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Haiku Monday February 23, 2009

Not even cowboys

Can fight a cold without warmth

Love, and Mother’s care…

Last week’s discussions were about the dynamics of dating and relationship statuses online.  A few people I talked to mentioned that it would be nice to see who your new squeeze had dated previously and to be able to check out their profiles.  I brought this issue up with m3rkvry and he referred me to a scene from the film Amazon Women on the Moon (1987). He helped me rip the movie and extract the scene, and I uploaded it to YouTube.

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Haiku Monday February 16th, 2009

Sunlight on the floor

Vampires acquiescently

Welcome its beauty

Something very interesting happened on February 15th, 2009.

Act 1:  Anger

Early that morning, a disturbing video was brought to my attention.  In the video, a masked teenage boy picks up a house cat, slams it against the wall, and repeatedly punches and slaps at it.  He turns on the shower and gets the cat wet before leaving the crying animal in a heap on the ground.  The laughter and taunting of the poor cat made the video all the more disgusting.

It’s near impossible to NOT be upset after watching the video.  Eventually the video is submit to Reddit, a user-generated news sit where links are voted up or down by the community.  Enough people upvoted this video in just a few short hours to make the front page of Reddit, and thus its exposure increased exponentially.

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“Fear and love are the deepest of human emotions.” – Donnie Darko (2001)

This weekend is framed to reflect as much.  While Valentine’s day will heartily handle the love part, a night out at the cinema can stimulate the fear within.  Modern movie technology has prompted a couple of filmmakers to entice us this weekend.  With My Bloody Valentine 3D and the remake of Friday the 13th in theaters, there’s no excuse to not have a bloody good time.

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I told myself earlier today that the next post would not be about Facebook status updates…  But then a very relevant article was brought to my attention.

(Click the image to view the article on the NY Post)

Indeed we are ’shocked,’ Chris

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This is an interactive chart I made to describe the difference between what is posted and what I find true re: Facebook status updates.  Its a combination of what I have found true from my Facebook experience, and what I have generalized through others.  It pretty much speaks for itself, so I won’t ramble on.

For full interaction, scroll over the buttons at the bottom, and don’t forget to click over the tabs at the top to see Relationship Status Chart and the Status Update chart.  Enjoy.

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