Ce @ MindSay

Can someone please tell me when and more importantly WHY B.C and A.D. are now B.C.E and C.E. ? It was BC/AD when I wan in high school or at least my little podunk town hadn't cought wind of the academic alteration to the separation of time due to the apearance of one Jesus Christ. I first encounterd it in 2004 I believe and I was very confused. It just happend to be in some text book I was reading and it gave no explanation as to what it meant. What is Comon era suposed to mean anyway? I'm prety sure those who were in the year 750CE wouldn't think we were so much in a comon era.

I always loved that history was devided essentialy into pre-Christ and post Christ time it seemed so fitting. Everyone has a life deviding moment. Some event or other that split your life in two A: Life before event and B: Life after event. Hahah historys deviding moment was Christ.

... back to that paper I supose...





{please don't comment that it's not exactly to his birth or death/resurection as though Christ were born at year 1 AD or he died and rose again in the year 1 AD. I know the 1 mark is probably somewhere in his late 20's-ish}

In my rush to finish things for end of the month- namely work and Mindmeld Project- I completely forgot it was the end of the month. Yes, yes, I know I'm stupid sometimes. Only the truly stupid can forget the very thing they are constantly remembering. It's a talent.

 

Here it is, September, and I ground-thrummingly forgot about creating a new header/theme and typing up August's movie list. Luckily, I have that list right beside little-ol', anal-retentive me. [Edited Update: I forgot I had been "doodling" with a header earlier this month, so I'm using it for August. I may play with is as we go along... adding text or other elements. Even if it stays untouched I'll be pleased, because I love summer skies. Good bye 70's Orange Lines.]

 

Movies (and a television series) I have seen in August: (italics mean I've seen it before)

• Scream 3 - A fine conclusion to the trilogy. And by fine I don't mean "detailed"... I mean "alright".
• Texas Chainsaw Massacre (remake) - I honestly love this one and despise the first one.
• Chasing Amy - For some reason, this viewing left me cold. I couldn't stand the characters... well, except for Jay and Silent Bob.
• V for Vendetta - Surreal and comic-book awesome.
• Match Point - A beautifully executed movie that you don't want to waste your time on.
• Good Night and Good Luck - This movie is a must, if for no other reason than the history. Funny, sad and meaningful. The type of meaningful that each person
• Pulse - *shrugs* I liked some of the ideas behind what was going on but overall, "meh".
• Snakes on a Plane - The internet phenom that I was happily on board for- the movie being the exclamation point.
• Dead & Breakfast - Funny little horror-comedy. Not Shawn of the Dead caliber, though still good.
• Public Access - Terrible movie. No redeeming value. Everything was off kilter, like the idea behind the script was polluted by the directing and the actors rode rough shod over the lines. Potential? Yes. Disappointment? Yes.
• Veronica Mars, Season 2 - *happy sigh* I enjoy this shows wit, dialogue, characters, friendships, relationships, actors, directing. Even the music.
• Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy - I was very excited to watch this show, an inside look at the porn industry via the life of one of the most well-known performers. Besides some slightly titillating moments this movie was flaccid.

You got through my list. You get a reward. (Awe-inspiring.)

 

And because I'm very generous and feel like regifting, below you will see the three week absent Creativity Exchange. TheRacket is the birther of the words. Immaculate conception, don'cha know. And he spread the seed of thought to me so I could create the image. (Eww... TheRacket is (like) my Creativity Brother. That makes my whole analogy wrong. Just wrong.)

 

You can see the other half (a non-identical twin, if you will) of Creativity Exchange over at his journal.

 

Words are TheRacket's, image by me:

 

[fowl thoughts]

what
do you
think about when
you are eating birdseed?

the bluejay asked the cardinal

is it about the fine nuts
just beyond those crunchy hulls of darkness?

or the varied flavortextures dancing about your beak?

perhaps you reflect upon one your Uncle Charlie's jokes
or that foul bird who frightened you from your perch
on that extra fancy feeder just up Maxwell Street?

what do you think about? he asked again
tilting his blue head to one side
waiting for the redbird to respond

but the cardinal kept pecking
away at his meal

until at last
he said

nothing

 

(Click here for a larger version.)

 

Lastly, WTF Radio is happy to welcome back Shiny and SocKs. Shiny has picked out a wonderful Preshow as AAP will not be on tonight. WTF Radio is broadcast live on Fridays, 9PM (Central). Questions of the Week still need to be answered and Rematch of Vs. rematched.

Oh my. A dream of mine has come true. Sound the wind chimes; the sounds of angels. Allow me to share: AllAroundPsycho and Byzantium have decided to pair up and create their own set of Creativity Exchanges. Neat, huh? I thought so. Here is the half showcased at AAP's place and here is the half Byzantium is hosting.

 

In case you're worried that TheRacket and I have not posted this Friday, to let the spotlight shine down upon AAP and Byzantium, no worries. We didn't all of a sudden grow noble or anything. Well, at least I didn't.

