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Posted a year agoHi there.
First an update on things since I last posted:
My brother got me a VR headset about 3 years ago. It's a Vive Pro 2.
My favorite game so far has been Synth Riders, but once I realized the headset (and apparently most headsets) aren't designed with cleaning in mind, I stopped playing games that make me sweat. Eventually I kind of stopped playing VR games entirely. I have 149 VR games and have played 47 of them.
I probably spent the most time in VR doing the weekly Steam VR quests to look for items.
To date, I do not have a VR Chat account and have never played it. The most I did with trying multiplayer VR was that I joined a public lobby for Synth Riders and found that they were always playing custom songs I didn't have, and a couple times I tried visiting a random Steam VR public room and it ended up being 70% kids without parental supervision, which got annoying fast.
My computer got hit with a power surge in July this year. My surge protector was too old and didn't save me. My brother took my dead PC, put it on the back burner of his priorities for seeing if it could be repaired, and gave me a laptop to use with a new surge protector. Sadly, the laptop is not VR compatible. At best I was only playing a few hours a month, so I haven't felt the loss so hard.
My previous comment on presidential elections was that it's a matter of lesser evils. That hasn't changed.
I'm still looking forward to more episode of Doctor Who. I'm in a Discord community with someone who likes to share the new episodes, so that's where I get to see them. Otherwise they've been locked behind subscription services.
I'm still looking forward to more new Warframe updates. Up next is Warframe 1999. People are hyped for it, but I'm disappointed just looking at it. It's got that gritty action feel to it and is putting more human looking characters into the game, which makes me uncomfortable. I've already got gore turned off, and now they're adding more realistic looking weapons. It's just not what I want. They're also introducing the option to flirt with some characters, which doesn't interest me in the slightest. The music for the update is highlighting a song called "online" which is reminiscent of the boy band style of singing, which also doesn't interest me. That sample landscape they've provided is a series of dark dystopian old town alleyways and streets drenched in grime and pollution, which makes me feel oddly more claustrophobic than fighting in the usual space ships which are event more crampt.
In general it's an update I'm not eager to see. But regardless, I'm still looking forward to the game continuing to grow.
The affordability problems in Seattle haven't gotten better with the growing population density and new housing supply. Though in the time since my last post, I've become aware that "affordable" is defined by the city as 1/3 of 50% of the median area family income regardless of square footage or number of rooms.
The Seattle median family income was $120,600 in 2023, which means that to be "affordable" a no-room studio apartment can be as much as $20,100 annually ($1,675 per month). However, in order to qualify for that no-room studio apartment the landlord may require the prospective individual to earn a gross income (before taxes and expenses) of 2.5x - 3x the cost of rent, which is $4,187.50 - $5,025 ($50,250 - $60,300 annually).
The Seattle minimum wage for small employers in 2024 was $17.25 per hour and large employers was $19.97. For someone working 30 hours a week (a full 40 isn't easy to find these days. Lucky enough to get a reliable 30 from a single employer) would be making between $26,910 or $31,153.20. In 2025 the scheduled two-tiered system between big and small employers will go away, becoming $20.76 per hour for both ($32,385.60 for 30 hours a week, 52 weeks a year).
Personally I think it's a bad idea to do away with the two-tiered approach, because small businesses shouldn't be bound by the same expectations as large businesses, since a large business will always fight progress on the grounds that any regulation imposed on them will hurt small businesses. Honestly, there should be even more tiers, is the same spirit as tax brackets. I think those things, despite also believing that the current minimum wage for both employer tiers isn't a living wage.
One time I got in a debate with someone who said they were living just fine on $17 an hour. I asked them if they were living alone. They said no and asked why that mattered. I told them it mattered because when the government or a landlord looks at finances they consider household income rather than individual income. So if they were living with another person earning like they do, then they're actually getting by on $34 an hour, sharing the savings of only paying for one housing unit (at least $800 saved each month for each of them) and splitting some of the cost of living between them for things that are cheaper to buy with bulk discounts. They were not in a position to argue that their standard of living could fairly represent someone trying to survive on $17 an hour.
The current federal poverty level for an individual is $15,060 per year. A number of qualification requirements for assistance programs are based on some calculation of that number, often deducting income from benefits. On the off chance an individual works too many hours at minimum wage in a year, their assistance might get cut, putting their stability at risk. They make too much to qualify for help, but not enough to get by.
Inflation has been a big issue with affordability. During the early years of the pandemic prices went wild with little regulation to keep them in check. I myself was responsible for changing some of the price tags. I'd see things go up a dime to a dollar every couple months. They still are. Some of it is probably blind greed on the part of businesses seeing how much they can get out of people, but most of it is probably outside our country's control and is part of a bigger international set of problems. I mean, it's not like we're the only country experiencing higher food prices... higher prices on everything.
Regarding my own living situation, I'm still kind of waiting for the other shoe to drop. My mom doesn't live with me anymore. I've been trying to keep it all together. Scary sometimes.
One of my best friends recently became homeless. I tried to help them, but they had too much going on in their life and I couldn't afford the amount of support they said they needed. The situation was made all the more difficult because they live on the other side of the country.
Covid is still infecting people. We're only out of the quarantine times because of vaccinations. Something people misunderstand about vaccinations is that (according to the research documents from companies like Phizer) these vaccinations are only intended to prevent severe symptoms, rather than to stop a person from getting sick completely. People still need to be careful, but unless they have a compromised immune system (which is unavoidable in people under the age of 5 years or over the age of 65 years) they don't need to be afraid; the vaccinations have flattened the curve and there are now plenty of hospital beds for everyone with severe covid symptoms. People also need to remember that the primary purpose of wearing a face mask is to contain the infection, rather than to protect from it, and the effectiveness of masking in general is dependent on air ventilation wherever they happen to be; places with a ton of plexiglass walls and no fans or air vents to keep air flow moving aren't necessarily safer, but if they have got fans and vents they're safer with the plexiglass walls than without.
I did a calculation of births from 2003-2006 and deaths from 2017-2023. Not including things like immigration, between those 2 numbers I found that 5,114,505 more people died in the USA than were born, according to the CDC. People noticed covid came to the USA late 2019, so 2020 would be the year we saw the effects. The number of yearly deaths since then has gone up around 500,000 each year compared to times before. So far they peaked in 2021, and then as vaccinations rolled out they started coming down again. Who knows what the future holds.
... But I digress.
The light rail expanded all the way up to Lynwood and one opened up in Bellevue with a pending link through Mercer Island which hasn't happened yet. As suspected, it hasn't been much help to me so far, but I think it's really good.
The next extension being discussed is from Downtown to Ballard. Last I heard, the plan is to bore a tunnel under Salmon Bay and come out north of Market Street on 15th Avenue, bypassing the Ballard Bridge entirely. Alternatively, they're considering putting the station on 14th Avenue to save an estimated $140,000,000. We'll see how that goes.
The Downtown tunnel to replace the Alaskan Way viaduct was completed in 2017, and in 2019 it opened up with the viaduct closed entirely. The city then focused on opening the waterfront to the public. The viaduct has been completely removed and things have been added or planned to be added to make it a more attractive location to visit, such as park space, sitting areas and lots of staircases.
The union I'm in had a merger and is now UFCW3000. Contract coming up in 2025. We've had 3 contracts since my last post. Wages have gone up ($0.25 a year for 6 years, then $4 over the past 3 years to match pandemic wages we lived with for over 2 years), and there's a new contract appendix which a few departments get to be in instead, which means more money for them, but not for those left on the previous appendix. The select-a-schedule thing has been an abject failure. It was only available to daytime cashiers. Management stopped providing it years ago, but nobody cares. The union keeps saying it's a good idea even though the only people who know about it think it's a waste of union negotiation effort.
Gonna be the same thing it always is: Journeymen get a wage increase. New hires get some condition imposed on them that increases turnover. That's the impression the survey gave anyway. Another race to a contract signing so we can save up for Providence and Macy's to have their next strikes that we pay for. Maybe that's a bit insensitive, but it keeps happening like that. The best things to happen for us is when the union supports legislation at the state level. It's impossible to make any real headway at the negotiation table; changing laws is the only way to get things done these days, and I doubt we're going to get much of that across the country for... some are saying the next 40 years.
