machinima { Amazing work
The Craft of War: BLIND
The Craft of War: BLIND from percula on Vimeo.
Awesome video (and its about rogues). The guy who created this worked professionally as an animator and was recently laid off from his job.
12.31.2008
12.30.2008
musings { Where have we been?
I know the blog has been pretty idle for the last few months. 2008 has been a year I'm ready to put behind me. Its been an escalating painful year, one bad thing after another, none of which were caused by anything we could have prevented. Its been a year of experience. Its been a year of declining health and an increasing withdrawn outlook and attitude to the world. We've broken off contact with most people we know, we have gone low-key because this year every time we stepped out and tried to do something or be ourselves we were smacked down.
Those people, all of them, who decided that we were enemies suddenly and out of the blue and went above and beyond in an attempt to destroy us, people whom we trusted and thought of as friends, will never be forgotten, nor can I ever forgive them. All of them.
This year, much like 2002 when I underwent my ordeal with cancer, was also a year when we found out who our true friends were, and for that I am grateful. These people are cherished and loved by us.
Our love for each other has been renewed and strengthened. We've been through a lot in the nearly a decade of marriage. We will survive.
2008 was going to be a year of dreams and hopes. We had a lot planned, but it became a year of nightmares. Stolen dreams. Crushed hopes.
I will not allow my spark of hope and optimism go out however, for I've been there and that is the deepest darkness. 2009 will be better, for there is only one place to go, up.
12.18.2008
11.20.2008
game { "I've been the Prince of Darkness since 1979!"
(of course Ozzy would be a warlock, although I thought for sure he'd be a death knight)
11.17.2008
11.11.2008
politics { Is Azeroth a blue state or a red state?
I know its a little late, but the servers have been down all day and I was jonesing for some WoW.
11.05.2008
musings { A new day...
President-elect Obama.
A new chapter in our world has started. Lets try and work together to heal the country and reconcile our difference. A lot of hard work remains.
We've stepped forward, but the path is still long and difficult (Prop 8 passed in CA, so there was a small step back too last night).
Obama had a powerful acceptance speech:
McCain had an equally powerful and gracious concession (I would say it was the best moment of his campaign, not because he lost, but because of what he said):
and some U2:
11.04.2008
music { "And I awoke, faintly bouncing round the room..."
Phish, 'Boucing Round the Room'
Nouvelle Vague, 'Blue Monday'
and just because, some Bauhaus
election { Election erection or...
Get thee to the votery!
Serious. I don't care which side you choose. Vote damn it!
11.03.2008
election { endorsements
Vote tomorrow Nov 04!
My endorsements (does not reflect on other CubeZoo contributors)
President/VP: Barack Obama/Joe Biden
US Senator MN: Al Franken (this was nearly no endorsement)
US Representative MN-1: Tim Walz
MN State Rep 30A: Tina Liebling
Constitutional Amendment - Clean Water, Wildlife, Cultural Heritage and Natural Areas: YES
Associate Justice 3 MN Supreme Court: Paul H. Anderson
Associate Justice 4 MN Supreme Court: Lorie Skjerven Gildea
MN Court of Appeals Judge 16: Terri J. Stoneburner
3rd District Court Judge 1: Lawrence E Agerter
politics { End of the World?
Its odd. In talking to some acquaintances and friends who are of the conservative leaning...far leaning (but not religious leaning), I've noticed a theme. They're all convinced tomorrow will be the end of the world and there will be rioting in the streets. To quote one:
"If Obama wins, the racists will be up in a fit. If Obama loses, Detroit will burn."
A couple of them have even stocked up on ammo, as if riotous looters will be coming to their suburban homes.
Hmmm. I don't think so. In discussing this they said we as Americans riot over sports teams, and why wouldn't we riot over this election. Well, no one rioted when Bush 'stole' the election in 2000. Why would anyone riot now? Sadly more people care more deeply over sports games than they do over our government. So I feel rioting over an election is not likely to happen.
Is this really how conservatives think? That a democrat President and Congress is the end of the world? Is this what 8 years of the GOP hate-machine has created, a belief in conservatives that liberals are evil?
Maybe they are right, I hope to whatever powers there may be it is the end of /their/ world. Their world is a scary, hateful, fear-mongering, greedy place of corruption, ignorance, jingoism and constant terror.
I hope that world burns.
10.31.2008
samhain { Boys and ghouls of every age...
THIS IS HALLOWEEN!
(Marilyn Manson cover)
ala World of Warcraft...(in game Halloween is Hallow's End...my favorite in-game time of year)
and a perennial favorite, The Simpson's 'The Raven':
10.28.2008
food { global food security
This Ministry of Agriculture film from Japan has many, many elements that can apply to America. We face many of the same issues as other nations do and it would not hurt us to look at what others are doing to help fix our problems.
10.27.2008
10.10.2008
casual_friday { And we have just one world But we live in different ones
Mark Knopfler - 'Brothers in Arms'
10.03.2008
musings { OUCH! My MIND!
Was looking for this video (Kim Wilde, 'Kids in America', delicious 80s)...found this one...
THE HORROR! THE HORROR!
No amount of drinking can make me unsee that...
casual_friday { theramins weren't just for 1950's sci-fi
Clara Rockmore - 'Le Cygne (The Swan) from Le Carnaval des Animaux (The Carnival of the Animals)' by Camille Saint-Saëns
10.02.2008
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