Gouge Your Eyes Out

I Am An Adult

noreply@blogger.com (cyclona23) — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:16:00 +0000

A satisfying Saturday night is me, a dirty kitchen floor, and a mop. When Im done I put on some John Cage xylophone music from the 40's and walk across it barefoot and grin. Booty calls come at 5pm on Friday afternoon. My passport is expired and I will leisurely renew it by spring to forgoe the service fee for rush jobs and take a pleasant holiday a few months later. I am calm, reasonable, and can understand why you would hold the opinions that you do.

Art vs Math

noreply@blogger.com (cyclona23) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:41:00 +0000

Scan Processor Studies (excerpts pt.1) from Brian O'Reilly on Vimeo.

What are Feelings?

noreply@blogger.com (cyclona23) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:04:00 +0000

I've been trying to really define what a feeling is for weeks now (like in a Kant and Hume sort of way) and havent really gotten anywhere. The closest definition I have come across in mental meanderings so far:

Feelings are thoughts that belong to the body.

If you have a thought (or a feeling), please chime in. Im a little stumped.

A Dark Army of Poodles

noreply@blogger.com (cyclona23) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:28:00 +0000

Don't mess with my faceless army of black poodles. They play the long-game and wait for their opportunities patiently. When they strike they envelop my enemies like a single organism, digesting them whole and leaving behind only their hateful feces for a grave marker.

Other than that, Im a really nice person.

Self-Awareness

noreply@blogger.com (cyclona23) — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:46:00 +0000

Saw this float by on Facebook, added a few touches.

Certainty is Sooo Passé

noreply@blogger.com (cyclona23) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:07:00 +0000

"Despite how certainty feels, it is neither a conscious choice nor even a thought process. Certainty and similar states of knowing what we know arise out of involuntary brain mechanisms that, like love or anger, function independently of reason."

-- Neuroscientist Robert Burton

Apparently turning away from the cuddly blanket of your preconceptions can have adverse effects on your sanity. From the Wikipedia article on Certainty:

"Al-Ghazali was a professor of philosophy in the 11th century. His book titled The Incoherence of the Philosophers marks a major turn in Islamic epistemology, as Ghazali effectively discovered philosophical skepticism that would not be commonly seen in the West until René Descartes, George Berkeley and David Hume. He described the necessity of proving the validity of reason- independently from reason. He attempted this and failed. The doubt that he introduced to his foundation of knowledge could not be reconciled using philosophy. Taking this very seriously, he resigned from his post at the university, and suffered serious psychosomatic illness. It was not until he became a religious sufi that he found a solution to his philosophical problems, which are based on Islamic religion; this encounter with skepticism led Ghazali to embrace a form of theological occasionalism, or the belief that all causal events and interactions are not the product of material conjunctions but rather the immediate and present will of God."

Link

noreply@blogger.com (cyclona23) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:44:00 +0000

(Insert sophmoric yet witty sarcastic comment about sarcasm here. Channel Chandler Bing as you do so).

When Jah went to Jamaica last year Jah found out (quickly) that sarcasm is big a no-no in the Rastafarian religion. Saying the opposite of what you mean is considered rude and disrespectful, and the Jamaicans I tried it with took me literally and stared wide-eyed at me with every attempt because they were so unfamiliar which such ritual acts of passive-aggression. Yesterday I also found out it was one of the "Four Horsemen of Doomed Relationships" from a co-worker (link). Im now grateful to a certain person in my life for prohibiting it early on in our relationship. I have to say that when I stopped doing it before, I only did it out of a rote and mechanical understanding that if I didnt stop it would be trouble from her and had some vague idea that she didnt like it for some reason. But its starting to sink in.

I hereby declare war on sarcasm.

Cross-Pollination

noreply@blogger.com (cyclona23) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:27:00 +0000

Hybrid vigor.

Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand Cover by Cornbread Red

Come On Home - Franz Ferdinand Cover by Cornbread Red

Karma Police - Radiohead cover by the Easy Star All-Stars

Paranoid Android - Radiohead cover by the Easy Star All-Stars

"Eight would hate it, one would be indiferrent, and one for God knows why would think it's brilliant" -- some guy

noreply@blogger.com (cyclona23) — Sat, 30 May 2009 23:07:00 +0000

It meandered itself up to the top of my Netflix queue after several months and came right on time a few days ago. You know you've done it well when you end of up on both the best and worst 10 films of the year lists. I advocate seeing this movie, but parts of me hate myself for it, and there are certainly long stretches of it that are so precious that they made me think it might be the worst movie ever made and I was an asshole for watching it. But it sprawls like a fungus. And fungus is interesting. Link

I Kill My Best Zebra to Feed Ya

noreply@blogger.com (cyclona23) — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:54:00 +0000

Love Diahrea. Heh.

OH the Ecstasy

noreply@blogger.com (cyclona23) — Wed, 27 May 2009 01:01:00 +0000

Franz Ferdinand - Lucid Dreams

This album came out a little while ago but my listening cube overfloweth and I hadnt really given it a listen yet. Most of it is pretty good but this track makes my heart skip a beat or three. Just so you know.

Original Concept

noreply@blogger.com (cyclona23) — Sat, 23 May 2009 19:45:00 +0000

Since the original concept (rationale?) behind this blog was to give me a public forum for ranting about random things that bother me so I dont have to stand behind Safeway and scream anymore, Im going back my roots today. So just why the eff would anyone put on so much cologne in the morning that when they walk by you, your first impression is that someone has just cut down a Christmas tree and put it in their pants? Why?!

Bookmark!

noreply@blogger.com (cyclona23) — Fri, 22 May 2009 22:39:00 +0000

Link

Fun Fun Music

noreply@blogger.com (cyclona23) — Fri, 22 May 2009 19:02:00 +0000

Click on the red/blue/yellow/green buttons along the top during playback. My personal preference is Blue/Green/Red/Yellow.

Link

(here's a link to the original version)

Nice Remix

noreply@blogger.com (cyclona23) — Fri, 22 May 2009 00:31:00 +0000

Link

Courtesy of Chris who works at MySpace music now. This works best when turned up really loud.

Wait for It...

noreply@blogger.com (cyclona23) — Thu, 21 May 2009 21:29:00 +0000

Galactic Center of Milky Way Rises over Texas Star Party from William Castleman on Vimeo.

Have You Got It Yet?

noreply@blogger.com (cyclona23) — Mon, 18 May 2009 04:55:00 +0000

Syd Barrett is my new hero because of this story:

According to Roger Waters, Barrett came into what was to be their last practice session with a new song he had dubbed "Have You Got It, Yet?". The song seemed simple enough when he first presented it to his bandmates, but it soon became impossibly difficult to learn: while they were practising it, Barrett kept changing the arrangement. He would then play it again, with the arbitrary changes, and sing "Have you got it yet?". Eventually they realised they never would and that they were simply bearing the brunt of Barrett's idiosyncratic sense of humour.

What an asshole. This is why I adored LSD for so many years. Love it.

I LIkes Me Some IMAX But This Is Too Much

noreply@blogger.com (cyclona23) — Thu, 14 May 2009 22:51:00 +0000

From a company called Obscura Digital.

Full Moon

noreply@blogger.com (cyclona23) — Sun, 10 May 2009 10:01:00 +0000

Giant light bulb in the sky
You have slain me

This Makes Me Feel Better

noreply@blogger.com (cyclona23) — Wed, 06 May 2009 23:53:00 +0000

MP3 Selection of the Day: Because I Care

noreply@blogger.com (cyclona23) — Tue, 05 May 2009 22:59:00 +0000

Diskjokke -- Folk I Farta

Propinquity

noreply@blogger.com (cyclona23) — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:58:00 +0000

I think it's propensity and ubiquity mooshed together but wikipedia says it comes from a Latin word. It has been known to lead to limerance. The thing about limerance seems to be that once it starts there's no way to stop it. Its an avalanche. You'd think a little distance would cure it, but its a paradox. And oh, the intrusive thoughts.

Who is Accountable for Your Dreams?

noreply@blogger.com (cyclona23) — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:52:00 +0000

Should We Be Doing More To Reduce The Graphic Violence In Our Dreams?

More Tiga Genius

noreply@blogger.com (cyclona23) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:48:00 +0000

Digital Speed Painting

noreply@blogger.com (cyclona23) — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:19:00 +0000

There's lots of these on YouTube but I really like this one.