I believe that I'd rather have more equitable affordability across the board than personally have more money. I want more purchasing power, rather than more money.
As for what I'm looking forward to in 2025.
I guess I'm looking forward to volunteering at Sakuracon again. There's that extra building that got built near the convention center and it uses both of them. I still don't really do anything at the convention but volunteer. I used to visit the Go room to see John Boy. Apparently he died 2 years ago. He was like in his 90's, it was bound to happen sooner or later. He was a good man. Taught me how to play. I used to share games with him at the Couth Buzzard.
I guess I'm looking forward to giving more blood donations. I started doing them at Sakuracon and kept the habit going. I'm on my way to having donated 8 gallons (a couple platelet donations here and there). I take iron supplements now.
I've been watching a lot of Twitch.tv vtuber streamers. I'm looking forward to seeing them do well and keep life interesting.
I'm looking forward to playing more games. I've been doing jigsaw puzzles lately on Jiggi.fun and Jigsaw explorer.
I tried Last Oasis recently. The game is pretty much dead, which is great for me because I only want to do the PVE survival and progression tree stuff; I'm not interested in running into other players.
I played Arcade Paradise, which was an alright game. Get to do laundry on timers, clean up trash and play mini games.
I was playing Deep Rock Galactic with a streamer for a while, but they moved on to other games.
I completed achievements for the music and rhythm game AVICII Invector. That was pretty good.
I got a lot of Zen and Zaccaria Pinball tables to keep me busy.
Still liking the Cook Serve series. I started up Cook Serve Forever, but haven't played it in a couple months. The reviews for that one are upset that the button combinations aren't as complex as the other Cook Serve games, but it's a different kind of game and the simple button combinations are still a challenge for me.
There's a ton of point and click hidden object games I haven't played which maybe I'll pick up eventually. They're sitting in my Steam library like a pile of books being saved for some day.
It's nice that they don't take up space as physical media in my home, but it's also kind of depressing that if Steam ever shuts down I lose everything. A fact made all the more clear because recently Steam had a court case which made them change their TOS to say that people are buying a usage license for their Steam account, not buying an actual copy of the game. I would love it if some day people's digital purchases were connected to their identity and they could take them from one service provider to another.
I don't know. I'm not really looking forward to 2025. It's going to be more work. More passing time. More changes happening around me. It's not like the year is important. It's just going to be a continuation of the stuff I always do. I'm not waiting for any particular releases slated for 2025 like movies or games or anything. I don't have any vacations or travel plans. I don't have plans with friends. I'm not saving up for anything.
It's just... life goes on.
Anyone still paying attention to me? What're you up to? Any plans for 2025?
First an update on things since I last posted:
My brother got me a VR headset about 3 years ago. It's a Vive Pro 2.
My favorite game so far has been Synth Riders, but once I realized the headset (and apparently most headsets) aren't designed with cleaning in mind, I stopped playing games that make me sweat. Eventually I kind of stopped playing VR games entirely. I have 149 VR games and have played 47 of them.
I probably spent the most time in VR doing the weekly Steam VR quests to look for items.
To date, I do not have a VR Chat account and have never played it. The most I did with trying multiplayer VR was that I joined a public lobby for Synth Riders and found that they were always playing custom songs I didn't have, and a couple times I tried visiting a random Steam VR public room and it ended up being 70% kids without parental supervision, which got annoying fast.
My computer got hit with a power surge in July this year. My surge protector was too old and didn't save me. My brother took my dead PC, put it on the back burner of his priorities for seeing if it could be repaired, and gave me a laptop to use with a new surge protector. Sadly, the laptop is not VR compatible. At best I was only playing a few hours a month, so I haven't felt the loss so hard.
My previous comment on presidential elections was that it's a matter of lesser evils. That hasn't changed.
I'm still looking forward to more episode of Doctor Who. I'm in a Discord community with someone who likes to share the new episodes, so that's where I get to see them. Otherwise they've been locked behind subscription services.
I'm still looking forward to more new Warframe updates. Up next is Warframe 1999. People are hyped for it, but I'm disappointed just looking at it. It's got that gritty action feel to it and is putting more human looking characters into the game, which makes me uncomfortable. I've already got gore turned off, and now they're adding more realistic looking weapons. It's just not what I want. They're also introducing the option to flirt with some characters, which doesn't interest me in the slightest. The music for the update is highlighting a song called "online" which is reminiscent of the boy band style of singing, which also doesn't interest me. That sample landscape they've provided is a series of dark dystopian old town alleyways and streets drenched in grime and pollution, which makes me feel oddly more claustrophobic than fighting in the usual space ships which are event more crampt.
In general it's an update I'm not eager to see. But regardless, I'm still looking forward to the game continuing to grow.
The affordability problems in Seattle haven't gotten better with the growing population density and new housing supply. Though in the time since my last post, I've become aware that "affordable" is defined by the city as 1/3 of 50% of the median area family income regardless of square footage or number of rooms.
The Seattle median family income was $120,600 in 2023, which means that to be "affordable" a no-room studio apartment can be as much as $20,100 annually ($1,675 per month). However, in order to qualify for that no-room studio apartment the landlord may require the prospective individual to earn a gross income (before taxes and expenses) of 2.5x - 3x the cost of rent, which is $4,187.50 - $5,025 ($50,250 - $60,300 annually).
The Seattle minimum wage for small employers in 2024 was $17.25 per hour and large employers was $19.97. For someone working 30 hours a week (a full 40 isn't easy to find these days. Lucky enough to get a reliable 30 from a single employer) would be making between $26,910 or $31,153.20. In 2025 the scheduled two-tiered system between big and small employers will go away, becoming $20.76 per hour for both ($32,385.60 for 30 hours a week, 52 weeks a year).
Personally I think it's a bad idea to do away with the two-tiered approach, because small businesses shouldn't be bound by the same expectations as large businesses, since a large business will always fight progress on the grounds that any regulation imposed on them will hurt small businesses. Honestly, there should be even more tiers, is the same spirit as tax brackets. I think those things, despite also believing that the current minimum wage for both employer tiers isn't a living wage.
One time I got in a debate with someone who said they were living just fine on $17 an hour. I asked them if they were living alone. They said no and asked why that mattered. I told them it mattered because when the government or a landlord looks at finances they consider household income rather than individual income. So if they were living with another person earning like they do, then they're actually getting by on $34 an hour, sharing the savings of only paying for one housing unit (at least $800 saved each month for each of them) and splitting some of the cost of living between them for things that are cheaper to buy with bulk discounts. They were not in a position to argue that their standard of living could fairly represent someone trying to survive on $17 an hour.
The current federal poverty level for an individual is $15,060 per year. A number of qualification requirements for assistance programs are based on some calculation of that number, often deducting income from benefits. On the off chance an individual works too many hours at minimum wage in a year, their assistance might get cut, putting their stability at risk. They make too much to qualify for help, but not enough to get by.
Inflation has been a big issue with affordability. During the early years of the pandemic prices went wild with little regulation to keep them in check. I myself was responsible for changing some of the price tags. I'd see things go up a dime to a dollar every couple months. They still are. Some of it is probably blind greed on the part of businesses seeing how much they can get out of people, but most of it is probably outside our country's control and is part of a bigger international set of problems. I mean, it's not like we're the only country experiencing higher food prices... higher prices on everything.
Regarding my own living situation, I'm still kind of waiting for the other shoe to drop. My mom doesn't live with me anymore. I've been trying to keep it all together. Scary sometimes.
One of my best friends recently became homeless. I tried to help them, but they had too much going on in their life and I couldn't afford the amount of support they said they needed. The situation was made all the more difficult because they live on the other side of the country.
Covid is still infecting people. We're only out of the quarantine times because of vaccinations. Something people misunderstand about vaccinations is that (according to the research documents from companies like Phizer) these vaccinations are only intended to prevent severe symptoms, rather than to stop a person from getting sick completely. People still need to be careful, but unless they have a compromised immune system (which is unavoidable in people under the age of 5 years or over the age of 65 years) they don't need to be afraid; the vaccinations have flattened the curve and there are now plenty of hospital beds for everyone with severe covid symptoms. People also need to remember that the primary purpose of wearing a face mask is to contain the infection, rather than to protect from it, and the effectiveness of masking in general is dependent on air ventilation wherever they happen to be; places with a ton of plexiglass walls and no fans or air vents to keep air flow moving aren't necessarily safer, but if they have got fans and vents they're safer with the plexiglass walls than without.
