A Major Milestone
Jan. 31st, 2011 01:36 amToday while waiting for a call from
spottedvasa, I was testing my very first iPhone game. The phone rang, and for the very first time ever, I didn't want to stop playing to answer the phone.
When people are ignoring their girlfriends to play your game, you have *got* something!
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When people are ignoring their girlfriends to play your game, you have *got* something!
I was floating my mind over my general feelings about monogamy, and I finally arrived at a short opinion that I feel is correct.
No one has ever achieved happiness *because* of monogamy.
No couple has ever achieved happiness *because* of monogamy.
Discuss.
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No couple has ever achieved happiness *because* of monogamy.
Discuss.
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Let the whining begin!
Feb. 19th, 2006 10:30 pmWelcome to Scott's Self-Pity Week! Having just gotten dumped by his girlfriend of four years, Scott will spend this week wallowing in depression, watching horrible relationship movies, listening to Tori Amos and generally feeling sorry for himself! Let's get to the bottom of this hole as soon as possible so we can start moving the other way.
It's going to rock!
Sunday is already off to a good start, with both weather and general circumstance conspiring to assist! It's been cold, pissy, and grey outside for several days now, a perfect setting for our last late-Valentine's Day-and-fourth-anniversary dinner, the last time I'm expecting to have contact with her for some time. In addition, not only do I have a fever from some kind of stomach virus, but almost every muscle in my body is sore from the First Road of Shao-lin Ground Monkey, a form taught by Grand Master Sin that involves a lot of hurling oneself onto the floor from a standing position for no apparent reason. In addition, I've been able to thoroughly re-enforce my black mood and hardened outlook on life by watching Sin City, which at this point seems like one of the best movies I've ever seen. All the vicarious violence and cynacism doesn't hurt much, either. At least, it doesn't hurt me. Many of the characters in the story would feel differently. At least, they would if they were still alive.
I've always been a sucker for love stories with awful endings.
Which brings up to plans for tomorrow! Although I expect a brief respite from misery and woe while watching the Sex Workers Art Show at the Texas Union down on campus (something, we'll note, that would NOT have been held on campus at A&M), I intend to jump right back into the thick of things with Leaving Las Vegas, one of my *other* most favorite love stories of all time! In addition I'll spend time badmouthing my ex to myself, refusing to take any responsibility for whatever I did to contribute to the "failure" of our relationship, and maybe writing something profoundly negative about love for submission to the Voluptuaries, a writing group I just joined.
Stay tuned for more crap later this week!
It's going to rock!
Sunday is already off to a good start, with both weather and general circumstance conspiring to assist! It's been cold, pissy, and grey outside for several days now, a perfect setting for our last late-Valentine's Day-and-fourth-anniversary dinner, the last time I'm expecting to have contact with her for some time. In addition, not only do I have a fever from some kind of stomach virus, but almost every muscle in my body is sore from the First Road of Shao-lin Ground Monkey, a form taught by Grand Master Sin that involves a lot of hurling oneself onto the floor from a standing position for no apparent reason. In addition, I've been able to thoroughly re-enforce my black mood and hardened outlook on life by watching Sin City, which at this point seems like one of the best movies I've ever seen. All the vicarious violence and cynacism doesn't hurt much, either. At least, it doesn't hurt me. Many of the characters in the story would feel differently. At least, they would if they were still alive.
I've always been a sucker for love stories with awful endings.
Which brings up to plans for tomorrow! Although I expect a brief respite from misery and woe while watching the Sex Workers Art Show at the Texas Union down on campus (something, we'll note, that would NOT have been held on campus at A&M), I intend to jump right back into the thick of things with Leaving Las Vegas, one of my *other* most favorite love stories of all time! In addition I'll spend time badmouthing my ex to myself, refusing to take any responsibility for whatever I did to contribute to the "failure" of our relationship, and maybe writing something profoundly negative about love for submission to the Voluptuaries, a writing group I just joined.
Stay tuned for more crap later this week!
The end of an Era.
Oct. 6th, 2005 03:10 amSo I had two major revelations tonight while dancing. The first is that the worldwide Gothic community is collectively a bunch of assholes for not making it more clear that dancing in huge leather boots is a total riot. Come ON people! For years footwear has been the major Fashion Failing(tm) of mine, I've generally worn very conservative, non-sexy penny-loafer type dance shoes because at least they were black, they fit, and they were great to dance in. Finding decent boots in my size is difficult, especially if you're as cheap as I am, but tonight all that changed! I found a decent set of size 12 1/2W Doc Martin knock-offs at Thrift Town for $25. They even had cushioned insoles already installed. I though they would be clunky and awkward, but BOY WAS I WRONG! They are definitely a little harder to lift and snap around, but my overall nimbleness increased substantially because of the lower center of gravity and the wider moment of inertia. This is especially true because I'm so into spins. There were times tonight I didn't stop spinning for two, maybe three songs. Hot diggity DAMN! By the time the night was over I was dancing with every sexual preference on earth, my lack of skilz dancing with other people notwithstanding. In a rare moment of my mouth getting me in trouble WITHOUT being open, I accidentally chin-butted one person. She stopped dancing with me immediately.
This brings me to the second revelation. Like many men, I've often been frustrated by the fact that many women seem turned off by direct come-ons. It's not that I'm not capable of more subtlety, in fact I generally move fairly slowly, but there are times when the whole mating dance thing is
We'll stop here for a moment to note that while the Boots are little godletts on the dance floor, they are NOT easy to remove. They need some kind of special name anyway.
Moving on...
...simply too complex, subtle, and generally goal-preventing. However, tonight, somewhere amidst all the posing, leaping, and crawling around on the floor, it came to me that the thing *I* didn't like about a lot of male come-ons is not necessarily because they're fast, or direct, or even that I'm not interested, it's that they're DRUNK and ARTLESS. There's just no beauty there. No intrigue. No bidirectional communication. Add to this either false or no confidence, and you have a fairly unconditionally lo(HOO-HOO-HOOser)sing proposition. Perhaps the ladies in the crowd can confirm or deny I'm on the right track here.
So my tip to men is, fast might be ok, but you have to be sober enough to detect the edge of the envelope you're pushing, graceful enough to be interesting, and confident enough for it not to seem like your at a fucking high school prom.
Ok. I'm done being gay now.
It's time for bed.
This brings me to the second revelation. Like many men, I've often been frustrated by the fact that many women seem turned off by direct come-ons. It's not that I'm not capable of more subtlety, in fact I generally move fairly slowly, but there are times when the whole mating dance thing is
We'll stop here for a moment to note that while the Boots are little godletts on the dance floor, they are NOT easy to remove. They need some kind of special name anyway.
Moving on...
...simply too complex, subtle, and generally goal-preventing. However, tonight, somewhere amidst all the posing, leaping, and crawling around on the floor, it came to me that the thing *I* didn't like about a lot of male come-ons is not necessarily because they're fast, or direct, or even that I'm not interested, it's that they're DRUNK and ARTLESS. There's just no beauty there. No intrigue. No bidirectional communication. Add to this either false or no confidence, and you have a fairly unconditionally lo(HOO-HOO-HOOser)sing proposition. Perhaps the ladies in the crowd can confirm or deny I'm on the right track here.
So my tip to men is, fast might be ok, but you have to be sober enough to detect the edge of the envelope you're pushing, graceful enough to be interesting, and confident enough for it not to seem like your at a fucking high school prom.
Ok. I'm done being gay now.
It's time for bed.