The Green Goddess
Background Noise: It's All Been Done
Last Visited:um...
Random Thought: sometimes Taco Bell and Jack don't mix
Mood: hack the planet!
Yesterday was Halloween; I wore this chessetastic curly blonde wig that i found on sale for $6 two nights ago at the Halloween store that popped up around the corner from my apartment. It's part Carrie Bradshaw, part Dolly Pardon, part Ogilvie home perm gone wrong, but it's fun. (It's also been identified as: Shirly Temple, Little Bo Peep, or Shirly Temple as Little Bo Peep.) It's actually the color my hair normally is (unlike it's current velvety-mocha goodness), so I jokingly said I was just being normal for Halloween, though i'm not sure anyone else is going to get the joke.
Ok, now that the obligatory stuff is over with, on to the randomness!
First up, this month's Wired Magazine. I don't often ponder what i want to happen to my body after i die, but Elizabethtown and Wired have conspired to make me think about such practicalities. You know what i've decided? At least for right now, this sliver of time until i change my mind, I want to be cremated and made into a diamond. Well, actually, several diamonds, but that's not the point. For what i'm sure isn't really a low price, LifeGem will turn a few ounces of your ashes into diamonds. Now, once you get over the grosseness of knowing someone has to actually send these guys your ashes via the mail, it's actually a nice idea. A way for the people i love to have a piece of me to remember. Something beautiful and strong that will in some way be around forever; a really pleasant thought, actually.
So, since Wired is Wired, it jumpes effortlessly from what to do with yourself after you die, to Absinthe. You know Absinthe, it creates the Green Fairy all the boys are crazy about in Moulin Rouge (it's also illegal in the US, and for the past 100 years or so has also been illegal in Europe). Well, one enterprising biochemist from New Orleans has not only proven that this 150 proof alcohol isn't deadly, he's begun distilling the green drink (and won several awards for it in the process). By using science and a bit historical sluething (i'm sure there's a Family Guy reference in here somewhere) he's actually brought this drink back to life. He's also managed to answer the most intersting question, why did all of those artists drink the stuff in the first place? Well, quite simply, while it makes you very very drunk, it doesn't cloud your mind like other alcohols do. The beauty of Absinthe is it lets you get blissfully drunk and work at the same time. Not a bad trick for an overgrown green Tickerbell wannabe.
There's a Sudoku for Dummies. The scary part? I'm actually tempted to buy it simply to have all of those different puzzles in one place. The dashboard widget i have is nice, but i like working those out on paper.
Oh, i forgot to mention Apple's contribution to Halloween: a fabulously sweet treat for the masses, Apple announced that in the 20 days since Video downloads were released through the iTunes Music Store 1 Million tv shows, shorts, and music videos have been sold. 1 Million. There are only 2,000 videos available and we sold a million of them in under a month. I know i'm not a TV Executive, but that looks like a huge demand from an eager market to me. Please let Veronica Mars and Gilmore Girls be added to the downloadable shows, please please please!
Sort of speaking of which but not really, how many fricken clips of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire are they going to release before this movie opens? The last time i checked mugglenet there were at least 15. Is this just an aggressive campaign against video pirates? I'll readily admit that i'm a spoiler whole in general, and certainly for Harry Potter. But enough is enough, already! I want to see the movie for the first time on the big screen with all of the related excitement, not dribbled out two minutes a clip over six weeks. While i'm on the subject, i'm planning on seeing the midnight showing on the 17th (duh). Just saying.
This is a curious yet very interesting idea (thanks, nytimes!) DogCatRadio.com: Internet Radio for your pets while you're not home. Hmm... maybe i should turn my net at home back on so Puff will have something to listen to all day; that or this has great podcast potential.
Switching subjects yet again, is it really that big a deal to drop works like "ancillary" in common conversation? Personally I think "ancillary" is a pretty common word and people oohing and ahhing over the fact that i can, in fact, use it in a sentance is very surprising. Maybe even scary.
Again, to be random, how funny is it that there's an "Anne with an E" group on facebook and they invited me to join? When was the last time I said "Anne with an E"? Well, probably the last time someone asked me to spell my name, but that's not entirely the point.
Ok, i should wrap the randomness up. Enjoy this guy's chalk drawings. Perspective is fun!
