QuindeciMusings

Fox... in Socks?

2012-01-27T02:49:00.000-09:00

--> I looked at her blankly for a moment, then she barked, “Auch hier bitte.” <-- I had not planned this happening to Chole, or anyone. It was an accident, but once it happened, it had to play out. I was surprised with the turn, and the repercussions, but they are what they are. I am a little extra excited about this installment, and not just because it is finally her second day at the

Friday Fiction: Fox Report

2012-01-20T02:47:00.000-09:00

Not to imply any association with the news corp; good, bad or otherwise. Just the title of this weeks installment. Seeing that it is the #7 one, I maybe should have made some James Bond reference/pun, but I did not. I only bring that up because the title it has seems lame, but as I mentioned before, they got their title based on how I think about the contents of the section/scene. Chole

Friday Fiction: Fox, but not Forgotten

2012-01-13T04:16:00.000-09:00

We get to see a little into Chole's life outside of school as she finally gets home after a long day. Let there be no mistake that I am really lame with titles. Oddly, if nothing else, I have been naming these "chapters" based on how I think of them. Part 5, for example, was because it is uncommon for freshmen to have seventh period free, it was unexpected for Fox to have been there to hear

Friday Fiction: Fox Tale number 5

2012-01-06T04:44:00.000-09:00

Here it is, #5. This is one of those ones I have been really hoping to get to for a while. When I first sat down to start Fox Tale, I went from start to the end of #5 in one go because This is where I have been heading for an introduction to Chole. It gets better, or rather, now we are getting to the start of things. Part One: → Fox at First Sight ←Part Two: → Foxy Lady ←Part Three:

Bad Dream, or Ghost of Winter Future?

2011-12-30T04:25:00.000-09:00

First off, it is Friday and I posted the next "chapter" of the Fox Tale on DeviantArt: If this is the firs one you are reading, by all means please stop and read the first one first, then proceed in order.Part One: → Fox at First Sight ←Part Two: → Foxy Lady ←Part Three: → Still a Fox ←And the new one: Part Four: → Fellowship of the Fox ← So I had this weird dream a few days ago. In the

Another Friday, Another Fiction Post

2011-12-23T06:05:00.000-09:00

Not much to say here. I have a load of cooking to do, so I will get right to the point A Fox Tale: Part 3: Still a Fox If you have not already, please start at the beginning: Part 1: Fox at First Sight

Part Two: Foxy Lady

2011-12-16T03:05:00.000-09:00

Not a real big surprise. It is a Friday, and I did say, somewhere, that I was going to try to upload a new "chapterette" every Friday. Another breadcrumb along this story. It is a sort of dramatic, coming-of-age thing, but I hope is has my familiar style about it keeping it fun. Except for this one part later down the path. Oh, well, here are the links: Today's upload: Part Two: Foxy Lady

It burns my cookies

2011-11-03T13:44:00.001-08:00

Okay, well really, there are a number of things what really burn my cookies (Other than having the oven too hot or forget to start the timer.) It makes me nuts when people put their flag up where it does not belong and move the scope of the real, root issue. There was a story years ago where a woman was beaten, raped, stabbed, all repeatedly before being dumped and left for dead. The assailant

Just an update

2011-10-16T09:13:00.001-08:00

So it has been some time since I had made any updates on DeviantArt. Last night, or this morning, whenever, I posted one of those "about me" things. Rather self indulgent, if I do say so, but reading other's is a sort of guilty pleasure of mine, so yeah, I "give back" a bit. Anywho, Here is the link to the Journal. Yes, I have been writing a bit more, but it is rather slow going. I hope to

Arch Linux Server Install

2011-08-09T06:17:00.000-08:00

This is not so much like a lot of other reviews/reports I have done in the past, just a sort of quick and dirty, because unless someone out there wants to discuss any of this, I am kind of done with this. That is to say, IAs many of you are well aware, I am a tried and true Linux Mint advocate. However, as some of you are aware, I believe in using the right tool for the job.I have been using

Book Report: Matched by Ally Condie

2011-07-22T04:44:00.000-08:00

Matched by Ally Condie Well, the writing is nice, characters have some depth and are more or less believable, the concept a little tired and the plot is maybe a bit thin. This is Lewis Lowery meets Scott Westerfield in a H.G. Wells sort of way. In general, it is not a problem for me when concepts in one work are similar in nature, or influenced by, or even out-right borrowed from other

Book Report: Texas Gothic by Rosemary Clement-Moore

2011-07-14T12:52:00.001-08:00

Texas Gothic by Rosemary Clement-Moore It has been a little while since I did a book report, and it looks like the last one may have been a ghost story as well. But these are nothing alike. AND, I suppose, because the book is NEW, this will be more of a review than other book reports I have done in the past. So, What is it like? There are a number of reviews out there on Texas Gothic, and

Talking about a song in my collection

2011-04-18T10:33:00.000-08:00

Steve Burns - Mighty Little Man Album: Songs for Dustmites A tired man in his chair Doesn't move he only stares At the machine across the room There's nothing there; it's not getting through He shakes his head, finally stands up Throws his hands up in the air A blinding flash across the room A sudden crash, a sonic boom Changes everything he knew It's everything he's never seen The biggest

