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May 23, 2006 -- 7:43 AM
posted by Al
Ah fuck... I feel really shitty right now... Why couldn't life be more simple...
May 23, 2006 -- 7:33 AM
posted by Jess
Jeez, Alison - that is really impressive!
I didn't get the message about last night until this morning.... oh well. I went to see American Dreamz (with a z!) last night - pretty funny actually.
May 23, 2006 -- 12:43 AM
posted by alison
well, guys, sorry i didn't get out in time... too much packing and family stuff... and baking pie! first time i did it all by myself too... from making the pastry to, uh, weaving the latticework. i even impressed my mom!
from this:
to this:
maybe if you give more notice, i'll bring a pie to some upcoming fire party...
May 22, 2006 -- 6:11 PM
posted by Par
Sorry, guys, can't make it. Have fun. In my stead, I give you a tangible example of what has become known as the uncanny valley. The premise is that, as you make a fake image (for example, a human CGI character) closer to the real thing, it becomes more familiar until it is just shy of a perfect replication. Then, the minor differences and shortcomings become more grotesque (until it gets closer still to mimicking reality, when the familiarity increases again.)
The example? The new Sun-Maid girl:

Also, for some reason, I never noticed that it was Sun-Maid before (as opposed to "made", which I thought was the intended meaning). I guess I always read it as a single entity. I recall remarking to someone during our search for a business name that you read a lot of prominent names without considering the meaning of the component words anymore. This seems to be yet another case of that for me.
May 22, 2006 -- 6:09 PM
posted by nobody knows my face
Yo Jsese, with your cell phone being in a yellow cab and all, I can't get ahold of you...
May 22, 2006 -- 4:35 PM
posted by Al
No plans, free as a bird as they say. I'll be there, maybe not at 7:00 (unless I break some speed limits) but I'll be there.
May 22, 2006 -- 3:03 PM
posted by eric
shit dude. six hours notice. i made plans but shit i'll try to switch things up.
jeeeez
