FV-- good point with the first comment. but I did want you guys to comment on the book. I also like to make a point of arguing for the less popular viewpoint, especially when I agree with either side. I personally don't see what's wrong with being the corporate drone as opposed to being a bartender, but apparently some people do. and I definitely wouldn't call them ignorant if that was what they wanted. They were saving money to get a job they did want-- opening some type of hotel. they did that at the end of the book.....
My whole point of posting about the book was to say I felt ripped off by the awful ending. I thought maybe someone on the board had read that book and could offer some insight that would make me have a better opinion of it. Or just simply agree with me. I didn't realize it'd be an analysis on what jobs these 20-somethings should get.
a "scene" and a fanbase are quite different though. I don't get in on the scene action
September 17, 2002
ah, I support capitalism. I'm nothing like the main characters in the book. I do like reading about them though. And I was rather irked by the lame ending.
The entire book was symbolic. Their "McJobs" were bartending and at a department store. They are jobs that lead to them going nowhere in life. The reason they worked there-- as to not become corporate drones. You'd just have to read the book to understand it more fully I suppose. I can't explain it really well because my ideals do not match with these people.
The ending was symbolic to the point of being cliche, unexciting, and didn't really match up with the rest of the book (it was too optimistic, it just didn't fit at all). "McJobs" fit in with everything else. They had definitions defining everything...
Steve-- It was brought up cuz of my comments on a girl from my highschool. I do constantly talk about music but I would go as far to say that the majority of my music isn't teenybopperish. There is no scene surrounding it. No fashion for it. and I don't listen to music for any trendy reasons nor do I listen to it to get "away" from the trends.
The entire book was symbolic. Their "McJobs" were bartending and at a department store. They are jobs that lead to them going nowhere in life. The reason they worked there-- as to not become corporate drones. You'd just have to read the book to understand it more fully I suppose. I can't explain it really well because my ideals do not match with these people.
The ending was symbolic to the point of being cliche, unexciting, and didn't really match up with the rest of the book (it was too optimistic, it just didn't fit at all). "McJobs" fit in with everything else. They had definitions defining everything...
Steve-- It was brought up cuz of my comments on a girl from my highschool. I do constantly talk about music but I would go as far to say that the majority of my music isn't teenybopperish. There is no scene surrounding it. No fashion for it. and I don't listen to music for any trendy reasons nor do I listen to it to get "away" from the trends.
September 16, 2002
I just got finished reading the most cynical, anti-capitalist book.
The characters work at McJobs, detest yuppies, and tell stories about the end of the world.
Perfect.
Save for the ending though.. The ending happened to be the most optimistic piece-of-shit. Something about the main character being hugged by a group of special-ed teenagers and telling them "thank you". That's symbolic to the point of being lame. I feel ripped off.
The characters work at McJobs, detest yuppies, and tell stories about the end of the world.
Perfect.
Save for the ending though.. The ending happened to be the most optimistic piece-of-shit. Something about the main character being hugged by a group of special-ed teenagers and telling them "thank you". That's symbolic to the point of being lame. I feel ripped off.
heyyyy...
too much things in my life aren't the slightest teenybopper (my music being one.. and the issues i deal with being the second one).
the whole girlie-teenybopper thing is the most realistic way for me to "get away" (well there's always drugs..) and yes I like to get away quite a lot. :D
I was watching the Anna Nicole Show (combination of nothing on TV and curiousity).. and the entire show is just footage of her eating. and that's the only comment i have on it.
too much things in my life aren't the slightest teenybopper (my music being one.. and the issues i deal with being the second one).
the whole girlie-teenybopper thing is the most realistic way for me to "get away" (well there's always drugs..) and yes I like to get away quite a lot. :D
I was watching the Anna Nicole Show (combination of nothing on TV and curiousity).. and the entire show is just footage of her eating. and that's the only comment i have on it.
September 15, 2002
The chubby one with pink hair. yes indeed. hence the "mistakenly"
Lots and lots of people find her attractive. and they go to her for advice. (she has some advice/fashion column in Seventeen mag) disgusting.
Things were getting too serious on the board. all the talk of regrets and should we regret our regrets and kill ourselves? etc and so forth. when things get serious, I take solace in dumb, silly things: teeny bopper things. And you guys all have your video games (your Dark Ages of Camelot to be exact). so deal
Lots and lots of people find her attractive. and they go to her for advice. (she has some advice/fashion column in Seventeen mag) disgusting.
Things were getting too serious on the board. all the talk of regrets and should we regret our regrets and kill ourselves? etc and so forth. when things get serious, I take solace in dumb, silly things: teeny bopper things. And you guys all have your video games (your Dark Ages of Camelot to be exact). so deal
September 14, 2002
So I ran into my arch nemesis last night at the Blockbuster.
I've secretly despised her for 4 years now.
Back then, I was introduced to Brittney W (however she spells the name Britney) and instantly told that I should be friends with her. The expression on my face most likely read: "You've got to be kidding. She looks boring"
Sure enough, soon after I found out that my friend TJ was desperately trying to avoid her. Claiming that Brittany was lame: she's The Poser.
"The Poser" being the Kelly Osbourne type. Slightly chubby, prone to saying incredibly unoriginal things in hope of being found to be cool, and people mistakenly find her attractive. Like Brittnie would say things like "I am so punk rock: Blink182 are my favourite band!" disgusting. (When I told Zohra this story, she instantly knew exactly what I was talking about when I said the Kelly Osbourne type. So apparently I'm not the only one)
So I see Brittany with my (male) friend Kelly last night. They're dating.
--Kelly is a popular, preppy, pretty boy on the wrestling team. The only story worth telling about him is that he spent an entire class time with his hands wrapped around my thighs, wrists, etc. He was intrigued by my skinniness and wanted to measure or something. what a weirdo. So I find him to be appealing (in a very platonic way).
So I had a short conversation with Kelly. and he introduces me to his girlfriend, Britny. She's dangling on his arm like a businessman's wife. She's dressed the part. (I told you she was a poser. god damn she's so vapid) and I say hi and ask her how she's doing and she moans. Her response was a fucking moan. What the hell type of person moans an answer?
I've secretly despised her for 4 years now.
Back then, I was introduced to Brittney W (however she spells the name Britney) and instantly told that I should be friends with her. The expression on my face most likely read: "You've got to be kidding. She looks boring"
Sure enough, soon after I found out that my friend TJ was desperately trying to avoid her. Claiming that Brittany was lame: she's The Poser.
"The Poser" being the Kelly Osbourne type. Slightly chubby, prone to saying incredibly unoriginal things in hope of being found to be cool, and people mistakenly find her attractive. Like Brittnie would say things like "I am so punk rock: Blink182 are my favourite band!" disgusting. (When I told Zohra this story, she instantly knew exactly what I was talking about when I said the Kelly Osbourne type. So apparently I'm not the only one)
So I see Brittany with my (male) friend Kelly last night. They're dating.
--Kelly is a popular, preppy, pretty boy on the wrestling team. The only story worth telling about him is that he spent an entire class time with his hands wrapped around my thighs, wrists, etc. He was intrigued by my skinniness and wanted to measure or something. what a weirdo. So I find him to be appealing (in a very platonic way).
So I had a short conversation with Kelly. and he introduces me to his girlfriend, Britny. She's dangling on his arm like a businessman's wife. She's dressed the part. (I told you she was a poser. god damn she's so vapid) and I say hi and ask her how she's doing and she moans. Her response was a fucking moan. What the hell type of person moans an answer?
I regret the entire winter of '98-'99.
and I think about this all the time.
but recently, I uncovered a journal that I had written from that time.
I read through the whole thing once (and promptly discarded it afterwards)
but see, if I hadn't had that shit happen to me, If I hadn't done that shit then,
then.. well I'd continue to be that girl who wrote that journal, and I wouldn't be the Chrissie I am.
actually, the end result of that winter is that I learned to not "settle" (friends, guys, and decisions, and so forth)
and I also started to like me. (Me wasn't a person I had liked for 2+ years up until that point)
um actually I kinda have forgotten what I was talking about, so I hope all of that above made the point I was wanting to make.
the point being... Live with Regrets but Accept Them Cuz They're Necessary or some b/s like that.
and I think about this all the time.
but recently, I uncovered a journal that I had written from that time.
I read through the whole thing once (and promptly discarded it afterwards)
but see, if I hadn't had that shit happen to me, If I hadn't done that shit then,
then.. well I'd continue to be that girl who wrote that journal, and I wouldn't be the Chrissie I am.
actually, the end result of that winter is that I learned to not "settle" (friends, guys, and decisions, and so forth)
and I also started to like me. (Me wasn't a person I had liked for 2+ years up until that point)
um actually I kinda have forgotten what I was talking about, so I hope all of that above made the point I was wanting to make.
the point being... Live with Regrets but Accept Them Cuz They're Necessary or some b/s like that.
You know... I think its a fundamental thing to have regrets. It's a human thing. In fact... there you go... that can be the dividing line between humanity and other animals. Hell... maybe it is evidence of having a soul...
After all... having regrets involves having a hell of a lot of other thought processes... and perhaps requires something extra.
I don't feel like going into that though, so i'll just leave it at that.
Do I have regrets? It is something I myself have considered from time to time... but for the most part I stand on the idea that I do not... for to have regrets (in my mind) would also imply that i have the desire to change something about the past aspects of my life.
That doesn't mean that I haven't made bad decisions, or have had consequences of bad decisions thrust upon me.
It just means, that despite that all... I wouldn't change it.
I however, would not look down upon anybody here, or elsewhere, who would say that they would change something, or that they have regrets... because I have not lived their lives... thus, to judge that person would be erroneous.
Thinking upon it... i suppose i have a form of regrets... in that there are things that i wish i hadn't done... and that if in the moment, i would have known what would be the consequence, i would not have done it...
but if i had that proverbial "rewind" button--i wouldn't use it.
One reason that comes to mind is that, as cliché as it sounds... my mistakes have made the person who is sitting here right now, typing out this particular response, and having these particular thoughts. I happen to like this person, and I would rather leave the lessons that i've lived through alone, and take what i can from them--even if the memories are not always good. Hell, sometimes i like to remember the bad memories... sometimes i like to feel bad about them... because i get a sort of good feeling from realising that they happened, and i have the power to decide whether they happen again.
Would i rewind and do things differently if i didn't like the person i was? Well, i don't know if i can honestly answer that. I suppose i would like to say no... believing that if i didn't like the person i was, i would change from the present onward...
but if i am to be honest with myself, i don't know what i would do.
--Ach, late nights.
G'night all.
September 13, 2002
You know what?
FUCK REGRETS
I'm not saying there aren't things in my past.......we all know there are.
We all have them.
It's part of being human, and part of the learning process.
If I had it all to do again, I'd do it the same way. Things could be worse, and you never know which choices could have lead you there.
