on any given day

2007-06-29T08:24:00.001-07:00

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/15-07/ff_hansreiser?currentPage=1

For you, m'dear

2007-05-29T20:56:00.001-07:00

Batman and Robin: Dark Betrayals

2007-04-25T20:51:00.001-07:00

Dear God. 2:00.

On why I have guy issues...

2007-03-19T20:26:00.000-07:00

OK, so I am pretty much a nutcase. A very quirky nutcase about most things. I think most people already know that, but just to make sure we're all on the same page.

I have been seeing this guy for a few weeks off and on. This guy is very nice, and I like him a lot. But he is also very busy. Like, legitimately so busy that we only see each other once every week or two. It is a pretty irritating situation because I don't get to see him often and he doesn't call much.

I have been driving my friends half mad complaining about the fact that he doesn't call, but I'm not sure why this bothers me. He is busy the majority of the day and I don't even like talking on the phone. So other than the aforementioned nutcase-ness, I didn't know why it bothered me, only that it did and I wished he would call.

Until now. I am sitting here listening to an old Disney song, "Someday My Prince Will Come," from Snow White. I realized that it wasn't so much the phone calling that I wanted so much as to be actively pursued by a guy. It is somehow romantic to think that some guy would drop whatever he was doing to call me on the phone. Even though I wouldn't do the same thing. Even though I don't like clingy people.

Come to mention it, I hate clingy people. I am a very independent person, and the thought of being tied to that particular brand of crazy flips me out a bit.

So I am in a weird position of wanting to be pursued but not wanting to be involved with someone clingy, which of course are the only type of guys that actively pursue girls. OK, so whose fault is this, because I would hate to think I am really that much of a nutcase (though I accept it as a possibility).

So, in the great tradition of pop psychology, I am going to go ahead and blame Hollywood. My realization is two-fold when listening to Snow White; first, is the wanting to be pursued part, which I think I might have already known. Second, and more importantly, is that I want to be pursued because it seems like I should want it. I should want to find, nay wait, for my prince like Snow White. I should want my guy to call me right after he gets home like Jim Carrey's character in Eternal Sunshine, even though that is a little bit weird. And guys, they should be as charming as Tom Hanks or George Clooney.

What a crock of crap. The only people who are as outwardly charming as George Clooney and call you after they have just seen you are stalkers. And waiting for your prince to come will only leave you old, bitter, and alone. Goddamn stereotypes.

So the real question is, does this Hollywood stereotype reflect ages of western social stereotyping (as I'm sure the Snow White story is) or does it reflect a fundamental desire of a woman to be pursued and a man to be charming and hansome?

All I know is that I hate it when he doesn't call.

Dylan Hears a Who!

2007-03-08T07:46:00.000-08:00

This is delightful.

http://dylanhearsawho.com/

It's Carrboro

2007-03-07T19:04:00.001-08:00

Just posting youtube videos isn't really writing.

2007-03-02T23:08:00.000-08:00

I'll get to really writing things one of these days.

They're Made Out Of Meat

2007-03-01T19:00:00.001-08:00

Short story by Terry Bisson. Enjoy.

Minilogue/hitchhikers choice - short version (Longer on DVD)

2007-02-26T21:46:00.001-08:00

enjoy.

Mr. Wolfe?

2007-02-26T21:35:00.000-08:00

Hmm. A balance of good and evil. A balance of identity and anonymity. I can't entirely hide behind my monicker. A digital handle like Misplaced Wolfe carries with it the responsibility to build it as a contributing member of a web community. But it doesn't carry with it the weight of being responsible for my actions. I can destroy this identity and build another. If I'm careful they can be almost untraceable, or if I'm just whimsical I can change it as it suits my mood. The last year or so I've been more likely to go by Digitalwolf. I guess I'll switch it over now.

Hmm, excellent question posed by Mr. Wolfe

2007-02-26T21:28:00.000-08:00

Honestly, I hope it brings a little of both. A little sadness, a little joy. Life wouldn't be worth living if we didn't have the bad times to make us appreciate the good, would it?

I think not.

Although, you have to wonder what the ideal ratio between the two would be.

Oh ho ho

2007-02-26T21:25:00.000-08:00

But she who speaks first may not speak wisest. ;P

So, I wonder what we can do with this? Hopefully this'll be an exercise for both of us, and an opportunity for one of us, at least, to really get our writing muscles stretched. I look forward to a partnership that may bring great good, or great evil, to the universe. ::grins::

First post

2007-02-26T21:21:00.001-08:00

GOES TO LINDSAY!!

SCORE!