CaseyZeke

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Starting the process of deleting my journal entries. I'll eventually just leave the archive post, on the off chance that someone might want to contact me. Doubtful, obviously, but one never knows.

Does anyone know what happened to westmoon? I'd sure love to get in touch with her again.
CaseyZeke

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In case you haven't met him yet, let me introduce Jim Jeffries:




Xanda the Lion and the Bloodlust of Trophy Hunters



Jim is an Aussie comic transplanted to the US. He's the genius who wrote Gun Control, one of the most useful comedy bits I've ever seen. In the video above, he nails everything that's two-faced, self-serving, and abhorrent about "hunting" as it's practiced in the US. This guy has a talent for nailing things on the head.






Cross-posted from my Dreamwidth journal.
Aphrodite

The forests of Lebanon, the falls of the Nile

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Take a listen to this. Oud player Ahmed Alshaiba gives a Middle Eastern spin to a beloved soundtrack classic:





The Gael from The Last of the Mohicans



It's so fascinating to hear the effect when taking music of one cultural type and transforming it into music of another. This reminds me of what Loreena McKennitt did to God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen. Just lovely.

Enjoy!

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Cross-posted from my Dreamwidth journal.
CaseyZeke

Lucas says hi!

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Hey, everyone. Sorry I haven't been around. I keep thinking I'm going to post more often, and then I don't. I think I might be tired of the internet. *sigh*


Anyway, I know some people don't like spiders, so I thought I'd post this. Lucas is an animation project by Joshua Slice, who decided to do something about people's arachnophobia. Thus, meet Lucas - the cutest spider in the world.




Lucas the Spider
He has too many eyeballs.



Lucas is voiced by Slice's five-year-old nephew, and is designed with all the visual tropes used by animators to humanize animals - big eyes that blink, short limbs, unthreatening postures. He is, in truth, the cutest spider I've ever seen.

Lucas has his own Youtube channel, where you can watch him playing in the sink, dealing with the new "polar bear" in the house, and cleverly escaping capture in a wine glass. (The one where he plays a tiny harp and sings a song will lay you out flat, it's so adorable.)

Here's a video about Lucas's origins and process.




Lucas's creator explains how he makes people
fall in love with spiders.



Enjoy!

Cross-posted from my Dreamwidth journal.