I did a calculation of births from 2003-2006 and deaths from 2017-2023. Not including things like immigration, between those 2 numbers I found that 5,114,505 more people died in the USA than were born, according to the CDC. People noticed covid came to the USA late 2019, so 2020 would be the year we saw the effects. The number of yearly deaths since then has gone up around 500,000 each year compared to times before. So far they peaked in 2021, and then as vaccinations rolled out they started coming down again. Who knows what the future holds.
... But I digress.
The light rail expanded all the way up to Lynwood and one opened up in Bellevue with a pending link through Mercer Island which hasn't happened yet. As suspected, it hasn't been much help to me so far, but I think it's really good.
The next extension being discussed is from Downtown to Ballard. Last I heard, the plan is to bore a tunnel under Salmon Bay and come out north of Market Street on 15th Avenue, bypassing the Ballard Bridge entirely. Alternatively, they're considering putting the station on 14th Avenue to save an estimated $140,000,000. We'll see how that goes.
The Downtown tunnel to replace the Alaskan Way viaduct was completed in 2017, and in 2019 it opened up with the viaduct closed entirely. The city then focused on opening the waterfront to the public. The viaduct has been completely removed and things have been added or planned to be added to make it a more attractive location to visit, such as park space, sitting areas and lots of staircases.
The union I'm in had a merger and is now UFCW3000. Contract coming up in 2025. We've had 3 contracts since my last post. Wages have gone up ($0.25 a year for 6 years, then $4 over the past 3 years to match pandemic wages we lived with for over 2 years), and there's a new contract appendix which a few departments get to be in instead, which means more money for them, but not for those left on the previous appendix. The select-a-schedule thing has been an abject failure. It was only available to daytime cashiers. Management stopped providing it years ago, but nobody cares. The union keeps saying it's a good idea even though the only people who know about it think it's a waste of union negotiation effort.
Gonna be the same thing it always is: Journeymen get a wage increase. New hires get some condition imposed on them that increases turnover. That's the impression the survey gave anyway. Another race to a contract signing so we can save up for Providence and Macy's to have their next strikes that we pay for. Maybe that's a bit insensitive, but it keeps happening like that. The best things to happen for us is when the union supports legislation at the state level. It's impossible to make any real headway at the negotiation table; changing laws is the only way to get things done these days, and I doubt we're going to get much of that across the country for... some are saying the next 40 years.
I believe that I'd rather have more equitable affordability across the board than personally have more money. I want more purchasing power, rather than more money.
As for what I'm looking forward to in 2025.
I guess I'm looking forward to volunteering at Sakuracon again. There's that extra building that got built near the convention center and it uses both of them. I still don't really do anything at the convention but volunteer. I used to visit the Go room to see John Boy. Apparently he died 2 years ago. He was like in his 90's, it was bound to happen sooner or later. He was a good man. Taught me how to play. I used to share games with him at the Couth Buzzard.
I guess I'm looking forward to giving more blood donations. I started doing them at Sakuracon and kept the habit going. I'm on my way to having donated 8 gallons (a couple platelet donations here and there). I take iron supplements now.
I've been watching a lot of Twitch.tv vtuber streamers. I'm looking forward to seeing them do well and keep life interesting.
I'm looking forward to playing more games. I've been doing jigsaw puzzles lately on Jiggi.fun and Jigsaw explorer.
I tried Last Oasis recently. The game is pretty much dead, which is great for me because I only want to do the PVE survival and progression tree stuff; I'm not interested in running into other players.
I played Arcade Paradise, which was an alright game. Get to do laundry on timers, clean up trash and play mini games.
I was playing Deep Rock Galactic with a streamer for a while, but they moved on to other games.
I completed achievements for the music and rhythm game AVICII Invector. That was pretty good.
I got a lot of Zen and Zaccaria Pinball tables to keep me busy.
Still liking the Cook Serve series. I started up Cook Serve Forever, but haven't played it in a couple months. The reviews for that one are upset that the button combinations aren't as complex as the other Cook Serve games, but it's a different kind of game and the simple button combinations are still a challenge for me.
There's a ton of point and click hidden object games I haven't played which maybe I'll pick up eventually. They're sitting in my Steam library like a pile of books being saved for some day.
It's nice that they don't take up space as physical media in my home, but it's also kind of depressing that if Steam ever shuts down I lose everything. A fact made all the more clear because recently Steam had a court case which made them change their TOS to say that people are buying a usage license for their Steam account, not buying an actual copy of the game. I would love it if some day people's digital purchases were connected to their identity and they could take them from one service provider to another.
I don't know. I'm not really looking forward to 2025. It's going to be more work. More passing time. More changes happening around me. It's not like the year is important. It's just going to be a continuation of the stuff I always do. I'm not waiting for any particular releases slated for 2025 like movies or games or anything. I don't have any vacations or travel plans. I don't have plans with friends. I'm not saving up for anything.
It's just... life goes on.
Anyone still paying attention to me? What're you up to? Any plans for 2025?
What are you looking forward to in 2016?
Posted 10 years agoI was just thinking, I've been looking forward to a couple things slated for 2016.
First off, I'm looking forward to VR technology. I don't really know why. I mean, I live in a world that's pretty immersive. I move my hand to pick up a ball and it happens. No lag, no graphics errors, no pixels out of place or animation complications. It's pretty solid. So as much as I am begging to experience VR as part of my daily life, I'm not sure why I would want to live a fake life where my life has meaning and room for me as opposed to living in the real world where my life is often a burden upon others and no matter how much effort I put out people still treat me as if they wish I didn't exist... actually I may see the appeal, but it's all about picking the right software.
Second, presidential elections are coming up. I hate that it's going to be another round of picking the lesser evil. Why can't I look at a voter's ballot and say to myself "gee, they're all so great, it's going to be hard to decide!" instead of the usual "wow, they all suck *sigh* who do I think is going to screw us over less?"
I'm looking forward to more episodes of Doctor Who. I've been watching them on Comcast's xfinity online page, which is nice.
Looking forward to new Warframe updates and seeing where the gameplay goes.
Looking forward to (and hoping for) low income options being established in Seattle. Hopefully the homeless crisis will make some progress.
Looking forward to Lightrail extensions. From the sound of it, I'll be able to take the light rail all the way up to Northgate. Nice as that is, from the sound of things I'd still have to make a transfer at one end of Lake union in order to board a train going to the other side, so perhaps I'd be better off keeping my current route and transferring outside the westlake center. 2 transfers compared to 3, that's how I see it. It'll be great for people commuting from Sea-Tac to the UW though.
I'd also like to see the tunnel get finished, just because I want it to be done with. At this point in time, if rather than turn it into a highway, we repaired the viaduct over pass and converted the tunnel into low income housing (it'd probable be able to house thousands) it may serve the city better, make a better financial return and maybe set a trend for subterranean housing developments.
As it is the younger people are being packed away in pods, might as well give them artificial windows and hide them under the face of the Earth as well (the wi-fi would probably be better too).
There's a new UFCW21 union contract negotiation coming up. I'm worried about that more than I'm hopeful. It's always a gamble for us, and as with all gambling: the house always wins. So I'm curious what we're going to lose for newhires and gain for journeymen this year.
I am hoping to keep being able to pay my bills, but really it seems as though I'm just waiting for the other foot to drop; where any of my vital spots will be kicked out from under me and I'll fall hard (my job, my home, my bicycle, my free time, my backpack/wallet, health). The way things are going, even with next year's raise in minimum wage I don't know if it's going to help keep the bills paid.
As hard as I fought for it, I don't care about having more money, in a manner of speaking. I understand I have a low income profession and should not feel entitled to any great luxuries in life, but I at least want to be able to live off my own income. That's what's important to me. I'd rather have the world around me become more affordable than have my income go up along with all the prices.
Apart from these things, I could just as soon do without them. So I'm also not looking forward to 2016 at all, as much as I am.
Like, I want VR to come out big time, but I probably won't buy in to it. I want to see the light rail extend, but because it's not coming to my neighborhood I probably won't use it so much. I want the tunnel to be finished, but I don't want to drive through it. I want low income solutions, but I don't really want to move.
