C'mon, I want some good nasty Yo Momma jokes!

So YouTube lucks out...

Word from the parties involved was that a "votebot" triggered JREF's suspension, and that the copyrighted material in question was from another atheist group, who wasn't even aware someone else triggered a DMCA notice on their behalf.

So YouTube, as it turns out, is actually innocent of DMCA abuse this time. Believe it or not.

I should take this time to note that the reason I am less than sorry about my pissy response simply is because Rational Response and Atheist Media are still (probably Permanently) Suspended.

Ha ha ha.

How hilarious.

This is admittedly stolen from PZ Myers and man it is funny:

Oklahoma doesn't like atheists...

...but what else should anyone expect from a state in which every county voted for McCain?

The Oklahoma State Legislature recently condemned the University of Oklahoma's decision to invite Richard Dawkins to speak.

http://richarddawkins.net/article,3641,Oklahoma-legislator-proposes-resolution-to-condemn-Richard-Dawkins,Todd-Thomsen

Apparently, according to the Okies, if your view isn't the prevalent one, you shouldn't be allowed to give speeches at universities.

You'd think that'd be the end of it. So much for what you think.

Apparently that same legislature has decided to investigate the speech.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/greg-lukianoff/oklahoma-legislature-inve_b_177473.html
http://scienceblogs.com/erv/2009/03/free_speech_for_me_but_not_for.php
http://richarddawkins.net/article,3656,Is-Oklahoma-Investigating-Richard-Dawkins-Free-Speech,Greg-Lukianoff

The rationale is that since most Okies aren't atheists, an athiest shouldn't be speaking in the same state. I'm not sure if you can call that "rationale," but in a state that red, the term is a bit relative.

Oh, and Ben Stein got to speak at Okie State, and I don't hear of any investigation of it. Even though creationism has no place in academia whatsoever.

http://ocolly.com/2008/09/24/ben-stein-returns-to-osu-no-you-still-can%E2%80%99t-win-his-money/

About Obama's stimulus package.

Of course the rich corporations are finding ways to abuse it. They've been abusing the law for the previous 8 years; what else did Obama expect?

I said it before and I'll say it again; that money should have gone straight to the people who lost their homes/jobs/etc. instead of the banks and insurance companies. The gov't should have bailed out the customers with a "one-time-only" payoff of debt. Needless to say, it did not happen this way. Why is everyone surprised?

Not only that, it would have been a good way to circumvent Republican office-holders who are working night and day to make sure the money never reaches the people.

Game #4 of 2009 in the bag.

Onimusha 1 (yes, 1) for PS2 is now in the bag.

Not sure where to go next. Currently between Fullmetal Alchemist (which is partially done), Yakusa 1, or Onimusha 2.

Fullmetal Alchemist suspended.

For the moment.

I picked up both Onimusha 1 and 2, realizing that even though I've played both of these games, I never beat them. So I am on Onimusha 1 now, instead.

Al Davis will never learn.

Kind of sad, since he was once one of the better minds in the league.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/around_the_nfl/post/Execs-taken-aback-by-Asomugha-Lechler-deals?urn=nfl,142741

I guess this means Oakland is going to stay the AFC's version of the Lions for awhile. Honestly, what Oakland needs to do is not sign one player or two a huge contract, but rather a salary purge.

I'd be afraid to eat this.

Even though it does look yummy.

http://www.bbqaddicts.com/blog/recipes/bacon-explosion/

Yum Yum.

Those goddamn gays! Can't they see how fucking each other in the ass is sparking an apocolypse?

http://www.w3t.org/cfe304

I didn't know man-ass-fucking and carpet munching caused so much trouble. Jesus H Christ, maybe god should have made it more difficult for gay people to have gay sex.

In all seriousness, if gays were capable to destroying the country then we would have seen some effects by now. Chris Buttars is just a sleeper agent for his church's agenda. He is a stupid fucktard.

Some people should be castrated and not be allowed to have kids.

http://news.aol.com/article/boy-essay-father-arrest/347380?icid=200100397x1218666942x1201300912

I'm not kidding. Kids are not property; you're not allowed to do whatever-in-the-fuck-you-want to them. The worst part of all of this is that the kid in this case probably thinks it is normal of everyone's family to be along these lines, and as a result he may grow up and do the same to his kids.

Why the state of Louisiana sucks a load of ass.

In the news, it has been noted that more than $1 billion set aside for Katrina recovery hasn't been spent due to partisan squabbling over how it is going to be spent. Apparently Republicans want to hold off all spending of any of it due to concerns that spending it is "socialism," to the point where hospitals, school, and roads are not being built.

Why is this happening? Well, let's see...

This is the same state where Johnny Rebel (real name Clifford Joseph Trahan) came from.

This is the same state where David Duke, the man who once ran America's most notorious terrorist group, ran for public office and got 40% of the vote.

This is the same state that consistently ranks as one of the most unhealthiest due to lack of health insurance.

This is the same state that once passed an equal time bill back in the 1980s requiring that schools teach trash as though it were science (and no, that is not bias. If creationism is science, then UFO-ology is too. There are reasons why creationism is not science, and while I am not going to enumerate them here, they are not hard to find. Feel free to read up on the subject by actually reading NON-creationist material).

Oh, and after the Supreme Court specifically ruled that "equal time" is unconstitutional, Louisiana simply passed the same law again, last year.

Louisiana has some of the worst crime anywhere. Fo example, New Orleans ranked as #2 in crime in the nation, as this was BEFORE Katrina. Post Katrina, the murder rate is something like 95 per 100,000 people. (Compare that to the national average of only 5 per 100,000.)

The state consistently ranks among the worst in education. Public schools are so badly underfunded that classes are routinely being held in closets, libraries and even bathrooms because they are overcrowded but the state officials never care enough about paying to build better schools and better teachers, who often leave the state for better pay and benefits elsewhere.

The state has voted Democratic only three times since the 1960s. Two of these times were during Bill Clinton's wins. It seems Louisiana was pretty quick to swing to the red after the Dixiecrat Revolt which resulted from the signing of the Civil Rights Act. Bunch of racist pigs down there, apparently. Of course, I already mentioned the existence of Johnny Rebel and David Duke there, so this is not unprecedented.

It seems that Louisana people simply vote for any Bible-thumping gay-bashing fucktard even if it means your economy, schools, jobs, etc. all go down the shithole. What a bunch of stupid people.

Also, the focus of this blog is going to be different.

Specifically, I wan this blog to be abou things like video gaming, sports, politics, TV Shows I am watching, and random thoughts.

What I will no longer be posting (and I deleted all of the posts that have this) are posts with personal content. Not that I am worried about some stalker/psycho or whatnot, but having personal posts about personal issues looks emo to me. That doesn't mean other people can't do it, but I won't anymore.

Next game decided.

My next game for this year is Fullmetal Alchemist.

I know, it's an older game, but it plays remarkably simple and the graphics aren't too bad (the sounds are another story; both music and dialogue make me want to turn it down).

The story isn't too bad, but rather typical of RPGs.

Game #3 of the year is now DOWN!

Final-fucking-ly.

Recently I beat Metal Gear 2 for MSX (the one packaged with Subsistence). I did beat Metal Gear 1 as well, before 2, but I got such a terrible ranking because I did not care about getting alerts, dying, etc. so on Metal Gear 2 I resolved to cut down on them.

I resolved that any Alert Modes I got would cause me to reset and start over from the last save. There are two points in the game were Alert Modes are unavoidable, so I had 2 Alerts when I finished, but that was it.

It took me 2 months to beat it that way. 2 months. It was hard. But it was a fun game, and truth be told, much better than Snake's Revenge.

Oh, and the other game I beat was Super Mario Galaxy. Not hard but quite time-consuming.

Now onto a new game. Which one, you ask? Stay tuned...

Senate Democrats... on a hit list?

Yes, you're reading that right.

On the Website known as Conservapedia (a sorry attempt by extreme conservatives to have their own wiki) someone made a wiki filled with names and states of Democratic Senators who happen to live in states with Republican governors. The article went on to suggest that "if these Senators were unable to complete their terms" that the Senate could be taken for the Republicans (since governors replace Senators who do not finish their terms out).

It looks like a hit list. Really, it does. It doesn't call for their deaths, but why else would this have been written?

