Clockwork Dreams

Enthusiastically Unstable; Eloquently Retrotech

Irony

Inventrix | September 16, 2009

For a writer, I have an impossibly difficult time communicating thoughts in casual conversation. Spoken and written.
It’s like, you think it’s just other people not understanding you until you realize that it happens all the time, with everyone, and the only common denominator is you. Kind of like that joke about past relationships.

Do you draw? If so, I have a potential offer for you!

Inventrix | September 11, 2009

NOTE: I am no longer doing this.

Things People Find My Blog While Searching

Inventrix | September 10, 2009

I have a Google Analytics account for this blog, mostly for my own amusement. One of my favourite things to look at is the search hits page. I’ve decided to share this list with all of you for our mutual amusement.
clockwork dreams*
5 reasons to write*
black butterfly moon*
my hime
butterfly moon bpal t shirt
clockwork twitter [...]

HAL suits and real-life mecha

Inventrix | September 10, 2009

So, yesterday I happen upon this article about the HAL suit. I’d heard mention of it before, a long while ago back when Cyberdyne Inc. started working on it and it had no name, but this is the first I’d heard about its completion.

And look at it.
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Does that look cool or what? (Well, other than the guy wearing it. He doesn’t look so cool.)

So of course I trotted over to the Cyberdyne page about their HAL suit, and this (rather large) chunk of text is what immediately caught my eye:
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A bit of a musical fangirl rant

Inventrix | September 9, 2009

Since I can, I am going to inflict my love of Yuki Kajiura as a music composer upon you all. And you will like it.
I have actually realized recently that she is what one could consider my “musical muse”. I can’t think of a single instance where I was suffering from writer’s block [...]

Musicking From Afar, or When Internet Radio Falls Short

Inventrix | September 2, 2009

Believe it or not, this is a query to the general wide world of the internet.
I have a music library, and it is a good music library. I enjoy listening to my music very much. I would enjoy listening to it at work very much as well. However, I have no way [...]