diff --git a/content/references/definitions.mkd b/content/references/definitions.mkd index e4a5131..018b761 100644 --- a/content/references/definitions.mkd +++ b/content/references/definitions.mkd @@ -215,3 +215,6 @@ [Rule of Funny]: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RuleOfFunny [Computronium]: http://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/4637faafa6437 [Modal Realism]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modal_realism +[Antediluvian]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antediluvian +[Hug Machine]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hug_machine +[Sarashi]: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Sarashi diff --git a/content_daily/log/60.mkd b/content_daily/log/60.mkd index 6a6991b..c0f80ff 100644 --- a/content_daily/log/60.mkd +++ b/content_daily/log/60.mkd @@ -1,15 +1,36 @@ --- -title: Le Suck -date: 2012-06-21 -techne: :done +title: I Am Le Tired +date: 2012-06-23 +techne: :wip episteme: :log --- -An announcement! (I should put this somewhere else too, maybe. Meh.) +An announcement! (I should put this somewhere else too, maybe. Eh.) -I've started to acquire quite a lot of sub-sites, so I decided to write a [little portal][] for them. Also, there is now an additional [universal RSS feed][] that includes *all* sites. (So you don't need 50 different feeds if you follow all my stuff anyway.) You can of course still follow individual feeds as always. +I've started to acquire quite a lot of sub-sites, so I decided to re-tool the main site a bit more aggressively, groups stuff more, clean up in general. This changed some of the links on the main site, and I moved some of that stuff back into the blog, but hey, no one ever linked to it (or even read it), so that shouldn't matter much. (I redirected links anyway. I try to never break anything.) -I'll also consolidate some of the mess on the main site, I swear, anytime now, right after I've watched this cat jump into a box, haha, what a funny cat! + is now a (simple) portal for all my sites, and the articles hosted directly there are Big Fat Things That Grow Over Time[^yo] But Have A Kind Of Limited Scope And Are At Some Point Done And Self-Contained. BFTTGOTBHAKOLSAAASPDASCs. (In [antediluvian][] times, I think they called those thing "books". Or a "tractatus". Something like that.) For now, they are either way-too-ambitious posts like the [Antinatalism FAQ][] or stuff that all belongs together, in some sense. + +I'll unify some stuff into single articles (like the antinatalism one), once there's a bit more content / I'm in the mood. I don't want to end up like Certain People who have elaborate intelligent arguments spread out over a bazillion blog posts and you can't just say, "read this huge site here, it contains everything you need to know".[^meta] + +[^meta]: + hey I just met you + and this is crazy + but here's my website + so believe me maybe + + and all the other sites + try to refute me + but here's my axioms + so believe me maybe + +Right after I've watched this cat jump into a box. Haha, you so funny, cat. + +And look ma, I even used fancy CSS for the site links! I'm not entirely stuck in the 90's! + +[^yo]: Insert obvious yo mamma joke here. + +Also, there is now an additional [universal RSS feed][] that includes *all* sites. (So you don't need 50 different feeds if you follow all my stuff anyway.) You can of course still follow individual feeds as always. And because I'm reading more, and I like lists, and reviews, hey!, there's now a [Let's Read][] site! I don't expect it to be very in-depth, or heck, even active in a month or two, but let's throw fifty ideas against the wall, one will stick! (Or at least make the wall sticky. *Eww*.) @@ -23,11 +44,37 @@ And because I'm feeling lazy today, I don't want to actually describe my card de --- +This might be a little bit too TMI, but I'd like to say that deep pressure as in Grandin's [Hug Machine][] is *amazing*. I got into the habit of writing a short inscription[^amdg] on my skin, putting a neat transparent band-aid on it to preserve it (and because taking off a band-aid feels awesome), then wrapping it very tightly with a bandage, trying to apply as much pressure as possible without cutting off the circulation. + +[^amdg]: Currently, a cross with the letters ADMG (ad maiorem Dei gloriam) in its corners. Sometimes a Dharma Wheel, or just words I like. + +Which means that sometimes I look a bit like Rei. + +<%= image("rei.jpg", "Rei") %> + +Anyhow, so I bought an original Japanese [Sarashi][], the kind of long bandage-like cloth you wear under your clothes, either for protection (if you're a guy) or to flatten your chest (if you're a girl). You've probably seen them in samurai flicks. A few things I learned: + +It's 9m long. That's awesome for wrapping yourself up, but a *bitch* to fold. You keep on folding and think, come on, I should be about done by now!, nope lol, still some meters to go. + +Japanese packaging is amazingly neat. The receipt even had an origami swan glued to it. This alone made my day. + +Did I say that it's 9m long? Have you ever tried to wrap something around yourself, *tightly*, really damn-can't-breathe tightly, that is 9m long? Ain't exactly easy, let me tell ya. Forget folding. Roll it all up. Only sane way to do it. + +9m is not nearly long enough. Ok, yeah, it *seems* long, but it's only like 7 or so revolutions. It will hold and nicely apply pressure, but you won't feel completely constrained. Still works, though. Try doing anapana with it, you'll see. Or crunches. + +I need more bandages. Long bandages. Ever more bandages! + +It's insane how much this calms me down. It's like applying a medkit to the *soul*. + +--- + I thought a bit more about thinking about philosophy, and luckily found a [solution due to divine inspiration][Condemnation]. -As you may have guessed, this is based (quite literally) on the [Condemnation of 1277][], and many of the condemnations are taken more-or-less directly from it (because I liked them[^ironic] and kept laughing about how the *original Condemnation of 1277* could be used, *verbatim*, to criticize several rationalist debates *today*). The second major influence are the Buddha's 14 Unanswerable Questions, as quoted in the beginning. (Which is also where the "or not, or both, or neither" formulation comes from. I always loved the dialetheist qualification in the canon.) +As you may have guessed, this is based (quite literally) on the [Condemnation of 1277][], and several of the condemnations are taken more-or-less directly from it (because I liked them[^ironic] and kept laughing about how the *original Condemnation of 1277* could be used, *verbatim*, to criticize several philosophy debates *today*). -I would also like to say that I had *a lot* of fun writing this, and also feel relieved for having properly disowned some things. Accordingly, many of my previous writings[^site] do not just have an innocuous marker for their epistemic state anymore, but a Big Fat Banner warning about their having been disowned. +The second major influence are the Buddha's 14 Unanswerable Questions, as quoted in the beginning. (Which is also where the "or not, or both, or neither" formulation comes from. I always loved the dialetheist qualification in the canon.) + +I would also like to say that I had *a lot* of fun writing this, and also feel relieved for having properly disowned some things. Accordingly, some of my previous posts[^site] do not just have an innocuous marker for their [Epistemic State][] anymore, but a Big Fat Banner warning about their having been disowned. [^site]: On this site, at least. I might extend it to other sites as I see fit / whenever I'm reminded of their existence.