Kubuntu 11.04 (64bit)

2011-04-14T10:38:00.000-08:00

As some of you know, I like KDE. I like it a lot, but starting with 4.x, I was very limited on using it. I like lightweight desktop environments. For me, personally, using a computer is rather utilitarian. The machine and OS should be there to let me do what I want to do on it, not get in the way. Yet I like KDE for a number of reasons, though I do not use it an dhave not really done so in

Linux Mint Xfce (201104)

2011-04-07T13:13:00.001-08:00

Some may notice that there is no "release number" there, for example - Linux Mint Xfce 10 That is because this the the Debian base, as opposed to the Ubuntu base. Going back a little bit, I was very happy when Linux Mint began the Debian based branch. For one thing, it is lighter and faster. I had played around with different distributions to find lightweight ones that I liked, but always came

Sookie Stackhouse, Sam Merlotte, True Blood

2011-04-01T09:44:00.000-08:00

It is Friday again, right? Today I am going to talk a little bit about the show True Blood and the book series from whence it came. This morning, I was (carefully) watching more of season one of the show - about fifteen minutes at a time or so. I have read a number of the books, but had gotten kinda fed up with Bill. Point being, while I never really thought that Sam and Sookie ought to hook

Elqueue Rambling

2011-03-21T12:13:00.000-08:00

Ramblings: No. No, I do not feel well. Not like, I feel sick, because that is just kind of normal. I am grumpy and grouchy and miserable. I am not ready for all this daylight and sunshine. I want dark and snow and cold to keep on lasting. Maybe I can spend then summer in Antarctica - if they have internet. My fingernails need trimming. There. Now they are trimmed and have that uncomfortable,

I should probably avoid television

2011-03-17T07:32:00.000-08:00

I think that I should probably avoid television all together. This morning my dream was something like this. I was going to a cooking class. Okay, not a big deal. It was taking place at this one general merchandise store that I am familiar with. That too was comfortable and familiar. It was like the 5th or 6th class and it seemed like there were one or two more. It was not that important to

Sunday Morning Bad Dream

2011-03-13T06:43:00.000-08:00

At some point during the night, I dreamed that I murdered one of my neighbors. Not the first time that I dreamed something like that, but hey, this time was different. I dreamed that I was /going/ to do it, then that I /had/ done it, but I did not dream the part where I actually hacked him to pieces with an ax. What the dream seemed to center on most was that there was so much evidence against

Saturday Morning's Weird Dream

2011-03-13T06:18:00.000-08:00

So... Saturday morning I had a weird dream and I was not going to post it because the principle emotion was frustration and I do not care so much for that. Here is what I remember from the dream: I was on this reality tv show contest thing akin to Face Off - but also like that Stan Lee Next Superhero one. I was supposed to create a character. I had two, but I realized later that this was not a

The three things amusing in Shaun of the Dead

2011-03-07T04:58:00.000-09:00

There are precisely three amusing things in/about Shaun of the Dead. 1) These lines: Shaun: David, kill the Queen! David: What? Shaun: The jukebox! 2) The fact that they never explain what caused it. 3) Sorting through the record collection for albums suitable for tossing at "the assailants". Runners up because I like lists of fifteen: 4) The front door running gag. 5) The random

Watching True Blood, but the books were better.

2011-02-11T05:14:00.000-09:00

Um... that just about sums it up, actually. Well, not quite. I am a fan of Anna Paquin - well, her works anyway, don't really know her - and so I am getting a kick out of watching here here. I like the guy they got for Sam too. I always liked him in the books anyway. I am only a couple of episodes in to the show, but Bill seems rather emo, unlike the books where he was just a little brooding

Just a couple of things real quick

2011-02-08T11:25:00.000-09:00

1) J&J 010 is posted here If this seems like a step back, well it is. I needed to go through this before I could move forward. So, in short, 010 takes place /during/ 008. But if you have not started back at 001, please do. =^_^= 2) I saw Tangled over the weekend and am saddened to admit that I got all girlie-weepy-eyed. Must be the medications. Take Care! Have lots of fun!

Well, I saw the film Repo: The Genetic Opera

2011-01-31T10:55:00.000-09:00

Well, I saw the film Repo: The Genetic Opera I was with a group of friends at one of their's house and they were like, Hey, have you seen this? Just in general, not to me specifically. I confided in Claire that I had reservations, but everyone else, seen it or not, seemed keen on watching it. So, I took my typical spot in the corner and just played along nicely. It's a musical. Hey, that

Change of the Window Manager

2011-01-26T10:07:00.000-09:00

It has been a while since I posted anything on LINUX. For roughly a month, I have been enjoying the Linux Mint Debian Edition 64Bit. As I am not really interested in discussing the 32bit release, I am just going to refer to it as LMDE and be done with it - you can trust that I am talking about the 64bit release. So. As mentioned in other blogs, I have mentioned that I have never been all that