Live your damn life. Don't make the same mistakes twice, and work to correct the ones you've made. Shit happens, buy a fucking helmet.
Regrets are a sign of weakness.
I'm not saying there aren't things in my past.......we all know there are.
We all have them.
It's part of being human, and part of the learning process.
If I had it all to do again, I'd do it the same way. Things could be worse, and you never know which choices could have lead you there.
Live your damn life. Don't make the same mistakes twice, and work to correct the ones you've made. Shit happens, buy a fucking helmet.
Regrets are a sign of weakness.
According to Ryan Adams (in the Whiskeytown song "I Hope It Rains at My Funeral"): "No sense in wanting my life to live over. I'll Find different ways to make the same mistakes again"
Now if you get over the depressing elements of that statement, You'll realize you shouldn't live your life in regret. Just accept the shit that you did and the shit that happened to you.
Ofcourse that leads me to the mood I've been in lately. The "What does it all mean?" one (very High Fidelity) but at least it's a question that can be answered & dealt with. As opposed to trying to imagine your life if you had a rewind button.
Now if you get over the depressing elements of that statement, You'll realize you shouldn't live your life in regret. Just accept the shit that you did and the shit that happened to you.
Ofcourse that leads me to the mood I've been in lately. The "What does it all mean?" one (very High Fidelity) but at least it's a question that can be answered & dealt with. As opposed to trying to imagine your life if you had a rewind button.
Choices . . . again.
I believe a long bit ago I made a post which was entitled " Choices " - and it consisted of me ranting and raving as I always do about some idiosyncratic detail of life while all-the-while bitching in my heart about something else. By complaining about one thing you indirectly complain about what you really wish to complain about. This time I wont. Because I understand a lot of things. I understand that who you are and where you are depend on the choices you make today, that you made yesterday - and that you will make tomorrow. I've talked with many of you about these things - some of you openly, the others they might not know they were talking about it but none-the-less the questions or conversations I had with you dealt with the same material. I spoke to Steven about the past - he and I agree and both are solemn about some of the decisions we've made in our past. I know that some things I have done I feel I should regret - and always hail that regretting things is a useless activity. No need for regret - all it does it cause more sorrow for yourself. I dont know if Steven regrets any of the things he has done - but I now have the nerve to admit there are things I have done in my past that I regret, and wish to the very center of my being that I could go through again and do right. " If I only knew then the things I know now." - the saying goes. We all make mistakes and we all deal with them. The question is not how to avoid mistakes or avoid problems - it is not how to avoid getting hurt or to protect yourself. The question is just how to live and take everything in as it comes to you. A problem I've realised about myself is that if I am not worrying about what I or someone else is going to do next, I am brooding over what could have been had I chosen different paths. And yet the question remains in my heart today : What life is a life worth living unhappy? At the risk of sounding melodramatic I appreciate each and every tid-bit that anyone here on the board posts - be it inane or stupid, a poem or a thought, a question, an answer. Anything really.
The best of luck to you all : wherever life may take you.
Because you'll need it.
I believe a long bit ago I made a post which was entitled " Choices " - and it consisted of me ranting and raving as I always do about some idiosyncratic detail of life while all-the-while bitching in my heart about something else. By complaining about one thing you indirectly complain about what you really wish to complain about. This time I wont. Because I understand a lot of things. I understand that who you are and where you are depend on the choices you make today, that you made yesterday - and that you will make tomorrow. I've talked with many of you about these things - some of you openly, the others they might not know they were talking about it but none-the-less the questions or conversations I had with you dealt with the same material. I spoke to Steven about the past - he and I agree and both are solemn about some of the decisions we've made in our past. I know that some things I have done I feel I should regret - and always hail that regretting things is a useless activity. No need for regret - all it does it cause more sorrow for yourself. I dont know if Steven regrets any of the things he has done - but I now have the nerve to admit there are things I have done in my past that I regret, and wish to the very center of my being that I could go through again and do right. " If I only knew then the things I know now." - the saying goes. We all make mistakes and we all deal with them. The question is not how to avoid mistakes or avoid problems - it is not how to avoid getting hurt or to protect yourself. The question is just how to live and take everything in as it comes to you. A problem I've realised about myself is that if I am not worrying about what I or someone else is going to do next, I am brooding over what could have been had I chosen different paths. And yet the question remains in my heart today : What life is a life worth living unhappy? At the risk of sounding melodramatic I appreciate each and every tid-bit that anyone here on the board posts - be it inane or stupid, a poem or a thought, a question, an answer. Anything really.
The best of luck to you all : wherever life may take you.
Because you'll need it.
September 12, 2002
September 10, 2002
noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!
if today didn't suck enough:
1. unable to get the Replacements albums I need oh-so bad
2. tony's car is still broken
3. kyle can't go to flogging molly :( :(
4. now the worst news of all: I just got the word that THE WHITE STRIPES are on the cover of the new SPIN.
you can all just go to hell now.
if today didn't suck enough:
1. unable to get the Replacements albums I need oh-so bad
2. tony's car is still broken
3. kyle can't go to flogging molly :( :(
4. now the worst news of all: I just got the word that THE WHITE STRIPES are on the cover of the new SPIN.
you can all just go to hell now.
my razor broke. like the whole thing. and i don't have any backups. so i have to use the blade to shave, which means that I'll probably miss a bunch of spots. which means that when tony sees me tonight he's gonna think i'm a Hairy Chrissie. arghh.. shaving sucks. I don't know why the hell girls have hair on any place besides their heads.
Buggazzooo
Hey...
so you're planning a LAN party eh? Well, depending on the time that you are going to have it, maybe i'll show up...
i doubt i'll play any games though, but it'd be fun to come and such, nonetheless.
also, i can showcase the movie that i am making...
--still currently without sound-effects... but that will soon change i imagine...
right now i'm sitting in the UW computer bookstore, typing away on an iMac... funzo...
i'm getting a keyboard, just don't know if i want to do that online, or buy it here... both have some perks i imagine.
Also, Michael... you'd better make plans to come with me and jimmoi and james for our third annual trip to mt. ranier... yeeup, that's right, i've choosen to bring you along in Andy's place... since him and james are still at each other...
that or i'll ditch james and have it be andy and jimmy and me, and you...
either way, it would seem as if you are invited...
--and its not 'till december. Hmmmpf... maybe i'll film the second episode of my movie up there... could be fun.
in any event, that is all boys and girls.
September 09, 2002
Tidbits
Ah, this cable modem thing was pissing me off for a second. My computer wouldn't recognize the connection, and it ALWAYS recognizes connections.
Anyway, the movie is finished. All i need is to add a soundtrack and sound effects, which won't take long at all. Any thoughts on what i can use? This is mostly directed toward James, Bradbury, Michael, and Jimmy (if he ever checks this), since you guys were there for filming and know roughly what it is about. For those of you who have no idea, here is a still:
And what is goin' on here. Who is this masked man... and what is he planning to do to Michael... Can we say, "Buttsexx?"
Yeah... i bet you are all really interested now... aren't ya?
Whelp... that is all for now...
no wait... here is something else for your funzo-amusement...
i call it... POWER OF THE DRAGON!
As you can see... Andy is one with the DRAGON SPIRIT!
Hehehe, sorry Andy, but i found that picture in my video archives and i just had to... doesn't matter i suppose, since you refuse to check the board...
September 08, 2002
Movie
My next movie moves along with great speed. Hehehe, michael, i think you'll enjoy it... i can't believe it, but that evil twin idea might actually work--- might.
Sorry if the movie didn't work at first... first time i've ever posted a movie...
and i am surprised that no one had the quicktime plugin... that was one of the first things i usually had to download--even when i had a PC.
i'm trying to figure out the right way to change the .mov file to a .mpg file-- bradbury, if you have any suggestions... that'd be great. i prefer the .mov file at the moment, because when i save it as such, it seems to come out cleaner in quality, and the file seems a bit smaller... a bit in the sense the file is like 140 k in .mov format... when i tried putting it in .mpg format, it came out to be 400-something k.
anyway...
hey michael, bradbury, james-- you remember the movie and its content -- any ideas for a title for the movie?
September 07, 2002
"Catalytic Serendipity"
I ran into Alec yesterday, at the district office.
Well, actually, he walked up behind me and announced his presence by jamming his finger into my lumbar region and making a kind of buzzing/screeching "eeeeee" noise. Good old Alec....
He's really starting to look a lot like the traditional portrayal of Jesus Christ. Any of you that may interface with him on a regular basis....(Michael, I look in your direction), tell him I said so....I'll be interested to hear what he has to say.
I ran into Alec yesterday, at the district office.
Well, actually, he walked up behind me and announced his presence by jamming his finger into my lumbar region and making a kind of buzzing/screeching "eeeeee" noise. Good old Alec....
He's really starting to look a lot like the traditional portrayal of Jesus Christ. Any of you that may interface with him on a regular basis....(Michael, I look in your direction), tell him I said so....I'll be interested to hear what he has to say.
I absolutely hate this song:
"First Date" Blink182
Do you like my stupid hair?/Would you guess that I didn't know what to wear?
i would so escape through the bathroom window if I had a date with that guy in the song.
I do love this song though, but I can't watch the video:
"Underneath it All" No Doubt
And finally, the one song that I can hear a million times in a row, and it never loses its specialness:
"With or Without You" U2
"First Date" Blink182
Do you like my stupid hair?/Would you guess that I didn't know what to wear?
i would so escape through the bathroom window if I had a date with that guy in the song.
I do love this song though, but I can't watch the video:
"Underneath it All" No Doubt
And finally, the one song that I can hear a million times in a row, and it never loses its specialness:
"With or Without You" U2
September 06, 2002
So Im cleaning out my car this morning -
and there are these kids that show up.
after Im done I ask " What grade are you guys in? "
and they say - seventh, seventh, nineth.
I laugh.
then one of them asks : " Are you a Teacher? "
I ask him : " Why do you ask that? "
He says : " Because you look like one. "
. . . . .
nothing says broken dreams like the eyesight of a seventh grader.
I said : " I wanted to be. " - and then went inside.
and there are these kids that show up.
after Im done I ask " What grade are you guys in? "
and they say - seventh, seventh, nineth.
I laugh.
then one of them asks : " Are you a Teacher? "
I ask him : " Why do you ask that? "
He says : " Because you look like one. "
nothing says broken dreams like the eyesight of a seventh grader.
I said : " I wanted to be. " - and then went inside.
September 05, 2002
buttsexx?
Hey, you think the mint bush was a stupid idea... just ask mr. james about what he was eatin' when we went camping...
--before any of you sickies get any thoughts, i'll fill in the answer: grass. that's right, he would pluck grass from the campground and stick it in his mouth, like a Pa bear on that hillbilly bears cartoon that i see once in a while on cartoon network...
i'm sorry, but yes, while the mint bush was rather nasty in retrospect... at least i wasn't suckin' down the collected years of urine (both human and animal), car byproduct, trash, and campground sex.
