So it has been over a year since I've posted anything. It feels weird to be typing this...right now...
I have to confess: I have not written anything in a year. Emails and lesson plans aside, I have not written anything in a year. Mostly due to a lack of time, but I also think that that is an excuse too easily used. It is far scarier to face the actual truth, which is that I have doubted my own relevancy as a writer. And my skills.
So while I'm in the confessing mood, I should reveal that I have lived part of my life in a very ignorant way this past year. There is a part of me that became a teacher and all the responsibilities that come with that - and I think I did that job very competently, if not more so. But there is also a part of me that used teaching to escape from the things I have been afraid of, and as a result I have - more voluntarily than I would have liked, lived in a bubble. And that is the ignorant part of my life. I haven't read (neither a book nor the news), I haven't explored, I haven't even opined. Living in a bubble requires expending very little mental energy, but also has the unpleasant side effect of draining one of the confidence and practice required for a skill such as writing. If you know nothing about the world around you, then you have little to write about. But then again, if you do not write, you cannot fail at writing.
So after reading all this you may understand why it feels weird for me to be writing now, in my blog, over a year later. I have good memories of this blog, and even in my deepest moments of seclusion I have not felt right about abandoning it. Nor has it abandoned me (thank you, blogspot.com, for teaming with Gmail and not erasing unused accounts). But more than that, I need to see this post I am typing as a clearing of the slate for myself. See this as a swift kick in the ass, from me to me.
So once more, blarm.blogspot is open for business. It will fill your needs from the most superficial to hopefully the less superficial. Wish me luck!
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Monday, June 26, 2006
Monday, January 02, 2006
Update and More
Quick Updates
As most of you know, my laptop was stolen on my birthday. Despite having other access to the Web, I've been slow in updating because I no longer have an AIM profile in which to advertise this. But I've ordered a new computer, so all should be back to normal soon. Meanwhile, I am in California visiting my dad, and I will return to Baltimore on the 7th. I hope everyone had a good Xmas, and Happy New Year!
Kiefer Gets Bumped Off...
Kiefer Sutherland, AKA Jack Bauer of 24, clearly enjoyed a better New Years' celebration than most of us. And I hope it was worth it, because that embarrassing display just cost him his space in my heart.
uvexpressionx7: are you utterly disappointed at your man right now?
o0 freelancer 0o: yeah
o0 freelancer 0o: i mean, that's kind of a turn-off
o0 freelancer 0o: this is akin to peeing your pants in public
I'm sure there are those of you out there who will dismiss Kiefer's antics as carefree and badass, to which I have this to say: Yes, there are worse things than body slamming a Christmas tree in a hotel lobby, but Kiefer - you are a grown man with a successful career and a teenage daughter, not a meathead frat boy who has had one - no, make that more like five - too many drinks. You are about a cheap penile-enlargement away from being the middle-aged male equivalent of Tara Reid. Don't do that to yourself. Don't do that to us.
...And is Replaced By Fragmaster
Kevin "Fragmaster" Bowen of Doom House fame (and writer for Something Awful, site director for Planet Stacked, and former writer for various gaming websites that are nerdy beyond even what I can handle) has taken time out of his busy schedule being an Internet god (or something like it) to acknowledge the existence of mere mortals like myself. And for that he totally rocks! Kevin writes:
Dearest Stalker,
I don't get a whole lot of marriage proposals, so thanks a lot! Unfortunately, I live on the West Coast... so I don't think we can get hitched. Shucks. It's a shame because I can cook and if you were nice I would cook for you sometimes :(
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
-Kevin
Kevin is a sweetheart to offer and I am not deserving of the genius that birthed something as great as Doom House. Along those lines, Lowtax Kyanka has my props too, but there's just something about the blank-eyed sexiness of "Reginald P. Linux? I heard you needed a cop" that can't be matched.
As most of you know, my laptop was stolen on my birthday. Despite having other access to the Web, I've been slow in updating because I no longer have an AIM profile in which to advertise this. But I've ordered a new computer, so all should be back to normal soon. Meanwhile, I am in California visiting my dad, and I will return to Baltimore on the 7th. I hope everyone had a good Xmas, and Happy New Year!
Kiefer Gets Bumped Off...
