Looks awesome! As a side note, 'vinyl' is both singular and plural. I'm not sure if English is your second language, but I wouldn't worry about it. It's even tricky for people that speak English as their first language. So yeah, don't say 'vinyls.' Vendors might try to rip you off because it indicates a lack of familiarity with vinyl. If using 'vinyl' sounds weird/awkward in a sentence, substitute 'records' for it. (I really hope this doesn't come across as condescending/pompous. I just wanted to point it out and help you guys out.)
It's a tough question. Personally, I'd go with a pseudonym. Once you go famous, you don't go back. The notoriety might be fun for a day or two, but it would get old quickly. Plus, I very much enjoy being left alone in public (which is part of why I enjoy being a guy; I don't have to worry about being hit on, just hitting on qt girls). Honestly, I think a lot of you guys are underestimating how much you'll miss public anonymity.
Pretty disappointed in MS. I've been dual booting Windows and OS X for a couple years and I've always preferred MS' file management to Apple's. Apple's feels very dumbed down and limited to me. I'd love to erase my Windows partition, but MS' file management is just too good. :(
It's a complicated problem that won't be solved with one solution. It needs several solutions implemented one at a time to determine what does and doesn't work. One idea that I had was ethics and philosophy courses being required for high school freshmen. Young people should be encouraged to think about morality in a classroom setting. Just thinking about morality encourages people to be more considerate of one another (at least in my opinion).
Piano and painting. I'm taking a piano class at my local CC this semester and probably going to take a painting class at uni next semester. I guess I'm on my way to learning!
This is really interesting. What makes the shower tolerable for people? I spend 20-40 minutes just sitting in the shower and thinking so I'm a little confused. If you want something similar to a float tank, I'd recommend taking a shower like you normally do then turning off the lights. I love taking warm showers in pitch black darkness.In July 2014, Science published a study in which volunteers were placed in an unadorned room and asked to entertain themselves with their thoughts for between six and 15 minutes. Participants overwhelmingly abhorred the experience. In one part of the experiment conducted in the subjects’ own home, a third actually found it impossible, and resorted to ‘cheating’, usually via their mobile phones. In another part of the study, 67 per cent of men opted to give themselves an electric shock rather than simply sit with their thoughts. The mind untutored in meditative techniques, concluded the study’s authors, ‘does not like to be alone with itself.'
I've been reading The Plague, by Albert Camus. I'm not a fan of Stuart Gilbert's translation; it's clunky and full of convoluted dependent clauses. With that said, it's really good. A few passages made me tear up.
This is sort of a meta comment, but I think it's really fascinating for us to even be having this discussion. In a sense, humans are the brain cells of Earth. Essentially, Earth is kind of mulling over the idea of erasing a species, which it's never done before. I feel kinda bad for mosquitos, actually.
I'd give everyone their money back.
I'm not a fan of Danny Brown's verses and the art style isn't the greatest, but it's still a great song/video. Death Grips - Inanimate Sensations (great in every aspect IMO) Shabazz Palaces - #CAKE (hedonism, mang)
I don't know about my favorite, but Garden of Delete by OPN is definitely up there.
Lonnie Holley - 'Looking for All (All Rendered Truths)'
Awesome, I'm glad to hear it
Of course. It's about someone with OCD who is compulsively washing their hands. Want me to go into more detail...?
I've tried Ubuntu in the past, but always had trouble with Apple's hardware. Probably going to look further into it again at some point to see if compatibility has improved.
To a lesser degree, yes. I usually wash my hands between one and four times, depending on my perception of how 'dirty' they are. My right hand usually starts to dry out at this time of year due to the lower humidity. The poem references and exaggerates that aspect of my hand washing.
Yeah, I'm aware of the issues with implementation. It doesn't necessarily have to be required by the government. Not sure why you're talking about the state prescribing morals. Ethics courses wouldn't do that; they would encourage people to think about morality, which is a powerful way of developing a moral compass. I don't see a problem with juniors or seniors learning about Robert Wolff; moral compasses should be as diverse as music preferences, and like i said before, thinking about morality rationally cultivates more considerate behavior in my experience. Obviously this is just my opinion and I could be completely wrong. I think you're probably right about freshmen being too immature. Obviously it isn't set in stone; juniors and seniors could probably handle it. I'm taking an ethics course at the moment and it mostly revolves around understanding concepts proposed by Kant, Mill, and other philosophers. It has nothing to do with coercing people into certain moral frameworks.
Mostly Charles Cohen for me. He's such a cool dude. Album: Interview:
Thank you so much for the input! My class rarely provides constructive criticism because people are afraid of hurting others' feelings. Basically, everyone just encourages each other to keep doing what they're doing. It isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it isn't very conducive to growing as writers. Of course practice is rarely a bad thing. I think that the more I expand on those paragraphs the more they'll diverge from cliches, at least that's what I think. I've mostly written poetry and short paragraphs so far.
Ah yeah, typo. Don't worry, I know the difference!
The Confusions of Young Torless is brilliant. The description/summary sums it up fairly well, but I would like to point out that the focus of the book is Torless' development through the disturbing stuff he sees.
I've been reading The Confusions of Young Törless. It's really, really good. Törless wrestles with some extremely abstract emotions and sensations; I'd highly recommend it. If you like evocative imagery/metaphors/etc, you'll love it. (Don't let the summary deter you from reading it)
ULTRA MEGA SUPER POST INBOUND: Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz, The Shape of Jazz to Come Kurt Rosenwinkel - Our Secret Place, Star of Jupiter Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight, Kind of Blue, Bitches Brew, Live-Evil, Sketches of Spain Moondog - S/T Thelonious Monk - Monk's Dream, Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins Fire! Orchestra - Enter, Exit Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges Moon Hooch - This is Cave Music Jacques Coursil - Clameurs Zs - Xe Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch Hiromi - Alive John Coltrane - Ascension, A Love Supreme, Giant Steps (although Giant Steps is super entry level) Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica (more blues-rock than jazz, but there are jazz elements) _______________________________________________________ If you can't decide where to start, start with one of the Miles Davis albums or Ornette Coleman's Free Jazz. Free Jazz is really cool because it's a double quartet with each quartet assigned to an audio channel (one quartet per ear). Essentially, it's like listening to two albums at the same time, except that the albums interact with each other. Plus, it's FREE JAZZ.
I don't know if I sleep on my stomach or my side. The most concise way of describing it is that I use one leg as a "kickstand."
This is awesome! Thank you so much! :)
Piano, trumpet, and/or violin. They're my favorite instruments. I'm planning on learning the trumpet this semester.
Ah yeah, I forgot to flesh out the tree metaphor that I wanted to incorporate. His million arms were supposed to be compared to a tree's branches. The use of million was intentional; the idea was that each magnifying glass (person) would be compared to a leaf.
Thank you very much for the input. I'm glad that the flaws revolve around simple problems rather than the ideas that the story is built around (at least that's the impression I'm getting from the feedback I've gotten). Luckily I've only taken a couple college classes on writing and they were geared toward argumentation and analysis, not creative writing. With this in mind, I'm thinking that I've got plenty of room to grow.
The Stranger is on my to-read list. Definitely looking forward to it; I'm really enjoying what Camus has to say.