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Recent news:
13.08 I'm experimenting with panoramic photos. Here are a few taken during our trip to Pedernales falls:
24.04 Scheme needs more semicolons.
11.09 This sounds like fun
31.07 Well, here's the skydiving video. Unfortunately they screwed up mastering the video so there's no sound, but here's the transcript:
OH MY GOD, THIS IS AWESOME! The best part was the first few seconds, when you can see the plane
falling away from you, you're just tumbling weightless with hardly any
wind, suspended in an infinite volume of blue, blue sky. Then you
start to reach terminal velocity and the air is really loud and it's
more or less like standing in front of a huge fan. The parachute
opening was smoother than I expected -- it's not so much a jolt as the
shock of suddenly feeling gravity again, and you feel that until you
land, like some giant's dangling you in the air. Overall, it was
comparable to a really good roller coaster ride. Not better than sex
or anything. I'd do it again someday, particularly to try doing it
alone (or rather, not strapped to somebody else's front), but I'm not
addicted.
27.06 I moved this weekend. Maya has adjusted amazingly well to the new apartment --
after spending all night climbing on things and sniffing them, she seems right
at home. I'll post some pictures soon.
02.05 On Saturday I drove to Dallas with Lisa and Erin for a Veronica Mars cast appearance. If you're not familiar with Veronica Mars, it's a sort of teenage crime drama,
Nancy Drew meets Daria maybe. Even though it's targeted at teens, all the
characters are deep, realistic, mature and multifaceted, and Veronica is (in my
opinion) a great antidote to the normal airhead Barbie role-models on TV (even
if she is cute as a button). Also, my Nancy Drew analogy isn't very good --
while there're subplots involving stolen mascots and bitter boyfriends, the main
arc has more adult themes like the murder of Veronica's best friend and her
date-rape shortly therafter.
Well, going to this wasn't something I'd normally do of my own volition, but it was fun.
I didn't interact much with the cast because I'm shy and too conscious of the
strange relationship between fan and star. And anyways, I'd feel strange
having photos of me pretending to be friends with people I don't know -- if the
point is to prove I was in their august presence, I have that
covered. Well, they were all very nice. Jason Dohring (Logan), who I have to admit I have a
guy-crush on, reminded me a lot of Hudson Mueller from LBJ with his
self-effacing smile and obvious eagerness to make people like him. Percy Daggs
(Wallace) seemed the most relaxed and friendly, like somebody you'd actually
meet on the UT campus and not in Hollywood. Kristen Bell (Veronica) was the
most self-contained.
I've decided that if I'm ever famous, I'm going to host a surreal
autograph-signing session where fans have to come and sign pictures of
themselves for me. Not that I will be. But it would remind people of the weird
paradox of fame. We're all fascinated by famous people for the sole reason that
they're famous, but being famous isn't anything that special in itself -- in
fact, having to participate in signings and smile all day is probably about on
par with being a cashier at Target. You're just as objectified, if slightly
more appreciated.
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