Friday, December 05, 2008
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Things I Hate: 5
Hello and Welcome to the fifth installment of Things I hate. Before I get going, I'm going to warn you again that this will be my last post of this nature until the new quarter starts. This time on Things I hate, I will be going against something that will probably be affecting anyone travelling this holiday season: People who don't understand common-sense driving laws.
Lanes:
This is simple, the left lane means you want to go fast. At least 10 miles over the speed limit works. If someone is following you closely, get over so they can pass. If you like to drive slowly, get in the right hand lane. When the road is one lane on either side, pull off if you are going too slowly for the people behind you. If you have 15 cars following you, you're definately going too slow. If you drive a truck, you can pass other trucks ONLY if there are more than 2 lanes. Nothing is more annoying than going uphill and getting stuck behind one truck passing another truck. If you are being passed on the road, don't speed up. I don't understand why people do that? Do they want this to take longer? If the guy put in the effort to change lanes and go around you, that guy is going to go around you eventually. All you do when you speed up as someone passes you is you piss everyone waiting on him to pass you off because they have to wait for this crap to end so they can get on with their lives.
Speed Limits:
Always, ALWAYS go the speed limit. If you plan to go less than that, your car had better be breaking down or something. Cops usually don't mind if you go 5 over unless it's in a school zone or something, so there is no excuse to go less than the speed limit unless like you're pushing your car down the street (which should never be happening).
Directions:
As a man, I don't ask for directions ever. If you find yourself lost, for the love of God, DO NOT STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. People getting lost near my house always stop in the middle of the road. It's like, what the hell am I supposed to do? Wait while you drag your map out and check to see where you are? Screw that, you're getting the honk, then the pass, then the finger. I hear there's this cool new place for your kind, it's called the side of the road. Why don't you go get lost over there sometime?
Cell Phone Driving:
Personally, I find cellphone drivers tolerable (after all, I still do it despite it being illegal) except when they don't follow common sense rules of the road. If you are on your cell phone, you should always be in the right hand lane. I don't care how good of a driver you are, unless you are going fast enough to prevent me from wanting to pass you, you need to get into the right hand lane.
Cyclists:
Can we share the road? HELL NO. Get off my damn street and don't come back until you can ride at the speed limit. The only time you should be able to be on a bike in the street is if I don't have to change lanes when I pass you.
Pedesting (it's what I call what pedestrians do):
If you are crossing a busy intersection and your path obstructs a right hand turn, don't lazily walk and make them wait, get out of their way so that they can turn right and the people that didn't want to turn right can get out of the intersection and through the intersection.
Beggars:
Stop looking at me like that, please. You make me feel guilty.
Police Officers:
When you make an arrest, why do you feel the need to leave your car halfway in the lane? Seriously, it makes life difficult. I then have to go around you car by changing lanes, which means I have to wait for oncoming traffic to disperse. Just pull your car completely off the road like the person who just got arrested. They may not be able to control their speed, but they can at least not obstruct traffic.
I know it's short, but that's all I could come up with for now. I gotta get on to homeworkier things. Peace out.
Lanes:
This is simple, the left lane means you want to go fast. At least 10 miles over the speed limit works. If someone is following you closely, get over so they can pass. If you like to drive slowly, get in the right hand lane. When the road is one lane on either side, pull off if you are going too slowly for the people behind you. If you have 15 cars following you, you're definately going too slow. If you drive a truck, you can pass other trucks ONLY if there are more than 2 lanes. Nothing is more annoying than going uphill and getting stuck behind one truck passing another truck. If you are being passed on the road, don't speed up. I don't understand why people do that? Do they want this to take longer? If the guy put in the effort to change lanes and go around you, that guy is going to go around you eventually. All you do when you speed up as someone passes you is you piss everyone waiting on him to pass you off because they have to wait for this crap to end so they can get on with their lives.
Speed Limits:
Always, ALWAYS go the speed limit. If you plan to go less than that, your car had better be breaking down or something. Cops usually don't mind if you go 5 over unless it's in a school zone or something, so there is no excuse to go less than the speed limit unless like you're pushing your car down the street (which should never be happening).
Directions:
As a man, I don't ask for directions ever. If you find yourself lost, for the love of God, DO NOT STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. People getting lost near my house always stop in the middle of the road. It's like, what the hell am I supposed to do? Wait while you drag your map out and check to see where you are? Screw that, you're getting the honk, then the pass, then the finger. I hear there's this cool new place for your kind, it's called the side of the road. Why don't you go get lost over there sometime?
Cell Phone Driving:
Personally, I find cellphone drivers tolerable (after all, I still do it despite it being illegal) except when they don't follow common sense rules of the road. If you are on your cell phone, you should always be in the right hand lane. I don't care how good of a driver you are, unless you are going fast enough to prevent me from wanting to pass you, you need to get into the right hand lane.
Cyclists:
Can we share the road? HELL NO. Get off my damn street and don't come back until you can ride at the speed limit. The only time you should be able to be on a bike in the street is if I don't have to change lanes when I pass you.
Pedesting (it's what I call what pedestrians do):
If you are crossing a busy intersection and your path obstructs a right hand turn, don't lazily walk and make them wait, get out of their way so that they can turn right and the people that didn't want to turn right can get out of the intersection and through the intersection.
Beggars:
Stop looking at me like that, please. You make me feel guilty.
Police Officers:
When you make an arrest, why do you feel the need to leave your car halfway in the lane? Seriously, it makes life difficult. I then have to go around you car by changing lanes, which means I have to wait for oncoming traffic to disperse. Just pull your car completely off the road like the person who just got arrested. They may not be able to control their speed, but they can at least not obstruct traffic.
I know it's short, but that's all I could come up with for now. I gotta get on to homeworkier things. Peace out.
Monday, December 01, 2008
Heyyy how's it goin?
I hope you were pleased with my attempt at being friendly in the title by adding 2 extra y's to the end of hey. Facebook tells me that cool people often do that. So I apologize for a lack of Things I hate, but I will post this week. The quarter ends this week and when I am off school, I am rarely angry at things, so I might not make a new post of that nature until I get back into school again. Anyway, it is time to reminisce about the past week.
Tuesday:
I went through most of my classes, then realized after Jazz Band got out that it was another one of those days when I realized that I wasn't going to learn anything new in math that day, so I chose not to show up. Apparently, I made a good choice because we didn't get much done.
Wednesday:
I only went to English because we had to leave at 11:00 since Kathryn had a half day. In English, those of us that showed up were rewarded with a piece of candy and a movie relating to our current book "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?". He said that since we got candy, we had to stay an extra couple of minutes because the movie was about 52 minutes long. 25 minutes later, it ended. We all looked at the clock and the professor said, "Well I guess I was wrong, have a fun break everybody!" I got out early which was nice. I had extra time to load stuff into the car. We then spent 10 hours in heavy traffic. Dad actually drove part of the way because he was insistent that I let him, but I got to drive the long 100 mile dark, windy road at the end.
Sunriver (Thursday-Saturday)
I did a bike ride or walk each morning with dad and my uncles. We walked around a bunch of places and saw a lot of trees. Some good stories ensued as well. I got to see my second cousins (one is almost two and one is almost one). The littler one would look at me like a deer in the headlights at first, but once he figured out what my facial hair was all about, he warmed up to me. Every time I saw him, I would start imitating him, so eventually it became a thing to make him laugh. He liked trying to imitate me a lot as well. We also got to hear my other second cousin's catch phrase "What'd you do?" which he repeated quite often. Thanksgiving dinner went well. The football watching was good. I got in a really good game of Starcraft even though it was against comps. I was the only one to eliminate another player and because the other comps didn't kill each other for me, the whole game took 2 hours and 49 seconds. I got Apollo Justice beat and I started on Phoenix Wright 3. Other than that, just a lot of hanging around ensued.
Sunday:
We had to leave around 11:00 and traffic wasn't too bad getting to my grandma's house in Vancouver. We checked traffic at her house and the report was way wrong because it said there was no traffic, but there was a substantial amount, so we wound up going home via old highway 99 to 507 through Yelm and then to 512 or 52 (whatever it is) up to just about Seattle where the traffic had broken up. Despite all that, it still took over 5 hours to get home from Vancouver when it normally takes a little less than 3.
Today:
I got back into the schedule I normally follow and it was just an average day. I was planning on planning to come to the UW this week today (that was an odd sentence, I hope it made sense), but Steven wasn't on. I assume he probably went to the UW, so I'll have to see if he wanted to go later in the week as well. I assume the azns are ready to go any day, so I'll facebook Lucy or something or if she's reading she can leave a comment, but I'll probably get down there one way or another on Thursday or Friday.
Currently, I am accumulating drunkard title track points on Guild Wars while watching every Pure Pwnage episode hoping that they will update someday. I know it sounds depressing, but that's why I don't intend to keep it up much longer. Anyway, feel free to message me or something, peace out.
Tuesday:
I went through most of my classes, then realized after Jazz Band got out that it was another one of those days when I realized that I wasn't going to learn anything new in math that day, so I chose not to show up. Apparently, I made a good choice because we didn't get much done.
Wednesday:
I only went to English because we had to leave at 11:00 since Kathryn had a half day. In English, those of us that showed up were rewarded with a piece of candy and a movie relating to our current book "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?". He said that since we got candy, we had to stay an extra couple of minutes because the movie was about 52 minutes long. 25 minutes later, it ended. We all looked at the clock and the professor said, "Well I guess I was wrong, have a fun break everybody!" I got out early which was nice. I had extra time to load stuff into the car. We then spent 10 hours in heavy traffic. Dad actually drove part of the way because he was insistent that I let him, but I got to drive the long 100 mile dark, windy road at the end.
Sunriver (Thursday-Saturday)
I did a bike ride or walk each morning with dad and my uncles. We walked around a bunch of places and saw a lot of trees. Some good stories ensued as well. I got to see my second cousins (one is almost two and one is almost one). The littler one would look at me like a deer in the headlights at first, but once he figured out what my facial hair was all about, he warmed up to me. Every time I saw him, I would start imitating him, so eventually it became a thing to make him laugh. He liked trying to imitate me a lot as well. We also got to hear my other second cousin's catch phrase "What'd you do?" which he repeated quite often. Thanksgiving dinner went well. The football watching was good. I got in a really good game of Starcraft even though it was against comps. I was the only one to eliminate another player and because the other comps didn't kill each other for me, the whole game took 2 hours and 49 seconds. I got Apollo Justice beat and I started on Phoenix Wright 3. Other than that, just a lot of hanging around ensued.
Sunday:
We had to leave around 11:00 and traffic wasn't too bad getting to my grandma's house in Vancouver. We checked traffic at her house and the report was way wrong because it said there was no traffic, but there was a substantial amount, so we wound up going home via old highway 99 to 507 through Yelm and then to 512 or 52 (whatever it is) up to just about Seattle where the traffic had broken up. Despite all that, it still took over 5 hours to get home from Vancouver when it normally takes a little less than 3.
Today:
I got back into the schedule I normally follow and it was just an average day. I was planning on planning to come to the UW this week today (that was an odd sentence, I hope it made sense), but Steven wasn't on. I assume he probably went to the UW, so I'll have to see if he wanted to go later in the week as well. I assume the azns are ready to go any day, so I'll facebook Lucy or something or if she's reading she can leave a comment, but I'll probably get down there one way or another on Thursday or Friday.
Currently, I am accumulating drunkard title track points on Guild Wars while watching every Pure Pwnage episode hoping that they will update someday. I know it sounds depressing, but that's why I don't intend to keep it up much longer. Anyway, feel free to message me or something, peace out.
Monday, November 24, 2008
TITANS NOOOOOOOOO.
Well the Titans finally lost. I am sad. That's all I'm going to say about that. I'm so sad right now that I am tempted to do this entire post in Dutch, but I won't do that mainly because it would be a huge pain for me to get it translated.