I'd like to think the FBI would investigate this to find out who posted it and why. But of course they won't.

Especially since the little conservative pussy who posted it took it down. So I can't link to it. BUT, I can link to a blog which has a screenshot of the page before its removal:

http://www.w3t.org/SenateDemocratHitList

I hereby declare 2009... year of all things Metal Gear.

Currently playing the original Metal Gear that came out for MSX, the one included with MGS3: Subsistence.

I also think I'll give Metal Gear 2 (which also came with Subsistence) a shot.

Part of me also is thinking of getting a PSP during the year, and getting Portable Ops for it.

And since I'm considering getting a PS3 (yes I just said that) if and when that happens you can count on me getting MGS4.

But MGS isn't all. I'm also looking at other FPSs. At the moment I have Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror for PS2.

My goal this year: at least 20 games beaten. Stay tuned for progress.

Gaming!

Gaming: Recently picked up some Virtual Console games for my Wii. Specifically, the following: Zelda (NES), Zelda OoT (N64), Mario 3 (NES), Samurai Showdown 2 (Neo Geo), Sin and Punishment (Neo Geo), Metroid (NES), Mario RPG (SNES), and TMNT 1 (NES).

As you can see, I tried to get games with plenty of replay value. Metroid is much more difficult than I remember, as is TMNT. I also had to get back into my groove in Samurai Showdown 2. Took a long time before I did finally beat the game, with Galford. I had to re-run through it again and beat it with Hanzo. The problem with using the Classic controller is that you cannot change the button configurations at all, and trying to pull off certain moves is extremely difficult. Oh, and there is very little blood and no Fatalities. That really sucks.

Which brings me to a another point. Yes, kids should not be around too much violence. But in this day and age of the Grand Theft Auto series, why should SS2 be censored? Most SS2 fans are not the over-ghettoized sub-human pieces of gang-related G-thug shit that will go on to listen to rap/hip-hop and be street-bangers. Come on, a little common sense here. Most of today's minors don't even know what the Samurai Showdown series is like. A lot of people who loved gameplay over violence liked SS2.

I still remember the whole Mortal Kombat fiasco. Not that MK was truly a good fighting game in any sense of the word, but I remember when it was the game all of the gang-related never-gonna-bes played. Seriously, being in the arcades, watching the real gamers around SSF2T while a bunch of street-banging G-thugs were skipping school hanging around the MK machine, that really opened my eyes to the kind of market MK was always aimed at. Nowadays, they've gone on to GTA. I've always felt that especially San Andreas was nothing more than a piece of ghetto culture, a culture I will always despise. (And before someone starts some e-crap with me, understand that I have played GTA games and know what's in there.)

So it is no surprise to me that Mortal Kombat doesn't sell much anymore. Sure, there are games out there, but its fanbase has moved on to more ghetto-izing games, and the rest of us never liked it to begin with. The Street Fighter franchise still flies high.

Speaking of which, I found out some time back about the Mortal Kombat people hooking up with DC comics in order to cash in on the whole Marvel vs. Capcom thing. Are you serious? Let's see if I can get a few things straight in this head of mine:

1) When Superman uppercuts someone, I wonder if it will say "Toasty!" afterwards?

2) I wonder what kind of Fatalities Batman and Wonder Woman have. Maybe Batman throws his boomerang at someone and cuts their head off. Wonder Woman probably lassos her dominatrix whip around their balls and rips them off.

3) Does Lui Kang still look like an Asian stereotype with that "HaBluhBluhBluhHuDuddahDudah" retarded bicycle kick? Jesus fucking Christ.

4) Hey Midway, just so you know, it IS ok to not dress up female characters as complete sluts. Frankly I think sexed-up female characters in video games is tacky and stupid, but then that's the "actually-have-a-life" part of me talking.

I don't care that the game got some good reviews; they're either written by MK fanboys or are incompetent. Honestly, the feeling I get from hearing about this game is about the same feeling I got when hearing about Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2. Un-fucking-believable.

So to the Mortal Kombat franchise -- You Fucking Suck Out Loud. You never did make a decent game out of the franchise, kind of surprised you're still around to be brutally frank. Capcom and SNK will always own your sorry ass.

Got that bad ass new book!

Here's the book I am referring to:

http://w3t.org/c/DeathSkies

Ever wondered just what would happen if a black hole came near, or if a supernova happened too close for comfort?

If you're interested in astronomy but dislike the technical terminology then you will love Plait's book. I'm already about 1/3 the way through it, and the text is readable almost to a third-graders level.

NFL Week 4 Picks.

Week 3 Results.
Italics were my picks, BOLD are actual winners.

Kansas City at Atlanta
Oakland at Buffalo
Tampa Bay at Chicago
Carolina at Minnesota
Miami at New England
Cincinnati at New York Giants
Houston at Tennessee
Arizona at Washington
New Orleans at Denver
Detroit at San Francisco
St. Louis at Seattle
Cleveland at Baltimore
Jacksonville at Indianapolis
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia
Dallas at Green Bay
New York Jets at San Diego

Week 3 record: 10-6 (62.50%)
Overall: 28-19 (59.57%)

Week 4 picks. Italics are my predictions.

Atlanta at Carolina
Cleveland at Cincinnati
Houston at Jacksonville
Denver at Kansas City
San Francisco at New Orleans
Arizona at New York Jets
Green Bay at Tampa Bay
Minnesota at Tennessee
San Diego at Oakland
Buffalo at St. Louis
Washington at Dallas
Philadelphia at Chicago
Baltimore at Pittsburgh

If it is one thing in this world that I hate...

... it is the "[insert name brand here] Stadium/Field/Park/Arena/etc." fad that professional sports teams use in order to get more money to repay debts from building these massive venues. The practice is tacky and unimpressive. As an example, I give you the following sorry examples:

Staples Center: Where the Los Angeles Lakers play.
Gillette Stadium: Home to the New England Patriots.
AT&T Park: San Francisco Giants' house.

But I do believe I have found the winner of the Most Tasteless Venue Name. Here's a TinyURLed link to information about it: http://tinyurl.com/3eq26u

I would never go watch games in a place named that. Ever.

NFL Picks for Week 3.

Week 2 picks. Italics were my picks, Bold were actual winners.
Chicago at Carolina
Tennessee at Cincinnati
Green Bay at Detroit
Buffalo at Jacksonville
Oakland at Kansas City
Indianapolis at Minnesota
New York Giants at St. Louis
New Orleans at Washington
San Francisco at Seattle
Atlanta at Tampa Bay
Miami at Arizona
San Diego at Denver
New England at New York Jets
Pittsburgh at Cleveland
Philadelphia at Dallas

Week 2 record: 8-7 53.3%
Overall:             18-13 58.06%

Comments:
1) Philadelphia at Dallas: Not only was this the best game in years, but make no mistake: These two teams will be battling for the top spot in the conference, so long as one of them doesn't collapse anytime soon.

2) Chicago at Carolina:Want to see the battle among the best 2nd tier teams? Here it was and it was no less a thriller. This may be a battle for the number 2 seed since the above battle was between division rivals.

3) Over the last 2 games, Buffalo beat two contenders, JAX and SEA. Actually, the way Seattle has been playing, they will have to claw their way back to contender status. But the fact is, not only is Buffalo winning, but against teams they wouldn't not have been able to last year. Remember, last year this team was 30th in offense and 31st in defense. Many (including me) felt they weren't as good as their 7-9 record said. Here's this year's so far: Offense: Total: 16th, Scoring 7th. (Yes, 7th. Buffalo. Yes.) Defense: Total: 5th, Scoring, 7th. Now THAT'S an improvement. These guys will be division contenders. But until they beat 2 of these four teams, they can't take the conference: Indy, Denver, San Diego, Pittsburgh. Still, they are a good second tier team.

4) Indy at Minnesota. Jesus Christ -- How many people out there really felt that Indy was going to start 0-2?

5) Seattle: It's really hard to get 8 sacks on your opponent, but it is even harder to sack them 8 times AND let the other team score 33 points. The best news for Seattle is they play St. Louis next. St. Louis sucks even worse.

6) Crunch. That is the sound of Matt Ryan crashing back down to Earth. He was sacked 4 times, and that makes it hard for a rookie QB to sustain drives, for sure. But hey, Ryan threw for 158 yards against Griese's 160 -- a two-yard difference. He'll rise again.

