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  • can you spot the differences? (aside from the photo angle)
    click on each pic for the huge size.

  • the new computer has arrived. amazing, the difference between 350Mhz and 1.25Ghz.
    seeing as how all of my browser bookmarks are still on the old computer, i'd like to ask a favor.
    leave me your favorite bookmark in the comments.

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    new computer for christmas. after about 5 years of using a 350 mhz/6 gig imac... i splurged.

  • memento mori

    i've been fascinated by these for a little while now. i found a site that had an extensive archive of photos from the book Sleeping Beauty II: Grief, Bereavement in Memorial Photography American and European Traditions. unfortunately, the site shut their archive down due to some unknown event involving one of the book's authors. this is where i first saw them, these unblinking looks into the face of mortality. these photos haunt me in so many ways. i see a balance in them, a precarious, precious balance between remembrance and mourning, light and darkness, a delicate and intimate look into the eyes of the living. a delicate and intimate look into the eyes of the dead. a delicate and intimate look at the inevitable. there's beauty in these photographs, these staggeringly beautiful reminders of our own mayfly mortality.

    link:
    paul frecker collection

  • fuck your bourgeoisie e propping ways. revolution now.

  • (23:15:04) Skeezer:
    sorry, i'm not really up for too much laughter tonight.... a friend is being
    deployed to iraq

    (23:15:12) Skeezer:
    and he voted for bush..... i just don't get it.

    (23:15:26) Skeezer:
    i really, really don't understand.

    (23:15:30) Saturnalia:
    people do and believe what they think is right

    (23:15:43) Skeezer:
    i know. i just don't understand how they can think that is right.

    (23:16:11) Saturnalia:
    just the same way that some people don't think homosexuality is right and/or
    can't understand it

    (23:16:18) Saturnalia:
    it's all relative and subjective

    (23:16:27) Skeezer:
    it's hard, it's very hard though.

    (23:16:39) Skeezer:
    i totally understand the many gray areas of abortion

    (23:16:50) Skeezer:
    but i don't see how people can give a shit about gay marriage

    (23:16:59) Saturnalia:
    i don't get it either

    (23:17:07) Saturnalia:
    at least it isn't federally illegal

    (23:17:12) Skeezer:
    and i don't understand how people can so easily send our youth to die in a fucking
    sand pit

    (23:17:17) Skeezer:
    yeah, you're right.

    (23:20:24) Skeezer:
    i think the only thing i can do is have children and raise them to love and
    not hate

    (23:20:29) Skeezer:
    which is such a cliche, but so true

    (23:20:48) Saturnalia:
    and that in of itself is a step towards changing the world

    (23:20:56) Skeezer:
    yes.

    (23:20:57) Skeezer:
    :)

    (23:21:28) Saturnalia:
    eventually, we'll get past all of this

    (23:21:49) Skeezer:
    i hope so, rich.....

    (23:22:13) Saturnalia:
    hope is a beautiful thing

    (23:22:22) Saturnalia:
    much better than religious faith

    (23:22:51) Skeezer:
    that could be true

    (23:23:06) Saturnalia:
    it is

    (23:23:08) Saturnalia:
    think about it

    (23:23:16) Saturnalia:
    hope, for the most part, relies on us

    (23:23:32) Saturnalia:
    religious faith relies on some invisible entity that may or may not exist

    (23:24:21) Skeezer:
    yes, hope is definitely more reliant on us, then.

    (23:25:09) Saturnalia:
    it's my gut feeling that people at this point, as a race...

