(I am iron man) Has he lost his mind? Can he see or is he blind? Can he walk at all, Or if he moves will he fall? Is he alive or dead? Has he thoughts within his head? We’ll just pass him there Why should we even care? He was turned to steel In the great magnetic field When he traveled time For the future of mankind Nobody wants him He just stares at the world Planning his vengeance That he will soon unfold Now the time is here For iron man to spread fear Vengeance from the grave Kills the people he once saved Nobody wants him They just turn their heads Nobody helps him Now he has his revenge Heavy boots of lead Fills his victims full of dread Running as fast as they can Iron man lives again! -Black Sabbath Your results: You are Iron Man Iron Man

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…and so little time to actually write it. of course i should be working right now… i said i would work, but my mind is thinking of the future… always optimistic, but that little twinge [ okay, maybe more than a little twinge ] of realism and practicality with a twist of slacker is there tainting my thoughts… in one of our reviews this semester that word came up - taint - and i made a note in my notebook. [ the little one that fits in my pocket ] it said something about the way the body taints our work, but rather than that being a bad thing, it was good… or at least not black and white bad… nothing is quite as boring as black and white bad or good… anyhow, i’ve always liked that word…“taint”… i so rarely have an opportunity to use it in a sentence… [ hehe ] but the idea that our human-ness, the fact of our body, the flesh and corporeal… the fact of that confounds and leads [ as if with a leash ] our work, our thought, our actions and desires… there’s this other thought i had during a critique [ a different one i’m pretty sure ] about the subtle difference between an autonomous system and the willful execution of a series of actions [ maybe of the same system ]… the presense of the artist/designer/architect and his or her considered act is what opens the door for the poetic… the way that decision taints the system is the key i’m beginning to think. i don’t know how to weave this all together and i am a little tired and wired [ coffee, yes please ] and there is music distracting my contemplation, but i guess i’ll just keep it here and revisit it.

okay… so i think i already linked to this ‘podcast’ once before, but i think it’s pretty funny and it’s available on youtube so i can link it here in it’s entirety… of course tiki bar tv is another good one, but i don’t want to spend the time to figure out how to link it directly to my blog… so just go there and watch. enjoy.

these pictures are really something… submittals/samples from one of my favorite architecture firms…

so today is dreary, overcast, rainy, trying to snow…. all i seem to be able to think about is coming up with a new nic for my online self… ‘estimmel’ seems too boring lately… but i can’t really come up with something else fun ‘cept ‘hollywood’ or ‘hollyw00d’ or ‘ho11yw00d’ but i really don’t want to use too much of that hacker talk… whatever… maybe i’ll just go watch a movie… inside man looks good… oh, and my mom sent me this picture from my christmas vacation… a kind of unintentional ‘meet the parents week’… don’t we just look so happy. :)

i should be working or calling people back or writing emails of thanks and with updates, but i’m catching up on some needed r&r and looking for information on one of the most anticipated movies of the year…. “snakes on a plane” watch the trailer….

so a couple days ago i got an email from Northwest Airlines that, amidst all the general bs they send me about fares and whatnot, said this:

Prefer an aisle or exit row seat? Northwest Introduces Coach ChoiceSM Seating! Northwest has begun saving some preferred seats (including aisle and exit row seats) in coach class until check-in, which is available 24 hours prior to departure. You can confirm these preferred seat assignments for only $15 per flight.

… what? i had heard about this, but not how it was being rolled out… this is a ‘feature’? an extra fee for aisle and exit row seating? you have to be kidding me… luckily i prefer the window seats.