Damen is next.

The Doors Closing chime snaps Dayne out of his trance. He sat for who knows how long, staring blankly through the train windows, barely aware of the people filing in and out of the car. Where was I the last few seconds, he thought to himself. An answer did not present itself. He slowly blinked his eyes into focus and turned his head towards his fellow passengers. He noted each individual's expression, tagged them with the names; 'nice smile', 'big nose', 'pretty eyes', 'high-maintenance', 'great legs', 'curly hair', only briefly wondering why he only gave names to the women.

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33

Well, since 33 is right around the corner, meaning I will be 33 years old, I thought I would do a little tribute to 33. Cause it's cool, or something. 

First, a wikilink to 33 (the number, not the year and not the disambiguation). Which isn't funny if you've never been a wiki-ite. Anywho, so you don't have to read the whole wikipagia on 33, I'll give you the highlights. I will be 33 and that's about it. No, seriously. 

• 33 is the name of the first episode of the new Battlestar Gallactica. And I'm a geek.
• 33 is the country code to call France. I've been to France, see the link.
• 33 is the atomic number for Arsenic. Arsenic kills people; no relation.
• The intellectual cycle, one of three fundamental biorhythm cycles is 33 days long. The intellectual cycle regulates intelligence, logic, mental reaction, alertness, sense of direction, decision-making, judgment, power of deduction, memory, and ambition. On my birthday this year I will be at the peak of my 33 day intellectual cycle, meaning I will be smarter than everything and everyone. I'll be taking that day off. Check out yours.
• A normal human spine has 33 vertebrae when the bones that form the coccyx are counted individually in which pass 33 pairs of nervous groups. So, technically everyone under 33 is spineless...Eat that.
• 33 is, according to the Newton scale, the temperature when water boils. And it relates because I like Fig Newtons and I'm hot.
• Allegedly, some guy named Jesus (no lastey, like Cher) performed 33 miracles and died when he was 33. I'm smart, I've spread out my miracles a little better so I can live longer. Also, Krishna, the god with 16,000 wives and 180,000 sons, died to repurchase the Karma of the humanity at 33.
• 33 rpm is the speed of an LP. I used to own LP's.
• 33 is the coming of age of a hobbit in The Lord of the Rings. I have better feet than a hobbit, but I still haven't come of age as of yet.
• Dante wrote the Divine Comedy in 3 canticas - each consisting of 33 cantos. His name begins with D and I was thinking about getting a game called Dante's Inferno.
• The highest title you can recieve as a member of the Free Masons is rank 33 or the Illuminati. I have the Illuminati Trilogy at home, I haven't read it, but I have it.
• Title 33 is the U.S. Code that deals with Navigation and Navigable Waters. I'm a Water Resources Engineer.
• The Planck Limit of quantum physics describes the smallest possible theoretical particle in the known universe as having a size no smaller than 10-33cc (cubic centimeters for you stupid Americans). 
• The place where 33°30'N, meets 33°30'E, is near the Southern end of the island of Cyprus, in the Mediterranean Sea, believed to host vast, unexplored archeological resources from nearby ancient cultures, allegedly even the lost city of Atlantis. Recent sonar imagery of the region reveals underwater structures resembling canals measuring 330 ft. wide with 33 ft. high walls. Dig that shit up.
• Number 33, 1949 by Jackson Pollock has me in it with one of my voices sitting on my shoulder. No, it's not a Rorschach and I'm totally serious. And now I'm creeped out.
• According to R. Allendy, "this number shows the free activity of the being in the organization of the world. It shows the free creature related to the plans of the Creator by links of justice and love or by the providential intermediaries". This number is seen thus connected to the Karma - 3 + 3 = 6. 
• 33 is the number of turns in a complete sequence of DNA. Last I checked I have a complete sequence of DNA.
• Vintage Queens Number 33 (Agent Lynch) is a Londoner, a redhead and hot, all things I dig (big-time).

 

In short, 33 is effed up; in all sorts of ways. And it's old. Cheers.

It has a beautiful symmetry to it, doesn't it? I wonder what it means when the lines cross.

Is Sonic back?

Once upon a time, in a galaxy about 300 miles south of here, there was an adorable little blonde boy, who, with his less adorable brother, played a game called Sonic the Hedgehog.

This game was simple; a side-scrolling platformer that had, instead of jumping over pits of spikes...oops, it had that, instead of bouncing on the heads of enemies...opps it had that, that allowed a little blue creature to roll into a ball, rev-up his speed by spinning in circles and unleash his momentum to run blazing speeds across boards, zip around loopty loops, jump over trees, bounce off of springboards, collect rings, defeat evil machine bugs and destroy Dr. Robotnik, who had earlier kidnapped all of the furry forest creatures. 

Yes, these two lads spend hours challenging themselves to improve their times, collect more rings, gain high scores, all with a little blue beloved hedgehog.

Unfortunately in the intervening years the people on Sonic Team (Wiki page because theirs is all in Japanese) have taken Sonic down paths some gamers are unwilling to follow. We won't go there, it's too dark to re-live. 

But now, perhaps times have changed? Sonic the Hedgehog 4 arrives, and perhaps with gameplay that will rekindle the love of Sonic, seen in that adorable little blonde boy. Cheers.

Halo....Reach...(cont.)

Must I wait until May?

the sun is cool too

Oh NASA, you always do the neatest things.