no datum is an island
2013-01-08 - 9:31 p.m.
Dagaz: jan 2, 2013, 15:20. Much later than expected. Walking down the street to starbucks, because the internet was out. In the exact same patch of sidewalk as the teabot gifting, but in hindsight I think the gifting came after. Welcome to the diary of Luther. The JLS is not applicable for all entries following this one. As a replacement reference, I have included a similar round-up of common references to people, places, things. events:: and thoughts:: will be reoccurring topics in later entries.
events::
start: results in end.
LDAC: over. out.
ROTC: over. out.
"prometheus" movie: evidence of humanoid weakness to c-shaped objects.
new "the hobbit" movie: whaaat? no goblin songs??
BOLC: over. out.
military police company: disbanded. lost my helmet.
ambulance asmc: amazingly talented. sad to leave.
infantry battalion: medical officer. in excess.
luther: martin or lex? bald men seeking justice.
clothes: polo t-shirts. flat-front pants. online from-Target.
job: christmas party invitations. conversations about gardening. conversations about the things kids say when they're kids (e.g. "juicebag").
phone: opens like a sideways clam. for texting.
kung fu baby: was born. is healthy.
parking policies: why i hated stickers in elementary school.
trust: trust has issues with trust.
first real car: impreza, rainbow grey.
music: adele. churchill. peggy lee. more to follow. christy moore.
every song: has an ideal volume.
every person: has an ideal distance.
idle process: stuck on slow-repeat.
tea: online, never comes.
online: comes today.
love: out of spite. like a pheonix out of thermodynamics.
human error: the largest source of harm to an automated system.
people::
jason:: intended business model#1: medical examiner. intended business model#2: game designer for small team of humans. current business model: software release engineer for blood-drinking robots.
lindsay:: intended business model: martial arts instructor. current business model: martial arts instructor. broke up several ways to sunday, between the end of 2012 and the beginning of 2013. This, incidentally, coincides with the time period commonly referred to as "the end of the world" (21DEC2012).
mitch:: successfully made 32x16' building from scratch. married: friday, 13jun2009. divorced: early december, 2012.
sister:: intended business model: rosie the riveter car mechanic shop where all the employees wear bikinis under their overalls. current business model: raising kid. making "upcycled" luxury items. married 2008(?).
little sister:: intended business model: vegetarian/vegan buffet-style restaurant. current business model: preparing food for doctors in a hospital setting. married 2010. ish.
step-sister:: intended business model: unknown. current business model: manager at spencer's gifts. married 2013. ish.
step-brother:: intended business model: veterinarian co-working with wife. current business model: veterinarian working for someone else. proposed: 29dec2012 @ 17:59. Times of such life events are all now precisely documented via Facebook. Since 22 September 2011 @ 23:04 (Timeline initial release).
father:: intended business model: unknown. current business model: special education instructor. married, divorced, married.
step-mother:: intended business model#1: speech therapist. intended business model#2: theologist. current business model: bishop-in-waiting. married, divorced, married, divorced, married.
places::
cubicle-land: a magical land of "dwellers" where "walks" are currency, so cherished that they often need an excuse to be used. walks can only rarely be traded, but they can easily be shared. this, of course, leads to a very unusual economic situation.
restaurantville: a nearby magical land, where two friends can pay a premium to spend a limited time with each other, without either feeling obliged to act as a host for the other.
when last we talked of Dumbass, he had designed and plotted the most grand of schemes with the dark knight Lindsay, to steal away and travel together, forever in each other's company, fighting back-to-back against all odds, and slaying dragons in such quantity that you could not help but step on one while traveling, and dragonskin boots would drop so far in price that everyone would dress as kings, until cow hide became the garment of royalty, and dragonskin was only for those wear and impoverished folk who could not afford socks. Dumbass completed the contracts for services he had signed in Old York, and with his new-won freedom, rejoined with Lindsay. The dark knight had left the Knights of Tigon, and joined the Knights of Dao after realizing that the lords she had been serving were in the habit of sending her on suicide missions. then Dumbass traveled for a time to a land in the south where everything is purportedly bigger (not unlike like the fourth world of Mario Brothers) to complete some standard knight training. he found the employ of a new lord, in the company of a small group of Knights of Accurate Records, who mined data from the aether, like dwarves digging for gold. he purchased a new horse, a marvelous though not very conspicuous beast, with only two eyes ... and at last! Dumbass and Lindsay were together. no beast or fowl, nor rabid fish (nor angry faerie) could best them, while they stood together there was no challenge too great. and not long after that, as if seeing a storm on the horizon from the crow�s nest, they saw the path diverge far off in the woods, and they knew they would be diverging with it. every step after that was just one step closer to parting ways.
