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Monday, December 10th, 2007
12:21 pm	Attention, friends! I am moving to InsaneJournal. I'll still check my friends page here, but any new posts (however infrequent) will be over at IJ. My username is the same on all journals I use - nonvarnished - Please join/add me! One last thing before I go, though. Please read this post ( http://community.livejournal.com/m15m/16169.html ) in m15m. (Comment on this)
Sunday, September 23rd, 2007
11:29 pm	IE, like many of history's explorers, continues to rape and pillage... IE! I hate IE! Any respectable web-browser would fully support contemporary w3c standards, but not IE 6 (I doubt IE 7 does, either). CSS, for all its excessively verbose characteristics, has some truly wonderful features but IE simply doesn't implement them all! Things that help to make a style dynamic, hence just that little bit more compatible, aren't implemented. Thankfully Microshaft had the good grace to provide a work-around. Yes, they let us use javascript in the middle of a style sheet! How nice of them. :scowl: "Sorry we're not standards compliant, but you can use some extra javascript! What's that? Oh, no, w3c won't certify your CSS if you do that. Tough cookies, eh?" Okay, maybe I'm being slightly unfair? I mean, they do give us yet another workaround... conditional comments. The trouble is though that, once you've incorporated the extra JS and CCs you've added needless bytes to your code files! Admittedly not often a big deal with the propensity of broadband these days, but I believe in optimisation! Current Mood: annoyed (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
11:17 am	Thanks to a friend for posting this on theirs "If you haven't heard by now LJ is automatically enrolling you in a datamining project. To opt out of this invasion of privacy go here &follow the 2-step instructions. http://copperbadge.livejournal.com/1422598.html" Basically: If not, go to your Admin console and paste in "set opt_exclude_stats 1" without the quotation marks. That will opt you out of the mining. Otherwise you're automatically in. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 4th, 2007
1:33 pm	New drawing. Borg by ~NoctumSolaris on deviantART Current Mood: accomplished (Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
11:43 am	( More art ) (Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
8:57 pm	Devious Journal Entry ( New painting ) Cover illustration for a short story. For more of a comment, please see my deviantART page :) ( Also, if you have a comment to make, I'd much rather you make it there! :) ) Current Mood: accomplished (Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 11th, 2007
3:47 pm	Painting ( Ravage ) Current Mood: Slightly accomplished (Comment on this)
Monday, April 2nd, 2007
10:46 pm	With its extremely small quantity of questions and so forth, I put no faith in the result of this test. However... (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, March 9th, 2007
8:47 pm	README! To all those I rarely talk to I want to tell you something and I hope that you will all understand. If I haven't spoken to you for a while, it's nothing you did. None of you have annoyed, upset or offended me. I've just been hiding. I still am. You all probably know I'm terrified of the world. What you may not know, what I only just realised, is that I couldn't cope with the number of people who seemed to like me. It frightens me, because for most of my life I had NO ONE. It's not that I don't want to talk to you, any of you. Even in those times when I am hiding, when I am not actively seeking communication, I'm always hoping you'll contact me. Any of you. It's a self imposed loneliness. I think I brought this on myself because it was my familiar state of being. I'm not ready to stop hiding yet, but I wanted you to understand. I'd appreciate it if someone came looking for me online, email even. Hell, if you have my phone number, ring! Although I rarely pick up the phone unless I expect a call. I miss you all. Current Mood: sad (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, March 8th, 2007
8:53 pm	Well, been a while hasn't it? Let's see... I'm still a bit loopy, but getting better and... well... still not really keen to think too much about what to say about it. Those thoughts are rather damaged and reserved for certain people. I've written a couple of YouTube scripts, one piece currently in production. Early stages, trying to build a model. Actually the first steps of that have been difficult and fun! It's involved a wire coat-hanger, a cheap candle stick and some soldering. Painting is nice. I have some good paints now and three really good brushes! (Loads of cheap ones.) Got a rigger just today. I have some really good paint, too, mostly middle range and I just got some nice acrylic retardant to use with the rigger. Um. I'm not sure what to tell you all... feel free to ask me anything in comments or whatever. Still engaged and happy :D OH! I dug a pond at Smee's house... in the garden, not in the house. It's 700 litres or thereabouts :) Apart from that... I don't expect much response here, but it looks like it could be fun. Crush this person! Get your own ThisCrush.com CrushTag! Current Mood: content (Comment on this)
Wednesday, December 13th, 2006
