December 2007
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“I am a leaf on the wind; watch how I soar.”
– Hoban “Wash” Washburne
Kant on the Origins of Right and Wrong →
The One Thing in Life You Can Control: Effort -... →
I’ve been lacking effort in my life for a while and that is going to change very soon.
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Quick thoughts:
I really hope she didn’t say things last night to placate me and then disappear forever. Why is being scared of love always a bad thing? Sometimes being a little scared shows how much potential there is. I want to live an optimistic life where I can be there for someone. That does not make me a doormat.
HeraldNet: CD cements eccentric side of Weezer... →
This review is right on the nose. Superfriends is probably my favorite Rivers song in the last few years.
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Stuff that is just as important:
My father My mother My brother My best friend I don’t get this sentimental often, so don’t get used to it.
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Awesome stuff:
The VALIS Trilogy A pair of 33x32 jeans that fit perfectly A roadside assistance kit and a xenon flashlight The Flaming Lips U.F.O.s at the Zoo DVD (with full MP3s on the disc) Gift cardsProbably the best Christmas haul in a while. The thing is that I really don’t anticipate presents so this stuff was even more awesome. Bonus points to William for forgetting to wrap my present and leaving...
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One last micro-blog post before bed.
I can’t figure out how to make long posts work with the format and presentation value of Tumblr, so I’ve decided to try making a series of shorter posts without the urge to thread them together in a giant update. Considering this site is for me and maybe three other people, I’m not sure it makes a difference either way. On the subject of Lauren, though, I have a few things that I...
Merry X-mas
Tonight Ryan, William and I exchanged gifts. What started out as a lark has turned into one of my favorite parts of the holidays. The three of us might have trouble figuring out what to get our respective parents and extended families, but that isn’t the case in such a small group. Ryan got William the previously mentioned Rivers demo album and got me Philip K. Dick’s VALIS Trilogy....
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Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo
This entire album of demos is worth it for “Longtime Sunshine” alone. Even better, about three quarters of the tracks are really good, too. I Was Made For You is another standout track. As Rivers writes, it has “a beautiful chorus melody” that I can’t get enough of. The liner notes are an amazingly clear look into more than fifteen years of songwriting. In between...
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A musical barometer.
I listened to Sufjan Stevens last night before bed to calm my nerves and today I’m listening to Rooney’s first album. I have a feeling that I’ll probably have “If It Were Up to Me” stuck in my head until I talk to Lauren next.
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Ok, she likes me back. Now all I have to do is stop thinking… NOW.
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I don’t know exactly what to say or how to say it, but this will have to do: I think I’m enamored with her.
Watch — ericlodwick I’m not sure what is more striking; the setup or the final result.
“Writing is not a vocation, in my opinion. Writing is an illness. It’s an...”
– Greg Rucka - Typing Disease
DC responds to piracy -- 2½ years later →
It is really painful to see how little old media doesn’t understand new media style publishing. I guess I’ll never get to read Jack Kirby’s The Demon in color unless I buy a couple fifty buck omnibuses (if they ever get reprinted).
“Despite what the President says, democracy’s not just being able to be...”
– The Rude Pundit on how things should be.
words & pictures - The Apotheosis Of Mutch →
Happy holidays.
Erik: and besides, if I really sought out people like myself you could probably start looking for where the bodies are buried
Lauren: i'm pretty intuitive.
Lauren: haha.... what?
Erik: haha
Erik: Wow that was fun to type
Lauren: uhhh
Lauren: i didnt quite understand what you meant
Lauren: start looking for where the bodies are buried???
The Beautiful People, the Uglier the Better →
After talking about modern body issues with someone last week, this is fascinating.
Snow-pocalypse
Hooray 10 inches of snow. Boo driving in it and having to shovel. At least it is fluffy and not packed and wet.
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I think I’m going to shelve Critical Theory and Science Fiction and move on to A Game of Thrones full time. How hard is it to say that existential thought influenced science fiction? REALLY. Re-read: Green Lantern: Rebirth - I couldn’t help myself after finishing up the Sinestro Corps War. This is what a modern DC Comic book should be.
