tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52412345299402375762024-03-13T12:40:26.184-07:00Rants & SnippetsAnything that's worth mentioning will go here.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241234529940237576.post-44378494903624237962009-10-02T06:32:00.000-07:002009-10-02T07:05:28.001-07:00On what I did today and how I feelI've just been reading (and subsequently commenting on) the blog of a complete stranger. I feel as though she (I assume its a she, or a homosexual male) and I share some common traits, though I don't really care. It just got me thinking that I should write my feelings down. <br /><br />Today, I bought a homeless man a meal and we had lunch together. Why did I do this? Partly because I was feeling altruistic and partly, sadly, I think I needed a friend. I don't really feel connected to people. I rarely find schoolmates that share my interests, this is probably more my fault than anyone else's as i don't look too hard. I'm often the subject of mockery, not in an overbearing, bullying way, just like, "wow, you did that, ha". I understand the need for children to mock that which is different and I don't expect human nature to change sooner than I so I guess its a moot point.<br /><br />I've never opened up to anyone before my now ex girlfriend. I told her how feel, a thing I rarely do, and she accepted that and loved me. I loved her too, I still do, but I'll never admit it. She broke up with me, and I can't blame her for that, though it does make me feel pretty bad. Mostly, I regret the way I acted for those first couple of weeks. I think she was the first girl I ever really loved and her breaking up with me caused me much emotional distress. I cried a lot and cut off her ability to contact me. I then began speaking to her again, misinterpreted her playful speech and said something I shouldn't have. A month later, and we've got an okay friendship going on. I want us to be closer, hell I want someone to be close to, but it cannot be. God forbid I appear needy. After all, her friendship is freely given, and I can't blame her just because she doesn't want us to be together. <br /><br />Furthermore, I'm currently looking for a new girlfriend. This is a hard task, my previous one was very physically attractive and highly intelligent, one could say she was the whole package. One girl in particular, A I'll call her. She's very clingy and not nearly as physically attractive as her predecessor. I don't care much for ones looks, beauty is quite the common thing nowadays, you either have it or you buy it, its the girl beneath who really matters. Unfortunately, she's fallen quite in love with me (ego trip) yet I don't love her. She also just seems to want to have sex, which I don't mind, but I do want an emotional connection. I want to leave her, but here comes the clincher: I am her first relationship (kiss even) since she was raped 10 months ago. I want so desperately not to hurt her, I do like her, I just don't love her. That scares me, too. Love. It took a long time for me to fall in love for the first time, how long will it be before it happens again? I feel so lonely.<br /><br />I'd write more on my emotional anguish, but its just past midnight, and I have tai chi in the morning. I think writing this down does help a bit, but I know I'm just going to crawl into bed and and sob, perhaps even cut myself again. Oh well, such is life.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241234529940237576.post-90714367891047862002009-03-20T00:50:00.000-07:002009-03-20T00:52:03.049-07:00On our Real Folk BluesFor those of you who don't know, Keanu Reeves is saddling up to play spike in the new Cowboy Bebop Movie. Begin mourning...now.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241234529940237576.post-71918636640832968092009-03-13T02:40:00.000-07:002009-03-13T02:55:33.403-07:00On Australia's obsession with the Simpsons.<a href="http://s135.photobucket.com/albums/q134/farrelly45/?action=view&current=simpsons_family.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q134/farrelly45/simpsons_family.jpg" border="0" alt="SIMPSONS" /></a><br /><br />Ahh..The Simpsons.<br /><br />I owe all of my knowledge of History and Literature to that cartoon. I count myself among its fans, having watched every episode to air on Australian TV as well as having the first two seasons boxed. I used to watch the Simpsons religiously. Why? Because its there. Its everywhere.<br /><br />Seriously. The Simpsons have must be nearing the 500 episode mark, and channel 10 air them every night, and they have been for as long as I remember. Even before their three hundredth episode (which was entitled <span style="font-style: italic;">I'm Spelling As Fast As I Can</span>) network 0 were still crankin' out eps daily. Do the math: one Simpsons episode a day, minus Saturday, plus the weekly Simpson's hour. That's eight episodes a week or four hours of everyone's favourite family. Why does the Simpsons dominate this time slot? Is it like this in other countries? Please, if you're not Australian, save me a trip down wiki road and leave your country's weekly Simp-schedule in the comments.