---
I stayed up as well, playing games... though probably not as long as you did... i was up playing a 50-stock game of four person Super Smash Bros Melee...
almost won it too... stupid school and work is really pulling me away from mah playin'
So. For my twenty first birthday I got, for the first time in my entire life - a usefull present that I actually needed - and it was by PURE ACCIDENT - Ive been meaning to stop by KMART and get a new cdplayer for my car and what do my parents get me? A creative NOMAD - ( mp3 player ) - sweet.
so all night ive been transferring CDs over to my system, then when I go to sleep - oh, they get transferred over to my nomad.
yum.
so all night ive been transferring CDs over to my system, then when I go to sleep - oh, they get transferred over to my nomad.
yum.
September 04, 2002
September 03, 2002
Aw, Jeff, I always wished I was a teen in the '80s.
I could so rock the whole "Molly Ringwald" look. and I could date a young John Cusack. :D
The soundtracks to the brat pack movies, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, U2, the Replacements, Billy Idol, Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, Bruce Springsteen, John Cougar Mellencamp... all good stuff.
Speaking of the Mariah Carey movie, I watched the Britney Spears one the other day. I kinda liked it. One point in it shocked me just a *little* bit. The ending managed to suck though.
I could so rock the whole "Molly Ringwald" look. and I could date a young John Cusack. :D
The soundtracks to the brat pack movies, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, U2, the Replacements, Billy Idol, Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, Bruce Springsteen, John Cougar Mellencamp... all good stuff.
Speaking of the Mariah Carey movie, I watched the Britney Spears one the other day. I kinda liked it. One point in it shocked me just a *little* bit. The ending managed to suck though.
A'whippacrack!
Yeah, i tried putting things in chronological order... and it didn't work... and it looks as if it still hasn't worked. I've even tried viewing it on several different browsers...
--which i'd also just like to say, Netscape 7.0 actually rules--so far. Finally i get tabbed browsing that works...--
okay, anyway, if you hadn't noticed... it seems to do this thing where it will post say... wednesday, above thursday, even though it is supposed to be thursday, then wednesday, then tuesday, and so forth... however, i realized... it only does that when the post comes from 11:00 at night or after until 12:00, when the new day starts...
at least, 11:00 seems to be around the current cut-off mark...
just a thought... you should mention it to blogger james.
that is all for now.
September 02, 2002
Re: What i just said
Ignore everything i said about fixing the way the board posts... i tried that... it screwed up... then screwed up again... so i'm stuck reading it backwards from bottom to top, as are all of you...
however, i changed the template... originally a change that was supposed to go hand-in-hand with the fix to the posts... that didn't pan out...
it has, however, left me with an urge to try again to learn html and whatnot, and create a template... so that is what i'm going to try and do during my interim and off times... i will learn html... hopefully...
then make a template that is something closer to the original template than these current ones are...
i hate these cut & paste templates that we are forced to use at the moment. Hell, i'd even be happy with that pink slugs template we had for about a day that james made.
Addendum 2
Just as an extra thing... i fixed the way the board displays the posts, so that they are chronologically placed... cause i'm getting damned tired of having to read backwards...
This is for those who aren't "apt" enough to figure out why they don't see any new posts...
if you still can't figure it out after this little note, well then... you are really stupid, and i don't think anything can help you out.
It may take a bit for the board to start posting things correctly, i'm not sure... so if it seems muddled... then wait...
and if it's still muddled... oops.
Oh my geezus....
During this past week, i have watched quite a bit of tv and movies... as i am currently watching after my girlfriend since she had her wisdom teeth pulled out...
which also left me with the distinct impression that i will never willingly have mine pulled... you will have to seriously put a gun to my head...
am i afraid of the pain? nope. then what? -- simple... the blood... i saw so much blood... and i'm fine with blood, till i start to see it pour out of someone's mouth...
i'll get them done anyway... but i won't be wanting to eat afterword...
anyway, now that i'm off topic, i will attempt to verge back onto my topic of movies...
i saw "Glitter" on Saturday...
Yes by choice. I wanted to see it so that i could determine if something out there was worse than last year's "The Fast and the Furious"...
jury is still out on that one... but i will say that it made me want to rip out my spleen and choke Mariah Carey with it...
Everything you've probably heard about how horrid the movie is, it's entirely true...
i became quite sick at the number of scenes where Ms. Carey was the only one able to "sing well" in a crowd of people. It also had too many scenes from the 80's, which reminded me why i am so fortunate to not have been an adolescent/teenager during those terrible times...
then i remembered how my mother would only listen to 80's music in the car before the time when i could drive... no wonder much of my early teen years were troubled... who's wouldn't be? seriously?
And of course there were the other cliché characters in the movie: the two best friends who get left behind by the aspiring and finally noticed star, the "shining-knight" who notices her and brings her out of her despair to become a great star, the mother who had to give up her baby and who is later found at the end, the "bad-guy" who wants only money, the producers and big-ticket album makers who try to make her be what she "doesn't want to be".
... ooooh, and then there was the cut-scenes with glitter or fireworks as transition... WTF? that and the city-scapes... every other transition, i got to see the tops of New York buildings and bridges... well i guess i can canceled that planned trip to New York now, as i've seen every fucking building i could have wanted to see...
there were no point to those buildings... NONE. Now, some might remember jimmoi's tirades about how the flying whales from Fantasia 2000 were pointless... and may think that it's the same thing going on here... that i'm just ranting and "ten planes in china" and all that...
but hell no... you watch and you tell me if the buildings made any sense... i even tried to make them make sense... but no...
i could at least make the flying whales make sense, but not those buildings...
Aaron:
What kind of car, and can you tell where exactly the fluid is coming from?
Not always the easiest thing to tell, as when it leaks it will streak down the underside of the car when you drive. Things can get....gooey, for lack of a better term.
It might be something simple enough for you to do yourself, like a leaky cooler line; or something slightly more complicated, like a bad pan gasket. About 90% of the time it's going to be a cooling line on the pressure side that starts puking fluid.
If crawling under it with a flashlight doesn't show where the leak is, try parking over spread out newspapers; when you move the car you should be able to see where it's been dripping.
What kind of car, and can you tell where exactly the fluid is coming from?
Not always the easiest thing to tell, as when it leaks it will streak down the underside of the car when you drive. Things can get....gooey, for lack of a better term.
It might be something simple enough for you to do yourself, like a leaky cooler line; or something slightly more complicated, like a bad pan gasket. About 90% of the time it's going to be a cooling line on the pressure side that starts puking fluid.
If crawling under it with a flashlight doesn't show where the leak is, try parking over spread out newspapers; when you move the car you should be able to see where it's been dripping.
Addendum
One last thing that i want to say for tonight before bed.
Thank you.
It has been some time since i have thought about such things... as life-stressors have been getting to me... but it has felt quite good to stretch my mental limbs, even if for but a moment...
and the board... yeeup... quite a good read lately.
A quick short answer to james' query about life and answers...
you are NOT supposed to have answers... in fact, if you are finding more questions and less answers as you get older... then damnit, you're doing quite well in life... better than others i would argue.
what the hell would you do if you had your answers? seriously. What would you do?
Speak
Well, I certainly have missed out on quite a number of interesting posts in the last couple of weeks. That's what happens when your internet access is taken away as a result of moving... and when you go from the luxury of Ethernet to 56k... blah. Thankfully, i'm getting a 128K DSL or something like that, next week.
There was so much said about Souls, Intellegence, and Language, and I can hardly remember it all... so i'll try to throw in as much as i can recall, and people can get back to me on what seems to be missing or incomplete.
First off... this idea of "Self-Awareness"-- we'll i hate to break it to you james, but we (humans) are not the only ones in which are believed to be "aware"...
So are Dolphins... and evidence would indicate that yes, even infants... really young infants, have the beginnings of self-awareness--- not surprising considering that they do develop self-awareness when they reach an older age.
I have always defended that dolphins were smart animals, far smarter than some give them credit for, and smarter than even supporters would believe... and here is why:
[--1--]
Dolphins have been seen to be "aware" of themselves when confronted with a mirror. The exact details of the mirror experiments escape me, but the basic bottomline is that show a dolphin an image of itself in a mirror, and it can differentiate between itself and another dolphin. Furthermore, it will spend different amounts of time looking at itself versus looking at an image of another dolphin.
It would seem that vanity is an offshot of "self-awareness".
Now, this is not an argument that dolphins are as "aware" as we are. However, it does go a ways toward attacking the belief that humans are the only creatures capable of the feat of "self-awareness". With that said... self-awareness is indeed a feat. There is no arguing that... at least not at the present time.
[--2--]
Dolphins, like humans, and a very small select amount of species, mostly, if not entirely chimps or primates of other kinds, engage in both recreational sex and homosexual acts. I cannot explain why this is important at the moment, but it actually does stand out as important... i will more than likely formulate the reasoning for why its important later.
Now, much as i explained how we have come to believe that dolphins have some sort of self-awareness, be it rudimentary or not, that is how we have come to believe that young, young infants have self-awareness. The mirror. Believe it or not, the mirror is perhaps one of the most powerful tools for the testing of self-awareness. (I would argue that the mirror as an invention, was perhaps just as important for human beings as fire would have been, or the wheel.)
(Now, before i continue, i will say that i am neither supporting or denying evolution or creationism... i'm just stating it as how i understand things... without putting my personal beliefs into it... i may do that later...)
If you want to take the dogma of evolution... then consider this...
[--1--]
During the early phases of conception and fetal development, the fetus goes through the process of growing and maturation. Biologists and doctors have long noted that (by looking at it through the evolutionist's eyes), the fetus matures along phylogonical (i think that's the right word) lines. By this i mean that one can see the path of evolution of humanity by watching the stages of human fetal development. Phylogeny recapitulates ontology (or something like that... i forget the actual phrase, but it's something really close to that.)
Wouldn't the same go for mental growth...
many researchers would say yes, and it would appear so...
The structure of the human mind, as many more advanced mind structures of other animals, shows this similarity. There are two parts of the brain... the old reptilian brain, and the more advanced mammalian brain... the mammalian brain being an extension, an upgrade, of the older brain... yet we still carry the old... and as we mature, it is the mammalian brain that grows...
[--2--]
why is this important...
well... now consider what i mentioned earlier... about an infants early "awareness"... think of the young infant as a symbol of the way we were thousands of years ago as adults... even millions of years ago...
imagine that neanderthal, as it approached a pool of water... a pool of crystal clear water, and it saw itself... and for a moment, it stared at itself... almost... just almost touching upon itself mentally... coming to a clear realization... but for just a moment, before turning away...
that is the infant mind...
and it evolves... only the evolution from the infant awareness to adult awareness takes place during the beginning of modern human lifetimes.