7) San Diego: Man that must be frustrating! They are two plays away from being 2-0 instead of 0-2. But then again, they have a history of slow season starts.

Week 3 picks. Italics are winners.

Kansas City at Atlanta
Oakland at Buffalo
Tampa Bay at Chicago
Carolina at Minnesota
Miami at New England
Cincinnati at New York Giants
Houston at Tennessee
Arizona at Washington
New Orleans at Denver
Detroit at San Francisco
St. Louis at Seattle
Cleveland at Baltimore
Jacksonville at Indianapolis
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia
Dallas at Green Bay
New York Jets at San Diego

NFL Week 1 results. Week 2 picks.

Week 1 games: Bold were my picks. Italics are the actual winners.
Washington at New York Giants
Detroit at Atlanta
Cincinnati at Baltimore
Seattle at Buffalo
New York Jets at Miami
Kansas City at New England
Tampa Bay at New Orleans
St. Louis at Philadelphia
Houston at Pittsburgh
Jacksonville at Tennessee
Dallas at Cleveland
Carolina at San Diego
Arizona at San Francisco
Chicago at Indianapolis
Minnesota at Green Bay
Denver at Oakland

Record:

Week 1: 10-6 62.5%

Season Long:: 10-6 62.5%

Miscellaneous Comments:
1) Tom Brady's injury is a season-killer, not just for him but the team. That 12-4 record now seems like a long shot.
2) Washington's unlikely to take the conference with that performance. No wonder they haven't won a division title since 1999. But, you wouldn't think it considering some of the talent at WR...
3) Atlanta, so far so good. Show me more.
4) Seattle: What the hell was that? As a Seattle fan I do hope that was a mulligan. Was Buffalo really that good or can Seattle really expect that performance to continue? The answer may lie somewhere in between.
5) But Seattle fans can take heart that St. Louis isn't doing any better, in fact much worse.
6) I picked Carolina because San Diego has a histoy of starting their seasons on a bad note. But their performance wasn't all that bad. But at least Carolina can stand up to an AFC contender. That bodes well for their chances of taking their division.
7) Chicago at Indianapolis: Chicago went back to its old habits of running the football and good defense, while Indianapolis went back to its old habit of letting teams run the ball for massive yards. Not pretty.
8) Denver and Oakland always seemed to be 1-1 against each other every season. After that performance, Oakland will still feel the pain next time they meet in Week 12.

Week 2 picks. ITALICS ARE WINNERS.
Chicago at Carolina
Tennessee at Cincinnati
Green Bay at Detroit
Buffalo at Jacksonville
Oakland at Kansas City
Indianapolis at Minnesota
New York Giants at St. Louis
New Orleans at Washington
San Francisco at Seattle
Atlanta at Tampa Bay
Miami at Arizona
San Diego at Denver
New England at New York Jets
Pittsburgh at Cleveland
Philadelphia at Dallas

My NFL Picks.

With less than ninety minutes before the season kicks off, here are my picks:

AFC East:
3) New England 12-4
New York Jets 8-8
Miami 6-10
Buffalo 3-13

AFC South
2) Indianapolis 13-3
5) Jacksonville 10-6
Tennessee 8-8
Houston 7-9

AFC West
1) San Diego 14-2
Denver 9-7
Oakland 4-12
Kansas City 4-12

AFC North
4) Pittsburgh 11-5
6) Cincinnati 10-6
Cleveland 5-11
Baltimore 4-12

NFC East
1) Washington 13-3
5) Dallas 11-5
Philadelphia 10-6
New York Giants 5-11

NFC South
2) Carolina 11-5
Tampa Bay 9-7
New Orleans 8-8
Atlanta 6-10

NFC West
3) St. Louis 11-5
Seattle 8-8
Arizona 5-11
San Francisco 2-14

NFC North
4) Minnesota 10-6
6) Chicago 10-6
Green Bay 6-10
Detroit 3-13

BOLD ARE WINNERS.
Wild Card Weekend
AFC:
Cincinnati at New England
Jacksonville at Pittsburgh
NFC:
Chicago at St. Louis
Minnesota at Dallas

Divisionals
AFC:
Pittsburgh at San Diego
New England at Indianapolis
NFC:
Dallas at Washington
St. Louis at Carolina

Conference Championships:
AFC: Indianapolis at San Diego
NFC: Carolina at Washington

Super Bowl: Washington vs. San Diego

Week 1 games: BOLD ARE WINNERS.
Washington at New York Giants
Detroit at Atlanta
Cincinnati at Baltimore
Seattle at Buffalo
New York Jets at Miami
Kansas City at New England
Tampa Bay at New Orleans
St. Louis at Philadelphia
Houston at Pittsburgh
Jacksonville at Tennessee
Dallas at Cleveland
Carolina at San Diego
Arizona at San Francisco
Chicago at Indianapolis
Minnesota at Green Bay
Denver at Oakland

You need to see this video.

It's freaking hilarious. Here in Albuquerque, there's no end to the numbers of Hispanics and whites who act this way because they think Albuquerque's South Valley is like South Central L.A. >_>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx1_hfrUVCU&NR=1

Are you fucking kidding me? Talking about gambling on GameFAQs is a no no?

But talking about guns, that is OK, I know because I have seen it, marked it, and those discussions have never been moderated as far as I can tell.

This is bullshit. tiger8191 was dead on to rights about one thing: GameFAQs assumes everyone is some 12-13 year old child that will break the rules and the law at every opportunity. That focus needs to change, unless BSAllen really wants to piss off the older and more mature users of the site and encourage them to leave.

Hello! NEWS FLASH! Gambling is not practiced very often by minors. It's not even practiced much by the under 25 crowd. This is mostly because gambling requires disposable income and students (whether minors or college) are short on that commodity. Gambling is mostly an adult activity; most studies have shown this.

But talk about guns, oh that's OK. No problem with that. I mean, what teenager is going to discuss guns and then go out and shoot up his school?

That is a bunch of fucking bullshit... period.

Wii must give it a rest!!!!

Packed the Wii away for a little while. I've been playing it enough to worry about burning it out.

So I am back to the PS2. Playing Madden 08 on it, beat the Panthers (which the real life Seahawks were unable to do) and to be honest, I am second guessing my decision to preorder Madden 09 for PS2. I am 14-0 on my season and even though I play on either All-Pro or All-Madden, I still end up winning something like 50-10. (That was my score against the Panthers). Maybe I should have preordered it for the Wii instead.

Also playing Metal Gear Solid 2. Swimming in this game can be a pain in the ass because I am used to repeatedly hitting Triangle to swim to the surface (can you tell I played MGS3 before playing MGS2?). Swimming underwater while piggybacking Emma is a pain in the ass also because she doesn't last as long underwater as Raiden does.

Wii testing Part THREE: Add Zelda TP and Metroid to my wish list!

Rented both Wii games over the weekend and loved them both. Metroid is especially fun.

I'm going shooting for some old school games for my Wii's VC. My current list is as follows:
Mario 3 (NES) (Greatest game ever made, right there, folks)
TMNT 1 (NES) (Some people think I am crazy for this one but it is the best one of the three that came out on NES IMO)
Legend of Zelda (NES) (How can anyone not have this game if they are going to dive into the NES bin? Too many people forget how much gameplay Nintendo crammed into this NES cart.)
Mario World (SNES)
Zelda Link to the Past (SNES)
Super Street Fighter II (SNES)

That's what I am planning on getting with the 4000 points I bought.

I'm also looking into getting either a PSP or a DS. Anyone out there want to give me a constructive comparison between the two, or what games to get for them?

Wii testing, part TWO.

Got some peripherals. Specifically, rechargeable batteries with a recharging stand, another Wiimote and Nunchuck, along with a set of color-coded jackets for them.

Wiimote #2 is really having some connection problems. The connection from it to the Wii breaks even if it is the only controller in use and it sits idle for more than ten seconds. Could be defective.

Bought two games for it: Madden 08 and Geometery Wars: Galaxies.

Further testing with Madden 08 has shown improvement. The major problems resulted from a seemingly complocated mess of waving moves to remember. Wave the Nunchuck left/right to juke, wave the Wiimote left/right to stiff arm, wave the Wiimote above your head back and forth to Fair Catch, flick the Wiimote back to hike, forward to pass,... it really takes patience over a few days to get it down. SO... when I happened to see it NEW for $20 at Play N Trade, I went ahead and bought it.