This week has been full of many good things and if you are reading this post, you have probably already noticed the pictures up above. I shall explain them later. Now I shall bust through the week. I'm going to do it not in day by day form though since the day by day would consist of "I did nothing at school" multiple times. If something interesting happened at SCC, I'll mention it.
Registration:
So I had to register this week for the Winter quarter. It went pretty well. I'm not doing any business classes this quarter, but I am doing English and Math and I will complete my humanities requirement this next quarter. Also, during mapping, I've had time to think to myself and I've decided that while I like business, it's far too bland and I would much prefer to go into law, so if I don't get into the UW this year, I will switch over to the law transfer program. It will work out because all my classes except accounting will work in that program, but either way, it's good to have a basic understanding of accounting. If I do get into the UW, then I guess I'll have to improvise a bit. My counselor this time was the advisor that I will be with whenever I register at SCC from here on out. He is really cool and didn't try to talk me out of taking 19 credits again because he realized I could handle the 2 band classes. So this is my schedule for the next quarter:
9:30am-10:20am: Math 111. It's not 141 becuase I need 148 for the transfer and 148 requires 111 or 141 and my other sheet from the UW said something about 111, plus my current math teacher is teaching this, so it could work out.
10:30am-11:20am: Great Works of Asian Literature. My current English 101 teacher is teaching this and he's really cool and I needed the Humanities class AND we get to read The Art of War!
11:30am-12:20pm: Jazz Band. I'm enjoying it so far and I want to continue.
Online: English 102. The times were funky, so I did the online option so that it would work for me better. I have always wanted to try an online class and my advisor said that of any subject to do online, english is the best because you need the least teacher interaction.
7:00pm-9:00pm (Monday): Concert Band. It isn't the most exciting thing ever, but it's good to keep myself in playing shape for the UW.
Guild Wars: Well as you can see above, I got my Chaos gloves and I really like how they look with my Chaos axe. Yesterday, I completed my Canthan Grandmaster Cartographer, which means I have fully explored all three continents in Guild Wars and I am now a Legendary Cartographer. Suffice to say I am quite happy.
Seahawks game:
I went yesterday with my grandpa. It was weird because it was much louder than it usually is, but it was still pretty cool. Raising the 12th man flag was Hope Solo (by the way, that has got to be one of the most awesome names ever). After that, she started ripping off her jersey and I thought we were going to get a Brandy Chastine moment, but she was wearing an Obama shirt under it. Obama! You have again foiled my plot to see some boob.
Well that's pretty much it for the week. I decided I'm not going to post tomorrow because I will be busy packing and homeworking. I leave on Wednesday at about 11:00am. I'm only going to my first class because we have to turn in a paper. I'll bring my laptop with me for hopefully some SC, but no guarantees that I'll have intarwebz. I get back late Sunday night, so no hanging out with me will ensue this weekend. Next week sometime during the week, maybe Thursday or Friday, I might come down to the UW. I'll plan something up with Steven again, but hopefully this time I won't wind up being a third wheel. I felt bad that that wound up happening. Of course, if you want to help me, you can be my girlfriend right? I won't ask that question again because I think more trannies read my blog than girls. (You know who you are, Orion.)
Ok, peace out and Happy Thanksgiving.
This week has been full of many good things and if you are reading this post, you have probably already noticed the pictures up above. I shall explain them later. Now I shall bust through the week. I'm going to do it not in day by day form though since the day by day would consist of "I did nothing at school" multiple times. If something interesting happened at SCC, I'll mention it.
Registration:
So I had to register this week for the Winter quarter. It went pretty well. I'm not doing any business classes this quarter, but I am doing English and Math and I will complete my humanities requirement this next quarter. Also, during mapping, I've had time to think to myself and I've decided that while I like business, it's far too bland and I would much prefer to go into law, so if I don't get into the UW this year, I will switch over to the law transfer program. It will work out because all my classes except accounting will work in that program, but either way, it's good to have a basic understanding of accounting. If I do get into the UW, then I guess I'll have to improvise a bit. My counselor this time was the advisor that I will be with whenever I register at SCC from here on out. He is really cool and didn't try to talk me out of taking 19 credits again because he realized I could handle the 2 band classes. So this is my schedule for the next quarter:
9:30am-10:20am: Math 111. It's not 141 becuase I need 148 for the transfer and 148 requires 111 or 141 and my other sheet from the UW said something about 111, plus my current math teacher is teaching this, so it could work out.
10:30am-11:20am: Great Works of Asian Literature. My current English 101 teacher is teaching this and he's really cool and I needed the Humanities class AND we get to read The Art of War!
11:30am-12:20pm: Jazz Band. I'm enjoying it so far and I want to continue.
Online: English 102. The times were funky, so I did the online option so that it would work for me better. I have always wanted to try an online class and my advisor said that of any subject to do online, english is the best because you need the least teacher interaction.
7:00pm-9:00pm (Monday): Concert Band. It isn't the most exciting thing ever, but it's good to keep myself in playing shape for the UW.
Guild Wars: Well as you can see above, I got my Chaos gloves and I really like how they look with my Chaos axe. Yesterday, I completed my Canthan Grandmaster Cartographer, which means I have fully explored all three continents in Guild Wars and I am now a Legendary Cartographer. Suffice to say I am quite happy.
Seahawks game:
I went yesterday with my grandpa. It was weird because it was much louder than it usually is, but it was still pretty cool. Raising the 12th man flag was Hope Solo (by the way, that has got to be one of the most awesome names ever). After that, she started ripping off her jersey and I thought we were going to get a Brandy Chastine moment, but she was wearing an Obama shirt under it. Obama! You have again foiled my plot to see some boob.
Well that's pretty much it for the week. I decided I'm not going to post tomorrow because I will be busy packing and homeworking. I leave on Wednesday at about 11:00am. I'm only going to my first class because we have to turn in a paper. I'll bring my laptop with me for hopefully some SC, but no guarantees that I'll have intarwebz. I get back late Sunday night, so no hanging out with me will ensue this weekend. Next week sometime during the week, maybe Thursday or Friday, I might come down to the UW. I'll plan something up with Steven again, but hopefully this time I won't wind up being a third wheel. I felt bad that that wound up happening. Of course, if you want to help me, you can be my girlfriend right? I won't ask that question again because I think more trannies read my blog than girls. (You know who you are, Orion.)
Ok, peace out and Happy Thanksgiving.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Things I Hate: 4
Hello and welcome to Things I hate. While we're at it, I really hate the number four. It is quite an unlucky number for me. Three is where its at. Anyway, this week on Things I hate: Hollywood appealing to emos.
Emos:
Hollywood has recently started putting out more depressing and dark movies that are obviously intended to make the emo population happy, or rather, "less sad." Just to make sure that there is no confusion as to what my meaning was, I am saying that emos are sad, depressing, and dark.
The first movie that really caught me on to this trend was Spiderman 3. It was about that dark spiderman which actually existed in the Marvel universe, but the thing that caught my eye was the emo pose on the poster for the movie which I made fun of here.
Ok now before I get too far into this, I will lay down what I see in a movie that qualifies it as "emo."
1- Dark setting
2- A lot of mystery/unresolved questions etc. (deep dark secrets and stuff)
3- Emo fashion
4- Feelings ("wearing one's emotion on one's sleeve" if you're familliar with that phrase)
5- Gratuitous violence or death (counts double if it is in a really messed up way)
I think that the best example of a good emo movie is the Saw series. It really has a lot of these (so I'm told by fans of the series. I can't stand to watch them).
This brings me to my second movie I have a major gripe about: James Bond and the Quantum of Solace. Since when is James Bond a mindless killing machine? He kills so many people in that movie. What happened to the old days when he was not about killing unless he had to (I have quotes to back that up from Thunderball). He would say to people he didn't kill all willy nilly. In the new "Bond films" (quotations around that because you can barely call the Bond Films since they hardly follow the pattern that I have come to expect of the genre.(Oh, that's another rant for another time)). Also, Bond suddenly is a wussy. He used to be very confident and clean, but now he's bruised and scratched to hell every other scene. The makeup people must hate working on him over and over. Also, he keeps getting stuck on a girl. It's like holy crap Bond, get over it. The last time he got this hung up on a girl, he married her and we all know how that turned out (resulted in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service, IMO one of the worst Bond movies ever made)
Another movie is "Shoot em up." The whole premise of the movie is basically Clive Owen's character has to shoot a bajillion people (and stab the rest with a carrot it seems). Throughout the movie, he just shoots people. It's almost nonstop and it's quite repetitive.
My last example is the one thing that you're probably wondering why I haven't brough up yet. THE DARK KNIGHT. Specifically, the Joker. That whole Dark Knight movie was pretty freaking emo (damn good, but emo nonetheless). What is the appeal of the Joker? Before you answer that, I must warn you, if you say "Heath Ledger is a great actor," I will come to your house and actually make those smiley face scars on you. You know who else is a good actor? Forest Whitaker, but you don't see a ton of people dressing up as the last king of Scotland for Halloween. By the way, shoutout to Orion here:
"What were those people dressed as the Joker thinking? Did they think they were being original? Did they think: Oh, nobody else will be the Joker?"
Seriously, the only reason you like the Joker was because he cuts himself and because Heath Ledger died doing drugs (not to discredit the guy, he is a good actor, but it's not like the Joker was the greatest played character of all time in cinema.) I really can't see any other reason why the Joker is so popular.
In conclusion, Heath Ledger, RIP and Emos, stop ruining American cinema with your alternative lifestyle and vitamin D deficiencies (Emos are pale(it had to be said)).
Until next week, peace out. Oh and by the way, I leave right after class next wednesday, so I will either post on Tuesday if I manage to come up with something by then or not at all. Sorry if you are in some way inconvenienced by that.
Emos:
Hollywood has recently started putting out more depressing and dark movies that are obviously intended to make the emo population happy, or rather, "less sad." Just to make sure that there is no confusion as to what my meaning was, I am saying that emos are sad, depressing, and dark.
The first movie that really caught me on to this trend was Spiderman 3. It was about that dark spiderman which actually existed in the Marvel universe, but the thing that caught my eye was the emo pose on the poster for the movie which I made fun of here.
Ok now before I get too far into this, I will lay down what I see in a movie that qualifies it as "emo."
1- Dark setting
2- A lot of mystery/unresolved questions etc. (deep dark secrets and stuff)
3- Emo fashion
4- Feelings ("wearing one's emotion on one's sleeve" if you're familliar with that phrase)
5- Gratuitous violence or death (counts double if it is in a really messed up way)
I think that the best example of a good emo movie is the Saw series. It really has a lot of these (so I'm told by fans of the series. I can't stand to watch them).
This brings me to my second movie I have a major gripe about: James Bond and the Quantum of Solace. Since when is James Bond a mindless killing machine? He kills so many people in that movie. What happened to the old days when he was not about killing unless he had to (I have quotes to back that up from Thunderball). He would say to people he didn't kill all willy nilly. In the new "Bond films" (quotations around that because you can barely call the Bond Films since they hardly follow the pattern that I have come to expect of the genre.(Oh, that's another rant for another time)). Also, Bond suddenly is a wussy. He used to be very confident and clean, but now he's bruised and scratched to hell every other scene. The makeup people must hate working on him over and over. Also, he keeps getting stuck on a girl. It's like holy crap Bond, get over it. The last time he got this hung up on a girl, he married her and we all know how that turned out (resulted in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service, IMO one of the worst Bond movies ever made)
Another movie is "Shoot em up." The whole premise of the movie is basically Clive Owen's character has to shoot a bajillion people (and stab the rest with a carrot it seems). Throughout the movie, he just shoots people. It's almost nonstop and it's quite repetitive.