Expression:
Last Visited:um...
Random Thought: sometimes Taco Bell and Jack don't mix
Mood: hack the planet!
Yesterday was Halloween; I wore this chessetastic curly blonde wig that i found on sale for $6 two nights ago at the Halloween store that popped up around the corner from my apartment. It's part Carrie Bradshaw, part Dolly Pardon, part Ogilvie home perm gone wrong, but it's fun. (It's also been identified as: Shirly Temple, Little Bo Peep, or Shirly Temple as Little Bo Peep.) It's actually the color my hair normally is (unlike it's current velvety-mocha goodness), so I jokingly said I was just being normal for Halloween, though i'm not sure anyone else is going to get the joke.
Ok, now that the obligatory stuff is over with, on to the randomness!
First up, this month's Wired Magazine. I don't often ponder what i want to happen to my body after i die, but Elizabethtown and Wired have conspired to make me think about such practicalities. You know what i've decided? At least for right now, this sliver of time until i change my mind, I want to be cremated and made into a diamond. Well, actually, several diamonds, but that's not the point. For what i'm sure isn't really a low price, LifeGem will turn a few ounces of your ashes into diamonds. Now, once you get over the grosseness of knowing someone has to actually send these guys your ashes via the mail, it's actually a nice idea. A way for the people i love to have a piece of me to remember. Something beautiful and strong that will in some way be around forever; a really pleasant thought, actually.
So, since Wired is Wired, it jumpes effortlessly from what to do with yourself after you die, to Absinthe. You know Absinthe, it creates the Green Fairy all the boys are crazy about in Moulin Rouge (it's also illegal in the US, and for the past 100 years or so has also been illegal in Europe). Well, one enterprising biochemist from New Orleans has not only proven that this 150 proof alcohol isn't deadly, he's begun distilling the green drink (and won several awards for it in the process). By using science and a bit historical sluething (i'm sure there's a Family Guy reference in here somewhere) he's actually brought this drink back to life. He's also managed to answer the most intersting question, why did all of those artists drink the stuff in the first place? Well, quite simply, while it makes you very very drunk, it doesn't cloud your mind like other alcohols do. The beauty of Absinthe is it lets you get blissfully drunk and work at the same time. Not a bad trick for an overgrown green Tickerbell wannabe.
There's a Sudoku for Dummies. The scary part? I'm actually tempted to buy it simply to have all of those different puzzles in one place. The dashboard widget i have is nice, but i like working those out on paper.
Oh, i forgot to mention Apple's contribution to Halloween: a fabulously sweet treat for the masses, Apple announced that in the 20 days since Video downloads were released through the iTunes Music Store 1 Million tv shows, shorts, and music videos have been sold. 1 Million. There are only 2,000 videos available and we sold a million of them in under a month. I know i'm not a TV Executive, but that looks like a huge demand from an eager market to me. Please let Veronica Mars and Gilmore Girls be added to the downloadable shows, please please please!
Sort of speaking of which but not really, how many fricken clips of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire are they going to release before this movie opens? The last time i checked mugglenet there were at least 15. Is this just an aggressive campaign against video pirates? I'll readily admit that i'm a spoiler whole in general, and certainly for Harry Potter. But enough is enough, already! I want to see the movie for the first time on the big screen with all of the related excitement, not dribbled out two minutes a clip over six weeks. While i'm on the subject, i'm planning on seeing the midnight showing on the 17th (duh). Just saying.
This is a curious yet very interesting idea (thanks, nytimes!) DogCatRadio.com: Internet Radio for your pets while you're not home. Hmm... maybe i should turn my net at home back on so Puff will have something to listen to all day; that or this has great podcast potential.
Switching subjects yet again, is it really that big a deal to drop works like "ancillary" in common conversation? Personally I think "ancillary" is a pretty common word and people oohing and ahhing over the fact that i can, in fact, use it in a sentance is very surprising. Maybe even scary.
Again, to be random, how funny is it that there's an "Anne with an E" group on facebook and they invited me to join? When was the last time I said "Anne with an E"? Well, probably the last time someone asked me to spell my name, but that's not entirely the point.
Ok, i should wrap the randomness up. Enjoy this guy's chalk drawings. Perspective is fun!
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