silverback gorilla

1 Jan 2010

2010-01-03T07:18:07Z

10.21.02 - 11:36 a.m

2009-12-30T10:37:44Z

friday went to sasha's art show at college of crafts and fine arts. it was Challenging, which in this case meant discolored sheets and stained walls, plus cones made of pig intestines. two funky japanese guys were dancing with very serious expressions. one wore a shirt that said "DON'T FORGET TO TOOTHBRUSH" and the other wore a shirt that said "HA HA I'M CHUCK WOOLEY". we drank wine till the wine was gone then headed off with julie for country shack sushi, smoking cigarettes in the backroom with a skeleton lamp for company. ended up at baobab with shawn, jtsui, angi and her ex-linebacker/EE buddies. (why am i telling you all this? does anybody care? i do, i suppose, as i am busy constructing reality.) i accidentally left a lovely pair of pajama pants at the bar, but maybe angi saved the day? looking forward to a fabulous sleep sensation.

Best of 2009: Music

2009-12-28T22:00:32Z

1. Das Racist - Combination Pizza Hut & Taco Bell (Wallpaper Remix) [download]
Unreleased

2. Kings of Convenience - Riot on an Empty Street [download]
Declaration of Dependence

3. Blur - Strange News from Another Star [download]
Midlife - A Beginners Guide to Blur

4. Hopeton Lewis/The Chosen - Boom Shacka Lacka * [download]
Trojan Box Set: Club Reggae Disc 1

5. Raekwon - Surgical Gloves [download]
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, Pt. 2

6. Kanye West feat. Common - Get Em' High (A-Trak Remix) [download]
Benzi & Plain Pat "Sky High" (Official Version)

7. Don McGlashan - Long Time Gone [download]
The Sun Came Out CD2

8. Neil Finn feat. Liam Finn - Learn To Crawl [download]
The Sun Came Out CD1

9. AFX - Untitled ** [download]
Analogue Bubblebath 5

10. Taken By Trees - Anna [download]
East Of Eden

11. Ast0r - So What [download]
Kind of Bloop

[Download all] (warning: 80M zip)

* I know this didn't come out in 2009, but I never paid attention to reggae till 2009. Then we had Izzy and I read somewhere that babies like reggae, which may or may not be true, but anyway turns out there's reggae beyond Bob Marley and some of it's pretty good. The More You Know

** I know this didn't come out in 2009 either, but the kids today, they don't know from AFX, so I am rectifying this via bloggery

My only swerving

2009-12-28T00:44:50Z

Thinking @ the mouse whose head we bashed in with a log this morning.

It was caught in our sticky trap. I guess we could have ripped it off (maybe tearing off its feet?) but instead we killed it.

It was just a mouse.

Best of 2009: Music Videos

2009-12-23T20:46:28Z

1. Das Racist - Chicken and Meat

2. Blur - Good Song

3. DJ Steve Porter fet. Vince Offer - Slap Chop Rap

4. Peter Bjorn & John - Nothing To Worry About

5. Manabe Takayuki - 自主制作アニメーション『the TV show』

pleasures of being alone in the gym

2009-12-22T19:12:45Z

1. Turning off all the fucking TVs

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Top 10 Movies (All-Time)

2009-12-22T10:07:37Z

1. Godfather/Godfather II
2. Deep Water
3. The Best of Youth
4. Ghostbusters
5. Robocop
6. Grizzly Man or Klaus Kinski: My Best Fiend
7. Freeway
8. The Station Agent
9. Goodfellas
10. City of God

subject to change without notice

Does the New Yorker use fancy words just for the sake of it? J'accuse!!!

2009-12-19T05:46:42Z

On at least four occasions, I've looked up some obscure New Yorker word and found it to be an exact synonym of some other, more common word.

New Yorker word	Ordinary word that means the same thing
ineluctable	inevitable
erstwhile	former
bathos	pathos
heterodox	unorthodox

I know there are no true synonyms, but I can't understand the distinction between the obscure word and common word in any of these cases. Why would you choose to use one versus the other? What's the difference?

Letter to Senator Nelson (D-Nebraska, pop: 1,783,432)

2009-12-17T20:48:04Z

Dear Senator Nelson,

It disappoints me greatly that you are obstructing the pending health care bill in an effort to reduce reproductive freedom for women.

