adam holwerda's brain itches.

Legacies

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:29:00 -0500

Did you know there’s a whole new group of humans who’ve grown up almost completely with constant access to the internet?

For this new species, screen names have gone by the wayside. I attribute most of this to Facebook. So what happens now is that when people want to post what they think and how they feel and who they’re mad at (and how they choose to be mad at them) they do it for the most part as themselves. A lot of them, like myself, have their own names plastered all over their blogs and everything they do.

Being able to remember a time without the internet I think gives me some kind of perspective. It means I can appreciate just how powerful it is. How powerful? Well, how many times do you think these kids who post their hateful trash think about the fact that every one of these words is going to be archived and fully searchable by future girlfriends/boyfriends, employers (or would-have-beens), and any offspring they might end up responsible for. Imagine being able to Google everything your grandfather ever posted on his Tumblr.

“Gee, Gramps was a terrible human being, and he was proud of it.”

Doesn’t that scare anyone? Forget about fearing the wrath of God, or having to deal with whatever happens after your life is done here, think about this - after you die, don’t you want to be remembered favorably? I know I do.

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In other news, I’m driving across the United States. Currently I find myself in Rawlins, Wyoming, the only town for about a hundred miles in either direction. That’s how Cappy’s, which appears to be the only non-chain restaurant in the immediate area, gets away with serving gluey guacamole and quintuple-refried beans.

Tomorrow I’ll go through Salt Lake City, which should be cool.

Very slim chance I’ll get all the way to Reno tomorrow night, but should be primed for an arrival early on Saturday.

Good night internet. I hope you’re taking care of yourself.

carolinemartin: At the climax of City of God and i get this....

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:45:00 -0500

carolinemartin:

At the climax of City of God and i get this. never seen this before. wtf?

That’s actually just part of the movie. If you restart your computer you’re missing all of the experience.

Kansas. What a strange place. God pounds his nails.

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:06:52 -0500

Kansas. What a strange place. God pounds his nails.

Devil’s Night dress rehearsal.

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:05:36 -0400

Devil’s Night dress rehearsal.

hobart: bighead holwerda vimeo coincidence. Don’t let it...

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:35:55 -0400

hobart:

bighead holwerda vimeo coincidence.

Don’t let it fool you. My head’s twice as big as this.

Thank you Motorola and Google and Verizon

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:52:34 -0400

for saving me from getting an iPhone. That would have been like rooting for the Yankees.

Which is something I’ll never do.

Oh he hopped out.

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:40:16 -0400

Oh he hopped out.

Lots of new (shortish) content at http://holwerdaeveryday.tumblr.com - I’m bulking up my...

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:01:52 -0400

Lots of new (shortish) content at http://holwerdaeveryday.tumblr.com - I’m bulking up my end-of year collection by about a hundred pages.

dalasverdugo: todaysepicdeal: Pre-Order TwitterPeek, dedicated...

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:50:37 -0400

dalasverdugo:

todaysepicdeal:

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What is TwitterPeek?

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Your TwitterPeek device comes with a lifetime of unlimited service – no contracts, no hidden fees, no overages, no headaches.

World’s first Twitter mobile device

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“Always on” instant tweet delivery

Full QWERTY keyboard, large color screen, click scroll wheel

Long battery life lasts up to 4 days

30-day money back guarantee

1-year manufacturers warranty

Are you guys as stoked as I am?

Brought to my attention by J. Berezin.

Can I hack it so I can write things longer than 140 characters and send them to places other than Twitter? If not, no thanks. Too many of these “only does one thing” machines on the market already.

Moonsterpiece

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:40:07 -0400

Just watched Duncan Jones’ Moon starring Sam Rockwell.

Whoa.

Easily my favorite movie of the year.

"But when Champagne arrived, we pulled our heads off each others’ shoulders, same height we..."

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:12:00 -0400

“But when Champagne arrived, we pulled our heads off each others’ shoulders, same height we were, and her mouth was upon me, a black hole approaching. Our teeth clicked at each other, and she breathed into me. There was so much moisture! I found myself flying quickly around her mouth, a bat scanning the walls. As food stuck between molars makes explorers of tongues, the tongue becoming topographer and ever canker sore a ridge of saw-toothed mountains, so did my tongue become the mapmaking conquistador of Mary-Kate’s dark wet mouth. I knew its crevices, its stalactites and stalagmites, the smooth runs of the tops of her flat back teeth. I fought for dominion wit her tongue, which probed my mouth while guarding her own. After thirty seconds, having explored her mouth’s offered worlds, I want farther and soon could feel the extremities of her brain, could tickle its smooth underside. I scuttled around the back of her skull, was pinballing between cartilage and capillary, then up again, devouring and searching, her eyes like marbles in my mouth. That reminded me: I opened my lids to see if hers were open too but they were not, they were closed but just barely, lips resting softly atop mine, and so I closed my lids too and went farther into her, into her center, and there, finally, I found her landscape. It was dark where she was and I could see almost nothing, doubted what I knew, but I did make out her winding river, a thin and clear one, warm from the day’s sun, and then her cluster of a dozen or so small hills, and at their base was her tall white home, clean and fair in the spotlight of a three-quarter moon, illuminated within by a hundred tall thin candles.”