10:02 pm	It's just something I need to say A few years ago I kept all my emotions behind walls, closed in and hidden from the world. I felt them deep inside and they welled up in gushes of negativity; poor self esteem and self deprecation, pessimism even greater than I have now, suicidal impulses. That changed. Nearly four years ago I let all those walls collapse, but they took the foundations with them. Every emotion spilled out, but my self esteem plummeted to a new low. To this day I'm not sure why. I am quite sure, however, that I was a jerk for several months in ways that I have never been before or since. It was a very difficult period and I tried to build the walls back up. About three years ago, one year after that collapse of barriers, I started talking to the woman who is now my fiancee. Things started changing then, although I didn't really notice at first. Now my self esteem has greatly improved. I still have a lot of work to do to get that and other emotional and psychological aspects up to scratch, but I'm doing immeasurably better. One thing though, that can be painful but I think is good, is that I can be very sensitive. That I am very sensitive. Small things can trigger deep emotions, good and bad, but not to dangerous extremes. I've found a sort of emotional appreciation that I hadn't had before. I find beauty now that I didn't before. I find joy and sorrow, a sweet melancholy at times. It puts thing in a different light and can make them seem more real. My emotions are now so much closer to the surface. Some of them probably shouldn't be, but others should. I like the change over the last few years and I'm still growing, emotionally speaking. I don't think I would have made the positive progress that I have if it wasn't for my beloved. I owe her so much. Current Mood: Emotional (Comment on this)
Thursday, November 23rd, 2006
11:05 pm	Decided to try this again Only had one reply last time, so come on people! Ask me a question about each of the following: 1. Friends 2. Sex 3. Music 4. Drugs 5. Love 6. LiveJournal 7. Money ...no matter how rude, sexual, or confidential.... just ask it! Then post this in your journal and see what questions you get asked! I may refuse to answer some questions, but this is highly unlikely. All comments will be screened for privacy. (Comment on this)
11:02 pm	Neat! Anubis Clever, fatalist, deep. Sympathetic, generous, loving and perseverant in proving their view point Colors: male: sienna, female: crimson Compatible Signs: Bastet, Isis Dates: May 8 - May 27, Jun 29 - Jul 13 Role: God of death and mummification Appearance: Jackal or a jackal-headed man Sacred animals: jackal What is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign? Designed by CyberWarlock of Warlock's Quizzles and Quandaries (Comment on this)
Saturday, November 11th, 2006
2:11 am	The powerful people in this world are insane! There's a lot of fear of terrorism, or more specifically, 'islamic terrorism' and the reactions are irrational, short sighted and self defeating! Prominent UK politicians claim to attempt an erosion of societal barriers by suggesting that Muslim women not wear their veils. An Airport in France has seen the firing of Muslim employees for security reasons! The biggest blunder of all, of course, is the so called 'War on Terror'. The single most ludicrous response to international terrorism that could be given! A group of people feel they have a vendetta against, as people generally would put it, the west. These people are not an army or a nation, but a widespread group of like-minded people who are willing to use any means to their end. They can not be defeated through military action, through invasions, rather to invade the countries that have been invaded can only anger these people further! Terrorism can not be fought by angering the terrorists. Terrorism can not be fought by persecuting the innocent who happen to be of a particular ethnic group or follow the religion that particular terrorists claim as motivation. Our leaders, both political and industrial, are engaged in self-defeating, self-destructive methods to oppose the threats they perceive. If they have their way, they shall doom the world. Current Mood: annoyed (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 8th, 2006
3:03 pm	OMG! Voltaire is going to do a UK tour! OMG! Has said on his MySpace that people should give his agent's contact info to local Goth clubs, I wonder if ours would be interested. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 7th, 2006
10:34 pm	Aimed at Americans, but still it's pretty good. ( Read more... ) (1 Comment |Comment on this)
9:31 pm	Something I wrote shortly after waking up to the news the other day Religion; it's a daft way to define lives. It made sense in the dim and distant past, when understanding was dim and different beliefs were found at distance. Now human understanding is so much greater and diverse beliefs are intertwined, the fact is plain to see that life's problems can not be solved through any one system of belief. It is the place of no person to say what any other may or may not, should or should not, believe. Any beliefs, held by any person, are fallible and to foist them upon another is unfair and narrow minded. Religion can not, now, bring unity to a modern society because it inspires such vehement disagreement about which is right, in the smallest nuances. It may be a banner for groups to form behind, then becoming a flag of battle; this helps no one. If we can find it within ourselves to respect the privacy of others, the right to their own thoughts and beliefs, then we shall see that these things are not entirely different from our own. It is when we fail to have this respect that the small differences seem to outweigh the similarities. It would be irrational to expect people to truly respect the specific beliefs of others, as they will be seen as false. To respect instead their right to believe it anyway is a more realistic option. As long as people attempt to persuade others to abandon their beliefs, there can be no unity or peace. We all wish to be respected; we may earn this through respect for others. Current Mood: Bemused (at the time) (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, October 4th, 2006
