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How you doin', good?
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| I swear I'm still breathing |
[23 Apr 2007|03:31pm] |
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| Random Update |
[28 Dec 2006|05:50pm] |
In the random update department, Lisa and I broke up a while back. We decided to call it quits back in May, a few weeks short of what would have been our 6th anniversary of "serious" dating. We spent the next few months of roommates (yes, roommates who slept in the same bed, but roommates nevertheless). We finally parted ways at the end of September. I am now sharing a house in Hicksville with a co-worker and his sister.
In the 'where are they now?' department, Lisa is currently attending Columbia University Teachers College.
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[08 Dec 2006|01:26pm] |
Thanks for all the birthday wishes. I had a very nice dinner at the China Grill last night.
FWIW, I maintain another blog (although work-related rather than personal) entitled It's No-Fault of NY concerning New York No-Fault Automobile Insurance Law. If you fell asleep reading that sentence, just imagine how exciting the blog is!
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[07 Dec 2006|02:21am] |
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Happy Birthday, Jen. I miss you.
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[08 Aug 2006|03:03am] |
I came across this photo on ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) morganafq's flickr account tonight whilst searching for NinCon pix:
I had no clue that such a (relatively) high res scan of the photo existed. Those old NinCon shots look worse every year, getting smaller on my screen as I keep improving my monitors. Somehow, the advance in technology causes a retreat in my ability to recall what is still more important to me than I let myself realize, then or now. At least a new scan of that shot makes me look young, and actually somehow better-looking than I recall ever being at the time. I think Donna's body does a nice job of hiding all the parts of me that we're all better off not seeing, anyhow.
Still, there's something about the quality of that photo that really strikes me, despite probably not having seen the original since the day after the banquet (if it was even part of that batch of Sunday morning photos we always passed around so excitedly). Something about it makes me...I don't know. Donna's fingers on my much-longer-than-its-been-in-years hair, the other hand on my forearm. Neither of us seeming to be forcing a smile just for the camera (well, at least not me; I can tell my fake smiles from a hundred yards, but perhaps Donna's a better actor than I). My right hand bearing one of the innumerable hematite rings I went through in those days, the painted nails I haven't even done as a joke in forever. Me caring, and me not caring about that fact. The realization that there's no one left that still calls me "DJ" or "Deej," and that I don't really even sign off as "DJ" anymore, anyway. Everyone else's names seem lost to me, too. "Donna" and "stark" and "Vivi" don't seem to connect to anything for me anymore, the artificial nature of 2/3 of that sampling notwithstanding. The photo struggles to send a spark across that dormant neuron, but one that's too weak; no matter how hard I try, I can only recall having looked at a prior scan of that photo on various monitors, but can't remember the original moment itself.
Nevertheless, for whatever reason, I'm somehow incredibly gratified to have found the photo tonight.
Anyway. Donna. I miss you, baby. I hope you're well.
Love,
DJ
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| Faraday's principle of electromagnetic retardation |
[11 Jan 2006|03:51am] |
I really want to know why the Everlife Flashlight changed its name to the Faraday Flashnight. OK, not really; I can guess why. I'd just love to see the cease & desist letters and/or be a fly on the wall when this was negotiated. I also love how the flashlight people decided to use the new name to capitalize on the most idiotic aspect of the commercial. When the ad breaks out the giant equation with the preposterous symbols (I'm pretty sure they throw a conventional-looking sigma in there on TV, a character designed to frighten the math-illterate (or the "innumerate," as Lisa has taught me)), it always make me crack up.
Then again, what do I know? Pat Y. Mah of Hong Kong holds 3 US patents (6,729,744; 6,808,288; 6,893,141) for this thing, and the invention is even titled the "Faraday flashlight." There's also probably a joke waiting within "Pat Y. Mah" (e.g., "Pat My Wahhhh...?"), but I swear that's the real name listed on the patent.
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| was: re: birthday |
[07 Dec 2005|01:23pm] |
My favorite memories of Jen Syme are from 1997 through 1998, when she'd randomly call me on the phone in my dorm room. In addition to her simply being a good person, it was exciting for me as a schmucky college kid (as opposed to me now as a schmucky lawyer) getting phone calls from someone who would tell me things about the financing for Terry Zwigoff's Crumb or about who was appearing in Manson videos. Around 99 or so, I realized that I was probably about 3 phone numbers out of date for her, and I didn't try hard enough to get back in touch with her.
I also share a birthday with Tom Waits, but I knew that already. One year, my friend Adam called me to wish me a happy birthday. He told me that he looked at the date and remembered that it was Tom's birthday. Eventually, it dawned on him that it was mine, too. I'm pretty sure that, while we lived together in college, all that Adam knew of Tom Waits was that he played the guy in the wheelchair in The Fisher King. I played "Mule Variations" and "Swordfishtrombones" in the car as I drove Adam and myself to a The The concert in Kingston, New York just before Thanksgiving 1999. What a pal.
Other awesome 12/7 birthdays: Chasey Lain, Patrice O'Neal, Jeffrey Wright, Priscilla Barnes, Xuxa, T.C.Boyle, W.D. Richter, Peter Tomarken (host of the original "Press Your Luck"), Ellen Burstyn, Ted Knight, Eli Wallach, Leigh Brackett, and Louis Prima.
