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Hey all... I've got some new pictures up on the mini-cooper's site. Both the 2nd and 3rd trimester pages are updated. 10 more weeks, if I'm lucky... yeow! I was never much for the idea of drugs either for similar reasons. My brain chemistry tends to get fucked up on its own, without any help from anybody. (Who am I kidding, right now I get a buzz from chocolate. Heh.) I can say that when I have this baby, I will be tickled to finally open that bottle of Italian red that has been gathering dust in the bottom of the wine rack for 7+ months. Hic!
coop The matriarchal ant colony is a myth of anthropomorphisation. The workers are in control, and serve her only because it serves themselves. I am drunk right now, and I'm no Einstein. I was thinking about the substance abuse thing earlier today, Awwa...Poe, Thompson, etc.. I don't know how to explain them, really. I was laughing to myself earlier because some people I know seem to think they're more creative when they're high, yet I don't actually seem them do anything. They spend 3/4 of their day and all of their best efforts looking to score, and the rest of the day staring at the television or talking about how trippy something is. It's avoidant. But you've got yer Thompson's and your Poes. Everyone is different I guess, and there's no accounting for taste. I've always been afraid of drugs because of how it alters one's brain chemistry...and alcohol should be no different. I've seen the brains come in to the mortuary, lesions and bruises from fashionable drugs like E. Fuck that. The saddest thing I ever saw, was a fairly good chess player telling me over and over again as I wiped the board with him that his heroin addiction destroyed his ability to play chess or remember anything. He wanted his game back so badly, but where do you go after that? That scares the fuck out of me. Yet mushrooms appeals to me greatly. I've done them only twice, and I had such a great time. They're definitely my drug. I just can't get rid of my fear of altering my brain permanently. All of my life's joys and comforts are intimately associated with my ability to function at the level that I do. No matter where you go, there you are. I just don't want to end up anywhere I would regret and not have the ability to change it. It;s like being rolled up in a carpet by thugs and burned alive. Claustrophobic. Rapacious. I saw that too-only they'd clubbed him first. Drugs of course. Alcohol is gentler though...with some people. Abuse is disgusting though. Some people make it glamorous. I probably wouldn't.
jimmy Are the drunk apes more stupid, or more smart, avoiding smartness? I am such an abuser of drunkeness. I guess it shows in my posts. But as smart as I'd like to be, I often find drunken stupidity to be a more successful mode. Okay, I'm alone in that. But are greater thoughts thought, due to substance abuse? I doubt it. But then again, I find myself drawn... Not unlike many drug or other substance abusers. Is the difference functionality, or is it being noticed? Are there lots of Einsteins, going unnoticed, because they are unable to be functional? Or are there way too many Einsteins, and the ones who are noticed, suffice, because the unnoticed ones are not much better? Is the bar that much higher? Are we really a tribe of dogs/ants, just deciding who is queen, and who is a worthless worker? Oh Great News! There are two great friends of mine, going to San Diego. One named Brianna, will be studying Movies and Direction. The other is named Rebecca. I am uncertain as to her plan. But she might be the next Sandra Bullock! I've given them this web addy, for contact info. They have my personal email as well. But, hey, some of you guys live in San Diego! I figured, "Leg-up!" If nothing else you might meet a couple of great gals! And they'd meet some of the best folks that I know! So keep an eye out! It'd be great if guys hooked-up! Even if it was just as friends! They are really interesting intelligent people! Peace All! Awwa \A/
Aw I don't know that I'm saying anything special over at these other places, than I say here. But just so that know that these other places exist, here's a publuic group at Yahoo, where I attempt to make wild and intersting statenment, every few days, weeks or so. Awwaisms And a group at Yahoo that involves many High School and later, well met In Real Life friends: The Mental Hygiene League I just wanted to say, that recently, I've had more to add to the dicussion at Awwaisms, than here. Nothing wrong with here. Just that topics turned that way over there. Actually, it's hard to say where I'll be next, or where I'll have anything worthy to add to the discussion. What this place really has going on is, unusual people with really interesting things to say, and we're all friends. That's kinda like what goes on over there. Never go away, Jimmy! Never go away Xenius! It's kinda nice this place isn't bigger than it is. But please feel free to join me at the other places. Not wishing to expand. Just not wanting to repeat discussions. (There's a couple of folks there I met at online RPG sites, and though very interesting, intelligent people, I am unable to enlist them to other places than "Awwaisms.") Well, and "Awwaisms" is kinda cool, Heh! Wow! I'm spooking me out now! I only meant to direct folks to what seemd like interesting discussion topics. Alas, I am a Billboard! Peace Y'ALL! Awwa \A/
Aw I think I also have 3 degrees of separation from Dubya, believe it or not. Myself, friend who was George P. Bush's girlfriend's roommate in college, George P. Bush, (you know, the "hot nephew") and Dubya. Glargh. I am your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate. So, what does that make us? Absolutely nothing!! ~ That immortal Mel Brooks masterpiece, Spaceballs
coop Okay, counting my degrees from that W dude. Myself, vegan friend originally from Texas, vegan friend's mom who was proposed to by GWB and turned him down, GWB. That makes 3 yeah? *grossed out shiver* Awwa, you're on a roll. This means...if I publish a paper with Mac, my Erdös Number would be 4. Yeah, riiiiiight. I'm not going to be writing anything for OOPSLA anytime soon.