Many people in Nebraska and elsewhere in the US have no access to health care. The pending bill will finally address this injustice, as well as the myriad other well known problems with the U.S. health care system (such as spiraling costs and ineffective allocation of resources.) We've waited for so long, and change is finally at hand. Please don't stand in the way of progress.

If you continue to obstruct passage of this bill, or you manage to tack on provisions that effectively deny poor women the right to choose, I give you my word that I will contribute at least $500 to your opponent in 2012. I don't mean this as a threat, just an indication of how important this is to me.

thank you for your time

Amar Pai

What kind of a name is "Olympia Snowe" ?

2009-12-16T19:09:50Z

It would be funny if she were a large Jamaican woman from Queens

So, healthcare.

2009-12-15T22:44:58Z

What can we do?

Why does Lieberman still hold rank on any Senate committee? That asshole should have been stripped of all leadership roles back when he campaigned for McCain. Why has this STILL not happened? What's it going to take for Harry Reid to grow a spine?

Harry Reid & Max Baucus have proven themselves to be completely ineffectual. Can somebody take over? Some peoples need to die if this is pure seniority-based.

Are there any upcoming election races we can tip?

I'd write to Feinstein but she don't give a fig.

I wanna achieve progress but in lieu of that I want these obstructionist fuckers to pay.

Never dub, always subtitles

2009-12-13T01:33:53Z

One thing I realized about my Netflix reviews-- they all assume that you're watching the movie in its original language for audio. I hate dubbed dialog. Conversely, I watch all movies with subtitles on. English ones too.

I gave Joint Security Area 5 stars but it would be less for the dubbed version, which I guess some people would watch by default.

I love South Korean movies. They're always 5 genres at once. Comedy-monster-movie or mystery-war-movie. It's way more interesting than most Hollywood tripe. (Or most Iranian art-house flicks or "tasteful New Yorker world cinema" or whatever)

Basically, South Korea owns cinema at the moment

the use of poetry

2009-12-11T07:19:03Z

the use of poetry, originally uploaded by jcruelty.

why doesn't the new yorker give credit to the photographer for photos that accompany fiction? it's weird. they credit photographers generally, but never for fiction. is the photo taken by the author? unlikely. does the author even get a say in what photo accompanies their story?

Hatchet and bellows

2009-12-08T21:01:45Z

2nite gonna master the art of fire makin

I need a hatchet and bellows

LifeTodos += slice thru something thick with a chainsaw

Also destroy furniture with an axe

Also: kick down a door like they do in the movies

Life's regrets #308: missing this house demolition party someone threw... I forget the details but it involved rollerskating thru the halls with cans of paint . WHY DIDNT I GO

I need an audio guru, a handyman guru, and several other gurus

I am all kinds of guru to izzy. at least till she learns better.

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Passage available on iPhone!

2009-12-07T22:42:29Z

If you have an iPhone, buy it.

For 99 cents you'll get one of the purest examples of games as art.

It's brain-dead to play, takes maybe 3 minutes tops.

The experience stays with you, emotionally and intellectually.

Anyone who's ever been in a long-term relationship can relate.

If you prefer to play it on Mac/PC/Unix, you can download it for free from esquire.com. Their 2008 "Best & Brightest" issue featured a long interview with the Jason Rohrer, the game's creator.

Q: To what extent does the game's emotional impact derive from the music vs. the actual passage? is the game 'cheating' by using music as a shortcut to your heart? like how movies telegraph emotion through strategically placed orchestral bombast...

Happy in Paraguay

2009-12-05T22:25:48Z

Mario 64 beaten with 0 stars in 5:47

2009-12-04T21:35:07Z

Hey bigots, FUCK YOU

2009-12-03T07:33:49Z

I'm so tired of living in the past

Donate EQCA

resident advisor podcasts are the best

2009-12-02T20:37:44Z

one techno loop the length of my life

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Jeopardy

2009-12-02T18:50:19Z

Filing joint income tax returns with the IRS and state taxing authorities.

Creating a 'family partnership' under federal tax laws, which allows you to divide business income among family members.

Inheriting a share of your spouse's estate.

Receiving an exemption from both estate taxes and gift taxes for all property you give or leave to your spouse.

Creating life estate trusts that are restricted to married couples, including QTIP trusts, QDOT trusts, and marital deduction trusts.

Obtaining priority if a conservator needs to be appointed for your spouse -- that is, someone to make financial and/or medical decisions on your spouse’s behalf.

Receiving Social Security, Medicare, and disability benefits for spouses.

