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James Spader’s Secretary
I just finished watching Secretary, a movie starring James Spader (of Stargate and Boston Legal fame) and Maggie Gyllenhaal (of Dark Knight fame). The movie is incredibly awkward — I spent a good bit of the movie curled up in a seat, eyes partially covered. It’s full of very broken people who don’t know how to deal with themselves or other people. It’s also about the two main characters’ sadomasochistic, D/S relationship, which is why I was watching it. Well, first because it was James Spader, and second because it featured D/S. I’ve always been fascinated by D/S relationships; it’s a power play/exchange/relationship that I’ve always wanted to partake in,…
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One credit card down!
With the payday last Friday, I sent in the final $500 to one of my high-interest credit cards. One more credit card left, then I’m down to student loans and money I owe my parents. Such a nice feeling… I haven’t decided whether I’ll cancel the credit card yet. There are good reasons both ways. I’m not overly worried about my credit rating in the short term, so I’d feel fine canceling it. I’m not tempted to use it, either, though, so it’s not like I need to cancel it to avoid the temptation. I’m more worried about service charges or annual fees. I should be able to knock out…
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What’s the bootstrapping process for this?
I’ve been spending a lot of time writing. Not here, obviously, but in a text editor whose contents only ever make it to my hard drive or a printer. I have a little editing circle with Gregory and Shun that meets weekly to trade chapters/units of our novels/screenplays for editing. As I knew I would back in college, I’m finding life as a code monkey uninteresting. I didn’t have an interest in sitting in front of a computer hacking out code all day back then, and it’s not so great now that I’m doing it. I know it’s a stepping stone, but what do I have to look forward to…
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Tastee (del.icio.us) links! (August 1st)
Links for August 1st from 03:00 to 03:00: 365 tomorrows » The Incomprehensible Being – I love stories that play with the idea of time and how limited our perception of it is — it's an idea behind a novel I'm working on, in fact. This vignette is a take I haven't read before, and it works really well. Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) on Vimeo – This is some awesome mess. (vibeo) Thaumatocracy » Post Topic » Textmate for Linux – I'd been eyeballing my Mac-using coworker's text editor (textmate) for the last couple of weeks. Turns out I can get some of the same style of interaction…
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Awesome smoothie
WO and I experimented this weekend with smoothies and ended up with something rather tastee: Cranberry/Strawberry Smoothie 1 can Ocean Spray whole berry cranberry sauce (Anyone know of a low/no-sugar alternative? We couldn’t find frozen cranberries, and this crap has high fructose corn syrup in it.) 1 bag of frozen strawberries 3-5 tablespoons nonfat plain yogurt Blitz in a blender (my low-speed “puree” setting works very well for frozen fruits) until smooth. Makes about 4 1-cup servings at about 270 calories each (ouch! damn HFCS). Very, very tastee, though. The yogurt makes it a little creamy. If you’ve got frozen cranberries, I’d recommend using 100% cranberry juice as a liquid…