fool.

Feb 17 th Wed

A baby cries.
the mother gives it milk
a short term fix
the crying never ends
emptiness creates emptiness
desire creates desire
an island in a sea of empty gestures
drowning is meaningless.
you speak to me of superman
i've never met the man
even if he did exist
his work is never done.

fly, birdie! fly!

and by my previous post i sincerely mean no ill will to anyone who might be pigeonholed as a “hipster.” some of my best friends are hipsters. i was merely referring to memes.

memes have been around probably since the time that bipedal apes first invented the hammer. it used to irritate me, and sometimes still does, but now i delight in watching its pandemic. it’s like watching a nature show.

the fact that something that has no real substance can propagate itself and follow rules of natural selection is fascinating to me. and only in the world of human beings does it take shape. cats like to watch birds fly outside the window. i enjoy watching my fellow hominids mutate according to a pattern that they themselves had no part in creating.

Feb 16 th Tue

so i was reading up on these so-called “hipsters” that everyone seems to be going on about. when time magazine writes about your scene, your scene is over.

kudos to the hipsters. and i mean that sincerely. it has taken this bastardized, empty, pointless youth culture to expose how empty, pointless, and bastardized youth culture is. they already did that with punk in the 70s, but you guys took it to its plateau! it couldn’t have played out better, really. irony is finally DEAD. and i couldn’t be happier. and the best part is… i don’t even think you guys were aware of it. haha. that just makes it perfect.

duchamp was right. ideas do have a life of their own. they’re downright virulent.

anyway, thanks.

Feb 15 th Mon

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Nico. Somewhere There’s A Feather.

such a beautiful song. jackson browne is so optimistic in this song. i wish i shared his optimism. but until then, i can listen to this song.

Study at Stanford Finds Computer Science Students are Biggest Cheaters

yeah, but… that’s just the culture of programming. everyone does it. in every class i was in, it was encouraged. by the teachers.

it’s different than other academic disciplines. it’s not like writing a term paper. in programming, code is shared… and improved upon.

you just can’t compare it to plagiarism in humanities. it’s not the same. humanities are completely subjective. programming is not.

fuckyeahcomputerscience:

A recent study by the San Jose Mercury News shows that at Stanford, cheating in computer science classes account for 22% of the university’s total honor code violations, despite accounting for only 7% of student enrollment…

Feb 14 th Sun

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The Dead C. The Magicians.

Feb 13 th Sat

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The Dead Milkmen. Badger Song.

it’s like i’m at 8th grade camp all over again.

Feb 12 th Fri

I wish i could be rosy and warm about everything that everyone seems to be rosy and warm about, but i'm too much of a realist.

Feb 11 th Thu

It's official. i'm retired. it's all about making useless things now.

Feb 10 th Wed

i was just watching art 21. in it richard serra is always sketching.

he said it is to keep his hand and eye in sync.

i wonder if that is necessarily a good thing…

agree to disagree.