Yes, yes, I did. I found you through the now-famous "No Pity, No Shame, No Silence" post. A post, and subsequent firestorm of movement, that I think is truly wonderful to see.
And I like sci-fi-ness, especially writing. Do you have samples of your writing up anywhere?
Yes, Common Lisp, to be specific. The language has a separate namespace for functions and variables, so the #' operator (reader-macro, expands to (function ...)) helps to distinguish which namespace you're talking about, in non-obvious cases. CL's a very nifty language; not quite as abstractly beautiful as Scheme, but far more useful, IMNHBNWBHO.
Although whether or not a lambda form is treated as a function object or executed has to do with whether it's in a function position, so using #' isn't really necessary, and is two extra characters. I never do for lambda. :)
Hello, you may remember me. We had a discussion earlier today about your, um, "deciding that you coincidently shared the same bizarre interests as me."
I just thought I'd stop back over and say hi. How are the firm yet pliant buttocks working out for you? That's a good one, isn't it?
I look forward to reading what will surely prove to be creative, stimulating and original thinking here.
Yes, well, sometimes people meet under odd circumstances. Anyway, here's to second meetings!
And I should note that the interests of yours I selected were ones that I actually do share...except for meatball blindfolds, which interested me because I have NO idea what they are. Same with "internet celery".
"Firm yet pliant buttocks" are something I REALLY like. :-)
I didn't recognize you under the name "illdrinn", and I wasn't sure at first why you were reading me. But hey, no worries! Be glad to friend you back. (You'll find I don't post much that is friends-only.)
As an odd and freaky side note, I've had four seperate people mistake me for you to the point where they'll come up and start talking to me (or hug me in one case) before I point out I'm actually not you.
Someone pointed you out a club at one stage for me, and frankly, I'm baffled as to why it keeps happening. You're at least two sizes smaller than me for a start!
Just thought I'd mention it while we're talking about odd meetings.
*chuckle* for one thing people seem to think I'm fat... or at least people usually use this as an immediate insult when I've upset them. I also recently lost an arseload of weight (literally!)
The other thing is that just about everyone knows me or knows about me in some capacity... meaning a lot of people that don't know me well like to be seen speaking to me so that can happen for one. Also change of appearances and the variability in makeup and hair that I have makes it confusing for some people.
Ahhhhh....the weight loss would explain it. Everyone who's come running up to me coo-ing also claims not to have seen you for a year or more.
I think it also seems to be that any girl in glasses looks like any other one to some people. I used to get asked if my best freind in High School was my sister even though she looked NOTHING like me.
I was considering getting a shirt saying "NOT AMAYA" after the fourth time it happened (considering I've only really been out five or six times this year), but I wasn't sure if people would STILL think I was you and just trying to be funny.
The most memorable one was a girl with shoulder length curly hair at a party held by Simon Fiend. She came up behind me and hugged me, asking how I was. I hadn't been in Brisbane long and thought it was conceivable I might have met her and forgotten (I'm dreadful like that). She wandered off, but came back three or four more times to say hi, or ask if I knew where so and so was, before she finally came up, knelt down, and after looking at me very carefully said, "You're not Amaya, are you?" I think her name was possibly Amy or something....I was trying too hard not to laugh at the time.
Um...I wouldn't go so far as to say I KNOW the Fiend. My housemate, and more particuarly her ex girlfriend are aquainted with him, and I kind of tagged along to the party after I met Fiendy at Faith one night.
I think he's just one of those people-hub kind of guys.
OH! And there was a Sandra or a Sharon or something at Faith the other week. Short blonde older woman who apparently hadn't been out "on the scene" for some years and came up exclaiming "AmAYA! How ARE You?". I told her I was not in fact you, and she kind of squinted at me and asked if I was sure. I like to think she must have been more drunk than she appeared.
Funny thing about that one is that I was sitting at a table telling a freind from Sydney about my idea for NOT AMAYA shirts when it happened.
Okay, I went and looked at your site to see if I could possibly get a handle on why people confused me for you (frankly, I STILL don't get it. I honestly think it must just be a goth girl in glasses thing). There is a picture there of you in a PVC corset and a satin shirt....which is a very lovely outfit, but it was kind of trippy to realise it was taken in ozgenre's loungeroom. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'd be willing to lay money on the fact there is no one else with that painting, that many DVD's, and a bat'leth on the wall.
