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Hi friends!
It’s 1am on New Year’s Day for your (mostly) faithful author, gentle readers.
It snowed, no one called, my hair underwent a dramatic re-tealing, I had some wild nightmares, and I’ve got a few ideas in mind for the New Year and the blog!
My New Year’s List (so far)
- Start a magickal journal
- Dream record more
- Diet journal (see also Just Bento January Bento Challenge)
- Organize collections (books, films, dust bunnies, etc.)
- Purge the unnecessary (knickknacks, old clothes, stuff I don’t need in general)
- Yoga (i.e. stretching routine, meditative relaxation time, etc)
- Use organizational tools to support good habits
- Get into the makeup routine
- Extend aggressive budgeting rules to food, clothes, vice and miscellaneous spending.
And some older goals I set for myself that still need doing (updated comments in parenthesis):
- Wake up early enough in the morning to do what I want to do, not just what I have to do.
- Eat breakfast, plan for lunch (see bento challenge above, too)
- Drink once a week or less. (already getting there)
- Find a phystical activity that I will stick to. (the yoga thing I hope)
- Cut coffee intake. (less of an issue than it was when I wrote that)
- Recognize and learn to manage my triggers to unhealthy actions. (ties in with restructuring my diet habits and various vices)
- Read more (doing better on that!)
- Blog more (no comment)
Develop a schedule for bill payment (BOOM! done on that one. heck yeah!)
- Stay motivated to make lunches and dinners. (seriously, the food thing. gotta stay on it.)
Find out what smells weird in the fridge!! (an admittedly recurring issue.)
- Save up for “splurge stuff”. (ties in with that budgeting of non-bill items.)
- Go through my closet, find different “target weight” outfits and put them somewhere obvious. (probably not an easy thing to do since my weight has effected my wardrobe in strange ways. the idea here is to motivate myself every day to do the right things.)
- Do more organizational tasks, cleaning, making lists, STICKING to lists. (can’t argue with that.)
What do you want to do in 2009? Share your list (or link to your list) in the comments!
Note: The diet and magickal journals may be completely seperate from RKNet, or at least run in an area seperate from the main blog, for those who simply aren’t interested. I am also investigating my theme options to see if a more magazine-like style might be a good way to provide you, gentle readers, with a more approachable and fun RKNet for 2009 and beyond. If you have suggestions for the site, by all means comment or write me! I love outside perspective and all criticism is helpful even if it’s not strictly “positive”.
I want to thank everyone for reading, for commenting, for subscribing to the feed, and for generally being awesome. I hope this coming arbitrary Gregorian time period is as fun, as enlightening, as painless, and as unpredictable as possible.
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Los que ya están suscritos a la
(feedburner) RSS
pueden haber notado un gran vÃnculo de volcado después, rebosante de whatnots esotérico y lo oculto a base de plantas-padres.
Los que no están, me gustarÃa dirigir su atención sobre el gran cuadro de púrpura en la esquina superior derecha. Exclusiva a la alimentación es mi actividad en del.icio.us resumen diario puestos. "Pero, ¿por qué quiero saber lo que haces en Internet?" Se puede preguntar usted mismo. Una pregunta válida de hecho, pero tener en cuenta el propósito original de "blogging"
como
se explica
por el tipo acreditado con la invención del blog
es para compartir enlaces a cosas que uno le gusta o quiere compartir.
Los elementos del Sábado puesto el link de volcado todos comparten un mismo tag:
wcghm.
Esta etiqueta significa Blanco coagulación de la Gran
Homunculi
materia. No realmente. Es para
Weiser conciso GuÃa de hierbas Magick.
Judith Hawkins-Tillirson proporciona un fácil comprender la iniciación al estudio de las correspondencias a base de plantas y el planetario arquetipos Qabbalah creado a través de (el tÃo Al) Crowley
777
y los trabajos relacionados con el objetivo de mejorar la magickal prácticas mediante el uso de las plantas.
Los que ya están Ãntimamente familiarizado con
777
pueden encontrar este poco redundante, pero para los principiantes o los curiosos en general se trata de un fabuloso referencia. Me recogió en mi local de Barnes & Noble por unos 12 $ y es más que vale la pena cada centavo. Hawkins-Tillirson ofrece algo más que una comprensión de los condensados de hierbas información disponible en
777,
que cita muchas fuentes diferentes y, en ocasiones, proporciona diferentes interpretaciones de los clásicos que magickal guÃa.