Official Google Reader Blog: Reader and Talk are... →
About time. I’m almost loathe to jump on the social bookmarking bandwagon, but this will cut down on all the links I have to harvest out of Reader and IM to my friends.
Lauren: ttyl. i'm flattered you actually thought about what i said. i'm glad. and i think you'll be fine.
Erik: It was hard not to think about
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Books
I want to try to keep track of what books I’ve started to read, am currently reading and have finished. Reading: A Game of Thrones Critical Theory and Science Fiction
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The first actual list.
Call the bank and fix my debit card Call Plattsburgh to fix health care provider Call my insurance and change billing Make sure that direct deposit is fixed at work Set plans for the holidays
2007 State of the Erik
Externally I try to act like I’m perfectly alright. Internally, I think I’m not as functional as I should be. It is time to fix that.
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year 2007 →
Merriam-Webster’s #1 Word of the Year for 2007 based on votes from visitors to our Web site: 1. w00t (interjection)expressing joy (it could be after a triumph, or for no reason at all); similar in use to the word “yay” I think I just died a little inside.
Re: my "it's not cool to like fun things" post
Do you agree? WHY do people make fun of me for liking pink or enjoying my small puppy dog or wanting to celebrate the holiday season, instead of complaining about how much of a pain it is? I’m serious, I want to figure this out. — juliaallison These days people define themselves just as much by what they like as what they dislike (or even hate). I’m not pretending to know why this...
Erik: want to see something terrible?
Erik: [Link]
Ryan: what
Erik: LIVE
Erik: it is an IP camera that someone at PSU thought was a good idea
Erik: it is naked to the internet, which is a bad idea
Erik: Dan linked it to me, another bad idea
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It turns out the girl I was talking to is much cooler than I thought. I am not as much of a clod as I thought. I just have to keep telling myself that.
The Attack Against Ogg Theora or: How I Learned to... →
The future of the web is being fought over patent law. This is a good rundown of how some like Nokia think that not even open source formats are open enough.
Pressing Matters: David Brooks: We're Now in... →
And here is the type of garbage the American pundit class churns throughout the 24-hour news cycle.
All the News That's Fit to Depress | The American... →
This is the downside of reading a lot of current events, but it is one I’m willing to live with.
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This probably means something.
The fact that my favorite pair of jeans has a stain that won’t come out doesn’t annoy me as much as that I don’t know where I got the stain.
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Yesterday I worked 9 hours (4 AM to 1 PM) and afterward went to Ryan’s apartment to play board games and have pizza with other friends. I’m not as caffeine tolerant as I once was but decided to have a couple energy drinks to stay awake. I ended up getting home at 11 PM and then in my brain-fried state decided to IM a pretty girl who I probably made an ass of myself to. Ha. I am the...
“Dinosaucers was nothing like Thundercats. Thundercats was about cats and...”
– Ryan
WatchMySpaceTV Videos: MGMT Video Channel Probably the best music video of the year.
Abandoned baby hedgehogs are too weak to hibernate →
The pictures are cute but the implications are scary.
Yeah, you're right, Jakob, I was trying to... →
The award for “Creative,” Stubborn Martyr of the Year goes to you, baby. — juliaallison I’m guessing that “Pay it forward” isn’t the most successful way to approach dating.
“It’s bright, it’s ghastly and … it’s blue.”
– Gordon Ramsay at the Fish and Anchor
Christmas shopping
Erik: yesterday Phil and my father asked what I wanted for christmas
Ryan: lol
Erik: Separately, of course
Erik: Is it bad that my first reaction to both was to almost laugh?
Ryan: My first thought when I heard that was "might as well thrown the question into a black hole"
Social Not Working
No social network makes it easy to represent yourself, as an individual, on the web. They are good at helping you represent yourself as an entry in some database-system. Whether that system is a sterile spreadsheet or a bubbling cesspool is determined by your choice of Facebook or MySpace. — jakoblodwick