the King of Kong: a Fistful of Quarters

Documentary about two world's (well, America's) top classic gamers. Mostly focussed around Steve Wiebe and Billy Mitchell. Didn't like the latter, found the former a bit awkward at times (seriously, his kid screaming "dad! stop playing donkey kooooooooooooong!".... but dad was on a winning streak, ...) it was amazing. Think "Room 237" but for computer game nerds. Classic computer games.

Loneliness, solitude, desolation, alienation, disaffection, estrangement

Loneliness, which refers to a lack of companionship and is often associated with unhappiness, should not be confused with solitude, which is the state of being alone or cut off from all human contact (the solitude of the lighthouse keeper). You can be in the midst of a crowd of people and still experience loneliness, but not solitude, since you are not physically alone. Similarly, if you enjoy being alone, you can have solitude without loneliness. Lonesomeness is more intense than loneliness, suggesting the downheartedness you may experience when a loved one is absent (she experienced lonesomeness following the death of her dog). Desolation is more intense still, referring to a state of being utterly alone or forsaken (the widow's desolation). Desolation can also indicate a state of ruin or barrenness (the desolation of the volcanic islands). Alienation, disaffection, and estrangement have less to do with being or feeling alone and more to do with emotions that change over time. Alienation is a word that suggests a feeling of unrelatedness, especially a feeling of distance from your social or intellectual environment (alienation from society). Disaffection suggests that you now feel indifference or even distaste towards someone of you were once fond of (a wife's growing disaffection for her husband), while estrangement is a voluntary disaffection that can result in complete separation and strong feelings of dislike or hatred (a daughter's estrangement from her parents).

First of all, Concise Oxford American Thesaurus, I love you. I want to have your babies. All of them.

Secondly... I love your long explanations. It's how I came to learn and love (all at once, it was a bang for sure) "sempiternal".

Also... curious how it's "you" here, instead of "one" ("one now feels indifference...") A Thesaurus thing? I wish a Concise Oxford American Thesaurus employee would read this and tell me why the tone is different from the New Oxford American Dictionary.

But, just to drive the point home, I did not have a car at the time of buying this and it was absolutely worth every penny cycling up the hill with these hundred thousand pounds of words in my backpack. As well as the shipping costs when I moved.

La Luz - "Weirdo Shrine"

Surf and psych, and very echoy voices. Not too much though.

the Married Monk

• Brother J - parlando, per usual

Chelsea Wolfe - "Abyss" (2015)

Dark singer-songwriter. Between folk and drones? Should listen to more of her stuff.

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