Kiefer Sutherland, AKA Jack Bauer of 24, clearly enjoyed a better New Years' celebration than most of us. And I hope it was worth it, because that embarrassing display just cost him his space in my heart.
uvexpressionx7: are you utterly disappointed at your man right now?
o0 freelancer 0o: yeah
o0 freelancer 0o: i mean, that's kind of a turn-off
o0 freelancer 0o: this is akin to peeing your pants in public
I'm sure there are those of you out there who will dismiss Kiefer's antics as carefree and badass, to which I have this to say: Yes, there are worse things than body slamming a Christmas tree in a hotel lobby, but Kiefer - you are a grown man with a successful career and a teenage daughter, not a meathead frat boy who has had one - no, make that more like five - too many drinks. You are about a cheap penile-enlargement away from being the middle-aged male equivalent of Tara Reid. Don't do that to yourself. Don't do that to us.
...And is Replaced By Fragmaster
Kevin "Fragmaster" Bowen of Doom House fame (and writer for Something Awful, site director for Planet Stacked, and former writer for various gaming websites that are nerdy beyond even what I can handle) has taken time out of his busy schedule being an Internet god (or something like it) to acknowledge the existence of mere mortals like myself. And for that he totally rocks! Kevin writes:
Dearest Stalker,
I don't get a whole lot of marriage proposals, so thanks a lot! Unfortunately, I live on the West Coast... so I don't think we can get hitched. Shucks. It's a shame because I can cook and if you were nice I would cook for you sometimes :(
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
-Kevin
Kevin is a sweetheart to offer and I am not deserving of the genius that birthed something as great as Doom House. Along those lines, Lowtax Kyanka has my props too, but there's just something about the blank-eyed sexiness of "Reginald P. Linux? I heard you needed a cop" that can't be matched.
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
How High Are You?
How High Are You?
A Short Quiz*
Answer the following questions "yes" or "no." Multiply the number of "yes"' by four to determine your highness percentage.
1) You have eaten an entire pizza in less than 10 minutes.
2) You have forgotten where you were going at least three times on the same road.
3) You know what "IDM" stands for.
4) You frequently solve the mysteries of the universe, and then forget what they were right away.
5) You have spent at least seven hours in a single day watching cartoons.
6) You have ever believed you had discovered the secret to eternal happiness.
7) It takes you 10 minutes to read the first sentence of a book.
8) You own two or more objects that glow in the dark.
9) You smile every time you see a can of cream of mushroom soup.
10) You understand the potential consequences of not moving out of the Doom House.
11) You get the joke in Super Mario Brothers.
12) You own a Grateful Dead poster.
13) You own a Jimi Hendrix poster.
14) You know where the name "Autechre" comes from.
15) You know how to get wet without the assistance of water or some other liquid.
16) Orange is your favorite color.
17) You know more than one definition of the word "windowpane."
18) You find musical value in random noises.
19) You're really into fractals.
20) You have ever had a conversation with a tree.
21) You thought the tree had more interesting things to say than your friends.
22) You can recall at least one physical sensation you cannot begin to describe verbally.
23) You immediately recognize the smell of oregano.
24) When you're by yourself, you think you're a really good dancer.
25) You wish Timothy Leary were your teacher.
*Quiz courtesy Chris Canary
In Other News...
If you are still at Hopkins, make sure to pick up a copy of the winter issue of J.mag! They are available at MSE, the Mattin Center, the Hut, and various other locales.
A Short Quiz*
Answer the following questions "yes" or "no." Multiply the number of "yes"' by four to determine your highness percentage.
1) You have eaten an entire pizza in less than 10 minutes.
2) You have forgotten where you were going at least three times on the same road.
3) You know what "IDM" stands for.
4) You frequently solve the mysteries of the universe, and then forget what they were right away.
5) You have spent at least seven hours in a single day watching cartoons.
6) You have ever believed you had discovered the secret to eternal happiness.
7) It takes you 10 minutes to read the first sentence of a book.
8) You own two or more objects that glow in the dark.
9) You smile every time you see a can of cream of mushroom soup.
10) You understand the potential consequences of not moving out of the Doom House.
11) You get the joke in Super Mario Brothers.
12) You own a Grateful Dead poster.
13) You own a Jimi Hendrix poster.
14) You know where the name "Autechre" comes from.
15) You know how to get wet without the assistance of water or some other liquid.
16) Orange is your favorite color.
17) You know more than one definition of the word "windowpane."
18) You find musical value in random noises.
19) You're really into fractals.
20) You have ever had a conversation with a tree.
21) You thought the tree had more interesting things to say than your friends.
22) You can recall at least one physical sensation you cannot begin to describe verbally.
23) You immediately recognize the smell of oregano.
24) When you're by yourself, you think you're a really good dancer.
25) You wish Timothy Leary were your teacher.
*Quiz courtesy Chris Canary
In Other News...
If you are still at Hopkins, make sure to pick up a copy of the winter issue of J.mag! They are available at MSE, the Mattin Center, the Hut, and various other locales.
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