There was more i wanted to say about all that... but it is late, and my thought processes are severly lacking at the moment...
but the point of that spiel? simple... if you believe, as someone mentioned earlier... that a soul is linked to self-awareness, that would almost mean that a soul could be obtained through evolution...
do i believe that... well that is not important, as i'm only giving this information to clear up somethings for the moment.
i will say though, that i believe that if you are going to say that an infant does not have a soul due to a lack of self-awareness... then you are wrong, or at least to me it would seem like your taking a fallacious stance.
i would argue that if souls are linked to self-awareness... it is still possible for the infant to have a soul...
first for the fact that infants do have a rudimentary type of self-awareness... think of it this way... for them, it must be like first waking up from a long nap, especially one with a particularly vivid dream... the infant is experiencing, and using, its ability for understanding awareness for the first time... its new, as is life to it... of course it will have some trouble processing this new notion of "i exist outside of others... outside of the environment... i am one onto myself..."
two... and here is where it gets more muddled... is where language comes into play...
it is still possible for infants to have a soul and they are simply unable to express that to us. Language allows us to understand what another is contemplating...
without the ability to "speak" with infants, we are unable to ask if they understand themselves separate from others...
{DAMNIT...i totally lost where i was going with my line of thought...}
okay... i can't recover my thoughts... that's what i get for waking up early today... okay...
hmm, so i will end this post prematurely... there is definitely more that i will say later today after sleep... and probably some i will correct...
so if it seems like my arguments are missing key points... that's understandable...
but i will say at the moment, that--James, i would seriously consider dropping the argument of self-awareness equalling having a soul if you wish to say that animals have no souls... because i feel that there are some holes with that argument...
kinda like when people believed that they had souls and intellegence and such because we where the only ones to use tools...
until a woman named Goodall went and made us all feel a little less "special".
To be continued...
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band were spectacular.
I cannot say the same about Guns N Roses.
I think the only reason it's getting the acclaim that it did cuz it was such a "surprise". (It wasn't much of a surprise to me, cuz Jimmy Fallon was wearing that Guns shirt for half of the show). And the fact that the new Guns are infamous for not playing any shows.
I didn't think the performance was that great. It kind of disturbed me. To see Axl trying to hide the fat that way.. ehh..
I did get excited about seeing Tommy from The Replacements on stage (he's in the reformed Guns by the way).
I felt that Eminem put on a good show. That's the first time I've seen him on the stage alone: without another rapper bouncing around, repeating every word he says.
I cannot say the same about Guns N Roses.
I think the only reason it's getting the acclaim that it did cuz it was such a "surprise". (It wasn't much of a surprise to me, cuz Jimmy Fallon was wearing that Guns shirt for half of the show). And the fact that the new Guns are infamous for not playing any shows.
I didn't think the performance was that great. It kind of disturbed me. To see Axl trying to hide the fat that way.. ehh..
I did get excited about seeing Tommy from The Replacements on stage (he's in the reformed Guns by the way).
I felt that Eminem put on a good show. That's the first time I've seen him on the stage alone: without another rapper bouncing around, repeating every word he says.
September 01, 2002
August 31, 2002
first and foremost -
you'll noticed the general tone of the board has changed from squabbles between individuals to a general place for people to answer eachother's questions. As it was intended, and although I do not take full credit for the occurance - I would appreciate it further if it continues and everyone else posts questions they want answers to as well. and now, to continue to my responses!
1. No, I do not believe babies, fetuses, or my sperm have souls. I believe a " soul " is not necissarily something that one " has " or " is born with " or " grows up with " - I dont believe it is exactly a " thing " so we cannot apply " thing properties " to that which isnt. I believe the first initial part of " having a soul " would be self-realization. " I am me " or " I am " or even " am " - which is the catalyst for having a soul. One can go as far as saying that " James is me " is self-realization. To have a name, and to understand that " the name means more than a moniker to get my attention, but rather a reference to ME " - two points, one that children are somewhat like animals in the sense that they have low cognitive skills. true. And you may all be rushing to say : " WHEN I CALL SPOT HE COMES BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT HIS NAME IS SPOT! " to which I will reply rather easily this : When you call a child, it comes just as the animal. However - four or six years down the road when you leave spot alone the dog will not sit and reflect to himself " Hmm, I am spot. " and consider who he is, what he is, why he is here, and so on and so forth. THE QUESTIONS never arise. However, A child can call his own name - ah! but what if there are more than one entity with the same name? Two dogs named spot are in one room, one on the left one on the right, you call spot and both come to you - but two ten year olds named Bill, you call Bill and they'll understand that Bill is a reference to themselves, and not necissarily them. This is why I believe animals do not have souls. Of course you could just go on and say " Well just because you dont understand what an animal is saying doesnt mean that he doesnt thing those things! " to which I could reply " Animals and sex. " - this is another interesting concept. To be self-realized and self-aware is to acknowledge that there is a " you " and a " others " - you put two animals male and female in a glass room with people watching and the female is in heat - they're going to go at it. You put two adults and they'll know they're being watched. This has to do with adam and eve, covering themselves with the branches. Also - neither of you ( michael / steven ) shot down my attack that an animal doesnt have a soul because he cannot pray. I didnt say that an entity had to pray to have a soul ( you stated that ATHIESTS DONT HAVE SOULS HUH? - no, they do - because they can pray but just refute doing so - an animal, no matter how much he believes or disbelieves in God or any higher being other than his master who feeds him, cannot " pray " - he can beg for food, but thats about it )
2. As for it being binary or not - I guarentee you with the right decoder that it can be deciphyered. Kudos to you if you can figure it out. And no, it isnt binary.
3. Aaron - I am disturbed by how much you keep referring to Waking Life. I find no answers from Lucid dreaming or its followers. However, to appease you - I shall watch the film again and get past its " LOOK I CANT JUST HAVE DIALOGUE ABOUT THINGS I HAVE TO HAVE FLOATY EYES AND MOVING DRAWINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! " and actually listen to what has to be said.
4. Bradbury - gimme a couple days and I shall soon know what it is like to drown your troubles away with a bottle and a glass.
I will put something else here later.
hum.
you'll noticed the general tone of the board has changed from squabbles between individuals to a general place for people to answer eachother's questions. As it was intended, and although I do not take full credit for the occurance - I would appreciate it further if it continues and everyone else posts questions they want answers to as well. and now, to continue to my responses!
1. No, I do not believe babies, fetuses, or my sperm have souls. I believe a " soul " is not necissarily something that one " has " or " is born with " or " grows up with " - I dont believe it is exactly a " thing " so we cannot apply " thing properties " to that which isnt. I believe the first initial part of " having a soul " would be self-realization. " I am me " or " I am " or even " am " - which is the catalyst for having a soul. One can go as far as saying that " James is me " is self-realization. To have a name, and to understand that " the name means more than a moniker to get my attention, but rather a reference to ME " - two points, one that children are somewhat like animals in the sense that they have low cognitive skills. true. And you may all be rushing to say : " WHEN I CALL SPOT HE COMES BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT HIS NAME IS SPOT! " to which I will reply rather easily this : When you call a child, it comes just as the animal. However - four or six years down the road when you leave spot alone the dog will not sit and reflect to himself " Hmm, I am spot. " and consider who he is, what he is, why he is here, and so on and so forth. THE QUESTIONS never arise. However, A child can call his own name - ah! but what if there are more than one entity with the same name? Two dogs named spot are in one room, one on the left one on the right, you call spot and both come to you - but two ten year olds named Bill, you call Bill and they'll understand that Bill is a reference to themselves, and not necissarily them. This is why I believe animals do not have souls. Of course you could just go on and say " Well just because you dont understand what an animal is saying doesnt mean that he doesnt thing those things! " to which I could reply " Animals and sex. " - this is another interesting concept. To be self-realized and self-aware is to acknowledge that there is a " you " and a " others " - you put two animals male and female in a glass room with people watching and the female is in heat - they're going to go at it. You put two adults and they'll know they're being watched. This has to do with adam and eve, covering themselves with the branches. Also - neither of you ( michael / steven ) shot down my attack that an animal doesnt have a soul because he cannot pray. I didnt say that an entity had to pray to have a soul ( you stated that ATHIESTS DONT HAVE SOULS HUH? - no, they do - because they can pray but just refute doing so - an animal, no matter how much he believes or disbelieves in God or any higher being other than his master who feeds him, cannot " pray " - he can beg for food, but thats about it )
2. As for it being binary or not - I guarentee you with the right decoder that it can be deciphyered. Kudos to you if you can figure it out. And no, it isnt binary.
3. Aaron - I am disturbed by how much you keep referring to Waking Life. I find no answers from Lucid dreaming or its followers. However, to appease you - I shall watch the film again and get past its " LOOK I CANT JUST HAVE DIALOGUE ABOUT THINGS I HAVE TO HAVE FLOATY EYES AND MOVING DRAWINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! " and actually listen to what has to be said.
4. Bradbury - gimme a couple days and I shall soon know what it is like to drown your troubles away with a bottle and a glass.
I will put something else here later.
hum.
August 30, 2002
I almost forgot. My daily work activities are rarely the same from one day to the next. I imagine that if I were to be stuck in the same room all day, every day I'd have gone quite mad by now. As there are 25 building sites in district, and my job covers so much, I don't have to do the same thing two days in a row.
It's neither binary nor hexadecimal. I don't know what it is....
Okay, souls or not, animals are tasty. At least, all of the ones I regularly eat are. Not sure what dog or possum taste like, but I hear they are quite good.
What, exactly, do you define as "soul?" Aside from James Brown, et al, I've never really cared very much for the concept. Maybe it's the six years of Christian school in my formative years. I hated every minute of it.
Okay, souls or not, animals are tasty. At least, all of the ones I regularly eat are. Not sure what dog or possum taste like, but I hear they are quite good.
What, exactly, do you define as "soul?" Aside from James Brown, et al, I've never really cared very much for the concept. Maybe it's the six years of Christian school in my formative years. I hated every minute of it.
Yeah...."How do you do it ( anyone on the board? ) - how do you get through your day everyday? Knowing that tomorrow will invariably be the same, that nothing changes and the only things that do change"
Good question.....there are a lot of things that keep me from going insane.
Youth is the main one, due to the stunning history of "mental illness" in my family.
Aside from that:
In my day-to-day life, I am surrounded by people that are interesting. My group of coworkers is makes life easier. It is a rare occurrence to have a day where we don't spend a great deal of our time working making jokes and quoting various pop-culture sources (mainly "The Simpsons").
Hobbies....or whatever you call them. Dreams, I suppose. Doing what I want on the weekend: cars, fishing, hunting and enjoying the outdoors. The idea that if I (we) work hard enough, then maybe (just maybe) it will be possible to make a career out of doing what we like to do. Talking to guys who do race for a living, it's mainly luck, getting noticed by the right people at the right time is what it takes...So you cling to the idea that if you branch out and do a lot of things, someone might take notice. Even if not, it's still a kick in the ass to do.
The last major factor that helps contribute to my making it through the day...Alcohol.
