Demons

They're back with a vengeance. Odd thing is... it makes me feel more human, as much as the feeling sucks. I spend so much of my time detached from my emotions, playing the robot, or plugged into something else (TV, books, Anime) that I feel like my humanity is slipping away.

Night Bus

Planning on traveling by nightbus again... I'm not a masochist at heart... but my wallet drives me to be one. I like getting good sleep. I really do.

One Piece

Is really amazing right now.

Ironing out

I think these next 10 years could possibly be very long for me on a whole lot of levels.

Watched this at work today...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc&feature=related

This... is embarrassing.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11027568

And retarded. Really America... wake up. You're being used.

Thought Provoking

http://www.recombinantrecords.net/docs/2009-05-Amusing-Ourselves-to-Death.html

A Vaccine for Stress?!

Pretty darn good article.

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/07/ff_stress_cure/all/1

Chocolate Milk and Dying

I dreamt about Broguierre's Chocolate Milk last night... very awesome. I also dreamt that I got shot to death... less awesome.

Adam

I really want a Notion Ink Adam.

http://notionink.wordpress.com/

Hopefully it'll be released by November... so I can blow my birthday money on this machine. I'm going to be angry if this doesn't deliver on its promised performance too... like how PlasticLogic's Que ProReader disappointed and inevitably caved to Kindle's market pressure.

I think Adam could be a formidable contender against both the iPad and the Kindle. That would be pretty darn uber.

Award

I got a small bonus today... My co-worker who also got the bonus seemed so happy, I just wanted to get back to work. Its funny how getting a monetary incentive can really turn a person's day. Maybe if I was grumpier and my day was going badly that would have lightened my mood, but DS3 is over and I am reasonably content. Unfortunately getting a small bonus doesn't lessen the responsibilities I shoulder.

I've been thinking about what to spend it on. It's either going to offset the cost of KASAMix, my upcoming trip to Japan for taiko, which has already been paid for. For something more immediate though, two things come to mind: Shrink that list of references I want to buy (TEXTBOOKS), and buy $20 dollars of earthworms. The rest can probably pay for the stupendously expensive classes I'll be starting on next month that might not get covered by work.

Seriously, Scott. I think you're right, I might just be an unfeeling robot.

Crazies

http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=1608548865904525626

man... its shit like this that makes me afraid for this country. Not the message of the article, rather what's in the comments.

Ugh... the link didn't paste properly and unfortunately I lost the article that I read. I'll try and dig it up later as the e-trail isn't on this particular computer.

The gist was this: Mosque getting built near Ground Zero > some legitimate arguments both in favor and against > devolves into senseless flaming.

As far as I'm concerned, the issue really boils down to two things: Constitutional rights vs. increasing pain for survivors of 9/11. Everything else shouldn't matter. Unfortunately 'everything else' makes up a significant chunk of the arguments posed, and the sheer lunacy of it is frightening.