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November 30, 2005
I will not feel guilt on account of yours
I am horribly awake. My mind is racing terribly. I don't imagine I'll be getting much sleep tonight.
I'd love to elaborate, but I really just can't be bothered. There is just way too much shit to type. If you really want to know, feel free to ask about it on the phone or in person.
I've nothing to hide, really.
That song I started working on not to long ago, tentatively titled "She Spells It With Two 'C's" has had more work done. From the looks of it, this is going to end up being some sort of 20 minute epic and will be released as such. More details as they form.
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November 14, 2005
Name the Liberal Hypocrite Quiz
This in no way implies my political leanings or anything of that nature. Hell, you shoulda seen my ballot from last week's election. In fact, I try to steer clear from conversations on politics simply because, well, I'm tired of hearing people yammer on about things and rant without being able to hold a decent conversation.
That said, I'm not a fan of hypocrisy. That's not to say I haven't fallen prey to it—I'm just sayin'.
Name the Liberal Hypocrite Quiz - PDF
Many thanks to Laura for the find.
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Eddie Valiant: Seriously, what do you see in that guy?
Jessica Rabbit: He makes me laugh.
It's the subtle differences between males and females that end up being blown to a grand proportion. The problem with their subtlety, as most have assumed, is that it stems from a biological level—much deeper than the obvious ones, that is.
The Stanford University School of Medicine performed a study on the differences in the sense of humor between males and females. What they seemed to have discovered is not that males and females perceive humor different, but rather that humor is processed differently in their brains and affects the brain in different ways as well.
However, they were surprised to find differences in the part of the brain known as the reward centre. The nucleus accumbens, part of the mesolimbic reward centre, is a dopamine-rich area that is most strongly activated when a reward—in this case, a funny joke—is unexpected.
The team discovered that when women found a cartoon funny, their reward centre was more active than for men, suggesting the females’ expectation of being amused was lower. But when men found a cartoon unfunny, they showed de-activation in their reward centre, suggesting disappointment.
It's all starting to make more sense.
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November 10, 2005
“Reason and accountability”
While at the gyme today, CNN showed a story about one Michael Sessions of Hillsdale, Michigan winning the mayoral election.
Not only did he do so at the young age of 18, he's done so while still a high school student and, amazingly, with a write-in vote campaign.
Fucking wowzers.
Still, as amazing as that is, I did find something completely hilarious.
Sessions was sitting in his English class, media circus in tow, when the SuperNintendo excused him from class to conduct interviews. The part that had me cracking up—out loud, at that—was all the girls just ogling Sessions.
They seriously wanted to fuck the living shit out of him. Every single one—right then and there—given the opportunity, I'm sure.
The power of celebrity is phenominal, and I think that's what disturbs me about it so much.
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November 02, 2005
She Spells It With Two “C”s
So, of course, as I was looking for some of my files to finish up a track called "Collecting Dust", I ended up starting a new song.
It appears that digression is the new black.
I'm 14 seconds into the song, but it's already showing promise. The current debate is whether or not to include it in the album. I really do need to finish up some of the other tracks and master the album, and I can tell that this new one is gonna require a lot of time editing and zooming and panning and faux stereo... and possibly a lot of reverb.
I sure do likes me my excessive reverb.
I suppose we'll just have to wait and see.
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