Oh God

Get ready--

I saw Prometheus yesterday and I am still trying to figure parts of it out. This marks it out as not your average summer blockbuster.

Really because I heard it was shit.
Or a really good movie, actually.
I dunno. Fuck it.

Talking with my missus this week about the Cold War made me remember a conversation I had at work in about 1999 about what we'd do in the event of a three minute warning of nuclear attack. Always assuming that the government passed such a warning on of course.

So you're married--
so presumably this is a man but I'm not betting on it.
LORD HAVE I BEEN BURNED SO MANY TIMES--

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Once we achieve hope, anything is possible.

It's okay to make mistakes. Mistakes are our teachers - they help us to learn

Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.

What the fuck?
Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
If it has a second hand that means it's wrong 86,398 times a day.
But let's focus on the incidental two times it's right. No, awesome.
If it has a second hand it is right 0.000002% of the time a day.
I'm not demanding perfection from my clocks--
I know for a fact the main clock in my room loses about 30 seconds a week but I cut it some slack because it was made in like 1956 but still, you know, I expect it to be right more than a fraction of 1% of the time.

Who do you think would make a great U.S. president?

Caligula.

What is a synonym for your LiveJournal?

I don't have a Livejournal but a synonym for Livejournal in general is shit.

Some things are too important to be left to the private sector.

Like everything but then again the government is run by idiots--
IT'S A MINEFIELD.

Let me explain my political position. I think that the life-or-death industries like the utility companies (gas, water, electricity etc) and of course health, the armed forces police, fire brigade should be state-run.

 Why?

I don't recall in Britain when the utilities were state-run that we had the problem of OAPs having to choose between heating and eating every winter and I don't think anyone had even heard the phrase 'fuel poverty' before the industry was privatised.  

The fuck are you people doing?
I thought Britain was a first world country. You already mentioned well fare-- don't you subsidize poor peoples' heating?
Can Britain really not reconcile state run everything versus privatizing industries but subsidizing the poor peoples' costs?

Things like the welfare state the prison service and the judiciary important things like that will obviously still be administered by the government as well as transport schooling etc. 

I'd actually like to see a privatized judiciary system. I imagine it'd actually be far more efficient and fair than the existing mess.
I'm not saying I'd want to commit to it because it'd probably end up like Robocop or some shit but I'd like to see their plan before committing to it.

Everything else we can have private firms running things, competition and all that. I mean who wants a state-run supermarket? How dull would that be!

... Actually--
a state run supermarket system would be pretty smart.
Having worked at one for a while I can safely say they're not entirely sure what they're doing.
At least it'd minimize some of the fuckery I see there.

I saw someone driving yesterday. Not in itself all that unusual but they had an iPod on. No not on in their car routed through their speakers. Actually listening to it while they were driving with the earphones in their ears.

I'm not a driver but I can't for the life of me think that that is safe.

That is illegal in the US and I assume in the UK although after what I've just read it wouldn't surprise me if you people had no laws at all.
To be honest I don't fully understand why it's illegal. The logic is you need to hear emergency personnel coming but as anyone who has had iPod earbuds on can attest you'll definitely hear them coming because the noise bleed on any pair of earbuds is ridiculous.
Also I like how he says "not in itself all that unusual" like someone was about to say HEY WAIT SLOW DOWN YOU SAW WHAT?

Surely you need to be aware of things around you including noises and be alert at all times when in control of a vehicle?

Surely you do but I don't see how the sound being right in your ears versus being at three quarter's volume on the radio makes a huge difference.

Okay so the last time I posted about CCTV people freaked out a bit. But that was about three years ago so here goes again!

When people say we're the most watched nation on Earth in the UK I always think that they're scaremongering a bit. Mostly because if you've worked in a fast-food restaurant like I have you know that some cameras are of poor quality and the tape in them is reused so much that its practically transparent!

Wow.
Good work, idiot.
"It's okay there's a pervasive program of monitoring in my country because the government is too stupid to implement it properly."
Bang up job all around, retards.

The point is when they say there are X amount of cameras in Bridlington or wherever, they don't take into account the amount that are dummy cameras to scare people off, the amount that are covered in bird crap and unusable, the amount that use the same tape over and over etc etc. 

I think the fact the government installed them at all is pretty disturbing but then again I live in a first world country and not England.
Which I thought was first world but the more I read the more I'm starting to analyze my position on the matter.

And as we saw with the riots in London this year, CCTV is only really good after the event. Because despite what the some say, there isn't an operator sitting behind the screen watching every single camera. If there was, there would be zero unemployment!

Yeah after the race riots.
Because it's the 1960s in England still.

So I don't think CCTV is necessarily a bad thing. But then I'm not an armed robber, a drug dealer or someone that goes out looking for someone to hit with a bat!

You heard it here first: police states are okay as long as you're not an armed robber.
It must be great being this stupid.

So do I agree with the British monarchy. Yes. But not for reasons of patriotism as such. Economically they make sense as they cost about 79p to each citizen per year which is small beer when you consider the tourism revenue they bring in every year.

Plus there is the important thing. Having an apolitical head of state.

... An apolitical head of state with no actual power behind it, what?

So the British Medical Association said yesterday that smoking in cars should be banned.

Now, I am an ex-smoker (I quit two years ago) but I don't think everyone should be like me. Obviously smoking-related illness is a bad and very painful thing. But it is a lifestyle choice and your car is your own property.

This is an interesting stance from someone who just admitted having the government monitoring its citizenry constantly isn't a bad thing as long as you're not a criminal to take.
Government said it's bad--
Better comply, citizen, or prepare to be assigned to a reeducation facility.

If I walk through a cloud of cigarette smoke when I'm out I don't mind all that much, a couple of steps and you're through it. In a car, yes it is an enclosed space, but any kind of a parent should know themselves that subjecting their kids to second-hand smoke is bad. They're acting as if every parent is the most irresponsible person in the world!

Are you questioning policy, citizen?

But it is a choice. And banning smoking in cars, while probably a good thing in the long run for personal health, is unworkable. Don't the police have enough to do with all the cuts coming their way?

LIKE MONITORING ITS CITIZENRY.

When you watch things like Ice Road Truckers and see that they have an Alaskan oil pipeline through some of the most inhospitable terrain on Earth, the narration always makes it sound like its a great feat benefitting humankind. Which of course it is. But what would probably match if not better that would be if we could do the same with water with pipelines taking it to the most drought-heavy regions of the Third World.

Well why not? It seems like a no-brainer to me.

... Why not?
Are you joking?
$$$$$$$$?
The gas pipes in Alaska pay for themselves--
water pipes in Africa would only cost.

And it could also potentially offer a partial solution to the problem of rising sea levels in the future, with desalination plants on the coast purifying the water before sending it through the pipelines to inland areas for drinking and irrigation.

Am--
am I getting trolled?
That would solve the rising water levels?
Yes because when you drink water it just vanishes from reality and doesn't wind up back in the ecosystem at some point.
And, you know, expensive salt water purification plants and transportation lines are completely sustainable in an area of the world with about 0 infrastructure.
All right, boss, you have your pipes but WHOOPS ONE BROKE WHAT NOW?
The desert and the jungle especially are really hard on man-made structures so where's your staff to keep the jungle foliage from literally growing through your pipes?
Where do these pipes even wind up? Are you seriously feeding them through the entire African continent?
You'll have to transport them from the main saline treatment plants on the coast--
the coast of Africa, incidentally, which a quick Google search confirms is 16,000 square miles--
and the water will have to go to some sort of containing facility which will then have to feed into the various villages and shit--
who will need some sort of basic sewage system at this point to keep your waterworks from becoming tainted--
Do you have any idea how much this would cost?
You were just complaining about your country being broke. This would be enough to completely decimate the economy of the top 20 economies in the world I imagine.

