http://namakajiri.net/diary Wherein I muse randomly Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:18:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Then one day you say the wrong thing to the wrong person and bam!, you’re fired and forgotten, with barely a word of goodbye from Maya, blown by the wind in the streets with the waves of other discarded bourgeois youth, we the losers. The machine hungers for new blood. * * * A quarter century, and back ... http://namakajiri.net/diary/25/en/ > We wanderers are protected by Kron, god of change. If we stay too much time in the same place, Kron will send powerful winds to blow us all the way back. That's a reminder of our eternal destiny as wanderers. > (A wanderer from Fuurai no Shiren, SNES) http://namakajiri.net/diary/300/en/ man I just love [Colors](http://www.collectingsmiles.com/colors/) for the Nintendo DS :D http://namakajiri.net/diary/297/en/ http://namakajiri.net/diary/baby-at-home/en/ Found in 4chan, unknown source. http://namakajiri.net/diary/the-secret-of-productivity/en/ The word “natural” has become overused to the point of losing its meaning. Nonetheless, I find myself surprisingly optimistic. It may be confirmation bias, but it appears to me the environmental movement is finally bearing fruit; after being politicized, absorbed by the amoeba of consumerism, given its own ... http://namakajiri.net/diary/288/en/ I hate computers. I will sell my computer and buy a guitar. I'm getting outa this bland purgatorium of a city this week and I will be back to the study of art and literature and comic books. I will be a scholar and travel the world and buy a ... http://namakajiri.net/diary/praised-be-allah-who-put-two-sides-in-my-head/en/ http://namakajiri.net/diary/252/en/ * I can’t stand the “look but don’t touch” feel of the Western art tradition. I mean, I really can’t stand it. My æsthetic tastes were formed by the tea ceremony, which like the West features deep respect for beautiful objects — but where Western art expresses ... http://namakajiri.net/diary/visiting-the-museum/en/ This weekend’s art project: [1992 Brazilian walkthrough guide Guia Games redone in New Games Journalism style](http://namakajiri.net/the-guia-games-project). Only the first game is done, mind you; this will be a serialization. Expect a feed in the next few days. Update: feed now at http://namakajiri.net/the-guia-games-project/feed.xml. http://namakajiri.net/diary/the-guia-games-project-is-up/en/ I’m always talking big about reality-based parenting — that is, never lying to your kids nor hiding them from the truth about death, poverty, injustice, the non-existence of Santa Claus, Easter Bunny, the afterlife, or God. People always make this funny look on their faces — you’re *ruining their ... http://namakajiri.net/diary/fathers-day-post/en/ Here, I’ll compare them in table format so that you non–comic-book-readers can see for yourselves how Constantine is the worst character assassination ever. Last line is spoilerish, select to see: Real John ConstantineMovie Wanker Constantine Exceedingly British blond amoral occultist bastardAmerican black-haired occultist antihero Sarcastic ex-punk-rocker modeled after ... http://namakajiri.net/diary/another-constantine/en/ - That round is better than sharp. - That depth is better than flatness. - That symmetry is better than assimetry. - That gradients, transparency, and reflexivity are better than solid colors. http://namakajiri.net/diary/contemporary-aesthetic-assertions-i-thoroughly-disagree-with/en/ http://namakajiri.net/diary/because-sometimes-it%e2%80%99s-canon/en/ we step over the holes in the pavement, broken concrete and bent traffic signs, schoolgirls’ graffiti, old cars grunting weird fumes, anonymous remains of old posters forever glued to lead paint, pidgeons in the trash, anti-hobo metal teeth, granite tributes no one reads to people no one knows — the ... http://namakajiri.net/diary/159/en/