Is it still Friday? No? Oh well

2011-01-22T02:43:00.000-09:00

I have made a few posts here lately and had not realized that I had not made a Friday Blog Post this week. Hardly not the first week, but that is not at all the point of this. So, I missed Friday by a couple of hours. Oh, GLOBALLY, I missed Friday by a great many hours, but that is neither here nor there. Or, I mean, that is there not here? Nevermind in any case. But, I missed it and am not

J&J Series 009 released

2011-01-18T02:06:00.000-09:00

Yes, I am concerned about this drawing attention away from the piece I did, Living in a Fishbowl, but while I like that one quite a bit, the series is more important to me. So, yeah, I wrote it yesterday afternoon. It is only about 3K words, so a pretty quick read. [J&J Series, No. 009: The Distaste of Revenge] I will mention again for first time visitors, start with 001 or it will loose a

New Fiction Submitted

2011-01-17T13:16:00.000-09:00

Okay, so, here it is on DeviantArt: Living in a Fishbowl This is a standalone short story about Tamara, a punk, growing up in a small, backwoods town in Tennessee, although that is not specifically mentioned. The characters herein are fictitious creations of my own. This is getting a content warning for adult situations (sexual themes) but not for language or violence, etc. for whatever that

11-1-11 and a Tuesdays

2011-01-11T04:02:00.000-09:00

I have always kinda likes Tuesdays. And some Thursdays. But nevermind that now. So, today is Human Trafficking Awareness Day. My chosen charity fighting this is LOVE146. I have a donation page to support them HERE but the most important thing right now is getting the message out there. There is a lot of hubbub about it right now, especially with the Super Football thing. I knew it existed

Yeah, what he said.

2011-01-10T05:19:00.000-09:00

... It's getting harder just keeping life and soul together I'm sick of fighting Even though I know I should The cold is biting Through each and every nerve and fibre My broken spirit is frozen to the core Don't wanna be here no more ... - from Wouldn't It Be Good by Nik Kershaw. But, I'm just smiling through it all. Some days are just that way, eh?

Startled Awake

2011-01-09T06:42:00.000-09:00

Well that was ... interesting. I woke frightened as all get-out, pulse racing, sweaty as anything and I had kicked off all my covers. I was freeeeeeeezzzziiiinnnngggg. I put on a pot of coffee, took a hot shower, drank some coffee, was still cold. So, I am sitting here, all bundled up like the sun had gone out, with the laptop warming my lap (or am I supercooling my laptop?) trying to remember

Look! A Friday Update!

2011-01-07T06:34:00.000-09:00

Yeah, it is Friday and I am, again, updating my blog. It has been getting a number of updates this week because of having uploaded those latest "chapters" in my J&J short story thingie. But that is okay. It is snowing like it makes good sense. Not, like, record-breaking, or really news worthy, but enough for me to be mentioning here. Maybe I'll check Newsminer to see if they have anything to

The Eighth in the J&J series is posted

2011-01-06T05:16:00.000-09:00

Hahaha... it is one of my favorite ones because the story gets moving. I mean, I have seven segments that are trying to introduce the major players, their relationships, and the bit about the twins that sets them apart. So, as this one gets moving along, so does the story. The plot thickens. 009 will be more exciting. At least, I am excited for it. Anywho, this latest installment is fairly

The next installment is posted

2011-01-05T04:28:00.000-09:00

J+J Series, No. 007: From the Journal (as always, if you have not already, start at 001) Janet and Jules are 14 in the context of this chapter (for lack of a better word). We are taking a trip into a few of Jules' journal entries. My hope here is to show their relationship a little more, add some depth to some comments that had come out rather stripped down, and there is a hint of a foreshadow

Ah... writing feels good

2011-01-04T04:36:00.000-09:00

The series continues. (Yeah, over on DeviantArt) What was I doing over the holidays? Writing on the series. In this 006: Discoveries, they are 16 again. 007: From the Journal is still going from paper to digital and 008: The Mall? Really? is almost done with edits. 007 is kinda small and I don't know if I will upload it today or tomorrow just to pace it out a bit. Please, feel free to comment

Happy gnu deer.

2011-01-03T07:42:00.000-09:00

Okay, real quick: [74/11308] Katy Perry - California Gurls (Passion Pit Remix) (05:12) [75/13143] Level 42 - Lessons In Love (04:02) [76/9530] Information Society - Strength (05:10) [77/14324] Yaz - Sweet Thing (03:42) [78/14343] Yelle - 85A (02:28) [79/9541] Information Society - Hard Currency (02:34) [80/10172] Lords Of Acid - Marijuana In Your Brain (03:56) [81/7779] Lily

I'm a Friday with a Cause

2010-12-17T03:00:00.002-09:00

Real story time. You know how you get those e-mails, tweets, whatever and you can just _tell_ from the wording, the careful omition of details, that prodding to get you to read further and get sucked into the story where either they want you to forward the e-mail to everyone you know, or send money, or upload you banking information. Oh, you know the ones I mean. This is one. Kinda. What:

I am supporting LOVE146

2010-12-16T05:56:00.000-09:00

I have started a LOVE146 donation page. I just put it up and have a lot to do to make it interesting. Here is the deal. Yeah, I am asking for donations, eh? Maybe you want to do something, but can't dig out a buck, or you dig out a buck but want to do more. Send me some art I can put on the page. Send me a personal story / share an experience that I can put on the page to draw others in.