OOOH! Someboody stole my incredibly fascinating interests list! Big deal, what a cry baby. get a life. this is hardly a major intellectual property dispute. it's Live Journal for crying out loud.
You're absolutely right, and I'm glad you took the trouble to post this anonymously. Well, bully, old chap, well said. Interests, schminterests, when the smoke clears, what do they mean, anyway?
Your cogent comment boils it all down quite nicely to the lowest common denominator: Holy jumpin' catfish, it is just LJ.
Who are you anyway? So many of the folks on my friends list are boring and stupid. I'd like to read what you have to say more often!
Hi, I'm Lauren..I haven't read your diary before, but I go to Montevallo so I'm looking through diaries of that community's members... I just want to say i love the icon. i just bought a back to school pack from the website...the one with the CD, stickers, and Cheat bag. So awesome :)
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And I like sci-fi-ness, especially writing. Do you have samples of your writing up anywhere?
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So yeah, welcome!
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you added me, oh and you liked my iconage.
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Never have spoken to shadesong herself. Not sure I want to.
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I just thought I'd stop back over and say hi. How are the firm yet pliant buttocks working out for you? That's a good one, isn't it?
I look forward to reading what will surely prove to be creative, stimulating and original thinking here.
Thanks again!
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And I should note that the interests of yours I selected were ones that I actually do share...except for meatball blindfolds, which interested me because I have NO idea what they are. Same with "internet celery".
"Firm yet pliant buttocks" are something I REALLY like. :-)
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I didn't recognize you under the name "illdrinn", and I wasn't sure at first why you were reading me. But hey, no worries! Be glad to friend you back. (You'll find I don't post much that is friends-only.)
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Someone pointed you out a club at one stage for me, and frankly, I'm baffled as to why it keeps happening. You're at least two sizes smaller than me for a start!
Just thought I'd mention it while we're talking about odd meetings.
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The other thing is that just about everyone knows me or knows about me in some capacity... meaning a lot of people that don't know me well like to be seen speaking to me so that can happen for one. Also change of appearances and the variability in makeup and hair that I have makes it confusing for some people.
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I think it also seems to be that any girl in glasses looks like any other one to some people. I used to get asked if my best freind in High School was my sister even though she looked NOTHING like me.
I was considering getting a shirt saying "NOT AMAYA" after the fourth time it happened (considering I've only really been out five or six times this year), but I wasn't sure if people would STILL think I was you and just trying to be funny.
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The most memorable one was a girl with shoulder length curly hair at a party held by Simon Fiend. She came up behind me and hugged me, asking how I was. I hadn't been in Brisbane long and thought it was conceivable I might have met her and forgotten (I'm dreadful like that). She wandered off, but came back three or four more times to say hi, or ask if I knew where so and so was, before she finally came up, knelt down, and after looking at me very carefully said, "You're not Amaya, are you?" I think her name was possibly Amy or something....I was trying too hard not to laugh at the time.
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I think he's just one of those people-hub kind of guys.
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Funny thing about that one is that I was sitting at a table telling a freind from Sydney about my idea for NOT AMAYA shirts when it happened.
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*shakes head* Freaky trippy stuff.
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Harumph.
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I'm sure you also added me because I talk to the Pigeon a lot. :-)
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Please give Wyattgwyon back his interests. You will spare us, his true friends, and yourself, a great deal of anguish and annoyance. Thank you.
Get fucked!
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Begone!
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Your cogent comment boils it all down quite nicely to the lowest common denominator: Holy jumpin' catfish, it is just LJ.
Who are you anyway? So many of the folks on my friends list are boring and stupid. I'd like to read what you have to say more often!
Cheers!
Oh, what the fuck, now....
hey there...
I just want to say i love the icon.
i just bought a back to school pack from the website...the one with the CD, stickers, and Cheat bag. So awesome :)
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Glad you like the icon! And I love the CD. Wonderful stuff.
I'm so glad the Cheat is not dead!
oops!
oh well. :P
Re: oops!
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Meow.
Old friend.
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