New Video: Science and the Beat's Seductive "Mean Streak"
New Video: Science and the Beat’s Seductive “Mean Streak”
If you’ve been frequenting JOVM over the past month or so, you might remember hearing about Science and the Beat, the goth music duo, comprised of multi-instrumentalists Tasha Katrine and Rob Zilla. Katrine and Zilla have had a lengthy history together, as they’ve been in a number of projects since their teens, including renowned…
"It's the adrenalin. When everything slows down and my muscles are hot and strong and the blood beats in my veins like champagne I feel this vast delight. Everything is beautiful and precious, and so clear. Light gets this bluish tinge and I feel like a hummingbird among elephants, untouchable."
She reached out and flicked water against the pink welt that ran over my lower ribs. "But you're not."
"I've played with adrenalin, almost every dangerous sport you can imagine, but that's not the same as violence, not the same as coming up against someone who wants you dead, where there's no room for one misstep, where it's all or nothing. Feeling that bungee cord whip you up just two seconds from the ground is one thing, looking into the eyes of a man with a knife is another. It's the ultimate competition––there's one life between us, and it's mine. You feel how fine life is. It's a sort of possessiveness. A bit like sex. Just as you can't suddenly rip someone's clothes off in public when you have the urge, you have to train the urge to violence. It's like always singing sotto voce when all you want to do is take a great breath and let it rip. Violence feels good. It's so simple and clear. There's no mistaking the winner. I like it, but I avoid going there, going to the blue place, because I think I could get lost, might not find my way back, I wouldn't want to find my way back because it's seductive." I dabbled my fingers in the warm water. "I said before that I left the police force because I didn't want to work for anyone else. That's true, but it was also because the blue place called too strongly. It had become all I wanted, all there was."
She sat back on her heels and studied me with cool, slatey eyes. "Past tense?"
I thought about the blue place, about my life then, about Julia. "Past tense."
6 Reasons Why Dating a Guy in Computer Science is a GREAT Idea - Future Blue
Just a disclaimer, this blog post was posted on Monday, June 25th by the IBM Future Blue Team as a response to my 5 reasons why dating a guy in computer science is a BAD idea. I'm incredibly honoured, I had been begging my friends to challenge me at my own game, and I finally got what I was asking for! Thanks Future Blue!
Enjoy!
The other day I was absolutely dumbfounded when I stumbled across an article entitled 5 reasons why dating a guy in computer science is a BAD idea. I thought to myself, “This must be a typo because computer scientist dudes are awesome!”
According to Wikipedia, “Humans have a highly developed brain and are capable of abstract reasoning, language, introspection, and problem solving.” What other designation of mankind could possibly demonstrate these claims better?
Admittedly, it is possible that I may be little biased on the matter due to the fact that I, myself, am a computer scientist dude. That being said, I am determined to defend my computer scientist brothers! I have compiled a list of not 5 but 6 reasons why dating a guy in computer science is an absolutely phenomenal idea!
Your computer will never be broken:
Those other girls are suckers! When they have an issue they have to bring their computer to Best Buy to have Noob Squad charge almost half the price of a new computer to, ultimately, perform a bare minimum job. “Run msconfig after formatting? The customer didn’t pay me to do that.” “Update Windows? That’ll cost you.” Wrong attitude! It’s the attention to detail that matters and you will only find that with someone who cares about you… i.e. your boyfriend, not Lazy Squad.
You will never get cheated on:
Lets face it, between debugging code, solving algorithms, playing video games, increasing performance… of code, and being awesome, computer scientist dudes only have time for one special lady in their lives. More importantly, when they finally do take the time to emerge from their blockade of 8-bit terminals on massive 28 inch high def monitors and the dim lighting of their dungeons to enter the world as the rest of society knows it, they will be so ecstatic to see you that it’ll be like falling in love all over again. Love at first sight? Love with every sight!
Unlimited access to media:
Have you ever noticed that all Blockbuster stores have closed down? Where’s a girl supposed to rent a movie these days? She’s not! That’s what we’re here for New Justin Bieber album… No problem! Heck, you can even have it the week before. New video game on the market? Let me crack that for you. If anyone knows how to put today’s high-speed internet to use it’s us nerds. From peer-to-peer sharing to torrenting, legally of course , there doesn’t seem to be much preventing us from obtaining all the media we could ever desire.
There’s a script for everything:
Nuff said.
Never have to speak with customer support:
Really, no one enjoys this but with the power of a computer scientist at your control, you’ll never have to deal with those idio… I mean people again! For two reasons. Number 1: He will more than likely have the problem solved before dinner and enjoy every minute of it. Number 2: If he can’t solve the problem, all you have to do is blink those pretty eyes and he will make the call for you.
Best presents ever:
It’s your birthday. Your boyfriend hands you a present. It’s wrapped so perfectly. You think to yourself “Wow! This is going to be the best present ever!” You open the present. To your utter… satisfaction, you find a pair of jeans. Great present, if it was from your mom.
If there’s one thing us nerds know, it’s cool tech products. Imagine receiving a brand new tablet, or a laser pointer that can start a fire, or even a Lego model of the starship Enterprise! Okay, maybe that last one was for your boyfriend. In all seriousness though, when you get a present from a computer scientist dude, you know it’s been Googled, reviewed, Googled, reviewed on several forums, and Googled some more. You can be absolutely certain you got the best possible present containing all your boyfriend’s love and dedication.
So Nataly, want to go out sometime?
After reading my post, I think it’s pretty clear you’d be a fool to say no.
Blog post link: http://futureblue.wordpress.com/2012/06/25/6-reasons-why-dating-a-guy-in-computer-science-is-a-great-idea/