Paper Mario is fun too. Definitely on my wish list. Much too easy though.

Also, bought Geometery Wars: Galaxies for Wii. Fun, but I bought it for when my nephews come over.

I also preordered Madden 09 for the PS2 (not the Wii). I love football...

Say bye bye to the Tag Board!

Got rid of the Tag Board on the blog. Hardly any legit postings were made on it, Google ads ran rampant inside of it, and it sometimes slowed down or even prenented me from loading the page.

So now it's gone.

Wii testing, part one.

Bought Super Mario Galaxy.
Rented Paper Mario and Madden 08.

Results: Galaxy is fun. The controls feel too much like Mario 64 but that's OK. Not bad at all for getting a feel for the Wiimote.

Paper Mario. Strikes me as being too easy and maybe geared for the very young market. Still worth getting though.

Madden 08: Are you ****ing kidding me? No offense but maybe EA should have made Madden 08 compatible with the Classic Controller. The mess of moves to do this and that and the other thing is not only confusing, but frustrating. Half the time when I jerk the Wiimote back to hike the ball instead it calls an audible. Punting sucks too. I don't think I'll be buying this one. I'll keep testing to see if I can make it work, since I am new to the Wii and all. But the way this is going, it's not pretty.

Maybe I'll get a PS3 just to get the new Maddens. Maybe. Just depends on whether or not EA can come up with a better control scheme.

Conclusion: I'm sticking with the Wii. Probably pour a little more money into it as time goes but I do like it. I may even get some GameCube games for it, who knows.

In with the Wii!

No games yet though.

Went and got a Wii after I found myself enjoying Mario Kart Wii at GameStop.

Probably will be getting it, Zelda: Twilight Princess, Mario Galaxy, and maybe Brawl as well. I also need more controllers. Since I am new to the Wii, what's the difference between the various controllers?

XBox 360 = GONE!

Yep, that's right. Got rid of my XBox 360.

Put simply, I hated the game selection. When I think of a console "aimed at the mature market" I think of good sports titles like Madden cutting the edge, I think of next generation shooters like Goldeneye and Perfect Dark were, and I think of current popular M-rated games like GTA and MGS coming out.

Put simply, I expected too much. Madden on XBox is so beyond fucked up it really begs the question of why EA felt it necessary to screw up the gameplay and controls.

As for shooters, other than Halo and Turok, there is precious little quality material. Boo. There is the Call of Duty series, which is pretty good.

I hate GTA, although I will grant that the XBox 360 would be a good fit for it, considering the maket aims. MGS4 isn't coming out for it, which sucks. Again, boo.

What is out for XBox is a lot of generic slasher games that simply do not hold my interest. I went almost a month without touching the thing. Very disappointing. I really thought Microsoft would do better than that. Shame, really.

I did try out and enjoy the Wii in my local Gamestop. I didn't have any interest in the Wii at first, because the ganme selection struck me as aimed at kids. But I enjoyed Mario Kart for the Wii. I may enter myself in the Wii sweepstakes after all.

Stay tuned.

P.S. Oh, and I bought a PS2 with the proceeds from the 360. I bought MGS3, Madden 08, MGS2, and Full Metal Alchemist. Should keep me busy for now.

Ashely Tisdale is singing Rickroll, no fucking shitting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ceukjOzxZM

Has a nice beat, which complements her nice ass.

Kobe Bryant has back injury, just like LeBron James.

And just like LeBron, he has half the team's cap room swallowed up in his contract.

And just like LeBron, his teammates are a bunch of substandard non-hackers. Most of them wouldn't be starting on other teams.

Gee, I guess signing one guy doesn't make all the difference. This is why I hate the Lakers.

Burning an American flag is free speech.

But burning a Mexican flag, oh noes, can't have that.

http://media.www.dailylobo.com/media/storage/paper344/news/2008/04/03/News/Lynch.Guilty.Of.Destroying.Flag-3300699.shtml

Lynch's actions are clearly a case of civil disobedience. This is complete B.S. That flag flying without an American flag above it as per flag etiquette, on Constitution Day, and why? Reverse racism, anti-Americanism and welfare mentality.

As a nation, Mexico is a crime-infested drugs-filled rathole. That's strong language, to be sure, but that is what concerns people who live near the border.

This is why Americans at large do not trust Mexico.

Stolen from the Bad Astronomer, Phil Plait.

Well, actually, I'm not going to steal it. Just linking to it instead.

http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2008/03/28/can-we-please-stop-giving-air-time-to-insane-people/

I cannot agree more. Pat Buchanan has made racist statements in the past, both on the air and in his books. (His last one said that we should not accept any more immigrants except from Europe and Japan.)

Badd ass new avatar, if I say so myself

Perfect for an Infidel like me, if I say so myself.

This logo can be found mostly associated with American Atheists. It is clearly based off of the atom; this is to show that atheists view science as the best and only path to understanding the universe. And the reason it is broken at the bottom is to show that atheists are open-minded.

Again, perfect for an Infidel, if I say so myself. :)

Bill Richardson can endorse whoever the hell he wants.

Here's the controversy: http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080329/pl_bloomberg/afil0azxyb1k_1

Bill Richardson does not owe Clinton an endorsement. To be frank, it's nice to see a case of politicians not just rubbing their friends' backs.

Richardson is not my first choice for President. I'll be honest, though; he's not a bad Governor, but all these trips to Sudan, North Korea, and Columbia show that he wants to get back into the national spotlight. Which is what he is likely aiming for by endorsing Obama.

I'll be honest: Richardson is not someone I can picture as a VP. With his resume, he is probably better off as Ambassador or a Cabinet member (both are positions he has held in the past). His resume shouldn't be wasted doing little other than casting tie breaker votes in the Senate.

But anyway, back to the "Judas" comment: Carville needs to shut his trap. For those who do not know who James Carville is, he was to Clinton what Karl Rove was to Bush. The exception is that Carville is nowhere near the attack dog that Rove was. Not even close.

His antics in labelling those who endorse Obama as traitors and "Judases" are the kind of things that damage parties. There is nothing wrong about a nice long "drag it out" fight between Clinton and Obama. The biggest potential for damage is what is being said, i.e. things like "Obama is only winning because he's black," and "Richardson's a Judas." Is Carville aware that comments like that serve little purpose than to drive away the potential voters that the Democratic Party has been trying to woo? The last thing Democrats need is for African-Americans and Hispanics to decide not to vote due to feeling left out or having a candidate they are following be stigmatized. That's a good way to make sure the Democratic party nominee fails in November, regardless of who it is.

And now, to address another rumor: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080329/ap_on_el_pr/democrats_endgame;_ylt=Am.x.0Q.lMrvpDzHgid_q8Cpg9IF

Excuse me? If Hilary Clinton really set out to destroy Obama she would be labelled a spoiler and not be able to run in 2012. Her chances of running for the nomination in 2012 if she helped McCain into the White House are about the same as Ralph Nader's chances of getting the Dem's nod in any future election. Put simply: Not gonna happen.

I agree that there are possible long term consequences that could result from this hard fight. But the things that can hurt the Democratic party aren't so much how long the fight lasts but what gets said. Such as Ferarro's comment about Obama being ahead "just because he's black." Excuse me? Did being black help Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton get the Dem's nod? No... so why would it guarantee Obama to the top?

Ferarro's gone, good riddance. (Why she was allowed to quit rather than getting canned is anybody's guess, though.) Her kind of comments are not the kind Dems need right now. If the Dems really want (or just don't care about) to lose African American voters to such antics then go right ahead and tolerate it. Just don't blame Bush and Co. for stealing the next election, when we had this one in the bag for as long as we have.

In the end the right thing was done. At least in this case.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080319/ap_on_re_us/english_only_cheesesteaks_3

The same punk ass bitches who sue someone for asking customers to speak English when ordering probably never went to London to sue the Queen over English being the official language there.

Nor did this so-called Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations Panel ever go into Mexico and sue them for having Spanish as an official language. If any of you have ever been to Mexico, you know what I am talking about when I say those people down there sure expect you to speak Spanish in their country. They look at you like you're a foreign invader if you don't. But up here in America they act like you better know every fucking language on the face of the fucking earth or else OMFG its Jim Crow all over again.

