I've been playing this.
Apparently that was a mistake. How dare I try to do something on my own for a few minutes. Rawr.
9.12.05
From Aeon To Zero
I saw Aeon Flux last night. It was good. Lots of random violence and stuff, and something about the worst cloning plan ever... it's confusing, I'll let you see it to work it out for yourselves, rather than spoil it, but I found it rather entertaining. It's not quite in synch with the old cartoon, but it's good on it's own.
However, as we watched the movie, Matt kept telling me that he recognized the guy playing Oren Goodchild. I didn't recognize him, but my actor recognition skills have been off lately. During the coming attractions, I mistook James Franco from the Spiderman movies for the guy who played Anakin. I mean, they do look KINDA similar, and I recognized that I had seen him somewhere as an angsty youth. But Oren Goodchild... I really couldn't place him.
Well, I looked him up. He was Zero Fucking Cool! From Hackers. How did I miss that? I mean, I STILL can't see it. Can you?
However, as we watched the movie, Matt kept telling me that he recognized the guy playing Oren Goodchild. I didn't recognize him, but my actor recognition skills have been off lately. During the coming attractions, I mistook James Franco from the Spiderman movies for the guy who played Anakin. I mean, they do look KINDA similar, and I recognized that I had seen him somewhere as an angsty youth. But Oren Goodchild... I really couldn't place him.
Well, I looked him up. He was Zero Fucking Cool! From Hackers. How did I miss that? I mean, I STILL can't see it. Can you?
6.12.05
3, 2, 1, Toss!
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
O_o....
Oh, ehh....
o_0
Ask me again in the morning, kay? Gnight.
O_o....
Oh, ehh....
o_0
Ask me again in the morning, kay? Gnight.
I'm Burning
I'm Burning I'm Burning I'm Burning For You!...
I've had that song stuck in my head. Wanna know why? A couple of reasons. Actually, it's one of those chain reasons. You know, thing A leads to thing B which leads to things C D and E, and before you know it I'm waist deep in artichokes because someone said they didn't like Final Fantasy.
That never happened to you? Must just be me.
Anyway, so I was browsing all the forums, and they've all been pointing out the X-Men 3 trailer, and it was this thread on the Megatokyo forums that got me hooked, or at least re-piqued my interest in the X-Men. I went over to my bookshelf and decided that I finally had time to read Pheonix: Endsong.
So there's that. I'm not interested in pheonixes in general. Not neccessarily the X-Men's Jean Grey, just the creatures. You may find some sort of story on here in the coming days as the massive bordom of not having anything to do gets to me. ^_^
And finally, I've got a open casting call. I need a harem. ^_^
I've had that song stuck in my head. Wanna know why? A couple of reasons. Actually, it's one of those chain reasons. You know, thing A leads to thing B which leads to things C D and E, and before you know it I'm waist deep in artichokes because someone said they didn't like Final Fantasy.
That never happened to you? Must just be me.
Anyway, so I was browsing all the forums, and they've all been pointing out the X-Men 3 trailer, and it was this thread on the Megatokyo forums that got me hooked, or at least re-piqued my interest in the X-Men. I went over to my bookshelf and decided that I finally had time to read Pheonix: Endsong.
So there's that. I'm not interested in pheonixes in general. Not neccessarily the X-Men's Jean Grey, just the creatures. You may find some sort of story on here in the coming days as the massive bordom of not having anything to do gets to me. ^_^
And finally, I've got a open casting call. I need a harem. ^_^
IT WAS ME!!!!
I WAS THE TURKEY ALL ALONG
That's Gir, from Invader Zim, incase you missed the reference. I just had the quote in my head and wanted to get it down.
I had a couple of other thoughts that needed to go here. I would have written them in Jackie's journal thing, but I didn't have it on me in Chemistry, and when I was about to write here before my nap (which was heavenly, I might add), Mike showed up and wanted to take a nap, too, so that was kinda out. So these will just be lightly fragmented thoughts. Snack sized, one might say.
Firstly, I've been reading Eragon, just like I promised Jackie. It really is starting off kinda slowly, but she promised me it was good, and I believe her. And even though it's a little slow, it's not really boring. It's managed to keep my interest, and I sorta stopped at a cliffhanger cuz we're reading the book at a set pace kinda thing, even though I'm way behind and feel bad. But so far, it seems a LOT like a kind of fantasy version of A New Hope. It's like Lord of the Rings crossed with Star Wars. So yeah, if you're looking for a book, something to read over the semi-boring holidays, go grab Eragon, why not?
Secondly, I've come to realize why I'm doing so poorly here in college. I hate facts. I don't like memorizing random bits of data. That's why I don't like History, which is a series of "X did Y in the year ZZZZ." I can't stand that. And I can't stand a lot of the things that are taught in Chemistry as just immutable facts, like the idea that a mol of something is something like 6.426 x 10^23 or something random like that. It's just.... agh! I can get concepts down. I have no problem with that. But I'm not good at memorizing things. I really just have to struggle through, though, and make it work. Eventually I will get to the fun stuff.
Okay, I'm sure I had more, but I've lost it. I'll be on later, don't worry.