Receiving veterans' and military benefits for spouses, such as those for education, medical care, or special loans.

Receiving public assistance benefits.

Obtaining insurance benefits through a spouse's employer.

Taking family leave to care for your spouse during an illness.

Receiving wages, workers' compensation, and retirement plan benefits for a deceased spouse.

Taking bereavement leave if your spouse or one of your spouse’s close relatives dies.

Visiting your spouse in a hospital intensive care unit or during restricted visiting hours in other parts of a medical facility.

Making medical decisions for your spouse if he or she becomes incapacitated and unable to express wishes for treatment.

Consenting to after-death examinations and procedures.

Making burial or other final arrangements.

Filing for stepparent or joint adoption.

Applying for joint foster care rights.

Receiving equitable division of property if you divorce.

Receiving spousal or child support, child custody, and visitation if you divorce.

Living in neighborhoods zoned for 'families only.'

Automatically renewing leases signed by your spouse.

Receiving family rates for health, homeowners', auto, and other types of insurance.

Receiving tuition discounts and permission to use school facilities.

Other consumer discounts and incentives offered only to married couples or families.

Suing a third person for wrongful death of your spouse and loss of consortium (loss of intimacy).

Suing a third person for offenses that interfere with the success of your marriage, such as alienation of affection and criminal conversation (these laws are available in only a few states).

Claiming the marital communications privilege, which means a court can’t force you to disclose the contents of confidential communications between you and your spouse during your marriage.

Receiving crime victims' recovery benefits if your spouse is the victim of a crime.

Obtaining immigration and residency benefits for noncitizen spouse.

Visiting rights in jails and other places where visitors are restricted to immediate family.

SF Dump - Transfer Station

2009-11-28T03:10:01Z

White Ninja kind of reads something

2009-11-23T20:13:50Z

treadmill cool down

2009-11-19T21:21:59Z

? who doesn't have a sex tape these days
srsly I wonder what % of americans have done this... bet u it's surprisingly high

ADD + intellectual curiosity + Internet = <------0------> (that's a big fat Zero)

izzy's rekindled my interest in the brain... been reading some books, relearning neuro/cognitive basics. but to what end? often I wish I had fewer deeper interests. or else I should've been a journalist, back when that was a real job

what's the diff between a journalist and a large pizza? stop me oh oh stop me stop me if u think that you've heard this one before

the incline on this treadmill only goes up to 15%. there are sts in sf that reach 35%! you'd fuckin flip over

sf bike planner list might finally be bearing fruit - mtg w like minded souls over thanksgiving . goog now on the scene, we'll see how it pans

they simulated viz cortex of a cat, not really though

is there room for amateurs? polymaths? we are mostly specialized ants . not a slur, ants are amazing.

my brain = mine + yrs * google / distraction

when do you know if shoes are worn out

will izzy ever read this? hi boo

whilst reading giant robot, unexpectedly came across a long letter written by me. didn't expect them to publish it! Aliza wanted to brag to someone but it's a special olympics achievement innit. damn me not w faint praise

do u ever think @ yr 'life's work' ? I was trying to list mine;

go to hell Cornell
sims 2
San Francisco bike route planner
YouTube mobile
this blog (sadly, given that maybe 6 people read it)
izzy

it's not much but in some ways satisfying. YouTube is very much transformative, sims 2 made a lot of folks happy.

you need to be an expert in something. like 10 years of doing it at least. it's the only way to experience 'flow'. got to be that zen master for some flavor of sword

if I could cure my addictions who would I be

who am I kidding I'd be me but better

wu tang flowing thru seemingly empty head
weightless brain
drenched in sweat
easy, ladies

going to the dump this sat, 10am sharp. it mystifies me that nobody else is excited @ a sculpture garden in the middle of a junkyard. also that most of my youtubers aren't more excited @ $$$censored pending launch, rhymes with each to ext automatic aptioning

so much sweat the touchscreens failing
u think that's gross? pah remind me to send u placenta pic
Audi 5K

ps

a large pizza can feed a family of four

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Hot Nosh - 24/6

2009-11-17T20:49:15Z

Hot Nosh - 24/6, originally uploaded by jcruelty.

Bowling alley, Woodmere, NY
17 Nov. 2009

When Jews go bowling

2009-11-15T01:51:13Z

on the eve of fraidy's wedding, we're going... bowling? hell why not. I'm filming it as a gritty documentary a la "When Animals Attack"

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