And because the technology already exists it would probably be relatively cheap too.

...
Wow.
Yeah, pipelines just lay themselves.
Idiot.
I didn't even get into the astronomical sums it would cost to move that much piping over from the US (I assume the US would be donating the pipes) to Africa--
or Jesus Christ, moving the facilities to make the pipes over to Africa so they can make their own pipes?
Are we talking about a 70 year project or what?
Now, look, I'm no expert on logistics or supply routes here (despite people telling me I should go back to school for that, what) but one thing I do know is all logistics pretty much boil down to having material where you need it and Africa doesn't have material and it isn't where most people need it.
That might sound cold (because it is) but that goes a long way towards explaining why this plan won't ever happen.
I didn't even get into the fact that saline treatment isn't cheap at all and this guy's an idiot but let's skip over that for now or my head will explode.

It may even prove to the populations of the drought-affected countries that the West does care about them and stop them from being driven into the arms of extremists through mistrust and disgust of the richer nations.

Drought is a problem in Africa but it pales into insignificance compared to AIDS and conflict materials.
And you can't just propose people get their materials from somewhere else like during that whole blood diamonds nonsense because some of those metals are only found in that area of Africa.
You could deprive the first world of its metals that it needs to make processors but the effect that would have on Africa would be catastrophic compared to letting them persist in this conflict state.
I'm not even getting into what kind of effect that would have on the first world because this is only about Africa.
And I'm using effect instead of affect because at this point this level of idiocy has a direct cause and effect on the planet if he's in charge.
He means to do this to the planet.

Every day vast numbers of people have no access to plentiful water supplies and yet more drink polluted water doing untold damage to themselves because there is simply no other option if you want to survive until tomorrow. This is wrong and one of the greatest scandals in the world today. The simplest ideas are usually the best too.

Can't just teach them to filter their water with simple mesh nets and boil it, no, we have to create the most complicated water management system in the history of the entire fucking world.
This would make the New York pipelines and the entirety of the Roman aqueducts system look like a retard playing with tinker toys by comparison.
Why not propose we travel to Europa and mine its frozen ice lakes to bring back to Africa? At least some important ancillary technology would come from that.

One of my pet botherings is the way people misrepresent the very thought of universal socialised healthcare as 'socialist' and something to be avoided at all costs.

Well based off your previous post about water in Africa I'm guessing the concept that things cost money is a new one for you.

They say socialist like its a bad thing! I wonder if these people charge their next door neighbours for a band-aid.

A single band-aid has literally no resale value but if my neighbor is expecting me to foot his expensive treatment I might object a little bit.
See what I mean when I say this guy has no concept of value?
Is he seriously expecting the band-aid analogy to work?

Healthcare is not left wing its not right wing its not centre either. Its completely apolitical. It is the most noble thought to have occured to the human mind. To help your fellow human being in their hour of need. Health is a right not a privelege.

 He makes it seem like everyone but the poor are so rich they can afford whatever the fuck they want and are just denying the poor to be assholes. Do you have any idea how many people are barely scraping by and an expensive medical problem would nearly break them, such that they now can't afford to help anyone else?
Where's the compassion for people like that?
"People like that", incidentally, are the most populous group in any developed nation.
They're called the middle class.

Things people say that don't make sense.

Can we start with "piping sterilized ocean water through Africa is a viable solution to drought"?

 *"Don't knock it until you've tried it".

Hmmm lets see. I'm anti-fascist and I don't need to try fascism to know that it'll never be for me. And the same goes for jumping from a 20-storey window and shooting myself in the face. 

Oh shit. You sure got them, smartass. 

*"I don't vote in elections".

The king of stupid sayings. It took us decades to get the vote and world wars to keep it. The least you can do is put an X on a bit of paper you selfish fuck. And if you don't, you surrender the right to complain about anything. Ever.

I never understood this logic. If all of my choices are inherently shit and I choose not to deal with this garbage don't I have the right to complain?
You picked the idiot in office, or worse, you picked the idiot so bad he couldn't even win so don't you lose your right to complain?

Do you believe in UFOs? Do you have a gut dis/belief or do you rely on empirical proof? 

If there's empirical proof for what it is--
it's no longer a UFO, is it?
What does the 'U' in UFO stand for, dipshit?

Yes. I say this because I saw...something one night that changed my opinion from being a dyed-in-the-wool sceptic to being aware that there is more to this universe than us and thats it.

And its not only me, at least 75% of the people I grew up with or am friends with now have seen some strange goings-on at some point above our town. I know, I know, it sounds like a Stephen King novel or something where there's a town that loads of people have seen this and treat it as an everyday thing! But its true.

UNIDENTIFIED flying object.
MUST BE ALIENS!
Well you've now identified it, haven't you?
Of all the things that it could be why do you automatically conclude it must be aliens?
Never mind, actually. I gotta pick my battles with this idiot, clearly.

"We've got to make sure that people who have more money help the people who have less money". - Barack Obama.

Apparently Obama meant "by demographic" because he's certainly fucking over the middle class.
Actually the wealthy still have more money by demographic so I guess he's just a liar.

Do you believe in luck? Do you think some people are luckier than others? Do actions cause reactions or are there intervening forces beyond our control that govern our destinies? 

Man I sure miss writer's block.

No no and no. If fate really existed and we couldn't alter our course in life there would be no point in doing anything, ever. Fate is often confused by stupid people with coincidence.

After the shit you've just said I think you've lost your right to call anyone else stupid.
Also that's bulletproof logic. If fate were a real thing do you really think you'd be capable of understanding fate as a reality?

And the same with life. If you didn't get that job/girl/whatever its not down to luck its down to how much you wanted it and what you were prepared (or not prepared) to do in order to succeed.

That's an awfully utilitarian view from someone who said all that other shit in this blog.

So I see from my Daily Mirror today a pic of one of Girls Aloud (not sure which, but one that isn't Cheryl) looking ultra-skinny and gaunt with the predictable 'before and after' side pictures showing a healthy-looking young lady a few years ago that contrasts with the whippet-thin girl in the main article.

Girls Aloud?
Is it 2004?

Now I'm not sure at this second if she's ill or whatever and thats the reason for her sudden weightloss. But plenty of celebs are super-skinny out of choice. But why?

Every bloke I've ever talked to about this says the same thing: that they don't like ultra-thin women. And neither do I. 

Well there you have it. No one wants skinny chicks. This dude and his friends have deemed it--
so it is.

Is it because they think its what geezers want? Because they're wrong if they do.

Us lads want women to be...womanly. Any fella that wants a girl with a body like a 12 year old boy I find slightly disturbing.

I've seen this logic a disturbing number of times.
Like skinny chicks?
Nope fuck you you're either gay or a pedophile.
Well have fun, fatty fucker.

Obviously its the woman's choice what she does with her body but...all that effort if its in an attempt to attract boys is a little wasted on us.

Thats what most males think anyway!

Yeah yeah go work on your salt treatment, asshole.
Evaporation is the fastest way to do that shit, incidentally.
Saved you a lot of time I'm sure.
Anyway this has already gone on way too long so I'm going now.
Goodbye.

I AM BLIND

Apparently. Either that or this person has incredible vision.
No just kidding she's a stupid cunt who has no thought at all for her (nonexistent) readers.
I found this cunt through my new haunt, ONTD_Political.
Apparently Oreos made an ad in support of gay pride--
and people were offended--
so of course ONTD_Political was offended at their offense.
Also some people considered this a cynical bid by Kraft food to gain support.
Probably true but frankly who gives a shit.
I like to think some asshole like me is head of the Kraft advertising department and decided this would be the best way to troll the maximum number of people with the least effort.
10 minutes in Photoshop and BAM.