As Homer Simpson put it: "Ah, beer. The cause of, and solution to, many of life's little problems."
Many experts say that drinking doesn't make problems go away....it sure as hell makes them less troublesome, though.
That's how I get through my day....it seems to work, and I'm sure there are things I overlooked in this.
Good question.....there are a lot of things that keep me from going insane.
Youth is the main one, due to the stunning history of "mental illness" in my family.
Aside from that:
In my day-to-day life, I am surrounded by people that are interesting. My group of coworkers is makes life easier. It is a rare occurrence to have a day where we don't spend a great deal of our time working making jokes and quoting various pop-culture sources (mainly "The Simpsons").
Hobbies....or whatever you call them. Dreams, I suppose. Doing what I want on the weekend: cars, fishing, hunting and enjoying the outdoors. The idea that if I (we) work hard enough, then maybe (just maybe) it will be possible to make a career out of doing what we like to do. Talking to guys who do race for a living, it's mainly luck, getting noticed by the right people at the right time is what it takes...So you cling to the idea that if you branch out and do a lot of things, someone might take notice. Even if not, it's still a kick in the ass to do.
The last major factor that helps contribute to my making it through the day...Alcohol.
As Homer Simpson put it: "Ah, beer. The cause of, and solution to, many of life's little problems."
Many experts say that drinking doesn't make problems go away....it sure as hell makes them less troublesome, though.
That's how I get through my day....it seems to work, and I'm sure there are things I overlooked in this.
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decode that bitches.
decode that bitches.
It is at these times that make me wish that yes - I got past my own problems and went to college like a good little boy. Or that I sucked up the regurtitated microwaved and buzzed-in-a-blender bullshit from highschool and got a diploma and went through the military. But no. I decided I would tough it out. And here I am still living with my parents at twenty-and-one years of age. Some people dont seem to have a problem with that ( Andy? ) - but it seems that there is a part of me that does acknowledge that such activities " are not right " - and should be remedied. Unlike Steven - I dont have any grandeur plans of " getting the fuck out of here " - as of yet, and fully well know that in the event I am out on my own, alone - I will most definately lose my sense of sanity. Then there is Heather, whom I was counting on to move out with me, to protect my sanity and give me someone to be with ... it seems she's fallen through and here I am where I began - stuck at my parents house. But two things to post about. And here we go.
Numero - Uno
Answers - has anyone found them? I figured as I grew older that the answers to my questions about life would be answered - being older = more experience = more answers, but it seems the more I get into this little episode of time that I am alloted, the less answers I get and the more questions. It seems as if living itself was designed specifically to force you into not thinking about it and to just suffer through everything. In school - I learned that life is suffering, or was that through Buddhism? I don't quite recall - but I found solace in the idealogy of Albert Camus - and that of Absurdism. His concept of Sisyphus pushing that rock up the hill only to have it knocked down, and to push it up again - eternally struck so deep in me the meaninglessness of every action ever concieved and to be so. And yet here I am living through it. Here I am going through the actions myself - pushing the rock up and having it come down, and I am surprised!? But I know what it is. To agree with something in text and in a book and to understand the concept of something is much different than actually living it through - than performing the actions itself and feeling the feelings that are attributed to those occurances. Oh. How do you do it ( anyone on the board? ) - how do you get through your day everyday? Knowing that tomorrow will invariably be the same, that nothing changes and the only things that do change are the small things that you have control over that you can change - however the rock is still there which will require pushing, each ... and every ... day.
Numero - Swei
Animal Souls - I said I would post about this to start it up as a debate ( much as the eminem debate which I will get to at the end of this ) - do Animals ( particularly dogs? ) have souls? I personally say no. My reasons? I shall go through them. Animals do not have a language - now some of you might jump to the conclusion and say that animals talk to eachother - this is true, but that is communication - not language. Language itself consists of a bunch of different accents, tones, dialects, and so on and so forth. Grunting, Groaning, Whimpering, and Growling do not count as these things. A growl is a growl is a growl, but I can call you a dumbshit-mother-fucker in a happy tone of voice and then what are you going to think then? Happy or insulting? OH GOD! This confusion cannot be emulated in " animal speak " because when you whimper, you are in pain or hurt. When you growl, you are anger or defensive. Its that simple. There are no double meanings to anything. But I was shot down on this point that " No language is a lack of intelligence, not a soul " - and so I had to think of something which was not " intelligence based " which proved the lack of a soul. And I found it - how? Through religion, suckers - in most religions you have to attain some sort of level with your soul, you must cleanse it or something - or purge your sins or beg forgiveness from the creator, so on and so forth. An animal cannot pray. An animal cannot confess his sins. An animal cannot confess at all. So beat that motha-fuckas!
And as for eminem being a good rapper?
Of course - hands down.
I dont even see a need to debate it.
As for country - however, I do not understand what you said about the older stuff?
Do you like or dislike it - because I can stand the older stuff ( patsy and so forth ) but the newer stuff just seems to be cut/paste same damn'd thing to me / cant stand it.
I dont feel well.
Numero - Uno
Answers - has anyone found them? I figured as I grew older that the answers to my questions about life would be answered - being older = more experience = more answers, but it seems the more I get into this little episode of time that I am alloted, the less answers I get and the more questions. It seems as if living itself was designed specifically to force you into not thinking about it and to just suffer through everything. In school - I learned that life is suffering, or was that through Buddhism? I don't quite recall - but I found solace in the idealogy of Albert Camus - and that of Absurdism. His concept of Sisyphus pushing that rock up the hill only to have it knocked down, and to push it up again - eternally struck so deep in me the meaninglessness of every action ever concieved and to be so. And yet here I am living through it. Here I am going through the actions myself - pushing the rock up and having it come down, and I am surprised!? But I know what it is. To agree with something in text and in a book and to understand the concept of something is much different than actually living it through - than performing the actions itself and feeling the feelings that are attributed to those occurances. Oh. How do you do it ( anyone on the board? ) - how do you get through your day everyday? Knowing that tomorrow will invariably be the same, that nothing changes and the only things that do change are the small things that you have control over that you can change - however the rock is still there which will require pushing, each ... and every ... day.
Numero - Swei
Animal Souls - I said I would post about this to start it up as a debate ( much as the eminem debate which I will get to at the end of this ) - do Animals ( particularly dogs? ) have souls? I personally say no. My reasons? I shall go through them. Animals do not have a language - now some of you might jump to the conclusion and say that animals talk to eachother - this is true, but that is communication - not language. Language itself consists of a bunch of different accents, tones, dialects, and so on and so forth. Grunting, Groaning, Whimpering, and Growling do not count as these things. A growl is a growl is a growl, but I can call you a dumbshit-mother-fucker in a happy tone of voice and then what are you going to think then? Happy or insulting? OH GOD! This confusion cannot be emulated in " animal speak " because when you whimper, you are in pain or hurt. When you growl, you are anger or defensive. Its that simple. There are no double meanings to anything. But I was shot down on this point that " No language is a lack of intelligence, not a soul " - and so I had to think of something which was not " intelligence based " which proved the lack of a soul. And I found it - how? Through religion, suckers - in most religions you have to attain some sort of level with your soul, you must cleanse it or something - or purge your sins or beg forgiveness from the creator, so on and so forth. An animal cannot pray. An animal cannot confess his sins. An animal cannot confess at all. So beat that motha-fuckas!
And as for eminem being a good rapper?
Of course - hands down.
I dont even see a need to debate it.
As for country - however, I do not understand what you said about the older stuff?
Do you like or dislike it - because I can stand the older stuff ( patsy and so forth ) but the newer stuff just seems to be cut/paste same damn'd thing to me / cant stand it.
I dont feel well.
Wow.
Aaron, you hit the nail on the head, and found something you, Steven and I all agree with.
Saying that rappers like Eminem and Tupac have no talent is being deaf to the art simply because you don't like it. All you have to do is pay attention to the lyrics, the way they lay down the rhythms, etc. Once you listen to enough of it, it becomes clear the talent gap that exists between good rap and everything else in the genre.
The same can be said for country. I don't like country, but I do recognize the talent needed, and that there is the same division of talent there as in all music. That doesn't make me want to listen to it....except the older stuff, like Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash. In fact, the lyrics to one of Cash's most famous songs, "A Boy Named Sue," were written by none other than Shel Silverstein.
Early OT sucks. I should've turned it down.....
Aaron, you hit the nail on the head, and found something you, Steven and I all agree with.
Saying that rappers like Eminem and Tupac have no talent is being deaf to the art simply because you don't like it. All you have to do is pay attention to the lyrics, the way they lay down the rhythms, etc. Once you listen to enough of it, it becomes clear the talent gap that exists between good rap and everything else in the genre.
The same can be said for country. I don't like country, but I do recognize the talent needed, and that there is the same division of talent there as in all music. That doesn't make me want to listen to it....except the older stuff, like Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash. In fact, the lyrics to one of Cash's most famous songs, "A Boy Named Sue," were written by none other than Shel Silverstein.
Early OT sucks. I should've turned it down.....
Eminem IS a good rapper.
and I'm excited to see his new movie.
Anyways, what really gets me is this..
There were all these announcements "Justin Timberlake is performing SOLO for the first time ever!!"
And I'm thinking, well actually I didn't care at all, but I thought he would actually be performing solo.
So when it comes time for that Grande Solo Performance, 30+ people -- dancers, guitarists, drummers, rappers, singers-- join the stage with Justin. ugh, what the hell
and I'm excited to see his new movie.
Anyways, what really gets me is this..
There were all these announcements "Justin Timberlake is performing SOLO for the first time ever!!"
And I'm thinking, well actually I didn't care at all, but I thought he would actually be performing solo.
So when it comes time for that Grande Solo Performance, 30+ people -- dancers, guitarists, drummers, rappers, singers-- join the stage with Justin. ugh, what the hell
August 29, 2002
You're labeling sensor plugs before removing the wiring harness from engine "A" to adapt it to engine "B."
Mr. Y: "What is this?"
Mr. Z: "Fuck if I know."
Mr. Y labels it "CHIMP."
Mr. Z: "Does that say 'CHIMP?'"
Mr. Y: "Yes."
Mr. Z: "'CHIMP?'"
Mr. Y: "Yep."
Mr. Z: "?"
Mr. Y: "Well, that was about the gayest thing I could think of just then."
Mr. Z: "..."
Mr. Y: "What?"
Mr. Z: "Well, chimps are pretty gay."
Both agree that "CHIMP" is what it should be labeled.
Mr. Z: "Gonna label the next one 'BUBBLES?'"
Mr. Y: " Yep."
Mr. Z: "Maybe we should call it a night..."
Mr. Y: "'CHIMP.'"
Mr. Z: "..."
Mr. Y: "'CHIMP.'"
Man, that was a late night. To top it off, the labels we used didn't stick very well. Most of them fell off over night and I ended up using the shop manual to figure out what they were by wire color.
