Abstract Photography

The Fish Press is supporting... no obsessed.. with all sorts of creativity, not only the written word. It is therefore only natural that we publish photography on this very fine blog.

Innini went full retard and bought not only one, but two great cameras during the pre-holidays. I would like to share some results here. This time, I am focusing on the abstract and on the self-replicating patterns in nature. Mostly, anyway.

Enjoy, and comment if you like.

These shots are done with my Canon EOS 70D + 105mm macro lens

Motive: Flowers covered in frost

 These shots are done with my Canon EOS 70D + 18-135mm lens

Motive: The ice-covered lake

These shots are done with my Fujifilm X100S

Motive: Gritty Grafitti

NSA trawling Second Life

Yes, it seems to be true. It was all over the interwebs yesterday, so it must be true. The NSA.. the analysts.. the PhDs.. the people who sort of just drifted into a government job and had the sense to cling on to their chars.. They are in Second Life.

Your secrets are no longer safe. They know that you stole those dances. They know that you have no order whatsoever in your inventory, and that the reason why you go silent for long periods is because you are trying to find that nice hair you bought before christmas 2009. They know that you are NOT engaged in steamy IMs with neko girls and lycans with golden wings. They know that you are just standing there, trying to come up with something funny to say.

So who are they... these agents of secrecy? Do they walk among us? That time when you heard a camera click... was it them? How can you tell? They are PhDs, trained to blend in... to become one of us. Observing... Writing you up.

To spot the NSA, look for the following:

1. They are highly educated and trained. We know that your first impulse is to wear a false mustache and a trenchcoat. The NSA will not do that, so look for anyone not wearing spy-gear.
2. They will wear something similar so they will recognize each other. (NSA spying on NSA is simply bad for the budget. Despite what you might have heard, they will not print their own money. Not even the NSA can fuck with the IRS). Look for people with no AO, phat ass appliers or whip marks on their chests. 
3. Do you have any friends that are overly interested in you? Keep in mind that most of your time, you are just standing there, trying to think of anything to say. You aren't really that interesting. Do you have any friends that always IMs you, asking how you feel and what you are doing? Congratulations... you just found the NSA

If you think you are being watched, here is what you can do:

1. Disorganise your inventory. Put the hair in the "jeans" folder and your bdsm gear in the "dances I stole" folder. This will slow them down.
2. Do not just stand there. If you have nothing to say, paste in random lines from the news or from a book you like. It will also make you more interesting to other people.
3. Start asking others a lot of questions. Eventually, you will hit another NSA analyst, and they will automatically assume you are NSA, and remove you from the watch list
4. Wear everything you can think of, all at once, to signal to fellow analysts that you are one of them.

Good luck!

International Woman Of Mystery (Innini mix) by Innini on Mixcloud

Music we fancy - Utopia

It's a strange day
No colours or shapes
No sound in my head
I forget who I am
When I'm with you
There's no reason
There's no sense
I'm not supposed to feel
I forget who I am
I forget

Fascist baby
Utopia, utopia

My dog needs new ears
Make his eyes see forever
Make him live like me
Again and again

Fascist baby
Utopia, utopia

I'm wired to the world
That's how I know everything
I'm super brain
That's how they made me

Fascist baby
Utopia, utopia

An open letter to the American Psychology Association

Dear American Psychology Association

We have waited, patiently, for a response to our important paper.
We know, oh my how we know, of the work load involved in doing important science, as we ourselves are scientists. But to not get so much as an acknowledgment is, frankly, a slight to our reputation. Which, I assure you, is of the very finest.

We would ask you to consider the seething hordes of furrys and associated travellers who, in between frenzied bouts of yiffing, are asking themselves some pretty searching questions. "Where did I leave my neko ears", "why do the dry cleaners look at me that way when I bring my fox suit to them" and "how long can I leave this tail in place before I get toxic shock".

Our important paper answers none of those questions, but it does answer others. Mostly questions that we posed ourselves, to better suit our hypothesis. But you already knew that, and silently approved, we know this.

So, we are sure that you will be back to us forthwith, and look forward to talking about science with you, our fellow science people.

Yours in Science
Dr's Innini & Breen.

The Innini Chronicles - Part 1

Over time, I have saved a few conversations. Might as well share them here. Enjoy. Or hate. Haters gonna hate, potatoes gonna potate.

Just read, will you?

[10:50]  Sabrina: Hi. Cute profile. I like cookies tooo.