    (23:25:37) Saturnalia:
    are like the angsty, irrational, maladjusted teenagers we all are in our early
    lives

    (23:25:42) Skeezer:
    lol

    (23:25:46) Saturnalia:
    seriously

    (23:25:50) Saturnalia:
    thinking about it

    (23:26:03) Saturnalia:
    a race or person is born, created, what have you

    (23:26:10) Saturnalia:
    it grows and evolves

    (23:26:18) Saturnalia:
    as a race, or as a person

    (23:26:41) Saturnalia:
    we go through stages

    (23:26:58) Saturnalia:
    slowly getting more mature and more responsible and more understanding

    (23:27:02) Skeezer:
    yeah

    (23:27:08) Saturnalia:
    i mean think about just 75 yrs ago

    (23:27:24) Saturnalia:
    homosexuality wasn't even talked about, much less gay marriage debated

    (23:27:35) Skeezer:
    yup

    (23:27:38) Saturnalia:
    you'd just as like get shot in the face for it

    (23:27:47) Saturnalia:
    women couldn't vote

    (23:27:53) Saturnalia:
    segregation

    (23:28:06) Skeezer:
    yeah, we've still got a way to go, but we've come a long way too

    (23:28:07) Saturnalia:
    we're getting better at this whole being a civilization thing

    (23:28:09) Skeezer:
    :)

    (23:28:19) Saturnalia:
    we just need more practice, more growth

    (23:29:17) Skeezer:
    i agree.

    (23:29:21) Skeezer:
    it just sucks right now

    (23:29:22) Skeezer:
    lol

    (23:29:25) Saturnalia:
    yeah

    (23:29:55) Saturnalia:
    but if we raise our children right, and in turn, they raise their children,
    so on and so forth...

    (23:29:59) Saturnalia:
    we'll get it right

    (23:30:30) Skeezer:
    well, i'll do my part

    (23:30:45) Saturnalia:
    it's all we can ever do

    (23:30:50) Saturnalia:
    is our own part

    (23:31:59) Saturnalia:
    i'm going to save this and post it

  • tomorrow's to do list:
    so i don't forget, and 'cause i'm sorely lacking in the blog material dept

    1. wake up early, brush teeth, unlock front door, get back in bed and pretend i'm asleep so erin can come over and wake me up and ravage me.

    2. listen to minus the bear, a lot.

    3. call about a man about a job at seagull industries. leave ANOTHER message with his secretary, who apparently sucks ass at giving people messages.

    4. call workforce and get in touch with my case manager; see if i can get CIW (certified internet webmaster) training for free or not.

    5. drink coffee. pour one out for tej.

    6. order that damn $87.00 camera collectors price guide.

    7. learn how to field strip an ak-47 blindfolded.

    7. clean cameras.

    8. shower

    9. go see the incredibles again (maybe?)

    10. play gladius

    11. work out

    12. laundry. do this while doing #2-6

    13. i'm sure i'll think of something to put here.
    13a. oh yeah - clean bathroom.

    --
    A is for age: 28
    B is for brand of clothes: cargo pants/cargo shorts, t shirts. i don't pay attention to brands.
    C is for career: undecided
    D is for dads name: Richard
    E is for essential item to bring to a party: absinthe and condoms.
    F is for favorite song at this moment: "dogpark", by minus the bear. or maybe "let's play clowns" by minus the bear.
    G is for girlfriend: erin.
    H is for hometown: oyster bay, NY
    I is for instruments you play: currently, none. in the past, bass, drums and screams.
    J is for jam or jelly you like: cream cheese
    K is for kids: no biological ones
    L is for living arrangement: a nebulous arrangement between my home and erin's.
    M is for moms name: marie
    N is for name of your best friend: hm... not sure i have one?
    O is for overnight hospital stays: never
    P is for phobia(s): none i can think of
    Q is for quote you like: "I can't believe what a bunch of nerds we are. We're looking up "money laundering" in the dictionary." - office space
    R is for relationship that lasted the longest: a season in hell.
    S is for school you attend: none at the moment.
    T is for time you wake up: oh, whenever.
    U is for unique trait: being able to put my legs into full lotus position and hobble around on my knees.
    V is for vegetable you love: too many to list
    W is for worst habit: staying up too late, playing gladius or looking at the internets or reading.
    X is for x-rays you've had: teeth, hand, neck, spine
    Y is for yummy food you make: secret recipe grilled chicken, secret recipe stir fry
    Z is for zodiac sign: aquarius

  • Before you begin to change the world,
    walk three times through your own house.
    - Chinese proverb

  • Yes!!!
    YES!!! but you might have to give me a head start

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