Okay this will be the last post I direct at you. I will not respond to your weak attempts at insults, I just wish to clarify one thing:
What I meant by "If you actually want to catch an ass-kicking, just keep up the same line of bullshit rhetorical banter if we ever meet again face-to-face." Fairly simple. In the real world, not on the internet, when you insult somebody in that manner to their face, they won't put up with it. Instead of getting in to a little war of words, they'll simply kick the shit out of you. Or attempt to do so. I know this from first hand experience.
Hiding behind the internet has become a popular thing to do. Its very similar to a small dog, say, a Chihuahua, barking and growling at someone from behind an eight foot chain-link fence. There is security provided by the board, and as James points out "what happens on the board, stays on the board." That's fine, people can then say whatever they feel without the dangers that exist in the outside world.
Know this: I do not simply bark on the board. If you ask anyone who knows me, they'll agree I say what I want, when I want, to whomever I want. I don't care. It's gotten me in fights and brawls before, it will again. If means a stay with room and board on the county's dime, so be it. Just ask Brad Borton as to who it was that kept us from brawling at the track that time. Wasn't me. Sure as hell wasn't him. His dad and the track officials were the only people there who kept us all out of Thurston County jail that night.
What you've said to me here would never fly if we were actually in the same room. I have a hard time believing you would ever say the things you've posted here to someone's face. I have fought with people that I consider friends over less.
So, basically, bark and yip all you want. If you ever want to step around the fence and try to back it up, just give me a call. I'll be more than happy to critique your debate style with a foot and a half of maple and steel.
What I meant by "If you actually want to catch an ass-kicking, just keep up the same line of bullshit rhetorical banter if we ever meet again face-to-face." Fairly simple. In the real world, not on the internet, when you insult somebody in that manner to their face, they won't put up with it. Instead of getting in to a little war of words, they'll simply kick the shit out of you. Or attempt to do so. I know this from first hand experience.
Hiding behind the internet has become a popular thing to do. Its very similar to a small dog, say, a Chihuahua, barking and growling at someone from behind an eight foot chain-link fence. There is security provided by the board, and as James points out "what happens on the board, stays on the board." That's fine, people can then say whatever they feel without the dangers that exist in the outside world.
Know this: I do not simply bark on the board. If you ask anyone who knows me, they'll agree I say what I want, when I want, to whomever I want. I don't care. It's gotten me in fights and brawls before, it will again. If means a stay with room and board on the county's dime, so be it. Just ask Brad Borton as to who it was that kept us from brawling at the track that time. Wasn't me. Sure as hell wasn't him. His dad and the track officials were the only people there who kept us all out of Thurston County jail that night.
What you've said to me here would never fly if we were actually in the same room. I have a hard time believing you would ever say the things you've posted here to someone's face. I have fought with people that I consider friends over less.
So, basically, bark and yip all you want. If you ever want to step around the fence and try to back it up, just give me a call. I'll be more than happy to critique your debate style with a foot and a half of maple and steel.
August 28, 2002
Okay......I never said anything about speed......but there is a huge difference between driving "safely" and driving precisely.
Driving in a manner that most consider to be "safe" is not necessarily better than driving precisely. If someone has physical control over their vehicle, and knows how to make it do what they want, then they will know the limits of safety while driving. However most people who drive "safely" are the biggest dangers on the road.
It grows more and more clear that you really don't know shit about actual driving, so I'm not going to bother arguing this with you anymore. I'm sure you can get in a car and go from point "A" to point "B" effectively, however I have no doubt that the nuances of the art remain unknown to you.
Either way, I'm done. It's a waste of time to continue debating this with you.
Yeah.
You obviously don't understand that I was trying to fuck with you when I made those "threats" you refer to, as well as the colorful insults. As the old saying goes, just trying to "get your goat." (That isn't meant in any manner that involves Velcro gloves and kneepads, it's just an expression.)
The fact that you thought I would actually show up proves how damn stupid you are. You aren't worth the time.
If you actually want to catch an ass-kicking, just keep up the same line of bullshit rhetorical banter if we ever meet again face-to-face. Aside from that.....whatever.
One thing...you are very quick to bring out the personal insults? Why is this? Are you so insecure that the only way you can feel good about yourself is by finding small things to point out in people? What the hell is your problem? I don't know you. You don't know me. As of now, it's going to stay that way. I really don't want to.
If your only purpose in coming to this board is to start shit and stir up a hornet's nest, you've certainly succeeded. Either grow up and knock it the hell off or quit wasting out time. You may notice, we quite often have discussions between ourselves. These discussions often could be taken as a little insulting.....but yet we're all still on good terms with one another because we don't take serious jabs. It's all meant in good fun.
I never wanted to make this personal, as I enjoy a good debate, but you ruined it by bringing in intensely personal insults. I'll admit, you struck a nerve, and I got a little pissed about it. How about you just fucking stop now, before things get nasty?
In closing, take your half-baked, bullshit little pre-pubescent personality and shove it up your faggot ass, you worthless fucking shit-for-brains excuse for a human being. How's that for clever, bitch?
Driving in a manner that most consider to be "safe" is not necessarily better than driving precisely. If someone has physical control over their vehicle, and knows how to make it do what they want, then they will know the limits of safety while driving. However most people who drive "safely" are the biggest dangers on the road.
It grows more and more clear that you really don't know shit about actual driving, so I'm not going to bother arguing this with you anymore. I'm sure you can get in a car and go from point "A" to point "B" effectively, however I have no doubt that the nuances of the art remain unknown to you.
Either way, I'm done. It's a waste of time to continue debating this with you.
Yeah.
You obviously don't understand that I was trying to fuck with you when I made those "threats" you refer to, as well as the colorful insults. As the old saying goes, just trying to "get your goat." (That isn't meant in any manner that involves Velcro gloves and kneepads, it's just an expression.)
The fact that you thought I would actually show up proves how damn stupid you are. You aren't worth the time.
If you actually want to catch an ass-kicking, just keep up the same line of bullshit rhetorical banter if we ever meet again face-to-face. Aside from that.....whatever.
One thing...you are very quick to bring out the personal insults? Why is this? Are you so insecure that the only way you can feel good about yourself is by finding small things to point out in people? What the hell is your problem? I don't know you. You don't know me. As of now, it's going to stay that way. I really don't want to.
If your only purpose in coming to this board is to start shit and stir up a hornet's nest, you've certainly succeeded. Either grow up and knock it the hell off or quit wasting out time. You may notice, we quite often have discussions between ourselves. These discussions often could be taken as a little insulting.....but yet we're all still on good terms with one another because we don't take serious jabs. It's all meant in good fun.
I never wanted to make this personal, as I enjoy a good debate, but you ruined it by bringing in intensely personal insults. I'll admit, you struck a nerve, and I got a little pissed about it. How about you just fucking stop now, before things get nasty?
In closing, take your half-baked, bullshit little pre-pubescent personality and shove it up your faggot ass, you worthless fucking shit-for-brains excuse for a human being. How's that for clever, bitch?
James....that System of a Down post kicked ass.
I can't help but agree with your interpretation that they want you to steal their porch lights. Or maybe they just want you to replace them with a lower wattage light bulb? Maybe trade the ones they have for some 40 watt or something.
Get your facts straight, junior. I do not live with my parents. I rent a house from them. I don't know where you get this "pillar of success" shit, but I have never claimed to be anything along those lines, nor have I ever supported any such claim.
Mistakes don't always characterize the existence of flaws. I recall having said "fuckups happen." If you're trying to say you've never made a mistake in the areas you consider yourself to be strong in, then you are lying through your teeth. Plain and simple.
You really need to quit bringing up incidents about which you know nothing. You were not there, nor have I ever explained the circumstances of my accident to you or anyone you associate with.
Quit bringing it up.
Now you want to go back to driving again. How many miles do you drive in an average week? Or, more to the point, how many miles in the past year? Hell, why not in your entire driving career? Do you know any of those numbers?
"I question why you think your job is so extravagant"
Hmm....I make 20 bucks an hour fixing shit. I have excellent benefits. But "extravagant?" No. I may have said it's a good job, which it is, or used the term "gravy" to imply it's smooth and easy, but I don't know where you get extravagant from.
Finally, there is a major line between actions and words. You don't know what my actions are or have been, only what I get on here and post. Go fuck yourself.
I can't help but agree with your interpretation that they want you to steal their porch lights. Or maybe they just want you to replace them with a lower wattage light bulb? Maybe trade the ones they have for some 40 watt or something.
Get your facts straight, junior. I do not live with my parents. I rent a house from them. I don't know where you get this "pillar of success" shit, but I have never claimed to be anything along those lines, nor have I ever supported any such claim.
Mistakes don't always characterize the existence of flaws. I recall having said "fuckups happen." If you're trying to say you've never made a mistake in the areas you consider yourself to be strong in, then you are lying through your teeth. Plain and simple.
You really need to quit bringing up incidents about which you know nothing. You were not there, nor have I ever explained the circumstances of my accident to you or anyone you associate with.
Quit bringing it up.
Now you want to go back to driving again. How many miles do you drive in an average week? Or, more to the point, how many miles in the past year? Hell, why not in your entire driving career? Do you know any of those numbers?
"I question why you think your job is so extravagant"
Hmm....I make 20 bucks an hour fixing shit. I have excellent benefits. But "extravagant?" No. I may have said it's a good job, which it is, or used the term "gravy" to imply it's smooth and easy, but I don't know where you get extravagant from.
Finally, there is a major line between actions and words. You don't know what my actions are or have been, only what I get on here and post. Go fuck yourself.
August 27, 2002
It wasn't directed at James. But when he jumped in, well, I had to respond.
You need to make the distinction between flaws and mistakes. Sometimes fuckups happen. There are also such things as bad choices, which would also fall under the heading of mistakes.
Now, I never responded to your first comment about my pedestrian incident, because I felt it wasn't needed. But you brought it up again. Two things:
1: If you've never had a wreck of some kind, or a ticket, or whatever, then you don't drive much.
2: If you want to bring up driving skill, shut the fuck up right now. I'll out-drive you any day. If you don't think so, bring your best. I will beat it.
Just for the record, we all think it's pretty damn funny when you try to insult Steven. It's stupid when you try to insult me. Maybe you should give it up, before something bad happens to you.
In short, suck a dick, you whiny little fuck.
You need to make the distinction between flaws and mistakes. Sometimes fuckups happen. There are also such things as bad choices, which would also fall under the heading of mistakes.
Now, I never responded to your first comment about my pedestrian incident, because I felt it wasn't needed. But you brought it up again. Two things:
1: If you've never had a wreck of some kind, or a ticket, or whatever, then you don't drive much.
2: If you want to bring up driving skill, shut the fuck up right now. I'll out-drive you any day. If you don't think so, bring your best. I will beat it.
Just for the record, we all think it's pretty damn funny when you try to insult Steven. It's stupid when you try to insult me. Maybe you should give it up, before something bad happens to you.
