The Rationalist Manifesto » Personal http://www.rationalistic.com Memes and other creatures Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:46:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Movember Rain http://www.rationalistic.com/2008/12/01/personal/movember-rain/ http://www.rationalistic.com/2008/12/01/personal/movember-rain/#comments Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:45:51 +0000 Tal Rotbart http://www.rationalistic.com/?p=217 Movember - Sponsor Me

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Hope to see some of you tonight ;p

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Truth be told I’ve had an amazing run of luck, but it was enjoyable. I was chip leader but agreed to split the total prize with the other person left on the table as it was getting late and I just wanted the game to end.

The funniest part is that with 125 chips when the blinds were at 600/300 I was ready to call it quits, but got convinced to stay by Gabe and two others which later in the game I took out (Gabe was out at that point). As Gabe said to me- as long as you’ve got a chip and a chair… :-)

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John, Jackie and me  John, Jackie and me Just me

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What type of Fae are you?

Time wasted thanks to Fa11ing Away…

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Flight out of Sydney to Bangkok on the 30th of August, confirmed (finally) with British Airways. Flying out from Bangkok to Tel-Aviv on the 3rd of September (still on the waiting list) with El-Al flight LY084, due to arrive at 23:20 Israel time. I’m also on the waiting list for the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th just in case.

Returning by flight from Tel Aviv to Hong Kong on the 29th of September (wait-listed) and leaving Hong-Kong on the 1st of October (confirmed), arriving in the early morning of the 2nd of October back home in Melbourne…

Anyone know anyone at El-Al that can move things along on my 3rd of September waiting list? ;-)

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I’m on the train back from the NIN show at the Metro – it was amazing! Really great energy in the air and an incredible venue. The Metro is a night-club, but it still works for live shows as it seems to have been built as a theatre.

Trent Reznor was obviously enjoying himself tremendously on stage, and even said as much, specifically comparing how good this evening’s show was to yesterday night’s. Apparently referring to the fact that the crowd yesterday was so unruly that the show had to be cut short and some patrons were treated for head injuries from thrown beer bottles. I’m glad I wasn’t there last night and got the tickets to tonight’s show instead. Pure luck!

It was quite interesting to hear NIN’s classic songs performed in this tour, as it is almost all guitar based with little of the heavy Electronic sound that is Trent Reznor’s trademark. Some of the songs become very different when played so organically– some are better for it and some are not, but the overall effect is very powerful and tight.

While Reznor himself is definitely not a guitar hero, Aaron North, the lead guitar on this tour happily takes up the slack and gives an incredible show. North seems the type that gets very invested in the moment and does it with a flare which could easily get him into trouble, especially if someone in the crowd pisses him off…

It was such an excellent night that I’m thinking about going again tomorrow night. I had two tickets which I couldn’t find a buyer for as someone was dumping excess tickets on eBay below cost– probably a scalper who didn’t anticipate the third show being announced… The two tickets were originally for Shelly and Damien (oh the irony) and I gave one of them to my flatmate when I saw I can’t get rid of them. As the door people weren’t even looking at the ticket dates I might as well try to use the remaining ticket tomorrow. I did pay for it, and it is not like tomorrow’s show is sold out…

Props to NIN for a great evening!

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My house from outside

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