It's Friday + a dream

2010-12-10T06:12:00.001-09:00

Well, part of a dream - but I'll get to that later. First: Yeah, there have been updates to LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) and so, and all the groovy updates promised. The big one I am waiting for is the 64bit release. I mean, am I wrong or will this require a new iso? Everything else, yeah, great, I can get through updates. Well, not exactly everything. They said they made improvements to

Hmm... That's funny

2010-12-08T04:40:00.000-09:00

Okay, not funny, "Haha" but more like, funny, "peculiar." (Aside from the fact that I could not seem to remember how to spell 'peculiar.' I was so far off, spellcheck thought I meant percolator. But then, spellcheck thinks "spellcheck" is two words- the idiot. Kidding. Where whoudl I be whit owt mi speelchech.) So, I was looking at my blogger stats this morning and it seems that this past

This dream threw me

2010-12-06T07:42:00.000-09:00

Hi, and welcome to another What the Dickens Was I Dreaming post. It is not uncommon for me to dream about being in the hospital. It is not uncommon for me to dream about fencing. These two things do not typically overlap. So, here it goes... I was dreaming I was in the hospital and I could not go fencing until I was out. Well that makes sense. But there was this... new wing/tower of the

I tried to find the secrets of the brain

2010-12-03T04:12:00.000-09:00

Music Goes Round My Head by The Saints "All my life I've searched upon the reasons for us being here The universe and all that it contains Well I tried to find the secrets of the brain Twenty years I've labored trying to find who my creator was But now at last the pieces fall in place It's funny and it shows upon my face And the music goes 'round my head And I can't hear a thing you said

Thanksgiving Aftermath

2010-11-30T04:10:00.000-09:00

So, everyone is is gone and it is just Dad and I in the house again. Yesterday was a kind of /accelerated/ and or condensed version of my weekly cleaning schedule to get the house back to normal after 5 house guests for like 4 days. It was not that bad, really. The biggest part is the psychological cleansing from the house, you know? Like, Amy used /that/ glass before she left. She put her

Where do I even begin?

2010-11-29T07:36:00.000-09:00

Actually, I have no issue with trying to figure out where to begin... I am a chronological kinda girl. Lets see... Wed, picking up Mum. Before we left, Amy called. She was being all sympathetic with the strain of having everyone over and wanted to know if having her here too was going to be too much. I assured her - with no pretense - that I wanted here there most of all. So, she was happy.

A quickie before the holiday

2010-11-24T06:12:00.000-09:00

Hi, From the time we pick up Mum until the last house guest is punted out I will not likely get the opportunity to update my blog, so, here it is. I had mentioned the other day that I have family coming over. We are picking up Mum at the airport in a little bit. She'll be hungry, so we will likely have brunch, then go shopping for all the food that: 1) Dad and I forgot to get 2) is better to

Funding my DeviantArt?

2010-11-22T04:26:00.000-09:00

I cannot believe that I am actually considering putting an annoying banner add on my blog page to fund my DeviantAry membership. (shakes head) I dunno. I mean, I do not think that it gets enough hits to make a difference, so it would just be... annoying. Yeah, I think that about decides it for me. Not enough hits to make it worth selling out. (How sad is that?) Or... what do you all think?

It is Friday and I am not sure how I feel about that

2010-11-19T05:22:00.000-09:00

This update may take me a while to get posted, but I will leave it up here until I am good and ready to post it. This week has really gone my fast. Too fast, one may say. The Linux Mint servers were having issues from being overloaded. I am happy that they are getting that popular... in a way. Maybe I should go back to looking for a nice, quiet, unpopular distribution... maybe I should stick

No Update Today

2010-11-17T09:22:00.000-09:00

There was a time I was doing one of those 365 things. I am not now, so I do not, like, need to make an update every day. So, I am wrapped up in a blanket eating (?) tomato soup listening to (currently Pet Shop Boys - no, it is changing... Gary Numan). It is -26C outside and a nice, new, fluffy layer of snow. Here is the thing: I do not know which is worse; your friends parents catching you

I even have Doctors in my dreams!

2010-11-16T04:00:00.000-09:00

I woke up a few minutes ago from a _weird_ dream segment that I want to get down before- well here it is, and yes, I am sure it is all bout the frustrations I was having with work. I was at the Dr's and it was like an operating room / gym locker room. At times, I was on the table, but at other times I was walking around. Well not much walking around, kinda on my feet, over in the corner. The

My Jove, I think he's got it.

2010-11-15T07:50:00.000-09:00

Well, there is hope at last. The contractor guy who sends this data work my way interceded. 1) he explained that no, it was not okay, but that the compiled data they got back from the other guy may be bad. 2) said they need to get their extract fix, 3) Told Mr Honcho in no uncertain terms that he was not entitled to contact me directly - certainly not without including him. So, the short of it

Working for People is Frustrating

2010-11-13T22:34:00.000-09:00

Mercy. Some people. So... the data format saga continues. Mr Honcho, waiting for his compiled data, was like, "We are sending you the same format that we were sending the other guy and he didn't have a problem with it." I was like, "I can't speak on the other data sets as I did not process them. This data set has is not properly formatted and if I processes the data now, it will produce bad

It's Friday - I'm in... pajamas

2010-11-12T05:03:00.000-09:00

Yes. It is Friday and I know that most of you out there do not need _me_ to tell you that. I _so_ do not feel like posting on my blog today, so I thought I would post about that. This is just a Friday blog and not very interesting, so you may want to just move on, but here it goes. I have been missing a lot of time lately and that makes it really hard to get things done. Well, sure, I think I

Another Dream, while I'm at it.