<br /><br />I'm not complaining about it, as I said, I love the Simpsons.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Click the ads. Remember, I raised money for the world's greatest shave, what have you done lately?</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241234529940237576.post-58915766854209510602009-02-19T02:47:00.001-08:002009-02-19T02:47:56.337-08:00On the Dividing LineI consider myself liberal. Yet so many times I find my heart swaying down the conservatives lane. Take abortion, I don't want the fetus to "die", but I want people to be free to make the choice. Who am I to say what one can or cannot do? Abortion should be a service, free to anyone, albeit not used by everyone. If I ever impregnated anyone, I hope (I cannot say for sure until I'm in the situation) that I would wish her to keep it. Though, in the end, the choice lays with the woman. I digress from my tangent as always to get back to my point. Why is it called Pro-Choice OR Pro-Life? That implies that its life or the alternative (ie death). I want people to have the choice, and my personal choice is for my hypothetical fetus not to be taken from this world. Is that so much to ask?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241234529940237576.post-73402792015457661322009-02-10T02:01:00.001-08:002009-02-10T02:16:25.817-08:00Spine CrackingI've recently read the <span style="font-style:italic;">Twilight</span> series. They are all fairly big books, the smallest of which is still a good three hundred pages. Yet I look upon them now and see them undamaged. To the contrary, I'm also reading <span style="font-style:italic;">Mein Kampf</span>, its around six hundred pages, but smaller than the largest of the Twilights. I'm currently at page two hundred, and the spine is cracked to oblivion. I eventually drew the graph below, using the formula of: <br /><span style="font-style:italic;">T x W = X</span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">X</span>= Spine cracking level<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">T</span>= Book thickness (page count)<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">W</span>= Word Heaviness <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidiPirTwnvsYYAoqt-LrzDzjqYIZd3GbZAaDs0EisSBvQ_1bxPbibjhUpWQZSA0143hixKbTeUh66ANM60FKtOAI7UZ0_myfU9zYfB7QB0itVa8U6xNWjmYzHp8pE-6wqvMtLeJksveDg/s1600-h/graph.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 229px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidiPirTwnvsYYAoqt-LrzDzjqYIZd3GbZAaDs0EisSBvQ_1bxPbibjhUpWQZSA0143hixKbTeUh66ANM60FKtOAI7UZ0_myfU9zYfB7QB0itVa8U6xNWjmYzHp8pE-6wqvMtLeJksveDg/s320/graph.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301106936513108354" /></a><br /><br /><br />Basically, if the book is a decent number of pages (T) and it takes a while to read the words on the page (W) then the rate of spine cracking (X) will be small.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241234529940237576.post-37407972806592560692009-01-30T21:13:00.000-08:002009-01-30T21:43:03.771-08:00On My Right to Read and SingersRecently, I've been reading some non-fiction, mainly philosophy or political (which are one in the same, really). For my birthday/Christmas (they've close so the gifts received are simultaneous) I attained a copy of the six hundred page monster that is Adolf Hitler's <span style="font-style:italic;">Mein Kampf </span>. I'm kind of on a Hitler thing at the moment (before that it was Che Guevara) and I've read many books about his life, views and promiscuity. Now that I read Mein Kampf, which is semi-autobiographical, I can see where he's stretched the truth to achieve his means. On that note I will say that Hitler was quite an awesome man. He's certainly no one anybody should emulate, but his power to gain popularity through a book? His legendary oration? These are all the skills of a super hero. Here old Ben Parker comes into play for, "With great power, comes great responsibility." Hitler did not shy away from his responsibility, he just thought of himself as a bit too great. I believe that he did what most would do, he attained riches and power through a certain lifestyle and he tried to impress that lifestyle on others. But his eyes were clouded by hate and vengeance, so he ultimately failed.