- Dave Eggers, You Shall Know Our Velocity

walkwhilereading: Good Morning Saturday! Currently...

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:52:00 -0400

walkwhilereading:

Good Morning Saturday! Currently listening…..

I’m going to take this opportunity to write my review on the film, here on this post.

The fact I had a chance to see this film at a real live movie theatre is a triumph all by itself. My wife and I don’t get out to the movie theatre very often. It was a pleasure to cuddle up and watch this film together.

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak had a huge affect on me as a child, as I image it did for most. Spike Jones did something with this movie I thought never could be done, keep the film true to the book. It’s a work of art really to be able to capture in a film the same emotions and feelings you had while reading the book. He brought these costumed creatures to life. I never once thought an actor in a suit. Max Records is perfect. Karen O’s music is thrilling. James Gandolfini as Carol is heart stopping.

I loved the film. It’s not a movie for young children, unless you like waking up to your child having nightmares. I can’t wait till I get the chance to watch the film with Ayla. She’s read the book with us a dozen times, to have the film make the book more real for her will be a joy to watch.

I’ve heard over and over in different places by different people (all adults, mind you) that this is not a film for young children. That the themes are too dark, that it’s nightmare-inducing, and that parents should think twice before bringing their kids along to the movies.

I just want to say that I don’t think this is true. When I was three or four I watched the Neverending Story, which was about a group of strange looking monsters and a pair of little boys who ran from something called the Nothing as it ate up the world. In the midst of all this, a horse gets sucked into the mud, a scary wolf thing tries to kill and eat Atreyu, and the rock monster (I believe, I can’t remember for sure) stops trying to run away and lets himself get eaten by the Nothing. This is widely accepted as a kid’s film. Some others? The Dark Crystal, E.T., The Wizard of Oz - I hope you can see what I’m getting at here.

What, in Where the Wild Things Are, isn’t for children? There’s no blood, there’s no swearing, no sex, no death (I mean, there’s bones, but no death).

I think the response, “This film isn’t for children,” is based heavily on the fact that it seems (to those of us who are adults) like a film for adults. It might be a matter of perspective - since it’s deep and meaningful for you, it can’t possibly be for children too.

Has anyone asked a kid?

Wilson it is. +1,000,000 Internets to Caroline and Kawaa!

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:34:00 -0400

You’re both very pretty.

Any guesses so far? This is only part of the ensemble.

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:28:04 -0400

Any guesses so far? This is only part of the ensemble.

caseypugh: Scene 428 from SW:Uncut. Probably one of my...

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:01:58 -0400

caseypugh:

Scene 428 from SW:Uncut. Probably one of my favorites.

Hup hup hup hup!

Some (Biggish) News

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:00:04 -0400

I’ve been fairly tight-lipped on this topic recently, and it’s because I wanted to make sure I told people first before mass-announcing.

The Change Companies, a publisher in Carson City, Nevada, offered me a position with them as a writer/designer this week. They flew me out for an interview, and so I spent parts of Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday interacting with them.

I’m taking the job. I start in the first half of November, so that means I’ll be moving to Nevada within the next few weeks.

It’s a big change, and I’m still kind of in shock about the whole thing, but I’m also really excited. Wish me luck!

Getting started with some fantasy stalwarts. Stalwarts? What...

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:46:38 -0400

Getting started with some fantasy stalwarts. Stalwarts? What does that mean?

Photo

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:47:45 -0400

I get it. Not really a predicament.

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:56:46 -0400

iPhone it is.

Please Advise.

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:46:56 -0400

I’m in the market for a new phone.

It’s either going to be an iPhone or a Palm Pre. What I want to know is - well, which one is better for what I’m going to be using it?

Right now it’s like the decision I went through at age 12 - do I buy a Playstation, because it’s been around and has a lot more games, or do I get an N64 because the hardware has more capabilities?

The Pre is the N64. Not that the graphics are better, but there is a full keyboard and a lot of the same functionality is there. Trouble is, iPhone has all the apps and it’s guaranteed to survive. I might not be able to do a lot of writing on-the-go, but I might get more out of it in the long run.

Help?