 

Check out TheRacket's half over here. Dangit. He's talented. Below, you'll see my hosted half. The words are TheRacket's and the image is mine.

[the passing of dusk]

far edge of the world
tired sun tucks 'neath mountain quilts
open sky sighs stars

About Creativity Exchange

TheRacket had a brilliant (and fun) idea. He asked me if I would be interesting in a Creativity Exchange (those are my capitalization, hence, I'm naming it. So, there). It's almost like a short game of tag; he will write or I will draw and we would exchange what we created to the other. There are no hard and fast rules; one person creates something and the other collaborates. He could sketch and I could write, I could take a picture and he write a haiku, he could write a ballad and I illustrate a passage... we're making it up as we go along. The best kind of game, really.

 

Creativity Exchange Timeline

1. Monday &/or Tuesday we work on creating something for the other.
2. Wednesday we exchange the pieces secretly.
3. Thursday we work on our responding pieces.
4. Friday we display them.

Layer Cake Exchange Timeline

Similar to the above exchange, this one adds one more step.

1. Monday we secretly exchange our first pieces (Part I) so that only the other can see.
2. Wednesday we secretly reveal our responses (Part II), which are responding to the other's Part I.
3. We each prepare a response that ties in with the respective Part II, trying to forget about our own original piece that inspired it.
4. Friday we publicly reveal our responses to Part II thereby creating a Part III.
5. The end product is two separate exchanges, using an original work to inspire a response. Then that response inspires a following response. Techinically, this type of creativity exchange could go on for a long time.

Creativity Exchange Archives

(issue by weeks)  

Season 1: [harvest] & [reach] (that week we each did two) [irie] & [crumble] and [circus] & [oh yeah? oh no!] [pizza day] and (two different versions of the same writing) [wilderness 1] & [wilderness 2] (sexually suggestive content) [last wave] & [swallow] [a view from the top] & [a spill of stars] [starfish dreaming] & [blindfold] [what do you think?] & [transit] [tanglefingers] & [go d food] [young crush, or eyes got it bad] & [scarbundles] [razorback butterfly] & [vacancy, or full of empty] [ragdoll physics] & [bad shirt day] [bumblebee artistry] & [the muse the witch] [ghosts of yourselves] & [super stitchin'] [hell is] & [sputters of din] [suction] & [starlight lucidity], [starlight lucidity] Update   [slingshot] & [without a snout] [before the fist of sunrise] & [mostly sunny] [beyond the frame] & [rockface] [guides of when] & [puppy tricks] [the cruel fisherman], [venom jellybeans] & [the cruel fisherman], [attacks of whimsy] (this week we swapped our pieces on Monday, swapped our responses on Wednesday and responded to that on Friday.) [you think you scare me but you don't] & [mosaic] [leaps and bounds] & [scissorholes for peekaboos] [certain victory] & [the public pool] [the noisome trials of young burro burrito] & [gasp of danger] [ladybug sunrise] & [plainview] [the roar] & [waft] [teddybears for voodoodolls] and its second, but actually first image & [that night the skeletons got out of the closet] [drinks around a fire] (A) and [drinks around a fire] (B) & [popaganda] and [king of trash mountain] [mount ice crystal mountain] & [lunatic genius] [vantage] & [fowl thoughts] [boa] & [the passing of the sun]  [core fracture] & [mannequin in mittens] [1000 Tracks] & [the impending deaths of ants in puddle anthills] [to tell the truth] & [wonderwear] [what he thought, or the stalemate] & [quicktease] season one finales: [real bad luck] & [in the spirit of collaboration]

Season 2: [the mystery of the wintry shivers] & [outshine] (espial thaumaturgy) & [unmade] [faster slow] & [grey leaves black grass] [the untidy baker] & Ordinarily [ruin] & [pov] [reflect/shun] & [the passing of dusk] [the six year old witch] & [true view] [approaching despair] & [sunfire passion] [caliginosity] Update: CE Halted The eventual is a mystery....

 

Season 1 of Spin-off Creativity Exchanges:  purpose & The Hunt (AAP & Byzantium) -- not a morning person -- & - The Crash - It slices through the air... & -- Job -- -- the fight -- & Consciousness dun... Dun... DUN! (...to be continued.)

(If you've tried your hand at a Spin-off, please let us know. We'd love to see it.)

The Creativity Exchange button, push it to go to our wikipage:

 

 

 

 

Feedback is always appreciated.

But coming soon!

Things have been a lotta busy this week, I'm working on it but its not ready so you will have to wait a day or two more. Thanks AAP for understanding

Oh Go listen to WTF tonight!!! please

in other news, my car didn't work this morning so I was a half a hour late to work (not good) I had to bike in, and since I wasn't anticipating that I didn't have enough water in me and almost blacked out at work when I got there.
I wish I got paid a little more then what I am now, so then I wouldn't have to work so much.

ok enough of me whining
and to get a nap in before i have to go to work.