I'm trying to figure out who is more awesome: Ted Knight or Eli Wallach.
Less awesome 12/7 birthdays: C. Thomas Howell, Edd Hall, Larry Bird, and Noam Chomsky.
lisazombie got me a 20g iPod for my birthday, and this, somehow, is my first portable mp3 player. It is engraved with "DJ Toell" on the back. Unsurprisingly, it is already filled with Foetus songs for my subway rides to the New York County courthouses.
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[07 Dec 2005|02:03am] |
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I can't recall if I ever knew before that Jen Syme and I share a birthday.
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[12 Oct 2005|12:58am] |
OK. This is what I hope is a simple request, and if anyone is in a charitable mood, please share any tips. The goal: share files between my laptop and Lisa's latop wirelessly. The hardware: a D-Link wirless router, currently running and properly giving both of our laptops internet connections. The software: both laptops have Windows XP. I have tried the XP Home Networking Wizard, but, on each machine, I can only get as far as seeing the other laptop without actually being able to connect.
I'm sure I can achieve this via a direct USB connection, but, dammit, I want to use the wireless connection.
Thoughts? Help? Various online tutorials I've uncovered tend to give only the most general directions about using the XP Wizard...
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[04 Oct 2005|12:11am] |
I love seeing Democrats trash Bush for nominating someone who has no judicial experience to the Supreme Court. If they wish to set such a prerequisite for Justices, they might want to consider the background of Chief Justice Earl Warren. Warren was a district attorney most of his professional life and was the Governor of California when Eisenhower nominated him. He was also the Republican VP nominee in 1948. He never sat on a bench prior to his time on the Court. Should we now reconsider the propriety of Brown v. Board of Ed. or Miranda v. Arizona?
Warren serves as a great example of many other phenomena, as well. He is perhaps the ultimate example of the tendency of Justices to either maintain their place on the political spectrum or move the left during their tenure. Warren was a Republican and, as Governor of California, was a supporter of Japanese internment during the War. Eisenhower nominated him to the Court, expecting more of the same. Whoops.
One never sees a similar drift to the right during a Supreme Court tenure. This is part of why I never get very worried about Republican nominees.
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[02 Oct 2005|05:37pm] |
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Ever hear from someone out of the blue, and it brightens your whole day? I got an e-mail from my old friend Teressa Tunney today. We haven't spoken in a couple of years, since before I even got my current job. I feel much better now.
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[30 Sep 2005|02:57am] |
The LJ Schools feature is making me wistful (this particular emotion seems to be a common prompt for me to post here as of late). Not really finding any former classmates, just current students at my college. They post about their TAs, the sorry state of the city in which the school pretends to be located, their study abroad experiences, etc. I wonder if, had I had a blog during college, would I have written down my memories? Then, I realize: no. I had a blog during law school, and I barely used it then. My laziness is only compounded by how quickly memories fade. As it is, I can barely recall anything or anyone from high school, college is slipping away, and I even have to struggle to recall names of law school classmates when I run into them in court (or at a club in Atlantic City, as has happened). I can't differentiate which is cause and which is effect: that I am lazy, or that I appear to have acquired hardly any friends (or even people with which I'd like to keep in touch on a haphazard basis) between the years of 1996 and 2003. It is a bit odd to spend most of one's waking moments with certain people for 3 or 4 years straight, and then...nohing. Odder still that this doesn't bother me. Am I a psychopath? Or just lazy?
(Echoes of a Chocolate Genius lyric: "Am I gay or just tired?")
At least I found someone from my hometown who has a journal and various websites dedicated to the glory of the Third Reich. Thanks, LJ!
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| Movie meme |
[22 Sep 2005|03:06am] |
I didn't do too terribly, although it isn't very impressive, either. I also hate admitting not having seen certain films. Anyway, if I counted both films I've seen and films I own on DVD or have sitting on my DVR, it would have added another 11 points. I'd still be in the same category.
I should try to come up with a checklist of essential trash/cult/etc.
( Anyway, here's my list. )
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| This single usenet post brings back millions of memories at once... |
[21 Sep 2005|12:34am] |
Newsgroups: free.nin
From: circe@cts.com (Christine Bomke)
Date: 1995/11/12
Subject: HELLOOOOOO???
Yo... Prophecy... Wolver... DJ... Hugh/Sharon... Robin... ANYONE...
Can any of you see this?
Christine
“”””” circe@cts.com http://www2.connectnet.com/users/saljames/circe/
“””” “
“””” “” “ "let's see, i've got faded black jeans, shiny black jacket, solid
“””” “” “ black shirt, semi-shiny/semi-scuffed black boots..... dear lord,
“”””” “ my blacks don't match! hellfuck! call in airforce 1, and get me to
“” “” “ some trendy clothes store now!" --lucian X, on the subject of
“” “” “ gothic color-coordination, or lack thereof.
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“”””” email me for a copy of the alt.fan.chris-randall FAQ
--
i've spent one of those fun evenings thumbing through old usenet posts.
I miss and love everyone. Sorry I'm such a poor excuse for a friend so often (i.e., for decades at a clip).
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[19 Sep 2005|01:01pm] |
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Just a general retroactive and prospective apology for the fact that I never wish anyone a happy birthday.
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