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Well, *THAT* sucked...
Posted 15 years agoSo. Managed to work out how we were getting to FurFright. Problem is, we still didn't officially have a room. Thus, at 2 am Saturday morning, after not having slept for the two days previous, amidst incredible stress and very, very sore feet, Sugar and I found ourselves heading back home to boring old Clinton, care of the marvelous Ilobmirt.
So many apologies to so many people, specifically Triard, J4mieee, Rex, Jay, Patches, Kaia, Gadjet and Sour, and anyone else we inconvenienced or bailed on.
What we were able to attend of the con was lovely, and it was nice to see alot of you guys again, not to mention meet new folks. Hopefully next year we'll have a bit more going for planning.
Sorry again, folks,
Damion
So many apologies to so many people, specifically Triard, J4mieee, Rex, Jay, Patches, Kaia, Gadjet and Sour, and anyone else we inconvenienced or bailed on.
What we were able to attend of the con was lovely, and it was nice to see alot of you guys again, not to mention meet new folks. Hopefully next year we'll have a bit more going for planning.
Sorry again, folks,
Damion
FurFright Crisis
Posted 15 years agoSo. Was all set up to ship out to FurFright friday, fought for and got days off from my work (no mean feat since ALL VACATION TIME FROM OCTOBER TO JANUARY 8TH IS BLACKED OUT) and found out last night that my ride, most unfortunately and beyond his ability to control, has stuff to attend to. And the stay-location is a no-go. And we have no backup options. Still frantically searching, but outlook is grim :\
I have been looking forward to this all year. I'm not letting this go.
Cheers,
Damion
I have been looking forward to this all year. I'm not letting this go.
Cheers,
Damion
A Sporadic Sort of Fellow
Posted 16 years agoMy creativity ebbs and flows. At it's apex it's hardly enough to get anything real done.
And that's fine. I've learned to live with it.
The same is true of my philosophical self; it comes and goes, swells and... un-swells. Generally my musings or thoughts or what have you can be of any nature. This time around, as is frequently so, the flavor of the day is magic and the metaphysical world.
So I find a book and I scribble my thoughts while they last (and while doing so keeps my interest). I've made concerted attempts to organize and keep said scribblings in the past, but have in the past week come to the conclusion that, hey - I like my thoughts scattered through the various notebooks and sketchbooks and loose papers and whatever else.
One of the only recurring magical influences in my beliefs is the presence of chaos magic, a school which encourages the dissociation of conscious, deliberate thought from magical working. The idea is basically that focusing on the accomplishment of a magical task ties it up in the world of the material and immovable instead of letting it work it's way into the maleable fabric of the aether - what reality is while it's still potential and before it's actuality. Instead, let it slip down past the mind that handles all those tasks you never need to think to do; past a notion of reality, of physical limitation, of what is and what isn't.
Down into the umbra of dream-thought.
To this effect, it occurs to me that my thought-scribblings being scattered as they are is an appropriate thing. It's true that as I've done this over the years I find discussing my "beliefs" to have become less akin to recounting information from my mental database and more putting words to an intricate and subtle range of almost emotions that define my perception of the world - both seen and un.
If you've read to this point, thanks for your patience. This is all largely unimportant stuff; I just felt like writing it here. An interesting thing to share with you folks - even if it's nothing you care about :p
Cheers,
Damion~!
p.s. inbe4 TL;DR
And that's fine. I've learned to live with it.
The same is true of my philosophical self; it comes and goes, swells and... un-swells. Generally my musings or thoughts or what have you can be of any nature. This time around, as is frequently so, the flavor of the day is magic and the metaphysical world.
So I find a book and I scribble my thoughts while they last (and while doing so keeps my interest). I've made concerted attempts to organize and keep said scribblings in the past, but have in the past week come to the conclusion that, hey - I like my thoughts scattered through the various notebooks and sketchbooks and loose papers and whatever else.
One of the only recurring magical influences in my beliefs is the presence of chaos magic, a school which encourages the dissociation of conscious, deliberate thought from magical working. The idea is basically that focusing on the accomplishment of a magical task ties it up in the world of the material and immovable instead of letting it work it's way into the maleable fabric of the aether - what reality is while it's still potential and before it's actuality. Instead, let it slip down past the mind that handles all those tasks you never need to think to do; past a notion of reality, of physical limitation, of what is and what isn't.
Down into the umbra of dream-thought.
To this effect, it occurs to me that my thought-scribblings being scattered as they are is an appropriate thing. It's true that as I've done this over the years I find discussing my "beliefs" to have become less akin to recounting information from my mental database and more putting words to an intricate and subtle range of almost emotions that define my perception of the world - both seen and un.
