BD Wilson

Hope you all enjoy them ^_^

One of my favourite places to write is mall food courts. It’s not because of the people-watching, though that can be fun, but I’m not really sure what it is. Maybe it’s grounded in familiarity, having done it for so long  on breaks and while waiting for friends.

I try to write in the public library, but I find when I’m there the background noises distract me. For example, the man behind me yesterday who alternated between reedy whistling and murmured whispers. I hope the whispers were reading aloud his book, but I have no explanation for the whistling.

They’re little things, really. But people coughing, walking by while they browse the books, or holding conversations (a normal volume) are impossible for me to ignore in the library.  And yet, in the middle of a crowded mall, nothing phases me.

I can ignore the kids who seem incapable of tlaking below a shout. I can ignore the line of people waiting at McDonald’s. I can even ignore the background buzz from having so many people in one place.

I don’t know what the difference is. Perhaps it’s because I expect noise at the food court. Libraries, however, I still expect to be quiet, though the expectation seems to be growing outdated more and more.

Rather than continuing to expect them to be so, I should probably just grab my books and go across the street to work in the food court.

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Yes, I’ve been quiet for weeks and I’m only posting now for a meme *lol*

I’ll work on that ^_^

The rules:
1. Reply to this post and I’ll assign you a letter.
2. List (and upload, if you feel like it) 5 songs that start with that letter.
3. Post them to your journal with these instructions.

zhan_shi gave me the letter K:

• Kryptonite by 3 Doors Down
  “I watched the world float to the
   Dark side of the moon”
• Kody by Matchbox 20
  “It was clear to all of us
   We kept this hat of broken dreams”
• Klavier by Rammstein (I don’t speak German, so my understand is based on the translations here)
  “hinter dieser Tür
   steht ein Klavier
   die Tasten sind staubig
   die Saiten sind verstimmt”
• Knockin’ on Every Door by Roxette
  “Well, I’m standing in the sun
   But I’m living in the rain”
• Kick Start My Heart by Alannah Myles
  “You’re kinda cool, a little rough
   You’re skin and bones and you talk so tough”

I was going to post Kathy I by Susan Aglukark, but I couldn’t find a copy to link to

Yesterday, rhondaparrish had to point out that I was addicted to the interwebs when I was asked what my vice was.

Is it a bad sign that it’s such a part of my life, it didn’t even make the top three in my list?

Five years ago, I was Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut.

I’m gonna say this is an improvement.

Book Me

It was just pointed out to me that What We Give is on the list at the Preditors & Editors Readers’ Poll: Fantasy Short Story.

Voting closes tonight, so this is a late notice, but if you haven’t voted in that category and liked the story, please drop by.

*lol*

more animals

The MacEwan Residences are now on my list of place to never return to. The accomidations are below what they’re charging you (and it looks like they stealth charged us in addition to not providing checkout times), the rooms are almost unihabitable in the summer, and the staff are incompetant.

I enjoyed just about everything else. So, based on my experience, if you’re coming to Edmonton for a convetion or any other place, stay somewhere else. Even if it means paying a little more.

It’s not really a secret that I fall on the science side for “understanding the universe” theories. I also think scientific experimentation and theories, and all that jazz is a good thing.

Someone I know linked an article about the Large Hadron Collider (BBC News Article). One of the scientist against the project apparently borught up a fundamental question that I think is interesting.

How improbable does a cataclysm have to be to warrant proceeding with an experiment?

There’s a conversation in the Lost Room that I like. I’ll probably edit this to have the exact quote when I get home, but it ends something like this:

Joe: But what if you’re wrong?
Karl: Well, everyone will be dead so it doesn’t matter.

I don’t know much about the LHC, so I can’t comment on its ability to destroy the world. But trying to figure out where the line is on a risk with that potential is something that intrigues me.

/ponders more