In short, suck a dick, you whiny little fuck.
Not too pull away from this fabulous debate about the powers of paper and proof of it...
but yesterday, as i was walking on my way to Bell town, passing a spirally looking statue/art-work thing, i noticed a man...
"a man you say?"
a man i say...
and what was so special about this man? Well.... i'll tell you my friends...
this man that i saw... well he decided to take down his pants, exposing his ass... and squat down, right next to this here statue...
and to make things more interesting... there was a group of people all over the place, and no one paid him any heed... as if to explain, "oh worry not young man... this is our normal behavior..."
now--i couldn't honestly tell you what this man was doing pulling down his pants and squating by that spirally statue thing that sits in belltown (i'm guessing the seedier part of belltown--of the "outskirts" of belltown), but i imagine that i won't really be walking that path again at night...
...
WHO THE HELL TAKES A DUMP IN THE MIDDLE OF PUBLIC NEXT TO A SPIRALLY STATUE THING?!
okay.
but yesterday, as i was walking on my way to Bell town, passing a spirally looking statue/art-work thing, i noticed a man...
"a man you say?"
a man i say...
and what was so special about this man? Well.... i'll tell you my friends...
this man that i saw... well he decided to take down his pants, exposing his ass... and squat down, right next to this here statue...
and to make things more interesting... there was a group of people all over the place, and no one paid him any heed... as if to explain, "oh worry not young man... this is our normal behavior..."
now--i couldn't honestly tell you what this man was doing pulling down his pants and squating by that spirally statue thing that sits in belltown (i'm guessing the seedier part of belltown--of the "outskirts" of belltown), but i imagine that i won't really be walking that path again at night...
...
WHO THE HELL TAKES A DUMP IN THE MIDDLE OF PUBLIC NEXT TO A SPIRALLY STATUE THING?!
okay.
No, It does hold water.
Like you said, there are many idiots out there with diplomas...so what's your excuse for not having one? You couldn't even play their stupid little game well enough to graduate? You can't even prove that you could meet the pathetic standards of the state? You couldn't take it seriously enough?
I'm not saying that having a high school diploma is a big thing. As you pointed out, it's not. What I am saying is that someone who can't even get one must be a real moron. I know that's not always the case, but you'd have a hard time proving otherwise.
More what I was pointing out is that people who didn't or couldn't graduate from high school, for whatever reason, have no business talking shit about others....
It isn't that you need that piece of paper for yourself....IT'S TO PROVE THAT KNOWLEDGE TO OTHER PEOPLE!!!!!!! Right now you have no way of doing so that "holds any water."
Or will you happily retire from that box factory in 40 years?
Like you said, there are many idiots out there with diplomas...so what's your excuse for not having one? You couldn't even play their stupid little game well enough to graduate? You can't even prove that you could meet the pathetic standards of the state? You couldn't take it seriously enough?
I'm not saying that having a high school diploma is a big thing. As you pointed out, it's not. What I am saying is that someone who can't even get one must be a real moron. I know that's not always the case, but you'd have a hard time proving otherwise.
More what I was pointing out is that people who didn't or couldn't graduate from high school, for whatever reason, have no business talking shit about others....
It isn't that you need that piece of paper for yourself....IT'S TO PROVE THAT KNOWLEDGE TO OTHER PEOPLE!!!!!!! Right now you have no way of doing so that "holds any water."
Or will you happily retire from that box factory in 40 years?
Jump
Bounce
Down
Up
I went out on a date,
With a girl, a bit late,
She had so many friends,
Gliding through many hands.
I brought my pogo stick,
Just to show her a trick,
She had so many friends,
Gliding through many hands.
Unannounced twister games,
All players with no names,
They lined up double quick,
But just one pogo stick,
Everyone gets to play,
Runaway, expose',
It was so exotic,
But just one pogo stick.
Jump Pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo
Bounce Pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo
Down Pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo
Up Pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo
Oh, I like to spread you out,
Touching whoever's behind
Jump Pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo
Bounce Pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo
Down Pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo
Up Pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo, pogo
sorry, had to be done.
August 26, 2002
Hahaha - a good laugh, but none the less the statement : " Either way, lets see a show of hands from all of those present who managed to graduate from high school after only ONE senior year: " holds no water what-so-ever ( or so, in my eyes ).
I would just like to remind all of you how many dumb motherfuckers out there who work at burger-king and some other shit-end-job who go to community college just as if it were " higher school " who do have diplomas and did graduate high-school. These are the people I despise, and a reason I can argue against the credibility of a diploma, or - more specifically - a BETHEL HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. There are people who dont know who Freud is. What a Freudian slip is. Who Karl Marx is. Who mistake INDIA FOR A GOD DAMNED CONTINENT and AFRICA FOR A COUNTRY. People who do not know basic math skills, have diplomas. People who can barely spell - people who can barely read - and people who can barely speak a coherant sentence without using words such as " fuck " " ass " or " shit ". These people all have diplomas.
Personally - these are reasons why I am proud to state that I am a non-grad.
and proud to realise that I do not need a piece of paper to know that I have knowledge worth of value.
As Bart Simpson stated on t-shirts which were banned from school :
Underachiever, and proud of it.
I would just like to remind all of you how many dumb motherfuckers out there who work at burger-king and some other shit-end-job who go to community college just as if it were " higher school " who do have diplomas and did graduate high-school. These are the people I despise, and a reason I can argue against the credibility of a diploma, or - more specifically - a BETHEL HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. There are people who dont know who Freud is. What a Freudian slip is. Who Karl Marx is. Who mistake INDIA FOR A GOD DAMNED CONTINENT and AFRICA FOR A COUNTRY. People who do not know basic math skills, have diplomas. People who can barely spell - people who can barely read - and people who can barely speak a coherant sentence without using words such as " fuck " " ass " or " shit ". These people all have diplomas.
Personally - these are reasons why I am proud to state that I am a non-grad.
and proud to realise that I do not need a piece of paper to know that I have knowledge worth of value.
As Bart Simpson stated on t-shirts which were banned from school :
Underachiever, and proud of it.
jEFF...man isn't that iMac sweet? I'm still not sure when I'll be getting mine...I just can't justify spending that kind of money when I already have two perfectly good computers....actually, two very good computers.
Plus.....two grand is wheels, tires and shocks for my truck...all badly needed due to the lack of performance-minded engineering in street trucks.....
I'd have Jaguar already, if Apple weren't being shit heads about it. They wouldn't release it to anyone before 10:20 Friday night...not even the Apple engineer I talked to Friday afternoon. Today, 10.2 server arrived...10.2 workstation can't be too far behind. I'll keep you updated on whether or not it's all they say it is.
Plus.....two grand is wheels, tires and shocks for my truck...all badly needed due to the lack of performance-minded engineering in street trucks.....
I'd have Jaguar already, if Apple weren't being shit heads about it. They wouldn't release it to anyone before 10:20 Friday night...not even the Apple engineer I talked to Friday afternoon. Today, 10.2 server arrived...10.2 workstation can't be too far behind. I'll keep you updated on whether or not it's all they say it is.
One word:
Turoc.
I loved them both.
Mario 64 was mind-blowing. Maybe that was more because of the substances I may or may not have been taking at the time.....
And Goldeneye. That had to be the best N64 game.
"Original Techno Composition"....now if that isn't bordering on a contradiction, I don't know what is. Not that I don't like techno, I do. It's just that....well....I spent a lot of years doing nothing but learning and playing music, so I guess I'm still a purist at heart. Of course, I've forgotten 90% of what I once knew about music. Maybe closer to 95%.
Jesse - man, I thought I knew you....evidently not.
Either way, lets see a show of hands from all of those present who managed to graduate from high school after only ONE senior year:
yeah.
didn't think so.
Turoc.
I loved them both.
Mario 64 was mind-blowing. Maybe that was more because of the substances I may or may not have been taking at the time.....
And Goldeneye. That had to be the best N64 game.
"Original Techno Composition"....now if that isn't bordering on a contradiction, I don't know what is. Not that I don't like techno, I do. It's just that....well....I spent a lot of years doing nothing but learning and playing music, so I guess I'm still a purist at heart. Of course, I've forgotten 90% of what I once knew about music. Maybe closer to 95%.
Jesse - man, I thought I knew you....evidently not.
Either way, lets see a show of hands from all of those present who managed to graduate from high school after only ONE senior year:
yeah.
didn't think so.
I would contest - still, that SNES was a SHITTY console - I hated it, I vaguely remember any game that was worth multiplayer-experience. Almost every game for that system that people harold " saving " it are single player RPGish Final Fantasy Chrono Trigger games. And as for the N64 - I would say that the only game released to " almost but not quite " save that console was TETRIS - with up to four players all playing at the same time and the prolifieration of N64 controlers you were always capable to have a good time with that game.
And another thing I've been thinking about thats been getting on my nerves lately is how they dont have " small toys " anymore - things that you can collect and play with. Two things I've been looking for are these small " muscle men " that were called : M.U.S.C.L.E. and there were tons of them - some flesh colored others neon colored - and they didnt move they were just like small hard-plastic figurines that looked real mean and you could make them fight and use your imagination and could have like five or six of them in your pocket. They were my savior during long road trips - all you needed was a handfull of them and you could make so many stories and so on and so forth. Anywho - needless to say - there arent any of them that I can find, asides from eBAY where they'll cost an arm and a leg ( I want to get like a couple hundred of them ) - and another thing that I cannot find are the small Z-BOTS - which were kind of like the muscle men but these could move and they were odd colored and robots and they were basically the same thing but smaller.
Now-a-days the only things I can find are like miniature poke-mon figurines which dont look as cool and are always " posed " in positions that you cant really do anything with. And they're all anime-inspired so when you buy a SMALL figure you get like 97% eyes, 2% torso and 1% arms+legs. WHAT THE FUCK I WANTED A FIGURINE NOT A LARGE PAIR OF EYES WITH ARMS AND LEGS AND A BODY HANGING OFF OF IT.
So FUCK YOU BANDAI.
And another thing I've been thinking about thats been getting on my nerves lately is how they dont have " small toys " anymore - things that you can collect and play with. Two things I've been looking for are these small " muscle men " that were called : M.U.S.C.L.E. and there were tons of them - some flesh colored others neon colored - and they didnt move they were just like small hard-plastic figurines that looked real mean and you could make them fight and use your imagination and could have like five or six of them in your pocket. They were my savior during long road trips - all you needed was a handfull of them and you could make so many stories and so on and so forth. Anywho - needless to say - there arent any of them that I can find, asides from eBAY where they'll cost an arm and a leg ( I want to get like a couple hundred of them ) - and another thing that I cannot find are the small Z-BOTS - which were kind of like the muscle men but these could move and they were odd colored and robots and they were basically the same thing but smaller.
