#Not a few letters of an acronym slapped together

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Some of y'all are so desperate to create Gender Binary 2.0 based on your rules and beliefs, even if they don't reflect the complexities of real life, and then get upset when people Don't want to be forced to partake in this new Gender Binary (this time painted with a trans pride flag!!)

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JSON and SQL

(Author’s Note: I recently finished taking a fast-paced, summer session, university computer science course on Web Development and so, here, have this overly-technical little drabble I wrote blow off some steam while I was stumbling working through the final project; Jason & Tim, 650 words)

"Well, fine then, do whatever you want, JavaScript Object Notation."

Jason blinked. He stared as Tim spun back to the computer and went back to whatever he was working on, effectively concluding the discussion (read: argument) regarding approaches to a case they were working together that Jason had stomped over to have with him a few minutes earlier.

"The fuck?"

Tim ignored him, tapping away viciously at the keyboards and muttering something about "ecmascript" as he scanned text and data spread across several screens.

If Jason remembered his Robin-era crash course on all things web - inevitably aimed at hacking all those web things - the acronym for "JavaScript Object Notation" was "JSON", colloquially pronounced "jay-son" or "jayce-on". He remembered smiling the first time Bruce said the acronym out loud, but only a tech nerd like Tim Drake would ever think to use it as a joke, an insult, or both.

"Well, then, if I'm 'JSON'" - Jason bit out, leaning over Tim's shoulder with a sharp smirk - "then you must be 'es-cue-el'" he responded, carefully spelling the acronym out letter by letter.

He dodged the slap Tim aimed at his face and chuckled under his breath as he backtracked out of striking distance. Tim twirled around to face him. "S-Q-L?" he parroted, looking half annoyed and half bewildered.

"Well, duh; you're my replacement so clearly you're the 'sequel'; 'MySQL' if you will," Jason replied with a wink, so not subtly referring to both a classic database management language and a common database management system.

Tim groaned and scrubbed both hands over his face at the puns, leaning back in the rolling chair until the hinges squeaked in protest. Jason chuckled at his reaction and waited patiently for the sassy retort. Tim sat up and rubbed his eyes for a long minute before he responded, but when he did he looked so utterly beyond exhausted that Jason almost regretted coming in and starting an argument when he had.

"Touché," Tim replied and then sagged back into the chair, surprising Jason with the admission.

They were both silent for a long minute, Jason staring at Tim as Tim stared off into space, looking morose, but then Jason came to a decision, strode forward, and seated himself on the edge of the console, effectively blocking Tim's view of the screens.

"Hey, whaddya say we call it a truce for now? I'm too damn tired to argue anymore and I hit the limit of my nerd-knowledge at 'mySQL'. How about we sneak up to the kitchen and see if Alfred's made anymore of those loaded oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, huh?" Jason asked, getting right up into Tim's face and waggling his eyebrows ridiculously when Tim attempted to ignore him.

This time Jason didn't dodge when his replacement lightly slapped him on the face, allowing the exhausted kid a small win as he shoved Jason out of his space. Tim grumbled and griped, but the annoyance on his face had fallen away to be replaced with a faintly grateful expression underneath the dark shadows under his eyes and his fatigue-paled complexion.

"Yeah, why not. I could use more coffee anyway," Tim sighed, feigning nonchalance as he briskly saved and closed his work.

Jason grinned. Tim was a sucker for those cookies. Okay, honestly, they all were. But still. Gotcha, Babybird.

"You and that coffee…" Jason shook his head as they headed towards the stairs, then perked up as he thought of something. He stopped and waggled a teasing finger toward Tim. "You could say that Timmy plus-equals coffee is then strictly equal to happy."

Tim laughed out loud and shook his head. "Only if TIM" - he paused to punctuate his preferred name with a glare, then laughed at the mocking stink eye Jason shot back - "is currently at zero and coffee equals happiness, which, I'll have to admit, by my book…"

(code and extra stuff beneath the cut; I’ll just sink back into web dev hell now, byyyyye~)

There is a silly-code translation (JavaScript) of their closing banter and the console output (running in Node.js) to prove it runs ;)

Glossary (the wikipedia definitions are pretty informative and probably more helpful than mine):

JavaScript - a popular programming language widely used for website interactivity and in web applications. (wikipedia article on JS).

ECMAScript - the “real” name of the language(s) known as JavaScript; the international specifications to standardize the languages often referred to as JavaScript. (It’s complicated and somewhat controversial). (wikipedia article on ECMAScript).

JSON - “JavaScript Object Notation”; a common data format used to transmit data between internet browsers and web servers and vice versa. (wikipedia article on JSON).