It seems my greatest anticipation is that my world will change in such a way that there is a place for me to be safe and comfortable.
And I'm waiting for it to come to me, since I won't go to it. Which is how it's going to have to work, or else it won't work, and I'm hoping it will all work out.
...
But I digress.
What are you looking forward to in 2016? Feel free to respond below.
First off, I'm looking forward to VR technology. I don't really know why. I mean, I live in a world that's pretty immersive. I move my hand to pick up a ball and it happens. No lag, no graphics errors, no pixels out of place or animation complications. It's pretty solid. So as much as I am begging to experience VR as part of my daily life, I'm not sure why I would want to live a fake life where my life has meaning and room for me as opposed to living in the real world where my life is often a burden upon others and no matter how much effort I put out people still treat me as if they wish I didn't exist... actually I may see the appeal, but it's all about picking the right software.
Second, presidential elections are coming up. I hate that it's going to be another round of picking the lesser evil. Why can't I look at a voter's ballot and say to myself "gee, they're all so great, it's going to be hard to decide!" instead of the usual "wow, they all suck *sigh* who do I think is going to screw us over less?"
I'm looking forward to more episodes of Doctor Who. I've been watching them on Comcast's xfinity online page, which is nice.
Looking forward to new Warframe updates and seeing where the gameplay goes.
Looking forward to (and hoping for) low income options being established in Seattle. Hopefully the homeless crisis will make some progress.
Looking forward to Lightrail extensions. From the sound of it, I'll be able to take the light rail all the way up to Northgate. Nice as that is, from the sound of things I'd still have to make a transfer at one end of Lake union in order to board a train going to the other side, so perhaps I'd be better off keeping my current route and transferring outside the westlake center. 2 transfers compared to 3, that's how I see it. It'll be great for people commuting from Sea-Tac to the UW though.
I'd also like to see the tunnel get finished, just because I want it to be done with. At this point in time, if rather than turn it into a highway, we repaired the viaduct over pass and converted the tunnel into low income housing (it'd probable be able to house thousands) it may serve the city better, make a better financial return and maybe set a trend for subterranean housing developments.
As it is the younger people are being packed away in pods, might as well give them artificial windows and hide them under the face of the Earth as well (the wi-fi would probably be better too).
There's a new UFCW21 union contract negotiation coming up. I'm worried about that more than I'm hopeful. It's always a gamble for us, and as with all gambling: the house always wins. So I'm curious what we're going to lose for newhires and gain for journeymen this year.
I am hoping to keep being able to pay my bills, but really it seems as though I'm just waiting for the other foot to drop; where any of my vital spots will be kicked out from under me and I'll fall hard (my job, my home, my bicycle, my free time, my backpack/wallet, health). The way things are going, even with next year's raise in minimum wage I don't know if it's going to help keep the bills paid.
As hard as I fought for it, I don't care about having more money, in a manner of speaking. I understand I have a low income profession and should not feel entitled to any great luxuries in life, but I at least want to be able to live off my own income. That's what's important to me. I'd rather have the world around me become more affordable than have my income go up along with all the prices.
Apart from these things, I could just as soon do without them. So I'm also not looking forward to 2016 at all, as much as I am.
Like, I want VR to come out big time, but I probably won't buy in to it. I want to see the light rail extend, but because it's not coming to my neighborhood I probably won't use it so much. I want the tunnel to be finished, but I don't want to drive through it. I want low income solutions, but I don't really want to move.
It seems my greatest anticipation is that my world will change in such a way that there is a place for me to be safe and comfortable.
And I'm waiting for it to come to me, since I won't go to it. Which is how it's going to have to work, or else it won't work, and I'm hoping it will all work out.
...
But I digress.
What are you looking forward to in 2016? Feel free to respond below.
A comedic suggestion for the musically inclined
Posted 10 years agoDo with it what you will.
This was a spontaneous joke, but if you can make it happen, I'll listen to it. And if it's on youtube, drop me a link and I'll give you a thumbs up (even if I hate it).
So this conversation happened:
[8:48:20 PM] ><§cott><: Why do i like songs or bands from types of music i dont like
[8:48:51 PM] sir_deadlock: Regae Country pop rap?
[8:49:32 PM] ><§cott><: naw like I like some Mindless self indlugence songs but Im not a fan of that kind of music
[8:49:40 PM] sir_deadlock: That grooving 4 count guitar beat about a man's love of the ganja and how his woman left him over it, but he wants her back like a mofo.
[8:49:56 PM] ><§cott><: Did you just make that up?
[8:49:59 PM] sir_deadlock: Yes.
[8:50:19 PM] ><§cott><: like 100% made that up, not something you heard?
[8:50:25 PM] sir_deadlock: Yup.
[8:50:37 PM] ><§cott><: dear lord. make it or make a comedy thing about it
[8:51:33 PM] sir_deadlock: I don't know if I could.
This was a spontaneous joke, but if you can make it happen, I'll listen to it. And if it's on youtube, drop me a link and I'll give you a thumbs up (even if I hate it).
So this conversation happened:
[8:48:20 PM] ><§cott><: Why do i like songs or bands from types of music i dont like
[8:48:51 PM] sir_deadlock: Regae Country pop rap?
[8:49:32 PM] ><§cott><: naw like I like some Mindless self indlugence songs but Im not a fan of that kind of music
[8:49:40 PM] sir_deadlock: That grooving 4 count guitar beat about a man's love of the ganja and how his woman left him over it, but he wants her back like a mofo.
[8:49:56 PM] ><§cott><: Did you just make that up?
[8:49:59 PM] sir_deadlock: Yes.
[8:50:19 PM] ><§cott><: like 100% made that up, not something you heard?
[8:50:25 PM] sir_deadlock: Yup.
[8:50:37 PM] ><§cott><: dear lord. make it or make a comedy thing about it
[8:51:33 PM] sir_deadlock: I don't know if I could.
Have you seen this gif of May from pokemon twerking?
Posted 11 years agoDo any of your characters have tail socks?
Posted 11 years agoI was just thinking, with this cold weather it's wise to wrap up sensitive areas and extremities.
So there's this question: Does your character wear a tail sock?
So there's this question: Does your character wear a tail sock?
Funny idea
Posted 11 years ago[2:27:45 PM] sir_deadlock: *funny thought of somebody buying used underwear so they could clean them and send them back*
[2:27:59 PM] Emi: !
[2:28:09 PM] Emi: That would be hillarious
[2:30:58 PM] sir_deadlock: And then when the woman opens the box it shines with a heavenly glow. Neatly wrapped, freshly laundered and folded, packed with aromatic herbs and tissue :P Then she slowly picks them up, shakingly puts them to her face and smells them. Gets all dreamy eyed and intoxicated "lavender and vanilla bean...."
[2:31:40 PM] Emi: ! :D
[2:34:12 PM] sir_deadlock: their friend comes home to them masturbating and heavily breathing through their own panties "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! ARE THOSE YOUR OWN PANTIES?!" and she's all "I-it's not what you think! I sold them used to make some money, and they sent them back clean! Here! *extends panties* they smell all flowery and ****!"
[2:27:59 PM] Emi: !
[2:28:09 PM] Emi: That would be hillarious
[2:30:58 PM] sir_deadlock: And then when the woman opens the box it shines with a heavenly glow. Neatly wrapped, freshly laundered and folded, packed with aromatic herbs and tissue :P Then she slowly picks them up, shakingly puts them to her face and smells them. Gets all dreamy eyed and intoxicated "lavender and vanilla bean...."
[2:31:40 PM] Emi: ! :D
[2:34:12 PM] sir_deadlock: their friend comes home to them masturbating and heavily breathing through their own panties "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! ARE THOSE YOUR OWN PANTIES?!" and she's all "I-it's not what you think! I sold them used to make some money, and they sent them back clean! Here! *extends panties* they smell all flowery and ****!"
Thought on a dynamic for the MLP universe
Posted 12 years agoMy thought involves the cutie mark crusaders.
What if they never get their marks?
What if there are scores of ponies out there that just never figure it out.
And what if they they end up working retail with little badges that cover their cutie mark area with the icon for where they work, as if to show they were born to work there.