El wcghm del.icio.us etiqueta le proporciona casi toda la web basada en las referencias citadas en el libro. Usted puede enterarse de todos los detalles en cosas como ésta mediante
la suscripción de la RKNet animal,
o usted puede ir
add me to your del.icio.us red
y añadir tu del.icio.us red de alimentación a su lector de elección. Puede hacerlo yendo a su "red" en la página del.icio.us - delicious.com / network / yourusername - y desplazarse hacia la parte inferior de la página, habrá un enlace llamado "canal RSS para estos Marcadores" que le dará su costumbre de red especÃficas de alimentación.
Bono: Si usted es un miembro del Primer Amazonas (también lo puedes hacer el mes de prueba gratis!) Lo puede conseguir por $ 11 sin el transporte marÃtimo. Hay también algunos utilizan (y supongo exceso?) Copias por ahà entre el 3 $ -7 $ si eres curioso, pero poco dinero de bolsillo. Y, por supuesto, siempre hay en su biblioteca local. Como señala Judith misma del libro, no subestimar el valor del servicio de préstamo interbibliotecario que ofrece!
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Those who are already subscribed to the (feedburner) RSS feed may have noticed a particularly large link dump post, brimful of esoteric whatnots and occult herbal do-dads.
Those who aren’t, I’d like to direct your attention to the great big purple box in the upper right hand corner. Exclusive to the feed is my del.icio.us activity in daily digest posts. “But why do I want to know what you do on the internet?” you might be asking yourself. A valid question indeed, but bear in mind the original purpose of “blogging” as described by the guy credited with inventing the blog is to share links to things one likes or wants to share.
The items from Saturday’s link dump post all share a common tag: wcghm.
This tag stands for White Coagulate of Greater Homunculi Matter. Not really. It stands for Weiser Concise Guide to Herbal Magick. Judith Hawkins-Tillirson provides an easy to grasp initiation to the study of herbal correspondences to planetary archetypes and the Qabbalah as set up through (Uncle Al) Crowley’s 777 and related works with a goal of improving one’s magickal practices through the use of plants.
Those already intimately familiar with 777 may find this slightly redundant, but for beginners or the generally curious it is a terrific reference. I picked it up at my local Barnes & Noble for about 12$ and it was more than worth every penny. Hawkins-Tillirson provides more than just a condensed understanding of the herbal information available in 777, she cites many different sources and at times provides differing interpretations from that classic magickal guide.
The wcghm del.icio.us tag provides to you nearly all the web-based references cited in the book. You can get the inside scoop on stuff like this by subscribing to the RKNet feed, or you can go add me to your del.icio.us network and add your del.icio.us network feed to your reader of choice. You can do that by going to your “Network” page in del.icio.us - delicious.com/network/yourusername - and scrolling down to the bottom of the page, there will be a link labeled “RSS feed for these Bookmarks” which will give you your custom network-specific feed.
Bonus: If you’re an Amazon Prime member (you can always do the free month trial!) you can get it for $11 with no shipping. There are also some used (and overstock I guess?) copies out there for between 3$-7$ if you’re curious but low on pocket money. And of course, there’s always your local library. As Judith mentions herself in the book, do not underestimate the valuable service that interlibrary loaning provides!
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Con cruces que son un importante alimento básico en el mundo de superhéroes, usted pensarÃa que torciendo juntos dos universos no serÃa tal koncept extranjeros. Dejar que durante mucho tiempo desarrollador de juegos de Midway para tener una idea y rebosante de awesomeness llevar por un camino hacia el fracaso aproxima proporciones épicas con su más reciente entrega de su clásico, empapado de sangre de caza de Mortal Kombat, previsiblemente titulada Mortal Kombat vs Universo DC. Ahora, no me malinterpreten, es plenamente capaz de combate, sólo falta la gran kickass factor que lo que espera de una alquimia de estos dos genealogÃas de confianza. Es como la mayorÃa de rock-and-roll ... súper grupos de combinaciones que se vea bien en papel, pero el viento a ser algo mucho menos de lo que deberÃa ser. Este tÃtulo tiene muchas caras reconocibles al instante de los dos mundos, como Sub-Zero, Rayden, Batman y Wonder Woman y sales en pocos tercer nivel douchenozzles como
Jax
y el
Capitán Marvel
(lolwut?) para (debatably) buena medida, porque creo que
Bizarro,
Sr. Congelar,
Doomsday,
El Acertijo,
acero
y
Lobo
fueron demasiado ocupados para participar.
Masiva a'plenty barbilla.