<br /><br />I'll save my full thoughts on Hitler for a later date, my point of this post was to rant about my outrage at my lack of freedom of readership. People give me weird looks when I read this, even my history teacher is questionable? I'll admit that a white-boy with a soon to be shaved head (world's greatest shave) in a community of mixed ethnicity may look a bit sus, people should realize that I'm merely trying to gain his perspective, and I'd be a fool to enact his desires. If I hated other races I'd lose 95% of my friends, and how many good songs have been written by or about on white people? Like, every single one: <span style="font-style:italic;">Brown Eyed Girl</span> (originally Brown Skinned Girl) <span style="font-style:italic;">Vanilla Ice Cream</span>. You cannot beat these songs. I digress yet again. I should be able to read whatever the hell I want without receiving weird looks. Okay, maybe <span style="font-style:italic;">The Story of O</span>is pushing it, but nobody knows what that is.<br /><br />My second point of posting is to state my thoughts on music. I like all music, and I'm forever trying to broaden my tastes. I currently struggling with the heaviest of metal, but I'll persevere. Anyhow, a few months ago, I was listening to <span style="font-style:italic;">Rihanna</span>, I had two of her songs thanks to some compilation CDs, and I was thinking that her music was pretty space (that's the new word for "cool", kiddies). However, a quick wiki search of her revealed that <span style="font-weight:bold;">she doesn't write her own songs</span>. I was shocked by this. I'd never given it much thought until recently when I realized that one just goes into the studio and sings what's on the paper. The artist doesn't have the connection to the song that they would if they'd written it, that magical bond is shattered, so the singer just becomes a sort of whore.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241234529940237576.post-55758885773913848682009-01-29T22:53:00.000-08:002009-01-30T21:51:33.143-08:00On coming cinema and stuff I draw'dI like movies. I watch them a lot. My class cannot have a trivia game based solely around film, lest they fall to my prowess. I've noticed some moving in the cinematic cesspool and I thought I may as well comment on them, seeing as I just got my net back.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Karate Kid Remake</span><br />They (Because Hollywood is run by the corporations) are planning to remake the Karate Kid, an eighties favourite of mine. I have the collector's edition, which contains the first three. Though, nostalgia aside, I fear for this movie. While the original actor of the title character, Ralph Macchio states that it "is an honour" to have his film remade, I'm worried for the plot inconsistencies. The lead actors are Jaden Smith, son of Will, playing the young martial arts student Daniel LaRusso. Unfortunately, Jackie Chan was chosen to play the timeless Mr Miyagi. While I like Jackie (mostly for his Chinese films), the story wouldn't make sense if it were a Chinese (Aussie) man teaching Daniel, then it would have to be called <span style="font-style: italic;">Kung Fu Kid</span>. Still, I'm going to watch the movie. In fact, I'll watch the series tonight.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Anime Lookalike</span><br /><br />Has anyone noticed that Tom Cruise in his role for <span style="font-style: italic;">Valkyrie</span> looks an awful lot like Roy Mustang in <span style="font-style: italic;">Full Metal Alchemist: The Conqueror of Shamballa</span>? It makes sense, they were both trying to overthrow a Fuhrer.<br /><br /><a href="http://s176.photobucket.com/albums/w171/darklight123444/?action=view¤t=Tom-Cruise-Valkyrie.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w171/darklight123444/Tom-Cruise-Valkyrie.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> <br /><a href="http://s176.photobucket.com/albums/w171/darklight123444/?action=view¤t=Roy2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w171/darklight123444/Roy2.jpg" border="0" alt="roy"></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br /><br />He's just not that into you</span><br /><br />I want to see this movie. It has a good cast, featuring Scarlett Johanssen (need I say more?) and Justin Long (from a favourite of mine, <span style="font-style:italic;">Waiting...</span>). The director, Ken Kwapis, has knowledge of the field, though he's no Amy Heckerling. Also, from the depths of heatwave induced boredom, I draw'd this:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi64izjcLrNpVMk1A-pG7EPKY27QZEreSGJkAupWdW6XNvqVT3V9cvozy60YVdzXSd2LGsV_TSLgKrjnmCswuSrRY8u9wUQAIrpYKmLthcexwULq58cbmYZPbBzfvNmyJxvjdDotsz2kI8/s1600-h/poster.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi64izjcLrNpVMk1A-pG7EPKY27QZEreSGJkAupWdW6XNvqVT3V9cvozy60YVdzXSd2LGsV_TSLgKrjnmCswuSrRY8u9wUQAIrpYKmLthcexwULq58cbmYZPbBzfvNmyJxvjdDotsz2kI8/s320/poster.