Fuck those pansy ass bitches. I hope that dude hangs that sign on every fucking street corner.

Heather Mills is a greedy gold digger.

She wanted $250 million from Paul McCartney and has a sorry fucking attitude because she had to settle for $48 million instead?

WTF?

She contributed zero to his life and career. I was watching the morning news this morning and (I think it was NBC) the reporting stated that Mills helped revive McCartney's career.

Excuse me while I fucking hurl.

That fucking gold digger "revived" a Beatle's career? Bull fucking shit.

She was only married to McCartney for four years. Not long enough to matter. And certainly not long enough to be demanding shit from his estate, whether $50 million or $250 million.

Fuck that bitch.

Oh NOES! Michael Paul Astorga might get the death penalty!

Jesus Christ people.

It never ceases to amaze me how the civil libertarians always care about the scumbags. Case in point: Michael Astorga. He's been in trouble with the law since he was little. He and his brother committed murder back in the 90s, and even though his brother went to prison for it, he did not. He murdered again in 2005. Even though he had a warrant on him for murder, he still met with his probation officer and inexplicably, the P.O. did not take him into custody for reasons that are still unclear.

But a sheriff's deputy, James McGrane, pulled over Astorga's truck in the East Mountains in March 2006. Astorga murdered the officer. You can read the story here.

But Michael Astorga has a powerful ally. Gary Mitchell is the President of the ACLU of New Mexico. The McGrane family is outraged. Here is the blog belonging to the wife of the dead officer Astorga is accused of murdering.

Why is it the ACLU never makes a peep about a dead cop, but when a cop killer is facing the death penalty, they sure care of them.

I'll be blunt: Astorga is the type of criminal who needs to be put to death. He has always been in trouble with the law. He is a multiple murderer. The guy is known to use steriods. He has always been in trouble with gangs. Face it: The guy does not act like most Albuquerque gang members; i.e., he's not pansy. Most Albuquerque gang members couldn't last an hour in a place like South Central LA or the Lower East Side of NYC; Astorga could. He's the kind of person you do not want on the street inspiring new or naive gangs.

The ACLU apparently does want him on the streets, apparently. Why? No one knows. Maybe it is because the ACLU thinks cops are the real problem. The ACLU doesn't hate cops and inflate all police activity as "brutality" and "harrassment," do they?

Even after rejecting religion, I never, ever, ever, could accept the ACLU as legitimate. Never. The fact is, the ACLU sees themselves as the "ruler over the rulers." That and they also teach that all drug laws should be repealed, terrorism recruiting is constitutionally protected free speech, child porn is free speech, all war is wrong and never amounts to anything (except saving Jews in Europe, freeing slaves in America, and bringing the USA into existence, of course, but why let that little discrepancy stop them?) as well as other well-documented antics. They see authority as a problem to be done away with. Which means, in effect, they are anarchists. Even the Wikipedia article for Civil Libertarianism has Anarchism as a "related article." Imagine that. Who also argues for a society without any authority? Communists. In fact, the ACLU has its roots in Communism. You may make of this what you will. It's not like the ACLU has ever really divorced itself from its Communist roots.

When will the ACLU care about the people that actually matter? How can Nadine Strossen, who is Jewish, run an organization that wants Nazis to march in a predominantly Jewish city? If those guys tried that in Europe, especially in Germany, all of the free speech arguements would come to nothing. Those guys would get a nice long term behind bars, where they belong.

But none of this bothers the ACLU. If everyone isn't allowed to do whatever in the damn hell they want, the ACLU cops an attitude. Kill a cop? The ACLU will passionately argue that the cop killer should be allowed to go free because trying to get a death penalty for a cop killer is oh-so-wrong. Or they try to frame it as a race issue. Supposedly, when Astroga was stopped by Deputy James McGrane, it was really a case of a white cop harrassing a poor Hispanic, and because of that he shouldn't get the death pnalty. Gary Mitchell was blunt about that one to the media: "Just because the alleged [ALLEGED! JAMES MCGRANE IS ONLY ALLEGED TO BE DEAD! DAH] victim is white, means Astroga will likely not get a fair trial." He presented a bunch of slanted statistics supposedly showing that Hispanics get the death penalty more than whites. Baloney. The court rejected the arguement, but surprise, surprise: Mitchell is appealing it. He wants to appeal it all the way to the Supreme Court. Just so a cop killer won't have to face justice.

Has the ACLU expressed, in any shape or form, even one moment of consolation for James McGrane's family? No. Because he was just a cop. A piece of authority the ACLU hates. They probably think McGrane deserved to be murdered. In fact, since they care so much about putting cop killers on the street, maybe they think that cop killing isn't murder at all. Since they hate authority so much, and their roots are in the party for a "Classless Society," maybe they don't believe in murder at all. Kind of hard to tell. The ACLU sure whips out those law books and lawsuits when they want to cry foul but it is very telling to see what they do. They say they care about the average American, but they never act on that. Unless "average American" means a scum-sucking cop killer.

They say they believe in civil rights. Last time I checked, the term "civil rights" meant the rights of black people to vote and get/retain a job without being discriminated against. Does the ACLU seem to understand that? Nope. The ACLU stood idly by and did nothing while Brown v. Board of Education was being argued through the courts. When it reached the Supreme Court, the ACLU did very little other than file an amicus brief. That's it. Anyone can do that.

But when Neo-Nazis want to recruit the next Timothy McVeigh or the next Eric Rudolph, they sure can move their ass. Yes, they sure can move their ass when hate groups try to recruit the mext domestic terrorist. (I wonder what would happen if Osama bin Laden tried to use that arguement to recruit for Al Qaeda on our streets. Would the ACLU help them?) Black people are left out to dry by this group. Must be why no one ever sees any black people working for the ACLU.

In short, the ACLU is an anarchist group that shits all over anyone who isn't a scumbag. Fuck you, ACLU. Someday, I hope someone flies a plane into your building, followed by those responsible not getting into trouble. See how much you like it.

How not to get into trouble as an elected official.

Basically it is simple: Feel free to lie about anything you want and not care about anyone except your friends, but never, ever, ever, fuck or suck or get fucked or sucked.

If you do, the party of "moral values" will get you. By "party of moral values," I mean that party that never seems to care about rising gas prices, the sellout of our dollar to outsourcing and the oil companies, the ever rising death toll and cost of waging war in Iraq, as well as the other well-documented stuff.

But when Clinton got his cock sucked, they sure sprang into action real quick.

Ditto for Spitzer tapping hooker ass. OMFG if we don't get rid of him the Apocalypse will occur and Jesus will come back! Holy fucking Jesus!

Did it ever occur to the Religious Right wing "newspaper theologists" that the world has been on the brink of an Apocalypse for the last two thousand years?

But it never happens. The Apocalypse never seems to happen. And it won't happen, either. Unless you count global warming; that's a good apocalypse to shit your pants over. But the Religious Right doesn't fall for that one any more than they see how the world could exist for more than 6000 years.

Or see how on earth stem cells being used to fight debilitating diseases is a problem. Here's a parallel: Jehovah's Witnesses do not partake in blood transfusions. Which is their right. But if the Watchtower tried to legislate that one into law, imagine the fallout. Face it, people: Other people's religions do not and never should dictate MY medical decisions. I don't give a rat's ass about "Chapter and Verse." Fuck it. If anyone out there wants to never have a blood transfusion then go for it -- kill yourself in the name of your religion and be happy for it. But MY medical treatments and decisions -- keep your hands off. If I decide to use stem cells to treat Parkinsons, a broken spine, diabetes, etc. that is my choice and oh well, I don't give a flying fuck if YOUR GOD dislikes it.

Is this too much? How many Christian Religious Right followers care if the Hindu gods get pissed over them eating beef? That's right, they don't. Why should I care if your religion dislikes abortion or stem cell research? Oh fucking well, no one's making YOU do it. So take your misguided "moral values" and shove them back up your ass where you pulled them from, please.

One of my life's goals: Immigrate to either Canada or Europe.

More likely Canada than Europe. Second languages have always been a bit of a struggle for me.

There are a number of reasons why. Here's two:

1) Politics. I mean, I can "agree to disagree" with people whose views I disagree with, such as death penalty opponents and anti-war peace activists. But why, oh why, should my rights hinge on whether not enough anti-society creationist folks (we all know who I am talking about, the folks who care only about "abortion, God, guns and gays") manage to get their candidate in office?