My last example is the one thing that you're probably wondering why I haven't brough up yet. THE DARK KNIGHT. Specifically, the Joker. That whole Dark Knight movie was pretty freaking emo (damn good, but emo nonetheless). What is the appeal of the Joker? Before you answer that, I must warn you, if you say "Heath Ledger is a great actor," I will come to your house and actually make those smiley face scars on you. You know who else is a good actor? Forest Whitaker, but you don't see a ton of people dressing up as the last king of Scotland for Halloween. By the way, shoutout to Orion here:
"What were those people dressed as the Joker thinking? Did they think they were being original? Did they think: Oh, nobody else will be the Joker?"
Seriously, the only reason you like the Joker was because he cuts himself and because Heath Ledger died doing drugs (not to discredit the guy, he is a good actor, but it's not like the Joker was the greatest played character of all time in cinema.) I really can't see any other reason why the Joker is so popular.
In conclusion, Heath Ledger, RIP and Emos, stop ruining American cinema with your alternative lifestyle and vitamin D deficiencies (Emos are pale(it had to be said)).
Until next week, peace out. Oh and by the way, I leave right after class next wednesday, so I will either post on Tuesday if I manage to come up with something by then or not at all. Sorry if you are in some way inconvenienced by that.
Monday, November 17, 2008
And here you thought you might have to wait until tomorrow.
Sorry about [almost] forgetting to post today. For those of you wondering, I actually did gain +1 social life points last weekend. I shall now tell you of all the events that transpired last week.
Tuesday:
It was a day off, which was cool because I spent the day doing virtually nothing. Well that's not true. I did a lot of virtual stuff.
Wednesday:
Another uneventful day. I helped set up for the Jazz Band concert the next night and I got to go in the orchestra pit which was concealed under the stage. It was pretty fun. That night, we had a rehearsal.
Thursday:
We had a test in math that I finished in less than 20 minutes. When I turned it in, the teacher looked at me very confusedly. I guess I couldn't blame her since I had just done a 22 question test in less than 20 minutes. The questions weren't necessarily quick ones either. It was just the fact that I new the material. She insisted that I couldn't possibly be done and that I should make sure I check my work. I told her I did, which was mostly true. There were some problems I don't check because it was pretty straightforward I thought. She reluctantly accepted my test and said she would grade it in front of me. She searched and searched for a wrong answer and finally found one and marked it. She then kept looking for ones, but found no more and had to mark all those right answers in front of me. I think she would have preferred I had not finished so quickly, but I didn't want to linger around much longer. Today I got the test back and she had written "very good set of work here" on the paper. I had to lol at that, especially because all the other people seemed to be frowning at their own tests.
The Jazz Band concert went well. It was also a concert for several other groups, carefully placed all around the theatre to give a cool effect. There were bands behind, above, and in front of the audience. Actually on the stage was the Funkngroove and the Jazz Band. The Funkngroove took the forward part of the stage at stage level. We were behind them, at least 6 feet up on risers. The risers for the saxophones were 6 feet, the trombones were 8 feet, and the trumpets were 10 feet above the stage. While all the other instrument sections comfortably fit on their risers, we did not. The risers are made for about four people to comfortably play on. We have five people. It was dangerous, yet still very fun. I thought we did pretty well.
Friday:
I didn't have math as usual, but I also didn't have Jazz Band. It was nice to get out at 11:30 because Steven and I got to the UW that much earlier. Unfortunately, shortly after we got there, the gang all had classes, so Steven went with Ashley to her Psychology lecture and I went with Sai to his Computer Programming Lecture. I learned about binary tree searches of Heroes characters and then stopped caring what the teacher was saying because he was using an apple laptop. After that, some DS playing ensued until about 5:00 when Sai was leaving. I meant to leave with him, but I had not brought enough bus money for the slightly more expensive rush hour fare, so I third wheeled with Stashley for a while until it was time to head home. It was pretty cool to see a lot of people and I hope I get down to the UW again soon. I don't know if I'll make it down this weekend due to registration happening, but I might be able to on Friday. Next week, I doubt I'll make it in because it would have to be on Monday or Tuesday.
Saturday:
I WAS going to do some Guild Wars with Orion and Steven, but Steven mysteriously disappeared and Orion had to go to a party for a younger girl, so I was left alone and I honestly can't remember what I did, but it must not have been very productive.
Sunday:
I got to see the new James Bond with Steven and Sai. It was pretty good, much better than the last piece of crap in my valid opinion. I am confused as to why they now make Bond a ruthless killing machine that kills anything in his way. He used to be classy, only killing when he absolutely needed to (I have quotes ready to back that up). *SPOILER* Also, when they did that copy of the girl from Goldfinger, but with oil this time, I almost got up and walked out of the theater. For Christ's sake, have they really run so out of ideas that they have to copy from themselves now??? *END SPOILER* Also, please START with the classic down the barrel shot that always starts bond movies. Overall, I thought it was a step in the right direction and I hope that the last one can get back to what made older bond movies great.
Today:
Nothing matters because I GOT MY CHAOS GLOVES (pics to come). Other than that, I did nothing productive at all.
Well we'll see what happens with the UW this week. Until I see you next, peace out.
Tuesday:
It was a day off, which was cool because I spent the day doing virtually nothing. Well that's not true. I did a lot of virtual stuff.
Wednesday:
Another uneventful day. I helped set up for the Jazz Band concert the next night and I got to go in the orchestra pit which was concealed under the stage. It was pretty fun. That night, we had a rehearsal.
Thursday:
We had a test in math that I finished in less than 20 minutes. When I turned it in, the teacher looked at me very confusedly. I guess I couldn't blame her since I had just done a 22 question test in less than 20 minutes. The questions weren't necessarily quick ones either. It was just the fact that I new the material. She insisted that I couldn't possibly be done and that I should make sure I check my work. I told her I did, which was mostly true. There were some problems I don't check because it was pretty straightforward I thought. She reluctantly accepted my test and said she would grade it in front of me. She searched and searched for a wrong answer and finally found one and marked it. She then kept looking for ones, but found no more and had to mark all those right answers in front of me. I think she would have preferred I had not finished so quickly, but I didn't want to linger around much longer. Today I got the test back and she had written "very good set of work here" on the paper. I had to lol at that, especially because all the other people seemed to be frowning at their own tests.
The Jazz Band concert went well. It was also a concert for several other groups, carefully placed all around the theatre to give a cool effect. There were bands behind, above, and in front of the audience. Actually on the stage was the Funkngroove and the Jazz Band. The Funkngroove took the forward part of the stage at stage level. We were behind them, at least 6 feet up on risers. The risers for the saxophones were 6 feet, the trombones were 8 feet, and the trumpets were 10 feet above the stage. While all the other instrument sections comfortably fit on their risers, we did not. The risers are made for about four people to comfortably play on. We have five people. It was dangerous, yet still very fun. I thought we did pretty well.
Friday:
I didn't have math as usual, but I also didn't have Jazz Band. It was nice to get out at 11:30 because Steven and I got to the UW that much earlier. Unfortunately, shortly after we got there, the gang all had classes, so Steven went with Ashley to her Psychology lecture and I went with Sai to his Computer Programming Lecture. I learned about binary tree searches of Heroes characters and then stopped caring what the teacher was saying because he was using an apple laptop. After that, some DS playing ensued until about 5:00 when Sai was leaving. I meant to leave with him, but I had not brought enough bus money for the slightly more expensive rush hour fare, so I third wheeled with Stashley for a while until it was time to head home. It was pretty cool to see a lot of people and I hope I get down to the UW again soon. I don't know if I'll make it down this weekend due to registration happening, but I might be able to on Friday. Next week, I doubt I'll make it in because it would have to be on Monday or Tuesday.
Saturday:
I WAS going to do some Guild Wars with Orion and Steven, but Steven mysteriously disappeared and Orion had to go to a party for a younger girl, so I was left alone and I honestly can't remember what I did, but it must not have been very productive.
Sunday:
I got to see the new James Bond with Steven and Sai. It was pretty good, much better than the last piece of crap in my valid opinion. I am confused as to why they now make Bond a ruthless killing machine that kills anything in his way. He used to be classy, only killing when he absolutely needed to (I have quotes ready to back that up). *SPOILER* Also, when they did that copy of the girl from Goldfinger, but with oil this time, I almost got up and walked out of the theater. For Christ's sake, have they really run so out of ideas that they have to copy from themselves now??? *END SPOILER* Also, please START with the classic down the barrel shot that always starts bond movies. Overall, I thought it was a step in the right direction and I hope that the last one can get back to what made older bond movies great.
Today:
Nothing matters because I GOT MY CHAOS GLOVES (pics to come). Other than that, I did nothing productive at all.
Well we'll see what happens with the UW this week. Until I see you next, peace out.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Things I Hate: 3
Hello and welcome to Things I Hate. Sorry about not updating last week. It was hard to get in the mood later in the week with all the gaming that had to be (and was) done. First of all, before I get started, I have to gloat a bit. DOUG SUTHERLAND YOU LOST. AHAHAHAHAHA NOOB NOOOOOOB YOU SUCK YOU SUCK. Maybe now you will learn not to put up a ton of signs by my house. What did you clear cut that area in the mountains to make paper for your signs? Too bad you wasted that much time on them because YOU LOST1!!1 Ahh, I have faith in democracy again. (Except in the case of Prop. 8 in CA, how did that happen?) Anyway, it is time to get on with this. This week on Things I Hate: Slutty Halloween Costumes!
Now I know what you're thinking. "Wait David, shouldn't you love any excuse that girls take to show off their bodies?" Well first of all, only if they're hot and second, some of these costumes have gone too far. I don't care about more traditional slutty costumes. Here is a list of slutty costumes that come to mind that are okay.
The Slutty Nurse- This one is okay because it has had many (many many many) years to give itself a good reputation. I swear, this slutty nurse idea has been around since before I was born. The good thing is that it still hasn't managed to shift our opinion of nurses. When someone mentions a nurse, I don't immediately think of a slutty nurse. It's nice that I don't default to that.
Playboy Bunny- The reason I like this is not just because it can be really hot. I also like it because it's probably just about the only slutty costume out there that is technically not slutty. When you think of Playboy, you think of that costume. It's more of just a costume than a slutty costume because when it comes to Playboy, they start at slutty and go from there.
Slutty Police Officer/Firewoman/etc- These are also okay because they have been around for a long time and they haven't changed our opinions of police officers and the like. In fact, the firewoman outfit has sparked sexy firelady calendars (and firemen calendars for you ladies out there). As for the police, they are more in danger of being labeled as slutty by men dressing up as police officers for bachelorette parties. Officer Rod my ass, let me see your badge.
So I don't really have a problem with these costumes because they have been around for a long time and they have not had a negative effect on what professions they portray. Now here are the costumes bothering me.
Slutty Cartoon Character- Ok so think of Minnie Mouse. I bet you think of the one I think of, one that is not slutty in any way (other than the way she fawns over Mickey (what a pimp)). I noticed this year that the "Slutty Minnie" has become popular. I hate this costume because it is going to forever scar me so that whenever I picture any of my favorite childhood cartoon characters, I will immediately think of some girl in lace with her lady parts nearly hanging out.
Slutty nursery rhyme characters- My example for this one is the slutty Little Bo Peep costume. I bet when you think of Little Bo Peep, the first thing you think of is not "Man how can I get that bitch into my pants?" The first thing you should think of is "Why I do believe she has some sheep." The costume is so innacurate that it does not come with sheep, but does come with a huge rod large enough to penetrate yourself with (I assume that's all the people that dress this way care about). Thank you, Slutty Little Bo Peep costume, for ruining childhood nursery rhymes. Someday my children will wonder why I'm getting a boner while telling them the story of Goldilocks and the three bears.
The last one I will cover today is the one that I find the most enraging. Anyone who knows me will most likely know exactly what I'm going to say (I don't know if you've seen it or not). It's a costume I just saw appear this year, but I hope it never returns.