And they just go on through life not having cutie marks. They don't necessarily have bad lives, but they never find their calling.
What if they never get their marks?
What if there are scores of ponies out there that just never figure it out.
And what if they they end up working retail with little badges that cover their cutie mark area with the icon for where they work, as if to show they were born to work there.
And they just go on through life not having cutie marks. They don't necessarily have bad lives, but they never find their calling.
12 piece commission idea (NSFW)... meh
Posted 13 years ago I'll never be satisfied, I'm a horrible commissioner, so never mind.
I'm only leaving this up because I put the work in to writing it out.
Though if you want to place a bid on taking up the commission, I certainly won't stop you.
How do these poses sound so far? Do they need fine tuning?
To those who have no idea, the following 12 things come from this video, and my imagination.
http://youtu.be/OTQnUTgLssI
1.puma strike - crawl in to the bed like a cat: touch him on the penis.
Base view angle: Side. Guy is laying in bed while extra body sized lump is under covers over the legs. X-ray box above scene displaying under the covers; viewing downward at sneaky-happy-evil cat-face lady gripping shaft of penis
2. high flyer - get him on a plane: touch him on the penis.
Base view: frontal. Guy is sitting in window seat, girl is non-chalantly reaching to her right and her arm has motion marks, her tray table is down and she is blocking aisle view with a book, but she’s eyeing him as she jerks him off.
3. Pocket vito - reach in his pocket, find his penis: touch him on the penis.
Arial view (top down). Setting: classroom with partner seating (2 people to a table) maybe with flags on the desk to make it seem more political. Girl has her hand in guy’s pocket. Hand bulge in pants reaches over to inner thigh.
4. walk on the beach, touch him on the penis.
Base angle: front. Guy is giving girl a piggy-back ride on the beach (sand one way, water the other, sunset or blue sky). She has has a devious look on her blushing tongue-out face as with one arm she holds on to him over his shoulder, gripping his chest. In her other hand she has pulled the guy’s penis out of his swim trunks and is gripping the hard shaft. The guy doesn’t even have eyes, he’s blushing too hard.
5. french dip - say "bonjour": touch him on the penis.
Base angle: abdomen facing down. Girl is wearing a black French beret and a black and white long sleeve shirt that shows plenty of cleavage. She is pressing the guy’s hard cock against her cheek and a speech bubble from her says “bonjour.”
6. Twilight in paradise (circa 1912) - "For rhe pleasure of your man: touch him upon the penis."
Base angle: front. Setting: bench in a park or club? Flapper girl has one leg over the other and is twisting her body, resting it on one lengthened arm’s hand. She is looking at and seductively/slyly smiling at the guy next to her who is gentlemanly and has a curled up mustache. With her free hand she is resting it upon the outside of the crotch of his pants, gripping the bulge.
7. flight of the bumble bee - lick honey off of your boyfriend: touch him on the penis.
View: ariel (top down). Setting: bed (woman left, man right). Woman wearing bra and panties, guy boxers pulled down to his thighs and is sporting a hardon, both have lower legs covered. He is pouring honey over his tummy with a pleased look on his face, while she is licking honey off his nipple while her fingers are wrapped around his dripping phallus.
8. much ado about penis - dress up like a princess and make him king. the king demands: touch him on the penis.
Diagonal side view. Wearing a cape and crown and nothing else, guy sits in throne. Girl wearing tiara and lingerie (corset and stalkings and such). She straddled over one of his legs and smiling bashfully as he holds her elbow and looks up into her eyes while she strokes his penis.
9. woman's touch on the penis - kiss the small of his penis: touch him on the penis.
Base angle: side. Woman is wearing simple blue dress with a white apron. Hair is similar to Lucy’s from I Love Lucy. She is on her knees in front of man who is naked. She is holding his erect penis up vertically and closing her eyes as she kisses the base of the shaft.
10. buckingham phalis - dress up like queen victoria: touch him on the penis.
Front angle but a little to the side. Woman is wearing gloves (see internet for other pictures of Victoria) and is sitting all dignified on a throne while a man beside the throne, completely naked and holding a hankercheif on a red pillow, has just been jacked off to climax and came on her face and bust. She is reaching for the hankerchief with the hand that is not hold his penis.
11. talking head - say something random: touch him on the penis.
Base angle: viewing up-body from the feet. Woman and man are naked. She has straddled his hip in a reverse cowgirl but rather than penetration, she is pressing her pussy lips around the upper side of his shaft while she jacks him off. She is turning her head and saying “Saturday mornings were better when we were kids”
12. silent strike - say nothing, no words: touch him on the penis.
Base angle: ariel (top down). Scene: bed. Woman is cuddled up to guy. He is on his back, she is hugging his side, legs intertwined, her head on his chest. She, seemingly asleep, has her left hand squeezing the cum out of her partner’s dick while his head (blushing, sweaty and steam from mouth) is tilted back on his pillow while the cum settles where it shot over his tummy.
I'm only leaving this up because I put the work in to writing it out.
Though if you want to place a bid on taking up the commission, I certainly won't stop you.
How do these poses sound so far? Do they need fine tuning?
To those who have no idea, the following 12 things come from this video, and my imagination.
http://youtu.be/OTQnUTgLssI
1.puma strike - crawl in to the bed like a cat: touch him on the penis.
Base view angle: Side. Guy is laying in bed while extra body sized lump is under covers over the legs. X-ray box above scene displaying under the covers; viewing downward at sneaky-happy-evil cat-face lady gripping shaft of penis
2. high flyer - get him on a plane: touch him on the penis.
Base view: frontal. Guy is sitting in window seat, girl is non-chalantly reaching to her right and her arm has motion marks, her tray table is down and she is blocking aisle view with a book, but she’s eyeing him as she jerks him off.
3. Pocket vito - reach in his pocket, find his penis: touch him on the penis.
Arial view (top down). Setting: classroom with partner seating (2 people to a table) maybe with flags on the desk to make it seem more political. Girl has her hand in guy’s pocket. Hand bulge in pants reaches over to inner thigh.
4. walk on the beach, touch him on the penis.
Base angle: front. Guy is giving girl a piggy-back ride on the beach (sand one way, water the other, sunset or blue sky). She has has a devious look on her blushing tongue-out face as with one arm she holds on to him over his shoulder, gripping his chest. In her other hand she has pulled the guy’s penis out of his swim trunks and is gripping the hard shaft. The guy doesn’t even have eyes, he’s blushing too hard.
5. french dip - say "bonjour": touch him on the penis.
Base angle: abdomen facing down. Girl is wearing a black French beret and a black and white long sleeve shirt that shows plenty of cleavage. She is pressing the guy’s hard cock against her cheek and a speech bubble from her says “bonjour.”
6. Twilight in paradise (circa 1912) - "For rhe pleasure of your man: touch him upon the penis."
Base angle: front. Setting: bench in a park or club? Flapper girl has one leg over the other and is twisting her body, resting it on one lengthened arm’s hand. She is looking at and seductively/slyly smiling at the guy next to her who is gentlemanly and has a curled up mustache. With her free hand she is resting it upon the outside of the crotch of his pants, gripping the bulge.
7. flight of the bumble bee - lick honey off of your boyfriend: touch him on the penis.
View: ariel (top down). Setting: bed (woman left, man right). Woman wearing bra and panties, guy boxers pulled down to his thighs and is sporting a hardon, both have lower legs covered. He is pouring honey over his tummy with a pleased look on his face, while she is licking honey off his nipple while her fingers are wrapped around his dripping phallus.
8. much ado about penis - dress up like a princess and make him king. the king demands: touch him on the penis.
Diagonal side view. Wearing a cape and crown and nothing else, guy sits in throne. Girl wearing tiara and lingerie (corset and stalkings and such). She straddled over one of his legs and smiling bashfully as he holds her elbow and looks up into her eyes while she strokes his penis.
9. woman's touch on the penis - kiss the small of his penis: touch him on the penis.
Base angle: side. Woman is wearing simple blue dress with a white apron. Hair is similar to Lucy’s from I Love Lucy. She is on her knees in front of man who is naked. She is holding his erect penis up vertically and closing her eyes as she kisses the base of the shaft.
10. buckingham phalis - dress up like queen victoria: touch him on the penis.