2010-11-11T04:06:00.000-09:00

Okay, this one is really short, eh? Again, fencing related. I have a vague impression of the ride _to_ fencing, but more as a sense that what was going on _while_ I was fencing had been going on for a long time and was adding to the frustration. So, there I am, on strip, _trying_ to fence, one opponent after the next. And we are fencing, but there are people that keep talking to me. I don't

Nekked Fencing

2010-11-09T12:08:00.000-09:00

So, I had this kinda weird fencing dream last night. It is incomplete the way many dreams are, but here it is. The setup - Here is what I just knew in the dream - not learned from events in the dream: I was at a fencing tournament with some other people from my club. The Men's/mixed even was nearing completion and I was fencing in the Women's event that followed. It was not at our club, but

Eenie, meenie, mynie, (win)ME

2010-11-09T04:08:00.000-09:00

Okay, So... I am looking at checking out some old Win games Dad found in a box. Infocom and Sierra stuff. I was thinking first that these are _so_ Win'95 that I really ought to just be able to use WINE (wine 1.2.1-0ubuntu1 Microsoft windows compatibility layer) But then... I really do not want to junk up my nice fresh system, when I can just spin up a virtual machine. Initially, I was just

I likez me some cheezies

2010-11-06T21:29:00.000-08:00

Hot apple cider, crackers and cheese while watching The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. Film ended and I left Dad and his lady friend to have the livingroom to themselves. (It is better than me thinking about them going off to his bedroom together. But then, I do sit on that sofa from time to time.) Pay me no attention there. I don't /know/ if they have even taken their relationship to that

Friday: Back to Linux Mint 10 RC

2010-11-05T04:44:00.001-08:00

Hi, and welcome to Friday. As far as moods and disposition goes, this was not a good week for me to have been messing about with OS's. There are times when I am in a much better frame of mind for Slackware based distros. Most of my "grief" came from three simple things, but there was more to it than just these: 1) Virtual Box & Guest Addition display drivers 2) Package management 3) I'm an

Same as it Ever Was

2010-11-01T04:08:00.000-08:00

Well, what do you know. Looks like I /am/ going to blog about my weekend. The cool thing about going as a sheet-ghost is that it is easy to hide. I am really short and built such that I blend in well with the younger kiddos. So, that was kinda nice - avoiding most of the flirting. I have mirrored sunglasses built into the costume so, 1) it is not /completely/ lame, 2) they help hold the sheet

Getting my BOINC on

2010-10-29T12:49:00.000-08:00

I have not been running boinc/rosetta since my computer went to pieces in my bike wreck. I (finally) after this last round of OS re-configs, got my boinc going again: ======== Projects ======== name: rosetta@home master URL: http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/ user_name: Lady Quindecim (in case you were wondering)Just the one project. Have a Halloween "party" to go to w/ Dad tomorrow (

Home again, home again, jiggity jig

2010-10-22T09:17:00.000-08:00

For me, that is a Blade Runner reference - in case anyone was wondering. So, yes... I am home again from "the big city." I did not get to see much of it, but that is fine. Most of all, I am happy to have my interwebz again so I can see all of you all again. It was rough this past week without this outlet. It was like a part of me could not exist. No, I am not going to get into all the

To The City

2010-10-13T04:11:00.000-08:00

Getting ready for my last trip to "the big city" before winter hits in earnest. Just the usual stuff Yeah, I go every few months, but that is not the same as when I was moving between Dad's and Mom's every summer. I never really collected "stuff" in general, but especially not the past seven or eight years. However, I still have ended up accumulating more in the past couple years than I had

How many days until Halloween?

2010-10-08T04:06:00.000-08:00

23. It is Friday. Yes, congratulations, it is another Friday. Sorry I have not been feeling well as of late. No, I am not apologizing to anyone about that. I am feeling sorry for myself. Again, my blog = my pity. Or whatever. It is more of an emotional feeling-not-good than any more health deterioration. I mean, yeah, there is that major, progressive downhill spiral - which is a big part

Nothing to see here

2010-09-29T04:32:00.000-08:00

I was thinking, "you know?" I often ask myself if I know without asking what I know. But I went on. "I have had a bit on my mind. I should probably probably blog it." So I came here and saw that there were almost 40 page visits yesterday. I was like "Whoa." See, when I, like, post something that I am actually trying to get out there in the ethernets, AND I, like, tweet about it - Something

Oh, is this a Friday again?

