Audience of Strangers

'nother meme.

( Ghosts, hell, and kissing on the first date. )

I give myself five minutes to type every time I finish a notable chunk of work (here defined as ~1/4" out of the In Box).

I gave my sister her Christmas present last night. She didn't like most of it. That hasn't happened before[1], and it's an odd feeling--not painful, not miserable, just low. Will return it, try again. Know what she wants now.

Two sides: want to get her something she wants. See her so rarely that doing so is a case of filling out her shopping list, which mostly does take away the satisfaction of finding a gift.

...meh.

She took me to see Narnia for my Christmas present. That rocked.

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Got computer back on Saturday. Plugged it in. Did not turn on. Howled in dismay. Eventual shuffling back and forth of computer resulted in it starting up (still no POST) and staying on for about half an hour. Got some e-mail. Will be taking it in again tonight, hopefully to get new motherboard.

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Grand quest to convert Word document into PDF (by means other than 'mailing to Adobe) continues. Tech guy came by today to explain that Word has an Export to PDF feature and discovered it didn't. Can't open the file in WordPerfect, either, which *does* have such a feature. Confirmed cannot install OpenOffice on gevernment machines. Went through my Word rant. Office is looking at buying Adobe.

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( Yay, geekdom. )
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[1] At least not that she (or anyone else) let me know.

Excuse me?

Miss Vulpine? Miss... oh, I'm sorry. Lady Vulpine?

I do appreciate that you may have gotten the impression that actually talking about what you think you're talking about is irrelevant on the internet. This is actually not the case.

Such transgressions are frequently overlooked (often along with their perpetrators, which may be why you haven't been informed of your error yet.) However, occasionally a transgression is in such bad taste that it's worth at least noting the error, in the hopes that someone, somewhere, will avoid making it in the future.

Thus, I will note that when you are discussing Gorey costumes, there is actually an association to the word you are using that you may not be aware of.

I suspect you may mean "gory"--stained with gore, or characterized by bloodshed. Or you may, judging from some of those costumes, simply mean "associated with Hallowe'en by virtue of the date". I confess to holding the expectation that you do not believe your sample costumes to reflect the sedate, understated, black-and-white inkwork of Edward Gorey.

If I am correct in this expectation, I wish you the joy of discovering his artwork and distinctive style, and actually discussing it when you imply that you are doing so.

If I am not, there is nothing I could wish upon you that your own subtle grasp of aesthetics and communication does not already adequately cover.

How odd, the time appears to be off, what with insisting it's 5:17 a.m. when it's *clearly* 8:17...

Oh, again with the total tangent: I got my approval the other day, and am now officially in the Unrelated Bone Marrow Donor Registry. Still cannot donate blood, but can at least donate something.

Also, ( raise your hand if you're surprised--oh, no hands. )

I own every single one of the games mentioned except Pie Shop. I'd ask if anyone knew what it was, except the quick Google has turned up enough information that I think I can make a pretty good guess.

(I found Chill's setting to be a little crunchy, FWIW--lots of mechanics, a general impression of over-definition which generally works against the sensation of uncertainty that's so important to horror--and Kult's to be... well... mind-boggling. Leaves me with the feeling that the only way I'll internalize it is by sitting down with a copy of the book, a funnel, and a home trepanning kit.)

Yanked from the post in harald387's LJ, and ( cut for length ).

6 Currently Favourite Songs (in no particular order, and honestly, they'll probably change in a bit...)

1.) Axxis - Heaven in Black
2.) William Orbit - Samuel Barber's Adagio For Strings
3.) Johnny Cash - The Man Comes Around
4.) Duane Elms - Dawson's Christian
5.) Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
6.) The Pogues - Fairytale of New York

6 People I Want To Post Their List of 6 Favorite Songs

No. But... hrm...

( New meme. )

( Dolston, this proves nothing. )

West Ham and Kilburn Stations are both operating on reduced facilities.

Yeah, okay, I like seeing what comes through. Downside, the first song that came to mind had the title survive the translation.

Thus, excerpts. Possibly a little easier with line breaks thrown in. Any guesses?

( Summer Saviour )

( Disperse ignite )

( This one's easy... )

( Manners fell )