Mobile Mollusk on the Move...Again :: The Second City
Current mood: busy
Category: Travel and Places

{*I wrote this as a MySpace comment to a friend, but felt it is pertinent enough to re-post as a short entry here.*}


I realized that I moved here to Warwick, NY, on May 27th, 2007... when I fly to - and move to - Chicago, IL, this Sunday will be April 27th, 2008... means I'll have lived here for EXACTLY 11 months.
Just shy of a year.

That is the absolute longest that I have lived in one spot - and not moved - since I graduated high school in June 1999.
9 years worth of moving around - to college, to home, to camp in Maine, to home, to college, to home, to camp in CT -or NY, or ME, or CT again - to NM even.. then to PA... back to NY....
If moving means leaving a place, traveling, moving into a new place, that means I average 4 moves a year. Multiply it by those 9 years, and that's roughly 36 times that I have moved around the country.

And then, of course, there's the strange slip of Time between leaving & then again seeing people we knew or know - where, no matter the distance or time apart, meeting up again even for "Hello" is a leveling field where familiarity & personal karma override senses of lapsed Time.

... Time is such a weird thing.
And now I must move again....
tty when the chaos fractal is complete :P
~MCL~

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It’s True :: Attitude IS Everything
Current mood: inspired
Category: Life

I've worked too many jobs, with too many people of all ages, to disagree with this following little tribute... And I'd like to add that attitude really is an astonishingly significant part of how you treat the world, and how the world -in turn- treats you back. It's not a bunch of hippie BS or concocted drama - Positivity is a live-saving factor... whether you want to look at that from the perspective of emotionally, physically, mentally, spiritually, socially, or otherwise.

Try it out. You might like it :)
I do.


{the following is snagged from a friend's LiveJournal post}


Attitude

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"Code Monkey"... on Canvas :: art works update ::
Current mood: thoughtful
Category: Web, HTML, Tech

**cross-posted from my LiveJournal account**
from :: 30 October 2007 @ 01:17 pm
LJ post title :: For Love of Lyrics & Light ::18 :: Jonathan Coulton, "Code Monkey"

I love this song, omg. It's soooo very much the essence of R*I*T for me, reminds me of college & Life with all the geeky nerd pals I have, and I've been playing it on repeat a bunch today. It's not a new song, for sure, but it is a favorite of mine.

Enabled by the Middletown mall run that Neisha & I did on Sunday, after work, and now armed with a couple ready-to-paint-on canvases, some new brushes, and a couple of additions to my paint arsenal, I'm planning to attack some canvas in a bit - Code Monkey running through my head and through my house at loud volumes - painting up some ideas I've gotten for a fun visual of this great tribute to the nerds who are helping run the world... You know, all the super-nice & fun guys & gals who so many people seem to be looking for, in concept, as Life mates - and yet fail to find, because they aren't going to enough office cubicles, LARP meetings, LAN parties, RenFaires, D&D nights, Tech. schools, and the like ;D

I'm blessed to be a geek, with geeky nerd friends ;D


Code Monkey
by Jonathan Coulton


Code Monkey get up, get coffee;
Code Monkey go to job.
Code Monkey have boring meeting,
with boring manager Rob.

Rob say
Code Monkey very diligent,
but his output stink.
His code not functional or elegant -
what do Code Monkey think?

Code Monkey think
Maybe manager wanna write
goddamn login page himself!
Code Monkey not say it out loud.
Code Monkey not crazy, just proud.

Code Monkey like Fritos!
Code Monkey like Tab and Mountain Dew!
Code Monkey very simple man,
with big, warm, fuzzy, secret heart.
Code Monkey like you.

Code Monkey like you.



Code Monkey hang around at front desk;
tell you "sweater look nice".
Code Monkey offer buy you soda -
Bring you cup, bring you ice.

You say,
"No thank you, for the soda" cause
soda make you fat.
Anyway, you busy with the telephone -
no time for chat.

Code Monkey have
long walk back to cubical;
He sit down, pretend to work.
Code Monkey not thinking so straight;
Code Monkey not feeling so great.


Code Monkey like Fritos!
Code Monkey like Tab and Mountain Dew!
Code Monkey very simple man,
with big, warm, fuzzy, secret heart.
Code Monkey like you.

Code Monkey like you - a lot.



Code Monkey have every reason
to get out this place.
Code Monkey just keep on working...
See your soft, pretty face.

Much rather
wake up, eat a coffee cake;
take bath, take nap.
This job "fulfilling in creative way"
Such a load of crap!

Code Monkey think
some day he have everything -
even pretty girl like you.
Code Monkey just waiting, for now;
Code Monkey say "someday, somehow."

Code Monkey like Fritos!
Code Monkey like Tab and Mountain Dew!
Code Monkey very simple man,
with big, warm, fuzzy, secret heart.
Code Monkey like you.