2010-09-24T04:07:00.001-08:00

I haz a Friday. Well, lookie her. Apparently I found the way to boost site traffic: Talk about all kinds of weird and popular stuff. Like, I could probably look at what the latest top google searches are on, and just talk about all of them. Presto - my blog would show up among all the other completely useless and irrelevant search results. Well, only useless to those searching for one of

More Fiction

2010-09-16T05:15:00.000-08:00

So, a little while ago I linked to the 5 parts of the J&J series I have going there on Deviant Art. Before those, I had posted a couple segments of a Sci-Fi short (or series) I was working on. I have (finally) posted #3: http://fav.me/d2ytxrj For reference, here are one and two: 1: http://fav.me/d2cf0wv 2: http://fav.me/d2d3c3k So, feel free to head over there and have a look. You never know

Top Fifteen Rants on Film

2010-09-13T03:55:00.000-08:00

Top Fifteen Rants on Film Rate this Entry1 Commentby Lady Quindecim on 02-14-2009 at 02:23 AM (0 Views)Top Fifteen Rants on Film (in no particular order that I will admit to*): 01) Dr. Walter Gibbs: [stops and turns back to Dillinger, visibly angry] That was uncalled for! You know, you can remove men like Alan and me from the system, but we helped create it! And our spirit remains in every

Woo! Hoo! I have sarcastic enthusiasm!

2010-09-07T05:00:00.000-08:00

Well, it is not raining, drizzling or misting today. That is good. I can ride my bike without getting wet. Except for sweat, but that is different. It is warmer today too. I wonder if it will last. I suppose I could look at the forecast, but I hate to spoil the surprise. Fiddlesticks. It may rain later. (Yeah, I peaked. No, peeked.) Not a big chance though. Maybe I will be in the 70%

Top Fifteen GLaDOS Quotes

2010-08-27T07:38:00.001-08:00

(In no particular order that I will admit) 01) "Spectacular. You appear to understand how a portal affects forward momentum, or to be more precise, how it does not. Momentum, a function of mass and velocity, is conserved between portals. In layman's terms, speedy thing goes in, speedy thing comes out." 02) "Please be advised that a noticeable taste of blood is not part of any test protocol but

Still Friday - haven't been to bed yet.

2010-07-24T02:38:00.000-08:00

Hi. I turned seventeen this week. Yeah. Do I feel older? Well, not older, as such, but I do feel... seventeen. What I mean is, it is like I am being eased into adulthood - gently and slowly. Like, more is expected of me, but I don't yet have the keys to the car of my life. This is one of those social things, not like anything too literal in my own family or anything. Like, we are out, and

Friday Followup

2010-07-20T08:24:00.000-08:00

Well, it was a fun weekend, but that is a lot like work. AnywhoLinux Mint 9 LXDE was released. Great fun. But (next) I am looking forward to Linux Mint 9 KDE 64 bit. That will be cool (Yeah, I will still install the LXDE ... DE but this LXDE edition is not 64bit.) Ebooks are cool and my netbook's battery made it through the whole weekend with plenty of juice to spare. Not that I used it

Going.... Camping

2010-07-16T04:36:00.000-08:00

Yes, it is Friday again, and again I have nothing meaningful to contribute to the interwebz. But, I was not feeling so hot most of this week, but I am getting into the swing of things again. We are doing the camping thing this weekend. It is fun to get out in the wildlife. There are plenty of people that would think this was rather ... out of character for me be it has been something that

Saturday is almost Friday

2010-07-10T17:55:00.000-08:00

Last weekend was okay. Now I know where "The cake is a lie" comes from. How come no one ever told me about this before? Maybe because I am not a "gamer" but is that really an excuse? I mean, it is a puzzle game. And it is so funny. I was caught smiling at one point. What they don't know is that I almost laughed. But I never thought I'd ever have to really explain my youtube phobia. So,

Oh, hey! It it Friday!

2010-07-02T08:43:00.000-08:00

I have not been so excited about something that I read about on the interwebs since... I don't know when. Days maybe. No, weeks, surely. Check it out: Linux Mint re-evaluating a Debian dist! (happy-happy) Yeah, I am typing "happy-happy" with a straight face. YES! I will absolutely be testing that out. (Okay, so, maybe I would be even happier with a Slackware based dist, but hey - I am not

Friday is late...

2010-06-26T19:36:00.000-08:00

Those of you who have been playing along may know that I go pretty much everywhere with my laptop, in my backpack, which doubles as a purse. My life (outside of fencing) is in my backpack. Tragedy of tragedies. I took a spill on my bicycle yesterday. I went bum over teakettle and my faithful, old, lovable laptop went the way of a pack of restaurant soda crackers. I cried all the way to the

(yet) Another Friday Instalment

2010-06-18T09:51:00.001-08:00

Well, what can I say... Where have been things that happened this past week, but they were weird and I am not going to blog about them - - Other, that is, than to say it has been a weird week. I got to a point this morning after not being able to sleep, not feeling good, etc that I will not waste blogspace or keystrokes talking about, where I was like, "Oh boy! It's Friday! Time to blog again!

Friday comes early

2010-06-10T05:38:00.000-08:00

It is kinda like this: I gave up (for the moment) waiting on Linux Mint 9 LXDE to be released. I installed the regular (gnome) edition and then installed LXDE. Liking it nicely. I updated my DA yesterday. Not my journal, no, but I may do that today. My gallery. I am kinda starting / have started a new fiction thread for myself under the pretext that I will be adding "episodes" to a series.