Ladies & gentlemen,

What a strange time to be an artist…

In this time and place, what does it mean to be “transgressive?” What does “radical behavior” mean when the Tea Party lunatics are perceived as defenders of democracy and Glen Beck as a defender of free speech?

What does it mean to be a guy who makes fun of blogs on the internet?
In this time and place, what does it mean to "tell jokes"? What does "shut the fuck up you stupid cunt" mean when THE ENTIRE ENTRY IS A LINK TO TUMBLRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR--

 Remember the Bush era? What the hell is performance art, pregunto, when a theological cowboy runned the so-called “free world” as if he were directing a spaghetti western on the wrong set?

Runned.
You know, the past tense of run?
IRREGULAR VERBS ARE YOU CRAZY?
Runned isn't even some bizarro past participle no one has heard of like "swum".
Swum is a word, incidentally.
I have swum.
I swear to Christ that is grammatically correct.
Shit like that is why Latin is still inherently superior to English, incidentally.

What is science fiction when creationism becomes official policy?

Warhammer 40,000 6th edition comes out June 30th by the way.
MY BODY
IS READY

What the hell is performance when Conan the Barbarian became governor of California twice in a reality show called “California?”

Well he did conquer Cimmeria with his own hands.
I WILL CONQUER THIS LAND OF AQUILONIA ARRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Coño, I ask myself rhetorically, what else is there to “transgress?” Who can artists shock, challenge, enlighten?  

How about you paint something that looks like something?
Or sculpt something that looks like a person?

Who is listening? What else should I do or say tonight? Should I improvise more? Give birth to yet another performance persona on stage, “America’s most wanted inner demon?” Should I burn my bra or my green card at the steps of the Museum of Contemporary Art? Bear my soul at the altar of despair? Masturbate in the name of democracy and freedom?

Don't even bother. It won't be as cool as that picture of a Space Marine elbowing an Eldar in the face or that other one of a Black Templar looking hardcore.

 Curse Jehovah or Allah? Show up naked at the Alamo with my red stilettos and black cane? Auction my left testicle on eBay?

Here's an idea:
kill yourself.
End of performance piece.
Here's a picture of a cute Asian chick inexplicably--
while appreciated I don't think she'll cover up for this mess of a blog.

Gamers get hella uncomfortable over male sexuality too. Can you imagine a “good male character who just happens to be wearing sexually exploitative outfits because he’s ok with his masculinity?” Constantly has the camera pan lovingly over his asscrack and firm glutes, and big ole dangly ballsack that is totes sweaty from all this MMA and soldiering. Time to hit the showers, and do you, personally, think it’s ok to have a long slow pan up the dude’s package (indiscreetly hidden in a jock of course), to his chiseled physique and erect nipples (pierced). He’s not even a Bond-esque confident man, he’s basically a weird Bowie caricature that’s constantly having near-dickslips in every single cinematic as the completely nonsexualized female characters do their business of being gruff and shooting dudes and advancing the plot. Finally, at the end he falls in love (out of nowhere) and/or is killed by the big baddie.

This is a new thing girl gamers like to argue. That really muscly men aren't sexualized because it's a male power fantasy.
Ignoring for the moment that I could argue the oversexualized female characters are a female power fantasy (because who can say what someone will consider a power fantasy):

 Average male character in FFXIV.
I know his nipples aren't pierced a la the post you made but FFXIV doesn't really have many piercing options.
And I wouldn't be surprised to see it in FFXIV. Nor would I care, honestly.
As long as you can punch Garuda right in the snatch you can have as many cock piercings you want.

We are again confronted with one of the most vexing aspects of advanced industrial civilization: the rational character of its irrationality.

...
Not a fucking sentence.
 the rational character of its irrationality what?

not sure if i am particularly irritable today or if everything really was extra fucking shit today

helllll

A WOMAN BEING IRRATIONAL
I'LL INFORM THE VATICAN

 there is this creature,
it burrows 15cm into the tree of its namesake
it lives there feeding on the flesh of the opening it has made.

It lives there for 5 years until

it metamorphoses into a moth, but only for 48 hours, when it will then die.

Wow that's really pretentious.
Also moths are fucking assholes.

did i feel happy because i was free? or free because i was happy?

WHOAAAAAAA SO FUCKING DEEP
HOLY
SHIT
DID I FEEL PISSED BECAUSE I HAD TO READ THIS CRAP
OR BECAUSE I HAD TO READ THIS CRAP I WAS PISSED?

 it's so very hot today.
today i
found a simply amazing art journal
took about an hour attempting to translate a 6 word latin sentence.

What kinda idiot are you?
Even someone who speaks 0 Latin can Google a Latin dictionary, Christ.
Sure it may not be the most accurate translation ever but you'll get the gist.

i've been remembering my dreams lately.
i've been awaking and being sleepless and slipping
backwards
into sleep.

I had a dream space marines crashed into the grocery store I worked at and proceeded to burn everything.
It was the best dream I've ever had.
6th edition June 30th.
Ohhh goodness. And that's the end of another riveting installment of this crap.
Whining, whining, pretentious pictures and words, microfont, stark white background--
I actually haven't seen one of these blogs in a long time. I'd like to think we've moved past this kind of shit but clearly we'll never move past this shit.

WWWWWWWWWWWWWHAT

Get ready for this~
My body...
Is ready.
Err--
I don't actually know why I linked this blog, actually.
What am I doing with my life?
Please respond.
I found this post on ONTD_Political bitching about how much white people made (on average) versus anyone else-- and this woman suggested the solution was for white people to stop reproducing.
Or black people could stop reproducing too. That'd also work, wouldn't it?
But no, you can't say it like that or you get moderated.

A breaking story about how a kind, quiet man stepped in to help a new bride get back home.

Mary Menth Andersen was 31 years old at the time and had just married Norwegian Dag Andersen. She was looking forward to starting a new life in Åsgårdstrand in Vestfold with him. But first she had to get all of her belongings across to Norway. The date was November 2nd, 1988.

Breaking story about shit that happened in 1988.
Not too breaking, is it?
Or news moves slower than the speed of me giving a fuck.

At the airport in Miami things were hectic as usual, with long lines at the check-in counters. When it was finally Mary’s turn and she had placed her luggage on the baggage line, she got the message that would crush her bubbling feeling of happiness.

-You’ll have to pay a 103 dollar surcharge if you want to bring both those suitcases to Norway, the man behind the counter said.
Mary had no money. Her new husband had travelled ahead of her to Norway, and she had no one else to call.
-I was completely desperate and tried to think which of my things I could manage without. But I had already made such a careful selection of my most prized possessions, says Mary.

Although she explained the situation to the man behind the counter, he showed no signs of mercy.
-I started to cry, tears were pouring down my face and I had no idea what to do. Then I heard a gentle and friendly voice behind me saying, That’s OK, I’ll pay for her.

That poor man would probably lose his job if he made an exception. What is it with women thinking crying and whining will let the rules bend to their favor?
And it works. I did it just yesterday-- this cunt was bitching on the phone about a fruit basket.
Can you believe that shit? Woman, the rules state I need a 24 hour notice. Your 45 minute notice isn't quite the amount of time I need.
So I eventually agree after she goes from whiny to pissy and I know managers are going to be involved and it's just going to end the same way: with me making a fucking fruit basket.
So I make it.
Then she doesn't pick it up.
If there were any justice in the world I'll be able to shove it straight up her ass at some point in my life.

Mary turned around to see a tall man whom she had never seen before.
-He had a gentle and kind voice that was still firm and decisive. The first thing I thought was, Who is this man?