Code Monkey like you.



song file link :: http://www.jonathancoulton.com/music/thingaweek/CodeMonkey.mp3

lyrics listing originally sourced from :: http://codemilitia.net/blogs/tobin.titus/archive/2006/04/28/472.aspx
- edited by yours truly: Molly~Mollusk

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**Thursday 8 Novemeber 2007 - Note :: **

So far, I haven't hit paint onto the canvas yet, but I have actually gotten a graphite sketched rough onto it - a 16x20" pre-primed canvas, that I have hung with the longer length running horizontal - but I am anticipating really getting to work on it sooner than later.

I had a very wonderful surprise of a phone call from one of my favorite friend-people today - Rory < - http://www.myspace.com/CoyneArt - > - and it was great to actually talk to him about painting and some technique issues, among other things. I'm not a painter by passion nor trained in the medium, as he is; it's just something I do on a very occasional basis when gripped with an inspiration for that level of medium & visual mix... but it's something I really enjoy (even when I get frustrated with trying to get the "right" colors or do shading :P ugh).

Hopefully, I'll have something more productive to report at a sooner-than-later Time :)

Cheers to all ye curious artists, critics, geeks, nerds, cubicle slaves, music fans, and un-labeled others. :D
~Mollusk~

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Movie Review :: Transformers (2007)
Current mood: busy
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities

{This is my review of the movie, as copied-over from my Facebook - Flixster movies application & ratings}


"The Matrix" set a new bar for cinematic expectation, ability, enterainment, and evolution... The new "Transformers" movie is 2 notches above that, and is an incredible form of cinematic evolution.

It does an epic job of balancing SPFX, the Human drama, character build, humor, action, wit, geekdom, music score perfection, emotional power, and smart conceptual future-technology projections mixed with modern concepts.

This is a "must own" film, a "must see ina theater - multiple Times" film, and is due awards for cinematics, techinical evolution, and acting.

I absolutley enjoyed every aspect of this new rendition of classic '80's old school ideation :D It's great on it's own, but sets a perfect stage for future potential sequels.

GO. SEE. THIS. MOVIE. :)
...(read more)ma, character build, humor, action, wit, geekdom, music score perfection, emotional power, and smart conceptual future-technology projections.

This is a "must own" film, a "must see in a theater - multiple times" film, and is due awards for cinematics, technical film evolution, and acting.

I absolutely enjoyed every aspect of this new rendition of classic '80's old school ideation :D It's great on it's own, but sets a perfect stage for future potential sequels.

GO. SEE. THIS. MOVIE.

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GO SEE THE NEW "TRANSFORMERS" MOVIE
Current mood: chipper
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities

Dude.

What part of "GO see the new Transformers movie" did you not understand??!?
Yes, NOW! GO!

ohbytheholygodsofAsgard, it's EPIC AMAZING, OMG.

no joke. I loved it... I'm determined to see this movie, multiple Times, in a movie theater, before eventually buying it on DVD, in widescreen format.
It's LOVE, I tell you!

...And so continues The Year of GOOD Movies! :D

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:D Thank you so much for all the Birth Day wishes!
Current mood: happy
Category: Life

Thank you so much to everyone for all the birth day well-wishes & comments! :D It means a lot to me, and it's nice to hear from y'all !!!!!

I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!
I hope that everyone is doing as well as they can be, these days :)

{ Dude - my mom got me the Seasons 5 & 6 (2-in-1), purple, DVD boxed set of my favorite 'old school' British cartoon ... "Danger Mouse" !!!! w00t!! }

I'm feeling very loved :)
cheers, friends!!! and thank you again!!!!!
loves! from ~Molly the merry Mollusk~

~

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Mobile Mollusk on the Move :: Gunna be living in NY again!
Current mood: busy
Category: Life

Everyone seriously needs to switch to Facebook, seriously.
PLEASE - so I don't have to keep posting this stuff in multiple places, sheesh. lol.

If you aren't on Facebook or LiveJournal, this is going to be a surprise to you::
I just wanted to let everyone know that I am officially moving >out< of SouthWestern PA as of Saturday 26th May 2007. That's right! This is currently my last week of living in Indiana, PA 15701, with my parents & Naomi the guinea pig & the new puppy Cooper.

The situation :: One of my best friends, BrianC (http://www.myspace.com/axplazeboy) has a room opening up in his apartment because his roomie Dan is buying a house & moving out. I have wanting to move to that area for awhile now, for a variety of reasons, so it works out for both of us!

I am moving to Warwick, NY 10990 - located in the Orange County/ Southern NY state area, about 100 miles North of NYC. Warwick is actually very close to the YMCA Camp job I had Summer 2006. I am NOT doing a camp job this year - as of right now, anyways, ha - and I shall keep y'all updated on what, exactly, I WILL be doing. Some of you might be familiar with the Discovery Channel TV show "OCC- Orange County Choppers", the motorcycle-design/family-drama show.... The OCC shop & store are in that area, as well as other attractions like the New York Renaissance Faire (NYRF) & more.


