I’ve recently come to the conclusion that I hope humanity comes to realize the cyberpunk, dystopian vision of the future embraced by William Gibson and the folks who make Shadowrun. Technological innovations over the past few years make it clear that if we achieve Utopia, it’ll be because our entire existance is mediated by embeded [...]

Once upon a time I created a LiveJournal. I think I may have posted in it a grand total of three times. I really only did it because my friends were starting to make them, but they had posts marked “private” so they could complain about other people in pseudo-secrecy. To be able to read [...]

It’s truly remarkable, this new sense of completeness and rightness in the world. Even when I’m being kept in the dark by friends, distrusted, mistreated, and forgotten, these two wonderful songs still hold the magic they held last Tuesday night: Take On Me (Aha) Walkin’ On Sunshine (Katrina & The Waves) The joy returns with [...]

Wow…. I feel good. I can’t remember the last time I felt this good. It feels like an empty space inside me was just filled. I’m floating. Something just shifted, and I know everything’s going to be alright. I’m listening to the a capella Take On Me and talking to you, and the world is [...]

The day before I came back to OSU this quarter, I had a dream. This is it, exactly as I remember. I didn’t try to make it good literature. That would be lying. The dream began in sterile dorm room after my first class on the first day of the quarter. I looked at my [...]