Being an adult? (cannabis, sweets, videogames)
I ran several errands today, and upon returning home I didn't immediately smoke weed, munch on cookies, or plop down in front of a roguelike, but instead handled a few household chores.
I think I may have learned how to adult!
I think I'll celebrate by smoking weed, munching on cookies, and plopping myself down in front of a roguelike.
Wendy Carlos biography coming
"Amanda Sewell's new book Wendy Carlos will be published by Oxford University Press in April 2020.
The 264-page biography follows the singular life and career of the Rhode Island native whose work on albums like Switched-On Bach and Sonic Seasonings—as well as her scores for A Clockwork Orange, The Shining and Tron—were crucial in bringing synthesizer music to the mainstream."
"Amanda Sewell is the music director at Interlochen Public Radio in Michigan. Wendy Carlos is her first book. It will be published in April in the US and May in the UK."
"I did nothing yesterday, I'm doing nothing today and I don't foresee myself doing anything tomorrow," the wizard agonized softly to his familiar.
Magical tomes towered around him, blank parchment was stacked neatly on his desk. Vials of components sat unused.
He rubbed tired eyes, tea cold beside him, long forgotten.
"You're still magic," his familiar cheered, "Even if you don't do it."
So they went on a picnic for the rest of the day.
Sarcasm about live music in a café.
Have I mentioned how wonderful it is when an acoustic guitarist decides that the only way to perform for a tiny little café is with excessive amplification?
And yes, his lyrics really resonate – as in, they distort horribly because of the acoustics of the place and a total failure to adjust the mixer board to account for it.
It's a real pity because his guitar-playing is decent enough that I could totally forgive his between-song banter.
And hey, it's a great opportunity to put away the writing I was trying to do in favor of trying very hard to focus on something visual!
Such a pity he's only here for a thirty-minute set....
It turns out there’s a National Burrito Day on the first Thursday of April. Despite this Google suggests National Burrito Day is Saturday 4/4. Thursday usually doesn’t fall on Saturday, but my friend suggested Burrito Day is actually a 3 day holiday.
This leads to suggesting that National Burrito Day is 8 nights long to commemorate when we thought there was only avacado for one burrito, yet it miraculously was enough for 8.
eugenics discourse, comics (link)
Re: the conversation from a few days ago, a post from a few days ago of an eloquent X-Men comics page on eugenics and jokes. The poster has typed up a transcript.
Another #aromantic spectrum awareness week link: a metaphor for asexuality and aromanticism in the form of a pond
https://dragonheartftherpays.tumblr.com/post/154272125479/i-did-a-very-quick-sketchy-comic-because-i-was in comic form
https://pinkdiamondprince.tumblr.com/post/154254729403/pinkdiamondprince-trying-to-figure-out-if-youre the text post the comic was based on
@cozykaffe additionally, in the mindset of "describing the image in question to someone over the phone"
Hi all! We're in day 4 of the seventh annual international Gender Census, and we are almost at 9,000 responses, with one new submission every ~48 seconds!
https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/gendercensus2020
If the gender binary has failed you, join in! We want to know how you refer to yourself.
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