Slutty Boy Scout- I don't even know where to start with this. First of all, the uniform is worn incorrectly. It's a Boy Scout colored uniform, but the badges on it resemble the pattern of Cub Scouts. Furthermore, on most of the renditions I've seen, the neckerchief is a bandanna tied around one's neck. Ok this is completely wrong. The neckerchief does not resemble a bandanna and is certainly not worn that way. Furthermore, why are so many buttons unbuttoned? Boy Scouts don't show their cleavage. Not even the fat ones. I could go on about the inaccuracies for days, but I can't because I can almost feel how bored you are getting at that. The only kind of person that should be fantacizing about Boy Scouts are girls. The problem is, girls are wearing this costume. Who are they trying to attract? Confused bisexuals and blind gay scoutmasters? I would like to forcefully request that this costume be taken away next year and replaced with at least a slutty girl scout uniform. While it is certainly not age appropriate, it takes a step in the right direction by at least being gender appropriate.
Well that's all I got on costumes. Remember, the best thing to do if you want to look slutty is to take off all your clothes and not put them back on. Not to mention, it's also much cheaper than buying a new costume that you will use once. Just tell people you're dressing up as Adam or Eve. If they ask where your leaf is, just tell them "What's going to hold it up, dumbass? Gravity?"
That's all for this week, peace out.
Now I know what you're thinking. "Wait David, shouldn't you love any excuse that girls take to show off their bodies?" Well first of all, only if they're hot and second, some of these costumes have gone too far. I don't care about more traditional slutty costumes. Here is a list of slutty costumes that come to mind that are okay.
The Slutty Nurse- This one is okay because it has had many (many many many) years to give itself a good reputation. I swear, this slutty nurse idea has been around since before I was born. The good thing is that it still hasn't managed to shift our opinion of nurses. When someone mentions a nurse, I don't immediately think of a slutty nurse. It's nice that I don't default to that.
Playboy Bunny- The reason I like this is not just because it can be really hot. I also like it because it's probably just about the only slutty costume out there that is technically not slutty. When you think of Playboy, you think of that costume. It's more of just a costume than a slutty costume because when it comes to Playboy, they start at slutty and go from there.
Slutty Police Officer/Firewoman/etc- These are also okay because they have been around for a long time and they haven't changed our opinions of police officers and the like. In fact, the firewoman outfit has sparked sexy firelady calendars (and firemen calendars for you ladies out there). As for the police, they are more in danger of being labeled as slutty by men dressing up as police officers for bachelorette parties. Officer Rod my ass, let me see your badge.
So I don't really have a problem with these costumes because they have been around for a long time and they have not had a negative effect on what professions they portray. Now here are the costumes bothering me.
Slutty Cartoon Character- Ok so think of Minnie Mouse. I bet you think of the one I think of, one that is not slutty in any way (other than the way she fawns over Mickey (what a pimp)). I noticed this year that the "Slutty Minnie" has become popular. I hate this costume because it is going to forever scar me so that whenever I picture any of my favorite childhood cartoon characters, I will immediately think of some girl in lace with her lady parts nearly hanging out.
Slutty nursery rhyme characters- My example for this one is the slutty Little Bo Peep costume. I bet when you think of Little Bo Peep, the first thing you think of is not "Man how can I get that bitch into my pants?" The first thing you should think of is "Why I do believe she has some sheep." The costume is so innacurate that it does not come with sheep, but does come with a huge rod large enough to penetrate yourself with (I assume that's all the people that dress this way care about). Thank you, Slutty Little Bo Peep costume, for ruining childhood nursery rhymes. Someday my children will wonder why I'm getting a boner while telling them the story of Goldilocks and the three bears.
The last one I will cover today is the one that I find the most enraging. Anyone who knows me will most likely know exactly what I'm going to say (I don't know if you've seen it or not). It's a costume I just saw appear this year, but I hope it never returns.
Slutty Boy Scout- I don't even know where to start with this. First of all, the uniform is worn incorrectly. It's a Boy Scout colored uniform, but the badges on it resemble the pattern of Cub Scouts. Furthermore, on most of the renditions I've seen, the neckerchief is a bandanna tied around one's neck. Ok this is completely wrong. The neckerchief does not resemble a bandanna and is certainly not worn that way. Furthermore, why are so many buttons unbuttoned? Boy Scouts don't show their cleavage. Not even the fat ones. I could go on about the inaccuracies for days, but I can't because I can almost feel how bored you are getting at that. The only kind of person that should be fantacizing about Boy Scouts are girls. The problem is, girls are wearing this costume. Who are they trying to attract? Confused bisexuals and blind gay scoutmasters? I would like to forcefully request that this costume be taken away next year and replaced with at least a slutty girl scout uniform. While it is certainly not age appropriate, it takes a step in the right direction by at least being gender appropriate.
Well that's all I got on costumes. Remember, the best thing to do if you want to look slutty is to take off all your clothes and not put them back on. Not to mention, it's also much cheaper than buying a new costume that you will use once. Just tell people you're dressing up as Adam or Eve. If they ask where your leaf is, just tell them "What's going to hold it up, dumbass? Gravity?"
That's all for this week, peace out.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Hopefully you weren't worried
I just realized that the only person I talked about the things I hate delaying with was Orion. Hopefully none of you were worried that dad was in some sort of bad spot in the hospital. He got out on Thursday night during my concert and when I went to post on Friday, I just didn't feel like hating on anything simply because it was Friday (how can you be mad when it isn't a school night?) Anyhow, I think this post will be able to remain fairly medium length so I'll stop rambling and get to it.
Tuesday:
I got to vote and that was pretty cool/boring. I can see why it isn't a big deal for people that have done it many times before. I watched the election coverage that night and was very happy at the results.
Obama won, that was good.
Gregoire won, also good.
Dorn won, Terry Bergeson and her shitty education plan are gone.
GOLDMARK WON. TAKE THAT DOUG SUTHERLAND! The next day, his signs were taken down in shame. Uproarious laughter ensued.
Other than that, I did pretty good in all the other things I voted for and I think that about 70% of what I voted for came out the way I voted. I was just happy that Doug Sutherland lost though. That was the highlight of the night partially because it was such a close outcome and I felt like my vote really helped screw him over.
Wednesday:
Dad came into my room early and told me mom was taking him to the hospital. I was actually asleep, but I heard this. By the way, I recently learned that I can hear and understand people talking around me while I'm asleep, so all those times in Music Theory were probably spent being actually asleep, not just partially. Anyway, I went to see dad later in the day and learned that they had done a lot and all he really needed to do was pass gas so that they would know the blockage was cleared. He did it later that night.
Thursday:
It was a pretty uneventful day aside from the concert that night. It was overly patriotic and as Doug Reid put it "I shoulda brought some crackers for that cheese." The veterans and conservatives in the audience seemed to like it though. Mom randomly wound up sitting next to a lady who is the parent of this girl trumpet that is in both concert band and jazz band with me. Also mom got to see the hot girl in the class and acknowledged her as being the hot girl (she's that hot).
Friday:
It was the start of the Halloween weekend and alliance battles weekend. Cue me not leaving the house all weekend. That's about what happened.
Saturday:
I played for a while with Steven and Orion until Orion left and Steven left. I waited around doing odd jobs for them then realized they weren't coming back. Then I had a revelation, I have no life. I decided I must remedy this situation. I planned on coming to the UW today, but I forgot I have band so I will not. I have a concert on Wednesday and Thursday, so I will come down Tuesday or Friday.
Sunday:
More of the same. I stopped in the middle of the afternoon because we were watching home movies looking for some specific things and wound up just watching a bunch. I saw a bunch of old birthday parties and realized I had some pretty cool parties. I have to upload some clips when we convert them to DVDs. There were some funny moments of some people you know now (for example, Stefano making farting noises during "Happy Birthday"). The funniest part was a clip of Kathryn throwing a tantrum when she was about 3 and dad turns the camera to mom who says "We're going to show you this when you're fifteen or sixteen so you can see how you looked." The funny thing was Kathryn had just turned fifteen last month.
Today:
Nothing much happened today. Aren't you happy? That means a day less of posting for you to read. Things I hate will still appear this wednesday even though I have a concert. I have to hit this topic before it gets too late.
Tuesday:
I got to vote and that was pretty cool/boring. I can see why it isn't a big deal for people that have done it many times before. I watched the election coverage that night and was very happy at the results.
Obama won, that was good.
Gregoire won, also good.
Dorn won, Terry Bergeson and her shitty education plan are gone.
GOLDMARK WON. TAKE THAT DOUG SUTHERLAND! The next day, his signs were taken down in shame. Uproarious laughter ensued.
Other than that, I did pretty good in all the other things I voted for and I think that about 70% of what I voted for came out the way I voted. I was just happy that Doug Sutherland lost though. That was the highlight of the night partially because it was such a close outcome and I felt like my vote really helped screw him over.
Wednesday:
Dad came into my room early and told me mom was taking him to the hospital. I was actually asleep, but I heard this. By the way, I recently learned that I can hear and understand people talking around me while I'm asleep, so all those times in Music Theory were probably spent being actually asleep, not just partially. Anyway, I went to see dad later in the day and learned that they had done a lot and all he really needed to do was pass gas so that they would know the blockage was cleared. He did it later that night.
Thursday:
It was a pretty uneventful day aside from the concert that night. It was overly patriotic and as Doug Reid put it "I shoulda brought some crackers for that cheese." The veterans and conservatives in the audience seemed to like it though. Mom randomly wound up sitting next to a lady who is the parent of this girl trumpet that is in both concert band and jazz band with me. Also mom got to see the hot girl in the class and acknowledged her as being the hot girl (she's that hot).
Friday:
It was the start of the Halloween weekend and alliance battles weekend. Cue me not leaving the house all weekend. That's about what happened.
Saturday:
I played for a while with Steven and Orion until Orion left and Steven left. I waited around doing odd jobs for them then realized they weren't coming back. Then I had a revelation, I have no life. I decided I must remedy this situation. I planned on coming to the UW today, but I forgot I have band so I will not. I have a concert on Wednesday and Thursday, so I will come down Tuesday or Friday.
Sunday:
More of the same. I stopped in the middle of the afternoon because we were watching home movies looking for some specific things and wound up just watching a bunch. I saw a bunch of old birthday parties and realized I had some pretty cool parties. I have to upload some clips when we convert them to DVDs. There were some funny moments of some people you know now (for example, Stefano making farting noises during "Happy Birthday"). The funniest part was a clip of Kathryn throwing a tantrum when she was about 3 and dad turns the camera to mom who says "We're going to show you this when you're fifteen or sixteen so you can see how you looked." The funny thing was Kathryn had just turned fifteen last month.
Today:
Nothing much happened today. Aren't you happy? That means a day less of posting for you to read. Things I hate will still appear this wednesday even though I have a concert. I have to hit this topic before it gets too late.
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
The scheduled program has currently been interrupted. We apologize for the delay.
Hey I know today is the Things I Hate day, but I cannot post today. On top of having a rehearsal today, a concert tomorrow, and a big paper due Friday, dad had a minor bowel obstruction yesterday and might need to have surgery, so I'm at the hospital if not doing homework. It's nothing really potentially bad right now and hopefully it stays that way. I'll try to post on Friday if I get some time and if I don't, I'll just do what I had planned to do today next week.
Monday, November 03, 2008
Don't forget to vote!
And with that title, I shall conclude my interest in politics until about 4 years from now. It will be nice to no longer be caught in the middle of stupid fights and whatnot. I know you don't want to hear about that though (if you do, just check the last post). I shall get along with the week then.
Videogames:
I got my Elonian Grandmaster Cartographer this past week. I spent much less time on it than Tyrian. I estimate that I spent less than 50 hours doing all the scraping. I'm now 2/3 of the way to having Legendary Cartographer. When I get Legendary Cartographer, I will have the Kind of a Big Deal title. I'm looking forward to it. All in all, it was a very productive week Guild Wars wise. It was also Halloween and I spent a lot of time in costume brawl, getting about 4 or 5 new builds with the faction I got and I also got about 350 trick or treat bags, which pales in comparison to Steven's 2,000+.
I did play some Starcraft as well with Sai. We had some good games and Sai had a good save in a game when I got double rushed.