Adam Jensen from Deus Ex.

Although this happened 20 years ago, Mary still remembers the authority that radiated from the man.
-He was nicely dressed, fashionably dressed with brown leather shoes, a cotton shirt open at the throat and khaki pants, says Mary.
She was thrilled to be able to bring both her suitcases to Norway and assured the stranger that he would get his money back. The man wrote his name and address on a piece of paper that he gave to Mary. She thanked him repeatedly. When she finally walked off towards the security checkpoint, he waved goodbye to her.

Except Deus Ex takes place on the 2020s. 

The piece of paper said ‘Barack Obama’ and his address in Kansas, which is the state where his mother comes from. Mary carried the slip of paper around in her wallet for years, before it was thrown out.
-He was my knight in shining armor, says Mary, smiling.

Ohhhh wow he's still a mediocre president.

Okay, I'm done being political for the week. Oh, and I just want to finish this post by saying that the way Barack rolls up his sleeves just gets me so hot inside. 

But that's okay, according to my pussy sensitivity class, that's just a woman being empowered and breaking down race barriers.
But if I take a liking to Asian girls I'm an imperialist bastard.
No, that's great, really.
Here's a quiz she took that called her 80% liberal.
It only called me 55% liberal, so clearly someone here is an asshole.

Thanksgiving is my least favorite holiday.

I don't like Turkey. I don't like stuffing. Overall, I dislike sitting down for big "feast" meals.

Plus, more than any other holiday, (except for Columbus Day) it irks me that this holiday commemorates all the foul treatment of Native American Indians. It'd be nice if perhaps donations were made for Reservations because I am sure there are some Native Americans on reservations without much food to eat today.  

It is a bullshit holiday but whatever.
I still remember how insufferable my Native American Literature class became around Thanksgiving.
Holy shit.

In any case, I'm not a holiday person. Especially superficial holidays like this. I like the 4th of July only because it falls in the middle of the summer and it's a good excuse to spend the day at a park or have a barbeque and watch fireworks. I like Halloween because at least you can dress up in costumes and eat tons of chocolate (much better than turkey). But Thanksgiving... never liked it. I'd even go to work today if I had the choice. 

I hate superficial holidays...
But all of the holidays I like I like them for superficial reasons.
March 15 should be a holiday I think.
THE DEATH OF CASESAR
TRULY A DAY TO ME MOURNED
Anyway this blog is zzzz boring so I'm leaving.
Possibly forever.
Fuck blogs
fuck people with blogs
fuck everthing

WOOOOOOOOORDS

FUCKING WOOOOOORDS

Never has globalization been as inconvenient as when I'm trying to find Mexican movies to watch. There are very few films made in Mexico to begin with, and out of those few a good chunk of them are Mexico/Spain co-productions which usually means that it was produced with Mexican money, but has Spanish actors with Spanish accents.

El Mariachi.

I didn't read very many books in 2011, which I blame mostly on the fact that War and Peace took me a month and a half to finish, and the stories I read for a fiction workshop ended up taking a lot of my time.

K.

In high school I had a crush on one guy, among many, who was a year older than me. He was cute and popular and somewhat funny in a jackass-y kind of way. He asked out a girl in our class who was the same age as me. She turned him down because he was shorter than her, actually said that to his face. He was a short guy, but I was shorter, which is maybe why I didn't mind the height, still had a crush on him.  The class we were all taking was an English class and the teacher, who would later divorce his wife and move to China to find himself, thought he was a literary genius, or an editing genius or something and encouraged us to write our own short stories. They were mostly terrible because we were dumb sheltered high school kids, but the guy I had a crush on wrote this amazing, passionate story. 

I really care about this.
HURRRRRR MY CRUSH IN HIGH SCHOOL all right time to grow the fuck up.

I was excited about it, not only because it validated my crush on him, but also just because I enjoyed it. I had never read anything like that. The teacher who would later go to China made some cryptic remark about Catch-22 and inspiration and blah blah blah which I didn't pay attention to until I read Catch-22 myself and realized that my crush had ripped the thing off. He had read the book, absorbed the writing style and then regurgitated it back out on the page. It was disappointing. 

Oh we all grow up to be disappointed.
I take it back. This is a brilliant narrative with a completely unique conclusion.

I did a writing workshop a few months ago during a really low emotional period. I spent most of the time feeling under-read and dumb and terrible, like I had nothing worth while to say. At the same time as I was feeling this I was also feeling a lot of loathing for the people in my workshop. A lot of their work felt dishonest. Like they were writing overly dramatic things that had no emotional core, these over-wrought stories that were about no ones with nothing inside of them. There was this one story that was written by this white kid from the suburbs that I thought was just terrible. It was all about this woman getting repeatedly sexually violated in this aimless way.

WOOOOOW.
WRITING WORKSHOPS, AM I RIGHT PEOPLE?
It's like people who would find themselves in a writing workshop have no talent or something.
Imagine~

Stories of Your Life & Others boasts an incredible pedigree and came to me highly recommended from a wide variety of individuals. Virtually every story in the book has been previously published by a big name literary magazine (Asimov's, Omni, etc) and have won awards. I came to the book with high expectations and was left  disappointed.

The problem with Stories of Your Life is one that is often levelled at sci-fi writers by its detractors; the ideas are good, the writing is flat.

Read Inquisition War if you want some scifi that has writing that pops.
"EVIDENTLY WE MUST STRIVE TO BE THE FIERCE REDEEMER OF MAN, YET WHAT WILL REDEEM US?"

I've been hearing amazing things about Inception all summer. Many people whose opinion I respect touted it as a smart summer blockbuster, and spared no praise when describing the film to me. How disappointing then to see it for myself and realize that the movie is nothing more than a very dull heist movie which badly utilizes some interesting concepts. 

Of course Warhammer is more appropriately called "science fantasy" I guess.

Way back when (AKA 2002) Naomi Watts was following up her powerhouse performance in Mullholland Drive with one in the hit film The Ring. Everyone was going crazy for the movie back then, but, ever the purist, I decided that I should go to the original source material. Did I go for the original Ring movie, a hugely popular Japanese horror flick? Nope. I went straight to the novel that inspired it all, Ring by Koji Suzuki. 

Wow you were a hipster before it was cool--
a meta hipster, Jesus Christ.
Also Mulholland Drive = zzzzzz
there was that one cool scene where a guy describes a nightmare he had at a diner he was currently at with his buddy then it maybe happened as he described it.
It's a recursive nightmare holy shiiiiiiiit fuck that movie.

The second I heard Eminem and Rihanna's Love the Way You Lie I was instantly in love. The lyrics are clever, insightful and damaging, a lyrical tribute to abuse that is shown through the eyes of the abuser.

Holy shit you're a douchebag. 

Even as it attracts you it invites your dismay and revulsion; you may find yourself caught up in the lies of the narrator/abuser only to be disgusted by the final lyrics which shock the listener out of whatever romantic illusions they may have held. 

Pretty sure I was just revolted at the reality of listening to a song collaboration between Eminem and Rihanna. 

I read a lot of feminist blogs and most of them seem to respond with a uniform repulsion. I empathize with their disgust:

Me too.
Holy shit, Eminem. It's time for you to fucking go, I think. You had that one kinda cool song you did with Dr. Dre, can't you be happy with that?
And don't get me wrong, the only reason that song is cool is because of the awe inspiring number of times they managed to fit the word "fuck" into a song.
This blog has 3 cuts.
I didn't even know Livejournal had a function like this. It's a shitty 3 minute pop song from some asshole and some dumb slut. Do you really want to devote this much thought to it?

