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Steampunk Style Test [Aug. 10th, 2008|12:11 pm]

Your result for The Steampunk Style Test...

The Scientist

50% Elegant, 52% Technological, 50% Historical, 36% Adventurous and 23% Playful!

You are the Scientist, the embodiment of steampunk’s academic side. Where other technological styles might emphasize the gadgets of the genre, you realize there is more to science than doohickeys and gears. Your accessories are medical bags, test tubes, measuring instruments, and academic papers. You are more likely to carry a compass, quadrant, or ether-attuned spectrometer than a wrench or welding torch. You probably carry a timepiece, and your prolific reading gives you every right to wear spectacles. Perhaps the most distinctive feature of your style is that it combines the frock coats and bustle gowns of the 19th century with the trappings of Victorian science.



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One of those silly journal games [Aug. 31st, 2007|07:03 pm]
  • Comment and I'll give you a letter.
  • You have to list 10 things you love that begin with that letter.
  • Afterwards, post this in your journal.

[info]fxl gave me the letter "S":

  1. Strangers in Paradise (by Terry Moore)
  2. Sojourn (by R.A. Salvatore)
  3. Snuff Box (BBC3 Series)
  4. Soup (Grandma's Cheesy potato-, Pea & Ham, Cream of Mushroom,)
  5. Space (Outer, Wide Open, Hearts of,)
  6. Sunkist
  7. Stetson Fedoras
  8. Science Fiction
  9. Suits
  10. SLR (Digital) Cameras
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Live long and Prosper.... at the star trek store! [Jun. 28th, 2007|08:53 pm]
Yay for me!

Starius wins $150 certificate for The Star Trek Store!
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Tick Tock [May. 29th, 2007|05:42 pm]
I like my clocks to be either wind up mechanical or powered by electricity through a cord. If they have a battery backup- thats cool, but I generally don't like clocks that are solely powered by batteries. I have never bought a clock that only runs on batteries.
I do actually own a few pocket watches that run on batteries though. However, my favorite is the one which does not.
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Eurovision 2007 Semi-Final results [May. 10th, 2007|04:45 pm]
Well, what can I say?

First of all, out of my picks the only ones who needed to qualify in the semi-final to make it to the final was Andorra, Israel, Georgia, Czech Republic, Estonia, and Bulgaria.

I am happy to say that both the entries from Georgia and Bulgaria made it to the finals. Particularly, Bulgaria, which was a surprise to me.

What didn't? The two big shockers to me is Israel and Andorra. MOSTLY Andorra. Anonymous from Andorra should have been a GUARANTEED entry into the finals. But it was not. That blows my mind. They rocked. They had great crowd reaction there in Helsinki. They had more fresh raw energy than any other participant.

Yet they didn't make it past the semi-finals. I heard a good deal of boo-ing there after the results, I suspect that I was not the only one to be shocked Andorra didn't make it. I find myself rather pissed they didn't make it actually. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

On a side note, I didnt pick Serbia but they move on to the finals. I do like their song. Great song actually. Kind of a lesbian looking group and the lead singer looks like Roy Orbison but it was a great performance.


Oh well... now we wait for the finals on Saturday.
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Real Life Mystery [May. 8th, 2007|01:15 pm]
In my life, I can only recall two strange mysteries I have encountered. The first, and perhaps biggest mysterious event I have or will ever encounter in my life isn't something I am going to talk about here. But I will discuss the 2nd one, because it happened today.

Earlier today I pulled out my laptop carrying bag to get it ready to carry my laptop in. Inside the main pocket, one of my pieces of paper I had jotted notes on years ago was very damp to the touch. Picking it up, I could feel that it had been recently soaked, and was still very damp. The the ink from the writing had started to bleed in the paper as ink tends to do when it is on paper that gets wet.

The reason why this is so unusual, of course, is because I haven't even looked inside this bag for weeks. Nothing else in the pocket was wet. The pocket was not wet. I checked the bag and the area around where it has been sitting... nothing else wet. I looked up at the ceiling for signs that the rain had dripped in on top of my bag... no signs of a external water source whatsoever. Nothing to explain how a piece of old note paper in my laptop bag got wet... nor why nothing else around it got wet either. Just that single piece of paper.

As I now write this, some 2 hours later, the piece of paper has dried out.
I have no answers. I only have this unusual mysterious event.
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My Eurovision points distribution [May. 5th, 2007|02:34 pm]
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I decided to rank my current preference of Eurovision entries just as each country assigns points in the voting process.

Eurovision Points from Starius

Points Country Artist Song
12 Ukraine Verka Serduchka Dancing lasha tumbai
10 Romania Todomondo Liubi, Liubi, I love you
8 Andorra Anonymous Salvem el móm "Let's save the world"
7 Israel Teapacks Push the Button
6 Finland Hanna Pakarinen Leave Me Alone
5 Georgia Sopho Visionary Dream
4 Czech Republic Kabátä Malá Dáma
3 Estonia Gerli Padar Partners in Crime
2 Bulgaria Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoukov Water
1 Russia Serebro Song No. 1


If anyone is interested in using this table for themselves, I'll post the code. Just a simple html table though.

I feel I should explain some of my picks as they do differ from my previous top 4.

After listening to a lot of the entries now, my opinion has changed a bit. I still favor Verka Serduchka as my top pick. Some people will think me crazy for this. (Those that really know me allready know I'm crazy.) I start off every day listening to that song now. It just puts me in a happy mood. Do I think he will win? No, not a chance. But thats not gonna stop me from giving him 12 points. (Like my points really matter.)

Russia's entry has dropped quite a bit in my personal opinion. The only reason why its on my ranking is because I do like the tune quite a bit. The reason for dropping? The lyrics... too much sexual innuendo and I don't think that will actually hurt them in the voting from a lot of the countries involved.

Romania, Israel, and Andorra are ranking high in my opinion now. Romania's entry being the most friendly of the bunch. Israel and Andorra are a bit more political in nature, which I think historically doesn't do that well in Eurovision but they're great fun songs never the less.

Finally, I'll just point out Georgia's entry. I have no clue as to how well this song will do in Eurovision but it's really grown on me after repeated listening. Love the tune, love the voice.
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Starius' top 4 Eurovision 2007 Picks [Apr. 28th, 2007|02:12 pm]
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Well, I have no big favorite this year. I don't imagine ever seeing a group grab me again like when I found out Lordi was going to Eurovision last year.

I don't know what the hell England is thinking, their entry is horrible this year. I'm not even going to post a link to it.

Here are my top 4 (so far):

Ukraine

Its so catchy in a crazy kind of way. Probably my current fav.

Romania

I think this song best captures the spirit of Eurovision.

Bulgaria

No way in hell it has a chance to win but I love the performance.

Russia

Kind of standard pop fair but the girls are hot. Better than Russia's last entry, I personally think. Though the guy they had last year was in the top 3 or 4 I think.
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Cause all the cool kids are doing it... [Apr. 26th, 2007|09:24 am]
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Eurovision 2007. [Mar. 3rd, 2007|03:59 pm]
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Last year, I wrote quite a bit about Lordi and thier adventures in the Eurovision song contest.

Now... it looks like they've spawned monster themed clones for this year's contest.

This video is the proof....



Too bad the lyrics are totally laughable.... vampires are alive? Uhhh,.. no they're not!

My hope from Lordi's win at last years Eurovision was that it would inject new creativity into the thing but it looks like the vile dancy-kitch fungus has latched onto thier efforts...

EDIT:
Holy crap, Romania is even worse...


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