Anna I am maybe (what are the rules?) one degree separated from Ben Franklin. But perhaps I've already paraded that family connection before. If indeed one's grandfather counts as one degree, then could a great great great great (+ or - one or two greats) grandfather also count as one degree? I may be decended from Ben's brother John (or was it Thomas?). Anyway, he was my favorite founding father. Ben that is. That's pretty cool about Einstein, Hitler, and Erd(O + umlaut)s! 3 is like practically talking/ed to! I figure I'm 2 degrees from Kevin Bacon. But only because if you eat someone, you automatically get a minus 2. Pa-da-Boom! And hey, was Bacon's rebellion really about, all the people who were just sick and tired of everyone else trying to compute their association to the actor? Ta-da-Tam! Actually, I am no degrees of separation from Pam Grier! I was an extra in her short run (is 3 years a short run?) Showtime sitcom, "Linc's." In my fifteen seconds of fame, she tugged on my arm! Ba-da-bing-boom-ba! Oh, okay, I already told that one! Heh! Note to self: "It happened, get over it, let's move on!" Okay here's one, I'm one degree of separation from GW Bush (Jr). My older brother (the conservative one who declaimed if he "wanted to read anything liberal, all 'he had' to do is open one of 'my' emails!" Soooo, he must have been the first person, beating a path to the polls, elbowing GW hisself out of the way, to vote for GW in 2000! *ouch!* Sorry, I'm still on the soapbox that he's got to go! GW that is! I might can still live with my older brother. Ba-da-bingo-bango-Ka-Boom! Peace All! Awwa \A/
Aw That is a seriously small Erdös number.
jimmy Man, the world really is a small place. I just checked Mr. Anagram's site, which says that his Erdös Number is 3. Socks? It's too damn hot for socks.
Anna me--->childhood friend--->Hitler's personal photographer (friends granddad)--->Hitler me--->close friend--->some cconvuluted familial thing--->Eva Braun---syphillis--->Hitler me--->old girl-friend--->grandma (Einsteins personal secretary)--->Einstein I got some funny stories from the last one. My favorite was that he would come to work with no socks and she would have them waiting for him in her desk. I think everyone needs secretarial help every once in awhile if that's oart of the job description. Moms and dads retire too early.
jimmy Oh yeah, I've heard about the Erdös Number thing from Mac! Apparently he just got an Erdös Number, as he's having a paper published this year for OOPSLA. Sadly, I don't recall the specifics though. Hmmm, maybe I can use this as another argument for bringing the lost umlaut back into Mac's last name. "Erdös has one, you should too!" I'll have an umlaut in my name yet! *sneaky smile* Actually, he told me I'm welcome to use the umlaut when I acquire his name, but I only want it if he and our kids have it too! Or so goes my plan, heh. The Salinger thing is: Myself, Mac, his friend, Salinger. Hitler? Yow is right. How is that?
Anna That's awesome, Anna! Three degrees how? Through people you know, or people you have schooled with? I'm curious... I'm 3 degrees from Einstein, unless you count the time his nephew called me up at the mortuary and screamed at me. I'm also 3 degrees from Hitler. Yow. Mathematicians tend to do that too, with the mathematician Paul Erdös (March 26, 1913 - September 20, 1996). He was so prolific and had worked with so many mathematicians that it became useful to start keeping track of one's "Erdös Number", which was basically one's degrees of seperation from Erdös based upon the people you have written papers with.
jimmy Hey neato, Jimmy! I just learned recently that I am only 3 degrees from JD Salinger. How 'bout that?!
Anna Very nice words, Awwa. So... Less than 24 hours after marvelling over "The Dark Crystal" and taking note of the mad genius behind the world of the Dark Crystal and author of all its creatures, Brian Froud, I found myself shaking hands with him and getting his autograph. A friend of mine called out of the blue because her son wanted to go to the San Diego Comic-con and she couldn't take him. Having no time but not wanting to hear about the child's disappointment, I volunteered to go and this pleasant coincidence occurred. So that was pretty neat. Froud is known for his books on Faeries as well as for his work in the film Labyrinth (starring guess who? FYDB!!). I asked Robert Gould to join us in the photo (far left), Robert is the artist for most or all of Michael Moorcock's novels. I've been staring at his covers since I was a little kid. He was there to help Froud and sell his own work, but it didn't really seem like anyone recognized him. I sang his praises, starry eyed, and surprised him by asking him for the photo. He was a genuinely nice guy. 
jimmy Jimmy, your mind never ceases to surprize and delight me! I find your almost childlike mania for experimenting, in ever increasingly complex and creative ways, very amusing! You have a humble, yet absurd sense of humor! Not to mention that you're smart as a whip! (Whatever that means!) I don't mean to gush inappropriately or to embarrass. It's just that it's a comfort to find a mind as stimulating as yours. Especially a mind which seems to be doing so for some kind of common good. (Whatever that means!) Anyway, I got a big kick out of your proposed book covers! In some ways just silliness, but with a nice bite! Good Luck on all of your projects! I know, so much to do, so little time! Peace Yo! Awwa \A/
Aw Ashok, thank you for your help. You told me everything I wanted to know. Anna, that's brilliant! I'll print them out at work on Monday to cover my math book. If it looks good...it's off to the presses! (Kinkos) I just bought this thing:  It's sitting quietly. Very quietly. My keyboard is fixed too. It's all so exciting. I'm listening to Jim O'Rourke's solo work for the first time. Mytila and I just watched "The Dark Crystal" and "Love Liza" back to back...the latter had this wonderful soundtrack by Mr. O'Rourke...I knew his name was familiar, but I hadn't heard him before. Then I realized the fella's name is on all the Gastr Del Sol albums, which I was a major fan of. I will upload some to the hive if anyone is interested. If I'm not mistaken, Gastr Del Sol has connections with bands like Slint, Tortoise, and the Palace Brothers. If I'm not mistaken. Also, Love Liza was a very good flick.
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