It’s hard to write sometimes.
I gotta be in the right (write?) mood.
I have to at least have some energy or ambition… some drive to reach out and communicate, share what I’m thinking or what I’ve read or seen or experienced.
It’s not just having the energy to write, it’s having the energy to write right.
Right?
Right.
…
I can’t just sit down and pour out my heart and mind. My ego has put me in a position where I have to self-censor for my own sake. I know I’ve written about this before, but it is a constant struggle to balance sharing what is going on in my life and my need for the occasional mental download with the feelings of those in my life that may not want the details of our relationship aired out for everyone else to read.
That’s just the way I am. No matter the schadenfreude people get from reading such vitriol (myself included), I will not lower myself to that level. I will not hurt/insult/sacrifice those I care about merely for my own psychic catharsis.
That being said, I have no problem sharing with the world those mercifully brief moments in my life where instead of my usual level of ecstatic bliss and universal oneness, I am so miserably frustrated and unhappy as to lovingly dream of the rough caress of a concrete wall upon my pistoning skull.
All moments pass, as will these, and I’m sure at some point in my future I shall draw strength from such struggles… but the thickness of the scar means little to the flesh dying before today’s blade.
Anyway, that’s why it’s taking so long to get our West Coast Trail report up. Hard to thing about the yay when there’s so much boo in the way.
Happy Talk Like A Pirate Day!!
Make sure you give a totally unsuspecting friend/co-worker/random stranger a nice big squinty-eyed “ARR!”
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ScatterChat – Encrypted chat, for those of us that need to stay in touch without feeling ‘touched’.
Democracy – Internet TV Platform – Free and open source internet video/TV program and channel guide.
Do you really need an MBA? – Lifehacker – All depends on what you view as the real value of the experience, I suppose.
HOWTO: Record Phone Calls – Consumerist – Comes in handy when dealing with certain phone companies.
Every Video Game – Got some spare time at work? Why not play a few (hundred) classic console games in your browser! Free!
Animator vs. Animation – What animators see in their nightmares.
Boing Boing: Gnarls Biggie: Gnarls Barkley meets Notorious BIG – Getting sick of that song, but I love a good mashup.
Snakes on a Plane script – Rocky Horror style audience callout script. Sounds like it would have been fun, if only people had actually gone to see the movie. Oh well, throw your own S.O.A.P party at home and give it a try!
Welcome to Writely – Google’s launching a free online word processor. One more step away from Microsoft makes me happy!
Weapon of Choice Reloaded – Two guys channeling their inner Fatboy Walkens’.
Nature is sexy – Yeah, a lot of these are photoshopped, but still looks cool.
HOPE Number Six – Hacker conference. I wasn’t there. Really.
YouTube – YepYep Sesame Street Martians – Classic skit. No idea what the writers must have been on.
I AM NOT A TERRORIST – I don’t have the balls to wear this shirt on a plane…
Macworld: Turn your old Mac into a backup server – My old G3′s power supply died, wondering if it’s worth replacing the supply or upgrading to a G4 tower or cube.
The Worst Analogies Ever Written in a High School Essay – “The little boat gently drifted across the pond exactly the way a bowling ball wouldn’t.” Genius! I love it!!
DailyLit – Classic literature, e-mailed to you one chapter at a time. Get your daily Lit fix.
Imagining the Tenth Dimension – Oh, there are *10* dimensions… now it all makes perfect sense to me.
moo – Custom mini business cards from your flickr stream.
How to Create a Thumbnail Blogroll, a 20-minute hack – Looks cool, I’m gonna give it a try.
Technophilia: 15 ways to get more out of Pandora – I haven’t jumped on board the Pandora bandwagon yet, but it looks better to me all the time.
And now for something of actual importance:
Michael Geist: 30 Things You Can Do To Stop The Canadian DMCA – It’s one thing to bitch about what’s going on in the States, it’s another thing to sit by and watch it happen here! If copyright lesislation and digital media rights management mean anything to you, find out what’s going on and get involved!
Whatever these spammer scum are using to generate subject lines, I gotta say it’s a little more poetic than the usual “\/!@g_r@” nonsense. Here’s one that just arrived in my inbox:
Why I think he’s king stopped him clear away all. The circle
Wow. Almost makes me want to buy cheap medication not available in the US from an anonymous e-mail!
