January 31, 2004
Career Pinata
Wondering what to be when you grow up? Career Pinata has the answer.
January 26, 2004
Is there a designer in the house?
I went into a bunch of funky designer clothing shops today. I was on a mission to buy. 90% of the clothes were for freakin size 8 or less. Hrmf. Okay, so maybe all the fashion designers are tiny. Many of us aren't. Surely there's some designers out there that can make funky things for the rest of us?
Lots of funky bags and purses but my nose was so out of joint that I refused to buy another accessory just because it's one size fits all.
Of course I'll be breaking down and buying yet another pair of shoes.
Dammit.
January 18, 2004
Rest is Radical
NO TIME: the chronic complaint. No time to question the validity of the two-hour commute. No time to prepare a meal that isn't prepackaged. No time to nurture relationships, let alone a garden or an art. The army and religious cult leaders have long known the value of sleep deprivation in the indoctrination process. Physically and mentally weakened, deprived of time for reflection, are we more vulnerable to manipulation and control? Is the overworked society more succeptible to its own propaganda? Has leisure become radical?
--Deborah Campbell, Adbusters May/June 2003
This and many other fine gems in my Jan-Feb Utne magazine. I relish every issue.
January 13, 2004
Consumer appetite
It would be foolish to underestimate the challenge of checking the consumption juggernaut," concludes Flavin. "But as the costs of unbridled appetites grow, the need for innovative responses becomes clearer. In the long run, meeting basic human needs, improving human health, and supporting a natural world that can sustain us will require that we control consumption, rather than allow consumption to control us.
Consumer appetite erodes quality of life for all
Having brought a camera, a pda phone, and a microdrive into the house over the last month, I have some work to do on this front. Must curb lust for new computer. Then again I could be a lot worse...
January 12, 2004
What Muppet are you?
So here's the muppet Quizilla likens me to. Surprised? I kind of was until I took a long hard look in the mirror... I just really wanted to be Gonzo ;)
You are Dr. Bunson Honeydew. You love to analyse things and further the cause of science, even if you do tend to blow things up more often than not.
HOBBIES: Scientific inquiry, Looking through microscopes, Recombining DNA to create decorative art.
QUOTE: "Now, Beakie, we'll just flip this switch and 60,000 refreshing volts of electricity will surge through your body. Ready?"
What Muppet are you?
January 09, 2004
Spam
I've been getting non-sensical (read: Spam) comments on this Nov. 13 post. The comment-makers invariably have a website for drugs that promise wonderful things. And it's only been on that one post of my site, which is kind of interesting. I just changed the title of it because I think it might have had some spam-friendly keywords in it. We'll see...
January 06, 2004
January 04, 2004
Pretty Pictures
Some wonderful pictures on Everyday Things Scene. I think baby snake is my favourite. The author says "Maybe someday I will learn the difference between an F-stop and the F-word, but I have my doubts." So there's hope for me...
I'm just getting used to my new digital camera and managed some great macros of frost. One day I'd like to have a great eye for the beauty in the mundane. I'm still in training :)
January 01, 2004
Umax support sucks
So if you didn't guess from my pledge to do regular backups, I've been spending some time upgrading my OS and subsequently recovering from a stupid mistake I made to not back up absolutely everything begore doing so. Now my scanner won't work and according to this page I may not be able to get it to work with win2k. Fuck.