That's Gir, from Invader Zim, incase you missed the reference. I just had the quote in my head and wanted to get it down.
I had a couple of other thoughts that needed to go here. I would have written them in Jackie's journal thing, but I didn't have it on me in Chemistry, and when I was about to write here before my nap (which was heavenly, I might add), Mike showed up and wanted to take a nap, too, so that was kinda out. So these will just be lightly fragmented thoughts. Snack sized, one might say.
Firstly, I've been reading Eragon, just like I promised Jackie. It really is starting off kinda slowly, but she promised me it was good, and I believe her. And even though it's a little slow, it's not really boring. It's managed to keep my interest, and I sorta stopped at a cliffhanger cuz we're reading the book at a set pace kinda thing, even though I'm way behind and feel bad. But so far, it seems a LOT like a kind of fantasy version of A New Hope. It's like Lord of the Rings crossed with Star Wars. So yeah, if you're looking for a book, something to read over the semi-boring holidays, go grab Eragon, why not?
Secondly, I've come to realize why I'm doing so poorly here in college. I hate facts. I don't like memorizing random bits of data. That's why I don't like History, which is a series of "X did Y in the year ZZZZ." I can't stand that. And I can't stand a lot of the things that are taught in Chemistry as just immutable facts, like the idea that a mol of something is something like 6.426 x 10^23 or something random like that. It's just.... agh! I can get concepts down. I have no problem with that. But I'm not good at memorizing things. I really just have to struggle through, though, and make it work. Eventually I will get to the fun stuff.
Okay, I'm sure I had more, but I've lost it. I'll be on later, don't worry.
5.12.05
Even a hippie needs a gun
So I read this article in the school newspaper during lunch today. In it this chick, who claims she usually considered herself an anti-gun hippie, which is something that sticks out in the middle of Texas, describes how someone broke into her house, and so now she's gotta get a gun. She never once says that the guy actually had a gun or not, just that he was there. But no, now she's gotta get a gun. *Sigh.*
Even after writing about how anti-violence I am in real-life (see below), I feel the need to again state that I'm a pacifist. To a great extreme. I truely believe that life is a wonderful gift. Scientists can describe how a baby grows in the stomach, but there are any number of seemingly random connections that need to be made, and that ARE made 99.9% of the time, for a life to form. They can identify how this happens, but they can't tell you WHY something that is practically impossible happens every time a child is born. And they can't tell us where the driving spirit, be it soul, personality, whatever, comes from. So to me, every life is a precious gift, and no one has the right to end life prematurely. That's why I'm against the death penalty. And why I'm against guns in general.
Guns are one of many steps in a long ladder of tools man has developed to help him kill things quickly and efficiently. This is helpful with regard to hunting, back when men had to go out and find something to kill before they could eat it. Nowadays, hunting is an archaic practice, and too many people who hunt have no respect for that which they kill, and that sickens me. It is only worse when those weapons are turned on human beings. I have never believed that violence is the solution to anything. If someone believes something you don't, hitting / shooting them isn't going to make them think you're right, just that you're totally wacko about what you believe, and entirely unopen to suggestion.
Personally, if someone came into my house with a gun, and he was willing to kill me for my stuff, he's fucked up to begin with. I would defend myself, totally, but I wouldn't kill someone. I truely believe that being alive and living with guilt is the greatest punishment you can give to a criminal. Right away after 9/11 people were talking about how they would kill Osama bin Ladin, given the chance. What they all missed was that to kill someone, aside from making him a martyr, well, he dies believing that he's going to heaven to be met by 70 virgins for having done Allah's work. That's not fair. I vote we keep him around as long as we can, reminding him of what his act of cowardice caused, all the death and pain and agony he caused for innocent lives, in the name of "justice." Sigh... If you kill him it just strengthens his belief that he is right, that we are scared of what he did, and that we are as evil as he makes us out to be. I don't want us to do that.
So my personal self defence plans? A camera. I wonder what would happen if I swallowed a polaroid picture. I'll bet the CSI guys could recover the picture and use it to ID the purp, if I was killed. Or I could just set up a few security cameras to catch whoever tried to bust in. That would probably be ideal. Above all, I wouldn't kill him. Even in self defence. If he manages to kill me, that's on his head. I've got no regrets. I do want to keep living for as long as possible, I DO value my life, but I won't take his so that I can life. I would trade one life for two, if that's what it came down to, but I won't trade his life for my own.
Of course, this is all just me. I have nothing wrong with other people doing their jobs as police men or soldiers or whatever. But I'm not gonna be one of those people myself.
That is all. Something else crossed my mind, but it was (A) completely irrelevant compared to what I was talking about, and (B) gone now anyway, so whatever. Later folks.
Even after writing about how anti-violence I am in real-life (see below), I feel the need to again state that I'm a pacifist. To a great extreme. I truely believe that life is a wonderful gift. Scientists can describe how a baby grows in the stomach, but there are any number of seemingly random connections that need to be made, and that ARE made 99.9% of the time, for a life to form. They can identify how this happens, but they can't tell you WHY something that is practically impossible happens every time a child is born. And they can't tell us where the driving spirit, be it soul, personality, whatever, comes from. So to me, every life is a precious gift, and no one has the right to end life prematurely. That's why I'm against the death penalty. And why I'm against guns in general.
