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ATTENTION ONLINE GAMERS!

Ever been told that you're spending WAY too much time gaming?

That you're wasting your life away on it?

That what you're doing in games will never amount to anything IRL?


This smart lady begs to differ: http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world.html

(EDIT: Photo by Phil Toledano)

A little lesson about pissing in the wind:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiHRvdSbRzU&feature=SeriesPlayList&p=B93ADB6075AC7016

Sort of sums up my week. Metaphorically speaking, of course. Ew.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHnnGHgeyC0

SYNESTHESIA syn·es·the·sia (sĭn'ĭs-thē'zhə) n. (British sp. - synaesthesia)

a condition in which one type of sensory stimulation creates perception in another sense. The most common form of synesthesia is called "coloured hearing," where a person experiences a visual sensation when receiving an auditory signal (for example, hearing the musical tone C and seeing the colour red). Although tone-colour relationships are not identical for all people, there are general uniformities: the deeper a musical note, the darker the colour. Similar colour perceptions, called photisms, may accompany sensations of taste, touch, pain, smell, or temperature. Synesthesia has been used as a literary device by poets as diverse as Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Rimbaud, Hart Crane, and Dame Edith Sitwell.

Another cool one from the Futureshorts channel. If you're a synesthete, you may recognize some of the imagery. If not, you may still find this interesting. Or unfathomable. Either way :)

A dark and disturbingly brilliant little short film by Tomek Baginski:

http://www.youtube.com/user/futureshorts#p/search/0/F7HMz1WKkso

(Found at futureshorts' youtube channel - I could booth for a month on the gems I've found on this channel...and I probably will :)

I SO know what I'm doing on my next day off:

http://instilled.ytmnd.com/old/

I went out and got a really big ball of string. Wanna come with?

(Pic - I believe it's called "Adventure" and I think the artist's name is Daniel Lieske)

(EDIT - Musical score: Your Destiny by thatcomposerguy - http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/226769 )

Pepsi is giving away a butt-load of money to worthy causes. You should check it out and vote for one. Personally, this one (and the wonderful, tough-ass lady who started this film festival and runs it every year) is particularly near and dear to my heart:

http://www.refresheverything.com/screamfestla?utm_source=email

www.screamfestla.com provides a very important venue for up-and-coming writers and directors in the horror genre. Their last "Big Discovery" was the film Paranormal Activity, which they vetted in 2007. They're a great bunch, who have worked very hard from scratch in a terribly competetive field. The grant money will help grow their festival even more, and will mean good things for more starving artists.

Which is something I can very much appreciate :)

Vote for your fave cause every day all this month!

"Stinky"
15 January, 2002 - 28 February, 2010
RIP


Well, his little body finally gave out. He had a bad last day on Saturday, but he passed quietly in his sleep early Sunday morning. I guess it could have been worse.

My son brought him home when he was only a couple of months old, and he was with me almost every day of his life since. It's just not going to be the same around here without him.

Happy Fat Tuesday!

Now THIS is a celebration I can get behind! Xydeco, Margueritas, some byootimus gumbo. Oh, and PANCAKES! And lots of revelry.

Yeah. I much prefer this one.

Don't worry, we're all safe tomorrow. I got the little bast-- Do what now?

Oh. You were actually excited about--? Been waiting for him to--? Had something special pl--? Yeah, but-- No, but-- No, not really bitter or anything, it's just that-- Yeah, I know, but-- Yeah, but-- No, but-- ALL RIGHT! ALL RIGHT! STOP LOOKING AT ME LIKE I'M THE FUCKING GRINCH! My oops, okay?

Oh, look. The little guy's still twitching. All right...someone get CPR started. *sighs*

I'll call 9-1-1


(PIC: no clue - old web find)

So, who's excited about the little trouble maker showing up again this year? I mean, besides corporate marketing people *cough* mindcontrolexperts *cough* and the bean-counters?

And now for something completely different...

Chirgilchin - Homudal (Lonely Man)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ib5YHTAfOU

Translation:

If I should be alone
I would be alone like an eagle
Had I been born an eagle
I, too, would pleat a nest on the cliffs of Een-ne

If I should be alone
I would be alone like a falcon
Had I been born a falcon
I, too, would pleat a nest on the cliffs of Kakpa

Wandering and roaming
Somewhere I will stumble and fall
The yellow sand worms
Pleased to devour my flesh

Unnoticed, I will leave this life
And give myself over to darkness
Black beetles on thorn bushes
Drunk on my blood

On what mountain
Will my strong body lie?
On what day
Will my singing voice break?


The video portion is completely dark, but it's all about the music anyway. I was stranded in a rather desolate place for a while yesterday, and the experience (not to mention an exchange of comments with @MrVisions ) put me in mind of this song.

If you're not familiar with Tuvan throat-singing - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvan_throat_singing

These guys are masters.

(Pic found here: http://electricsnowmobile.mcgill.ca/English/wendigo.htm )