Classes:
They're still there. Nothing much has changed in them. Our Jazz band is looking good. We're starting to sight read new songs and today we got one where there was a big empty section where only the percussion plays through. Doug checked his master score and said that it was a French Horn solo. My ears perked up at that and I thrust my hand forward and exclaimed "Oh, you need a French Horn!?" Anyway, long story short, if Doug decides to keep the part and decides he wants a French Horn (which could go either way) I could very well be playing some jazz french horn.
Now this is going to be a short post, but before it ends, I have two stories to share. I shall share them in chronological order.
The cock-block:
So We had a math test last Thursday. It was a 3 part test. The first two parts were individual and the third part was in groups. As we would finish, the teacher would randomly start picking people and pairing them up. She paired me up with that hot girl and it was cool to be working with her and talking and stuff, but then the lady that sits next to me caught up to me and pulled me back to where she was sitting because she needed my help to do the problems (she really really needed it. I got to be the teacher) So instead of getting out 10 minutes early and talking to the girl more, I got out 20 minutes late, but helped someone in need, so I don't know exactly whether I should feel good or angry at that.
Bad medicine:
So on Halloween, I go to my Grandpa's house to help him hand out candy. At his house, he has an M&M jar that is magically always full. This time, I went to the jar and put some M&M's into my hand as I have done many many times before and when I popped them into my mouth, I felt a warm M. It was wierd because I thought it was a microwaved one, but then I realized that since the other ones were normal temperatures, this one had to be something else. Thinking it was a cashew or some other kind of nut, I grabbed it out of my mouth, only to discover it was a FloMax tablet. Luckily it had not dissolved at all or it would not have been a fun night.
Well that's all for now. Peace out.
Videogames:
I got my Elonian Grandmaster Cartographer this past week. I spent much less time on it than Tyrian. I estimate that I spent less than 50 hours doing all the scraping. I'm now 2/3 of the way to having Legendary Cartographer. When I get Legendary Cartographer, I will have the Kind of a Big Deal title. I'm looking forward to it. All in all, it was a very productive week Guild Wars wise. It was also Halloween and I spent a lot of time in costume brawl, getting about 4 or 5 new builds with the faction I got and I also got about 350 trick or treat bags, which pales in comparison to Steven's 2,000+.
I did play some Starcraft as well with Sai. We had some good games and Sai had a good save in a game when I got double rushed.
Classes:
They're still there. Nothing much has changed in them. Our Jazz band is looking good. We're starting to sight read new songs and today we got one where there was a big empty section where only the percussion plays through. Doug checked his master score and said that it was a French Horn solo. My ears perked up at that and I thrust my hand forward and exclaimed "Oh, you need a French Horn!?" Anyway, long story short, if Doug decides to keep the part and decides he wants a French Horn (which could go either way) I could very well be playing some jazz french horn.
Now this is going to be a short post, but before it ends, I have two stories to share. I shall share them in chronological order.
The cock-block:
So We had a math test last Thursday. It was a 3 part test. The first two parts were individual and the third part was in groups. As we would finish, the teacher would randomly start picking people and pairing them up. She paired me up with that hot girl and it was cool to be working with her and talking and stuff, but then the lady that sits next to me caught up to me and pulled me back to where she was sitting because she needed my help to do the problems (she really really needed it. I got to be the teacher) So instead of getting out 10 minutes early and talking to the girl more, I got out 20 minutes late, but helped someone in need, so I don't know exactly whether I should feel good or angry at that.
Bad medicine:
So on Halloween, I go to my Grandpa's house to help him hand out candy. At his house, he has an M&M jar that is magically always full. This time, I went to the jar and put some M&M's into my hand as I have done many many times before and when I popped them into my mouth, I felt a warm M. It was wierd because I thought it was a microwaved one, but then I realized that since the other ones were normal temperatures, this one had to be something else. Thinking it was a cashew or some other kind of nut, I grabbed it out of my mouth, only to discover it was a FloMax tablet. Luckily it had not dissolved at all or it would not have been a fun night.
Well that's all for now. Peace out.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Things I Hate: 2
Hello and welcome to the second installment of Things I hate. Before I get going today, I shall inform you that I am labeling all my Things I hate posts with a "Things I hate" label at the bottom of my post. To my understanding, this will allow you to go back and look at any old rants anytime you want. With that taken care of, let's get started, shall we?
Today on Things I hate, political advertisements.
Also, I hate people that call them (ad-vurtiz-mints) instead of (advur-ties-mints), but that is perhaps another rant for another time.
Anyway, I'm sure you've seen the ads popping up, oh, everywhere because of the election coming up. It amazes me how people can be such morons with their signs and their television spots as well.
First of all, people with signs need to realize that 5 signs within 4 feet of one another is overkill. Take for example, Doug Sutherland. Wherever I go, he always has signs up, but there are always 2 signs in close proximity to one another. The farthest I think I have ever seen his signs apart is about 16 feet (on either side of a driveway). The most annoying part is that those signs ARE EXACTLY THE SAME. For those of you that don't know ole' Duggy, he's running [to be re-elected] for the Washington State commissioner of Public Lands. Well shouldn't the commissioner of public lands understand how *not to destroy or deface them*? For example, I pass the 8th and 185th Street intersection daily (the one on the way to my house where you turn right at the gas station by the QFC and across from the Rite Aid). In that intersection, on a tall group of trees in the northwest corner, Doug put up a large sign, approximately 3 feet by 5 feetish about 10 feet up in the trees. Below that sign about 3 feet, is a series of 4 of his smaller signs that I see everywhere. I get the idea, Doug. Seriously, what makes you think that I am going to miss one of those signs at all? THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES IN THAT SPOT AND THEY LOOK LIKE HELL. How could I possibly not miss them? It's idiocy like this that makes me not want to vote for people like him.
Personally, I've never really understood the concept of signs like that. They only really tell the candidate's name; the position they're running for; and occasionally, their party affiliation. Like that's going to change my mind on who I vote for. Ooh, that guy has a pretty sign, he must be better at doing political stuff. How about you get signs that tell me what you want to do. Give me a mission statement or something useful.
Now as for TV ads, these drive me insane. You know how you can get some funny ad and it will be funny the first time, then as it goes on, not so much, until you loathe seeing it? Well political ads start out between not funny and loathing seeing it. Not only that, but you get a huge-ass block of them half the time. I swear, the candidates make up for their lack of debates by placing their commercials at certain times. You get the 1st commercial:
"Hey both candidates, we're just citizens and we want our money. Tell us something good so we will vote for you." "Paid for by local idiots that didn't watch the debates."
Then the second one comes on:
"Well I, Dino Rossi, am barely qualified for this job, but I would do stuff that would help the economy, unlike Gregoire, who is soft on crime." "I'm Dino Rossi and I approve this message."
And before you can wonder why in the hell he just related crime rates to the economy, the third message comes on.
"I'm Chris Gregoire. While I'm barely qualified for the job as well, Dino Rossi is wrong. He thinks I'm tough on crime, but he wants to cut funding and lower the minimum wage." "Oh and also, I approve this message."
So then by this point you think, how did we get from the economy to minimum wage and how did it somewhat make sense? Then the fourth commercial comes on and before you can utter an expletive, it turns out to be just a stupid Burner vs. Reichert ad.
Now Darcy Burner and Dave Reichert, I wonder if you know that WE DON'T VOTE FOR EITHER OF YOU BECAUSE YOU AREN'T IN OUR DISTRICT. Unfortunately, they still advertise the crap out of our stations because we share with so many cities. I'm just happy we aren't getting the Bellingham race advertisements and crap.
Now I really hate these stupid attack ads too. They drive me crazy because they are just such stupid ways of garnering votes. Dave Reichert and Darcy Burner are the worst offenders. You get
"Did you know Dave Reichert is really ineffective? Doesn't that make you not care about how equally ineffective I would be?" "I'm Darcy Burner and I approve this message."
and then
"I'm Dave Reichert and I approve this message" "Darcy Burner SAYS I'm ineffective and she's actually kind of right. In summation, don't vote for Darcy Burner because she's a total bitch."
They just trade weak, girly hits at one another until the stupid voters of the world's heads explode from the inability to make up their minds.
I also hate the I-1000 ads. I-1000 pertains to legalizing assisted suicide, which I was against because I'm against suicide, but a good no-bullshit commercial from the Oregon governor changed my mind on it. Then of course after this, we get a commercial that says:
"My husband died without his dignity because it was illegal to keep his dignity. His dying wish was to have I-1000 approved."
or
"I was apalled that they even suggested the suicide option." (it was number 10ish on a list of 15 options (the other ideas must have really sucked) "She passed away naturally as God intended and her dying wish was to have I-1000 rejected.
Yeah these two I'm sure had I-1000 in their minds 2 years ago when they died before the initiative was ever drawn up.
or you get Martin Sheen, who ISN'T EVEN FROM WASHINGTON. What the hell Martin? You can't just barge into our state and expect everyone to follow your lead.
As for celebrities, I hate these pushy celebrity ads that pretty much call you a little shit if you don't vote. I especially hate the one with Jessica Alba and Hayden Penetenirya or whatever the hell it is. While the idea of Jessica Alba getting anywhere near my face for whatever reason is rather nice, it pisses me off. Where do celebrities get off thinking that they are better than us? I pay your wage, celebrities, don't talk down to me or next time you come out with a movie I know is going to be shitty, I wont go see it!
*ADDITION* 30 minute advertisements? WTF? I WATCH TV SHOWS SHORTER THAN THAT CRAP.
Well now I'm tired. Have a good last week of surviving political ads everyone. Until next week, Peace out.
Today on Things I hate, political advertisements.
Also, I hate people that call them (ad-vurtiz-mints) instead of (advur-ties-mints), but that is perhaps another rant for another time.
Anyway, I'm sure you've seen the ads popping up, oh, everywhere because of the election coming up. It amazes me how people can be such morons with their signs and their television spots as well.
First of all, people with signs need to realize that 5 signs within 4 feet of one another is overkill. Take for example, Doug Sutherland. Wherever I go, he always has signs up, but there are always 2 signs in close proximity to one another. The farthest I think I have ever seen his signs apart is about 16 feet (on either side of a driveway). The most annoying part is that those signs ARE EXACTLY THE SAME. For those of you that don't know ole' Duggy, he's running [to be re-elected] for the Washington State commissioner of Public Lands. Well shouldn't the commissioner of public lands understand how *not to destroy or deface them*? For example, I pass the 8th and 185th Street intersection daily (the one on the way to my house where you turn right at the gas station by the QFC and across from the Rite Aid). In that intersection, on a tall group of trees in the northwest corner, Doug put up a large sign, approximately 3 feet by 5 feetish about 10 feet up in the trees. Below that sign about 3 feet, is a series of 4 of his smaller signs that I see everywhere. I get the idea, Doug. Seriously, what makes you think that I am going to miss one of those signs at all? THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES IN THAT SPOT AND THEY LOOK LIKE HELL. How could I possibly not miss them? It's idiocy like this that makes me not want to vote for people like him.
Personally, I've never really understood the concept of signs like that. They only really tell the candidate's name; the position they're running for; and occasionally, their party affiliation. Like that's going to change my mind on who I vote for. Ooh, that guy has a pretty sign, he must be better at doing political stuff. How about you get signs that tell me what you want to do. Give me a mission statement or something useful.
Now as for TV ads, these drive me insane. You know how you can get some funny ad and it will be funny the first time, then as it goes on, not so much, until you loathe seeing it? Well political ads start out between not funny and loathing seeing it. Not only that, but you get a huge-ass block of them half the time. I swear, the candidates make up for their lack of debates by placing their commercials at certain times. You get the 1st commercial:
"Hey both candidates, we're just citizens and we want our money. Tell us something good so we will vote for you." "Paid for by local idiots that didn't watch the debates."