I'm sick of it. What happens if I get Parkinson's? Diabetes? Should the medical treatments available depend on theologians' interpretations of religions I am not a part of?

It is interesting to see what happens when the tables are turned. To put things in perspective: What if Christians were no longer allowed to eat beef because a hardcore Hindu made it into office? They would say the same thing us atheists say: Someone else's religious beliefs should not decide my rights.

2) Global Warming. I read an article in Rolling Stone magazine that interviewed the same scientist who correctly predicted the whole theory on the ozone layer being depleted. I wish I still had it in order to cite it better. Basically, it predicted several things:

Most of Florida and Louisiana will be under water once the sea level is finished rising. In addition, Washington D.C., San Francisco, Houston, Los Angeles, Seattle, New York City, Boston, Miami, New Orleans, San Diego, as well as other cities will either be under water or darn near close.

The American Southwest desert will expand and include the entire West, while a new desert will form in the Southeast. Phoenix, Albuquerque, El Paso, and Las Vegas will become too hot to be inhabitable.

The Sahara will expand into Europe, causing Berlin to be as hot as Baghdad.

Pests will thrive. Fire ants are intruding more and more and pushing further northward out of Mexico. Pythons (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080223111456.htm) not native here will find themselves a comfortable home without too much effort. Invasive plants, especially weeds, will disrupt crop production.

Water shortages will be especially severe, causing mass migration and infighting.

The only people with a true chance to survive the ordeal will be those who live at the highest latitudes. Think Inuits, Scandinavians, and Siberians living comfortably while the rest of the planet is either miserable or uninhabitable. Even some parts of Antarctica could become habitable.

I think I'll beat the heat (pun intended) and get up there and start a family there before the rest of America tries to stampede their way up here in about 50-100 years from now.

Got my XBox 360.

Since I had "only" $500 to work with, I got two games, Madden 08 and BioShock. Got them both used to save a few bucks, especially since the condition of the games was almost mint.

Unfortunately, BioShock did not come with a manual. So that was a trip to the FAQs (not the boards of course, forget about getting help for any game on the boards) to just get the controls and basic information. Don't want a walkthrough unless I am really stuck as it spoils the fun of being frustrated when I get stuck. :P

Other games I'll probably look into: Definitely Ninja Gaiden 2, when it comes out in June. I also like the look of Assassin's Creed, Call of Duty 4, Gears of War and probably NBA Live 08.

I did get recommendations for other games, but there weren't any boxes for me to review at GameStop, so I can't say if I'll be looking at those yet. We'll see.

XBox 360 it is.

Since we Americans are getting that tax rebate, and I'll supposedly be getting a $600 check, I decided to check out the local Wal-Mart and GameStop to see which system to get to umm... boost the national economy. Getting a big ticket item like a game system is what the rebate check is for, right? Might as well not disappoint Mr. Bush. :P

I had already ruled out the Wii. I'm just not into that controller. Some of the games for it seem too childish for me, also.

Which leaves the PS3 and the 360. Here's what I've been told about the PS3:

The PS3 doesn't have much that the 360 can't do. It does have Blu Ray technology, but since I do not have a Hi-Def TV, I don't see the point of having it. Having something that just plays DVDs is fine by me. That's it. Actually, there's also the price: $399 for a "core" or "bare essentials" unit, and $499 for a hard drive to be included. That's too much, and the game selection is very meager.

The XBox 360 has a much better game selection. This is mainly because the 360, having been built by Microsoft, has better code to run games with. (The GameStop guy also told me the XBox 360 takes a while to warm up as a consequence.) Also, it's cheaper. $279 for a "core" set, $349 for a hard drive to be included. That's a full $50 less than a PS3 unit without the hard drive.

So XBox 360 it is. I'll probably get a wireless controller charger to go along with it, as well as a second controller. Which reminds me to ask a question; why don't Nintendo, Microsoft or Sony ever think about putting in FOUR controller ports like the N64 had? Being able to plug in four controllers and have multiple friends over for games like Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, and (nowadays) Madden seriously ups the fun factor. It surely helped the N64's sales, as we all know. Two controllers are enough for most purposes. But I digress.

Probably won't bother with an XBox Live subscription, at least, not for the moment. $50 per year isn't a bad price, but just to play online games? I really don't think it is worth it, unless I played online every day. Problem is, I do have a life; school and work, mostly. I don't play every day, but being able to go home and just play something for a few hours as a way of winding down is nice. Shouldn't have to pay $50 per year or $8 per month for that. Not to mention the fact that I am not rich. My income level is somewhere between "broke as a joke" and "broke as fuck," so whatever I get with this rebate can't have "maintenance costs."

But other than sports games, what good games are there for the 360? Can anyone recommend a good title or two?

How to solve the phenomenon of homeless veterans (or at least cut it down to managable size).

I read an article this morning about the ongoing problem of war vets becoming homeless. It has happened in every war, no doubt, but why are there literally hundreds of thousands of them on our streets? Can't we as America do better than that?

By no means am I some anti-war activist. I am not against all war. But why on earth, if we ask our young men and women to serve overseas and take a bullet (while watching others die), do we as a nation don't do everything in our power to help them recover when they come back? Most people do not feel sorry for the homeless because of certain behaviors they are prone to commit. (We all know them: panhandling, drugs, shoplifting, etc.) But in the case of soldiers, it is not hard to see that the stress and trauma of seeing the agony of war has gotten to them.

The fact is, we "program" soldiers into becoming killers, and we do little to "de-program" them upon returning home. This is in addition to the horrors of combat they must face. It is no surprise then, that some of these damaged soldiers resort to drug and alcohol abuse as a way of escape.

In other words, some of them cannot transition from "guns to butter," i.e. from wartime to peacetime. Then, too is the mental illness factor. We all know about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and how it is especially prevalent among former troops. Mental illness is well known to be co-morbid (co-exist) with homelessness, how much more so with those who have served in war.

These are the three pillars to homelessness: Mental illness, substance abuse, and failure (or inability) to be (or stay) intergrated into society by means of having a job and a home. Not every case of homelessness has all these characteristics, but almost all of them have at least one. If we could attack these pillars and wipe them out, most of our homeless problems would fall as a consequence.

For example, one way to tackle drug addiction is for each state to pass mandatory drug rehab laws. Forced rehab means just what it says; you go in and do not come out until you are clean of addiction. The problem is that neither party wants it. With Democrats in power, it is unlikely to pass because of all of the corrupt politicians the drug cartels have in their pockets. For example, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Hilary Clinton tried to create so called "compassion houses" for addicts, where they can go shoot up and get high without the police intervening. In addition, the American Civil Liberties Union supports making all drug use legal, calling it "freedom." That's not a party leadership to trust to get people off addiction. As for Republicans, since when do they support giving drug addicts and street folks counseling instead of jail? A few maybe, but the "party of morals" seems more content at calling counseling "sissy stuff" while wanting to jail all addicts just to score a political point. Not to mention that spending time and resourses to fight homelessness strikes many Republicans as a "handout" and "welfare waste." So much for help from their corner.

Fact is, though, when addiction is conquered, a lot of personal and social consequences are halted, such as crime, family dysfunction, and financial distress.

But there's more. Addiction does not occur in a vacuum with veterans. While I personally consider the causes of addiction to be mere causes and not excuses, still, the causes are there. The stresses of war require an escape. When some of these guys stay in places like Vietnam or Iraq for as long as they have, see the things they saw, and have no place to escape from, or even someone to talk to about it. The U.S. military is notoriously understaffed when it comes to mental health treatment for the troops, plus there is very strong evidence that the military underrecognizes and underreports problems of mental illness and substance abuse. And when these internally damaged people come home from war, they cannot re-integrate. For those with jobs, those jobs usually have changed; new supervisors, or new people to supervise, new tasks, job descriptions and requirements have changed, etc. and many times they wind up terminated, especially if they are caught abusing controlled substances or alcohol.

In a nutshell, all three of these factors, mental illness, job/home insecurity, and substance abuse, combine and feed off each other to produce a downward spiral for these guys. Many of them start out young when getting into the military and wind up homeless for much of their adult lives as a result. This is a tragedy.