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297330908118366226" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241234529940237576.post-10780749825125963202009-01-23T03:13:00.000-08:002009-01-23T03:27:45.838-08:00On Heath LedgerI post this one year from the day that Heath Ledger died of a drug overdose. I just saw that statement on the news and I thought I may pen my feelings about him. Glancing at Wikipedia, I notice that I've seen all of his films post 1998, his career seems to have coincided with my interests throughout my life. While his breakthrough film, <span style="font-style:italic;">Two Hands</span>, was fantastic in my opinion, I feel that <span style="font-style:italic;">Brokeback Mountain</span> brought him into the ranks of other fantastic Australian male actors, such as Crowe and Jackman. <br /><br />His movie <span style="font-style:italic;">A Knight's Tale</span>, while being childish, holds a special place in my heart as it was the favourite of a now departed friend. I'm in two minds about his award nominations, though I think it is more due to the argument of actors receiving praise after death. On one hand, its a great tribute, but are we not bias and is it not more deserving to a living actor? <br /><br />Still, may he rest in peace.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241234529940237576.post-19608750387956890802009-01-10T22:50:00.000-08:002009-01-11T18:27:15.158-08:00On the Play Station 3As many are aware, I am quite in wanting of a PS3. Usually, I would call buyers of this item afoul labeling them "race traitors" for straying from the pure Nintendo path, yet it has become almost a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">necessity</span> with the advent of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Blu</span>-Ray DVD. With a PS 3, I will be able to play <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">blu</span>-ray films when it becomes the primary medium, play games and surf the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">internet</span> (though I will never). This is all for the low low price of six hundred dollars. So obviously, I will not be buying this product all that soon, though it will always stay in the back of my mind.<br /><br />Unfortunately, my dreams of a PS3 induced euphoria are slightly cracked now, when I found out that the device cannot play the games of its <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">predecessor</span>. It can play PS1 games, but not PS2. I was outraged at this, the only reason I would consider it an entertainment system would be if I could play the many JRPGs of years passed, namely Final Fantasy and Kindom Hearts.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241234529940237576.post-9983691744861326912009-01-09T15:29:00.000-08:002009-01-09T15:53:13.804-08:00On atheism being secularI am somewhat of an anti-atheist. I'm not against atheist all together, but during their gathering I see people wearing T-shirts that proclaim <span style="font-style: italic;">"God does not exist"</span> and the like. I mean how many Hindu's sport <span style="font-style: italic;">"Dharma for life mother fuckers"</span>? No body, why do most devout atheists wear these, well, offensive tees? Do they think themselves better than the rest of the god heeding populace? Often, those shown in media are quite narrow minded in their conviction of others. This can be forgiven because the media would obviously only highlight those with the more extreme views.<br /><br />Some people label atheism as being "secular". For those of you who don't know, secular means to be separate from any forms of religion. I disagree on this point because I see atheism as a "para-religion". I attach the prefix "para" to create the effect of being next to (ie. parallel or paramedic) as opposed to being against (paranormal). Atheism is its own set of beliefs about life and about god, so it is a religion. I further justify this statement, myspace lists "atheism" in one of its choices for religion when setting up a profile.<br /><br />It is conceptions like this that prohibit myself from being called an atheist. So I guess I'm just stuck with Equivalent Exchange to believe in:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">"Mankind cannot gain anything without first sacrificing something in exchange. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. This is the law of equivalent exchange, fundamental in alchemy." - Alphonse Elric</span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">If you've read this far, please take the time to click one of the advertisements to the left. Only one click per person is needed.</span><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241234529940237576.post-1748255699284584822008-12-23T18:20:00.000-08:002008-12-23T18:44:56.776-08:00On cigarettes and being coolI'll say this straight off: smoking looks cool. It looks cool and it creates a air of awesomeness for a male to smoke, whilst bringing a female the visage of a vixen. However smoking kills. Does the end justify the coolness? No way.