Front angle but a little to the side. Woman is wearing gloves (see internet for other pictures of Victoria) and is sitting all dignified on a throne while a man beside the throne, completely naked and holding a hankercheif on a red pillow, has just been jacked off to climax and came on her face and bust. She is reaching for the hankerchief with the hand that is not hold his penis.
11. talking head - say something random: touch him on the penis.
Base angle: viewing up-body from the feet. Woman and man are naked. She has straddled his hip in a reverse cowgirl but rather than penetration, she is pressing her pussy lips around the upper side of his shaft while she jacks him off. She is turning her head and saying “Saturday mornings were better when we were kids”
12. silent strike - say nothing, no words: touch him on the penis.
Base angle: ariel (top down). Scene: bed. Woman is cuddled up to guy. He is on his back, she is hugging his side, legs intertwined, her head on his chest. She, seemingly asleep, has her left hand squeezing the cum out of her partner’s dick while his head (blushing, sweaty and steam from mouth) is tilted back on his pillow while the cum settles where it shot over his tummy.
Maybe I should've gone to the fremont fair...
Posted 13 years agoI mean, (NSFW) look what I missed! http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/f.....olsticeparade/
THEY HAD A TOPLESS LADY DARTH VADER!
THEY HAD A TOPLESS LADY DARTH VADER!
What would you do meme
Posted 13 years agoWhat if~
♥ I died:
♥ I kissed you:
♥ I fell:
♥ I lived next door to you:
♥ I showed up at your house unexpectedly:
♥ I stole something:
♥ I was murdered:
♥ I cried:
♥ I asked you to marry me:
♥ I was hospitalised:
♥ I was turned into a zombie:
~What do you think about my~
x Personality:
x Eyes:
x Hair:
x Family:
x Smile:
~Would you~
♪ Trust me enough to sleep in the same bed as me?
♪ Keep a secret if I told you one?
♪ Hold my hand?
♪ Study with me?
♪ Cook for me?
♪ Love me?
♪ Date me?
~Have you ever ~
☼ Lied to make me feel better?
☼ Wanted to kiss me?
☼ Wanted to kill me?
☼ Broke my heart?
☼ Thought I was unbearably annoying?
☼ Hated me?
☼ Wanted to tell me something but didn't?
☼ Wondered about my sanity?
☼ Wanted to do something to me?
~More ~
► When and how did we meet?
► Describe me in three words.
► What was your first impression of me?
► What do you think of me now?
► What reminds you of me?
► Could you see us together forever?
► When's the last time you saw me?
♥ I died:
♥ I kissed you:
♥ I fell:
♥ I lived next door to you:
♥ I showed up at your house unexpectedly:
♥ I stole something:
♥ I was murdered:
♥ I cried:
♥ I asked you to marry me:
♥ I was hospitalised:
♥ I was turned into a zombie:
~What do you think about my~
x Personality:
x Eyes:
x Hair:
x Family:
x Smile:
~Would you~
♪ Trust me enough to sleep in the same bed as me?
♪ Keep a secret if I told you one?
♪ Hold my hand?
♪ Study with me?
♪ Cook for me?
♪ Love me?
♪ Date me?
~Have you ever ~
☼ Lied to make me feel better?
☼ Wanted to kiss me?
☼ Wanted to kill me?
☼ Broke my heart?
☼ Thought I was unbearably annoying?
☼ Hated me?
☼ Wanted to tell me something but didn't?
☼ Wondered about my sanity?
☼ Wanted to do something to me?
~More ~
► When and how did we meet?
► Describe me in three words.
► What was your first impression of me?
► What do you think of me now?
► What reminds you of me?
► Could you see us together forever?
► When's the last time you saw me?
Should this be weird?
Posted 14 years agoIf I get free art of my character having sex with somebody else's character, but the character teamed with mine is a direct representation of transgender person's female character which represents them...
Apart from the fact that it's random sex, I shouldn't feel weird, right? I mean, what somebody does with my character in this way shouldn't bother me because from an actual looking at it kind of way it's just my character having straight sex which I'd be okay with...
Is there a line drawn where I should say "I don't want my character having sex with a transgender's character"?
Normally when dealing in actualities, I have nothing against transgender people. If they want to be addressed and treated like a gender different from their body I have no problem with that. Though on the topic of sex I stick to "if you don't want it, just stay out of it" because their body is male, even if their heart is female, and that's something I'm not interested in. On the flip side if a woman was a gay man on the inside, I'd only care that she'd want me and her body is female, though I wouldn't appreciate her male character having sex with mine.
Would it be insulting them, or their character, or both if I refused to give my consent based on the fact that the character they wish they were may be female but they themselves are physically not?
This is all hypothetical by the way. Just something to think about.
Apart from the fact that it's random sex, I shouldn't feel weird, right? I mean, what somebody does with my character in this way shouldn't bother me because from an actual looking at it kind of way it's just my character having straight sex which I'd be okay with...
Is there a line drawn where I should say "I don't want my character having sex with a transgender's character"?
Normally when dealing in actualities, I have nothing against transgender people. If they want to be addressed and treated like a gender different from their body I have no problem with that. Though on the topic of sex I stick to "if you don't want it, just stay out of it" because their body is male, even if their heart is female, and that's something I'm not interested in. On the flip side if a woman was a gay man on the inside, I'd only care that she'd want me and her body is female, though I wouldn't appreciate her male character having sex with mine.
Would it be insulting them, or their character, or both if I refused to give my consent based on the fact that the character they wish they were may be female but they themselves are physically not?
This is all hypothetical by the way. Just something to think about.
No Subject
Posted 14 years agoThe thought doesn't occur too often, but most fursuit makers I've come in contact with do so outside of the IRS's watch, and I imagine they don't keep receipts. If the IRS ever raided/audited a massive furry convention's guests it could be a frightening thing to know how much of a cut uncle sam wants from the sale of fursuits and accessories.
I suppose furries are like a commune. If we all got together we probably could occupy an entire city. Unemployment would be a frightening matter to deal with though. On the other hand; we generally have an artist side, a number of us are college graduates, we specialize in manual labor... With proper management the furries could have their own society!
I suppose furries are like a commune. If we all got together we probably could occupy an entire city. Unemployment would be a frightening matter to deal with though. On the other hand; we generally have an artist side, a number of us are college graduates, we specialize in manual labor... With proper management the furries could have their own society!
A new furry movie?
Posted 14 years agoThought on Pinkie Pie (pony journal, yeah)
Posted 14 years agoBefore I begin, let me introduce you to Black Mercy, in case you didn't know what it was. http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Black_Mercy
My pony reference is within the cutie mark episode when all the older ponies are telling their stories.
Specifically when Pinkie-Pie is telling her story.
What if when the sonic rainboom happened (which she didn't see happen because she was inside) she fell and somehow got a black mercy attached to her?
IT WOULD EXPLAIN EVERYTHING!
And the episode where she went kind of crazy, that might have been some kind of medicinal side effect from an outward source trying to remove the Black Mercy.
In closing, it's possible that all of the MLP FiM series is the drugged delusion of a color deprived, depressed pony living on a rock farm.
My pony reference is within the cutie mark episode when all the older ponies are telling their stories.
Specifically when Pinkie-Pie is telling her story.
What if when the sonic rainboom happened (which she didn't see happen because she was inside) she fell and somehow got a black mercy attached to her?
IT WOULD EXPLAIN EVERYTHING!
And the episode where she went kind of crazy, that might have been some kind of medicinal side effect from an outward source trying to remove the Black Mercy.
In closing, it's possible that all of the MLP FiM series is the drugged delusion of a color deprived, depressed pony living on a rock farm.
I went to Sakuracon on saturday
Posted 14 years agoSo many awesome costumes!
I was a humble easter bunny with ears and a basket, handing out candy to those that recognized the costume. Lots of love in exchange for candy. A few hugs (very few), but PLENTY of smiles.
I was a humble easter bunny with ears and a basket, handing out candy to those that recognized the costume. Lots of love in exchange for candy. A few hugs (very few), but PLENTY of smiles.
Why do furries travel?
Posted 14 years ago So my buddies ziggy and nova are in cali right now. When I asked a friend why they went, they said they were visiting friends and family, and that it was the first time in a long time they'd gone when FC wasn't involved...
Somehow this shook me to the core "furries travel for reasons OTHER than conventions?!".
