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I've become obsessed with sheet music. It all started when I found an online music trading site: Pianofiles.com, now I'm constantly Googling for more and more piano sheet music. I've got a few Ryuichi Sakamoto songs, which I'm thrilled about. Look me up on Pianofiles.com or leave a comment with your e-mail address, and I'll be happy to send you some sheets.

You can also look me up on Chess.com, I'm playing a lot of online chess.

In other news, I'm trying start writing. Not much to show yet, but I'll post anything interesting.

On the sad horizon, Circle Versus Square has stopped updating comics. The series has ended. Sniff.

Oh, I almost forgot:

That's a wrap!

After two and a half days of relentless shooting, my part in the student film Lord of the Dice is over. It'll be about two months until it's finished, but sadly we are not allowed to post it on YouTube or anything like that. So no watching it online. Too bad for you.

Title:

Lord of the Dice

Cast:

Brave and dashing lead: Mark DeNicola

Despicable villain: Ryan Baily

Hot girl I got to kiss: Sam Nemeth

Absolutely hilarious and lovably geeky guy: ME!!!!!!

Equally hilarious but not so geeky guy: Adam Zhen Ting

Crew:

Director: Matt Philips

Writer/Cameo appearance: Chad Brown

Person who kept the whole thing glued together: Jenna Hamilton

Producer: Jocelyn Publicover

And tons of other brilliant people suffering for their art.




And also, I'm going to say it again: PLEASE FOLLOW MY BLOG!

Here's a treat for you however:

In other news, I've been planning to start a social group for teens with autism. I haven't done anything except talk about it, but now that I've posted this, I'll have to do something, won't I? Won't I?

Pet Peeve of the Day: New Year's Day Sucks

A year is arbitrary, right? But that doesn't stop people from celebrating another one, or to be more specific, the evening before one. New Year's Day isn't the affair people make it out to be. Sure, for the first few minutes there's fireworks, partying, but then everybody goes home. And New Year's is mostly hangovers.


The hype over this holiday is just sickening. People talk airily of resolutions, but few are kept, or even remembered for more than a few months. So don't wish me "Happy New Year's", the words are hollow and empty. It's just one more party.

Sorry for posting this late. If you have a problem with the post, voice all complaints here:

Pet Peeve of the Day: Cathaholic e-mails

Yes, I've created a new word.

Cathaholic: 1. noun, someone addicted to religion and/or religious artifacts and symbols, catholic or otherwise. 2. adjective, used to describe someone addicted to religion and/or religious artifacts and symbols, catholic or otherwise.

In short, we all know cathaholics. People who are so obsessed in their religion that they cannot see anything besides their religion. They often try to convert you to their religion, not overtly, but cautiously. Just mentioning what a great time they've had at church on Sunday. I don't think any more description is needed. You know these people.

Now, back to the pet peeve:

I think we all know those touchy e-mails. Often sent to you by someone you only speak to once a year, these contain stories of kittens rescued from shipwrecks, or other equally soppy stuff. Some just contain cute baby pictures with captions like: 'The most important thing in live is to love!"

Anyway, we all know these e-mails, and although we dismiss them as chain letters, we all secretly like them. We like the cheesy touchy soppy emotion. So we read the story of the kitty heroically rescued from the sinking ship, and then we see something like this:

"Thank God and Jesus for saving and preserving the good things in life!"

What on earth is going on here? Is this a paid advertisement? "This story has been brought to you by Christianity!" If you really believe that kitties are rescued by Jesus, fine, that's your conviction. Don't spoil a sweet story with your attempt to convert me! And what is the message here exactly? Atheists would've let the kitten drown? Muslims don't love the same pleasures of life? You won't be able to live life fully from behind your computer screen unless you join OUR religion!

Something that should be universal is made so that only a certain group of people can enjoy it. This is theft. Religion takes credit for everything, it has a patent on happiness.

I realize that this post may upset people. While I offer no retraction or apology, I do offer a way for your complaints to be heard and acknowledged:

And yes, I hope to have a new pet peeve every day.

Umbrage and other matters...

I'm going to give speeches to high schools in my area, talking about autism, and how autistics are under attack. I've written my first draft, and I'll post it here when it's finished editing.

Umbrage