legionnaire

christ, who gets 3 pages of comments for putting up a picture of food! I think I have the same cell, I'll send it to you.

I would imagine this would be our love child:

karaoke is in the air my friend.

"Edited again to say that I believe I have now set the world record for this game, with 54712 points and 268 squares."

-you geek. LOL (don't mind me...i'm just jealous because i can't get any better than 56 squares.

hahahaha

4091 and 63 squares is good for me .. god of the mouse )

werd. i'm actually not sure how i feel about this. but for fun, i'll take the devil's advocate slot, albeit with a grain or two of salt.
i think one way to think about this is jack kirby vs. pablo picasso. both are nearly contemporary, and are giants in their field (comic books and modern art). so, what's the difference? well. kirby had a vivid imagination, could work fast, had an apptitude for developing characters people could love, was a good draftsman (anatomy, design), and a strong storyteller. picasso had excellent skills in a number of mediums, was interested in the human condition, experimented with new forms of artistic expression, and was also a talented draftsman (to use a generic term).
now, there is a fair amount of overlap here... BUT despite the deep love i have for classic marvel characters, i would have to say that picasso beats out kirby. ultimately, picasso is working on Big Ideas and addressing the Human Condition in a direct way, that Kirby at best only sort of plays with. picasso takes work to penetrate and understand. kirby kind of lays it out there. 'getting' picasso suggests a kind of intelligence and intuition that 'getting' the fantastic four just does not have.
now, this doesn't mean that one is somehow wholesale better (see, this is where i pull the kerry and hedge my bets heheheh). both are worthwhile - kirby had tons of talent, and escapism is great stuff. but i think that a story told for fun and an existential piece of art ... i dunno. there are not a different species per say, but there is a qualitative difference there.
in terms of geekiness of course - if you're just repeating what your art professor said (or what the guy at the comic book claims) - you're a tool anyway you slice that pie.

I guess it's too late to comment on this post, but I still think it's a very interesting topic.

i'd just like to ad that (IMHO) Marxism is flawed in more reasons than just human nature. One of the biggest flaws is that there is no room for conflict. But if i start tearing apart marx i'll never stop. . . soooooo..

on to the greater point. . ..the rampant consumerism in this country, and on top of that, the complete ingnorance to the fact that we (americans) are completely at the mercy of "products". I probably can not expresses my opinion on this subject matter fully and clearly in a simple little journal comment, so i wont try. But i would like to say that it sickens me. Fucking naves. Zombies. Growl.

yay!
ive just done some random wandering around, you know... the essentials. went to groundworks and walked around east village and soho and we went to SEA. it was fun. but, of course, im enchanged with ny now and i'll most certainly be there this weekend also.

Don't sweat the hair. Hipster looks nowadays if you're a guy is leaning more towards a well dressed just awoken person anyway. All the better for the rest of us!

Are you planning on making the KO mice for your project, or use ones that are already made? If you're making them, any thought to tissue-specific or inducible KO's? I probably already asked you this, so bear with me.

Very interesting results. I suppose a lot more data and a few statistics should help figure out whether you have results consistent with synchronous vesicle release or an increase in the response on the postsynaptic side. I would imagine either way would be novel for the CNS, and therefore a good result.

By the way, nice wig-busting.

i'm a bit late, however...



HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Farrrrrrrrk! Sorry I missed your Bday hon. Happy Belated.

I went to the protest and even got my picture in the paper on Monday (carrying) the no bush sign that looks like an anti smoking sign ... green shirt under the U on the front page ....

Its getting weirded though ... arresting people for anything last 2 days

"mouse breeding" haha

what a fantastic weekend. -- i spent mine recovering from moving (napping) and doing responsible things (going shopping with my wife like i promised, doing laundry). but it was still better than lugging around entertainment centers and sofas.....

re: the freedom of grad school. i'm actually SO bad about enjoying the freedom of grad school. i'm so protestant (and i'm not even protestant...), that i feel like i should always be working. what really happens is that i waste a lot of time during the day online or reading things i'm not supposed to, and i work sporadically off and on all day most days. i never really take 'the day off'' grad school. i just have godd work days and light work days. i wish i could get mor discipline, and work hard core most days so i could take some days just completley off. but so it goes. each to their own.

Hey, nice meeting you the other night too.

Sorry about the landlord troubles. I have been very very fortunate in NYC with my apartments and have never had a nasty landlord experience. But then again, I always rent from individuals and families, never rental companies. Good luck.

I was not around too much last week, due to my life taking off with me, and may not be around too much this week as well. But soon.

ARGH!! I'm so pissed, I didn't get your message until we were on our way home from the SOIA show. I bet it was a good night, though. I'll be back for the holidays, if not sooner. I can't wait til you come back to visit CA!! I'll go to that football game, I'm good at cheering and heckling.

so um, next sunday is good for you to come cook dinner for me, say around 7:30? yes? great. Take the Q train to park slope.

Oh, and even though Z says everyone that comes over to my place gets molested, It actually all depends on how good the dinner is first!

And yes, I will be hosting an XBox party within the next few weeks. Nerds only, please.




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First time I ever got props for a newswire sub. I didn't even notice it went up, thanks for tipping me off and (of course) thanks for the friendly note. Occasionally I get the desire to go crazy and really "make my mark" in the newswire, then I realize it's too much damn work. Sometimes something like that pops up, though, and it's hard to resist. Glad you liked it.