Guns are one of many steps in a long ladder of tools man has developed to help him kill things quickly and efficiently. This is helpful with regard to hunting, back when men had to go out and find something to kill before they could eat it. Nowadays, hunting is an archaic practice, and too many people who hunt have no respect for that which they kill, and that sickens me. It is only worse when those weapons are turned on human beings. I have never believed that violence is the solution to anything. If someone believes something you don't, hitting / shooting them isn't going to make them think you're right, just that you're totally wacko about what you believe, and entirely unopen to suggestion.
Personally, if someone came into my house with a gun, and he was willing to kill me for my stuff, he's fucked up to begin with. I would defend myself, totally, but I wouldn't kill someone. I truely believe that being alive and living with guilt is the greatest punishment you can give to a criminal. Right away after 9/11 people were talking about how they would kill Osama bin Ladin, given the chance. What they all missed was that to kill someone, aside from making him a martyr, well, he dies believing that he's going to heaven to be met by 70 virgins for having done Allah's work. That's not fair. I vote we keep him around as long as we can, reminding him of what his act of cowardice caused, all the death and pain and agony he caused for innocent lives, in the name of "justice." Sigh... If you kill him it just strengthens his belief that he is right, that we are scared of what he did, and that we are as evil as he makes us out to be. I don't want us to do that.
So my personal self defence plans? A camera. I wonder what would happen if I swallowed a polaroid picture. I'll bet the CSI guys could recover the picture and use it to ID the purp, if I was killed. Or I could just set up a few security cameras to catch whoever tried to bust in. That would probably be ideal. Above all, I wouldn't kill him. Even in self defence. If he manages to kill me, that's on his head. I've got no regrets. I do want to keep living for as long as possible, I DO value my life, but I won't take his so that I can life. I would trade one life for two, if that's what it came down to, but I won't trade his life for my own.
Of course, this is all just me. I have nothing wrong with other people doing their jobs as police men or soldiers or whatever. But I'm not gonna be one of those people myself.
That is all. Something else crossed my mind, but it was (A) completely irrelevant compared to what I was talking about, and (B) gone now anyway, so whatever. Later folks.
Violence In Video Games
Last Tuesday I wrote an essay for English class. The stated problem was "How can video game companies react to the outcries against video game violence", or some gibberish like that. It really wasn't a good paper, so I'm not gonna bother putting it up there, but there were a few thoughts that I wanted to add, which weren't really in the scope of my paper's topic.
First, I want to say that I am a fan of violent video games. Not completely excessively, superfluously violent games, but I've been known to go through Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Goldeneye, Metroid, and the Grand Theft Auto games. All violent in their own right. You'll note that despite this violent history, I haven't gone out and shot someone yet. In fact, I'm so much a pacifist, I declared myself as one to a group of gun-toting NRA members in a dream I had last night. But I'm a casual gamer. I play games when it suits me, not so much as a hobby, more of a diversion, like watching a movie or a TV show. When I go out to buy games, I'm generally looking for a few needs to be satisfied. For instance, take my Game Boy games. One, I want something with a story I have to put a lot of hours into, like, say, FFTA. Not violent, but more of an intellectual challenge. Then I want something I can go through and mindlessly kill things, like, say, Sonic the Hedgehog, or Metroid Zero Mission or something along those lines. Something where I can bring misery to those who would thwart me. Oh, and I've always gotta have my Tetris with me. ^_^
I wrote in the essay a little bit about the time I felt an overwhelming urge to play Goldeneye. I didn't really want to kill any person, I just wanted to charge through one of the earlier levels, gun blazing, and bring death to the pologonal Russians. It's sort of scary to think about what was going through my head. I would never want to do something like that in real life, but I really wanted to simulate the mass murder of 100 Dr. Doak skins. I will go on claiming that video gaming is cathartic, but that little bit is still a little creepy.
I've got not much time left, so in closing I'd like to reiterate my stance on the current issues of video game legislation. Everyone and their dog seems to think that video games need special notice, but I feel that they should be treated the same way books and movies are. Movies are industry regulated and controlled in the same way that video games are. They have an independant ratings system, and cannot be sold, rented, or given tickets to anyone under the listed ages.
And above all, I REALLY wish parents would take some time to watch the games their kids are playing. It really is important. What's good enough for the 10 year old down the street may not be good enough for your son, so please use your own best judgement, and don't rely on the government. We've all seen how many times those bozo's have screwed up.
I just found this. How frigging sweet is that? (BTW, I found the source file, so W00T!!!)
And what do you guys think? If I put a paypal donate button, would I get anything out of it? Or would it just be rude since I don't contribute anything as is? I'm so hungry!!!
Okay, off to class.