[10:50]  Innini Resident: lol. everybode likes cookies :)

[10:51]  Sabrina: I need someone like you to be my mommy.

[10:53]  Innini Resident: I am a terrible mommy. I always forget where i put my kids. There are probably hundreds of dried little carcases lying around in cupboards and under beds

[10:53]  Sabrina: oooooooooo you are wicked. just my type of mommy.

[10:54]  Innini Resident: unless you want to be a dried up carcass, I am probably not your type :)

[10:55]  Sabrina: will i look like a prune?

[10:55]  Innini Resident: yes, only not so soft as a prune

[10:55]  Sabrina: awwwww

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I noticed a woman with a demo skin and a tag that said : Call Of Cthulhu Clan

This is what happened :)

[01:27]  Innini Resident: Did Cthulhu go ahead and make another clan now? I told him that he was not allowed. There will be a talk when he comes home

[01:30]  VampireGirl: excuse me, who are you?

[01:30]  Innini Resident: What? Did he not mention me? He always does that

[01:31]  Innini Resident: Lets just say that he has special needs. I wont go as far as to say that he is retarded, but yes, he need assistance

[01:32]  VampireGirl: and who excatly are you referring to?

[01:32]  Innini Resident: Cthulhu of course

[01:32]  Innini Resident: Head of your clan

[01:33]  Innini Resident: Do you know his whereabouts? He left without taking some of his medication

[01:33]  VampireGirl: who the hell are you talking about? i dont even know you

[01:34]  Innini Resident: Are you not member of the Call of Cthulhu Clan?

[01:34]  VampireGirl: and if i am, what is to you?

[01:35]  VampireGirl: or do you randomly insult people?

[01:35]  Innini Resident: I am merely concerned about his health. He has not been well lately, and to be honest, he is not allowed to make any more clans.  Sigh.. it always end in disaster

[01:36]  VampireGirl: give a nme pls

[01:36]  VampireGirl: name*

[01:36]  VampireGirl: you will be talking in riddles if you dont give a name

[01:36]  Innini Resident: Cthulhu.. We are talking about Cthulhu

[01:37]  Innini Resident: Any way you can put me in contact with him?

[01:38]  VampireGirl: Cthulhu is the name of our clan, yes....but our founder is not of the same name

[01:38]  VampireGirl: though the clan's name is inspired by one of his favorite novels by Lovecraft

[01:40]  Innini Resident: Yes, the one about Chutie, I know. You dont have to hide him you know. Regardless of what he says himself, he really need to come home, take his medication and just relax a bit. He need his support element, if you know what I mean

[01:40]  VampireGirl: im sorry to say, miss, but there is noone of the name Cthulhu is i our clan

[01:40]  VampireGirl: in*

[01:41]  Innini Resident: Oh dear.. do we have to go through all this?

[01:41]  VampireGirl: sure, go ahead

[01:41]  VampireGirl: i have nothing to hide

[01:41]  Innini Resident: I could get him extracted against everyones will, but I think its best if we just play along nicely

[01:42]  VampireGirl: there's nothing to extract from me

[01:42]  VampireGirl: i am a vampire

[01:42]  Innini Resident: No, I understand that he is too big for you to conceal on your body.

[01:42]  Innini Resident: Is it vampire or zombies that does the brain thing?

[01:42]  VampireGirl: brain?

[01:43]  VampireGirl: no we dont do brain things

[01:43]  VampireGirl: excuse me, but if there's nothing else, i'll be going

[01:43]  Innini Resident: No, that was becoming apparent

[01:43]  VampireGirl: yeah, and its apparent you need your medications too, hun

[01:43]  Innini Resident: Have a nice and bitey day. If you see Chuthie, tell him to be home at once!

[01:44]  VampireGirl: if you see your psychiatrist, pls say hi for me

[01:44]  VampireGirl: good day

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I saw a huge minoteur on a beach for SL teens/kids. 

[12:02]  Innini Resident: you are ONE cute doggy!!! :)

[12:03]  Minoteur: doggy

[12:03]  Minoteur: ?