Going to visit Mum is not always a bad thing

2010-05-27T12:30:00.000-08:00

Going to visit Mum is not always a bad thing. It was time for blood tests and Dr visits. (Who knew being anaemic could be so tiring.) Blah, blah, routine, blah. Pardon me for not getting into the specifics of my medical history on the interwebz, but it just was not all that interesting to me. But, so, my mum. Not always the best communicator in the world. She has sprung some surprises on me

Linux Mint 9 Released today!

2010-05-18T11:28:00.000-08:00

Yea! Here is Isadora It is Gnome based. I downloaded it (the CD and the DVD) this morning and will probably install tonight or first thing in the morning. Ah, but I may not install on my laptop until LXDE edition is out... Not the it is resource un-friendly, but I like to keep this OS as thins as ... I want. (Note: Not as thin as I can. That would be our file server. It is like a "

Another Friday Instalment

2010-05-14T05:10:00.000-08:00

Friday Instalment #2, but don't get too accustomed. Well, here is a little bit of a paradoxical post... A Friday post to say that there will be no Friday post. But, since I am posting anyway, I may as will talk about my week a bit. Not sure why, but despite the snow and rain, I have had more energy. I do not know if it is because I have been eating more(?) or what, but yeah. On the other

I cannot take credit for this test

2010-05-11T01:52:00.001-08:00

Nor can I take responsibility for the answers, which I will post later (in the same post... I will edit it to include them.World's Easiest TestWhy is it so easy? Instead of needing 80% to pass, you only need to get 30% correct answers to pass! Easy! Jot down your answers before scrolling down to check your score.- - -1) How long did the Hundred Years War last? 2) Which country makes Panama hats?

A Friday instalment

2010-05-07T10:42:00.000-08:00

I do not know if I am going to start, like, keeping a "Friday Blog" or anything like that to sum up my week or whatever, but I thought I ought to get some things out of my head. -I have been giving some thought to a couple of possible Top Fifteen lists to work on. -Someone asked me if I have read any good books lately. No. Some okay books? yeah.-If you want to look at some of the stuff I have

Oh, yeah, let me get right on that.

2010-05-01T02:29:00.000-08:00

When I first started blogging, I figured it would just be an outlet for me to let some stuff out. Personal stuff that I am not really comfortable talking about with anyone who knows me. Whatever. But I wanted to have fun too, and so there were the TopFifteen lists and what not. I have no problem with that. I mean, my blog: my mind and whatever is on it.(Not my brain and whatever is on it,

Top Fifteen Desserts I like to Make

2010-04-27T02:22:00.000-08:00

Here are the Top Fifteen desserts I like to make, even if I cannot (or should not) eat them. 01) Cake. Just plain and simple cake. Yellow cake with buttercream frosting. But made from scratch. It is so simple, that any flaws are like big neon signs. I like trying to get everything just right. 02) Cheesecake. It is not really cheese, not really cake. Not my favourite to eat, but

The Forgotten Blog

2010-04-26T02:03:00.000-08:00

All of this has happened before, and it will all happen again. Today (oh, wait, it is tomorrow now, so, make that yesterday) there were was this point in the day where I was not near my computer or anything, but I had this really great thought and I really wanted to blog about it. It was not convenient for me to go write it down or anything like that but the idea was so clear and strong, that I

New Post

2010-04-23T10:59:00.002-08:00

I really really really want to put up a new post, but I think I have misplaced my creativity stick. I will come up with something... ...soon. Maybe my top fifteen deserts. Later LQ

RIP Peter Steele

2010-04-16T06:22:00.001-08:00

Birth name Petrus T. Ratajczyk Also known as Peter Steele; Pete Steele; Lord Petrus Steele Born January 4, 1962(1962-01-04), Brooklyn, New York, U.S. Died April 14, 2010 (aged 48) Not too sure what to say, but I ran across the news this morning and I was like... Whoa. Heart Attack at 48. Maybe shock is keeping me from being able to express exactly what I feel? I was never like a "ZOMG I am

Not something I normally do

2010-04-15T05:33:00.000-08:00

Okay, I do not normally go on talking about this site or that site that I think is cool because ... well, because I do not normally want to be thought of as a person with a web page that just promotes other web pages. I mean, really. But Wolfram Alpha is so flippen cool. It is not a search engine, it is a knowledge engine. (Yeah, it says that on the page, but I can't think of a better way to

I am so easily amused!

2010-04-13T08:43:00.001-08:00

This morning, I saw a tweet and there was indication that it came from the API (as opposed to mobile, web, whatever) and that got me thinking about the way I tweet my "now playing" and whatnot. Pidgin is cool It has that twitter plugin - and it has a plug in for sending the output of a shell command. So what I had been doing was running the shell script to pull the "now playing" info from my

Upgrading Linux Mint Methods.