First, I want to say that I am a fan of violent video games. Not completely excessively, superfluously violent games, but I've been known to go through Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Goldeneye, Metroid, and the Grand Theft Auto games. All violent in their own right. You'll note that despite this violent history, I haven't gone out and shot someone yet. In fact, I'm so much a pacifist, I declared myself as one to a group of gun-toting NRA members in a dream I had last night. But I'm a casual gamer. I play games when it suits me, not so much as a hobby, more of a diversion, like watching a movie or a TV show. When I go out to buy games, I'm generally looking for a few needs to be satisfied. For instance, take my Game Boy games. One, I want something with a story I have to put a lot of hours into, like, say, FFTA. Not violent, but more of an intellectual challenge. Then I want something I can go through and mindlessly kill things, like, say, Sonic the Hedgehog, or Metroid Zero Mission or something along those lines. Something where I can bring misery to those who would thwart me. Oh, and I've always gotta have my Tetris with me. ^_^
I wrote in the essay a little bit about the time I felt an overwhelming urge to play Goldeneye. I didn't really want to kill any person, I just wanted to charge through one of the earlier levels, gun blazing, and bring death to the pologonal Russians. It's sort of scary to think about what was going through my head. I would never want to do something like that in real life, but I really wanted to simulate the mass murder of 100 Dr. Doak skins. I will go on claiming that video gaming is cathartic, but that little bit is still a little creepy.
I've got not much time left, so in closing I'd like to reiterate my stance on the current issues of video game legislation. Everyone and their dog seems to think that video games need special notice, but I feel that they should be treated the same way books and movies are. Movies are industry regulated and controlled in the same way that video games are. They have an independant ratings system, and cannot be sold, rented, or given tickets to anyone under the listed ages.
And above all, I REALLY wish parents would take some time to watch the games their kids are playing. It really is important. What's good enough for the 10 year old down the street may not be good enough for your son, so please use your own best judgement, and don't rely on the government. We've all seen how many times those bozo's have screwed up.
I just found this. How frigging sweet is that? (BTW, I found the source file, so W00T!!!)
And what do you guys think? If I put a paypal donate button, would I get anything out of it? Or would it just be rude since I don't contribute anything as is? I'm so hungry!!!
Okay, off to class.
4.12.05
Weird Typing
I've been typing oddly lately, soo please don't mind my typose if you're talking to me. For osmeto reason, I blame the mouse. It's sucking, and making me typle badely elsewhere. RAWRWQEr!!!!
I'm Not Even Supposed To Be Here Today!
I dunno why I'm writing this in bed instead of on my computer. I suppose it's cause I'm on the phone with Jackie. Plus I just watched Clerks, and now Batman's on. I'm sure Jackie'll love that I'm writing this while talking to her. She's about to go to sleep, or else I'd tell her that I'm writing in the journal she gave me.
A couple of scheduling notes before I forget. Tonight at 8, the History Channel is gonna do a special on Leonardo Da Vinci. And the original King Kong is on TCM Tuesday the 13th at 8pm. Not sure if those are Eastern or Central times. I'll have to look it up.
Okay, I got nothing to add now. Below this you'll find thoughts I added while typing this, on either Clerks or Batman. See you then.
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Okay, back to the present time. I'm gonna write about Batman, Clerks I don't have anything to say about (it is awesome by fiat, and if you haven't watched it yet, you must now), and then I've got a few personal issues. First, Batman. In the original movie, the one I watched last night, they had Billy Dee Williams, aka Lando Calrissian, as DA Harvey Dent. If you've seen Batman Forever, then you know that Harvey Dent, in that movie played by Tommy Lee Jones (who's name I suppose follows the same pattern as Billy's), is the alter ego of the villian Two-Face. I just wanna know why they couldn't get Billy Dee to play Two-Face in Forever. That woulda kicked ass.
Speaking of kicking ass, I feel like life has kicked the ass outta me lately. Firstly, I'm enroled in a sort of unofficial Magic league online, over MSN. I'm sucking so bad at it. I haven't won a single game. I really should just drop out of it, but I do like the challenge. And really, it's something I need to keep my ego in check. So anyway, I lost a 3 player game of that today, and then I lost a contest of "naming robots" against my friend Derek. It wasn't a fair fight, so I'm not really mad. I said ahead of time that I don't know much about Japanese robots, since I don't watch really any mecha series. I know all about the ones in Western Media, but the land of the rising sun is a mystery to me. And then, half the "robots" listed were anything but. The next person who tells me that a Gundam is a robot is getting hit over the head with my Soundwave figure.
So I'm frustrated right now. I'm beginning to see the allure of the dominant / submissive sexual fetishes. I really wanna be a dom right now. I wanna have a chick beg me for sex, I wanna bite her, I wanna make her scream with ecstatic pain, I want her to be mine and live only for me, and when I don't want her any more, I wanna throw her away like a used tissue. I'm so fucking evil it hurts.
A couple of scheduling notes before I forget. Tonight at 8, the History Channel is gonna do a special on Leonardo Da Vinci. And the original King Kong is on TCM Tuesday the 13th at 8pm. Not sure if those are Eastern or Central times. I'll have to look it up.
Okay, I got nothing to add now. Below this you'll find thoughts I added while typing this, on either Clerks or Batman. See you then.
