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May. 23rd, 2005
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May. 23rd, 2005 10:38 amRandom things:
One day I will learn that staying up until 1:30 AM on a Sunday night is not, in fact, a good idea, no matter how good the picture is and how much I want to post it online before I go to bed.
The cat is very suspicious of the new standing fan I bought. But not suspicious enough to let it stop her from getting her daily treats. I feed her these hairball-treat thingers daily, which do seem to keep her from yarking up all over the place, and yesterday I could see the thoughts going through her head: "The big blowy thing is on ... I have to walk by the big blowy thing ... But there are treats ... big blowy thing ... treats ..." She compromised by slinking very hesitantly around it, staring at it so that the moment the big blowy thing leapt upon her, she could escape. She made the journey without incident, I am happy to report, and spent every other moment of the day curled tight in her kitty condo, safe from the rampaging fan.
I love Saint-Saens' Danse Macabre but unfortunately the CD I have with it has the peppiest version of the Danse Macabre EVAR, and manages to crank it out in seven minutes flat, while a version I used to have on tape, ganked from a former roommate, took eleven to finish. I shall have to get another version of it one of these days.
The best part of summer is that parking on campus is EASY.
Still liking Bangkok 8.
Are there any Chinese non-kick-flick movies that aren't meant to be Deep Dramas and yet have happy endings? It seems that every Chinese movie I watch that doesn't involve people attacking each other with a variety of exotic weapons has some sort of sad ending and I'm starting to get skittish about them.
In TV cop dramas, why is it that all witnesses who are being interviewed all have things to do and turf the cops out ASAP. I know the real reason is to have the scene come to a natural close, but when you've been mainlining Law & Order: SVU for a week like I have, it's annoyingly obvious and artificial to have every single witness be barely cooperative and say "Excuse me, I have to get back to work" after dropping the next clue to the mystery.
One day I will learn that staying up until 1:30 AM on a Sunday night is not, in fact, a good idea, no matter how good the picture is and how much I want to post it online before I go to bed.
The cat is very suspicious of the new standing fan I bought. But not suspicious enough to let it stop her from getting her daily treats. I feed her these hairball-treat thingers daily, which do seem to keep her from yarking up all over the place, and yesterday I could see the thoughts going through her head: "The big blowy thing is on ... I have to walk by the big blowy thing ... But there are treats ... big blowy thing ... treats ..." She compromised by slinking very hesitantly around it, staring at it so that the moment the big blowy thing leapt upon her, she could escape. She made the journey without incident, I am happy to report, and spent every other moment of the day curled tight in her kitty condo, safe from the rampaging fan.
I love Saint-Saens' Danse Macabre but unfortunately the CD I have with it has the peppiest version of the Danse Macabre EVAR, and manages to crank it out in seven minutes flat, while a version I used to have on tape, ganked from a former roommate, took eleven to finish. I shall have to get another version of it one of these days.
The best part of summer is that parking on campus is EASY.
Still liking Bangkok 8.
Are there any Chinese non-kick-flick movies that aren't meant to be Deep Dramas and yet have happy endings? It seems that every Chinese movie I watch that doesn't involve people attacking each other with a variety of exotic weapons has some sort of sad ending and I'm starting to get skittish about them.
In TV cop dramas, why is it that all witnesses who are being interviewed all have things to do and turf the cops out ASAP. I know the real reason is to have the scene come to a natural close, but when you've been mainlining Law & Order: SVU for a week like I have, it's annoyingly obvious and artificial to have every single witness be barely cooperative and say "Excuse me, I have to get back to work" after dropping the next clue to the mystery.
And more advice.
May. 23rd, 2005 04:32 pmYet another crosspost from my DeviantArt journal.
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1) WTF are you people getting this idea that digital art means the End of Art As We Know It? Dude, just because some guy posts a crappy Poser render in his gallery doesn't presage the downfall of Western civilization.
2) Corollary to #1: anybody who complains that digital art is cheating or not art is strongly suggested to go do some research into what people were saying about photography 150 years ago when art photography started to come into vogue, and exactly how wrong they were.
3) Art is in the eye of the artist, not in the tools. Whatever tools it takes to get the results are fine.
4) You also cannot judge a work of art by the process unless you're talking performance art: you are stuck with judging and interpreting the final piece that the artist shows you. If you disagree and think the process is the most important part, let me inform you that all of my works are done using pigments I mined myself, ground into dust under a full moon, mixed with Tibetan yak butter that I collected and churned myself, and finally applied to handmade paper using special techniques that have been handed down for generations in my family, never to be written down. The fact that it produces works indistinguishable from those that have been slapped down on a lightbox and shaded with #2 yellow pencils is irrelevant, because as you say, the process is what you should be judging it by, not the result.
5) Being a published author does not exempt you from being an idiot.
6) Having an advanced degree does not exempt you from being an idiot. I should know. I've got several and I am often an idiot.
7) Conversely, if someone has a degree in a subject, they probably do know slightly more about it than your average Kmart stock clerk and probably should be listened to slightly more on that subject than the clerk. OTOH, they should never be trusted to stock shelves. Especially if they hold a PhD. Disaster lies in store that way.
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1) WTF are you people getting this idea that digital art means the End of Art As We Know It? Dude, just because some guy posts a crappy Poser render in his gallery doesn't presage the downfall of Western civilization.
2) Corollary to #1: anybody who complains that digital art is cheating or not art is strongly suggested to go do some research into what people were saying about photography 150 years ago when art photography started to come into vogue, and exactly how wrong they were.
3) Art is in the eye of the artist, not in the tools. Whatever tools it takes to get the results are fine.
4) You also cannot judge a work of art by the process unless you're talking performance art: you are stuck with judging and interpreting the final piece that the artist shows you. If you disagree and think the process is the most important part, let me inform you that all of my works are done using pigments I mined myself, ground into dust under a full moon, mixed with Tibetan yak butter that I collected and churned myself, and finally applied to handmade paper using special techniques that have been handed down for generations in my family, never to be written down. The fact that it produces works indistinguishable from those that have been slapped down on a lightbox and shaded with #2 yellow pencils is irrelevant, because as you say, the process is what you should be judging it by, not the result.
5) Being a published author does not exempt you from being an idiot.
6) Having an advanced degree does not exempt you from being an idiot. I should know. I've got several and I am often an idiot.
7) Conversely, if someone has a degree in a subject, they probably do know slightly more about it than your average Kmart stock clerk and probably should be listened to slightly more on that subject than the clerk. OTOH, they should never be trusted to stock shelves. Especially if they hold a PhD. Disaster lies in store that way.
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May. 23rd, 2005 10:44 pmJudging by the results of the poll so far, you guys seem to want to see Hakkai and L going at it[*], while egged on by a cheering section of Spike, Kyo, and Shigure.
( Which means you will all be sorely disappointed by the pic I did tonight )
* You know both of those guys are so weirded out and uptight at the thought of normal human relationships that they'd spend the entire evening sitting at the table and nothing would happen for hours on end other than Hakkai politely offering L tea and cakes over and over again.
** I typoed that as Fullmeal Alchemist on DeviantArt, which brings images to mind of a rather portly Edward Elric...
( Which means you will all be sorely disappointed by the pic I did tonight )
* You know both of those guys are so weirded out and uptight at the thought of normal human relationships that they'd spend the entire evening sitting at the table and nothing would happen for hours on end other than Hakkai politely offering L tea and cakes over and over again.
** I typoed that as Fullmeal Alchemist on DeviantArt, which brings images to mind of a rather portly Edward Elric...