2010-04-12T10:42:00.000-08:00

There is an interesting conversation about how to upgrade your Linux Mint here. I admit with mild reluctance that I did not read _all_ of them (some of them were like "What...?" and others were just like, "Hooray, welcome to Mint") but I found it interesting how many people use what method for upgrading. I am really looking forward to #9! (Isadora, I believe) Take Care- LQ

Just like any other, so is twitter

2010-04-02T09:02:00.001-08:00

For the most part, they are easy enough to spot and block, but are they really worth the effort?Here is what I am talking about:I signed up with twitter for the following, not the tweeting, per se. I mean, there were a few people that, when I found they were using it, I was like, sure! This could be cool. So I joined. Then, I was like, I can do this too. Not, that I like, have anything worth

Yet another odd dream

2010-03-31T07:14:00.000-08:00

There are my typical nightmares and then there are the weird ones that seem to come from out of nowhere. It was dark in mood and aesthetic. I was looking at these boots, slender and old, but not really old. They were like... Victorian, but present. I didn't feel a need to look up and the wearer - there was only one person it could be: my mum, but not as I know her today. In retrospect, I

Top Fifteen Movie Songs 15/15

2010-03-30T05:30:00.000-08:00

Top Fifteen Movie Songs 15/15 (in no particular order that I will admit to): 15) "More Human Than Human"I am cheating on this one. See, Blade Runner - in the film the Tyrell corp produces the Nexus replicants (androids). Their motto is "More human than human." Their product has an expiration date. In the film, the current product generation is "Nexus 6" And White Zombie - the song has the

Top Fifteen Movie Songs 14/15

2010-03-29T08:54:00.000-08:00

Top Fifteen Movie Songs 14/15 (in no particular order that I will admit to): 14) "Some Enchanted Evening"Music by Richard Rodgers Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Film: American Graffiti (1973) ["Some Enchanted Evening"?] {Yeah} [Really?] {Yeah} [Of all the great songs in the film... Really?] {Yeah. Hush. I'll explain.} I remember it well; the first I saw the film. I was about 10 or 11. I was

Top Fifteen Movie Songs 13/15

2010-03-27T02:09:00.000-08:00

Top Fifteen Movie Songs 13/15 (in no particular order that I will admit to): 13)"People Are Strange" Written by The Doors Performed by Echo & The Bunnymen (as Echo and The Bunnymen) Produced by Ray Manzarek Courtesy of WEA Records Film: The Lost Boys (1987) This was the first... "shared"... music I had ever received. The girl that gave me the CD also introduced me to Echo & The Bunnymen. This

Top Fifteen Movie Songs 12/15

2010-03-23T01:42:00.000-08:00

Top Fifteen Movie Songs 12/15 (in no particular order that I will admit to): 12)"Navarre And Isabeau's Dual Transformation" Well, this is almost another "The whole flippin soundtrack" one... and another "just put it on for the music" films. Oh, yeah. I am talking about the Ladyhawke soundtrack, which is effectively by The Alan Parson's Project... almost. Here is the Wikipedia entry on that: [

Top Fifteen Movie Songs 11/15

2010-03-18T01:39:00.000-08:00

Top Fifteen Movie Songs 11/15 (in no particular order that I will admit to):11)"Wouldn't It Be Good" Written and Performed by Nik Kershaw Performed by Danny Hutton Hitters Film Pretty in Pink (1986) - Yeah, like a lot of these, well before I was born. It was surprisingly difficult to come up with ONE song for the representative for the list. [quote]I got it bad, you don't know how bad I got

I found a nice Linux Mint 8 LXDE CD RC1 Review

2010-03-17T06:43:00.000-08:00

A really nice review. I wish I had written it. I feel like their opinions are spot on with much of my experience of the distribution. Where I am now: I may be getting ready to go back to my Fluxbox (Or rather, install the KDE edition, then install Fluxbox on top) and wait for LXDE to be released!

The latest in the OS saga

2010-03-15T09:14:00.000-08:00

(Pardon the bit of redundancy.) 1) I have my /home on a separate drive, so whenever I install a new os, 90% of my settings persist, depending on if my WM changes and whatnot. 2) All my music and movies and stuff are on a separate file server, so I just copy in my fstab and proxy settings after a new install and all that stuff is back and ready to go. 2) Over time, different WM's using some of the

Top Fifteen Movie Songs 10/15

2010-03-15T03:21:00.000-08:00

Top Fifteen Movie Songs 10/15 (in no particular order that I will admit to): 10) Amadeus - the whole thin - What can I say, it's Mozart. I mean, the film leaves some to be desired, but as a piece of cinema fiction with good tunes - there you have it. On another note... When I originally posted this on another blog last summer, in this spot, I talked about Linux Mint being... heavier than my

Top Fifteen Movie Songs 9/15

2010-03-05T01:57:00.001-09:00

Top Fifteen Movie Songs 9/15 (in no particular order that I will admit to): 09) "Ça plane pour moi" by Plastic Bertrand "Ça plane pour moi" Single by Plastic Bertrand A-side"Ça plane pour moi" B-side"Pogo Pogo" ReleasedDecember 1977 Format7" GenrePunk Length3:00 LabelAMC Writer(s)Yvan Lacomblez ProducerFrancis 'Lou' Deprijck Film - National Lampoon's European Vacation - but this is not the one I