This post is a long time coming. I think I promised it to and/or oh, literally years ago now. What do I mean when I say that I’m a demon? The problem with the term ‘demon’ is that when one[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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I’ve had a lot on my mind lately, and precious few appropriate places to unload my thoughts. The post below was directed towards the psi-vamp groups, but really, aside from a few minor specifics, could apply to any kin-group, or[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Its been my ambition for almost a decade to do an english version of Xelloss’ Slayers Next image song. I’m rather fond of the lyrics I came up with. On the other hand I will be the FIRST to admit[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My mom’s coworker recently got a Sony ebook, and I offered to teach her how to get pirated books. She bit, so I wrote up this tutorial. Basically all it assumes is that you know how to use the internet[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
But I don’t really mind, because this is something I care deeply about. http://www.newsweek.com/2010/01/28/the-depressing-news-about-antidepressants.html# Excerpts from a January NEWSWEEK article, linked above. Emphasis mine. The Depressing News About AntidepressantsStudies suggest that the popular drugs are no more effective than a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well, since everyone’s coming clean and laying themselves bare, I think I’ll add mine to the pot. I can’t fucking stand toast. For serious, gimmee plain old bread any day of the week. -Mordax PS: If anyone is wondering why[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well, neither of us usually answers these questions, but this one seemed to be too good to pass up, Our birth name "Greer" is the name we’ve both had to answer to since childhood, obviously. As such, while it applies[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So, there’s a new big ARG/Viral Marketing campaign starting up that I’m excited about. This one is for JJ Abrams new movie “Super 8”, which is set in the 70s and about aliens, the trailer for which is running before[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A long time ago I was one of the main authors in a shared fanfiction universe for the Matrix. I left my characters in a really dire situation when I quit, and its haunted me for quite some time. I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I was holding off on posting this until I could get pics up, but I still can’t find my goddam motherfucking shitty mini usb cable to get them off my camera. So, report now, pics later. Toracon 2010 (Saturday) started[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I was moved to write a letter to the new company that’s got the SH property; I thought I’d let you all see it as well.
I’ve known about the Phantom of the Opera sequel for years now; back when it was an abandoned idea of ALW’s that he had someone make into a novel (The Phantom of Manhattan) presumably because investors knew a bad idea[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
…driven me to drink. I needed a large dose of hard alchohol after seeing the most recent episode ‘Dr. Linus’. You know, I always surprise myself; I talk up how ‘evil’ I am, and I don’t expect many people to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Since religion, the occult, etc, gets discussed with some frequency here, I thought it might be helpful and/or interesting to some of you, to know what my real, familial religious background has been. The answer is… total shambles.198X-90: Unitarian Universalist[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
***Self*** The past, what, week and a half, has been a special kind of purgatory for me; a kind of experience many of you reading this could only imagine. My detractors would say that I could only imagine it as[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I love the webcomic Order of the Stick. Maybe you guys know that. But right now I’m a little annoyed. I know I’m over-reacting to this, but its been getting to me since comic #700 went up. You can read[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ahem… No, you ignorant plebes; that’s not what I’m saying! Argh! *** And now for something completely different; have a meme. Your result for The "What Type of Intellectual are You?" Test… Public Intellectual You scored 43% empirical, 66% public,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You know you’ve been using a moniker for too long when it starts to feel like a name. I don’t even blink when people call me Mordax anymore, even offline- I think of myself as Overlord Mordax more often than[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
An infinite sample set means never having to say you’re sorry eventually the dice will come up ‘Belgium’. In fact it will come up ‘Belgium’ an infinite number of times. And 1, and 2, and 5 and 13 and chair.
On the Causes and Effects of Awakening Early in the Life of a Popular Work When I saw James Cameron’s Avatar, I knew for a fact that it was going to awaken at least some people; possibly a lot of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Story: The story is amazing. If you enjoyed the stories is the first 3 Silent Hills, this game will be a joy to you. It has a tight narrative, well acted and superbly paced. The game play and story fit[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As a child, the actor regularly saw his father hit his mother. Here he describes how the horrors of his childhood remained with him in his adult life http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/nov/27/patrick-stewart-domestic-violence
Leave me a comment saying "I want to be evil." I’ll respond by asking you five questions so I can get to know you better (probably people I don’t speak to all the time, XD). Update your journal with the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Is there anyone on my flist who can translate short phrases into Latin with a good degree of accuracy? The phrase I need is “Rule the world!” as a command. As in “you there, rule the world!” thanks in advance,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Some of you know that Twilight as the book that inspired me to actually finish an entire novel; It did this by virtue of its sheer awfulness. I listened to about half of the book on tape (while working on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Cheaters prosper until they get caught. -Mordax
This is a Silent Hill: Shattered Memories theory I came up with a while ago, and the two new IGN playthroughs really cemented my belief that I’m right, so I’ve decided to post it. Maybe spoilers if it turns out[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So, I finally got a response from the agent who sold Twilight. It was a rejection letter. I think that says it all. When you’re not as good as ‘Twilight’. Anyone reading this know a quick, painless way of killing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
True immortality is watching the last star die, and remembering the eyes of someone who died a a hundred billion years before. -Mordax