9:39 pm	Write your favorite song by said band. Then add 3 artists/bands, and your favorite songs not previously appearing on the list. If you don’t listen to a certain band/group, or don’t know any of their songs, leave it blank. 1. Favorite Beatles song: Eleanor Rigby 2. Favorite Rolling Stones song: 3. Favorite Doors song: Light my fire 4. Favorite Bob Dylan song: Mr Tambourine Man 5. Favorite Led Zeppelin song: 6. TV Theme Song: Hey Sandy (Theme to The Adventures of Pete & Pete) by Polaris 7. Favorite Prince Song: 8. Favorite Madonna Song: 9. Favorite Michael Jackson Song: Thriller 10. Favorite Queen Song: Bohemian Rhapsody 11. Favorite Motorhead Song: 12. Favorite Ozzy Song: 13. Favorite Public Enemy Song: 14. Favorite Song from a cartoon: The theme from Mysterious Cities of Gold 15. Favorite Bruce Springsteen song: 16. Favorite Depeche Mode song: People are people? 17. Favorite Cure song: I just can't deice! 18. Favorite song that most of your friends haven't heard: Groove is in the Heart 19. Favorite Smiths song: This Charming Man 20. Favorite Beastie Boys song: 21. Favorite Clash song: London Calling 22. Favorite Police song: 23. Favorite Eurythmics song: Sweet Dreams 24. Favorite Beach Boys song: Good Vibrations (I can think of no others) 25. Favorite Cyndi Lauper song: 26. Favorite song from a movie: 27. Favorite Duran Duran song: Not sure. 28. Favorite Peter Tosh song: 29. Favorite Johnny Cash song: 30. Favorite song from an 80's one hit wonder: 31. Favorite song from a video game: The Homeworld soundtrack 32. Favorite Kinks song: Sunny Afternoon 33. Favorite Genesis song: Don't know. 34. Favorite Thin Lizzy song: 35. Favorite INXS song: 36. Favorite Weird Al song: Smells Like Nirvana 37. Favorite Peter Gabriel song: 38. Favorite John Lennon song: Imagine 39. Favorite Pink Floyd song: Another Brick in the Wall 40. Favorite cover song: Mrs Robinson, the Lemonheads 41. Favorite White Stripes: Fell in Love with a Girl 42. Favorite dance song: 43. Favorite U2 song: 44. Favorite song from an actor turned musician: 45. Favorite disco song: Dancing Queen - ABBA 46. Favorite Power Ballad: 47. Favorite Guns N' Roses song: Live & Let Die (a cover I think) 48. Favorite The Who song: 49. Favorite Elton John song: 50. Favorite song, period: 51. Favorite Monte Montgomery song: 52. Favorite Green Day song: 53. Favorite Alanis Morrissette song: Ironic 54. Favorite Jamiroquai song: 55. Favorite Foo Fighters song: 56. Favorite David Bowie song: Life on Mars 57. Favorite Metallica song: Nothing Else Matters 58. Favorite Jeff Buckley song: 59. Favorite Pearl Jam song: Jeremy 60. Favorite Grateful Dead song: 61. Favorite Def Leppard song: 62. Favorite The Band song: 63. Favorite Madness song: It Must be Love 64: Favorite Boomtown Rats song: I Don't Like Mondays 65. Favorite Jam song: 66. Favorite Barenaked Ladies song: In the Car 67. Favorite Creedence Clearwater Revival Song: 68. Favorite Garth Brooks song: 69: Favorite Tom McRae song: 70: Favorite Vienna Teng song: 71. Favorite Tom Petty (solo or with the Heartbreakers) song: 72. Favorite Replacements song: 73. Favorite Bob Mould song: 74. Favorite Jethro Tull song: 75. Favorite Jann Arden Song: 76. Favorite Marc Cohn Song: 77. Favorite Our Lady Peace Song: 78. Favorite HIM Song: 79. Favorite Bryan Adams Song: 80. Favorite They Might Be Giants song: Birdhouse in Your Soul (Maybe) 81. Favorite Sarah McLachlan song: 82. Favorite Nirvana song: Smells Like Teen Spirit 83. Favorite Ani Difranco song: 84. Favorite Wrestling Entrance Music: 85. Favorite Big Black song: 86: Favorite Tori Amos song: 87: Favorite Massive Attack song: 88. Favorite song you really tried to hate: 89: Favorite 30 Seconds To Mars Song: 90: Favorite Fall Out Boy Song: 91: Favorite Kill Hannah Song: 92: Favorite Melissa Etheridge song: 93: Favorite R.E.M. song: Losing My Religion/At My Most Beautiful 94: Favorite Alkaline Trio song: 95. Favorite Evanescence song: 96. Favorite Joni Mitchell song: 97. Favorite Radiohead song: Don't remember song names for them 98. Favorite showtune: 99. Favorite AFI song: 100. Favorite My Chemical Romance song: 101: Favorite Iron Maiden song: 102: Favorite Loreena McKennitt song: 103: Favorite John Williams song: 104: Favorite Tempest Song: 105: Favorite Inkubus Sukkubus Song: Preacher Man? 106: Favorite Oingo Boingo Song: 107: Favorite Seven Nations Song: 108: Favorite Pick me up Song: Groove is in the Heart 109: Favorite Go away and leave me alone before I kill you Song: My three: 110: Favourite Alice Cooper Song: Poison 111: Favourite Belle & Sebastian Song: The Fox in the Snow 112: Favourite Kraftwerk Song: Das Modell (Comment on this)
9:36 pm	Gay Rights "Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?" Ernest Gaines We would like to know who really believes in gay rights on livejournal. There is no bribe of a miracle or anything like that. If you truly believe in gay rights, then repost this and title the post as "Gay Rights". If you don't believe in gay rights, then just ignore this. Thanks. Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
1:03 pm	Unlike my friend, I am not as nerdy as I had expected. (Comment on this)