I hadn't ever heard about Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart until quite recently which is a tad embarrassing as it is considered a seminal work of African Literature (and more specifically Nigerian Literature). 

zzzzzz I almost had to teach that.
Then I graduated, thank fuck.

The achingly simple title Things Fall Apart (which is taken from William Butler Yeats's poem "The Second Coming") is perfect for this deceptively simple work. The novel is divided into two parts both following Okonkwo a man who is severe in his desire to appear as a tough and admirable man. In the first half of the novel we witness traditional life in Umofia. During the second half things do indeed "fall apart" as Christian missionaries begin to invade the villages surrounding Umofia and finally Umofia itself. 

It's heartbreaking to watch Okonkwo as he struggles to battle to preserve his culture, his status, and his family and then watches as they all slide away.

I have to admit that at first I was almost underwhelmed by the book.

Zzzzzzzzzzzz.
You've been underwhelmed by every book you've reviewed so far though so fuck you too, bitch.
Holy fuck I just looked to the left and here's her quote on the side:

Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW.

Anyway, a long time ago I made a list of my favourite music videos AKA ones that didn't just feature random dancing, ones that were interesting, clever, funny, aesthetically pleasing. Later on when I started noticing directors I realized that 90% of them were directed by the same few people. Good directors, unsurprisingly, direct a lot of good music videos that stand apart from the pack.

The best music video of all time is Hungry Like the Wolf.
Boring review of some book--
Last entry.
Good, time for bed because I HAVE WORK AT FUN O'CLOCK TOMORROW

MY BODY

IS READY
I found this on ONTD_Feminism.
The latest butthurt is about some video game thing where some bitch collected 100,000 dollars.
Not to make a game, no, but to "raise awareness of feminist issues".
So I'll be starting my kickstarter project tomorrow. Help me and AIDS defeat this bullshit.

I'm in university and my animal ethics course is about to start in 20 minutes. I'm sitting in front of the door. I meant to write something but...
argh. 

ANIMAL ETHICS.

I thought of not writing this down here but just scribble in my own notebooks because I know it's difficult for other people to understand, but on the other hand, trying to explain it in such a way that other people might get close to understanding it might make it easier for me to see the broader picture. If not, maybe it at least helps me organizing my thoughts. 

I thought I'd spare you my bullshit but nope, you get to eat shit.
As I have written about before: I hate alcohol. I dislike it on a very rational level but I also irrationally hatehatehate it. 

"I dislike it on a rational level but I also hate it irrationally" so--
what?

When I got together with my boyfriend, a year ago, I pretty much freaked out about him drinking alcohol, which, if you just read what I wrote, is no surprise. It's not his fault I am like this, of course. But I am. And I annoyed him with it and annoyed him with it, even though I didn't want to. But when I feel like crap and start crying again and again and he asks why, it seemed like the most reasonable thing to do, to talk about how much it bothered me, how much it scared me, how much it disgusted me.

What's this guy doing, anyway?
Also this whole post is about how alcohol is bullshit.
And meat.
And how anyone who does either is a bad person but not a bad person because it's not their fault society has corrupted them.
Basically tons of nonsense--
the nicest people I encounter at my grocery store are people buying only meat and booze. The biggest cunts are ORGANICS ONLY HURRRR--
I guess they figure they'll be dead next week so might as well make it a pleasant week.

And he did stop drinking. And I can't explain how much pressure that took off me. Whenever he said he missed drinking with his friends or family it scared me so much, made me feel helpless and insecure. 

Oh good. You let her nag you into losing out on social situations.
A good test would be to try to hang out without drinking and see if she's as irrational.
I could understand if this guy were a raging alcoholic and she staged an intervention but every single word has suggested the guy is a light social drinker. Tell her to chill the fuck out.
Also they're both German. You picked an unfortunate culture to be against meat and drinking in.

A few days ago he said he wanted to start drinking again, now and then, with his friends or family. That he needed this freedom, and that it wasn't about getting drunk but about drinking with them.

I've been trying to rationalize 24/7 since then. I'm in a much much better place than a year ago. My depression is rather stable. I don't have panic attacks anymore, my eating is more or less stable, I don't starve/binge/purge. 

Gooood.
You picked a stable one, friend.
Also does this count as an anorexic blog?

Obviously I'm still hypersensitive, 

NOOOO.
Don't be so hard on yourself, girlfriend!
I really really love this person so much and ideally I'd want to spend my life with him but I just don't know if I can.

Of course, I hear everyone who's not as fucked up as me say "You'd not want to split up with someone because they drink alcohol??" and not just anyone, but the person I dearly love.
It's not my crazy perfectionism. It's not my "we don't fit perfectly" sense. I object to him eating meating. But I wouldn't want him not to eat it because he's forced by me, I want him to do it because it's the right thing to do and because he should do the things he believes to be morally right. 

Bro, get out while you still can.

I know a relationship is about both about compromising. Life just is not as free as when you're single without anyone in your life. That's a fact. And if it were the same, what's the point of a relationship?
I don't kiss other male friends when I feel the urge because I wouldn't want to damage what we have. I've been thinking about how I'd feel if there was anything in my life he'd feel this bad about, in another way than my "I'd like to be with other people, too", which, I guess, doesn't count because it's "socially not acceptable" anyway. But it is, not just factually, less of freedom for me. Because I'd like to. 

Bro, she's nagging you to death while trying to force down her own urges to be a complete slut.
What the fuck are you doing?
I don't know what goes on in Germany but I'm sure there's a brown girl somewhere.
Or if there isn't fuck that country and get out while you still can. Grab a yellow girl on your way to America or some shit.

People who buy leather products but are appalled by fur should really think through their ethics. 

Fur is pretty gross though. It smells bad.

What's your view on sadism and masochism?

My opinion is I have no opinion.
Wow she never shuts up.
Ok next post then--

Back to the hair body issue which has been on my mind pretty much constantly for the past days.

Asking myself whether I want to get rid of body hair or not, asking myself why I want to/why not and whether these reasons are valid in any way.

Get rid of it.
What's wrong with you?
I mean, are you joking? Someone who thinks this much of herself doesn't wax everywhere?
This is really hard to believe.

Not thinking about it, as it's really a petty issue and not that big of a deal, is not an option because it's on my mind anyway, and as long as I don't come to a solution and settle with and have my mind calm down and stop bothering me with it, it WILL be a much bigger thing than it really should be. So I think by thinking about it thoroughly now I can get it out of my mind and go on thinking about other things that mean a hell lot more to me. Of course, I'll go back now and then and look upon my view and my actions critically but if I've thought about it thoroughly once that means it's mostly just short "check-ups" to see if I still agree with my opinion that I went with.

Oh so that's how thoughts work.
Thank you for explaining it to me.

It didn't take much time thinking about arm pits. While I do find it aesthetically more pleasing on any person not to see any hair I question this view heavily and I'm certain it's nothing to do with personal taste (in so far as "I'd prefer people with no finger nails" would/n't be personal taste) but with trained view. I remember being 7 or 8 years old and seeing a woman's hairy arm pit and being completely disgusted by it. 

Am I really reading this at 1 AM on a Thursday morning?
When it comes to shaving legs it's different for me, though.

Yes, I prefer the look of hairless legs (again, that's pretty questionable as no one before 1950 even thought about that) but to be honest you have to get up pretty close to my legs to see whether they're shaven or not.

Pretty sure I read about Roman women doing that.
I mean you can disagree with the Flavian women on fashion but they basically invented the notion of fashion so I think you're going to lose this debate.
Literally everything you think is "oh so cute and in this year" some Flavian woman thought up 2000 years ago.
Also they did it because the method of bathing back then was pretty fucking barbaric and involved scraping scented oils off the body.

