one massive intraweb meme mix

If you want a mash-up of twelve of the most prevalent internet memes [sorry, "teh intraweb"], click below.

Be warned: you will either be ashamed that you don't know them [in which case, links to the originals are included, so enjoy!], or that you do know them. I recognized them all, and could sing along...I'm frightened.

http://www.studiohunty.com/interweb/

[Crap. Now it's in my head. "Cat. I'm a kitty cat. And I dance, dance, dance...Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring bananaphone....badgers badgers...move zig!"]

[Crap.]

time for you to go away now

Yes, Daniel Powter, we know about your bad day. Now please stop.

No, really...

Stop.

Go away.

a geeky giggle

Be sure to click through to page 2 as well...

http://echosphere.net/star_trek_insp/star_trek_insp.html

one of these days...

...I will find myself dating somebody who can't wait to spend time with me, and who doesn't see it as an awkward interruption of their day to try to make time for me. We will see the rest of life as what is keeping us from spending time together, rather than the reverse, and even better, we will find ways to *share* those bits of life with each other.

How do I know that this will happen? Because it is one of the many things I've learned through the years about what I want in a partner and a relationship: somebody who willingly makes time for me and for whom I want to make time; somebody that is a partner, where we are the equal of each other in most ways, and also better than the other in complementary ways [in the "supplying mutual needs or offsetting mutual lacks" definition of the word]. A relationship in which you put each other up on pedestals, yet see the faults and love each other anyway. Need and be needed, love and be loved, support and be supported.

I've been lucky...I've had this in various forms and times in my life. That's how I know what I want [okay, that, and the fact that I've seen what I *don't* want, as well]. It's all a matter of refining the parameters, figuring out what *really* matters to you, what you will and won't compromise on. And the nice thing is that when it happens, I will be going into it with eyes [and heart] wide open...

I hate saying goodbye

I just found out that one of my all-time favorite comics is ending. Only 7 issues to go, with the last book due in May 2007.

It's "Strangers in Paradise" by Terry Moore, and it has some of the most amazing character work I have seen...I'm hooked on these folks, their lives, their loves, their pain. The storyline is intricate and intriguing, and the art can be heartbreakingly personal...there are some panels that just grab you and make you keep turning back to look at them again.

SiP has seen me through some rough times in my life, and I'm sad to see it go. But I know that this last ride will be a good one...and I can't wait to see what Terry Moore does next.

monster ho

monster ho,
originally uploaded by tiredcynic.

Sadly, it wasn't the kind of movie you would think it would be based on the ticket...

repeating myself

Just noticed I used the phrase "old school" in my last two posts...gosh, how "hip" and "with it" I am.

Just for that, no using "old school" for at least a week. You are cut off, young lady...I mean it.

Sheesh.

for your viewing pleasure

Two amazing stop-motion animations, both tipping their hats to old school video games:

http://hight3ch.com/post/space-invaders-with-real-humans/

http://www.meme-stream.com/comments.php?stream=1565

bytes and pieces

Back in the day, I used to be really good at editing email replies...I would only include the specific text I was replying to, with the quoted text called out with a "> " in front of each line, then my replies, then the next bit of quoted text, and so on. But now, few email editors include the markers in front of replies, so it's easier to just leave the whole message at the bottom of your reply for easy reference.

I know it's an inevitable symptom of this email-driven world, but the "old school" Pine/Elm text mail user in me cringes at it. Yes, it's nice to have the whole thread available, but oh, the wasted bits!!

Sigh. I'm a bit/byte person in a gigabyte world...

oh, the irony...

This week was when I was going to re-engage in life, catch up on email, answer the folks who've contacted me, get back into blogging, do the electronic things I've put off while I hid from the world. But the universe has other ideas...my phone and DSL are down, from Tuesday afternoon through at least Friday afternoon.

So I'm taking the chance the universe has given me, and I'm staying offline a bit longer. When life hands you DSL outages, go outside and play...