I am coming to like Panic! At the Disco, but seriously, what the fuck is up with the song names?

(Curiously enough, "I Am Coming to Like Panic! At the Disco, But Seriously, What The Fuck Is Up With the Song Names?" is also the second track off their new album, out in stores when they find replacement musicians)

Anyway, though. I haven't been around because I haven't had 1) a computer or 2) time. The first part came from a sojourn to the Oregon Country, which I enjoyed a great deal. It was quite relaxing, but otherwise unremarkable save for the lack of technology. The second part came from a trip to San Francisco. Why you ask? Well that was because I was spending two weeks working where I used to, the company having asked me to come back.

I was busy, but it was a lot of fun and I am taking them up on their offer. Right now, I'm back in Colorado, trying to wrap up all my ties here, pack stuff, etc etc;

I have started writing a new story series, science fiction for once and perhaps pretty hard, depending on how well I can stick to it;

I will be speaking at Rocky Mountain Fur Con, having become their writing track (looking forward to this);

In a greater social stigma than being a furry, I have succumbed. This is because:

I have been playing around a great deal with my G1 phone, following the leak of the Hero shell, and the version I'm running comes with a widget built right in;

My computer keeps bluescreening, I suspect because the memory is broken;

I'll try to get back to regular posts here. I may try to write a sidebar widget to streamline the process, though honestly my big problem these days is having something to write about. Somebody told me to write about something, but I forgot what. Typography maybe?

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Galluskek 4.08.2009 - 3h18

Should future updates be expected in that form? 'Cause I've no idea how to sustain interest in those social networking dealies. Bah, I could never figure out that whole short messaging thing... But my brother follows all that tech stuff. I might spend a weekend at a twitter retreat or something.. Can't believe I'm going back to the university, gah. More semesters of "fun" lie in store. Good to know, I'm still cared for by the faceless internet. I've never felt happier. Oh good, it is possible to express ideas in short blurbs. It is a terrible shame you have to use so many to express yourself in a nuanced manner. Oh, and you are a bad influence. I hope Collies are expensive, cause you made my cousin want one just from looking at the logo. Also interested in communism, oddly enoug h. (Twitter-simulation time-phase inverted using patented messaging protocol technologies)

Comrade Alex 4.08.2009 - 3h30

You know, I hadn't really considered the way I was writing those updates above. It wasn't really done as a deliberate parallel--I just didn't have much to write about most things, but I have been somewhat.. neglectful. Collies can be pretty expensive, it depends. They're also pretty high maintenance. Needless to say, as I live in an apartment, I do not have any dogs. Well, or any pets, really. I am so lonely D: The thing about twitter is it's on my phone. It's something I can do on the train, or when I'm walking to lunch, or when something strikes me--I always have my phone on me. A friend of mine asked, when I told him that I was playing "Super Mario World" on my phone, why I didn't have a DS. This is a good question, really, but I've found the more tools I need to do something the less I'll do any one of them. Emulator on my G1 = thing to do on the train. DS = thing to forget to bring on the train. Similarly, the Twitter widget makes things nice and easy to me. What are you going back to the university for? +ca

Comrade Alex 4.08.2009 - 3h32

Oh, and since I didn't actually answer the question: no, I'll continue to post here. As long as I have the Twitter widget (twidgit? That sounds like a back-country slur) I'll post more regularly from there than here, probably, since I'm bored on the train often. +ca

Galluskek 4.08.2009 - 3h54

Bah, you have public transortation! Where are you based? I'm always looking for municipal or state systems to throw in the face of the Dade County Trnsit authority! In any case, good that there will be more updates, bad that I built myself one of those accounts just to follow (woe is me!). And for the collie thing, I know they're expensive, I intimidated a "reputable breeder" (whatever that means, AKC) into actually giving me some kind of estimate. We are not amused. I'd like to get her one, since her dog died a while back and she has also been lonely. Meh, maybe I'll feel generous, or more intimidating, in the future.

Comrade Alex 4.08.2009 - 4h05

You'll learn to start telling everyone all about your life! And, besides, you're interesting! I live in San Franciscish. I am going back there, so... public transportation is pretty good. It depends on the kind of collie you're going for, also. Border collie people, f'rinstance, tend not to trust the AKC, for good reason (the AKC breeds for looks, not genetic integrity, and there's a difference between show and working dogs). +ca

Galluskek 4.08.2009 - 4h33

I dunno, I think I'm rather boring, but people seem to like it, so why not. I could learn to broadcast more thoughts than usual. Oh, California, I hear nothing but good things about that state. Nothing could make me more suspicious. Write about the seedy underbelly of... well erm... what's SF known for again? Other than those landmarks, of course. I'm sure transport is better there (ah, seedy underbelly of the trolley system!) than in Miami where I just spent an hour waiting for a bus that goes on a 10 minute loop near FIU (CURSES!). Why distrust the AKC, though? When I looked through their web materials it struck me that I might like to work for those (mad-)men. The stuff on their site is so 21st century. Did you know they run PCRs on breeding animals registered in their (sinister) program in order to be entered on a(n insidious) database that tracks genetic lines (nazi much?!)? It seems like they run a nice operation, especially since comprehensive genetic screenings are a new thing for humans!

Comrade Alex 4.08.2009 - 7h48

Broadcasting thoughts is good. Particularly if it's not entirely of the "ordered #11 @ McDonald's. So tasty!" type. By and large, I am not the world's biggest fan of California, a political entity whose state animal is the bureaucrat, whose state sport is welfare, whose state motto is "ineffectual budgeting never harmed anyone, right? please take this IOU" and whose state roads have been pre-shittified for when the world becomes post-apocalyptic and the robots are hunting us. So, you get the cynic's take on California--but then, I always was a dog person. The AKC is fairly 21st century, but they run a losing proposition. The dedication to genetic purity and conformity scientifically means that the gene pool of a purebed AKC breed is constantly growing smaller. For unpopular breeds, they can endure this steady genetic self-pillaging for some time. For highly-stressed breeds, this isn't an option, so you wind up with the genetic collapse of labs and retrievers--German shepherds have been so damaged and contorted by conformity breeding programs like the AKC that you'll notice they're no longer the default police dogs, the Belgian shepherd types are. Occasionally, the AKC deigns to allow replenishment of the stock--this happened with basenjis, I think. By and large, however, joining the AKC means eventual breed death, which is why work-oriented animal groups, like those associated with Border collies and working/herding dogs, tend to stay as far away as they can. The recognition of the Border collie by the AKC is fairly recent, and provoked pretty substantial rifts in the community. +ca

Galluskek 5.08.2009 - 11h16

Erm, I don't pretend to know anything about the actual genetic lines or any of that stuff. So I just think that they present a nice image, in spite of the fact that they are a little too interested in "genetic purity". But why shouldn't they be, they run a series of very subjective contests that, in order to reduce bias at least, needs a uniform set of standards for breeds. Its really the breeders (people who should have a deep and meaningful understanding of genetics, I think) who determine what mistakes get made, and what logic should be used in the creation of the animals. If you have any information about these "working animal oriented groups" I would appreciate an email or something pointing me in the right direction. I am not interested in giving an animal to trot out in front of a crowd so they can objectify it (or fantasize, whatever the case may be ;) ), I'm just looking to make a 15 year old happy. Also, its nice to hear that liberalism has its detractors, at least as far as California is concerned.

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