Icarus_Falling
everyman antihero
Joined: 11 Jul 2007
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,215
Location: beyond human comprehension
28 Dec 2007, 11:32 pm
I confess, I'm falling way way behind on things. I'm so behind in my personal correspondence that I feel a very distinct compellation to beat myself. Which, I confess, I will probably do. Trying to play catchup, catchup, but not ignore... Trying trying trying; but drinking from a fire hose, as usual; information overload will kill us all.
I confess that I accidentally clicked on the "Stop watching this thread..." link rather than the "Read the new post..." link in an e-mail for the I confess thread, and missed many confessions.
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"...a ray of love and good cheer which could bring care and joy into the target's heart."
Joy? Amanda Joy?
I leave the insidious and potentially chilling conclusions as an exercise for the reader.Good fortune,
- Icarus knows Grumpy Bear counters Cheer Bear, but he only has Good Luck Bear...
What??? I don't understand.
I confess I don't understand what you don't understand...? But if you so care to, elaborate, and Icarus will do battle with your confusion; +5 Chaotic Avenger on standby.
please,be all right
I confess that I feel like a dead kipper in the sun, because I completely missed this, and someone had to bring it to my attention (thanks, someone). I confess that I'm happy to be missed, but sad to cause distress; thus my flavour is bittersweet, except that I'm not sweet, I'm spicy, so I suppose that makes me bitterspicy. Icarus is bitterspicy.
Icarus is alright, just behind. And Icarus is still here, but much more underground and invisible. I'm less in the forums, and much more in PMs these days. But I confess, I like the forums more, because I like to share.
I confess that I sincerely hope syzygyish is alright too. Really alright. Doubleplussalright. Are you alright, my brother?
...
I confess that I feel guilty for both unknowingly and especially knowingly letting hurt slide past unaccosted. Once upon a time I would try to fix it all; not really fix, but at least try. But the trying is a thing that becomes overwhelming after a bit, for the healing that I try draws vital energy from the very core of my soul. Which I share, happily. But I only have so much to give. And I confess, sometimes I hate myself for that. Would that I could heal all of the hurt in the world at the cost of my own meager existence, for if I could I would.
Good fortune,
- Icarus is a solar cell on a cloudy day...
29 Dec 2007, 2:29 am
I confess...I_F - 
...
I'm alright.
Still...
Over-analysing.
One finger typing.
Wandering the boards & hardly ever posting.
Posting drunk at night & then deleting them in the morning.
Thinking about what you said & feeling So...'glowing'
& yet at the same time, a cowardly custard for being too self-conscious to reply.
Going blank when i try to pm you.
Wondering what to do with my writing talent you & other very special to me ppl have pointed out that i possess.Mainly playing games in the Off the Wall: Forum Games, Quizzes, Roleplaying, etc. forum seems like such a waste...Its fun though,& the best way to get me to post is to grab me by the funny bone
I_F,I consider you my blood brother.
It is to you I owe the determination to abandon the cone of apathy.
I have been clean of that particularly nasty illegal escapism for a solid month.
Entirely due to those words of Nov. 17,2007, which even now,i can't express how much
they have affected me.
Syzygyish piles Thank-You's high enough up to give Icarus Falling the softest landing.
I confess there was so much more I wanted to write at the begining of this post,
but, once again, what will take a minute to read has taken 2 hours to write.
I confess that i_Am_andaJoy has sent me a pm today saying all is good in her world
which was
& now seeing I_F again
I am over-joyed
Our praise's are our wages;everyone on WP,
consider me bank-rupt for your bonus!
29 Dec 2007, 9:11 am
29 Dec 2007, 10:00 am
I confess that I wish I could coerce Pikachu into sending someof that fabulous North Yorkshire Black Sheep ale my way. That stuff is hard to find in these parts. 
29 Dec 2007, 10:57 am
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29 Dec 2007, 11:14 am
Icarus_Falling
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Joined: 11 Jul 2007
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Gender: Male
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01 Jan 2008, 11:33 pm
I confess that I watch TV serials largely so that I can observe and learn about human interactions in a way that keeps me entirely safe, an invisible passive observer. Shows that explore such interactions explicitly are particularly fascinating to me. In particular, I find Lt. Cmdr. Data's exploration of humanity in Star Trek: The Next Generation to be very educational; he questions a lot of the same things I would/do.
Lately I've been doing yet another tour of all of the Data-centric episodes of TNG. Yestereve I watched episode 135, "The Quality of Life", which, among other things, explores emergent properties (specifically, sentience) in advanced AI mechanisms. The episode features intelligent maintenance bots which are able to learn by fabricating new circuit pathways based on their experiences.
<tack from southerly to north-northwest>
I have a Roomba. Earlier I loosed it on the second floor, and it was busy helping me recover from messy holiday visitors. It is supposed to be "smart" enough not to fall down stairs. But when it was working, I was sitting in my den and heard the <thud!> <thud!> <flop!> <clop!> of it falling down the stairs. 
I was a bit aghast, as that is not supposed to happen. As I walked over and looked down the stairs and saw it laying on the landing half-way down, I couldn't help but think to myself,
"Stupid cleaning droid. Hopefully it will learn from this experience and replicate new circuit pathways so that won't happen again."
Only several seconds later did I realize I was thinking about science fiction rather than reality. My reaction was something along the lines of. 
Good fortune,
- Icarus wonders if humans are sentient...
02 Jan 2008, 9:31 am
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SilverProteus
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02 Jan 2008, 12:22 pm
02 Jan 2008, 1:37 pm
02 Jan 2008, 8:39 pm
Lately I've been doing yet another tour of all of the Data-centric episodes of TNG. Yestereve I watched episode 135, "The Quality of Life", which, among other things, explores emergent properties (specifically, sentience) in advanced AI mechanisms. The episode features intelligent maintenance bots which are able to learn by fabricating new circuit pathways based on their experiences.
<tack from southerly to north-northwest>
I have a Roomba. Earlier I loosed it on the second floor, and it was busy helping me recover from messy holiday visitors. It is supposed to be "smart" enough not to fall down stairs. But when it was working, I was sitting in my den and heard the <thud!> <thud!> <flop!> <clop!> of it falling down the stairs.
I was a bit aghast, as that is not supposed to happen. As I walked over and looked down the stairs and saw it laying on the landing half-way down, I couldn't help but think to myself,"Stupid cleaning droid. Hopefully it will learn from this experience and replicate new circuit pathways so that won't happen again."
Only several seconds later did I realize I was thinking about science fiction rather than reality. My reaction was something along the lines of.
Good fortune,
- Icarus wonders if humans are sentient...
I do this ALL the time.
amusing.
a few months ago I had an star-trek induced epiphany and then got home and unabashedly announced it, only to have the latest copy of DISCOVER magazine shoved under my nose. Front cover epiphany.
-Jaded is only apparently a month behind the world's greatest minds.....
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