<br /><br />Many people, mostly fictional characters, which I designate as cool smoke. In anime there is the entire Bebop crew, NGE's Kaji and Soul Eater's Fraken Stein. Then there is Barack Obama. He was cool before he smoked, and I think a cigarette looks out of place in his mouth. Also, if you think that his smoking crux is recent news, then you are mistaken dear reader, a friend of mine had a display picture of Barack Attack "lighting up" on MSN for months. I've heard smoking being described as "a symbol of their humanity...their weakness". I disagree with that statement completely, smoking brings nothing but death, and for what? Why should humans be forced to be designated "weaknesses"? As ruling species, we should be master of our own domains, without weakness. Of course, that is merely a wishful ideal.<br /><br />Media shows us people smoking and attracting the opposite (or the same) sex, I doubt this would be the reality. In the case of Cowboy Bebop, I imagine Spike and Faye would be a chorus of coughs every time they made love (they did make love - SxF forever). Smoking makes you stink of smoke. A recently tobacco-sober former heavy smoking friend of mine is repulsive to be around because all of his clothes smell nigh, reek, of smoke. On top of that, smoking is expensive, with no advantages. It as long been dismissed as a social catalyst, and can really burn the hip pocket. Most hobbies cost money, but smoking requires almost constant funds to be spent and gives nothing in return. At least with video games one's mind can be stimulated.<br /><br />To end this conaluted post, I quote Fort Minor's <span style="font-style: italic;">Cigarette: </span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"it's just like a cigarette, nobody's really fooled<br />I don't want the truth, I wanna feel f***ing cool"<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">If you've read this far, please click the ads at the side, only once or twice, please.</span><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241234529940237576.post-83413520207124254902008-12-23T02:56:00.000-08:002008-12-23T18:47:10.738-08:00On Richard DawkinsReading over I guy I know's <a href="http://reubenville.blogspot.com/">blog</a>, I saw a topic which I thought I might cast my two cents on.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Richard Dawkins</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://toddshammer.files.wordpress.com/2006/07/dawkins_richard.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 450px; height: 424px;" src="http://toddshammer.files.wordpress.com/2006/07/dawkins_richard.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br />In a sentence: I don't like him. Aside from looking like the devil incarnate in the above picture, I hate his ethos. But it was not always like this. Throughout the course of my life I have watched many of his programs and read one or two of his books, the latter medium being read in a compulsion to give some sort of reason to his frankly offensive methods. I digress, for those of you who are unaware Richard Dawkins is an achieved biologist and a staunch atheist. The latter of the two is a title he has flaunted in recent years, much to my distaste.<br /><br />I don't consider myself an atheist, at least not yet. I was raised in a christian world, though I don't see a reason to discriminate against those of other religions, gods or no. This is where Mr. Dawkins and I diverge. While I find some of his books on behavior absolutely fascinating, I find his close mindedness off putting. In his books it's okay, his arguments against the god complex are thorough, sustained and completely logical, but his documentaries are not.<br /><br />In <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Root_of_All_Evil%3F"></a> </span> I can recall one scene wherein he enters a deeply religious shop owner's workplace and begins to badger him about his faith. He asks things such as "But why do you believe in something that does not exist?". He then goes on to pester the man about why he converted to Islam, even though it is so "violent". Through the course of the documentary, this process is repeated with different interviewees and as little as twelve minutes in, I felt as though I wanted to punch him in the face. I am not at all deeply entrenched in any form of religion. In fact I'm often the first one to poke fun at each faith's idiosyncrasies (this does <span style="font-weight: bold;">not</span> go over well at funerals, trust me). Though I find the path he is taking completely misguided. Writing his beliefs in a book are all well and good, for it is the choice of the reader to continue reading said literature. Yet going up to people on the street and pestering them about their lifestyle sickens me. It reminds me of another ism in my culture <span style="font-style: italic;">evangelism</span>.