TheChronicler's New Writeups

L'amour et la Morte (thing)

2003-08-08T02:41:07Z

The first single by the kitsch-pop producer, The Real Tuesday Weld's alter ego, Stephen Coates, this song is rife with vintage-sounding synths and organs, with a strong Hip-Hop breakbeat driving it forward, giving it a danceable, yet lounge-like feel.

The lyrics are about falling in love, and contain all manners of wordplay and the occasional double entendre. They're sung by Lloyd Cole, himself an accomplished artist. His voice sounds almost like a whisper, and really lends a warmth and intensity to the song.

(French Speaking)

Well, I don't believe in love Until I'm in love And I don't know if it's a miracle Or just chemicals in us

And though it's written in the stars You're from Venus I'm from Mars And, now it's the pop-psychology, not love That keeps us worlds apart.

L'amour et la morte Encore (et) encore…

The Vampire Club (thing)

2003-04-11T04:00:21Z

Well the moon was full and the color of blood,
The night that the pirates came to the vampire club
The leader was tall and snyde and slim
He looked like a gay Captain Morgan

Well he recognized a vampire from his school
Then he did something that was most uncool
He said, "Hey everybody see the fool in the cape?"
"His name is Bernie Weinstein and he's in the 8th grade"

Fangs were flyin'
Capes were torn
Hell hath no fury like a vampire scorned
Number one rule in this game
Never call him by his real name
Wigs were pulled
Top hats were crushed
By pointy boots in a rush
And Borris at the bar orders a Bud
And says "It's just another night at the vampire club."

Missi lost a fang in the ladies room
And we all laughed and called her 'Snaggletoot!"
And Dee was made cause he broke his cane
And he flushed his contacts down the drain

…

March 18, 2003 (idea)

2003-03-18T05:58:53Z

No words. Just music.

De Profundis (Out of the Depths) / Dead Can Dance
Now / MDMFK
I Feel You / Depeche Mode
Rose / A Perfect Circle
Traces (Light and Weight) / Enigma
Burnin Heretic / Apoptygma Berzerk
Survivor / Dismantled
Patience Worth / Faith and the Muse
Wasteland / The Mission
Kingdom / VNV Nation
Medication / Garbage
O Fortuna / Therion
Just Like You Imagined / Nine Inch Nails
Faaip de Oiad / Tool

Spend an hour in darkness and an eternity in your thoughts.

March 13, 2003 (idea)

2003-03-13T06:44:52Z

This is a big, hearty fuck you to the world. Thanks for tuning in.

The mindfuck never ends. How can it be that the that every other kid my age has the same angst as me, leading me into becoming angstier for not being different enough?

Six hundred pages and nothing learned. Damn Ayn Rand. Damn the Altruists, damn the priests, damn the egoists, damn the stars. The world is perfect with true altruism, the world is perfect with true egoism. Which is truly the most perfect? Are they even any different?

My screaming whispers betray my soul. I interrupt, I walk away with nary a thought. I lack the maturity for true conversation and the wit to sustain my thoughts. Talk to me! I am quite loud for a fucking corpse.

My muses laugh from a safe distance. Inspiration, where art thou? Duende, why have you stopped dancing? Would I recognize you, or…

January 28, 2003 (idea)

2003-01-28T02:40:35Z

Wore a brown mock turtleneck. More later!

TheChronicler's Chronicle of How His Life Sucks! Not really

So I go to Border. That place has the best collection of CDs I've seen outside the 'Net (the only thing they don't have consequently is Godspeed You! Black Emperor (Yes, they changed their name. No, no-one cares.) but I digress). So I'm listening to a display CD labeled as Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights. It rocked, sounding like Ambient mixed with Classical all mixed with a nice, complex drumline complete with loud, reverbed clapping that seems to be done by hundreds of people, serenading into a nice classical string orchestra.

So I buy the CD, noting that the sign under the CD mentions how Interpol sounds a bit like The Smiths. I think to myself, I love ambient, I love strings, but most of all, I love The Smiths... I'll get this!

The CD I…

shogi (idea)

2002-12-16T05:18:42Z

The Shogi Metanode

Please be patient. Many of these variants have extremely complex rules, and some of the larger variants would require multiple nodes to contain just the different pieces. I will attempt to write them all up, but it will take time.

Shogi and its variants

Shogi is actually a modern form of an early version of Chess developed in mainland Asia and brought to Japan, where it flourished and multiplied into dozens of unique forms. The earliest form of actual Shogi is likely Heian Shogi. From there it developed into the large-board variants (11x11 and upwards) and modern-day Shogi. Most of the smaller-board variants (8x9 and smaller) are relatively recent.

The names of each variant appear hardlinked, with the size of the board appearing in parentheses. If the variant allows piece dropping (placing a captured piece or out-of-play piece into play on your side at the expense of your turn), it will be noted in parentheses as…