Darn!

Now that I've figured out that I'm ill and should just go to bed and sleep it off, I'm finding my ever-worsening symptoms are making it harder and harder to fall asleep. They also having me ask: did I finally notice the symptoms because they've been getting worse, or did my admitting that I was sick give my symptoms 'permission' to more fully express themselves?

Fever Dreams.

I just woke up, and yes, I am still Teh Sick. I don't know if the disease is to blame or not, but I just woke from a dream in which I was in a programming class being taught by Voyager's Janeway. She shared many characteristics with programming teachers I've had in the past in that she was brash, opinionated and very very wrong about what best practices are.

Mother's Day.

I mention it far too seldom, but I have one of the bestestestest moms in the entire world! She's always done her best for us kids, and she's always been there for us. For the last 20 years she's been living on the other side of the continent and I have seen her far less frequently than I would have liked. We've tried to keep in touch with email and such, but its not the same.

I'm still kicking myself that I somehow messed up seeing her when she was in town for one day a few weeks ago, but I've just heard that my folks have sold their place in B.C. and will be moving to Ontario shortly. taxlady and I both look forward to seeing much more of her after that as we'll be able to hop in the car and go visit any time.

In any case, since I know she sometimes reads this journal, I just thought I would take a moment to say:

I Love You Mom!
Happy Mother's Day!

Coolness.

Here's some images of Tokyo's underground storm-drain system. This is a great reference for anyone trying to design a level for a FPS, or similar.

I'm a 3D Kinda Guy.

I had a very minor epiphany the other day. I was watching a show about great paintings and, as usual, they left me cold. I once took a one-semester course in art appreciation and discovered that the majority of the worlds masterpieces are paintings that I would pay not to own. Oh, by the end of it we had seen 2 paintings and one sculpture that I would like to have, but considering that each class consisted of looking at a hundred or so slides of artwork, that's not saying much.

Anyway, at the end of the show there was a brief view of a piece of modernistic glass scupture and I found myself thinking "Okay, THAT I wouldn't mind owing." In fact, thinking back, it seems that I have always liked sculpture. There were thousands of paintings displayed to me in that art class and only 2 I liked. We were shown maybe a dozen sculptures and there was one I wanted. The ratios are telling.

So, its not that I am an unsophisticated lout when it comes to art, I am just planar-challenged. I like my art in 3D, with a texture and a shape that calls for it to be touched and felt. So, now when I become rich and want to be a patron of the arts, I'll know what categories to go shopping in.