Gosh, those plans of remotely starting a convention in Hawaii because I've never been there seem superfluous now.
I've been rolling the thought of how I stopped playing PS2 because on xbox I get achievements,and without the added reward, what's the point in comparison? It's the same thing with this.
Pop quiz, my fellow furries:
When was the last time you did something because it's what you wanted, even though the only reward was the singular action of doing it.
AKA: When did you last pull a move that wasn't a combo?
like ordering on amazon and saying "screw super saver shipping, I just want this one $3 game, and I'll pay shipping because I spend less than $25 total"
Somehow this shook me to the core "furries travel for reasons OTHER than conventions?!".
Gosh, those plans of remotely starting a convention in Hawaii because I've never been there seem superfluous now.
I've been rolling the thought of how I stopped playing PS2 because on xbox I get achievements,and without the added reward, what's the point in comparison? It's the same thing with this.
Pop quiz, my fellow furries:
When was the last time you did something because it's what you wanted, even though the only reward was the singular action of doing it.
AKA: When did you last pull a move that wasn't a combo?
like ordering on amazon and saying "screw super saver shipping, I just want this one $3 game, and I'll pay shipping because I spend less than $25 total"
nostalgia
Posted 14 years agoremember, boogie, love... record yourself dancing and post the video link :-P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-FPimCmbX8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-FPimCmbX8
FREE RUBBER CHICKEN!
Posted 14 years agoApril fool's day....
No, seriously, free rubber chicken.
Archie McPhee's - 1300 N 45th St., Seattle, WA 98103
Opens at 10AM, and the first 100 purchasers get themselves a FREE rubber chicken!
I want to go there... and buy a rubber chicken... to get a rubber chicken X3
No, seriously, free rubber chicken.
Archie McPhee's - 1300 N 45th St., Seattle, WA 98103
Opens at 10AM, and the first 100 purchasers get themselves a FREE rubber chicken!
I want to go there... and buy a rubber chicken... to get a rubber chicken X3
DO NOT EVER FORMAT XBOX360 DRIVE FOR USB USE
Posted 14 years agoI got a 120gb xbox hard drive from my brother for a great deal.
I borrow a transfer cable from my brother this morning to move the files from my old drive.
The console offered one transfer option, I took it hoping for the best.
I transfered the files from my previous drive to my new drive.
I plugged my new drive in... my new drive was unable to read.
I called customer service to ask how to undo the process.
THERE IS NO WAY TO UNDO THE PROCESS. THERE IS NO MAINTENANCE TO RESTORE THE SOFTWARE.
I now have a 16gb capacity xbox360 120gbhdd hard drive Which cost me $40, and I don't even own the cable which makes it readable as a usb device.
I have sent my brother a message asking him to accept the drive from me as I do not have use for it in its current state. I do not expect a refund. I desperately.... DESPERATELY need a very long cuddle.
Being alone and stupid sucks (there's a song in that somewhere)
I borrow a transfer cable from my brother this morning to move the files from my old drive.
The console offered one transfer option, I took it hoping for the best.
I transfered the files from my previous drive to my new drive.
I plugged my new drive in... my new drive was unable to read.
I called customer service to ask how to undo the process.
THERE IS NO WAY TO UNDO THE PROCESS. THERE IS NO MAINTENANCE TO RESTORE THE SOFTWARE.
I now have a 16gb capacity xbox360 120gbhdd hard drive Which cost me $40, and I don't even own the cable which makes it readable as a usb device.
I have sent my brother a message asking him to accept the drive from me as I do not have use for it in its current state. I do not expect a refund. I desperately.... DESPERATELY need a very long cuddle.
Being alone and stupid sucks (there's a song in that somewhere)
Political idea
Posted 14 years agoI think that taxes should be dispersed according to the tax payer's political party.
How does it make sense that a democrat's hard earned taxes should end up paying for a republican cause that the democratic party is against?
It would be so very easy.
Just have a small box at the start of the tax forms that says
"which party do you want to support with your taxes?
- democrat
- republican
- nonpartisan
- write-in + party ID number"
And a couple pages (like 1 page double-sided) in the tax mailer stating the top 5 priorities of the budget the parties plan.
How does it make sense that a democrat's hard earned taxes should end up paying for a republican cause that the democratic party is against?
It would be so very easy.
Just have a small box at the start of the tax forms that says
"which party do you want to support with your taxes?
- democrat
- republican
- nonpartisan
- write-in + party ID number"
And a couple pages (like 1 page double-sided) in the tax mailer stating the top 5 priorities of the budget the parties plan.
Here's a thought...
Posted 15 years agoAnd feel free to just shoot me down with facts.
Our bodies are organic machines.
When a machine is linked with another machine, they can share the work and occasionally accomplish more, simply by being connected.
In the sense of a super computer solving problems, could a massive connection of bodies cure disease?
I have this image in my mind or like a large mass of humans held together in a ball, and then some of them are diseased. I wonder to myself how long it would take for the disease to spread to the entire mass, and how big the ball would have to be that eventually some of the people (out of shear probability) would become immune, or manage to combat the disease, and if (through the connection the bodies have) the immunity would spread.
Or maybe it would just be like an orange with a spot of mold: eventually the mold would consume the entire orange until there is nothing left.
Our bodies are organic machines.
When a machine is linked with another machine, they can share the work and occasionally accomplish more, simply by being connected.
In the sense of a super computer solving problems, could a massive connection of bodies cure disease?
I have this image in my mind or like a large mass of humans held together in a ball, and then some of them are diseased. I wonder to myself how long it would take for the disease to spread to the entire mass, and how big the ball would have to be that eventually some of the people (out of shear probability) would become immune, or manage to combat the disease, and if (through the connection the bodies have) the immunity would spread.
Or maybe it would just be like an orange with a spot of mold: eventually the mold would consume the entire orange until there is nothing left.
I donated my hair
Posted 15 years agoI donated my hair, now it's really short.
I'm not happy with the result from the stylist after the donation, but I'm stuck with it now.
Any of you ever donate your hair?
I'm not happy with the result from the stylist after the donation, but I'm stuck with it now.
Any of you ever donate your hair?
Character Meme
Posted 15 years agoStolen from keeko-chan
1. What is your character's name?
Lucky Cabbit Delivery Service (AKA Bicycle Cat)
2. What is your character's name in another language?
conejo de la suerte del gato de prestación de servicios (AKA bicicleta gato)
chance de prestation de services de chat lapin(AKA cat vélo) thank you google
uckylay abbitcay eliveryday ervicesay (AKA icyclebay atcay) HA!
3. How old is he?
old enough
4. What is your character's race/species?
cat/rabbit
5. Does he have a crush?
not really (loves the ladies though)
6. Does he have many friends?
many associates, fuzzy nova and ziggy are friends, plenty other members of furlife
7. What planet is your character from?
Earth
8. Does your character like to eat?
a lot
9. What's his favorite food?
cooked olives
10: What's his favorite drink?
clean slightly cold water
11. Is your character annoying?
to some people
13. Is your character loved?
I hope so. it's me.
14. Is your character hated?
I hope not. it's me.
15. Is he emo, or goth?
not by style
16. Is he straight, bisexual, or gay?
straight
17. Is he a virgin?
no
18. Name three hobbies
helping, going fast, metaphysics
19. Is your character normal?
a bit strange, but not horribly abnormal.
20. Is your character attractive?
generally yes.
21. How does your character handle emotions?
to the extreme
22. Does your character have other forms?
casual non-biking form is moo-kitty
23. Does your character overreact?
more so is a lack of knowing when to stop
24. Is your character a criminal?
No.
25. Does you character have an item to which he is particularly attached?
his bike(s)
26. What's his IQ?
average, like dead center I'd assume. Test me to find out.
27. Does your character have a disease/curse?
STD, and heightened instincts with a bit of luck
28. Is your character dead?
eventually
29. Does your character have a family?
*thinks* only my own family
30. Has he encountered any tragic times in life?
of course... What, you want specifics? Not something I'd like to share.
31. What's the best time in your character's life?
being in love
32. If you could name one friend, which would you relate to your character?
relate as in most like? dakota lynx (I don't have many friends to compare him)
33. Is your character single?
not by choice
34. Has he developed any relationships?
almost... sadly no
35. Does he have an element?
wood
36. Do you role-play your character?
I have, but there's not much demand at the moment
37. Do you write about your character?
no
38. Does your character have a bad temper at times?
don't we all? Takes a bit though.