If you would like my new address - which is both my physical & mailing address - then PLEASE ::

1) Get a http://www.facebook.com account, because -if you actually know me from the physical world- you really should just use that instead of MySpace anyways. I'm really serious about this, folks. MySpace is just for random people & networking & playing a tune while people browse yer interests ....meanwhile, Facebook is for actually communicating & keeping in touch with people I know.
---Can't remember my full real name to look me up on Facebook? Just ask me!!! If I know you for real, I shouldn't have a problem telling you :D I'm pretty bad with remembering names... I won't hold it against you, lol.

2) Send me a private MySpace message to ask me for my contact info, and I will happily send it along to you. :)

Sooooo ... yeah!
I'm currently single, unemployed, and finally moving into my own real apartment, with my own real room (well, that bit as of July :P ugh), near a bunch of old & new good friends, pretty close to my brother in NYC, AND I am doing freelance design work for Marc Gunn - http://www.myspace.com/marcgunn - an awesome & multi-talented guy whose primary interest is Celtic & Gaelic music... meaning that I'm shortly gunna start having people around the world owning artwork that I have designed & which has my name on it, because they'll be buying his music CDs. CRAZYNESS!!!! Check out Marc's Myspace page for his awesome tunes, as well as a peek at the art I've done for his albums "Irish Drinking Songs: The Cat Lover's Companion", and "A Tribute to Love".

It's all new, it's big change, it's crazy... and I'm lovin' it :D

Cheers & best wishes, everyone!
Find me on Facebook & LiveJournal if you really want to stay updated. :D

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Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen) ::worth reading through::
Current mood: chipper
Category: empowered Life

Molly Note :: If you haven't ever heard this wonderful narrative of wisdom, set to a great back-beat, you should find it (or ask me for it) and listen to it. It is a wonderful piece :D No LJ cut for this - it's too good. Deal with it - it will make you a better person ;D

Movie Review :: '300'
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities

Okay, so we didn't see it on IMAX, but a large screen presentation in a super-nice theater STILL seeeeems like IMAX compared to a hometown theater screen, lol!

DUDE. 300 is amazing. It is probably one of the most beautifully done films I have ever, ever seen. Truly epic, truly well done, truly beautiful. Yes, it is obviously very graphic, but it's done with such style that even as you flinch for it, its like WOW - this movie is AMAZING. lolol... really.

Stay for the credits, too. You only need to stay for the first 1/3 - even though the credits are comparatively short, it's that first bit that is the truly spectacular part; and there is NOT any 'special stuff' at the end, like Pirates 2 or the Harry Potter movies.

My only issue with my movie experience?? Knowing that, sitting behind me, there was a father that had brought 3 boys -who couldn't have been more than maaaybe age 11- to a movie that was very much and ADULT movie, that was an R movie, and that has a beautifully edited brief sex scene amongst the gore, but it's a sex scene, none-the-less. Having kids at this movie really bothered me.

But the movie itself?? Well, go see it for your self.
I say that it is well worth a viewing.

All this from "squeemish girl", too, lololol.
Cheers! :D
~Molly~
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Hockey - RIT & Elsewhere ::plus - links::
Current mood: content
Category: Sports

College Sports
RIT Athletics :: http://www.ritathletics.com/index.asp

AAAAAACK.
This is the first year that the RIT Tigers Hockey was Division 1 - and I didn't get to see ANY games!!!!!! Booo. But here's the score on my much-missed teams, for the only sport I can say that I like attending AND can actually watch on TV...

Looks like the Guys did pretty well for their first Div.1 season...
RIT Tigers Men's Division 1 Hockey Schedule & Record ::
http://www.ritathletics.com/schedules.asp?path=mhock

Looks like the Ladies did AWESOME and ROCKED the rink, as per usual...
RIT Tigers Women's Division 1 Hockey Schedule & Record ::
http://www.ritathletics.com/schedules.asp?path=whock


National Sports
Locally
Pittsburgh Penguins NHL Hockey :: http://pittsburghpenguins.com/
Schedule & Record :: http://pittsburghpenguins.com/schedule/schedule.php

Home
Buffalo Sabres NHL Hockey :: http://www.sabres.com/
Schedule & Record :: http://www.sabres.com/schedule.cfm


AAWWWWWWW Maaaan... What do I do about this??? ::
{ As in, who would I cheer for?????? :O }
Game :: Buffalo Sabres vs. Pittsburgh Penguins
Time :: Tuesday 13 March 2007 - 7:30pm
Location :: Mellon Arena, PIT, PA

Aaack. lolol.
Cheers!

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