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[14 Dec 2009|02:32pm] |
The last of this batch of four from back in November.
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| Knowing |
[10 Dec 2009|11:33am] |
I'm thinking of doing a tarot deck of animal drawings, but I'm not familiar with the nuances of each card. Which animals would you associate with which cards?
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| Tarot-esque Fox |
[08 Dec 2009|12:34pm] |
![](http://birdhat.org/misc/animal_01_fox.jpg")
More from that recent doodle session.
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| Hello out there |
[28 Oct 2009|04:28pm] |
I'm curious who's reading this these days. Drop me a comment saying hi and we can reminisce about how we met (or haven't yet).
There are people I've been following online for ages but have never interacted with. I know that for me it's easy to assume that online folks I don't know yet wouldn't want to talk to me, but that assumption is often wrong.
On the other hand, I really enjoy the way Livejournal has allowed me to build up a funny sort of intimacy with people I would otherwise have fallen out of touch with or never gotten to know. This journal is six years old, so I've been in ambient contact with most of you all for longer than I've known most of my current friends.
These days Facebook (I am here) is attracting most of my attention, but it doesn't facilitate the same kind of deep personal reflection that happens here on LJ.
Anyway, hi.
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| and then |
[25 Oct 2009|08:19pm] |
Relatedly, it seems none of my friends have seen Where the Wild Things Are. It's complicated and weird and worth seeing.
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[23 Sep 2009|04:31pm] |
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Dreamed last night: The Beatles were releasing a new album. Its cover was brown paper with a painting of Darth Vader breaking through the pink ribbon at the finish line of a breast cancer marathon.
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Today I sneezed while walking on the sidewalk, and a passing bicyclist shouted "Gesundheit" (complete with Doppler-effect).
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[13 Jun 2009|09:12pm] |
(bigger)
Art Party at Lothlorien, Spring 2008.
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| Where is my Happy Place today? |
[18 May 2009|10:19am] |
File under: Quantified Self, Self-Experimentation, BLDGBLOG
Some time ago, Seth Roberts discovered evidence of an internal rhythm similar to the usual light-sensitive Circadian rhythm, but controlled by the sight of human faces in the morning and evening. This face rhythm affects mood and sleep duration.
http://repositories.cdlib.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1315&context=postprints
He hypothesizes (pg 13) that depression results when your "face oscillation" gets out of phase with your light-sensitive oscillation. Moving from one time zone to another is a simple way to adjust the phase of your light-sensitive oscillations, and Seth quotes a person who moved from New York to Turkey and found that "in the perfect Turkish sunshine the depression evaporated."
So:
By measuring these rhythms, it should be possible to calculate the time zone in which you would have the best mood. Traveling there would maximize your happiness -- unless your phases weren't quite 24 hours long, in which case you should constantly and slowly circle the globe. Your computer could present you with a daily color-coded map showing the moving "happiness front", and book hotel rooms and train tickets for you.
"It's been good to see you, but I've got to stay at the top of my happiness potential field. See you in 4 months."
"Yes, I know I left your backpack in the hotel, but we can't go back into the Shadow. Chicago is in the Sad Lands now."
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| Are you... happy? |
[05 May 2009|04:42pm] |
I've been reading about the measurement of happiness as part of my self-tracking project (which I'll post about sooner or later).
Ever wonder what it would be like to be maximally happy? You'd answer "agree" to each statement below. This is the "Oxford Happiness Inventory", a test used by psychologists to measure happiness:
I am incredibly happy
I feel that the future is overflowing with hope and promise
I am completely satisfied about everything in my life
I feel that I am in total control of all aspects of my life
I feel that life is overflowing with rewards
I am delighted with the way I am
I always have a good influence on events
I love life
I am intensely interested in other people
I can make all decisions very easily
I feel able to take anything on
I always wake up feeling rested
I feel I have boundless energy
The whole world looks beautiful to me
I feel fully mentally alert
I feel on top of the world
I love everybody
All past events seem extremely happy
I am constantly in a state of joy and elation
I have done everything I ever wanted
I can fit in everything I want to do
I always have fun with other people
I always have a cheerful effect on others
My life is totally meaningful and purposive
I am always committed and involved
I think the world is an excellent place
I am always laughing
I think I look extremely attractive
I am amused by everything
(source)
Imagining somebody cheerfully shouting these sentences makes me crack up laughing.
Oh, and Song Contest: Write a song using these phrases and I'll draw something for you.
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| Hm. |
[05 May 2009|03:44pm] |
Note that this is a worldwide poll.
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| Drawings |
[17 Apr 2009|01:57am] |
I've been enjoying Colors, a drawing app for the iPhone.
The best part is watching a replay of my drawing in fast forward. (Not visible here because I only have the free version.) The worst part is my fat finger obscuring what I'm drawing.
Is there anything I can use as a stylus on an iPhone? Perhaps a broken sliver of bacon, since the screen only seems to respond to fleshy things.
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| Photo of the Day |
[24 Mar 2009|06:59am] |
And the wall bulged but we did not know why
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