It's been 10 years

So I'm sitting here in jeans a t-shirt and a sport coat, about to walk out the door to go to my 10 year high school reunion. That seems kind of ridiculous to me... not the t-shirt and sport coat, the fact that I've been out of high school for 10 years. It should be interesting... instead of sitting around and getting drunk illegaly with people I don't really like, I get to sit around and get drunk legally with people I don't really like. Actually, it might be kind of fun. I just wish I had something more interesting to say than: "Yeah, I'm in grad school for Visual Effects... and I live with my Mom!" At least I'm not divorced with 3 kids.

What it sounds like inside a Diet Coke can

Watch this video and discover what it sounds like to be inside of a freshly opened can of Diet Coke.

http://www.pixelcorps.tv/macbreak133

107-Year-Old Bulb States the Case for Leaving Lights On

107-Year-Old Bulb States the Case for Leaving Lights On [Livermore Light Bulb]: "The LA Times has written a sweet little feature about Livermore Fire House's lightbulb that has been burning for 107 years without a break—unless you count the 22 minutes it took to transport the bulb from Fire Department HQ to Station No. 6 in 1979. That's almost a million hours' worth of low-wattage, you know. Unofficial keeper of the bulb, retired firefighter Tom Bramell reckons its longevity is down to old-fashioned craftsmanship. 'I believe the bulb has stayed alive so many years because the makers gave it a perfect seal, so no air gets inside the bulb to help disintegrate the carbon filament. This bulb operates in a vacuum and it doesn't burn hot. That's the secret.'"

(Via Gizmodo.)

I don't think I could do this...

So I came upon a really interesting video on youtube today.

The Blasphemy Challenge



That's some pretty hardcore shit. I'm not a believer... and I'm sure I never will be, but I just could not do this. Maybe it's because I was raised Unitarian and can't deal with stepping on others toes, but I just couldn't do it. Anyway, lemme know what you think.

Back home twittering fun

So I'm back in Louisiana. It comes with some serious mixed emotion. I'm happy to be home, REALLY happy to see my dog again, and am generally feeling better (although a tad less healthy with no hills to climb daily.) But I can't help but feel an intense sense of failure at coming back home... again. 

I have really discovered the joy and value of twitter. For the longest time I was kind of sensitive about who I followed. I like to receive tweets on my phone and didn't want to get too many texts. Then I switched to unlimited text messages and it's been a whole new world of twitter to me. When I see that someone I follow is following someone else, I generally follow them so that I can see the whole conversation. It's pretty incredible watching the community that seems to be developing. It's like watching communication across the world in realtime. 

Well, back to work.

Out of the hospital and into the...

So they let me out of the hospital today with some goodies... Xanax, Vicadin, and Colace to keep me pooping right. I think it's a good sign that I'm flush with energy and really wanna be creative. Hopefully when I finally go through the sleep cycle again, I won't wake up puking and with horrid cramps. I can finally drink diet coke again, which usually means that I am getting better. the picture to the right is the weird chroma key thing that PhotoBooth did to me, kidna cool. I like how it keyed out my moustach3. I like replacing e's with 3's. Anyway.... finally feeling creative, so I guess I should go and create. I think this might be a post I edit greatly in a few weeks.

A long time...

So... I guess it's been a really long time. Sorry about that. I guess it's a good thing. I've been busy enough here that I haven't really had the time to post anything. Things are definitely going well here. I guess I'm beginning to fall into my "old self" with all of my old patterns. I of course have my token friend here who is gorgeous, really into all the things I am into, a model, fantastic, and conveniently unavailable. But... that's the way I do things. Quite seriously, I am meeting some great people out here, and getting to experience some really incredible things. I went and saw Ray Harryhausen speak, I went and saw Blue Sky Studios talk about their work, and I went to the San Francisco Siggraph meeting and watched last years electronic theatre on a 4k projector.
So yeah, the people are great. My classes are pretty great. The experience is awesome. I just need a way to make some fucking money so that I can stay.