Alfredo is a saint with more patience than Pete. I'm *not* kidding. I'm moody, tempermental, prone to loud outraged shouting at the computer screen when reading the news or (gods forbid) LiveJournal or when playing video games (sometimes, Some People in my EQ guild are SOOOO STUPID I wonder why their brainstems haven't KILLED THEM out of pity). He never fails to laugh at me and keep on keepin' on.
I don't REALLY completely forget his birthday, but I do have to ask him 'when exactly is it?' and this year he turned the tables on me.
Me: "My birthday's on a Thursday this year."
Him: "What day is that?"
Me: *boggles* "My birthday is April 1st - how can you forget THAT date?"
Him: *smirks*
Me: *threatens to hit him with a giant plush microbe*
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I learned to deny Jilli all her dangerous-toy requests when Pete threatened to take his violent tendencies out of Halo/Halo 2 and practice them on me in real life. I believe him. He's taller than me and can be *very* convincing.
(I got him good, though, dressing up as a Magic card character at their *wedding* - a character he painted. *snicker*)
She's right, of course.
Damn straight, you don't get to be 88 years old without knowing some stuff.
Cyberpunk also contains a strong element of living outside of the system.
The best description I ever read of Cyberpunk is that it's a combination of high tech and low life.
Trivial baby discovery of the day: Depeche Mode causes more squirming and kicking than Eminem.
I feel like I should be taking notes and then repeating the musical experiments after she's born.
OMG, that vest Aimee linked to was GORGEOUS, and I need one.
Which, I confess, I still don't understand. If it's low-tech, how is it cyberpunk?
Arguably the most central theme to cyberpunk is man's increasingly interdependant relationship with technology. One of the ways they address that theme is by examining the weaknesses and flaws in our technological systems. Ultra low tech methods of defeating high-tech security systems is a very cyberpunk concept.
Whenever you declare a thing, you automatically invoke its opposite.
eta: For both Tep and Cindy!
Sean, two things. One...mind if I tag your last line?
Two...Malcolm Gladwell tells a great story in his new book "Blink" about the retired general who used low tech methods to wipe up the floor with the opposition in the 2002 war games. (500 million dollar systems brought down by couriers on motorcycles and flashlights on runways. Hooyah!)
Teppy's tag made me blanch, then laugh like a drain.
Heh. I *adore* Adam, and he's mineminemine, no matter what Ginger says!
Arguably the most central theme to cyberpunk is man's increasingly interdependant relationship with technology. One of the ways they address that theme is by examining the weaknesses and flaws in our technological systems. Ultra low tech methods of defeating high-tech security systems is a very cyberpunk concept.
Okay, I kind of understand that. At least, a little more than I had before. I feel that's progress.
One...mind if I tag your last line?
Sure, but....
I didn't actually make that up. I'm pretty sure I got it from some other philospher or writer. I don't remember who, but somebody else said it.
So, tag away, just don't credit me for saying it.
Okay, I kind of understand that. At least, a little more than I had before. I feel that's progress.
You know, I can recommend some excellent books....
I *adore* Adam, and he's mineminemine, no matter what Ginger says!
He's mine, I tell you. Mine mine mine.
Woo-hoo, Nora! That's wonderful!
My brother gave DH a beanie baby elephant ('cu they never forget) that shares my birthday (it's on the tag). It works.
