2004 June | Torley Lives - Part 2

Torley Lives

I amplify your awesome.

2004-06-08
across the universe
Came back from my friend Brian's stag party. Him and Kim are going to be married soon, <3 happiness yay! So to the Nairb man, B to the rizzah,?I say p00nis. He only wishes the Canucks (as Teal'c says, "I believe the Canucks of Vancouver are superior warriors") had been in the Stanley Cup and won.?Check out his blog (it's more than that) here.
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My memory is really beginning to fail, I forgot where I put my neon jacket. And a notebook earlier in the day. My absent mind is both a gift and a curse, but more of the former.
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I cut my own hair the other day, as I've been doing since my Dad died (he used to cut it for me, insisting that he was the best barber for me — I do not disagree). I think it turned out really great, a bit short, but we'll see.
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Still obsessed with Stargate SG-1, it is such an awesome show. I just watched "Chimera" on my break earlier today (have you noticed Osiris seems to be more glammy than Sarah?), and shortly I am going to watch "Upgrades". I heard there's a really funny scene involving steaks in that, but I didn't want to get too spoiled so I'm just going to have to see it for myself.
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Still bad at classifying music as ever… I mean, I've been at this for awhile, and even I?can't tell the styles of Electronic Dance Music apart sometimes, so I leave it to the experts. I like tagging on adjectives. "Techy" is an especially, astutely cute one, especially for those CRUNCH lo-fi bitwise soundz not necessarily of the 909 kind. Oh well, I have a simple philosophy: if I listen to something and I like it, then I like it!! True, yes?
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I am full of contradictions. I have come to embrace this, as I love many things that seem to conflict with one another. Like my Mom taught me, you don't have to hate one thing to love another, so if you can choose both (or more), then go for it. I have also taught myself: you do not know something unless you have gone through it. It can be said that you do not know what dying is like unless you have died.
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It's getting really hot. I wish it was pleasantly cool again. Alas. I'd better be thankful for the sun, because it means that the Earth will still be around for awhile. Ya think?
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Earlier in the day I was ruminating about the so-called "decade of excess", the 80s. Donald Trump's?meteoric time of?rising, of course.?In tandem with what I said the other day I said about pretty music, I think what I will put up next may very well be pretty and 80s-ish. In a way. It'll?be *oblique*, so don't expect anything directly parallelling new wave but something of my own doing, the Torley Touch (TM). We'll see… hear?
2004-06-05
A brief selection of favorite Stargate SG-1 quotes…
"Maybe one day you will learn that your way is not the only way."
-Antaeus (of the Nox)
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"Your words mean nothing. Take action if you dare."
-Anubis (fallen ascendant?)
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"What is an Oprah?"
-Teal'c (eyebrow powerlifter)
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"I am Thor, Supreme Commander of the Asgard Fleet."
-Thor (cute alien)
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"Oh I have not hurt you, I have only made you… BETTER!"
-Harlan (not ellison)
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"I want to live! I want to experience the universe, and I want to eat pie!"
-Urgo (Mr. Candid Camera)
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"KUMTRAYA!!!"
-Harlan (again)
2004-06-04
First blog of the June
Had dinner at Paul & Dana's today, it was really yummy. And that wasn't even the end of it… I think I'll eventually learn "Dutch Blitz" better. Thank you graciously, you loveful couple you!
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Gateworld Forum is down right now… was hoping to post, damnit… KUMTRAYA!!
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I've come up with a new acronym, OotM which stands for "Obsession(s) of the Month". I can't repress them so I might as well celebrate them. So, this month's (so far) would be Stargate SG-1.
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If I was abducted by aliens, I would like to eat watermelons with Thor.
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I am using Johnson's Baby Oil to lubricate a synth. An ally showed me how to do it. Not recommended for the faint of mind.
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RMS = Root Mean Square, I'll have to remember that :)
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A detuned saw wave is a good start. Whatever, technical mumbo jumbo.
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One day at a time.
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I have an urge to put up something really beautiful, sort of delicate, but by no means fragile — emphasis on "beautiful" though. So watch for that. (I'm admittedly conflicted between fast and slow.)?Thanks.