Sunday, April 27, 2008

Moving to WordPress

This blog is going essentially defunct.

Visit me at voidptr.wordpress.com.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Up To

Reading
~600 books on my Sony Reader, but actively reading:

The Priviledge of the Sword

Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine

Making
Soapstone Sculptures! I'll post photos of some of the finished pieces on Sunday, per the Increased Output pledge.

Trying
At my last facial, my, er, facialist, told me that I should try using something other than my St. Ives Medicated Apricot Scrub because it can be really harsh on the skin. So, I tried replacing that, and the Oil of Olay facial cleansing cloths with Clean & Clear Daily Pore Cleanser + Clean & Clear Daily Pore Toner but I completely started breaking out, so I re-added the Apricot Scrub, which has gotten it back under control. I'll probably stick with what I know re: the scrub, but I need to get a different cleanser than the cloths because they aren't nearly as convenient. Alas, I'm not especially impressed with the new cleanser, so I'm looking for something else.

Also trying out a tube of 10% Benzoil Peroxide, but that may not be necessary now that I'm back on the Apricot Scrub and the breakouts have abated.

Watching
Battlestar Galactica Seasons 1 & 2

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Friday, April 11, 2008

Increased Output

I have trouble committing to things, mostly because of the self-knowledge that I am terrible with follow through. This wasn't always the case. I used to get excited about high-output challenges (like NaNoWriMo for example), but inevitably failed at it. Perhaps it was the extreme goal (50,000 words in one month), or the disconnect between the idea and the reality (writing 1,500 coherent words per day is HARD and NOT FUN). Even so, I feel like I could (and want to!) be doing more.

So, I'm going to start small.

I'm going to produce one small piece of art per week for a month. Four works. That means, that by Sunday evening, I'll post a picture of the work, completed or not, drop it and move on to the next piece. The goal is output. If, at the end of the month, I'm not completely bored and hate it, then I may (*may*) renew for the next month. Or I may move on to something else entirely.

So, that's it. That's my "one per week for a month" challenge.


Wish me luck.

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

LyricWiki

For all you disappointed e2ers who had their lyrics writeups deleted, there is LyricWiki. Go, contribute.

Update: The reason your contribution would be meaningful is that there are several media player song lyric plug-ins that depend on LyricWiki for their content. Right now, LyricWiki's song coverage is thinner than it could be, thus making those plug-ins less useful.

Friday, April 4, 2008

BSG!!!

Don't forget. BSG Season 4 Premiere is tonight at 10 EST.