Then the second one comes on:
"Well I, Dino Rossi, am barely qualified for this job, but I would do stuff that would help the economy, unlike Gregoire, who is soft on crime." "I'm Dino Rossi and I approve this message."
And before you can wonder why in the hell he just related crime rates to the economy, the third message comes on.
"I'm Chris Gregoire. While I'm barely qualified for the job as well, Dino Rossi is wrong. He thinks I'm tough on crime, but he wants to cut funding and lower the minimum wage." "Oh and also, I approve this message."
So then by this point you think, how did we get from the economy to minimum wage and how did it somewhat make sense? Then the fourth commercial comes on and before you can utter an expletive, it turns out to be just a stupid Burner vs. Reichert ad.
Now Darcy Burner and Dave Reichert, I wonder if you know that WE DON'T VOTE FOR EITHER OF YOU BECAUSE YOU AREN'T IN OUR DISTRICT. Unfortunately, they still advertise the crap out of our stations because we share with so many cities. I'm just happy we aren't getting the Bellingham race advertisements and crap.
Now I really hate these stupid attack ads too. They drive me crazy because they are just such stupid ways of garnering votes. Dave Reichert and Darcy Burner are the worst offenders. You get
"Did you know Dave Reichert is really ineffective? Doesn't that make you not care about how equally ineffective I would be?" "I'm Darcy Burner and I approve this message."
and then
"I'm Dave Reichert and I approve this message" "Darcy Burner SAYS I'm ineffective and she's actually kind of right. In summation, don't vote for Darcy Burner because she's a total bitch."
They just trade weak, girly hits at one another until the stupid voters of the world's heads explode from the inability to make up their minds.
I also hate the I-1000 ads. I-1000 pertains to legalizing assisted suicide, which I was against because I'm against suicide, but a good no-bullshit commercial from the Oregon governor changed my mind on it. Then of course after this, we get a commercial that says:
"My husband died without his dignity because it was illegal to keep his dignity. His dying wish was to have I-1000 approved."
or
"I was apalled that they even suggested the suicide option." (it was number 10ish on a list of 15 options (the other ideas must have really sucked) "She passed away naturally as God intended and her dying wish was to have I-1000 rejected.
Yeah these two I'm sure had I-1000 in their minds 2 years ago when they died before the initiative was ever drawn up.
or you get Martin Sheen, who ISN'T EVEN FROM WASHINGTON. What the hell Martin? You can't just barge into our state and expect everyone to follow your lead.
As for celebrities, I hate these pushy celebrity ads that pretty much call you a little shit if you don't vote. I especially hate the one with Jessica Alba and Hayden Penetenirya or whatever the hell it is. While the idea of Jessica Alba getting anywhere near my face for whatever reason is rather nice, it pisses me off. Where do celebrities get off thinking that they are better than us? I pay your wage, celebrities, don't talk down to me or next time you come out with a movie I know is going to be shitty, I wont go see it!
*ADDITION* 30 minute advertisements? WTF? I WATCH TV SHOWS SHORTER THAN THAT CRAP.
Well now I'm tired. Have a good last week of surviving political ads everyone. Until next week, Peace out.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Perhaps Mondays shall become my new post days.
I've been thinking and I realized that since I have to leave the house at 6:30 for band and since I get back too late to really get into any videogames, I should just sacrifice time to post on these days. This way, I can get more videogames in during the weekend and I don't feel robbed of time on Mondays, so look for my week posts on Mondays. Additionally, "Things I Hate" will be a regular Wednesday update, so look out for that too. And Davis, if you wanted to do a rant about grammar, go ahead. I have other topics that are more important to me than that right now and if someone tells people off about grammar, it will be good (please don't fix the grammar in this paragraph though, I know it sucks). Ok well anyway, I'll get into the week a bit.
New Phone:
If I've talked to you about my phone, you know it has been slowly breaking. I had the Motorolla Razer for 2.5 years and it was a good phone, but it is clearly on its last legs, what with the random silencing or random shutdowns. Mom and Dad, being in the same boat as me, looked up when we could get new phones and it turned out we were eligible now. Mom and Dad don't know exactly what they want yet, but Kathryn and I got new phones. On top of that *WE NOW HAVE TEXTING* so that means I will recieve and actually answer text messages now. No longer will I see a message from Chris and have to assume it means a frisbee game.
So Kathryn bought a sidekick and I was planning on getting something like a razer since I liked it, but then this cute (in the nerdy, shy way (which in its own way is even more attractive)) attendant at Costo (she was about 20, so it's not some older lady if you were thinking that for some reason.) showed me the new G1, the G-phone. It looked super awesome, so after learning more about it from other sources, I decided to spend some extra money from graduation to buy it. It was more than I had intended to pay for a phone, but it is mega awesome. It has internet, GPS, a really good camera, and even an application where you can scan a barcode and it tells you how much that item costs at nearby stores. Today, my accounting class was cancelled, so I learned more about the phone and I even got some solitare in. My number is the same, so don't worry about anything there. I do have to put in your numbers though, but I have them all written down somewhere and they are still on my old phone.
Classes:
My math class has been starting to get challenging again. We got into a lesson that I didn't do so well on in the class last time I had something in that level and this was no different. I had previously been putting up some crazy numbers on tests and if there had been a curve, I would have screwed everyone over, but this time, I fell down to the class average, so the teacher said she recommends I try to pretend I have never seen the material before because the worst thing I could do is think I learned it already and be partially correct. I'm doing well in the class though. I have a 3.8. The lady next to me has a .8 and she seems to be on the ball (maybe not on tests though), so either something is off, or the rest of the class is down between 2.0 and 3.0.
Accouting is going okay. The teacher is extremely boring and everyone I've talked to hates the fact that she assumed we are all on the same level and she doesn't slow down at all to help anyone. One guy in my class finished the last test in 20 minutes. To put that in perspective, I was the second one to finish and it took me 40 minutes. I later found out that that guy had previously taken 3 accounting classes in high school, so if I have any quick questions, I know who to ask there.
Jazz band is fine. I finally remembered my plunger mute and we're getting some good songs going. Also, our trombone section finally showed up and they are pretty good players.
Symphonic band is fine as well. I kind of like being the youngest person in my section by at least 20 years. My section leader also reminds me a bit of Maddy (she is somewhat crazy) and the guy in the second seat reminds me a bit of Nathan (he's quiet, but says a lot of funny things).
English is going well also. It's not a big deal class because we just sit there and pretend we haven't learned about theses yet. I couldn't teach english because it would be repetitive to teach the same thing over and over plus a lot of the people in the class know the material.
Not much else has happened. Orion came back online and we marathoned Guild Wars alliance battles for a bit until we had 10,000 unspent faction, then Orion and I stayed up late (I got to bed 2 hours late) talking about this and that and whatnot.
The rest of the weekend was spent just doing random things around the house. On Sunday, we had a full family party for Kathryn including the relatives from Kent. I got to go down to SPU to pick up my cousin (actually first cousin once removed, but she is part of the family now since she lives so close, so I'm upgrading her because I don't want to type all that crap out when I reference her). It's cool to have her around because she is more like me than the rest of the family. Also, we are the two kids with blonde hair in the family, so I don't look out of place amongst black and brown and even red hair of the rest of the family.
Ok well that's enough for this week. Look out for "Things I Hate 2" this week. Peace out.
New Phone:
If I've talked to you about my phone, you know it has been slowly breaking. I had the Motorolla Razer for 2.5 years and it was a good phone, but it is clearly on its last legs, what with the random silencing or random shutdowns. Mom and Dad, being in the same boat as me, looked up when we could get new phones and it turned out we were eligible now. Mom and Dad don't know exactly what they want yet, but Kathryn and I got new phones. On top of that *WE NOW HAVE TEXTING* so that means I will recieve and actually answer text messages now. No longer will I see a message from Chris and have to assume it means a frisbee game.
So Kathryn bought a sidekick and I was planning on getting something like a razer since I liked it, but then this cute (in the nerdy, shy way (which in its own way is even more attractive)) attendant at Costo (she was about 20, so it's not some older lady if you were thinking that for some reason.) showed me the new G1, the G-phone. It looked super awesome, so after learning more about it from other sources, I decided to spend some extra money from graduation to buy it. It was more than I had intended to pay for a phone, but it is mega awesome. It has internet, GPS, a really good camera, and even an application where you can scan a barcode and it tells you how much that item costs at nearby stores. Today, my accounting class was cancelled, so I learned more about the phone and I even got some solitare in. My number is the same, so don't worry about anything there. I do have to put in your numbers though, but I have them all written down somewhere and they are still on my old phone.
Classes:
My math class has been starting to get challenging again. We got into a lesson that I didn't do so well on in the class last time I had something in that level and this was no different. I had previously been putting up some crazy numbers on tests and if there had been a curve, I would have screwed everyone over, but this time, I fell down to the class average, so the teacher said she recommends I try to pretend I have never seen the material before because the worst thing I could do is think I learned it already and be partially correct. I'm doing well in the class though. I have a 3.8. The lady next to me has a .8 and she seems to be on the ball (maybe not on tests though), so either something is off, or the rest of the class is down between 2.0 and 3.0.
Accouting is going okay. The teacher is extremely boring and everyone I've talked to hates the fact that she assumed we are all on the same level and she doesn't slow down at all to help anyone. One guy in my class finished the last test in 20 minutes. To put that in perspective, I was the second one to finish and it took me 40 minutes. I later found out that that guy had previously taken 3 accounting classes in high school, so if I have any quick questions, I know who to ask there.
Jazz band is fine. I finally remembered my plunger mute and we're getting some good songs going. Also, our trombone section finally showed up and they are pretty good players.
Symphonic band is fine as well. I kind of like being the youngest person in my section by at least 20 years. My section leader also reminds me a bit of Maddy (she is somewhat crazy) and the guy in the second seat reminds me a bit of Nathan (he's quiet, but says a lot of funny things).
English is going well also. It's not a big deal class because we just sit there and pretend we haven't learned about theses yet. I couldn't teach english because it would be repetitive to teach the same thing over and over plus a lot of the people in the class know the material.
Not much else has happened. Orion came back online and we marathoned Guild Wars alliance battles for a bit until we had 10,000 unspent faction, then Orion and I stayed up late (I got to bed 2 hours late) talking about this and that and whatnot.
The rest of the weekend was spent just doing random things around the house. On Sunday, we had a full family party for Kathryn including the relatives from Kent. I got to go down to SPU to pick up my cousin (actually first cousin once removed, but she is part of the family now since she lives so close, so I'm upgrading her because I don't want to type all that crap out when I reference her). It's cool to have her around because she is more like me than the rest of the family. Also, we are the two kids with blonde hair in the family, so I don't look out of place amongst black and brown and even red hair of the rest of the family.
Ok well that's enough for this week. Look out for "Things I Hate 2" this week. Peace out.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
In response to the new Mac vs PC ad, I had to make this. The small red square shows "Vista Advertising." First of all, that can't be true because I see at least 5 Mac ads for every Vista ad. Furthermore, look at Mac's advertising money. It includes the red box, the money not in the box, the office equipment, the two hired goons, and the space they are in. Oh and also, the filming crew and the internet access to post it on youtube.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Things I hate: 1
Hello and welcome to what I'm hoping will become a regular (perhaps weekly if I can hate enough things) part of this blog. It's my new segment, "Things I hate." I'm doing it because I promised Orion I would post my enemies list (which is being worked on currently) and a list of things I hate, but I thought this would be a better way to do it. Today on Things I hate, internet fights.
Internet Fights:
We've all seen them somewhere or another, somebody just has to get it off their chest that since someone doesn't agree with their point of view, that person must be gay. I know this is only one scenario, but I feel that I can create the best examples if I use it as an example.
Say, for instance, someone gets on the thread and says something like "Lol wow everyone on this thread is so gay." Refer back to this later.
