Ask MuppetFace Stuff

Yes and yes. Good stuff!

One of my favorite films of all time:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111341/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Running time: 450 minutes

Also, if you count Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz as "a film in 13 parts and a prologue" instead of a miniseries---it originally aired on TV as a miniseries but was intended to be seen as a film---then that's roughly 939 minutes long.

 

@MuppetFace - which Raidho's? And what do you think of them compared to other speakers you've heard? (Feel free to ramble. )

 

It's good to see you around MF

 

Define good.

Define better.

Maybe.

 

The C1.1s

Keep in mind three key points:
I got them for a significant discount.
I like ribbon tweeters when they're done well; Raidho does them well.
I needed something small and stand mounted.

With that in mind, the C1.1s are exceptional little things. The sound they produce is surprisingly room-filling given their size, and they work well with a wide variety of genres, something that is crucial me. For instance other monitors may sound more intimate, have a better timbre with strings, or sound more convincing when recreating vocals. However for their size and what I paid for them, nothing else could really compare as a complete package IMHO.

If not for the discount, I'd probably get a pair of Joseph Audio Pulsars. They endeared themselves to me, and in all honesty I'd have a rather difficult time justifying the huge price spike for the C1.1s at MSRP.

Eventually I'd like to get some full sized speakers. In which case I'd either go for the Sony SS-AR1, which as a whole package---sound, pedigree, looks---are pretty much my favorite among "traditional" floor standing models I've experienced, or I'd go for open baffle / semi open baffles. I'd definitely look into NOLA or Donald North's Sequence speakers.

 

@MoatsArt I saw that! You can't fool me, Sir Deletes-a-Lot.

Insofar as you exist, you're good!
'Badness,' to many (and to me), is seen as a perversion of good.
So while you may be capable of bad things, the fact that you ARE---that you have potential to love---is good!

 

As with any kind of job, it really depends on what you're looking to get out of it. As far as advancement goes... academia is rough. Everyone wants tenure. The demands just to stay afloat are taxing enough---the old "publish or perish" routine---but when you factor in the fierce competition for the highest positions, it gets pretty brutal.

Becoming a tenured professor would be nice, sure, but I'm not depending on it. I have other paths in mind if I get burnt out, but for the time being I'm cool. I've found a key to maintaining my mental health is to be happy with the act of teaching itself; I had a student early on tell me that they were grateful for my course, and that honestly made all the difference as hokey as it sounds.

I adore what I teach.
The subject matter's nice too. *ba dum tiss*

 

My hopes and dreams, right now, are to stay healthy and go about doing what I feel like I was put on this Earth to do.

I'd like to visit the Northwest US again. Seattle and Portland are two of my favorite cities, and some day I'd like to live there. I've got friends in Europe and Asia I'd like to visit, too.

Person I'd like to meet? They know who they are.

As for self improvement, I'd like to be less materialistic. More understanding of others. More punctual. I'd like to work on getting over my extreme anxiety and PTSD.

 

The Psalms
Greek epics
Virgil's Aeneid
Horace's Satires
Epic of Gilgamesh
Beowulf
Chaucer
Rumi
Dante
Paradise Lost
English Romantics (Blake, Colridge, Shelley, <3 Keats <3)
Holderlin
Pushkin
Mallarme
Paul Celan
Prussian Nights by Solzhenitsyn
Genesis P-Orridge
David Tibet (Current 93)

Also I think hip hop counts. I like a lot of that.

 

Naw, I'm taking my dear sweet time cuz... it's really short. I've pretty much done everything but the bosses, tho.

My build is nothing fancy: quality build using the Lothric Greatsword (the one with built-in lightning) and Sunset Armor set.

 

@perkele Okay, I've officially finished everything now. The end boss was supposed to be really difficult, but I ended up beating her on the first try. Whoops.