SQL - “Structured Query Language” (at one time “Structured English Query Language”, literally “SEQUEL”); a programming language used for management of relational databases. (wikipedia article on SQL).

MySQL - an open-source database management system (that takes commands to manage the database in SQL); (wikipedia article on mySQL).

“timmy+= coffee” - that statement is equivalent to saying that the variable ‘timmy’ is equal to the current value of that variable plus the value of the variable ‘coffee’ (i.e. ‘happiness’); so in standard mathematical (infix) notation: “timmy + coffee = happiness, where coffee = happiness.”

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Intro To Fairfax Blvd.

When visiting Los Angeles, it wouldn’t be a completed trip without visiting Hollywood, one of the city’s major neighborhoods. Stars and movies comes to mind of most tourists, however, there is a current culture to Hollywood that is contemporary and artsy. It reflects the real feel of Hollywood that we all seek to know. Seventy years ago, the places and activities which made Hollywood what it is today, occurred in more hidden places within the city and not where you will commonly see tourists. It was within the outskirts of Hollywood where this culture was developing and was even contemporary and a subculture for its time.

It is no different today, within the same neighborhoods, the same activities occur that is reshaping the future of Hollywood. We’d like to take time to explore the neighborhood Fairfax, which is a small part of the greater Hollywood neighborhood and is where we see the film, art, fashion evolved from a previous time within these industries and manifesting into the creation of another exploration. Discover authentic culture of L.A. that is in Hollywood. I will share with you a few locations for your next adventure. Explore more!

Fairfax has a history of music genres of rock and hip hop, high end fashion, and contemporary urban art. We see the neighborhood changing much over the years but what is extracted as its core remains the same. Even today, you can still see reminiscent expressions of its heritage throughout the streets. Most shops on Fairfax still holds onto the original artworks and design as it was then. You are probably more likely to run into real celebrity stories here on Fairfax as much as on the boulevard. 

Catwalk

Catwalk Is a vintage designer boutique, very high-end and chic. Explore the closet of a fashion stylist and costume designer. Today, Renee Johnston’s collection is a design resource for celebrities, and designers. Classic and timeless clothing c still adds to modern elegance to imitate classic red carpet feeling; eye catching and notable to any fashionista. Find pieces that will let such a side in you show. 

The Seventh Letter Gallery

The Seventh Letter Gallery  is an art gallery created by local street artists of Los Angeles. The gallery is also a venue for local artists to rent out, customize and feature their own works to the public. Under appreciated art found on billboards, buses, trains, slap tags throughout the city is now recognized and on display as wall art within the lounge area of the venue. Take yourself to a moment in time of a once lifestyle for street artists in Los Angeles and see expressions of a subculture’s idea of pop culture. 

The Silent Movie Theater

The Silent Movie Theater is an amazing place of many groups of film of many genres. The Silent Movie Theater is a place where films are explored in an intellectual way within creativity of storytelling, film production and movie marketing throughout history and the world. Many events are held here such as movie premieres, cult classic screenings, and themed film such as foreign, style, genre, works of, screened and explored for weeks at a time. It is a one of a kind theater from anything else in the world and is an authentic side of the film culture of Hollywood that gives insight of what makes the industry intriguing and innovative. 

Ewkuks

Ewkuks is an acronym for Everyone Who Knows Us Knows. They are the t-shirt clothing brand that represents the art culture of Los Angeles. They specifically promote urban street artists by allowing their shop to serve as an art gallery and hold events for the public to intimately get to know artists and their works. Ewkuks is motivated to providing art to the communities and collaborates with programs that gives back to the education industry. It is a great place to understand the current times of Los Angeles and social views of locals represented by street artists and learn about how society comes together for the arts of Los Angeles youth. 

424 Boutique

The 424 is a fashion and accessory boutique that both serves a high-end fashion consumer and local crowd with street wear. They have feature pieces that are current in high end fashion runways, full brands created by of local L.A. designers. They blend the two spectrums of the fashion world in a very clean setting where also, people opposite either side are being exposed to each other’s world in the such a layered industry by simply visiting the shop.

The in-house brand, 424, is a mix of street wear fuses metropolitan chic in a dark sporty grunge look and classic punk streetwear. They allow their clothing pieces to serve as a platform to voice social opinions that they feel causes division with peoples within our society. The shop transforms itself sometimes at nights to hold events surrounded by music, fashion and ideas of the ever-evolving culture.

There are a lot more shops within the same strip of Fairfax but this is intended to be a short read. I hope for you to breathe this in so that you will easily see the captivating and fragrant intangible and meaningful moments for you to take with you and be left inspired to new ideas and possibilities of new creativity for you to use however you desire.