If we as a society start to tackle these problems, we could solve the problem of vets becoming homeless. Or at least, cut it down to managable size. The reason the number of homeless vets are as high as they are is simply because the root causes have not been treated and have been underrecognized. When an addict refuses to admit to a problem, the problem remains. How much more so for a whole community who refuse to admit that these problems exist.

I would like to take this opportunity to call on others to help those who have served and fallen on hard times. Without help, these guys won't get better, just worse and more numerous. Try giving to a shelter. Or volunteer. Both are tax deductable (assuming you get a receipt, of course). And you will be helping a group of people who should never have been forgotten in the first place. If these people do not get the compassion they deserve, their addictions and social problems may never end.

Anyone who can't stand 90 days of cold should go move to crime-ridden Mexico.

This is not a joke. This is serious. I am sick and tired of hearing complaints about the cold.

Yet the areas where the cold is gone sure seem to be hellholes, and not just because of the warmth. They also tend to be hotbeds for crime.

My own mother remarked after hearing that Miami's high today was to be in the 80s. "There's the place to go live," she said.

"Excuse me?" I asked back. "You are aware that Miami has the worst drug-related crime in the nation, right? Why does it matter that it is warm? Unless you want to get shot or something."

She just stared at me for a moment.

In addition, at the hotel I work at, every day I work I hear from someone who is surprised that Albuquerque at this time of year is cold in the morning. Right now, when one wakes up, it is about 10-15 degrees outside. Cold, yes. And the highs are around 40-50ish. Which prompt the "I thought this was the desert" remarks.

Yes, we live in the desert, and at high altitude (5,000 feet) which means less cloud cover, which means less heat held in. Also, in order to get hot weather, the air has to compress somewhere, usually in a valley (which is how Phoenix gets so hot). But being at 5,000 feet means that not only is there less air to compress, but it also drops to lower areas, mostly to the east and southeast plains (Roswell, Carlsbad, Tucumcari, etc.).

But don't tell that to all of the whiners. "I hate the cold," I constantly hear.

I suppose humans, being the warm weather creatures we are, are naturally drawn to warmer places on earth. But for goodness sake, is the weather all that matters? If so, then go move to the crime-ridden drug-filled flith areas of Mexico and Central America. (A lot of seniors are doing this, actually. This is not just being said tongue-in-cheek.) Warm weather is all that matters, even if you wind up going to sleep to the sounds of gunshots.

My mother is one of those, apparently. She constantly complains, day in and day out, about it.

Here's the problem: New Mexico only gets a few months of cold, maybe through mid-Februrary. From late November until then is only about 90 days. 90 days! And I get to listen to non-stop bitching about the cold during every last one of them.

And Miami and Mexico aren't the only ones. Atlanta is a city long known for racial tension. And the drought. New Orleans is going through a crime epidemic unheard of even before Katrina. (Before Katrina New Orleans was the second worst crime city after Detroit, now, the crime is so bad that its murder rate is something like ninety time the national average.) Houston is not bad, from what I hear from travelers, but not only is the humidity always near 100%, you would not want to live there if a hurricane strikes sinmce something like 3 million people live in the metro area. In addition, the Katrina refugees have spiked up Houston's crime rate as street gangs brought their rivalries with them. (You would think that street rivalries wouldn't matter in such a scenario, but...)

Las Vegas has been projected to run out of water during the next fifty years, and that was before the 120 degree temps set in last year. San Diego has constant corruption and a non-stop illegal immgration problem. Los Angeles is the insurance fraud captial of America, and its gang problems are legendary. Phoenix has a crime problem as well as Arizona in general (#3, according to Morgan Quinto), plus there are illegal immigration and drug problems.

If anyone out there actually wants to live in such conditions just for the weather, then you are the one with the problem, not me. You want to live in some warm ghetto, why stop at the border? Head on down south even further to see even more warmth. Head all the way to the damn equator -- that's it, to Columbia. Get shot by the two terrorist groups there, or by the government even. If you can't make it that far, Central America or Mexico should provide you with enough shooting to make your life less than boring.

I'm not saying that if we all headed north we'd find a snow-capped paradise, but come on. There's more to life than the damn weather.

In fact, one of my long standing day dreams is to go move into Canada, in fact. I've been there myself, only through B.C., seeing such places as Vancouver, Kelowna, Victoria. Great places. But if I did that, I can forget about my family following me up there. Although if I were to move, it would probably be to the East Coast, Nova Scotia and all. I hear it is nice up there. Montreal and Toronto are nice as well, if I needed the big city life up there.

At some point global warming is going to make those paradises down under unlivable. Then what?

This video is just too funny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u3F4n_t2Mw

Has to do with the following three people: Michael Moore, Fred Phelps, and Trent Lott. I won't mention any more past that.

Riddle: How many MBH regs does it take to answer a question?

http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=2&topic=38027211

Maybe the correct answer is "undefined." Can't divide by zero, after all...

And these guys (or some of them, at least) hope to become MODS? Good God...

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Once something is posted on the net, it isn't private anymore. Whether it is a MySpace, a LiveJournal, a publicly known e-mail address, or whatever, those are not "private contacts." How hard is that to understand? And this holds true regardless of the thing is "friends-only" or "set to private." It's web-based -- nothing really private about it. By "private" is clearly meant NON-web-based information (such as an address, phone number, etc.). Why is that so hard for MBH regs to understand?

You see the topic. A bunch of wrong answers and "I don't knows." (Devin's topic says that if you aren't answering a question, you have no right to post, but why let that little problem stop them?)

What in the hell? LOL

http://w3t.org/c/steelers

That is the Pittsburgh Steelers new mascot, named "Steely McBeam."

Jason Smtih (of All Night ESPN Radio) was right, this is a laughing stock. Not to mention that the Steelers brand makes enough money that they don't need cheesy marketing tricks like this.

HOW many people will really try out this game?

I mean, seriously?

The game is called "ICED!" and is supposed to tell side of immigration from the immigrants' side. Here's the article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070802/ap_on_re_us/immigration_video_game;_ylt=Ao2qjASV0MCzY8lGnRPjo8pH2ocA

The people who come up with this stuff conveniently forget that most Americans care about the border because of border crime (drugs, increased gang actvitity, fugitives running to Mexico, etc.). Most of us really wouldn't care about the guy who crawls over just to look for work; heck that is better than what homeless people and freeloaders do.

This idea, that Americans are just intolerants who need to relax and let the border be an open anarchy, is a problem.

No, it does not bother me that people come here looking for work. Since Mexico refuses to bother creating its own job market, (the number 1 source of income is illegals sending money to their families, while drugs are number 2) why not seal the border off, man it, and lower the legal barriers to immigration? (Some people have been known to pay tens of thousands of dollars to get citizenship legally, and that is not right. It needs to be earned in other ways.)

See the problem? If that game wants to be truly informative, how about marketing in Mexico a game that has 11 million Americans crawling over the border and creating huge social ills? Mexican nationals don't care about Americans' need for safety and security because they only care about the money; the knife cuts both ways, as most Americans don't care about Mexico in poverty because after 9/11 we care about being safe and secure.

Leaving GameFAQs, Part two.

So why did I leave GameFAQs, closing my account a few days ago?

I simply lost any desire to keep coming back. In fact, after typing in the ticket, I had to force myself to not click "Submit" until I had reflected enough to decide that this was what I wanted to do. The account had 692 karma, so it wasn't the lightest of decisions, but I simply lost desire to keep coming back, to keep finding time in my schedule to run down to an Internet station and log in, especially to do very little. Other than discuss moderations on the Hellhole board, talk about some football on a private board, and chime my two cents in on MBH or on a few game boards (of games I own or am familiar with), I wasn't active much.

Mind you, it wasn't that there weren't ANY good boards. I just could not fit myself into any of the communities. That was mostly because because the social discussions revolved around stuff I had no interest in discussing. Some of it had to do with my age (I'm 26) and I wasn't up for discussing immature talk (OMG! Look at this teh HAAAWWWWWT 15-yr-old girl!) . Other reasons: I'm just not very social at all.

Not that I ever really grew into the place to begin with. The social boards, as I said before, simply never garnered my interest. As for Game Boards, I usually only own a handful of games, and older ones at that. So I had little to contribute to them. That leaves special interest boards and private boards.

Special Interest boards didn't spark my interest for two reasons: 1) I don't have any real hobbies, and 2) the boards are too troll infested. Nuff said.

