fun of ourselves as much as we are of you" air to it.
But Mo Rocca is as annoying as "Ice Ice Baby" on continuous loop. He's not funny, he's not insightful, he's just stupid.
And Michael Ian Black just ripped on him in the 1993 "Where's Waldo" segment. I love Michael Ian Black.
But Mo Rocca is as annoying as "Ice Ice Baby" on continuous loop. He's not funny, he's not insightful, he's just stupid.
And Michael Ian Black just ripped on him in the 1993 "Where's Waldo" segment. I love Michael Ian Black.
Jul. 15th, 2004 11:18 pm
Public Service Announcement
I discovered today that Steve Perry's Matadora series is back in print. Go. Buy. read. Now that I've found Book 2, I'll be reading the rest of the series.
In a far future empire, one man realizes the corruption of the government he serves, and walks away. Years later, he reappears and through his actions, he shows the galaxy that the Confed can be stopped, and by so doing begins a rebellion.
I can't tell you how that turns out, because I've yet to read most of the series, but I did read two of the books and I can tell you from them that Steve Perry is one hell of a storyteller.
The books in the series are:
The Man Who Never Missed
Matadora
The Machiavelli Interface
The 97th Step (A prequel to the first book)
The Albino Knife
Black Steel
Brother Death
In a far future empire, one man realizes the corruption of the government he serves, and walks away. Years later, he reappears and through his actions, he shows the galaxy that the Confed can be stopped, and by so doing begins a rebellion.
I can't tell you how that turns out, because I've yet to read most of the series, but I did read two of the books and I can tell you from them that Steve Perry is one hell of a storyteller.
The books in the series are:
Matadora
The Machiavelli Interface
The 97th Step (A prequel to the first book)
The Albino Knife
Black Steel
Brother Death
Jul. 15th, 2004 11:39 pm
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Hey, all.
Go check out Josh Cagan's website. He's a very funny writer, who consistently makes me laugh. I haven't got a CLUE who he is other than that.
Go check out Josh Cagan's website. He's a very funny writer, who consistently makes me laugh. I haven't got a CLUE who he is other than that.