Let us speak of my new laptop 
I wish not to brag about its shininess, or the lovely sharp display, or the quiet but crisp sound and feel of the keys under my fingers (keyboards are a greatly underrated sensory indulgence, if you ask me), nor the DVD burner, the first I've owned, or the processor, the RAM or the size of the HD, all...
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I wish not to brag about its shininess, or the lovely sharp display, or the quiet but crisp sound and feel of the keys under my fingers (keyboards are a greatly underrated sensory indulgence, if you ask me), nor the DVD burner, the first I've owned, or the processor, the RAM or the size of the HD, all...
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So for the past couple of evenings my ears have been firmly back in the Eighties.
Funny thing is, I spent quite a time being a bit condescending of people who buy these enormous compendia of packaged "decade-in-a-box" type music. I don't know why. Maybe it was the naffness of a retreat into nostalgia instead of angaging with today, or something equally edgy-sounding. Anyway, I...
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Funny thing is, I spent quite a time being a bit condescending of people who buy these enormous compendia of packaged "decade-in-a-box" type music. I don't know why. Maybe it was the naffness of a retreat into nostalgia instead of angaging with today, or something equally edgy-sounding. Anyway, I...
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maxi:
dude i am more than familiar with Pi, i can't stand the part with the drill at the end, a lil squeemish for that, My ex Husband loved that movie, he actually purchased it...
Dot's back! I was all worried, but for nothing! Dot's back!
That's made my evening
That's made my evening
Apnea, India, Liante and now Dot. It's almost official, the leftmost spot in my "Favourite SuicideGirls" section is the Suicide GIrls' departure lounge. I think just about every single SG I've listed in there has left the site not long after. I hope it's nothing I said 
It also presents me with a problem. When each girl leaves I tend to put someone else up...
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It also presents me with a problem. When each girl leaves I tend to put someone else up...
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Finally got around to putting some text in the "About me" post. It's from a Michael Moorcock novella called "Ancient Shadows", part of his Legends From The End of Time collection, and every time I go back and read the End of TIme stories I'm blown away by them. Gorgeous, rich dialogue and settings, the weirdest little society I think I've ever seen in a...
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dot:
well, as i'm sure you have noticed, from a photography standpoint everything here looks the same. they seem to be quite reluctant to accept anything that breaks that mold unfortunately.
Some random pieces of good news from this week.
My mother has started on some anti-spasmotic meds that are helping her back out immensely.
The bat that I thought we killed accidentally when we were cutting firewood the other day seems to still be alive, since when we looked in the hollow log where we put him after we found him he was nowhere to...
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My mother has started on some anti-spasmotic meds that are helping her back out immensely.
The bat that I thought we killed accidentally when we were cutting firewood the other day seems to still be alive, since when we looked in the hollow log where we put him after we found him he was nowhere to...
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wynonna:
good interpretation on kafka. I wish I read that before I finished the book though, i think i would of appreciated it more. or mayber it's your writing...
and about that bat..what if some wild animal just ate it from the log? I had baby mice one time and some animal broke through the box and chewed those little muffins good. i was upset.
oh yes and i hope you don't turn into a cockroach either..but if you do i won't look at you any differenlty.
and about that bat..what if some wild animal just ate it from the log? I had baby mice one time and some animal broke through the box and chewed those little muffins good. i was upset.
oh yes and i hope you don't turn into a cockroach either..but if you do i won't look at you any differenlty.
nobodaddy:
Hey,
Re: "Astonishing Stories" -
No, I don't own it. I was vaguely looking for a picture of The Shadow to use as an avatar. I found lots, but I also found that Astonishing Stories and I thought it was a funny pic.
Re: "Astonishing Stories" -
No, I don't own it. I was vaguely looking for a picture of The Shadow to use as an avatar. I found lots, but I also found that Astonishing Stories and I thought it was a funny pic.
Current favourite memory, from last week.
Standing on the jetty at a little coastal town halfway across the continent from where I live. Dusk, ocean, wind, water against the pilings. Not another living soul in sight, not even birds. Lights from the shipping terminal on the opposite headland behind me, the sky to the northwest washed all in orange and fading fast. Giant rainclouds stacked...
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Standing on the jetty at a little coastal town halfway across the continent from where I live. Dusk, ocean, wind, water against the pilings. Not another living soul in sight, not even birds. Lights from the shipping terminal on the opposite headland behind me, the sky to the northwest washed all in orange and fading fast. Giant rainclouds stacked...
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salem:
Thank you for the sweet comment on my debut set! 
Busy. Stupidly busy. Crazy-busy. Crazy-busy at work and at home and with the family and in every other damn way I care to look at it. Earlier this year I got a couple of big projects out of the way and thought I was home and hosed, time to catch my breath, my evenings belonged to me again.
Nahh.
Somehow I've got myself in deeper...
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Nahh.
Somehow I've got myself in deeper...
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maxi:
hit the bio page http://www.stilltanya.com/
the F stands for Forecast
the F stands for Forecast
Most of the time I'm rather prissily proud of only ever wanting to post well-thought-out, perfectly composed and elegantly written journal posts. It makes me feel highbrow. It has its downsides, though, like tonight when I really feel like spilling stuff out, everything from whimsy (I'm turning into a fountain-pen nerd) to venting (my favourite local LAN gaming den is starting to get really seedy...
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maxi:
oh and mulled cider
aya:
Ice cream flavours that remind us of more innocent times are always good flavours.
This afternoon, in conversation with the laid-back clerk of the rather cool little bookshop where I go occasionally, this young man with the impressive shock of indie-rocker hair complimented me on my apparently expert pronunciation of Chuck Palahniuk's surname.
It's twenty to four in the morning and I'm too frazzled to be completely sure, but I think this means I may have some cred left.
It's twenty to four in the morning and I'm too frazzled to be completely sure, but I think this means I may have some cred left.
aya:
Thank you so much for your support.