THIS POST IS FOR CALIFORNIA PEOPLE

thanks to wintersweet on aroundfremont for posting this:

You may have read about the plan to close almost all state parks and beaches. If not, you can read about it here and look up your favorite parks and beaches here.
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If you are interested in trying to find a way to do something to prevent this, despite the budget problems, you can visit
http://www.savestateparks.org/

Here's their statement about a current budget conference committee attempt to save the parks.

"Humans are cowards in the face of happiness. It takes courage to hold on to happiness."

First day of work was really nice.
I also found a small hand-saw and a razor blade when we were cleaning out the filing cabinet next to my desk. My boss and I were all :0 and ?
I work Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 1:30 PM to 5 PM. We actually got a lot done yesterday. I've been really lucky with my internships at Berkeley - the offices I've worked in were laid-back but productive.

So, I was eating lunch outside before work. A black beetle-ish bug appeared on my knee. I swiftly brushed it away, and it fell to the ground.
Suddenly, a little bird swooped in and ate the bug.
:0

I have several tasks. One is to help find press contacts. The next big event for the anthropology museum is a presentation on beer-making from 12,000 B.C. to today. Even though I don't drink, I can at least hang out around the exhibits and presentations, due to my now two-week-old status of being 21.

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the big Iran election post that's making rounds around LJ can be found in English and Spanish aquí.


finally, the author of Let the Right One In has written a zombie book: Handling the Undead.

The Distant and Mechanised Glow of Eastern European Dance Parties

Happy Birthday, threthiel9!

found this on tumblr, but it's so awesome it needs to be shared



Futuristic Movie Timeline
#6 In A Series Of Pop-Cultural Charts

(click here for a larger version)

No one really pays much attention to what year sci-fi movies take place. I thought it would be interesting to arrange some classic films about the future into chronological order and see what we’d find. I’ve also charted the years in which they were released as well as the current year. This is by far the geekiest thing I’ve ever done.

* I only included movies in which Wikipedia knew the exact year.


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note 1: WHY STAR WARS IS NOT ON THE LIST: "A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away..."

note 2: I would like to see an epic fashion war between Dune and Barbarella.