My hair is soft (unless it was shaven before, of course) and light blonde. So the aesthetic side would lead to me being paranoid about someone seeing that it's not shaven and judge me by that. Now of course this only goes for a few weeks in summer, the only time when other people get close to seeing my legs anyway because it's way too warm to wear tights.
My hair is soft (unless it was shaven before, of course) and light blonde. So the aesthetic side would lead to me being paranoid about someone seeing that it's not shaven and judge me by that. Now of course this only goes for a few weeks in summer, the only time when other people get close to seeing my legs anyway because it's way too warm to wear tights.
Now, why did I shave my legs, even if just occasionally, before I met my boyfriend anyway? Because it feels nice to have really smooth skin. I'm obsessed with smooth skin - hello again, beauty standarts... BUT I don't think there ever was a time in history when people preferred unclean, stingy & raspy skin, as good skin is a clear sign for good health.
I'm hardly the first woman to realize that shaving your legs every day to have smooth skin is hardly the most fun thing to do. And often my skin even starts to protest and gets dry from it - pretty much the opposite of smooth. 

IF THE WIFE
OF EMPEROR TITUS
THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA
YOU SHOULD PROBABLY FUCKING LISTEN

So in the end: I like smooth skin. My skin is more smooth if there is no hair, but it's less smooth thanks to shaving. It's an annoying habit.
If I do feel it's nicer, why don't I use the same logic for the rest of my body? In fact my arms feel a lot nicer and more smooth without hair.

Why are we thinking so much about this crap?
Just shave it off so you look attractive.
Yes it's sexist and no I don't give a shit.
Or it isn't sexist. I'm pretty sure Roman women concluded on their own this was a good thing to do because Roman men were too busy building the greatest empire of all time.

(blonde! not talking for black-haired women here) hair on your arms. In fact I often think "but it's natural to have hair on your arms, chill out, how often are you actually going to touch your arms and think about how smooth they are?". True, but why does that not go for my legs? I think I touch my arms more often than I touch my legs...

If you have dark hair your arm hair is filthy and unnatural and you're going straight to hell.
Incidentally Asian women shave their arms if they have arm hair.
And they shave their legs.
Without complaint or incident.

 This all wasn't as much of an issue for me until recently.
My boyfriend says that he finds shaven legs and pits more attractive but that really it's my choice. It's the most sensible thing to do yet it makes me feel uncomfortable. Let me imagine the two other possible main scenarios. 

Let's not.

The first one would be that he'd leave the "it's your choice" away. Of course that would be pretty shitty and horrible for me. I don't even consider that a real option because forcing me to do anything I don't want to do doesn't really seem like the thing for him to do.

General statement of "I find shaved legs more attractive" isn't really a call for you to do something, really.

It's pretty pointless to say "but your perception of beauty is clearly influenced by a misogynist money-grabbing industry!" because while, yes, that might be true, how does it help in the end? Pointing it out is fine, but how on earth can that be used?
I can, for example, explain all I want why I find men who look "fucked up" and "ill" attractive, it's interesting to think about and analyze, but at the end of the day, I still find them attractive.
If I do get rid of body hair to be more attractive for him, is that really anti-feminist? Isn't it also adjusting yourself to the people you love in a way just something personal to some degree?

Who
fucking
cares
I think I skipped a few sentences but it's not like anyone is reading her bullshit this far anyway.
I've probably somehow lost readers over her bullshit and I haven't even posted this yet.
I mean if we're talking about how shitty misogyny is--
Feminism made you write all this bullshit. Misogyny would have had you shave your legs and be done with the fucking mess.
Or I should say that but I'm pretty sure the whole thing is independent of gender expectations because as I said before I'm pretty sure women have been doing this for a while for no other reason than to be trendy.
They also wore their hair up and in crazy curls because why the fuck not?
I dunno.
I'm going to bed.
Goodbye.

Guess the gender

I guess woman.
Woman.
50% sure.

(For the curious I was Pikachu at first but then soon afterwards something happened to the file where I had to delete and start again- and then I became Squirtle the second time... eh whatever, my partner is a Charmander, who has kind of always been my favourite Pokemon in the anime as a kid, I always thought he was adorable- plus Charizard could fly, what's not awesome about that?)

What's not awesome about Charizard?
Stats
move pool
typing
50% damage from stealth rock
slow
glass cannon

I am now however shipping Hero/Partner to a disturbing degree. Which makes me wonder if that's some weird self insert abomination. Even if of course everyone gets the same dialogue regardless, with only your names switched. It's just a good story, better then I expected, and I'm sometimes weak to best friends ending up as romantic partners.

Can't resist the urge to write a gay romance about two video game animals--
Gotta be a girl, right?

I have the sudden urge to write fanfics again after a long dry spell. This is rather typical since I should be working on something else. (Namely the fact I have the chance to be published in a scientific journal along with my lab partner within the same paper). It's really just going to be our projects condensed though so really most of the work is finished.

PUBLISHED IN A SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL!
Why do I question the possibility of someone who writes fanfiction being intelligent enough to get published in a peer reviewed scientific journal?

I kind of also have an idea for a multichapter My Little Pony: FIM fic, but I am absolutely terrible at writing multichapter fics until the end.

I dunno, though--
My Little Pony shit.
That's usually guys, isn't it?
I can't believe there is a period in my life where I'm questioning whether or not a person interested in My Little Pony is a man or a woman.
Also I'm still amazed someone who is old enough to be in college is interested in My Little Pony.
I mean come the fuck on.

Right so there's this girl okay? She's kind of in my flat/dorm etc.

She's gay, I'm pan (and a girl... you do know that right?)

FULL POINTS I'M THE BEST WOOOOOO

She's a nice person and she's pretty interesting and everything. I have... had thoughts in that direction actually a few weeks ago. (You know what I mean), but kind of put it to the side, thinking it would be too complicated. Not only because we share some living space but also because... I'm not out to my family really. And have kind of decided t wimp out ando 'put it off' until say I ever bring home a girl (I'd tell them before hand!). First time I was set up with a girl was awkward because of my fears related in that area. I wasn't sure if I was attracted to her (this dorm mate)... though things could begin if I let them I guess. So yeah, some possibilities.

This is really uninteresting.
Also are you seriously asking whether or not you should date someone?
On the internet?
And you're asking this of strangers?
If it has gone this far then I suspect the answer to your dilemma is no.

Anyway, a few minutes ago, just after we went to the pub she comes back to my door, she says she would like to date me, but also that she has a lot of things on and doesn't want to lead me on because she had stuff on etc.

My response:

"Well... let's see how it goes!" -awkard smile?- Oh geez I wish I knew what my expression was...

Her: "Okay I'll just leave now before heh, I embarass myself."

Christ.
Clearly you should be pursuing a relationship.
Any relationship. At all.

I'm confused. What just happened there? Did I just mess up? I wasn't intending to turn her down completely or accept... I just AGH!

I kind of suck sometimes and getting things across myself. I think I did look suprised but. I didn't know what to say...

Is that why you identify as "pansexual" which had to be laboriously and confusingly explained to me once and I'm still not entirely sure how it differs from bisexuality?
So you have more people to whom you can awkwardly throw yourself?

Do I want a relationship with this girl? I'm not sure what I feel precisely. I'm a bit confussled even about the offer really too. But was my response appropriate? (I am woefully inexperienced with relations of either gender, let's just say). And yeah I know we're like a whole decade ahead of the millenium but try telling that to some of my family members.

Well no, you didn't handle it well, but your response wasn't exactly inappropriate--
when it comes to human interaction there isn't really a right or a wrong answer so asking if your response was appropriate proves you aren't really ready for a relationship.

ghFor those of you who may not know my dad is a doctor (so is my mum).