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Okay, back to the present time. I'm gonna write about Batman, Clerks I don't have anything to say about (it is awesome by fiat, and if you haven't watched it yet, you must now), and then I've got a few personal issues. First, Batman. In the original movie, the one I watched last night, they had Billy Dee Williams, aka Lando Calrissian, as DA Harvey Dent. If you've seen Batman Forever, then you know that Harvey Dent, in that movie played by Tommy Lee Jones (who's name I suppose follows the same pattern as Billy's), is the alter ego of the villian Two-Face. I just wanna know why they couldn't get Billy Dee to play Two-Face in Forever. That woulda kicked ass.
Speaking of kicking ass, I feel like life has kicked the ass outta me lately. Firstly, I'm enroled in a sort of unofficial Magic league online, over MSN. I'm sucking so bad at it. I haven't won a single game. I really should just drop out of it, but I do like the challenge. And really, it's something I need to keep my ego in check. So anyway, I lost a 3 player game of that today, and then I lost a contest of "naming robots" against my friend Derek. It wasn't a fair fight, so I'm not really mad. I said ahead of time that I don't know much about Japanese robots, since I don't watch really any mecha series. I know all about the ones in Western Media, but the land of the rising sun is a mystery to me. And then, half the "robots" listed were anything but. The next person who tells me that a Gundam is a robot is getting hit over the head with my Soundwave figure.
So I'm frustrated right now. I'm beginning to see the allure of the dominant / submissive sexual fetishes. I really wanna be a dom right now. I wanna have a chick beg me for sex, I wanna bite her, I wanna make her scream with ecstatic pain, I want her to be mine and live only for me, and when I don't want her any more, I wanna throw her away like a used tissue. I'm so fucking evil it hurts.
3.12.05
Hunger
As usual, I have a song to describe the way I'm feeling right now.
I don't think I'm being unreasonable, do you? I've given up breakfast already, and I'm fairly certain my stomach has shrunk. I'm lucky I eat healthy in the meals I do get, or else I'd get sick... I don't think I should have to ration myself. Especially now, during the run up to finals. I need fooooood..... ._.
So hungry.
When I see what I wantThere's a rumbly in my tumbly, and I've gotta make sure I'll have enough money to eat. I've got just over $50 to last me the next 10 days. That's $5 a day, maybe I could... Nope, I need at least $10, I think.
I'm going to take it
If it's against some law
You can bet I'll break it
My need to feed
Gives me the will to survive
I gotta find it fast
To keep me alive
I can't believe my hunger
Hunger
I want it so bad I can taste it
It drives me mad to see it wasted
When I need it so bad that it's burnin' me
I'm hungry
I'd do anything to get it and feel no regret
Time is running out and I ain't found it yet
I can't believe my hunger
Hunger
I want it so bad I can taste it
It drives me mad to see it wasted
When I need it so bad that it's burnin' me
I'm hungry
I gotta find it fast to keep me alive
Time is running out and I ain't found it yet
Time is running out and I ain't found it yet
And it's burnin' me
And it's burnin' me
I don't think I'm being unreasonable, do you? I've given up breakfast already, and I'm fairly certain my stomach has shrunk. I'm lucky I eat healthy in the meals I do get, or else I'd get sick... I don't think I should have to ration myself. Especially now, during the run up to finals. I need fooooood..... ._.
So hungry.
How To Fly
I was watching Peter Pan, or rather, the Return To Neverland, on TV, and I decided that flying would be fun. Short on pixie dust, though, I have The next best thing right here.
2.12.05
Who's The Beatdown?
A while back there was a Magic strategy article written called Who's The Beatdown. Don't worry, this isn't an entirely Magic post, but it does relate to that topic. The article describes a concept that is today concidered almost basic, but at the time it was written it was revolutionary. In every game of Magic, one player is always in a control role and one player in "the beatdown". The winnner is going to be the player who correctly identifies his role and performs it best. While some decks are only fit to play one role, which is kind of limiting, but the best decks are the ones that can adapt to either role well.
So, I promised that this wouldn't be about Magic. What the hell am I talking about. I've found that I've spent a lot of time engaged in conversations comforting friends. For the purposes of my analogy, the person with some problem is the Beadown, and the person doing the consoling is the Control. Usually I find myself in a control role, trying my best to take people feel better. I guess I do well, but I can't help feeling guilty about how I do about it. I mostly go with the Socratic Method, asking them questions until I've gotten to the root of the problem, then when I can't dig any more, I start with a lengthy repitition of stuff like "It's okay," and telling them al how much I care about them (which I do, I'm not ever lying to them). I did that today while glancing back and forth at the end of Sports Night. I feel kinda guilty. I mean, I'm trying to help too... I dunno, should I feel guilty about multitasking?
And then, for all those friends worried about burdoning me too many problems, don't bother. I've been the Beatdown my own fair share of times, too. So I'm fine, thank you. ^_^ And to all my Control players out there, well... Thank you.
