Speaking of Fridays...

I want to try something out on Fridays. It's not really a game thing but a game thing... kind of.


           What I'm imagining is me "playing Mabinogi and having conversations going on in the background. The reason for doing that would be to have something "to watch" while listening to something that was kinda interesting. (It would be interesting for me to do (both parts that is)). The weird thing is that I'm not sure if i should actually play the game or do auto things. 

           The game I'm talking about is Mabinogi. It's one of those Korean MMORPGs(massive multiplayer online role-playing game) but it has a very interesting combat system. After playing it back in '08 I didn't really like any other MMO. One interesting part is that you don't have to hack and slash to be successful in the game. The life skills are nice to do (I think I would be doing fishing and potion-making if I were to do this. (of course only if other people would rather see other things too. 

           If you have opinions, do share.

Dangerous stuff.

I was opening a container today.
It was impossible to open. One of those plastic containers that don't have a tab... One of those packages that's sealed with itself.

I realized this after I got it (of course)...

So I struggled trying to open it.

That didn't solve anything. Twist! So I started twisting it. After a bout twelve seconds, I had an annoying imprint of 'edge of plastic' on my thumb and index finger. Bite? yeah, I guess I was thinking of opening a thin plastic cover-slip like thing. 

So the reason why I didn't try something obviously smarter like a pair of scissors, is that I don't have a pair at my office. 

Things I have in my office
[Black History] Calendar from Tastee Patee Bakery & Grill in NYC
Some maps,
Lots of tea.
paper (computer, lined, graph)
normal pencils (good for scribbling on journals) 
permanent makers (good for lending to people (you tend to not need them when you have 'em))
RED sharpie pen (excellent for marking up papers (making them bleed( with constructive criticism)))
etc. 

Right, No scissors. 

So finally, I thought, maybe there's a pair down here in the common-ish area. (We all like communism to some extent) Magically, there was a pair of scissors. Well, it was scissor-like. Are they fabric scissors, sheers? 

In any case, they worked and of course, the next danger jumped out. The plastic once cut had blade-like qualities. 

The Shilvian Spiral [part 2]

Sei rets! (Line up)

Seiza! (Sit)

Kiotsuke! (Be at attention)

Mokuso! (

I plunge again into myself to see what I will find,
the spinning world the tumultuous waves, the world within my mind.

Within my mind are words and deeds done with in conscious thought,
Blended with ideas both bright and dark the ones today taught.

Within myself I plow and parse through ideas I call myself  ,
As time slows down they settle down and pack neatly on the shelf.

Finally reset.

With peace,
Without stress,
Without fear.

Finally realigned.

Without indecision,
Without restriction,
With poise,
With purpose.

Know the paths to take,
Know their sinuosity's,
Know their  steepness's,
Anticipate their ends.

I am ready
I stand renewed


Mokuso yame! (Stop/end)

Rei! (bow)

Up the ante

Have you ever taken on a project that was literally bigger than you? has the workload come crashing down? Have you had to come up with content like there was an organization with mission statements and what not?

Okay, the last one is just me ranting about how rough (rough as in difficult) my life is now (that's probably an overstatement) ... Perhaps all of it is. I'm probably over exaggerating too as nothing I've done was over my head. Yes, I wish I had spread out due dates and the likes, but I am a college student. And I <em>am</em> in a project oriented field.


I took on a difficult project. 
I successfully finished the first part of it (did very well).

Now comes phase 2.


Things I need to do to be successful at it
- find census data to match the capital city.
- smash it on the background
-write paragraphs

Carbon pools

The environment is never really at equilibrium; it gets near, overshoots then overcompensates. That's just the nature of the cycle it runs in. The fluctuations of carbon in a particular pool, be it the atmosphere, the soil or the oceans are simply in balance with themselves. A little movement from one to another doesn't shift the system much and it finds itself approaching the equilibrium again. 

Freedom Writer

I'm not sure weather or not the title has been used in many other places or if it just me. (I highly doubt it is just me (does this make me a biter?)). I started this thread/idea since I have written two essays on freedom now. Not just free like no cost free but freedom. 

Libre

This may be my new favorite word. 

Get ready world.
Get ready Shil.

In the Neighborhood

“To the extent to which an activist project deviates from popular expectations, particularly aesthetic and ethical expectations it may need to include interpretive cues.”

~Heather Wainwright

          I agree with this "part-heartedly" (part since I think the viewers should take it upon themselves to interpret and parse through possible meanings). But there are sometimes when the artist is not understood and should defend their piece amidst an onslaught of commentary. I sometimes the audience doesn't have the tools to decipher the puzzle… perhaps the artist should take that into consideration… perhaps that was the purpose in the first place.