The hospital my dad works out is shutting down certain services. It already shut down surgery a few months ago (the hospital is real small).

My dad is in medicine but they have another meeting... they might be shutting down more things. 

Whatashame.
And that's it.
This blog kind of decays into a massive CSS error.
I didn't know you could do that on Livejournal but apparently you can--

Oh boy

Some cunt lawyer, ahoy!

Okay, so two pieces of background: I've been playing WoW for a while and Blizzcon was last week. It revealed the expansion, there was Q&A, cosplay and dance contests, and a concert by a band made up of Blizzard employees.

Wow that sounds really boring.

fayoreix2 and I got the pass, so she watched most of it on the computer. 99% of it was good. 

Oh but the 1% was the worst thing ever because someone said something racist/sexist/homophobic and you'll never shut up about it.

The 1% was awful. Apparently, one of the band members is a fan boy for an...um...artist called Corpsegrinder from the band Cannibal Corpse. As you can imagine, he was a classy gentleman and the people who did the show felt that the best way to experience the show was to show a video of Mr. Corpsegrinder expressing his fine opinions on the game, the factions, and the rivalry between the factions. Here's a link to the video they played (warning, extreme profanity and homophobia). 

I watched it--
just some idiot yelling for 8 minutes.
And really you're upset about a man in his 30s who calls himself the Corpsegrinder in a band called Cannibal Corpse. Are you honestly surprised he's an idiot?

Nice non-apology, huh? And they're not even clear if they're apologizing for Alliance bashing or homophobic remarks. And if you read the comments, you'll realize that apparently a lot of people think that this was just a faction bashing issue and a lot of the others seem to think that any homophobic remarks were imagined and people are inflated. One person told Ashley that if she was sensitive enough to be offended, she'd better stay out of the sun.

I skipped Blizzard's response because who gives a shit--
And that's a good point. If you're offended because someone who calls himself the Corpsegrinder (a man in his 30s) calls people in a video game gay it's really time to go outside.

My big frustration tonight, besides the pet store thing, was chocolate. After finding out that a lot of chocolate from the Ivory Coast is harvested by child slaves, I'm switching to fair trade chocolate. Unfortunately, even though Kroger had a few options in its health food section, nothing was Fair Trade. I did a bit of research tonight and found that, despite not being Fair Trade, at least two of the brands carried (Newman's Own and Endangered Species) were apparently slave-free since organic farms have their own certification processes that include labor. So, turns out I can keep eating peanut butter cups guilt free (except for the calories).

I don't mean to be preachy on this, but it's just something that strikes me as so unnecessary. Chocolate is a luxury, pure and simple. A child shouldn't be sold into slavery so that I can enjoy that luxury.

"I don't mean to be preachy on this" and yet you are.
You are 100% preachy.
But have fun typing this bullshit on that computer that has materials mined by child slaves.
No one talks about that shit because you really do need computers to be a cunt. You can give up chocolate and you'd probably live longer.

I wanted certain items from Yankee Candle that I wasn't sure I'd be able to get in the store, so I ordered from their website. 

Child slavery and Yankee Candle.

At some point today (possibly after finding local free-range eggs in Whole Foods), it occurred to me that it would be a great idea to raise chickens.

So this is what goes through a cunt's head when she's standing in my FUCKING WAY at the grocery store.
I don't know why people think it's a great idea to ask me if I can decorate a cake when I'm balls deep in potatoes.
Yes, clearly, I'm the man to be asking about cakes.
Not the woman putting cakes on a shelf.
Cakes she just decorated.
Clearly I am the one to be doing this.

But seriously. How cool would it be to be able to have your own humane, organic eggs?

I dunno.
Not that cool.
I can think of at least three dozen things that are way cooler than that and that's without even trying.

First, this is like my sixth session of Pilates.

Pilates.

 Second, mall. There was a CD stuck in my Macbook, so I had to go to the Apple Store to get it fixed.

Macbook, Pilates, bitching about bullshit social issues she has no control over, free range eggs, organic--
It's like a list of twat bullshit I'd want to avoid in a woman.

I have to admit, I almost walked out because I had made a personal shopping appointment from 2:30-3, but because I was fifteen minutes late due to traffic and the fact that it was impossible to find a parking spot and navigate the mall, they had given it away. 

Personal shopping appointment--
How self important can you be?

I'm now the proud owner of a 13 inch Macbook Pro with a 2.53 GHz processor, 4 GB memory, and a 250 GB hard drive. I debated long and hard about the 13 vs 15 inch screen, but I have a decent desktop to use and I really wanted the Macbook for portability.

When the fuck was this written?
Oh, 2009.
Guess that explains that.

So, 13 inch it was. I also went ahead and sprang for the 32 GB iPod touch, even though it meant paying a little extra to make up the difference. I'm not entirely sure how I'll be using it, but given some of the options for it, I think it's entirely possible I'll need the extra space.  

Watch out white woman spending money--
Anyway I'm going.
Goodbye.

Fuck

Fuck.

In the meanwhile I had to have my computer reformatted AGAIN. Best Buy and I have a love/hate/hate relationship. 

Lol paying Best Buy to reformat your computer for you.
What, is putting the disc in too hard?

Soooo. My computer is in the shop again. HAHAHAHA orz. This time it was my fault, at least, le sigh.

LE SIGH
LE REDDIT GUYS
LE MONKEY FACE
Holy shit what the fuck are you doing?

In any case, I will be not online a whole bunch, as my chat programs all run out of the little guy. If you feel a burning need to chat with me, best bet is probably googlechat, even though I'm constantly invisible.

If you feel a burning need to talk to her not only would you be the first person ever you'd also have something seriously wrong with you.

1) Came back home to Ottawa. I'll be here for at least 10 days or so, so I'd better see everyone!
2) Finished my big bang! LOLOLOL it only just breaks 20K, but IDC. I am going to start sending it off for people to look at soon. :)

20,000 WORDS OF FANFICTION GUYS
I"M SO UNIQUE

This summer I'm taking a course of Shakespeare and a course on American Literature.

Anyone want to take bets on how long it will take me to try to commit suicide via books?

reading fanfiction is not gonna happen very much lolol 

I'm sorry to hear that.
Were there no other courses available?
What would possess someone to take American Literature and Shakespeare together?
Do you hate yourself?
Do you hate good classes?

I might have to face facts.

My big bang looks like it's going toward gen.


DAMN YOU BB, I WANTED TO MAKE THIS SLASH. 

The thing you're writing
is not going how you planned it
so instead of asking why and fixing it
you're just rolling with it not coming out the way you wanted--
you are aware you're in control of this thing, right?
What is a big bang, anyway?
Outside of a thing that happened a long time ago.
It's a fanfiction thing but at 20,000 words I'd hardly call that a big bang.
War and Peace?
Big bang.
In Search of Lost Time?
Big bang.
20k words wouldn't even qualify as a novel.

What role do you believe government should play in society? 

A regulatory role.

I just fixed a hardware problem with my computer without taking it in to be fixed.

I just took apart a computer and the result was my problem being fixed.

I am very pleased right now. 

How do you know it was a hardware problem?
Never mind.

I have to say, I hate the reaction by people of "WRITTEN A FIC ABOUT HAITI? SET AS A BACKDROP OF ENLIGHTENMENT AND ROMANCE FOR WHITE PEOPLE? AUTOMATIC FAIL."

I think the problem lies in the execution, not in the concept itself.

Basically, I am interested in stories that take place in this way. Stories where the characters are affected by their environment, learn from it, become better people. Pretty much anyone who has done volunteer work I think would agree with me-- helping people changes you.