Now-a-days the only things I can find are like miniature poke-mon figurines which dont look as cool and are always " posed " in positions that you cant really do anything with. And they're all anime-inspired so when you buy a SMALL figure you get like 97% eyes, 2% torso and 1% arms+legs. WHAT THE FUCK I WANTED A FIGURINE NOT A LARGE PAIR OF EYES WITH ARMS AND LEGS AND A BODY HANGING OFF OF IT.
So FUCK YOU BANDAI.
Okay... wow.
So i'm sitting here in the UW computer/bookstore, checking out this 17" widescreen iMac... and wow...
this thing would be amazing for watching DVD's... damn you bradbury, cause i know this is the one you are planning to get...
geezus...
and i'm also trying out this new Jaguar... (OS X 10.2) and it really is faster... so far...
of course, its on a super machine... so who knows about my iBook... but still...
i just wanna watch movies on this thing...
who'd have thought... a widescreen on a computer... sweet... uber-sweet.
and i'm really thinking of getting OS X.2 just cause its like fast... and i can actually probably use it to get online at the new apartment complex that i'm living at...
address, for all those that care:
Jeff Paulino
2717 Western Ave #330
Seattle, Wa. 98121
--- now fair warning... i may not have that address right, and i will have to go home later and verify that... but i do believe that it is correct...
i believe so... that doesn't mean i'm a hundred percent sure...
the coolest parts of this new place:
1) 52" TV in a media room with leather couches and chairs... just imagine Smash Bros Melee on that... or any console game... beautiful...
i feel like playing old NES and SNES on it...
which reminds me--i havne't read all the posts lately... but i saw this blurb so i'll tell you: its Zelda: A Link to the Past. that game...godly...Rock the jOe godly!
2) about two blocks from the WaterFront...
james... remember when we came up here to meet BullRabbit... yeah, i was walking around the area that i live now... and i realized... i live really really close to the bar that he took us into before we all got kicked out...
my goal... find that bar... do you remember the name of said bar?
3) no more freshman.
4) okay... hmm...had a four... don't remember four...
Basculez le jOe!
the bad about new place of residence:
living with four other guys...
damnit. oh well... awesomes none the less...
and damnit, i just realized... i want an airport device... cause wireless internet rules all. all.
So i'm sitting here in the UW computer/bookstore, checking out this 17" widescreen iMac... and wow...
this thing would be amazing for watching DVD's... damn you bradbury, cause i know this is the one you are planning to get...
geezus...
and i'm also trying out this new Jaguar... (OS X 10.2) and it really is faster... so far...
of course, its on a super machine... so who knows about my iBook... but still...
i just wanna watch movies on this thing...
who'd have thought... a widescreen on a computer... sweet... uber-sweet.
and i'm really thinking of getting OS X.2 just cause its like fast... and i can actually probably use it to get online at the new apartment complex that i'm living at...
address, for all those that care:
Jeff Paulino
2717 Western Ave #330
Seattle, Wa. 98121
--- now fair warning... i may not have that address right, and i will have to go home later and verify that... but i do believe that it is correct...
i believe so... that doesn't mean i'm a hundred percent sure...
the coolest parts of this new place:
1) 52" TV in a media room with leather couches and chairs... just imagine Smash Bros Melee on that... or any console game... beautiful...
i feel like playing old NES and SNES on it...
which reminds me--i havne't read all the posts lately... but i saw this blurb so i'll tell you: its Zelda: A Link to the Past. that game...godly...Rock the jOe godly!
2) about two blocks from the WaterFront...
james... remember when we came up here to meet BullRabbit... yeah, i was walking around the area that i live now... and i realized... i live really really close to the bar that he took us into before we all got kicked out...
my goal... find that bar... do you remember the name of said bar?
3) no more freshman.
4) okay... hmm...had a four... don't remember four...
Basculez le jOe!
the bad about new place of residence:
living with four other guys...
damnit. oh well... awesomes none the less...
and damnit, i just realized... i want an airport device... cause wireless internet rules all. all.
i have the FLU now. I'm never allowed to leave the house, but I managed to get sick..
ahh.. anyways, these posts got me thinking "oh well I can just play the nintento and playstation".
I decided to investigate what games we have, and we have NONE for nintendo, and only DDR, Final Fantasy 9, & 2 Tony Hawk games for Playstation. so much for that.
ahh.. anyways, these posts got me thinking "oh well I can just play the nintento and playstation".
I decided to investigate what games we have, and we have NONE for nintendo, and only DDR, Final Fantasy 9, & 2 Tony Hawk games for Playstation. so much for that.
It is good to see everyone, yet again - back in the swing of things.
Aaron and Steven going at it again ( again with something I dont care much to jump into on - what is with that? why dont the two of you choose a god-damned topic that I know something about so I can show both of you up? ;b ) - and Jesse casually telling everying to shut up - Bradbury commenting from the sidelines and then out of nowhere Zacho says something that just makes me laugh like a no good :
" Last christmas I Was the board .... so fuck. "
that was great. I mean c'mon - to think the board was even here last christmas still trips me out - On one hand you have that this has stayed around for that long - and on the other hand you have the small thought that " a year or two still isnt that long of a time " - whooo.
Anywho - on to my post :
Football
here it is bitches - at work they play football games and here I was thinking to myself " you know what I want to play? I want to play TECMO FOOTBALL " - because that game was the shit. Anyone saying otherwise obviously never spent their entire summer drinking pepsi, eating doritos, and playing Tecmo with their pal who was lucky enough to own a NES. In fact, the more I think about the more Im going to go out and spend like 300$ on getting a NES and all the old-school games I grew up with. The FIRST final fantasy, the old-school hockey game where you could start fights, the CONTRA series, oh my jesus - and even the MeGa MAN series. NINJA GAIDEN. EXCITE-BIKE. DOUBLE-DRAGON. BLASTER MASTER. METAL-GEAR. BATTLE-TOADS. PAPERBOY. SUPER DODGE BALL. PRO WRESTLING. these are classics. Games that if hadn't been - I would probably remember most of my childhood and all the anal-probing and sex-play that my homoerotic foreign bus-driving next-door neighbor named Phil did to me. ... wait-a-minute.
but then there is the other thing I am almost tempted to spend my money on - and it isnt NES or NES games. But rather, a SNES ( OH MY JESUS HE ADDED AN +S ) - and when I got to thinking about all the awesome games on the SNES all I could think of was Mario Kart ... and I kept thinking. ... and I really didnt get anything else but Mario Kart because I really didnt enjoy the SNES and thought it sucked anyway. HAH. SO FUCK YOU SNES.
Aaron and Steven going at it again ( again with something I dont care much to jump into on - what is with that? why dont the two of you choose a god-damned topic that I know something about so I can show both of you up? ;b ) - and Jesse casually telling everying to shut up - Bradbury commenting from the sidelines and then out of nowhere Zacho says something that just makes me laugh like a no good :
" Last christmas I Was the board .... so fuck. "
that was great. I mean c'mon - to think the board was even here last christmas still trips me out - On one hand you have that this has stayed around for that long - and on the other hand you have the small thought that " a year or two still isnt that long of a time " - whooo.
Anywho - on to my post :
Football
here it is bitches - at work they play football games and here I was thinking to myself " you know what I want to play? I want to play TECMO FOOTBALL " - because that game was the shit. Anyone saying otherwise obviously never spent their entire summer drinking pepsi, eating doritos, and playing Tecmo with their pal who was lucky enough to own a NES. In fact, the more I think about the more Im going to go out and spend like 300$ on getting a NES and all the old-school games I grew up with. The FIRST final fantasy, the old-school hockey game where you could start fights, the CONTRA series, oh my jesus - and even the MeGa MAN series. NINJA GAIDEN. EXCITE-BIKE. DOUBLE-DRAGON. BLASTER MASTER. METAL-GEAR. BATTLE-TOADS. PAPERBOY. SUPER DODGE BALL. PRO WRESTLING. these are classics. Games that if hadn't been - I would probably remember most of my childhood and all the anal-probing and sex-play that my homoerotic foreign bus-driving next-door neighbor named Phil did to me. ... wait-a-minute.
but then there is the other thing I am almost tempted to spend my money on - and it isnt NES or NES games. But rather, a SNES ( OH MY JESUS HE ADDED AN +S ) - and when I got to thinking about all the awesome games on the SNES all I could think of was Mario Kart ... and I kept thinking. ... and I really didnt get anything else but Mario Kart because I really didnt enjoy the SNES and thought it sucked anyway. HAH. SO FUCK YOU SNES.
I am so sick of that phrase "the pot calling the kettle black"
Anytime someone uses it to close up an argument, it means they ran out of things to say and so they must
somehow make their weak argument seem valid.
I must disagree with one statement you made:
I also think you know jack shit about music
Steve happens to know a fucking lot about music. Hell, sometimes he upstages me with his knowledge.
Anytime someone uses it to close up an argument, it means they ran out of things to say and so they must
somehow make their weak argument seem valid.
I must disagree with one statement you made:
I also think you know jack shit about music
Steve happens to know a fucking lot about music. Hell, sometimes he upstages me with his knowledge.
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I'm not sure about the terms "waiter" and "waitress", but more than likely that is the case...
it certainly is the case in France... where it used to be the thing to call the waiter "garçon"...
now you will probably get punched or something by the waiter... instead it is now "serveur"...
--i think it is because of the fact that "garçon" is translated to the word "boy"... and means just that... so when you are in a restaurant, and you ask for the waiter...its bad to call him "garçon"...
a useful tidbit to know if you ever go to France, or eat in a French restaurant--there or here...
--hehe, now to go to a restaurant and call for the garçon...
hey, just because i have that knowledge--doesn't mean they all need to be aware that i know it...
it certainly is the case in France... where it used to be the thing to call the waiter "garçon"...
now you will probably get punched or something by the waiter... instead it is now "serveur"...
--i think it is because of the fact that "garçon" is translated to the word "boy"... and means just that... so when you are in a restaurant, and you ask for the waiter...its bad to call him "garçon"...
a useful tidbit to know if you ever go to France, or eat in a French restaurant--there or here...
--hehe, now to go to a restaurant and call for the garçon...
hey, just because i have that knowledge--doesn't mean they all need to be aware that i know it...
Ask -Bradbury- was a valiant attempt that kicked ass for exactly four days.
They have this new waitress at the Chinese restaurant we often eat at. She's from the Czech Republic. Man.....I need to move to eastern Europe. Seriously.
And the term "Waitress." Is that now un-PC? I can never keep on top of what the puritanical assholes that come up with this shit deem to be improper. Should it now be all "Server" instead of "Waiter" and "Waitress?"
They have this new waitress at the Chinese restaurant we often eat at. She's from the Czech Republic. Man.....I need to move to eastern Europe. Seriously.
And the term "Waitress." Is that now un-PC? I can never keep on top of what the puritanical assholes that come up with this shit deem to be improper. Should it now be all "Server" instead of "Waiter" and "Waitress?"
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