So, I promised that this wouldn't be about Magic. What the hell am I talking about. I've found that I've spent a lot of time engaged in conversations comforting friends. For the purposes of my analogy, the person with some problem is the Beadown, and the person doing the consoling is the Control. Usually I find myself in a control role, trying my best to take people feel better. I guess I do well, but I can't help feeling guilty about how I do about it. I mostly go with the Socratic Method, asking them questions until I've gotten to the root of the problem, then when I can't dig any more, I start with a lengthy repitition of stuff like "It's okay," and telling them al how much I care about them (which I do, I'm not ever lying to them). I did that today while glancing back and forth at the end of Sports Night. I feel kinda guilty. I mean, I'm trying to help too... I dunno, should I feel guilty about multitasking?
And then, for all those friends worried about burdoning me too many problems, don't bother. I've been the Beatdown my own fair share of times, too. So I'm fine, thank you. ^_^ And to all my Control players out there, well... Thank you.
Happy Endings
Over the past week I may have told you that I've been watching Sports Night on my computer. It's a really good show. I just finished the last episode, and it made me feel so great, cuz in the series, at least, they finished with the threat that the show may get pulled off the air. I was a little sad when I got to the end of the series. I wanted to find out what would happen with Dana, and Casey, and Dan, and Natalie, and Jeremy, and everyone I'd fallen in love with over the course of the series.
I'm totally buying this on DVD.
I'm totally buying this on DVD.
Random Quote From Last Night
"The last time I got you a beard, you just played with the box."
Edit: I found this in a recent IGN preview of KHII:
Edit: I found this in a recent IGN preview of KHII:
"In the Lion King world, Sora appears in lion cub form. He attacks with a key blade and can use magic, but because he's without clothing in this form, he cannot use drive moves.I'm telling you all, this is just more propoganda from the clothing-centric clothocracy. They're trying to keep the nudists down!
1.12.05
Why I Can't Get Any Work Done
A case study:
I'm sitting here, trying to finish my paper due at midnight. I'm a little over 2/3's done with it, still have a ways to go, but I'm confident I'll get it. Here's a few of the things keeping me from doing the work, though:
Also, I wish I had a camera. A few weeks ago I saw my reflection in the mirror, and I now know where the image of the spikey haired youth protagonist from Japanese video games and anime comes from.
I'm sitting here, trying to finish my paper due at midnight. I'm a little over 2/3's done with it, still have a ways to go, but I'm confident I'll get it. Here's a few of the things keeping me from doing the work, though:
TriFrog77: Hello there! How are yoooou?!! XPI love being an Internet clown.
Effervescence 34: I ASKD YOU FIRST!
Effervescence 34: o_o
Effervescence 34: but i'm doing fine, thanks
TriFrog77: I'm doing fine =P
Effervescence 34: is there an echo in here?
TriFrog77: nah, its a library, shhh
Effervescence 34: oh my
TriFrog77: oh my
Effervescence 34: no, oh MY
Effervescence 34: not oh yours
Effervescence 34: no one ever says "oh yours"
Effervescence 34: and if they do they are stupid
Effervescence 34: and you'll note that I just said it twice
Effervescence 34: so what does that tell you?
Effervescence 34: o_0
TriFrog77: that you're stupid
TriFrog77: lmao
Effervescence 34: seems as if
TriFrog77: *melts*
Effervescence 34: o_o
Effervescence 34: FROSTY NO!!!
Effervescence 34: o_o
Effervescence 34: *puts you in the ice box
TriFrog77: MY HAT
Effervescence 34: *gives you your hat
Effervescence 34: there you go
TriFrog77: Oh my magic servives
Effervescence 34: it had better
Effervescence 34: we've got a lot more specials to make starring you
TriFrog77: yeas
Effervescence 34: Frosty meets The Easter Bunny
Effervescence 34: Frosty and the Magic of Haunuckah
Effervescence 34: Frosty learns about Kwanzah, then forgets it again.
Effervescence 34: Frosty vs Godzilla
TriFrog77: LOL
Effervescence 34: Frosty vs King Kong
Effervescence 34: and my favorite
Effervescence 34: Frosty vs King Kong vs Mecha Godzilla: Throw Down in the Land Down Under
Lennon says:
do you have an ipod?
Effervescence says:
no
Effervescence says:
u_u
Effervescence says:
i want one
Effervescence says:
my brother got one
Lennon says:
everyone has one
Effervescence says:
i don't
Lennon says:
like, literally
Effervescence says:
I have a minidisk player
Lennon says:
a year ago, 10 million ipods were sold
Effervescence says:
woot ghetto alternatives
Effervescence says:
wait, all at once?
Lennon says:
no
Lennon says:
like 7 million of them were
Lennon says:
now, it's going up and up
Lennon says:
apple is driving everyone out of the music player market
Lennon says:
by 2010, 95% of PC users will own ipods
Effervescence says:
what about mac users?
Lennon says:
well, right now 95% of mac users have ipods
Effervescence says:
ah
Lennon says:
so, by then, it'll probably stay the same
Effervescence says:
so how long until i can implant the ipod directly into my body?
Lennon says:
you'll be dead
Lennon says:
by then
Effervescence says:
i don't care
Effervescence says:
i need tunes in the afterlife
Effervescence says:
they don't play jpop in heaven
Lennon says:
there is no heaven
Effervescence says:
there is no hell, either
Lennon says:
I know
Effervescence says:
i learned that little tidbit from sports night
Also, I wish I had a camera. A few weeks ago I saw my reflection in the mirror, and I now know where the image of the spikey haired youth protagonist from Japanese video games and anime comes from.
