Monthly Archive for September, 2008

What’s In a Name?

Published
by
Rosemary
on September 16, 2008
in Play
. 2 Comments

Staying true to the theme of this blog (randomness), this is a convoluted tale with no purpose at all.

I’ve coveted an iPhone since I started work at Applied.  Lack of foresight has caused me to be locked in a three-year contract with Bell, which would cost me $400 to cancel plus entering a service plan with Rogers with a cell phone bill double what I pay now.  An iPhone is not an appropriate purchase for me at the moment.

Next best thing?  An iPod Touch.  I managed to swing a used 16GB model that I can gleefully call my own and fill with apps and fun times.  Of course, it needs a name.  Here is where the story randomness begins.

My first introduction to the internet was for social purposes (which is my primary draw to it now), and my handle in chat rooms was Lady Neptune (being heavily influenced by Sailor Moon at the time and paying homage to my Piscean influences).  When I got my MacBook Pro, I chose to name it “Despina” after one of Neptune’s moons.  Fitting, I thought, since a moon in my mind is a peripheral and mobile thing.  I wanted to name my iPod touch after another of Neptune’s moons, but after discovering the moon Nereid and its mythological connections, I thought it would be further appropriate to name my peripheral’s peripheral after these sea nymphs (also, I can use the names of the primary moons for computers as opposed to mobile devices).  There are over ninety listed on Wikipedia.org, which might also be fitting given the fact that I’ll probably be cycling through iPods and iPhones as time goes on.  I clicked on Erato.  Not only is Erato the name of a Nereid, but it is also the Muse of lyric poetry.  Did I also mention that Muse is my favorite band?  I plan to name my eventual iPhone Galatea since it is another Nereid, the name of one of Neptune’s moons, and due to the name’s connection with Pygmalion, implies an obsessive love with an inanimate object that can be crafted to a desired form.

The end.

Can you imagine the thought process involved if/when I name my first-born?

My Tweet Has Been Penis-ized!

Published
by
Rosemary
on September 15, 2008
in Food, Play and Regurgitated
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I saw the notification in Twitteriffic and was outraged but thrilled but laughing at the same time.
Penisized

The original tweet:

Original Tweet

The result, from Twitter is Penis:

Penisized

UPDATE:  I wrote the kind people at Twitter Is Penis an email, and they even wrote back to me!

Hug a Developer Today

Published
by
Rosemary
on September 12, 2008
in Regurgitated and Work
. 1 Comment

Thanks, Matt.

Drawing Drought Result

Published
by
Rosemary
on September 10, 2008
in Play and Work
. 2 Comments

Despite Will’s insistence that I draw penises, my inspiration came from a perceived mispronounciation of “autocracy” by Matt which was caught by Colin as “octocracy” (aka having eight legged cephalopod overlord rulers) that I just had to draw.

This is the result:

Drawing Drought

Published
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Rosemary
on September 6, 2008
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I used to draw a lot.  Now I don’t so much anymore.  I want to draw something, but don’t know what.  If anyone reads this and submits a comment containing an idea of what to draw, I’ll draw it and share it in my next post.