Now the proper way to respond to this is to use a witty comeback or NOT AT ALL (something many people need to learn). If the witty comeback is used quickly, it can end the fight and people can avoid looking like complete morons, but since nobody that posts on threads is ever witty, you get the most annoying things ever, the three types of hate responses. These drive me crazy because they are present in every thread I have ever seen a fight started in and the people that employ any of these tactics always come out looking like total douchebags. Here are the three types:
The anger approach:
This one tends to make the user look the stupidest of the three tactics, but sadly, this one is used the most frequently because as I said earlier, most people that post on meaningless threads are more useless than paragons. (I know those weren't my exact words, but I like to insult these people). Refer back to the example above. A typical anger approach to that statement would be something along the lines of "Your a moron and I hope you get hit by a car." They are almost always grammatically incorrect in some way and of course, they pack about as much of a punch as a baby with a pillow on its hand. Because of the fact that the people using this tactic look so stupid to everyone, I am the least bothered by it. They have suffered [almost] enough.
The smart-ass approach:
This one is far more annoying than the last approach because the people that use this think that they are better than everyone else on the thread because they possess a language filter in their brains. Unfortunately for them, they don't posses the "getting involved in internet fights is stupid" filter as well. People using this tactic would tend to comeback to the insult by saying something along the lines of "I resent you using the word "gay" in a derogatory sense. Some people in the world are actually homosexuals and take offense to this word being used as a synonym for stupid and on top of that, many people that throw the word around carelessly tend to be covering for their own latent homosexuality." If you made it to the end of that long winded comment, I congratulate you because I usually give up reading by halfway. The people using this tactic resort to facts that are rarely proven and try to hide their inadequate arguing skills by using big words. Way to use Thesaurus.com, dumbasses!
The budding psychologist approach:
Not quite as annoying as the last one, but still very annoying is the budding psychologist approach. The people that use this approach slap on their fake PhD's in human psychology and feel that it is their duty to inform everyone involved in the thread that "This person obviously has some issues in their past that causes them to feed off of other people's anger, so please do not feed them by continuing to post on this post." The only redeeming quality of this approach is they actually try to break up the fight, which is a good alternative to getting involved and looking like an idiot. The only problem is that this approach usually comes with an insult hidden within itself. While they try to break up the fight, people using this approach will still have to psychologically profile the other person and they usually wind up calling them a nutcase.
How can you avoid pissing me off by getting involved in internet fights? It's simple, say something amazingly funny to shut the guy up or shut the hell up. If you have nothing witty to say, don't say anything and maybe people will take your example.
That concludes this week's segment. Please leave a comment if you thought it was good at all or leave any feedback. My intent is to point out things I hate in a humorous manner, so any suggestions on ways I can improve the quality of these posts is greatly appreciated. Peace out.
Internet Fights:
We've all seen them somewhere or another, somebody just has to get it off their chest that since someone doesn't agree with their point of view, that person must be gay. I know this is only one scenario, but I feel that I can create the best examples if I use it as an example.
Say, for instance, someone gets on the thread and says something like "Lol wow everyone on this thread is so gay." Refer back to this later.
Now the proper way to respond to this is to use a witty comeback or NOT AT ALL (something many people need to learn). If the witty comeback is used quickly, it can end the fight and people can avoid looking like complete morons, but since nobody that posts on threads is ever witty, you get the most annoying things ever, the three types of hate responses. These drive me crazy because they are present in every thread I have ever seen a fight started in and the people that employ any of these tactics always come out looking like total douchebags. Here are the three types:
The anger approach:
This one tends to make the user look the stupidest of the three tactics, but sadly, this one is used the most frequently because as I said earlier, most people that post on meaningless threads are more useless than paragons. (I know those weren't my exact words, but I like to insult these people). Refer back to the example above. A typical anger approach to that statement would be something along the lines of "Your a moron and I hope you get hit by a car." They are almost always grammatically incorrect in some way and of course, they pack about as much of a punch as a baby with a pillow on its hand. Because of the fact that the people using this tactic look so stupid to everyone, I am the least bothered by it. They have suffered [almost] enough.
The smart-ass approach:
This one is far more annoying than the last approach because the people that use this think that they are better than everyone else on the thread because they possess a language filter in their brains. Unfortunately for them, they don't posses the "getting involved in internet fights is stupid" filter as well. People using this tactic would tend to comeback to the insult by saying something along the lines of "I resent you using the word "gay" in a derogatory sense. Some people in the world are actually homosexuals and take offense to this word being used as a synonym for stupid and on top of that, many people that throw the word around carelessly tend to be covering for their own latent homosexuality." If you made it to the end of that long winded comment, I congratulate you because I usually give up reading by halfway. The people using this tactic resort to facts that are rarely proven and try to hide their inadequate arguing skills by using big words. Way to use Thesaurus.com, dumbasses!
The budding psychologist approach:
Not quite as annoying as the last one, but still very annoying is the budding psychologist approach. The people that use this approach slap on their fake PhD's in human psychology and feel that it is their duty to inform everyone involved in the thread that "This person obviously has some issues in their past that causes them to feed off of other people's anger, so please do not feed them by continuing to post on this post." The only redeeming quality of this approach is they actually try to break up the fight, which is a good alternative to getting involved and looking like an idiot. The only problem is that this approach usually comes with an insult hidden within itself. While they try to break up the fight, people using this approach will still have to psychologically profile the other person and they usually wind up calling them a nutcase.
How can you avoid pissing me off by getting involved in internet fights? It's simple, say something amazingly funny to shut the guy up or shut the hell up. If you have nothing witty to say, don't say anything and maybe people will take your example.
That concludes this week's segment. Please leave a comment if you thought it was good at all or leave any feedback. My intent is to point out things I hate in a humorous manner, so any suggestions on ways I can improve the quality of these posts is greatly appreciated. Peace out.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Salute me, for I am about to rock.
Well the new AC/DC album "dropped" today and unfortunately, if I want to get it legitimately, I have to get over my fear of Wal-Mart and go inside to get it since they are the exclusive dealer of the album in America. I can't go get it today though because it's Kathryn's birthday and I have a night class, so perhaps I shall pick it up during the week sometime.
Ah, Rocktober weather... when I started this post, it was hailing, now the sun is starting to poke out. Well I can't see it very well from here, but I can tell it's not raining at all and it's bright. Anyway, how about I get into the post. It probably won't be too long of once as my posts are becoming. Also, sorry about last week's post. I'll try to post on days when I'm not bored out of my mind.
So college has been going well. My 19 credits are all being 4.0ed, so chances of getting into the UW look good. I've started noticing small things that bug me at the school though. Here is one in particular.
Child Prison:
Actually, it's a daycare, but it is in a place where it takes up an inside classroom, then a patio outside that is enclosed by a wall made of chain-link fence. The first time I walked by it, I saw a kid standing at the fence and hanging on it like a prisoner might, so from then on, I have referred to it as the Child Prison. Unfortunately, my quietest class, math, is in very close proximity to said prison, so when all of them start crying for no apparent reason, it gets quite loud and annoying. Another class affected by this daycare system is my english class. The daycare people like to get out these ropes with handles tied into them to lead the children around in what I call "kiddie convoys." If I thought they were loud in their prison, they're just as loud out on parole in the convoys. Luckily, in Accounting, the timing works out that they are never out when I am in that class. Also, in jazz band, they don't come by simply because it's that out of the way. They would have to learn road safety to cross the street to get to the music building. Also, they would have to go by the smoker shelter built ironically right on the path to the music building (because who needs good lungs to make music?). It's probably all those damn theory kids that play piano.
Well that was a fun little rant. I think I'll do my first rant in my "Things I hate" series sometime this week. This time I mean it. I will actually make a post on it.
On Friday, I went and played tennis with Eric to train for our upcoming challenge. Somehow, the last hour consisted of us volleying the ball over the net while holding a conversation. It was still pretty good and I think we are both going to be unstoppable(er) at the net. That night, Dad and I went to see that new W movie about George W. Bush. It was okay. The ratings were usually around 3/5 stars and I thought that they were pretty accurate ratings.
On Sunday, I went over to Sai's house with Stashley. We got some Starcraft in before doing some Halo and some COD4. Ahmad came eventually, but shortly before I had to leave. We did get to do some castle crashers before that though.
After that, I went to Kathryn's birthday dinner at PF Chang's. My Grandpa was not big on this whole Chinese food idea. The best quote of him from the night was:
Grandpa: What are these things? Straws?
Me: No, they're chopsticks.
Grandpa: Oh, it's too dark in here to see good.
Me: Yeah. You can use the chopsticks on your food though for a nice challenge.
*Grandpa tosses chopsticks away from himself*
Grandpa: Phooey, I don't need any chopsticks, I use a fork. I'm no Chinaman.
My cousin and second cousin were there as well and it was nice to see my cousin (actually first cousin once removed(dad's cousin's daughter)) who I had not seen in a while. I had just seen my second cousin, but this time she brought news of Herman (houseplant I tried to save, but died from root rot.) It was cool to see both of them though because I had not seen much of them this year. In fact, I don't think I have seen them since before I started growing my goatee. By the way, the goatee is getting to the point where I have to comb it now. Just thought you might like to know.
So today, it's Kathryn's birthday. Mom and dad bought this thing last year in the auction for $25 where you get an announcement on the sign in front of Shorewood on any day you want. They had it say "Happy Birthday Kathryn Altena" today. I'm glad that my birthday was never during school. That would have been embarassing.
Ok well that post was actually pretty long. Well have a good week or until I talk to you again (not that this counts as talking to you).
Ah, Rocktober weather... when I started this post, it was hailing, now the sun is starting to poke out. Well I can't see it very well from here, but I can tell it's not raining at all and it's bright. Anyway, how about I get into the post. It probably won't be too long of once as my posts are becoming. Also, sorry about last week's post. I'll try to post on days when I'm not bored out of my mind.
So college has been going well. My 19 credits are all being 4.0ed, so chances of getting into the UW look good. I've started noticing small things that bug me at the school though. Here is one in particular.
Child Prison:
Actually, it's a daycare, but it is in a place where it takes up an inside classroom, then a patio outside that is enclosed by a wall made of chain-link fence. The first time I walked by it, I saw a kid standing at the fence and hanging on it like a prisoner might, so from then on, I have referred to it as the Child Prison. Unfortunately, my quietest class, math, is in very close proximity to said prison, so when all of them start crying for no apparent reason, it gets quite loud and annoying. Another class affected by this daycare system is my english class. The daycare people like to get out these ropes with handles tied into them to lead the children around in what I call "kiddie convoys." If I thought they were loud in their prison, they're just as loud out on parole in the convoys. Luckily, in Accounting, the timing works out that they are never out when I am in that class. Also, in jazz band, they don't come by simply because it's that out of the way. They would have to learn road safety to cross the street to get to the music building. Also, they would have to go by the smoker shelter built ironically right on the path to the music building (because who needs good lungs to make music?). It's probably all those damn theory kids that play piano.
Well that was a fun little rant. I think I'll do my first rant in my "Things I hate" series sometime this week. This time I mean it. I will actually make a post on it.
On Friday, I went and played tennis with Eric to train for our upcoming challenge. Somehow, the last hour consisted of us volleying the ball over the net while holding a conversation. It was still pretty good and I think we are both going to be unstoppable(er) at the net. That night, Dad and I went to see that new W movie about George W. Bush. It was okay. The ratings were usually around 3/5 stars and I thought that they were pretty accurate ratings.
On Sunday, I went over to Sai's house with Stashley. We got some Starcraft in before doing some Halo and some COD4. Ahmad came eventually, but shortly before I had to leave. We did get to do some castle crashers before that though.
After that, I went to Kathryn's birthday dinner at PF Chang's. My Grandpa was not big on this whole Chinese food idea. The best quote of him from the night was:
Grandpa: What are these things? Straws?
Me: No, they're chopsticks.
Grandpa: Oh, it's too dark in here to see good.
Me: Yeah. You can use the chopsticks on your food though for a nice challenge.
