ticktockman

Bout time I updated this thing. Not much to add, really, except that Hallowe'en is enroute, and that makes for a happy Ticktockman. Taking tomorrow afternoon off after classes and enjoying the day with a bottle of wine, a bag of popcorn, and some horror fun. Slither and Ichi the Killer will be on the menu, methinks. Now accepting applications for Hallowe'en movie viewing partner....
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Good news! My friend's brain cancer was recently downgraded to Stage 2. No more of this 2-5 year life expectancy, though chemotherapy is still on the schedule, and I'm not sure of the chances of removing the cancer entirely.

DragonCon was a couple weekends ago. You can find my full Flickr record of this mega-geekfest here. Let's see if I can successfully put up...
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Friend of mine went into the hospital today to get a tumor removed from her cerebellum. The surgery was a success, but...turns out she has anaplastic astrocytoma, WHO grade III. Brain cancer. This cancer metastasizes easily to nearby healthy cells; all surgery does is remove what growths they can to ease the pressure. Radiation or chemo is next, but prognosis is 2-5 years.

She's...
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In Tenebris

Friends and I drove up to Charlottesville to catch In Tenebris' CD release party. They're by no means a new band, but this is their first full length release, and their excitement was palpable in their performance. The show wasn't very long, 45 minutes at a guess; I wonder if they're just accustomed to being an opening act. But they did a great...
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I'm not an actor, but I play one in my dreams
Seriously, every night I'm in a different show, from Battlestar to Buffy to Heroes and even House. Channeling my inner thespian, I suppose. Fun dreams, but need more tail (looking at YOU, Grace Park!).

Mother sent me a quilt. She sewed it herself. It's full of...colors. If you've looked at my pic (and hell,...
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Irritation
Didn't get into the fall classes I wanted. Next time I'll not underestimate how quickly they fill (nor how low on the totem pole those of us who already have degrees fall compared to 4 year students). Long term plans delayed, for at least a bit. On the plus side, this weekend is...

DragonCon
I'll be there, wearing a bit of SG swag at...
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The Descent
Caught it yesterday. I was late, the date didn't show and hasn't returned calls (which, given we're more co-workers than dates, is bizarre), but still enjoyed the movie thoroughly. Except for the Texas Chainsaw Massacre - The Beginning trailer. Why Michael Bay thinks directing this sort of thing is a good career move is beyond me.

Anyway, The Descent. I first heard of...
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Back to School
I finally did it. A very long time after graduating from college, I'm back looking for more. The current career path is packed with dead ends, each notable for the zombie like, drooling gazes of those vainly attempting to claw their way up the wall. No thanks, need something new. Been stagnant too long, time to change. So I'm getting some...
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I've slept in a very great deal. I engaged in a lot of somnambulism as a kid, wandering about the house nocturnally like Moses trying to find the way out of the wilderness. If Moses was marking his territory by pissing on everything he could find, anyway. Sometimes my analogies aren't so good.

So at some point, as happens now and then, my alarm woke...
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X3 thoughts, mostly spoiler free

X3 is a difficult film to appraise. I enjoyed it, didn't feel like I wasted my money seeing it on a Monday night, so in that respect it works. If it had a somewhat better script (tough to ask for given the genre) or, better yet, a good director (Joss W. or Bryan Singer, preferably), I'd be in love with...
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They get letters
Voltaire, for those not in the know, is a charming entertainer across various media best known for sweet ballads about necrophilia, cannabilism, the undead, what ought to be done to ex-lovers' lovers and more serious topics (yes, even more serious than cannibalism). Here, he posts a response by an...unforgiving Christian soul to his song God Thinks. Voltaire apparently didn't...
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Here's an entry for the worst date ever.

Thankfully, I wasn't a participant. She's a friend from work, so we'll just call her WorkingGirl -- a convenient, neutral term. WorkingGirl enjoyed a 6 week romance with one of the many damn fools who have no idea what the hell they want in relationships. He finally decided -- after successfully demanding she remove her nipple...
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