<br /><br />Ah, evangelism. Personally, I think this is why Dick Dawkins took up his cause. It has it's good sides, its followers obstain from murder and a generally nice, not to mention spur some of the greatest media in the world (see: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skillet_%28band%29">Skillet</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neon_Genesis_Evangelion_%28TV_series%29">NGE</a>). Though its major drawback is the faithful are very set in their ways and will be firm with those who think differently. I remember one interview from an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Denton">Andrew Denton</a> piece where he confronts tree elderly choir siblings with the question "but what about people who were born homosexual? Do they deserve to go to hell?" to which one of the gentlemen calmly answers "No! Homosexuality is a lie told to them by Satan and they must find the truth for their soul to come to heaven." I find this response as offensive as anything Dawkins spews out, and I can concur with him on his reason to be against it. Yet his method of combating such people is, in effect, perpetuating the same act. He is attempting to convert people to atheism with aggression, I'm not sure, but I believe that can be called evangelizing. Does he not realize that Atheism is becoming one of his hated "religions"? He is becoming his own enemy on his search for "a better world". He is also displaying stereotypes of white supremacy, ignorant white man and the snobby Brit. Therefore, through the act of himself becoming his own foe, all of his arguments should be disarmed.<br /><br />Also on the subject of snobby Brits, dearest woman down the street, if you are reading this, know that neither I, nor any member of my family scratched your car. We merely place a note on it requesting its removal from our laneway. Bringing the police into the matter was uncalled for and only further strengthened out point. The act of knocking on my door (which is older that the sum of our ages, by the way) quite violently at seven in the morning and yelling at me heralds an apology at the very least. Though its obvious you were not, some of us were trying to watch <span style="font-style: italic;">Ninja Turtles</span>.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">If you've read this far, please click the ads at the side, only once or twice, please.</span><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241234529940237576.post-37442255262659617852008-11-29T16:44:00.000-08:002008-11-30T00:43:54.260-08:00SIMulated sexI'm just looking over my computer games, and I saw a duo which I love, the Sims series. I was twelve when I started playing the games, and haven't played either for quite a while now. Unfortunately, I know of an eight year old girl whom just bought the second one, and this unnerves me. The second game is much more explicit, especially on the theme of sex. <br /><br />In <span style="font-style:italic;">The Sims</span> one can have recreational love by using the love bed with a partner in the <span style="font-style:italic;">Livin' Large</span> expansion pack. With a cheat, the user can see the Sims "doing it", though if memory serves, the image is hardly pornographic. However, in <span style="font-style:italic;">The Sims 2</span>, a cut scene initiates, complete with suggestive whispers and beds bouncing. Personally, I find this much too explicit. Being a teenager, I feel obligated to want the sexuality, but for the sake of younger kids, I think there should be an option of disabling these scenes. To be fair, the games were given a higher rating, bumping it from an E for everyone to a T for teen in Australia. But why should younger gamers with conservative parents miss out on spending time simulating the lives of others?<br /><br />After searching Youtube: I could not find a video of a sims one love or "do you want to have a baby" scene. Yes, the porn addicted internet does not find this scene sexual enough to host, yet "Sims 2" brings up scores of videos of Sims "gettin' it on!" <br /><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XUSkkthsF0w&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XUSkkthsF0w&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br />A "woo-hoo" in Sims 2<br /><br /><br />There are many forms of this woo-hoo.One's simulated humans can fornicate in a bed, a hot tub, even a changing room.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241234529940237576.post-32978211894885345792008-11-28T17:07:00.000-08:002008-11-28T17:13:10.217-08:00Chain EmailsI'm not usually one for chain mail. I usually delete it on sight, I scarcely open it, let alone pass it on. However, one caught my eye. It was sent to me by a friend whom I trusted not to send me such things. Thankfully, he passed the mail on to me and I found it so clever that I had to pass the buck too.<br /><br /><br /><br />HELL EXPLAINED BY A CHEMISTRY STUDENT <br /><br />The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry midterm.