For a very long time now, I’ve wanted to be a professor. My chosen field has varied a bit over the years, from comparative literature, to lingusitics, to anthropology, and now specifically to social informatics (I acknowledge that there are people who refuse to call that variance), but the dream of being a professor has … Continue reading
The weather has been abysmal here lately, and I’ve been loving it. It actually is starting to feel like autumn. The temperature is dropping—a relative concept, believe me—and everyone is walking around all bundled up. I don’t have an umbrella (typhoon season saw to that), and I’ve been chastised about that, as Jhongli used to … Continue reading
The “I’m running Amarok 2 beta and it doesn’t honor my proxy settings so I can’t scrobble” version: Threshold – Slipstream (#7, Into The Light, 2007) Anthrax – Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind (#2, State Of Euphoria, 1988) Angra – Crossing (#1, Holy Land, 1996) Kreator – Awakening Of The Gods (#5, Out Of … Continue reading
Yeah, he won. Awww yeah he did. First World Progress by mdumlao98 on Flickr All day today I felt like a kid on the first day of school. Everything seemed new, I wanted to learn and do so much, and I was—funny that this has become to boilerplate to say—freaking hopeful. As I’ve said before, … Continue reading
It’s coming. Obama will win tomorrow and the world will be a more wonderful place for it. In some ways, I’m sad to be away in a different country while this happens in the U.S. (Don’t worry, I voted via absentee ballot!) The joy welling up in me is something I very much want to … Continue reading
Awwww, here it goes: Behemoth – Conquer All (#3, Demigod, 2005) Pan.Thy.Monium – I (#1, Dream II, 1991) Venom – The Chanting Of The Priests (#12, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, 1986) Marduk – Holy Blood, Holy Grail (#7, Plague Angel, 2005) Battlelore – Touch Of Green And Gold (#11, Third Age Of The Sun, 2005) Ascaris … Continue reading
OH WHY-Y-Y-Y? Dissection – Frozen (#5, Live Legacy, 2003) Unleashed – I Have Returned (#10, Warrior, 1997) Forbidden – Kanaworms (#7, Green, 1997) Iced Earth – Life And Death (#5, Iced Earth, 1990) Disturbed – Down With The Sickness (#4, The Sickness, 2000) Slipknot – Liberate (#10, Slipknot, 1999) Rainbow – Tearin’ Out My Heart … Continue reading
This meme is not performing its function of making me blog more regularly. Late once again. Loudness – R.I.P. (#2, Crazy Samurai EP, 2004) The Sword – Under The Boughs (#8, Gods Of The Earth, 2008) Legion Of The Damned – Warbeast (#7, Feel The Blade, 2008) Megadriver – Old Map (#4, Metal Axe – … Continue reading
Despite the assurances of the Taiwanese students I’ve spoken with here that no more storms would find us this year, there’s another typhoon coming. This one looks substantially scarier than the last one, Hagupit, which didn’t even bring rain to the northern part of the island. Meet Super Typhoon Jangmi. (All pictures from Wunderground.) As … Continue reading
I love this town. I’ve not actually sat down and written all the blog posts that flow through my head on an hourly basis, and I’m not going to do that now, either. But I do have pictures, and pictures are like stories. There are mountains around town, mountains which I will be visiting tomorrow, … Continue reading