Ryan

Yes, yes, I know I haven't posted here in forever. To be honest, I've largely moved most of my keeping-up-with-friends to Twitter and Facebook.

However, every once in a while, I want to post/write up something a bit more long-form than even Facebook will allow. Especially when I want images to appear inline, which FB still can't do.

So this past Monday, I attended Star Trek Live at the San Francisco Symphony. The TL;DR version is that it was an amazing experience, and one that I would like to see other studios set up for other films with excellent and dramatic scores.

For those who haven't seen or heard about this, Star Trek Live is a series of concerts where they show the 2009 Star Trek film, or its sequel Star Trek into Darkness, with a live symphony orchestra playing the score. The one they showed in SF was the 2009 film.

Regardless of what you might think about the Star Trek reboot in general and JJ Abrams' treatment of the franchise, you have to admit that Michael Giacchino composed an incredible score for the film. Tracks like these fully live up to the Star Trek films' legacy of dramatic scoring.

( If you're at all interested in symphonic/orchestral music, read on... )

I seem to have an excess of BookMooch points (47.1 to be exact) and nothing I really have a burning urge to read. At least, nothing that's currently available.

So, I figured I'd offer my friends the chance to get a book or two "on the house", so to speak. For those of you not familiar with BookMooch, it's a book swap site that allows you to list books you have and get books from others in exchange, using a point system. With the BookMooch system, the sender pays for shipping, so the book is entirely free to the person requesting the book.

If you'd like a book and you are in the US, comment with a link to the book's listing on BookMooch and your shipping address, and I'll have it sent to you. Alternatively, if you already have a BookMooch account and would just like to borrow a few points, let me know your username and how many points you need (this is also the only way my international friends can participate in my little giveaway, as I can't very well specify an int'l shipping address when I have a US account).

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[Edit: Also, if you have a BM account, you are welcome to friend me! Username is 'teshiron'.]

So, a new start, on a new service. I wonder if I'll manage to update this one any more often than the other one.

Some things that have been happening in my life, in easy +/- format:

+++++ Met jd in person for the first time.
-- Drove over 2,000 miles in less than 48 hours.
--- Over 1,000 of those miles were with two yowling cats in the car.
+++ Saw mom and dad.
---- Had to clean a cat who managed to pee in her carrier and roll around in it before we noticed.

(I wish JD had been able to get a picture of me holding Subaru in my mouth by the scruff of her neck like a mother cat, though.)

--- Work sucks.
---- The economy sucks, so I can't find a better job.
++ I have friends who keep me company at work.

+++ It is March, which means it is Shamrock Shake month!
++ The McDonald's is right next door.
- They cost money, and I am poor.

Overall, I guess I'm doing pretty well.

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So this is a 24-oz dinner for two. Look at all that nummy beef in the picture. The cooked entree contained exactly three pieces of beef. It's a good thing I wasn't trying to share it with anyone.

( Yes, I must confess, you simply are the best... )

It's more than just a crush
Every time we touch
'Cause baby you know
You make this feel brand new
Like there's been no one else but you
For the first time I feel
This could be the last time I will
(true love never lies)
Fall in love

( And for a thousand years, I hope to stay right here, wrapped up all around you... )

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While I've never been a serious student of the art of tarot, I bought myself a deck once upon a time, as I loved the imagery, and I'd always been interested. At some point over the past couple of years, I'd lost it, but I just came across it again, and I think I'm going to try taking it up as an occasional hobby again.

The best way I'd found to keep track of readings I've done and such things, is to write them in a journal. Like this one!

Since I know people differ in religious beliefs or whatnot, I'll be posting them filtered at a minimum (and if I'm doing a deeply personal reading, or one for someone else, it'll probably be private). If you'd like in the filter, whether for idle curiosity or whatever, comment and I'll add you. Otherwise, you'll be spared my inane ramblings as I try to pore over exactly what the two of cups means when reversed. >.>

Also, feel free to ask if you'd like me to try a reading on something for you, but be aware I'm quite an amateur.

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