December 2008
“Witches can be right. Giants can be good. You decide what’s right. You decide what’s good.”
Dec 31st
Getting ready to head to the airport for my holiday trip to see Joe & Doug for a 5 day NYE vacation. Very exciting! Now… dinner food…?
Dec 30th
I honestly can’t stop watching this Zelda Wind Waker theme remake, SO GOOD, SO CUTE! - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRv8gnBMiWM
Dec 30th
I’m ranked 292 in Chicago Twitters and 49,058 on Twitter in general! http://twitterholic.com/shivian/
Dec 30th
Wisteria has Starhawk (solstice) & Dragon Ritual Drummers (fall equinox). Makes me kinda wana go there. PSG local / guests still TBA, sadly.
Dec 30th
Zelda Wind Waker Unplugged - perhaps the most amazing song remake I’ve seen in freaking ages - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRv8gnBMiWM
Dec 29th
Ensorceled tomes & codices, FTW
Dec 29th
I got a super-mini fridge to store my Dr Pepper’s in at work from my cube-neighbor Nina! I’m the luckiest geek at the office right now! :-D
Dec 29th
City of Heroes installed on my laptop now too, so I can play when traveling (etc). Hopefully, though, I’ll read instead: likely the Umbris
Dec 29th
According to weather.com it’ll be below freezing by 6am tomorrow… oh well, was a nice suprise / day while it lasted! Welcome back Mr Frost
Dec 28th
One of my favorite holiday gifts: a 50 degree day that melted all the fracking snow and ice :-) thanks mama nature!
Dec 28th
Got “Tree of Enchantment” by Foxwood from Keith for Yuletide. Gave him “How to Speak Icelandic” - it was a nice evening!
Dec 27th
Oh my christ, its so nice out! My body is so confused right now… MotherNature MindFuck strikes again!
Dec 27th
There are times when I want to throttle my cab drivers for sheer ineptitude. I think that’s why they have the plastic shield…
Dec 26th
I caught a purple line home, I think I’m in heaven! Debating if I should take a nap before going out again… hrm… yay weekend time!
Dec 26th
No purple line express service today? Really Santa? You sure? Awh… you’re the best! ((palmface))
Dec 26th
Riddle: Why is Shivian going into work today? — SuperClue: There is no known proper solution to this puzzle! — A: ???
Dec 26th
Yay! Getting to bed stupid late! Huzzah! Not like I have to work tomorrow or anything… oh wait… I do… ((eep!))
Dec 26th
“Missing me one place? Search another. I stop somewhere, waiting for you.”
Dec 26th
I just broken my glasses (was petting the neighbor dog that was *way* to excited, and jumped up on me) — oops :-D
Dec 26th
Drinking Yerba from my new guampa with my bombilla - I’m in heaven!
Dec 24th
Mansions of the Moon - a great intro video & explanation to this magickal formula & practice from Arabic magicians - http://zi.ma/943d4b
Dec 24th
A very special Christmas Morning… a great way to celebrate the holidays… http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1894873/
Dec 24th
Already an “interesting” morning. Wishing the day was ending in minutes rather then many, many, many hours from now. Ugg hardcore.
Dec 24th
Potential new copyright law threatening creative works / forcing you to pay for copyright protection - http://zi.ma/abd03c
Dec 23rd
Stuck on work laptop while my regular computer installs CS3 Premium. Ugg @ the wait… takes sooooo long. Naptime?
Dec 23rd
Purple Line Trains resume counter-clockwise loop rotation starting next week. I’m overjoyed! 6 less stops to work! Huzzah!
Dec 23rd
Album: 8-Bit Jesus - perhaps the best holiday collection of our time, download free, share, and donate if you like it! - http://zi.ma/9207a2
Dec 22nd
Had to buy a space heater to keep my desk warm enough at work to type / expose fingers. What’s next? Bringing in my own toliet? Sink? Chair?
Dec 22nd
The Christians and the Pagans: great song, great for everyone, every year! Share share share: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_Xdk4PujOE
Dec 22nd
From George: “Transported to a surreal world, a girl kills the first woman she meets. Joining three strangers, she sets out to kill again.”
Dec 22nd
Holy balls in a hat! Meebo (meebo.com) now connects you to Myspace and Facebook chat! Meebo FTW!
Dec 22nd
“I like winter” they say. “Cold and snow are great” they say. I hate you all. Winter FTL.
Dec 22nd
Heroes Oz reference in final episode: Daphne = Dorthy; Parkman = Lion; Hiro = Scarecrow; Ando = Tin Man?
Dec 21st
New 1TB external drive (thanks mom!) as a replacement for the dying external 500GB drive. Hoping I can transfer the data off before it dies.
Dec 21st
Majel Barrett-Roddenberry / Lwaxana Troi / the LCARS voice, has passed away. I mourn this loss of a geek legend.
Dec 21st
Oh yeah ((grin)) and I titled it “Veritas Intus Lux” - perhaps I’ll release it for production to close friends if it’s a hit, dono yet…
Dec 20th
Made Mom a photobook for Yule, hope she likes it. I couldn’t think of a single freaking thing she’d like… but I think she’ll love this!
Dec 20th
New Chicago City Motto: “Snow shovel?! What are those?! Never heard of em!”
Dec 20th
On my way home finally. Have been knee-deep in a sears.com project that’s VERY exciting! Looking forward to it testing soon! YAY! Naptime!
Dec 19th
I LOVE the new Anathallo album (TOTALLY not surprised) - listen: http://www.myspace.com/anathallo - buy: http://www.anathallo.com/store/
Dec 17th
Updating the Euterpe (iPod / Music Library) with lots of new albums from various artists. VERY excited! Can’t wait to start to listen! YUM!
Dec 17th
Heroes: what the frack! Last night’s episode was really good, so why were the past 2 episodes before it the worst ever?
Dec 16th
Someone’s playing an old, Old, OLD school gameboy on the train (first generation) - I’m fascinated! In other news %$#@ing COLD!
Dec 16th
See if the new “X-Men Origins - Wolverine” trailer makes you as happy as it does me http://www.myspace.com/x-menorigins - AND GAMBIT FTW!
Dec 16th
Sooo windy, sooo cold. Good jeebus its hateful out today. In other news: still not on a good sleep schedule & CoX Winter Event starts today
Dec 15th
Sooo windy, sooo cold. Good jeebus its hateful out today. In other news: still not on a good sleep schedule and CoX Winter Event starts today
Dec 15th
For those who follow my comic strip, Oh My Gods! has been updated with strips from Dec 5th through today! Enjoy! - http://ohmygods.co.uk/
Dec 14th
Upcoming Ghostbusters Video Game, this is totally made of win - http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1893271/
Dec 14th
Perhaps I should move to the dark deep forest, with clearings to see the Road above, castrate myself, & never speak to another human again.
Dec 14th