| Date: | 2008-04-06 13:12 |
| Subject: | haiku |
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I woke up this morning to find snow falling outside. Since the cherry blossom has arrived, I attempted a haiku.
snow falls in April
a patch of grass
under the cherry blossom
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| Date: | 2008-03-12 11:40 |
| Subject: | Help, I'm addicted to Japanese techno-pop |
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A few days ago, I came across some videos by the Japanese pop group Perfume on a blog called Online Music Phenoms, and I watched them.
Big mistake.
Perfume is very, very addctive. Once you've heard songs like Sweet Doughnut, Chocolate Disco, Electro World, Linear Motor Girl, Monochrome Effect and Polyrhythm, you won't be able to get them out of your head. They will invade your mind and stay there, infecting it with their strange blend of cute cheeriness and retro-electronic soundscapes. You'll play them endlessly as you read the English-language fansite, Perfume City, and you'll find yourself hunting for downloads and seeing how much it would cost to buy Perfume CDs from mail order companies in Japan.
And the surreal animated videos have to be seen to be believed, especially Monochrome Effect (which features a grinning pink shark that could be straight out of The Life Aquatic) and the etherially beautiful video for Polyrhythm.
I gather that, after several years of bubbling under, Perfume have become very popular in Japan over the last year or so, Polyrhythm being their first breakout hit. So if and when they become better known internationally, remember that you heard about them here first. Unless, that is, you didn't.
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| Date: | 2008-01-01 22:43 |
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Happy New Year!
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| Date: | 2007-12-24 21:47 |
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Merry Christmas!
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| Date: | 2007-12-11 15:07 |
| Subject: | It's that time of year again... |
| Security: | Public |
Would any of you people out there on that mysterious thing they call the Internets like me to send you an old fashioned Christmas card? Comment with your name and address -- I've set comments to be screened and they'll remain private.
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| Date: | 2007-09-15 23:22 |
| Subject: | Where I was the week before last |
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Sunrise near Kinvarra, County Galway, Ireland.
The Burren.
The Cliffs of Moher.
Parking reserved for Hells Angels?
Oops.
P.S. A little googling reveals that winvnc4.exe, the program that has crashed, is a "remote desktop control tool which allows you [to] control someone's computer from remote or vice versa". In other words, it's supposed to help the airport's system administrators keep an eye on the computers running the passenger information screens and deal with embarrassing errors like this one. Ironic much? By the way, the actual passenger information program kept running properly behind the Windows error message. While we were waiting, the previous flight's details disappeared and were replaced by our flight.
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| Date: | 2007-08-11 01:25 |
| Subject: | my first lolcat |
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| Date: | 2007-06-24 12:38 |
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Happy birthday, ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) yiskah!
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| Date: | 2007-06-21 17:26 |
| Subject: | Rome! |
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A month ago, my Dad and I flew to Rome.
( More photos... )
More photos later, or visit my Flickr collection.
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| Date: | 2007-03-05 18:56 |
| Subject: | Meh, a poll |
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The Guardian today brings news that the word 'meh' is 'sweeping the Internet': Meh means rubbish. It means boring. It means not worth the effort, who cares, so-so, whatever. It is the all-purpose dismissive shrug of the blogger and messageboarder. And it is ubiquitous. On the I Love Music messageboard, for example, 4,010 separate discussion threads feature the use of "meh". So, do you meh?
Poll #940440
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: AllDo you use 'meh' online? Do you use 'meh' in real life? Do you like 'meh'?
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| Date: | 2007-01-15 15:19 |
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In 2007,  davidfrazer resolves to... Keep my dvd clean. Be nicer to biascut. Connect with my inner literature. Go to europe every Sunday. Take on_my_road publishing. Go screenwriting three times a week.
| Date: | 2006-12-12 00:54 |
| Subject: | Joining the bandwagon... |
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( my xmas stocking )
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| Date: | 2006-11-30 23:59 |
| Subject: | Do aliens prefer Firefox? |
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In deepest Oregon, there is a crop circle of a Firefox logo.
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| Date: | 2006-10-28 21:04 |
| Subject: | Fotos von Berlin und Potsdam |
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The remains of the Palast der Republik.
( More behind the cut )
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| Date: | 2006-10-21 00:53 |
| Subject: | IMG_0307 |
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Especially for adamant_turtle, here's a Polish barge on the river Spree in the heart of Berlin. The Reichstag is just off to the left.
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| Date: | 2006-10-21 00:27 |
| Subject: | Berlin photos |
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I've started to upload the photos I took in Berlin to a Flickr set. I'll gradually add comments to individual photos, but in the meantime you can enjoy the pretty pictures...
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| Date: | 2006-10-16 22:10 |
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Happy birthday, ohalgebra!
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| Date: | 2006-09-22 18:49 |
| Subject: | Postcard time |
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I'm off to Berlin next week. If anyone would like a postcard from the German capital, leave your address as a comment. All comments will be screened so that only I can see them.
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| Date: | 2006-08-09 20:37 |
| Subject: | Metros I've been on |
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Meme via athenais
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| Date: | 2006-07-13 20:07 |
| Subject: | And now Iraq-themed spam |
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In the Name Of Allah The Most Graciouse,Most merciful.
Sallam-mualahikum ,
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My name is Dr. Abdul Jabar and this is an urgent contract invitation from
Iraq.
My benefactor at the new American controlled Iraq ministry has mandated me
to seek for your cooperation in a multi million dollars worth of supply
contract on Building/Medical/ Textile and General equipments.
Please if you can assist us, and then kindly contact me via My E-mail {
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TELEPHONE, FAX NUMBER AND EMAIL based on your company abilities.
As soon as I receive the above information, I shall get back to you with
all details pertaining to this transaction.
Jazakumullahi-Hairan,
Ustaz Abdul Jabar Al-Amin
NB:100% Upfront payment for all Supplies.
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