I Think I'm Doing It Wrong
I rinse, then I repeat, then I lather.
Yay showering. I like being in there. I get to think about random stupid things. Things like, how did Doctor Drakken's brainwashing shampoo "Lather, Rinse, Obey" make it past the FDA? o_0
I'm just sitting here in my undies, and I'm sure you all loved that image. ^_^
Yay showering. I like being in there. I get to think about random stupid things. Things like, how did Doctor Drakken's brainwashing shampoo "Lather, Rinse, Obey" make it past the FDA? o_0
I'm just sitting here in my undies, and I'm sure you all loved that image. ^_^
Urban Legends And Also The Regular Kind
I was looking through the Megatokyo forums and found this, and I'm ashamed to say I legitimately believed at least this claim:
Also, someone needs to check this out for me, too:
In other news, you all should totally check out Jackie's and my new book club thingy. It's awesome. Go there. Now!
"For it is written that a son of Arabia would awaken a fearsome Eagle.I'm such a tool, cuz then I found this: Urban Legends Reference Pages: Politics (Quran). Oh well.
The wrath of the Eagle would be felt throughout the lands of Allah and lo, while some of the people trembled in despair still more rejoiced: for the wrath of the Eagle cleansed the lands of Allah and there was peace."
That verse is number 9.11 of the Quran.
Also, someone needs to check this out for me, too:
Open Microsoft Word and do the following:It's supposed to do something, but I don't have Word, so I dunno.
1. Type in capitals Q33 NY. This is the flight number of the first plane to hit one of the Twin Towers.
2. Highlight the Q33 NY.
3. Change the font size to 48.
4. Change the actual font to WINGDINGS
In other news, you all should totally check out Jackie's and my new book club thingy. It's awesome. Go there. Now!
Isn't This Chick Hot?
If I'd never told you before, I have a wallpaper changer. I have it set to keep the current wallpaper until I tell it to switch, but if I wanted I could have it switch every hour, or half hour, or whenever. Here's the one it's set at right now:
Whenever this wallpaper pops up, I always keep it up for a while. I set my windows transparent and make sure I can see her through there. I've never seen her anywhere aside from this picture, and I can't even remember where I got this picture from and how it got into my main collection instead of the idols or regular hot chicks folders. I've just now added it to my "favorites" folder on the Changer program, which currently consists of 5 pictures. I think when I get it up to 10 I'll consider actually making that an automatically scrolling rotation, and switch out again when I'm bored of it.
I don't know why I'm telling you all this. I just really liked that picture. I guess I'm feeling kinda hazy about it. Here's the picture again, though, just cuz I like it that much.
Aint it pretty?
Whenever this wallpaper pops up, I always keep it up for a while. I set my windows transparent and make sure I can see her through there. I've never seen her anywhere aside from this picture, and I can't even remember where I got this picture from and how it got into my main collection instead of the idols or regular hot chicks folders. I've just now added it to my "favorites" folder on the Changer program, which currently consists of 5 pictures. I think when I get it up to 10 I'll consider actually making that an automatically scrolling rotation, and switch out again when I'm bored of it.
I don't know why I'm telling you all this. I just really liked that picture. I guess I'm feeling kinda hazy about it. Here's the picture again, though, just cuz I like it that much.
Aint it pretty?
An Apple A Day
I had lunch today, and along with my usual selection of entree, 2 sides (at least one of which is green) and a glass of milk, I decided to end off with an apple for dessert. I can't really see myself as getting enough fruit in my diet. I get plenty of wheats, dairy, meat, and veggies, but not nearly enoguh fruits that I can tell. So I grabbed this apple, because that's really the only fruit I care for. Lemme tell you, this was the most delicious apple I felt like I'd ever eaten.
Then I remembered something I'd heard a while back. Babies, if they are allowed to pick their own foods over the course of a week, will balance their diets automatically. This is because you're tongue will naturally find foods containing nutrients you need tastier. As I was eating this apple, I felt as if it couldn't get any better unless my father had sliced it for me himself. Now, my father has many flaws, and I'm not going to go into them now because I have neither the time nor disposition, but I do have to give him at least this - whenever he would slice apples for my brothers and me, they were always just wonderful, and I loved them. (Possibly because even then I wasn't getting enough fruits in my diet.
Anyway, so this apple was really spectacular, and that leads me to believe that I need to be eating more of them. I'm getting an apple at dinner tonight.
I've still got that paper I told you about due. It's over violence in video gaming. The great thing about English 1301 is that each paper in a cycle really builds on the last. My first paper was 400 words describing a problem. The second was 800 words describing the problem and presenting a possible solution. Paper three in the "Problem solving" cycle is 1200 words describing a problem, presenting several solutions, evaluating them and eventually coming to a conclusion. If you were paying attention, you'll notice that really each of those papers is really the last paper, plus 400 new words about something. So, theoretically, I have 800 words written out, and I only need to slog in 400 more about another problem, or something. Unfortunately, I also need (it's not REQUIRED, but its one of those things they strongly reccomend, so it might as well be required) five sources cited in my paper. Do you think they'd mind if I took four of them from random gaming web sites? Anyway, I've really gotta rewrite the whole she-bang, so wish me luck.
