http://retroviral.net/blog Prosaic rambling with a side of ennui. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:47:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://retroviral.net/blog/2008/08/20/couldnt-resist-posting-this-one-thanks-rakim-well-get-right-on-that/ In such a world, what we have is not communication, but contamination of a viral type; everything spreads from one person to another in an immediate fashion. The term 'promiscuity' describes the same process: things are there immediately, without distance and without charm. And without genuine pleasure. --Jean Barudrillard, Passwords Genuine pleasure. ... http://retroviral.net/blog/2008/08/20/reasons-for-cutting-people-off/ You know, it's great being here. My cousins Alexis and Nicholas went to the beach with us today and we had a wonderful time playing in the water. When we got back, Alexis was playing with my Bluetooth keyboard and I was teaching her how to make smiley faces and such...cute ... http://retroviral.net/blog/2008/08/19/nj-ambivalence/ We went into the city for the information session at Parsons, which was very informative. There was a farmers' market going on in Union Square, with all sorts of organic bread, goat cheese, vegetables, etc. from upstate New York. We had a snack at the Starbucks, and walked across the plaza ... http://retroviral.net/blog/2008/08/18/new-york-let-me-count-the-ways-i-love-you/ I finished my portfolio, we're going to Parsons tomorrow. The online one needs more work, but I created the data to add to the online one by doing the print one. Here's the PDF, if you'd like to check it out. If it looks weird, I'm not sure if I imbedded the ... http://retroviral.net/blog/2008/08/17/design-portfolio/ Is like viewing a newsreel of past atrocities you've committed. Reenacted with out-of-work extras. I wish I currently enjoyed the luxury of having someone to cuddle with. One more week on my vacation...it's going to be bittersweet...and I always feel horribly ambivalent about leaving. I need to sleep. Tomorrow I'm putting the finishing touches ... http://retroviral.net/blog/2008/08/17/watching-porn-with-the-sound-off/ Still working on the portfolio, I made a cool gallery for my print work, but I can't use it anywhere else on the site because of the nonstandard navigation. I'm not sure if I want to add my paintings, I don't have very good photos of them. Been working on ... http://retroviral.net/blog/2008/08/14/endless-design-work/ I had this great idea to make a cool new theme based on the use of sIFR, but nothing worked. Well, the kicker was, I got it to work but all the text was blue and I couldn't get rid of the blue. It's still in beta though. So yeah. ... http://retroviral.net/blog/2008/08/13/redesign/ This is our last night in Wildwood. I found a bookstore on the boardwalk and picked up A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole and The Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera We had a sun-drenched week at the Shore, it's time to go home :( http://retroviral.net/blog/2008/08/11/pre-leaving/ I'm listening to his debut full-length "Lucky Boy." Awesome. Thunderstorm today, no beach time, but we did go to the Lobster House in Cape May with my aunt Anna and cousin Patty. I love Anna, she's so cool. She's 95 this year. She was telling me about how she used ... http://retroviral.net/blog/2008/08/10/i/ I really didn't need that contact lens. No, not at all. I mean, I know I probably shouldn't have opened my eyes while I was inside you, but still...come on. I know you're pretty vain, Atlantic Ocean, but really...trust me...you don't need a contact lens. I had to come all ... http://retroviral.net/blog/2008/08/08/to-the-atlantic-ocean/ [youtube]http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=339ixMtHrVk[/youtube] http://retroviral.net/blog/2008/08/06/this-is-the-coolest-daft-punk-related-thing-ive-seen-all-day/ Yeah...I fell asleep at 10 p.m. and woke up at 1:30 a.m. Been eating plums out of the downstairs refrigerator. Workin' on my wiki. I need to redesign my blog to feature it more prominently. Aaron Johnny Brian Drew I found a bunch more schools, I widened my search from just Manhattan. The New York Institute of ... http://retroviral.net/blog/2008/08/06/548-am/ Today was the day I finally caught up on my sleep. Yesterday, we went out to Hudson County Park, which was just beautiful. You could see the skyscrapers of Manhattan across the river through the gaps in the trees. There were so many geese...I even saw three or four dinner-plate sized ... http://retroviral.net/blog/2008/08/04/cheeseburger-in-paradise/ [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eoshtr4SsN8[/youtube] Music is "18 Ghosts II" by Nine Inch Nails, from Ghosts. He licenses his music as Creative Commons so I can use it for cool stuff :) http://retroviral.net/blog/2008/08/02/exodus/ So we've taken off...the right engine was making this weird noise and I was watching it intently, sure it was going to suck in a goose and explode or something. But thankfully, we're aloft. Man, my battery kind of...uh, sucks. It estimates I'll only have four hours. Laaame. It's weird...the whole plane ... http://retroviral.net/blog/2008/08/02/i-have-taken-control/ I had such an incredibly cute time with Taylor! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVg698WGUdk[/youtube] We met at Powell Station and walked down to Yerba Buena park, took in the fresh air, and jumped on the Muni headed to Ocean Beach. It was so beautiful out that day. While we were going up to the Powell ... http://retroviral.net/blog/2008/08/01/842-pm-sfo-heart-of-hearts/ Packing and packing and packing, and it's 2:30 a.m. Freaking out! I'd better see which bus to catch. Shit...I need to be there at noon. Best idea is to just not sleep at all. But I will sleep. I hung out with Adrian tonight...I know, crazy, right? While I was driving through ... http://retroviral.net/blog/2008/08/01/omg-21/ I don't know what the point of tonight is. July 29, 2008. The first day of the rest of your life. Fuck this shit. My phone is cooing at me to recharge it. Switch to offline mode. It's incredible how long a phone can stay alive when the radio is ... http://retroviral.net/blog/2008/07/29/must-be-the-moo/ That I just can't do it any more. I can't concentrate for 8 hours. I can't write constantly for 8 hours. This is insane. No wonder we're the least productive country in terms of how much time we spend at work. If I could just leave after I ... http://retroviral.net/blog/2008/07/29/i-have-to-say/