If you've read to this point, thanks for your patience. This is all largely unimportant stuff; I just felt like writing it here. An interesting thing to share with you folks - even if it's nothing you care about :p
Cheers,
Damion~!
p.s. inbe4 TL;DR
I am 88% Mentally ill.
Posted 16 years ago[x] You have screamed at an inanimate object for “hurting” you.
[x] You have ran into a glass/screen door.
[ ] You have jumped out of a moving vehicle.
[x] You have thought of something funny and laughed, and then people gave you weird looks.
[x] You have run into a tree/bush.
[ ] You have been called a blond.
TOTAL: 4
[x] You know that it IS possible to lick your elbow.
[ ] You just tried to lick your elbow.
[ ] You never knew that the Alphabet and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star had the same melody.
[ ] You just sang them to make sure.
[x] You have tripped on your own feet and fallen.
[x] You have choked on your own spit.
TOTAL: 3
[ ] You have seen the Matrix and still don’t get it.
[x] You type with three fingers or less.
[x] You have accidentally caught something on fire.
[ ] You tried to drink out of a straw, but it went into your nose.
[x] You have caught yourself drooling.
TOTAL: 3
[x] You have fallen asleep in class.
[x] Sometimes you just stop thinking.
[x] Sometimes when you are telling a story you forget what you are talking about.
[x] People often shake their heads and walk away from you.
[ ] You are often told to use your ‘inside voice’.
TOTAL: 4
[ ] You use your fingers to do simple math.
[x] You have eaten a bug accidentally.
[ ] You are taking this test when you should be doing something more important.
[x] You have put your clothes on backwards or inside out, and didn’t realize it.
[x] You’ve looked all over for something and realized it was in your hand/pocket the whole time.
TOTAL: 3
[ ] You have posted bulletins because you are scared that what they say will happen if you don't.
[x] You break a lot of things.
[x] You tilt your head when you’re confused.
[x] You have fallen out of your chair before.
[ ] When you’re lying in bed, you try to find pictures in the texture on the ceiling.
[x] The word “um” is used frequently.
[ ] You don’t know what “um” means.
[x] You say “what” and “huh” a lot.
[ ] You plan to use a calculator to multiply your score for this bulletin.
TOTAL: 5
GRAND TOTAL: 22
NOW, take your total, and multiply it by 4.
and re-post as: I am ___% Mentally ill.
Huh. Must have missed a section at some point. Got 18 the first time through.
[x] You have ran into a glass/screen door.
[ ] You have jumped out of a moving vehicle.
[x] You have thought of something funny and laughed, and then people gave you weird looks.
[x] You have run into a tree/bush.
[ ] You have been called a blond.
TOTAL: 4
[x] You know that it IS possible to lick your elbow.
[ ] You just tried to lick your elbow.
[ ] You never knew that the Alphabet and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star had the same melody.
[ ] You just sang them to make sure.
[x] You have tripped on your own feet and fallen.
[x] You have choked on your own spit.
TOTAL: 3
[ ] You have seen the Matrix and still don’t get it.
[x] You type with three fingers or less.
[x] You have accidentally caught something on fire.
[ ] You tried to drink out of a straw, but it went into your nose.
[x] You have caught yourself drooling.
TOTAL: 3
[x] You have fallen asleep in class.
[x] Sometimes you just stop thinking.
[x] Sometimes when you are telling a story you forget what you are talking about.
[x] People often shake their heads and walk away from you.
[ ] You are often told to use your ‘inside voice’.
TOTAL: 4
[ ] You use your fingers to do simple math.
[x] You have eaten a bug accidentally.
[ ] You are taking this test when you should be doing something more important.
[x] You have put your clothes on backwards or inside out, and didn’t realize it.
[x] You’ve looked all over for something and realized it was in your hand/pocket the whole time.
TOTAL: 3
[ ] You have posted bulletins because you are scared that what they say will happen if you don't.
[x] You break a lot of things.
[x] You tilt your head when you’re confused.
[x] You have fallen out of your chair before.
[ ] When you’re lying in bed, you try to find pictures in the texture on the ceiling.
[x] The word “um” is used frequently.
[ ] You don’t know what “um” means.
[x] You say “what” and “huh” a lot.
[ ] You plan to use a calculator to multiply your score for this bulletin.
TOTAL: 5
GRAND TOTAL: 22
NOW, take your total, and multiply it by 4.
and re-post as: I am ___% Mentally ill.
Huh. Must have missed a section at some point. Got 18 the first time through.