Bien, hablemos de las cosas que me hacen tener un sabor amargo en la parte de atrás de mi garganta cada vez que llaman a esta realidad, un juego de Mortal Kombat. En primer lugar, he notado de inmediato (como en unos diez segundos en el primer partido) y que la lucha contra el sistema de combate era ridÃculamente superficiales de un tÃtulo MK. Cada jugador sólo tiene unos pocos combos ter disposición en y alrededor del 80% de ellos son reciclados (TODOS carácter tres primeros combos en la lista son X, X, Y en la 360. Cada uno.) Y muchos de los movimientos especiales ( ahora se llama 'el poder se mueve' por alguna razón) muestran que los desarrolladores fácilmente a favor de algunos de los personajes ... esto se muestra en detalle evidentes después de intentar Sub-Zero, Rayden El Joker o que son un poco desequilibrado. En la misma nota, la mayorÃa de los caracteres Universo DC se sienten un poco de luz sobre el poder y awesomeness ... Batman es, sin algunos de sus gadgets más fresco (aunque se la versión dos de su Baterang - uno de los cuales es lo que Douglas Adams podrÃamos llamar
"la mayorÃa de inútil
") y Superman sólo no considera que Super.
Se trata de la mayorÃa de sangre verás.
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With crossovers being a major staple in the world of superheroes, you’d think that twisting together two separate universes wouldn’t be such a foreign koncept. Leave it to long-time game developer Midway to take an idea brimming with awesomeness and lead it down a path toward failure approaching epic proportions with their newest installment of their classic, blood soaked fighter Mortal Kombat, predictably titled Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. Now, don’t get me wrong, it’s a fully capable fighter, it just lacks the sheer kickass factor that you’d expect from an alchemy of these two trusted pedigrees. It’s sort of like most rock-and-roll super groups…combinations that look good on paper but wind up being something far less than they should be. This title takes many instantly recognizable faces from both worlds like Sub-Zero, Rayden, Batman and Wonder Woman and salts in a few third-tier douchenozzles like Jax and Captain Marvel (lolwut?) for (debatably) good measure, because I guess that Bizarro, Mr. Freeze, Doomsday, The Riddler, Steel and Lobo were all too busy to participate.Â

Massive chins a'plenty.
OK, so let’s talk about the things that make me get a sour taste in the back of my throat every time I actually call this a Mortal Kombat game. First, I immediately noticed (as in about ten seconds into my first match) that the fighting and combat system was ridiculously shallow for an MK title. Each player only has a few combos at thir disposal and about 80% of them are recycled (EVERY character’s first three combos in the list are X, X, Y on 360. Every one.) and a lot of the special moves (now called ‘power moves’ for some reason) show that the developers easily favored some of the characters…this is shown in glaring detail after you try Sub-Zero, The Joker or Rayden who are a bit unbalanced. On the same note, most of the DC Universe characters feel a bit light on power and awesomeness…Batman is without some of his cooler gadgets (although he gets two different version of his Baterang - one of which is what Douglas Adams might call ‘
mostly useless‘) and Superman just doesn’t feel that Super.

This is about the most blood you'll see.
MK vs DC Universe does another thing to piss on the Mortal Kombat pedigree by removing the one constant that the series has seen over it’s seven previous titles, namely the series’ trademark violence and over-the-top fatalities. While there still is a moderate blood (this is the first T-rated Mortal Kombat), the fatalities (or DC’s ‘Heroic Brutalities’) were apparently grown with some care on the stupid farm. From Superman’s overly cartoonish “pound someone into the floor”, the Green Lantern’s “dual energy sledgehammers of doom” or The Joker’s toned-down “shoot ‘em in the face” fatality (which is unfortunately mimicked by Deathstroke, who has pretty much the same thing), every last fatality in the game is either lame or just plain weak at best. Also, you’ll find another series addition (from MK 4 on) missing in action, the multiple style palette switching and weapons. While I was reluctant to this addition at first, i did fall in love with it the first time I found up fighting a skilled player in MK: Deadly Alliance and things went from a heated fistfight to and all-out swordfight within a matter of seconds…and with heroes present like the sword-wielding Deathstroke or The Joker (who, if he’s true to character, is carrying an assortment of knives somewhere on him) this could have been easily implemented, in my opinion. If it wasn’t bad enough, add the obligatory poorly written (and equally poorly voice-acted) story mode to the mix for even more (piss-poor) flavor.

4chan users will have fun with this one, I'm sure.
MK vs DC isn’t a complete failure, find a few friends for multiplayer and overlook it’s shortcomings and you can actually have fun pitting some of the better characters against each other, and several new mechanics like a pretty intriguing grapple system and what I call ‘Falling Kombat” where characters actually beat the piss out of each other while in mid-air and the real-time bruising and suit tearing and you’ll have a degree of fun, but ask yourself…is it really $59.99 worth of fun? This gamer thinks not…but look on the bright side: at least Brandon Routh has some competition in the “make Superman look like a pussy” department.
Verdict: 4/10, pretty damn mediocre.
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