[12:03]  Innini Resident: Come closer so i can pet you

[12:03]  Minoteur: lol

[12:04]  Innini Resident: I am near the fire.. dont be scared.. come closer

[12:04]  Minoteur: i am busy find a real dog

[12:04]  Minoteur: lol

[12:04]  Innini Resident: that even cuter.. he thinks he is not a doggy :)

[12:09]  Minoteur: are you so dumb to think that u can overcome ur low self esteem, by calling me a doggy, when clearly I am a different animal, or u just say that crap to everyone taller than u that makes u feel little

[12:09]  Minoteur: lol

[12:10]  Minoteur: thats not cute

[12:10]  Minoteur: thats a pity

[12:10]  Minoteur: lol

[12:10]  Innini Resident: aww.. so hostile.. and i who had decided to wait a bit before i neutred you

[12:10]  Minoteur: I am hostile, I am sarcastic

[12:10]  Minoteur: lol

[12:11]  Minoteur: u moron

[12:11]  Innini Resident: try not saying "lol" all the time.. it kinda ruins the effect

[12:11]  Minoteur: thats the stupidest rp ever

[12:11]  Minoteur: and btw

[12:12]  Minoteur: I am not trying to achieve any effect

[12:12]  Minoteur: I just want u to stop bothering me

[12:12]  Innini Resident: that is VERY funny.. did you think this was rp? dear god..

[12:12]  Minoteur: cuz obviosly I am not interested

[12:12]  Innini Resident: you must be playing in gor, they have a terrible taste for rp

[12:12]  Minoteur: ok

[12:12]  Minoteur: good

[12:12]  Minoteur: go rp with someone u like

[12:13]  Minoteur: i dont really care

[12:13]  Innini Resident: of course you care. this conversation is proof of that. silly dog

[12:18]  Minoteur: i am just curious, in what twisted way y are fucked up

[12:19]  Minoteur: cuz u are one of a kind, u are special, as the psychiatrist will tell you

[12:19]  Minoteur: lol

[12:20]  Minoteur: dont worry I think there is someone fucked up just like u, so u can feel normal

[12:20]  Minoteur: lol

[12:20]  Minoteur: when u are with him her

[12:20]  Minoteur: lol

[12:20]  Innini Resident: You are curious because you are a little dog who crave my attention. nothing more, or less. and do stop with the "lol". it is as out of character as you at this beach

[12:20]  Minoteur: who cares

[12:20]  Minoteur: well

[12:21]  Minoteur: I have the attention of 3 other women, right now,  but I am not calling them fucked up,

[12:22]  Innini Resident: That is amazing. truly. and still you are here, seeking my attention. Tell you what, come here and kneel to me, then i will pet you and forgive you this sillyness

[12:23]  Minoteur: that is amaizing, I said that I am just curious, and still u manage to twisted that somehow u are under control

[12:23]  Minoteur: lol

[12:23]  Minoteur: ur brain jjust choses to ignores

[12:23]  Minoteur: some stuff

[12:24]  Minoteur: doestn it

[12:24]  Minoteur: lol

[12:24]  Minoteur: I dont know even where are u and what u look like

[12:24]  Minoteur: are u male or female?

[12:24]  Innini Resident: so its true? dogs cant look up?

[12:25]  Minoteur: u should find a talking dog and ask it

[12:25]  Minoteur: lol

[12:25]  Minoteur: cant help u

[12:26]  Innini Resident: Denial is very hard to overcome. But you can do it with the proper motivation

[12:26]  Minoteur: well u can call me a horse too, but still I am gonna be bull for everyone else beside u

[12:26]  Minoteur: lol

[12:27]  Innini Resident: you can be a bulldog or a poodle. matters little to me as long as you kneel to me

[12:27]  Innini Resident: you know you want to

[12:28]  Minoteur: well apparently I am not kneeling before u

[12:28]  Minoteur: lol

[12:28]  Minoteur: neither I am a dog

[12:28]  Minoteur: so u are just delusional

[12:28]  Innini Resident: are those "lol"s the equivalent of nervous ticks?

[12:28]  Innini Resident: are you scared?

[12:29]  Minoteur: its just sarcasm, are u familiar with the concept?

[12:29]  Minoteur: lol

[12:29]  Innini Resident: Yes, I invented it. I didnt add many "lol"s to it though

An investigation into the prevalence, causes and effects of totemic animal identification and species dysphoria

We feel this most important paper should be readily available to all, so to that end, we are posting it here on our blog. I'm sure you will return to it again and again, each time discovering a new insight, each time drawing fresh inspiration from this briming well of pure science.

An investigation into the prevalence, causes and effects of totemic animal identification and species dysphoria

Music that takes our fancy...

Now and then we will offer up a link to music we like, and today my head is full of this song. Caution, addictive... Hozier, Take me to Church.