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Cake day: August 12th, 2023

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  • I totally get this since I’ve definitely done it before. For anyone who might like to know a strategy that has worked for a fellow tommorrow-me assassin, if you want to do something tomorrow then actually figure out the time of day you’re going to do it, given how long it will take you to do it. The earlier in the day the better. Then keep that time in mind when you’re going to sleep so that you wake up with that plan in mind.

    This might not work for everyone obviously but it has proven pretty reliable for me











  • TL/DR: Elena Siegman’s vocals for the Call of Duty: Zombies soundtracks are some of my favorite metal vocals ever.

    Not that Call of Duty needs more publicity obviously, but I love the story of how Kevin Sherwood and Elena Siegman got to be the names they are today behind the CoD: Zombies metal soundtrack.

    Basically they were both audio engineers working on CoD: World at War and when it was decided (late into crunch time) that Zombies would be a featured bonus mode in the game, the directors wanted to add musical easter eggs into each of the maps, both the one planned for release and the 3 expansions.

    Sherwood and Siegman got to work on writing the music and recording vocals respectively, but it wasn’t until they were working on the 3rd song that Sherwood decided they really ought to have some harsh, metal vocals in their metal soundtrack. He asked Siegman how they could manage that and if they would need distortion, and Siegman was like “I’ve never tried harsh vocals before, but I’m game.”

    Thus, Beauty of Annihilation was born. Fast forward to later games and Siegman is a fan favorite element of the CoDZ series. My personal favorites are BoA, Coming Home, and Pareidolia





  • Real question I have that is admittedly riddled with straight guilt: is it in any way negatively co-opting/appropriating LGBTQIA+ culture to use the term “partner” to describe my cis-het spouse instead of “wife?”

    We both prefer it because of the impact that divorce has had on our lives, and how the terms “husband” and “wife” feel so poisoned by the boomer-esque “I hate the ol’ ball and chain” humor. Also, I prefer it because I think it better reflects the team-style approach I try to take towards our relationship.


  • Was playing Pokemon Platinum trying to catch Rotom while a friend was struggling to get his Nintendo DS to read a game cartridge. Part of catching Rotom is walking up to old electronics in a haunted building and smacking it, including an old CRT TV. Since my friend was still struggling with his DS after I caught Rotom, I walked up to the old CRT in the room we were in and thumped it with my hand on the side. His DS started working again. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯




  • Love is a physical force, not just a human emotion.

    Did I get that from Interstellar? Yes. Do I care? No.

    Human life has meaning because we decide it does. That decision and that meaning are influenced by love, and the ensuing actions we take affect our physical environment.

    Love takes energy and invokes acceleration of matter one way or the other. It’s a force.