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April 3rd, 2008
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Creepy People are Creepy
It’s been kind of a weird week. My family spent last weekend in Louisville, where I had a great time hanging out with Brian and finally visiting his new office at CNET. I always feel weird coming back from a visit there, because it still feels like home in a lot of ways. I lived there for 8 years, after all, and some of my best memories were made there. A lot of history in those streets.
At any rate, it’s been a pretty busy week. I started a new character development writing class this week. This has to be my third class on the subject. I don’t mind, though; I really enjoy writing, and it’s good practice. I know I’ll be doing a lot of it after I graduate. So far things are going well; the work load doesn’t look like it will be too bad, too.
I spent much of the evening browsing deviantART, as I often enjoy doing; it’s such an amazing site. So much creativity crammed together in one place. Of course, not everyone has the same idea of what makes good art. I have trouble finding any significance in a lot of the stuff that gets posted, but I suppose the whole thing is more about personal expression than really seeking critique from peers.
Still, some of the crap really creeps me out. I don’t get “anthro” or furry stuff, for example. It’s essentially melding humans with animals. Here’s a site that caters to it specifically. The concept itself isn’t creepy, I guess, but how intensely people get into is. Take this video of a recent “Anthrocon” convention. I mean, it’s cool that everyone seems to be enjoying themselves so much, but… yikes. How do you explain to your kids that you have to go out of town so you can dress up in a giant bunny suit and play tug of war with several hundred other costumed adults?
Eh.
My folks are heading to Ireland this weekend. This will be the first time in God knows how many years that they’ve gone by themselves. I always love to head over there, but I don’t have the cash for it this time around. No worries, they deserve some time to themselves, and it’ll give me a chance to get a ton of work done.