Today is December 1st. I love this month, for many reasons. I like the weather. Snow is really fun, and I'm mildly disappointed that I don't get to play in it much more. I was, of course, born in this month (23 shopping days left till my birthday, people!), and there's Christmas. Part of that is simply me being greedy. There are two days right next to each other where I get a shit load of gifts, which is always nice. And the run up before it involves going out shopping for other people, and activity I also enjoy because I get to hint very un-subtly about what people should get me. But also, I really like being with family. I am very, very blessed to have a strong and loving family (on my mothers side at least), and sometimes I feel almost guilty that I know people who don't have the same blessings as me. I really wish I could share the way I felt with them. I guess the best I can do is wish you all a Merry Christmas, Happy Haunnukah, or whatever. Season's Greetings, everyone. This year I'll try to keep my good happy feeling going throughout the whole of 2006, too. ^_^
Also, today marks the two week mark until winter break for me. Two weeks from now, I will be back in Austin, relaxing with friends and family, or more likely scrambling to get everyone Christmas gifts before we depart to Murphresboro, Tennessee on the 22nd or so. One week until finals season, and despite me taking five classes this semester, I'm blessed with only having 3 exams that week, so I've got a pretty relaxing schedule ahead of me. Wish me luck anyway, though. I also, currently, have 67 dollars in my food account for school. I think that means that if I don't buy anything other than lunch and dinner at the university for the next few weeks, I'll squeak on by, and only starve on the weekends. X_X Again, wish me luck.
Okay, I'm gonna go read, I think. It's all part of my 12 step "Make Greg Better" program.
So long!
Then I remembered something I'd heard a while back. Babies, if they are allowed to pick their own foods over the course of a week, will balance their diets automatically. This is because you're tongue will naturally find foods containing nutrients you need tastier. As I was eating this apple, I felt as if it couldn't get any better unless my father had sliced it for me himself. Now, my father has many flaws, and I'm not going to go into them now because I have neither the time nor disposition, but I do have to give him at least this - whenever he would slice apples for my brothers and me, they were always just wonderful, and I loved them. (Possibly because even then I wasn't getting enough fruits in my diet.
Anyway, so this apple was really spectacular, and that leads me to believe that I need to be eating more of them. I'm getting an apple at dinner tonight.
I've still got that paper I told you about due. It's over violence in video gaming. The great thing about English 1301 is that each paper in a cycle really builds on the last. My first paper was 400 words describing a problem. The second was 800 words describing the problem and presenting a possible solution. Paper three in the "Problem solving" cycle is 1200 words describing a problem, presenting several solutions, evaluating them and eventually coming to a conclusion. If you were paying attention, you'll notice that really each of those papers is really the last paper, plus 400 new words about something. So, theoretically, I have 800 words written out, and I only need to slog in 400 more about another problem, or something. Unfortunately, I also need (it's not REQUIRED, but its one of those things they strongly reccomend, so it might as well be required) five sources cited in my paper. Do you think they'd mind if I took four of them from random gaming web sites? Anyway, I've really gotta rewrite the whole she-bang, so wish me luck.
Today is December 1st. I love this month, for many reasons. I like the weather. Snow is really fun, and I'm mildly disappointed that I don't get to play in it much more. I was, of course, born in this month (23 shopping days left till my birthday, people!), and there's Christmas. Part of that is simply me being greedy. There are two days right next to each other where I get a shit load of gifts, which is always nice. And the run up before it involves going out shopping for other people, and activity I also enjoy because I get to hint very un-subtly about what people should get me. But also, I really like being with family. I am very, very blessed to have a strong and loving family (on my mothers side at least), and sometimes I feel almost guilty that I know people who don't have the same blessings as me. I really wish I could share the way I felt with them. I guess the best I can do is wish you all a Merry Christmas, Happy Haunnukah, or whatever. Season's Greetings, everyone. This year I'll try to keep my good happy feeling going throughout the whole of 2006, too. ^_^
Also, today marks the two week mark until winter break for me. Two weeks from now, I will be back in Austin, relaxing with friends and family, or more likely scrambling to get everyone Christmas gifts before we depart to Murphresboro, Tennessee on the 22nd or so. One week until finals season, and despite me taking five classes this semester, I'm blessed with only having 3 exams that week, so I've got a pretty relaxing schedule ahead of me. Wish me luck anyway, though. I also, currently, have 67 dollars in my food account for school. I think that means that if I don't buy anything other than lunch and dinner at the university for the next few weeks, I'll squeak on by, and only starve on the weekends. X_X Again, wish me luck.
Okay, I'm gonna go read, I think. It's all part of my 12 step "Make Greg Better" program.
Step 1: Be happy.x_x
Step 2: Eat right.
Step 3: Read more.
Step 4: Be with people you like.
Step 5: Finish steps 6-12
So long!
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