Please understand: I know that this is major boring shit. I'm just doing this to chronicle the art class, not to claim they're any good.
By the way, these are all 18x24, which is twice as large (meaning, four times as much area) as I am used to working in. It's weird.
The company I work for is having a security audit in about a month, and they may look at internet traffic. As a result, I will not be blogging (reading or writing) for the next month or so... at least, not at work. My time after work is seriously limited lately, too, so it's possible you won't hear from me at all for quite some time.
I will still be active on email (via https).
Enjoy the silence!
After about six months sitting in queue, my latest album, called Black Mesa Winds, has been released on Kahvi.
It's cc-by, so feel free to download it for free and pass it around.
An attractive, older woman, an exasperated look on her face, sitting at a table, resting her face in one hand. She's looking down at a plate. On the plate is a planet, cut in half and with a piece torn off. "Crumbs" on the plate, evidence of the bit on the fork to the right (which is askew). On the left, an elegant wine glass, filled with stars and an inky black.
Showing how bad my scanner is. ...Alas, what does one expect for $50?
This is not really meant to be a movie, but Blogger doesn't allow MP3s, so I whipped something up this morning in about an hour. It's not meant to be at all "good". ...Well, the music is. Screw the video. ; )
This is one of four songs I've started for my next album. The pictures and movies are just shots of my "studio" and of New Mexico: I took them all. Feel free to ignore them; this is really about the music. : ) Sadly, Blogger did a wonderful job of butchering the sound quality in its "processing". Oh, well. At least you get the idea.
These are actually quite old, but I finally got around to shooting and uploading them. I figured I would want a "before and after" for this Drawing class I'm taking.
(There's a nipple on one of them, so be mindful of who's around.)
In order to be effective, mnemonics need to be vivid, active stories.
For example, sonA is Hindi for 'gold'. Ostensibly, that should be easy to remember: just picture a sonar operator with, say, a gold tooth.
Nope, didn't work. At least, not on the first try. ...Might have worked with repetition. Instead, I re-pictured my stalwart sonar operator, this time with a gold bar on the table next to him. He hears something rude about India, picks up the bar of gold, and smashes the console in front of him. Little bits of audio gear go flying everywhere.
Works like a charm.
A new X-Files movie is en route. [via]
X-Files has come up in multiple conversations lately, so this is good, timely news. ...Most of the conversations were along the lines of "Scully was so hot."
It's supposed to be a "stand-alone movie", departing from the "mythology" of the shark-jumping episodes.
It will be good to see them on the screen again. ...Cause, clearly, she is so hot.
I've known about mnemonics since college, but I haven't really used them much (at all) until reading Derren Brown's book.
I am using them extensively in learning Hindi. I am also using them to remember names at parties.
I was describing my method to some co-workers this week. I said:
"Since it's easy to remember faces and other visual things, basically what you do is visualize the other person interacting in some remarkable way with someone else with the same name. So, like, if I met someone named Jeremy, I might remember Jeremy Irons giving the new guy a head lock."