<br /><br />The answer by one student was so 'profound' that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well: <br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br />Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)? <br /><br />Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant. <br /><br />One student, however, wrote the following: <br /><br />First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today. <br /><br />Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is moe than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added. <br /><br />This gives two possibilities:<br /><br />1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose. <br /><br />2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will dop until Hell freezes over. <br /><br />So which is it?<br /><br />If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that, 'It will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you,' and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number two must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over. The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct......leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a divine being which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting 'Oh my God.' <br /><br /><br />THIS STUDENT RECEIVED AN A+.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241234529940237576.post-90275931768632539022008-11-24T02:48:00.000-08:002008-11-24T03:04:56.242-08:00The Tomb Raider's crypt not so untouched...Ahh... Lara Croft, one of the most prominent female characters of the video gaming universe and certainly one of the only characters to recieve as many breast augmentations as Dolly Parton. With her new game <em>Lara Croft, Tomb Raider: Underworld</em>, comes a new wave of critism.<br /><br />Foremost, and fundamental to myself, is the possibly fatal "missing lever" glitch in the Wii adaption of the title. more on that <a href="http://gamerinvestments.com/video-game-stocks/index.php/2008/11/23/tomb-raider-underworld-wii-version-has-game-ending-glitch/">here</a>.<br /><br />Secondly, has anyone else noticed the simmilarities between the new game and 2003's vampire movie, <em>Underworld</em>?<br /><br />Here's an example:<br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/images/underworld" target="_blank"><img src="http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s288/UltimateSacrifice77/Look%20Inside%20My%20World/Underworld.jpg" border="0" alt="UnderWorld Pictures, Images and Photos"/></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_AFFwqyvj9QHB3_E9farGNgORcRnxZZMbiFcaoqIJqCFQjoCNkfZw3zcAV5TZqcJg6osKKOaGxFr6BeEZGzM6RyU-jGtOmIAUDtZfCVlGnItrWs_77qAj-RZEnQn4pHKQ7sal48felRk/s1600-h/300px-TombRaiderUnderworld.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_AFFwqyvj9QHB3_E9farGNgORcRnxZZMbiFcaoqIJqCFQjoCNkfZw3zcAV5TZqcJg6osKKOaGxFr6BeEZGzM6RyU-jGtOmIAUDtZfCVlGnItrWs_77qAj-RZEnQn4pHKQ7sal48felRk/s320/300px-TombRaiderUnderworld.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272177519553364018" /></a><br /><br />The image is a room on Lara's midriff, and she hold's her guns at a slighlty different degree. How far she has fallen...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241234529940237576.post-22346165788383203972008-11-21T17:50:00.000-08:002008-11-30T00:56:36.357-08:00Music: Downloading, playing and listeningI like music in most, if not all, of it's forms. I do prefer "oldies" as that was the music I was weaned on. As of October 2008, I've found myself listening to more and more modern pop music, though I've always enjoyed a few songs. I've got a relatively small CD collection, but if I see something for cheap enough I'll invest in it. Currently being in want of an Mp3 player, I'm finding my only outlet to hearing new music is through either youtube or music television, the latter of which I watched sporadically this morning.<br /><br />In recent musical news, British pop star Lily Allen is set to release a new album. I like miss Allen's work, it has a nice rhythm as well as being fairly funny at times, plus she's the best ecstasy dealer turn singer on the market today. The best female, that is. The Kings of Leon are coming down for a tour in early March next year. All of my friends are excited, though I'm at odds to care. Firstly, tickets are ninety dollars, which is relatively cheap but still out of my price range. I'm not too big a fan of the Kings, I've heard some of their songs, I didn't like <span style="font-style: italic;">Charmer</span> but I enjoy <span style="font-style: italic;">Sex on Fire</span>.<br /><br />When in comes to downloading music, I rarely do it. I only download out of necessity, such as hearing a song in a movie and it not being on a soundtrack, or specifically, that soundtrack not being released here (Drawn Together). If I do download a song, I'll usually end up falling for the band and buying their albums if fiscals approve.<br /><br />To really simplify my tastes, I like acoustic songs, covers that take a song in a new direction and parodies. As for youtube musicians, I recommend David Choi and James At War. <span style="font-style: italic;"> </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0