A song a day, day 4: a song that makes you sad.

For the song a day meme: a song that makes you sad.

First, I want to say that I have been so grateful to hear everyone’s choices. I say “grateful” because it is not easy to share how I feel about music with other people, so I imagine it may not be easy for others, either. Part of the difficulty comes from not wanting to make obvious choices, because what’s the fun in that? And there is another part, a part that crawls around in my insecurity that says that people who truly love music wouldn’t have any use for this sort of exercise because it somehow cheapens everything to choose.

A song a day, day 3: a song that makes you happy.

For the song a day meme: a song that makes you happy.

This one was tough. So many songs make me happy! I chose my current ringtone.

Plenty of ugly girls.

I hadn’t taken any photos with my macro lens in a while, so I did that today while I should have been doing homework.

It felt great. Lots more (and a burger) here.

A song a day, day 2: your least favorite song.

For the song a day meme: your least favorite song.

I was a bit lost for this one because I have so many least favorites. Then I remembered this.

Donate to charity instead of Charlie Sheen.

Inspired by a tweet from Wil Wheaton, Andy asks people to donate the cost of a ticket to Charlie Sheen’s tour to charity instead.

A song a day, day 1: your favorite song.

The end of the semester is nigh! All thinky cells rerouted to librarying cortex. Remaining slouchy cells are loitering around here for a meme.

So it’s not like it starts off in the most obvious and most difficult place or anything. My favorite song? According to number of times I have listened to it since 2004, it is Zeromancer’s cover of “Send Me an Angel”, but that is not my favorite song. It is my superhero montage song.

No, I think that I will have to choose this one instead. My friend Matt introduced me to this song and it crash-landed in my heart at just the right moment. I still haven’t recovered, and I’m glad.

About being a woman.

I have spent this lovely Sunday morning reading this AskMe thread about female experiences while drinking tea. Some of the highlights for me have been:

Then you are discharged.

Man in flimsy hospital gown with sweatpants — tucked in, so that was something — and a hospital bracelet. Bandage on the back of your hand. These things added up. I was concerned. I started to approach. Just as you pitched forward, opened your mouth, and emptied what seemed to be a hidden water-balloon of alcohol onto the sidewalk. It splashed up and out. Like a parlor trick. Like a rowdy bathtub wave.

It happened a few more times. The wind carried the smell. I lost track of what I was about to do, what I should be doing. I think you are my dad’s age. Man in the gown with the trappings of hospital still nestled all around you, why did you take out the bottle and drink more? The cells are already floating. The cells are already afloat.

What is happening? Why are you getting on the train? How did you even get on the train?

Where could you possibly want to go?

Life after Facebook.

Last Friday, I deactivated my Facebook account. I have been complaining about Facebook for a while now, so it was time for action. I opted for deactivation first before deletion because I wanted to see how a trial breakup would go. As it turns out, Facebook will still keep and mine my data! So hooray. Except the opposite of that.

Trivia, but not trivial.

[2009/08/29 10:14] Browman Griffith: do you think there is anything strange about 30 people, a donkey, a pig man and Doc manhattan on a pirate ship?

[2009/08/29 10:14] Cygnoir Blanc: If I did, I wouldn't be here.

Browman was referring to the collection of regulars at Buccaneer Bowl, a monthly team trivia event in Second Life. Bucc Bowl not only provides an outlet for my occasionally vicious competitive streak, it is also responsible for introducing me to a significant portion of my SL social circle. And then there’s the fun. And the choking during a bonus question. But mostly the fun.

This team portrait was taken during the twenty-sixth Bucc Bowl earlier this month. VV for life, y’all.