Sounds boring.
Or like The Wide Sargasso Sea, whatever.
Oh man remember that book?
What a snore.

Do I think the idea of a story about white people volunteering at a black disaster site is automatic-racefail? No. Why? BECAUSE WHITE PEOPLE ARE VOLUNTEERING THERE. They are people in this whole she-bang too. And if it had all been done well, properly researched, and hadn't within itself contained loads of fail, I would be very interested in reading the story. 

SNOOOOOOORE.
So if it hadn't sucked it would have been awesome.
Yep.
Gotta agree with you.
Most things would be awesome if they hadn't sucked.

I'm changing how I'm dealing with fandom/real life. It's got to do with going back to school, and basically portioning my time correctly.

So a massive, massive friends cut is underway. Some of you I've known for years, some of you I've only known for a little while-- it's really not meant to offend that I'm cutting you. I don't dislike you. It's not even that I don't want to get to know you anymore. It's simply that I am no longer willing to put in the time commitment that would require.

CAN'T PUT THE PROPER TIME IN REQUIRED TO BE AN ANNOYING TWAT.
But you're that anyway so what gives?
Maybe fanfiction isn't what makes you an annoying twat. Maybe you're an annoying twat so you like fanfiction.

Took it again. Got ENFP. 

For some reason I read that as "FNP" or "Feel No Pain", a universal special rule from Warhammer.
I was about to say dang, that's basically the best special ability in Warhammer.
 ENFP is some sort of personality test where there are 4 2 item choices--
because a personality can easily be contained by a binary choice of 4 things--
and she got a shitty one.

This summer, I've been realising how alike my mother and I are- or at least, how much I'm like she was in her youth.

My mom collected Avengers comics. She really liked the Silver Surfer.

We've been watching the old trek movies. We finished Wrath of Khan tonight, and started on Search for Spock. I made a comment about George Takei playing Sulu as gay.

My mom? My mom calls this 'the gay movie' and brings up Kirk and Spock to back it up.

Guys, I think my mom would have been a shipper if she had been born later. We share a lot of fandoms. /I can imagine having my mom as a lj friend/.

Wow--
you guys are so cool.
Oh shit forgot to post this ha ha well here we go.
Errrr, man. Fuck work.

IT KEEPS HAPPENING

I CAN'T FIND BLOGS I HAVEN'T ALREADY REVIEWED PLEASE HELP.
Crisis averted.
Girl who likes writing gay fanfiction.
NEVER SEEN THIS EVER.

Whew. That is all I can say.

I'm so happy to have finished that chapter of SMSF because honestly? I wasn't sure I would. So much stuff has been going on. I'm just so glad to have gotten this far with the longest WIP I've written, at roughly 18,000 words. And it's going to be a lot longer.

Wow 18,000 words--
that's almost a short story.

I can't wait to finish this fic, because the ideas for it are buzzing around in my head like flies. I really shouldn't enjoy torturing the characters so much. ;)

But expect good things, children. Expect good things.

After you just stated you enjoy torture you probably shouldn't end your post with "expect good things, children".
Not really an image you want to give people.
Here's a drawing of Kirk and Spock from Star Trek about to kiss--
I'll just go ahead and link this so everyone can enjoy the full spectacle.
After they've agreed they're 14 or older, naturally.

Hey guys, me again. So, I'm in the midst of writing my first sci-fi fiction story (that's non-fanfiction, btw. Novel format.)

Nonfiction fiction.
That is indeed a novel format. Not going to lie here.

and need some feedback. I've written two other unpublished novels in different genres before, so the writing part isn't new to me. Here's an excerpt from my prologue of the novel tentatively titled "Salvage", due to events that take place later in the story. I'd really like your opinion. Try not to mentally compare this to Trek. That's the last thing I want.

I will try my hardest to not compare this to Star Trek but honestly--
after the picture you just uploaded and telling me not to do it it's probably going to happen.

Lights flashed red before his eyes and he panicked. This wasn’t the way it was supposed to go. He wasn’t trained for this kind of thing.

Scanners screeched at him that he was off course Captain, off course Captain, off course Captain, like he didn’t already know that he was. His viewing screen was now covered in dust and he couldn’t see a thing. When the autopilot informed him that the shuttle had switched to manual drive, he knew that the cloaking shield had malfunctioned.

Because a cloak would definitely also be a shield--
and when it fails naturally the ship would switch to autopilot--
already I'm having trouble suspending disbelief.
Also a captain would totally be piloting his own ship--
and also he wouldn't be trained for emergency situations.
He's just captain
of a space vessel.

He would fail this mission if he were discovered on this planet without his cloaking device.

But if he were discovered with the cloaking device mission fucking success, I guess.

He was almost glad that by the looks of things, he was about to die in a fiery shuttle crash instead of reporting back to the spacecraft Origin with a failed mission and a wrecked ship.

Because wrecking in space totally means you can report back to HQ.
There's not like a vacuum or anything in space.
Or even better from the sounds of this?
Landing your entry to an alien atmosphere at too steep an angle. You definitely won't be ripped apart by friction or burn to death or anything.

Almost, because fear was bubbling in his chest like a pot of boiling water. He was going to die, for real. Really die here, alone, on an alien planet far away from his destination point. No one would know where to find him, even if they returned to this star system to search for his body.

BECAUSE CRASH LANDING ON AN ALIEN PLANET WOULD MEAN THERE WOULD BE REMAINS TO RECOVER.
Also a society capable of intergalactic travel isn't capable of sending a distress signal. Brilliant.
This story is awesome.

Skipping ahead--
He punched in codes on the transmitter, hopefully beaming the signal in the right direction of his planet, and recorded a message to her. Tefe, he stated his own name, crash, desert, Sol System, mission fail.

OH WOW SOL SYSTEM!
THAT'S WHERE I LIVE!
No really it is.
That's Earth.
It just ends.
That whole "crashing in our solar system" bullshit is never explained.
This is wonderful.

Xbox's are cool, people. They just are. I bought the new-gen 360 two days ago, and it is amazing. Like for instance, the power button. It's not even a "button", per se. It's more of a touch sensor.  

And if you move it even an inch while it's on it shreds the disc beyond repair!
In an age where the Sony Discman has been a thing for over 20 years!

Spock is always asserting that, while the other crew members are subseptible to injuries, fatigue, and space illnesses, he is quite immune thank you very much! He refuses shore leave, works longer shifts, and rarely if ever takes the time to rest. When his fellow crew members inquire about his ability to carry on at the rate he's going, Spock simply reminds then that he's superior due to his Vulcan heritage.

Yeah remember how Spock was always arrogantly claiming he was superior instead of simply stating he didn't feel emotions?

So, eventually Spock runs himself into the ground, winds up coming down with some sort of nasty space flu, and is too damn proud to admit to his weakness. 

Remember how Spcok was always prideful and arrogant?
Man I sure do.
He tries to hide it all from everyone and keep going at his crazy pace. Eventually Kirk catches on and some lovely H/C ensues.

Rating: M for some graphic sexual material.
I hope you enjoy this! ^^ Please note that I am inferring that Spock was hit by his breakup with Uhura fairly hard, but doesn't still have real feelings for her. Rest easily, my fellow Kirk/Spock fangirls. =3
May have turned out more angsty that the Anon would have liked. I'm sorry!!! I just love angst!Spock. :P

I love the angst!Spock bullshit. I remember a long time ago I suggested some other dumb cunt made that up and was the only doing it.
Man those were great times.
Great times of ignorance, that is.
Anyway I managed to reach her first post which involved Kirk impregnating Spock.
Somehow.
Let's not dwell on this.
Goodbye.