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January 5, 2010 (dream)

2010-01-05T12:15:50Z

First, I dreamed that the Ultimate Warrior reincarnated himself in the form of a baby with the numerals 4602 tattooed on his arm. He did this specifically to call me a chump. Fans of the film Leon may recognize this as Stan's office number.

Next, I dreamed that I was looking at a map of Salem that did not resemble the actual Salem in the slightest, but rather the state of Connecticut.* My two cousins (both under 18) showed me their new tattoos and claimed they were inked at a shop in the largest district, an extremely rundown area in the southwest corner. I visited the shop and asked for a Red Robot tattoo on my chest. The tattoo was of a red robot, but resembled the cuddly TV show version of Robotman more than the explodingdog robot. The studio also had what they claimed was the worst girl in the world for rent. She was skinny, with frizzy blonde hair and arms predictably covered in tattoos. You could take her home and let her cuss at you and stink…

January 3, 2010 (log)

2010-01-04T18:53:39Z

Workout log for December 27, 2009 through January 2, 2010

Went skiing at Loon Mountain for half a day on December 30, 2009

E2 Bugs (recipe)

2009-11-18T16:27:35Z

I have prole's enhancements and Everything2 Ajax enabled. I was able to vote on a writeup and not use up a vote by hitting the C! link. While the page was loading, I hit the upvote button. When the page finished loading, it showed a reputation that didn't match the vote count. The next page load had a correct count, but I still was not down a vote for the day.

om sez: This is the same as the infinite ching bug. I have an idea how to fix this, but I'm not sure how much of a database hit it might be. Since we have row-level locking under InnoDB, though, it might be viable.

August 25, 2009 (dream)

2009-08-25T14:18:21Z

I had two distinct, very strange dreams last night. I can only remember the first.

The first involved Bruce Springsteen as a tall, spindly devil chasing me down an impossibly tall bridge. This bridge was somewhere over the water in my dreamworld New York City*, and appeared to resemble something out of Super Mario Brothers; it had no structural support and parts of it would fall into the water as soon as I stepped on them. I could run faster in this dream than any human possibly could.

This scene was intercut with scenes from a nonexistent Bruce Springsteen video. I was in his band, and we (well, super-deformed caricatures of us) were all standing on top some enormous amusement park swing. I was playing some weird electronic harp. At some point I jumped off the swing, at which point my harp reconfigured itself into a guitar and I started playing a Helmet song.

* In my dreams, along with plane crashes I sometimes experience…

August 6, 2009 (person)

2009-08-07T15:34:14Z

Today I found out that my friend is not going to jail. Yes, there's a backstory.

This friend ("Jeb"), like so many others in the rave scene, was into recrea tiona l phar maceut icals. In college, we were both members of a student organization whose basic purpose was to throw raves. They had asked me back to play at an event a couple years after graduation, and everyone involved was hoping that Jeb would show up, as he had been one of the founding members of the organization before graduating the previous summer. However, he never showed.

The following day, he called me to explain his absence. He had gone to to an illegal party with some online acquaintances. Jeb reported that the event was actually a setup by the police, and that one by one, the attendees were led out in cuffs. Despite the fact that he was on something at the time, he was not arrested. He was tailed home however, and decided that the only way to escape the constant surveillance…

August 3, 2009 (idea)

2009-08-03T15:54:21Z

This meme, which has made its rounds in years previous through LiveJournal and e-mail before that, is now wending through Facebook. Here is my response:

Using only song names from ONE ARTIST, cleverly answer these questions. Pass it on to 15 people you like and include me.

PICK YOUR ARTIST:
Cannibal Corpse

ARE YOU MALE OR FEMALE:
Butchered at Birth

DESCRIBE YOURSELF:
Worm Infested

HOW DO YOU FEEL:
Shredded Humans

DESCRIBE WHERE YOU CURRENTLY LIVE:
Buried in the Backyard

IF YOU COULD GO ANYWHERE, WHERE WOULD YOU GO:
Chambers of Blood

YOUR FAVORITE FORM OF TRANSPORTATION:
Carnivorous Swarm

YOUR BEST FRIEND IS:
Headless

YOU AND YOUR BEST FRIENDS ARE:
Sentenced to Burn

WHAT'S THE WEATHER LIKE:
Endless Pain

FAVORITE TIME OF DAY:
When Death Replaces Life

IF YOUR

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