*Grandpa tosses chopsticks away from himself*
Grandpa: Phooey, I don't need any chopsticks, I use a fork. I'm no Chinaman.
My cousin and second cousin were there as well and it was nice to see my cousin (actually first cousin once removed(dad's cousin's daughter)) who I had not seen in a while. I had just seen my second cousin, but this time she brought news of Herman (houseplant I tried to save, but died from root rot.) It was cool to see both of them though because I had not seen much of them this year. In fact, I don't think I have seen them since before I started growing my goatee. By the way, the goatee is getting to the point where I have to comb it now. Just thought you might like to know.
So today, it's Kathryn's birthday. Mom and dad bought this thing last year in the auction for $25 where you get an announcement on the sign in front of Shorewood on any day you want. They had it say "Happy Birthday Kathryn Altena" today. I'm glad that my birthday was never during school. That would have been embarassing.
Ok well that post was actually pretty long. Well have a good week or until I talk to you again (not that this counts as talking to you).
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Some pictures since nobody else is posting.
This was one of my latest MS Paint creations.
This is my accounting book. Apparently, surfing somehow relates to accounting.
This is the first "case" I get in Apollo Justice. Someone stole Trucy's panties.
Trucy is your assistant that is constantly involved in perverted jokes and double-entendres like this one.Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Interesting posts shall come.
Well I'm more into posting that I was in my last post, so I think I will make a more interesting one now. I know I told Orion I would eventually do a Things I hate/Enemies list post eventually, but I still have to compile more things I hate and to top it all off, I am going to remove Regis Philbin (the reason I started my enemies list) from my enemies list. Look for an enemies list post or maybe a Things I hate rant sometime in the future when I feel like posting but have little to post on. For the time being, I'm going to get down now which football teams I like and which ones I think will actually win this year (the teams I like tend to suck :/).
Here are the football teams that I really like:
1. Seattle Seahawks
2. Indianapolis Colts
3. San Diego Chargers
4. Houston Texans
5. Green Bay Packers
6. Washington Redskins
And this is my prediction of who will get into the finals (not picking wild cards):
AFC:
Buffalo Bills
Pittsburgh Steelers
Tennesee Titans
San Diego Chargers
NFC:
New York Giants (will be very close with Redskins)
Green Bay Packers
Atlanta Falcons
Arizona Cardinals
Ok well we shall see soon enough how many I got right here. Until my next post, peace out.
Oh and by the way....you probably got rick rolled!
Here are the football teams that I really like:
1. Seattle Seahawks
2. Indianapolis Colts
3. San Diego Chargers
4. Houston Texans
5. Green Bay Packers
6. Washington Redskins
And this is my prediction of who will get into the finals (not picking wild cards):
AFC:
Buffalo Bills
Pittsburgh Steelers
Tennesee Titans
San Diego Chargers
NFC:
New York Giants (will be very close with Redskins)
Green Bay Packers
Atlanta Falcons
Arizona Cardinals
Ok well we shall see soon enough how many I got right here. Until my next post, peace out.
Oh and by the way....you probably got rick rolled!
Monday, October 13, 2008
IT'S TEETERING ON NINE THOUSAAAAND.
Yeah so college has been getting steadily more boring as the days go by. I go through the day waiting for jazz band or waiting to find out how much the Dow changed that day. The 1000 point dow baby it had today was pretty interesting though. Seeing as how since I don't see any of my friends (except Steven if the timing works out right), I really haven't got much to say about the weekdays. Even last week after school the whole week was boring because I didn't really do much with anyone. Earlier in the week, I registered for ICCup and did a 2v2 with Steven that we lost, then got on with him and Sai for a bit. After that, I didn't really see anyone online for the rest of the week.
School is going fine, but I swear, the more I have to sit through that accursed accounting class, the more I want to just become a lawyer so that I won't have to worry much about accounting unless it comes up in a case. Also, apparently blogging has become boring, but I will keep posting weekly, no matter how short my posts get (they're getting as shitty as the economy), I will keep posting anyway because as I have learned in the past, some days are just better than other for blogging.
In the videogame world, all is well. I just finally beat the last level of an old Xbox game I had never beaten without cheats and I did it on my first try, really putting old me to shame. Phoe- I mean- Apollo Justice is pretty good. I've been doing some odd jobs on Guild Wars in the meantime because Steven will eventually fall in love with the game again and I want to have some money for when he comes back. I haven't gotten to play with Orion in about a month now, but I should be able to this weekend.
This past weekend, I went to the ocean with my grandpa, aunt, and my uncle and his family. We stayed at the Sandpiper, which is this hotel just about a mile south of Seabrook. Every time we drove by it, I thought it was just some crappy little building, but I learned that behind that building is a nice hotel. It was pretty cool. I got to show Seabrook to my parents and we got to go to Ocean Shores. I pwned some Big Buck Hunter and learned that I am too good at Slick Track and regular go-carts.
Aside from all that, not much has been happening, but I expect something interesting will happen soon. Have a good rest of the week I guess.
School is going fine, but I swear, the more I have to sit through that accursed accounting class, the more I want to just become a lawyer so that I won't have to worry much about accounting unless it comes up in a case. Also, apparently blogging has become boring, but I will keep posting weekly, no matter how short my posts get (they're getting as shitty as the economy), I will keep posting anyway because as I have learned in the past, some days are just better than other for blogging.
In the videogame world, all is well. I just finally beat the last level of an old Xbox game I had never beaten without cheats and I did it on my first try, really putting old me to shame. Phoe- I mean- Apollo Justice is pretty good. I've been doing some odd jobs on Guild Wars in the meantime because Steven will eventually fall in love with the game again and I want to have some money for when he comes back. I haven't gotten to play with Orion in about a month now, but I should be able to this weekend.
This past weekend, I went to the ocean with my grandpa, aunt, and my uncle and his family. We stayed at the Sandpiper, which is this hotel just about a mile south of Seabrook. Every time we drove by it, I thought it was just some crappy little building, but I learned that behind that building is a nice hotel. It was pretty cool. I got to show Seabrook to my parents and we got to go to Ocean Shores. I pwned some Big Buck Hunter and learned that I am too good at Slick Track and regular go-carts.
Aside from all that, not much has been happening, but I expect something interesting will happen soon. Have a good rest of the week I guess.
Monday, October 06, 2008
Well now that I have time...
Well sorry, I bet you were confused when you checked yesterday and found no post. Wait, what's that? You didn't check? Oh well...
Anyway, I was gone most of the weekend and then when I got back, I was supposed to do homework, but somehow wound up playing SC for 4 hours, which was fun, but then I realized I needed to do that homework. So anyway, I'm going to skip doing a day-by-day because since I don't really hang out with people now, I don't need to recount things as they happen daily.
English:
The teacher is still really cool. He has not gone a day yet without a drug/alcohol or sex reference. He's good to have first thing in the morning because if he were a boring class, I would be asleep. Also, I found out that there are two guys in the class that play Starcraft. I don't think they currently play that much, but eventually I will need to ask their Bnet names. I also found out that one of those guys is left handed and the two of us have nearly identical handwriting.
Accounting:
This has become the new music theory. The teacher just lectures for an hour and then we go home and do homework. It isn't particularly hard, but I wish I didn't have to show up to class since every word she says is put on a powerpoint then onto the internet, which is way more interesting than listening to her telling me about it.
Jazz Band:
In case Orion was wondering, I met Dan the man from Stanwood and he's pretty cool. In the band, there are 12 men and of us, 9 have facial hair of some sorts. The other three need to get on the ball, though one guy looks like he would have trouble growing some. We're getting better at our songs and it's quite fun.
Math:
I love that this is a four day a week class. It's nice to have that extra hour off on Fridays. I'm doing well in the class. I am in the top 10% at least of the class, so it is working out well.
Band:
It meets once a week, so my third meeting is tonight, but I don't know how we are going to be ready for concerts in 5 rehearsals. It's scary to think about, but I guess if the program has had success in the past, we can do this.
School life:
Well if anyone has talked to me, they know I don't spend a second at SCC longer than I absolutely have to. Between classes though, I see a lot of people from Shorewood and it's cool to be acknowledged by people I have not spoken to since before high school or ever in some cases.
This weekend:
This weekend, my family and I went down to my Grandma's house, which was pretty cool. On Saturday, we went to the Saturday market, which is as I remember it: 50% jewelry, 25% art, 25% useless crap and 90% run by hippies. I also missed seeing Maddy due to her standardized testing or something. After that, we went to Powell's bookstore to get my english books for the quarter because they were cheaper there than at the bookstore. I got both The Alchemist and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (By Phillip K. Dick, it was the inspiration for Blade Runner evidently)
Also, my grandma is now trying to get rid of everything she doesn't want or need around her house and giving it to family members or charities that need the things. She gave dad and I a lot of new tools and means to keep them organized and she also gave me my grandpa's old laptop. It's nothing fancy, just an ALIENWARE, just kidding. Just a 2002 HP with a 2.6 GHz processor and 500MB of RAM. It's good enough to run Word Processing and Starcraft, which is all I need in a laptop. If I need to really game, I can use my computer of 1337ness.
Now I am back half an hour later realizing that I forgot to hit publish, so until next time, Peace out.
Anyway, I was gone most of the weekend and then when I got back, I was supposed to do homework, but somehow wound up playing SC for 4 hours, which was fun, but then I realized I needed to do that homework. So anyway, I'm going to skip doing a day-by-day because since I don't really hang out with people now, I don't need to recount things as they happen daily.
English:
The teacher is still really cool. He has not gone a day yet without a drug/alcohol or sex reference. He's good to have first thing in the morning because if he were a boring class, I would be asleep. Also, I found out that there are two guys in the class that play Starcraft. I don't think they currently play that much, but eventually I will need to ask their Bnet names. I also found out that one of those guys is left handed and the two of us have nearly identical handwriting.
Accounting:
This has become the new music theory. The teacher just lectures for an hour and then we go home and do homework. It isn't particularly hard, but I wish I didn't have to show up to class since every word she says is put on a powerpoint then onto the internet, which is way more interesting than listening to her telling me about it.
Jazz Band:
In case Orion was wondering, I met Dan the man from Stanwood and he's pretty cool. In the band, there are 12 men and of us, 9 have facial hair of some sorts. The other three need to get on the ball, though one guy looks like he would have trouble growing some. We're getting better at our songs and it's quite fun.
Math:
I love that this is a four day a week class. It's nice to have that extra hour off on Fridays. I'm doing well in the class. I am in the top 10% at least of the class, so it is working out well.
Band:
It meets once a week, so my third meeting is tonight, but I don't know how we are going to be ready for concerts in 5 rehearsals. It's scary to think about, but I guess if the program has had success in the past, we can do this.
School life:
Well if anyone has talked to me, they know I don't spend a second at SCC longer than I absolutely have to. Between classes though, I see a lot of people from Shorewood and it's cool to be acknowledged by people I have not spoken to since before high school or ever in some cases.
This weekend:
This weekend, my family and I went down to my Grandma's house, which was pretty cool. On Saturday, we went to the Saturday market, which is as I remember it: 50% jewelry, 25% art, 25% useless crap and 90% run by hippies. I also missed seeing Maddy due to her standardized testing or something. After that, we went to Powell's bookstore to get my english books for the quarter because they were cheaper there than at the bookstore. I got both The Alchemist and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (By Phillip K. Dick, it was the inspiration for Blade Runner evidently)
Also, my grandma is now trying to get rid of everything she doesn't want or need around her house and giving it to family members or charities that need the things. She gave dad and I a lot of new tools and means to keep them organized and she also gave me my grandpa's old laptop. It's nothing fancy, just an ALIENWARE, just kidding. Just a 2002 HP with a 2.6 GHz processor and 500MB of RAM. It's good enough to run Word Processing and Starcraft, which is all I need in a laptop. If I need to really game, I can use my computer of 1337ness.
Now I am back half an hour later realizing that I forgot to hit publish, so until next time, Peace out.
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