bone in sub

cleaning out the /up directory. sometime in 2008, i thought my new flip phone – FLIP PHONE – was enough of an improvement to make this picture. laugh

after this, i was happy to see this in my credit card’s insurance policy:

correct, royal bank.

the streets in this section of umeå are named after sciences. very cool

i’m reading through my health insurance stuff – i can get a full reimbursement for a bunch of things i will never use (osteopath, naturopath, homeopath, chiropractor). given that these are all are pseudoscientific “alternative medicine” nonsense, i feel slighted that i can’t opt out and use that money for something useful, like eye exams or glasses.

i would even accept an annual video of my insurance company taking the $1500 i could be claiming for this superstitious garbage and setting it on fire. i chose “premium benefits” and i’m eligible to claim four times as much for demonstrated placebo effects as i am for real science like laser eye surgery and contact lenses. disgusting

get home from work, put on a v-neck, that’s relaxing time clothes

this looks like it’s going to be even better than the first one. sick

a theme party i want to host soon: a bunch of people donate blood, then eat (drink?) a lot of jello shots.

i live in walking distance of a blood bank. i’ve never given blood and never tried jello shots, i think combining them would result in a responsible and enjoyable evening

how long does it take for technology to become “normal” enough to write songs about? there are tons of songs that don’t just reference specific 20th-century technologies, they actually feature them: phone calls and doorbells and cars and planes. none of these songs inspire any kind of revulsion in normal people, i assume because the technologies had been around for long enough when they were popular.

i’m definitely up there in terms of “internet acceptance” but i know if i heard something in the top 40 that unironically referenced email or text messaging i’d find it nauseating. i’m guessing that songs will mention facebook without raising many eyebrows in another 20 years (if it’s still relevant).

what i want to know is if there’s a trend here: is there a certain amount of time between a technology becoming a “household concept” and the same technology being nonchalantly featured in songs that aren’t ridiculed for it? if so, is the trend a static waiting period or is it changing?

bonus: i bet space oddity was made fun of when it first came out.

i wipe this thing every few years, it’s been like 4 years so i’m doing it again. enjoy