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I blame mindrot for proxying atomicfiction's suggestion that we all post 10 things we like about ourselves. So I should post 10 things I like about myself.


( TOTALLY TALKIN ABOUT MYSELF ON THE INTERNET )

hoshizora is fluent in Japanese. He has been working as a freelance J-E translator for a while, but lately contract opportunities are growing thin and he could use a full-time job, ideally in a major city like New York or San Francisco (right now he is in Albuquerque but he is willing to move). So, does anyone know of any job openings?

I know there's at least a few people potentially reading this who work in the manga industry or who might know people who are. So maybe there's a chance that some serendipity may occur.

I am sure he is also quite capable of many other things, and hopefully he will post a comment to that effect here, or perhaps a link to his resume or something. I am not the boss of him.

Song Fight Live: 2009 is starting in about 50 minutes and will be going for about 4 hours. 8 bands tonight! I'm drumming for the opening act, singing for the third-to-last act, and closing out the show for tonight with my own set! This will be fun. :D :D :D

Total Eclipse of the Heart (Literal Version)

hoshizora got this list from ali_wildgoose. Things I've done are bolded.

1. Started your own blog (ugh, yes)
2. Slept under the stars (and not just in the most literal sense of "there are stars up there eventually")
3. Played in a band (I've been a member of an actual band, and have done a lot of session sit-ins for other groups)
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower (I miss being able to see the stars at night)
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland (twice, and the second time was extremely traumatic)
8. Climbed a mountain (under protest)
9. Held a praying mantis (my favorite insect growing up!)
10. Sang a solo (why yes!)

( all this and more! )

For a limited time, you can stream the whole thing from this widget. (Eventually I will switch it to only playing 30-second excerpts.)

(EDIT: Oops, TuneCore decided to discontinue the widget for some reason)

Note that in the actual album the gaps between the tracks aren't nearly as long (notably, between Run Faster and tw3rp it's completely seamless). If anyone knows of a better Flash-based player widget which doesn't expose the raw music files, I'd be happy to hear about it. (All the F/OSS players I've seen make it trivial to grab the media links and I'd like there to be at least SOME barrier to entry.)

So hey! My album is finally available for purchase. Right now it's just via CDBaby (although if you plan to see me in person I will happily sell you a physical copy for, say, $10) but more digital options will be coming available over time and of course I am looking into other sales venues as well.

It would be pretty embarrassing if I can't even get rid of my first 100 physical copies.

I feel like taking a nap. Who else feels like taking a nap?

So like the little dropdown menu for 'journal' seems to dislike my mouse hovering over it since the menu goes away when my mouse leaves the menu heading. And I guess there's no other way to actually post an entry anymore? Weird.

Anyway I eventually got around that and the whole reason I even found this is that there is a Q&A "MEME" being started (I guess?) by snoozenstein and I guess I'd might as well be all like "hey!" since like. stuff.

( dooot doot doot )

I'm pretty sure Pluto doesn't care what a few insignificant specks of carbon think about it. I'm pretty sure Pluto doesn't really care about much of anything.

Oh, sure, why not. I dunno. I had a lot of friends who were posting to LJ and I was following them via RSS, but of course I was missing out on their friends-only entries, and eventually I wanted to post a comment to an entry of king_duncan's so, there you go.

Yay, a meme, via Allenec.

Okay, I think I managed to get Loudtwitter disabled now. Ugh.

So, if you check my normal sites often, you may notice that they're all very slow or sometimes completely unresponsive. Unfortunately, the file server my account is on at Dreamhost is dying, and Dreamhost has "ordered new disks" which should be "installed within the next 10 days." This is very frustrating for me, of course. On the plus side, I guess it means I'll have to refrain from blogging for a wh...oh, wait.

(It also gives me an excuse to still not work on my comic, as if I needed one.)

The more problematic part of this is that my email is hosted on the same server, so I'm basically incommunicado outside of work and IM. (Fortunately those are the only places where my communication is really needed, although I have a feeling that my mom is about to call me all frantic about the fact I haven't replied to her most recent cat picture email or whatever.)

reminder

In case you don't follow every single little thing I do everywhere on the Internet (and why not? HUH?!) I am playing a number of shows in a couple of weeks. Short short sets, but there are lots of other people playing short short sets (it is a Song Fight thing) and it is a lot of fun.

Wednesday, April 2: San Francisco: The Space Gallery at 8:00 PM
Friday, April 4: Portland: Imbibe at... uh... some time in the evening.
Saturday, April 5: Seattle: Finn MacCool's at 8:00 PM
Sunday, April 6: Spokane: Brooklyn Nights at 7ish
Monday, April 7: Moscow, Idaho: Student Union Building International Ballroom at 8:00 PM

I believe all the shows are 21+ except the one in Moscow which is all-ages but if you're over 21 what the hell are you doing in Moscow anyway?

Ganked from king_duncan

( This is scandalous stuff right here! )

I HAS A FEELIN
A FEELIN DEEP INSIED
O YA
THAS RITE
I HAS A FEELIN
A FEELIN I CNT HIDE
OHS NOES
YA
I HAS A FEELIN YA

PLEEZ BLEEV ME
NO THEYS BE MISSIN MY TRAIN
O YA YA O YA
PLEEZ DONT LEEV ME
I WONT BE LAET AGIN
NOES
I HAS A FEELIN YA
I HAS A FEELIN

I HAS BEEN WANDERIN FOR YEERS
IS WUNDERIN WHY I NOT BEEN TOLD
I HAS BEEN LOOKIN FOR SUMBODY
WHO LOOKED LIEK U

I HAS A FEELIN
IT KEEPS ME ON MY TOES
(invisible hot coals)
I HAS A FEELIN
EVERYBODY KNOWS IT
O YA YA YA
I HAS A FEELIN
YA

U ALSO HAS A HARBL
U ALSO HAS A GOOD TIME
U ALSO HAS A WET DREEM
U HAS A SUN SHINE
O YA
U ALSO HAS A GOOD YEAR
UR HAIR HAS A FLAVR
I HAS A SOCK
MY FOOTS LET ME SHOW U THEM
O YA

THEY ALSO HAS A GOOD YEAR
THEY ALSO HAS A HARBL
THEY IS ALSO BEIN WET
THEYS SEEIN THE SUN
THEY IS HAVING A GOOD YEAR
O HAI! UR HAIR IS DOWN
U HAS MY SOCK?
O NOES I AM UNDER UR FOOT
O YA

I HAS A FEELING

Reserve your time with me before it's too late