39. Does your character get depressed?
Often
40. What's your characters favorite animal?
can't think of one off the top of my head
41. Does your character have any fears?
yes
42. Does your character have any weaknesses?
cuteness
43. Does your character look up to anyone?
most people
44. Does your character like music?
casually
45. What's your character's favorite type of music?
classical
46. Is he impatient?
yeah, but the most patient in the room.
47. What's something funny about your character?
the white rabbit ears are fake
48. Any Nicknames
Deadlock
49. Does your character curse?
If he does, take it seriously.
50. This test is over, what does your character have to say?
"I feel so alone..."
1. What is your character's name?
Lucky Cabbit Delivery Service (AKA Bicycle Cat)
2. What is your character's name in another language?
conejo de la suerte del gato de prestación de servicios (AKA bicicleta gato)
chance de prestation de services de chat lapin(AKA cat vélo) thank you google
uckylay abbitcay eliveryday ervicesay (AKA icyclebay atcay) HA!
3. How old is he?
old enough
4. What is your character's race/species?
cat/rabbit
5. Does he have a crush?
not really (loves the ladies though)
6. Does he have many friends?
many associates, fuzzy nova and ziggy are friends, plenty other members of furlife
7. What planet is your character from?
Earth
8. Does your character like to eat?
a lot
9. What's his favorite food?
cooked olives
10: What's his favorite drink?
clean slightly cold water
11. Is your character annoying?
to some people
13. Is your character loved?
I hope so. it's me.
14. Is your character hated?
I hope not. it's me.
15. Is he emo, or goth?
not by style
16. Is he straight, bisexual, or gay?
straight
17. Is he a virgin?
no
18. Name three hobbies
helping, going fast, metaphysics
19. Is your character normal?
a bit strange, but not horribly abnormal.
20. Is your character attractive?
generally yes.
21. How does your character handle emotions?
to the extreme
22. Does your character have other forms?
casual non-biking form is moo-kitty
23. Does your character overreact?
more so is a lack of knowing when to stop
24. Is your character a criminal?
No.
25. Does you character have an item to which he is particularly attached?
his bike(s)
26. What's his IQ?
average, like dead center I'd assume. Test me to find out.
27. Does your character have a disease/curse?
STD, and heightened instincts with a bit of luck
28. Is your character dead?
eventually
29. Does your character have a family?
*thinks* only my own family
30. Has he encountered any tragic times in life?
of course... What, you want specifics? Not something I'd like to share.
31. What's the best time in your character's life?
being in love
32. If you could name one friend, which would you relate to your character?
relate as in most like? dakota lynx (I don't have many friends to compare him)
33. Is your character single?
not by choice
34. Has he developed any relationships?
almost... sadly no
35. Does he have an element?
wood
36. Do you role-play your character?
I have, but there's not much demand at the moment
37. Do you write about your character?
no
38. Does your character have a bad temper at times?
don't we all? Takes a bit though.
39. Does your character get depressed?
Often
40. What's your characters favorite animal?
can't think of one off the top of my head
41. Does your character have any fears?
yes
42. Does your character have any weaknesses?
cuteness
43. Does your character look up to anyone?
most people
44. Does your character like music?
casually
45. What's your character's favorite type of music?
classical
46. Is he impatient?
yeah, but the most patient in the room.
47. What's something funny about your character?
the white rabbit ears are fake
48. Any Nicknames
Deadlock
49. Does your character curse?
If he does, take it seriously.
50. This test is over, what does your character have to say?
"I feel so alone..."
is this messed up?
Posted 15 years agotwo videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2_c.....;feature=feedf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGOI.....p;feature=fvwp
talk amongst yourselves.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2_c.....;feature=feedf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGOI.....p;feature=fvwp
talk amongst yourselves.
I think I'm going crazy
Posted 15 years agoA long time ago I decided to attempt to be less predictable. To this end I adopted a more random personality, with more obscure thought patterns...
I think In all my years of nurturing this behavior, it may have been possible that I've either induced, or allowed to grow unhealthy natural malfunction.
Today after a rather uncomfortable sleep, I had what I would call "waking dreams" where I had brief connected moments of insanity where (in combination with my near-sighted vision) I looked at two structures in my room, and believed them to be people.
The logical me honestly doesn't care. but something about me only cared for being right; for uncovering some hidden truth.
Only the crazy care so much about proving they're not crazy. The sane merely keep trying and adjusting.
There's a lot of things I believe in that make little or no sense, that have no structure, that can never be proven. I like to say I keep an open mind and try to approach things with understanding and acceptance.
Maybe it implies my intelligence, but more so my lack of stability in reality.
I'm honestly not wholly satisfied with reality. There's so much that just isn't known, isn't sure, and can't be agreed upon.
The idea that reality is something relative is so very disturbing. I'd like something to be solid and understood.
I've been thinking about things. I have a good life in retrospect.
I've got a home, I've got food, I've got clean water, hot showers (and baths if I want them), I've got a bed, clean clothes, personal transportation, a mildly muscular body that is in many ways healthy. In many ways I've been blessed gratuitous times in varied amounts.
I look around and I see the misfortune of things. the REALITY that people are finding themselves on the street at every age, that people go hungry, that people go insane... it makes me so very sad, and from it my hope it chipped away.
From relative views, life can be good if one feels good.
I have a good life, but maybe it's been too good of a life. Perhaps part of me NEEDS to suffer. If I am a slave to both reality and life and all the shards of humanity that pave the road I walk, surely a slave must have a master, and a master must have a whip to flail said slave when they think too highly of themselves.
To clarify, not everybody is a slave, and those who are aren't necessarily that way all the time.
I better get to work... that was in my dreams to. have to get to work on time, must get to work...
If you've gotten this far, maybe spare some kind words? a viewpoint or suggestion of what I should be doing?
My thoughts right now for sollutions are:
diagnostic MRI
stress management skill development
I could be malnourished, maybe eating more fruits and veggies would help.
Exercise the willpower to be sane, even if it hurts.
I think In all my years of nurturing this behavior, it may have been possible that I've either induced, or allowed to grow unhealthy natural malfunction.
Today after a rather uncomfortable sleep, I had what I would call "waking dreams" where I had brief connected moments of insanity where (in combination with my near-sighted vision) I looked at two structures in my room, and believed them to be people.
The logical me honestly doesn't care. but something about me only cared for being right; for uncovering some hidden truth.
Only the crazy care so much about proving they're not crazy. The sane merely keep trying and adjusting.
There's a lot of things I believe in that make little or no sense, that have no structure, that can never be proven. I like to say I keep an open mind and try to approach things with understanding and acceptance.
Maybe it implies my intelligence, but more so my lack of stability in reality.
I'm honestly not wholly satisfied with reality. There's so much that just isn't known, isn't sure, and can't be agreed upon.
The idea that reality is something relative is so very disturbing. I'd like something to be solid and understood.
I've been thinking about things. I have a good life in retrospect.
I've got a home, I've got food, I've got clean water, hot showers (and baths if I want them), I've got a bed, clean clothes, personal transportation, a mildly muscular body that is in many ways healthy. In many ways I've been blessed gratuitous times in varied amounts.
I look around and I see the misfortune of things. the REALITY that people are finding themselves on the street at every age, that people go hungry, that people go insane... it makes me so very sad, and from it my hope it chipped away.
From relative views, life can be good if one feels good.
I have a good life, but maybe it's been too good of a life. Perhaps part of me NEEDS to suffer. If I am a slave to both reality and life and all the shards of humanity that pave the road I walk, surely a slave must have a master, and a master must have a whip to flail said slave when they think too highly of themselves.
To clarify, not everybody is a slave, and those who are aren't necessarily that way all the time.
I better get to work... that was in my dreams to. have to get to work on time, must get to work...
If you've gotten this far, maybe spare some kind words? a viewpoint or suggestion of what I should be doing?
My thoughts right now for sollutions are:
diagnostic MRI
stress management skill development
I could be malnourished, maybe eating more fruits and veggies would help.
Exercise the willpower to be sane, even if it hurts.
