Something Between

thedailywhat: Early Bird Special: How to convert an ordinary...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:02:06 -0500

Early Bird Special: How to convert an ordinary butane lighter into an cheap-yet-powerful laser burner.

Because fire is for pussies.

[via.]

“As with any laser pointer, don’t point it at yourself or at any living being.”

I love you, Kipkay.

bendingmybrainin4d: khora: nixistence: I’m sorry, guys. Once...

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:02:58 -0500

bendingmybrainin4d:

khora:

nixistence:

I’m sorry, guys.

Once more, another little piece of my childhood withers away.

Jounce= Danny Tamberelli’s jam band. honestly, they are pretty good.

old pete is scary.

Wait, really? These guys are on my iPod, I never knew that!

nixistence: I’m sorry, guys. Once more, another little piece...

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:18:45 -0500

nixistence:

I’m sorry, guys.

Once more, another little piece of my childhood withers away.

(via microwaves) Classy. I should start garnishing drinks with...

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:44:05 -0500

(via microwaves)

Classy. I should start garnishing drinks with starfruit.

So this is what I looked like at the end of high school.

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:07:40 -0500

So this is what I looked like at the end of high school.

Fumiko’s Proposal An independently produced anime short....

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:50:22 -0500

Fumiko’s Proposal

An independently produced anime short. Summarized: girl asks boy out, boy rejects her, shit gets crazy. The animation quality is top notch, smacking of both Gainax and Miyazaki.

I kind of wish my life had this sort of cartoonish whimsy to it.

From the archives.

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:48:42 -0500

From the archives.

nevergonnagetouttathismaze: This is for you Khora, A steampunk...

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:50:53 -0500

nevergonnagetouttathismaze:

This is for you Khora, A steampunk Laptop

This.

(via crukedglass)

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:51:24 -0500

(via crukedglass)

Photo

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:13:25 -0500

You know what’s an expression I haven’t heard in a while? “Information...

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:38:51 -0500

You know what’s an expression I haven’t heard in a while?

“Information Superhighway.”

Life’s Calendar, via VirusComix Click for fullsize.

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:07:00 -0500

Life’s Calendar, via VirusComix

Click for fullsize.

thedailywhat: Early Bird Special: The Dr. Mario theme song gets...

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:01:50 -0500

thedailywhat:

Early Bird Special: The Dr. Mario theme song gets a much needed lyrical upgrade.

[via.]

Mario’s triforce tramp stamp has me in stitches.

I found a dude who does Gainax (of FLCL, TTGL, and NGE fame)...

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:30:00 -0500

I found a dude who does Gainax (of FLCL, TTGL, and NGE fame) style commissions. Needless to say, I hopped all over that. These are two characters of mine that I used to roleplay. Now, I just make up stories for them.

Click for fullsize.

"When you develop an infatuation for someone you always find a reason to believe that this is exactly..."

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:25:49 -0500

“When you develop an infatuation for someone you always find a reason to believe that this is exactly the person for you. It doesn’t need to be a good reason. Taking photographs of the night sky, for example. Now, in the long run, that’s just the kind of dumb, irritating habit that would cause you to split up. But in the haze of infatuation, it’s just what you’ve been searching for all these years.”

- -Richard (The Beach)

(via fumer-tue)

Brilliant.

quicket: nor’easters routinely eat part of my hometown guess we...

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:22:49 -0500

quicket:

nor’easters routinely eat part of my hometown

guess we can look forward to another replenishment and many more years of rough sand beneath feets for surfing

Hey, you get to surf in your hometown. Nor’easters bring feet of snow to my hometown overnight, causing rampant flooding when it melts, and all we get to do is stare at trees.

"Sometimes life leaves a hundred dollar bill on your dresser, and you don’t realize until later..."

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:01:49 -0500

“Sometimes life leaves a hundred dollar bill on your dresser, and you don’t realize until later that it’s because it fucked you.”

- @shitmydadsays

sockrockinbeats: not an insult This touched me.

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:58:22 -0500

sockrockinbeats:

not an insult

This touched me.

bendingmybrainin4d: WHAT!? PETA. There’s your problem.

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:52:43 -0500

bendingmybrainin4d:

WHAT!?

PETA. There’s your problem.

Musings for the Evening

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:51:54 -0500

(as fostered by a discussion of intelligence on an internet forum)

I was told that I was abnormally intelligent all throughout most of my childhood, by my parents, teachers, councilors, pastor, 4-H leaders, etc. Apparently, some IQ test I took when I was in Elementary school put me in some category that required me to attend a “gifted and talented” program and skip a grade before middle school. Being on the nerdy, awkward side (and younger to boot), I was always that picked-on kid that thought “one day, I’ll be better than all of these people. I’m going to be rich and famous all because I’m smart!” I’ll willingly admit that it went to my head back then. I surely looked down on others as “the dumb kids,” despite my excessive ignorance at the time.

Leaving Bumblefuck, NY and coming to a more populated place packed with intelligent people made me realize that I’m much, much more average than I thought. The sort of people that I would tend to group as “the mundanes” were the ones traveling the world, starting entrepreneurial projects or making a name for themselves in the arts. All the while, I was failing classes and struggling to find a direction for my life. It was like cold water to the face for me, in a way; sobering and frustrating, but ultimately a needed wake-up call. Since then, I’ve realized that intelligence alone won’t carry me through this world. Attitude, a certain level of street smarts, and sheer will can do more than any amount of innate intelligence.

Sure, I may be smarter on some scale than most people, but meeting people far more intelligent than I has really forced me to reexamine my place in the world, as well as my goals for the future. The greatest lesson I’ve learned in college, more importantly than any piece of academia, is that it doesn’t matter how smart you are. What you do, how you act, and how you choose to grow as a person is, ultimately, infinitely more valuable than any IQ number that can be applied to you.

No matter how intelligent or special we think we are, it’s always critical to keep in mind that we are all mere humans. Every other person that you see, even if they’re just a passerby on a busy street, is a free-thinking and emotional individual just like you. They may be more or less intelligent than you, but they have their own story to tell and their own path to travel. People are people, judgment based on perceived intelligence only fosters inequality.