I won't dislose the two secret boards I had access to, but I found myself not posting on them much. That's partly because my life, by and large, is uneventful (the same reason I don't blog much) and there isn't much to talk about.

After several days of not logging in at all because of constraints from work, family, etc. I just found it easy to not come back at all. Friday would roll around and I realized that I didn't log into GameFAQs all week. I just got used to not being there any more. I also don't see anything there for me any more. To be sure, I've met a few good people, but I have contact with most of them off-site, so ditching the community didn't lose me anything in that regard.

So it turns out I lost nothing by leaving. I just have no desire to go back.

One person did ask (half jokingly) that if I have no desire to go back, why not suicide? Well, while suicides sometimes (and that's a big sometimes) make me laugh, I find them to be immature and attention grabbing. I don't fit that personality type.

Anyways, that's the reason, for those who are curious.

I'm from the Northwest, not the Midwest.

What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Midland "You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio.
The West
Boston
North Central
The Inland North
The South
Philadelphia
The Northeast
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This surprised me, even though no "Northwest accent" occurs in this list. (I have had people ask me if I am from Portland Seattle or B.C. even, after I moved down to Albuquerque, which makes me convinced that there is indeed, an accent of some sort for the area.)

Leaving GameFAQs...

I just don't have time for GameFAQs anymore, so I submitted a Close Account request.

I'm Batman, eh? :)

Your results:
You are Batman

Batman 65% Spider-Man 60% Robin 58% Superman 55% Hulk 50% Green Lantern 40% The Flash 30% Supergirl 28% Catwoman 20% Wonder Woman 18% Iron Man 0%

You are dark, love gadgets and have vowed to help the innocent not suffer the pain you have endured.

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Albuquerque newscaster slips up...

Check this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kihsS4IXG0k (slip only)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQIwT4PdRa4 (with the reaction afterwards)

I won't spoil it, but this woman is the most recognized face of news in all of New Mexico (except the El Paso Metro area, they have their own news networks), so she's forgiven by pretty much everyone for this one.

Just pardon the poor quality, I could not find better quality clips (and trust me, I tried).

It's been awhile.

Watched Jackass 2 this past week.

Grade: C-. Don't get me wrong, I liked the Jackass series, but there needs to be a better mix of bone-crunching stunts than here. As well as less disgusting content -- Twice we watch folks taking a dump on camera, and once, a horse is made to ejaculate into a cup; afterwards the Jackass folks take turns drinking it. Not funny, and not enough contest that was funny at all. No wonder this series is off the air.

Movies, movies, movies.

During my hiatus from this place, I watched a few movies. Here's my take on them:

Barbershop 2/Back in business. (C-): African American comedy. Not very funny, and the jokes were too scripted. In addition, Cedric the Entertainer's character was not acted well at all -- it seemed fake and manufactured. Add tasteless jokes about the Washington DC snipers "breaking into the white league" of crime and predictable womanizing jokes and the product is a movie not worth wasting money on.

Stick It (C): Reviews are not supposed to refernce the person reviewing them, but I have to explain myself. I watched this movie because I wanted to give my 10-year-old niece tickets to it. Problem: It's PG-13, and her mother is uptight about content. So I decided to watch it by myself beforehand.

This movie doesn't surprise, and in some cases lets down. Basically, a seventeen year-old girl (who looks a lot like a younger Hilary Swank) gets out of prison time in exchange for community service by helping a gymnastics team. Predictably, she realizes that maybe she should stay out of trouble, and not let her troubled past infect her present or future. The acting wasn't too bad, actually, although there aren't many faces that you'll recognize. The biggest problem, though, is sexualization of that sport. Older teenage males gawk at the preteen/young teen girls in one competition, asking how they "could have missed this sport." Another scene has one of the guys saying that he'll "stalk" a girl. Completely tasteless. Young girls who did watch this movie got the wrong impression. Two thumbs down.

There are some bright spots though. It is an open secret that judges of any solo-performance Olympic sport will find any excuse to dock points from competitors (especially from the first performer in a set, they do it to give the others a fair shot at overcoming their peers). That does show up in the movie, and is the best part of the movie, watching the girls confront the practice. However, another point made is that gymnasts should be able to make their routines however dangerous they want, by our main character, nonetheless. Another wrong impression.

In short, this movie's script is too predictable, tasteless material made its way in, and while the acting wasn't bad, it isn't enough to overcome the bad impressions made.

Honey (B): A dance (Jessica Alba), wanting to do the right thing for an impoverished inner city neighborhood, wants to open her own dance studio. Finding the funding for it winds up being the bulk of the film's story. Along the way, of course, are roadblocks and struggles.

The movie was a bit of a surprise. Judging from the previews, one would have thought it would merely be an over-sexualized Jessica Alba dancing in front of the camera. It actually was much more tasteful than that. Problems that young inner city children face (gangs, drugs, etc.) are mentioned and confronted, and the acting as a whole isn't bad at all.

The problem came, though, with the script. It was too predictable at points, and some points are too manufactured and a bit tough to believe. A kid winds up in jail after stealing someone's shoes on a subway. Problem is, in New York (where this film is set), muggings are almost never solved or even confronted by the police, and even when they are, the perps don't go to jail for it. The movie simply didn't try hard enough to find a more believable plot twist. Could have been better.

In short, this film isn't unforgettable, but it isn't a regret. Not bad.

Poseidon (B+): You know the plot, especially if you've seen the original (this is a remake). Basically, a ship is sinking, and a select few must find a way to get out. Sounds too much like a Titanic wannabe, but actually, it's not bad. The only real disappointment came near the end. A scene near the end of the movie appears to "copy and paste" a scene out of Armageddon, not just in content, but in structure as well. Two thumbs down, the producers need to try harder than that. Not bad otherwise...

Mission Impossible (B): How long will Mission Impossible movies keep coming out until the well runs dry? This installment could be the signal that the well is running low. It stars a similar plot: Tom Cruise, as an intel op, must stop a group of baddies from getting and using a "rabbit's foot" or else the world will be a very bad place to live. The script wasn't too bad, although it was predictable at points. The action was pretty much non-stop, although some of the stunt scenes were too unbelievable and manufactured. Not bad, but too much of the "same old" stuff.

Guess Who (A+): This movie was a real surprise. Most of the time, comedies that center around life as an African American usually are full of n-words, offensive race jokes, and tasteless all-around profanity. That's not the case here at all. The script was well written, with plenty of minor surprises thoughout. The humor was well-planned, and tasteful. Most of the humor centers around Dad (played by Bernie Mac) loosening up to her daughter's new man (played by Kutcher), and while race was a factor, it's the loosening up that the movie centers on.

Speaking of the actors, they did their part as well. Ashton Kutcher did this movie well, and successfully sheds his image as obnoxious, even though there are definitely scenes in the movie that he influenced in his own way. After watching him on That 70s Show, it was a bit tough to believe he could step into a more serious role like this, but he does it well. Bernie Mac plays the uptight father very well also, from being uptight to being insightful. Very well done, and this makes for a great date movie. Two thumbs up.

I watched the Stanley Cup Finals, and actually, I found the game of hockey quite interesting to watch. Of course, Albuquerque doesn't have NHL, and although we have a minor league team (the New Mexico Scorpions)
, they moved to a suburb recently (Rio Rancho) and I am not going to travel through that city to watch them play.

But back to the Finals: Hockey looks like a really fun game to go watch in person. I found myself glued to the set for most of time it was playing. Maybe I should add "must have NHL team" on the list of criteria for whatever city I move to once I get out of Albuqerque.

As for the NBA Finals, I'm just not much of a basketball fan, although I tried to keep up with this Finals because I have family in the Dallas area, and it made for some interesting conversation with them.

Dallas must have thought after winning the first two games that it would be OK to go into cruise control. Miami saw this and stormed back, and once Dallas realized that, they couldn't find that groove to go back into to reclaim the series. Gotta give a hats-off to Dwayne Wade. He did perform well in the Finals, and deserved the MVP.

On a side note, I think this series has proven that Shaq was the better player than Kobe Bryant all along. Granted, Shaq wasn't a big scorer, but I think he's a better influence on his teammates, and on the sport as a whole than Kobe ever was.

I try hard to keep GameFAQs stuff out of my blog, but this one takes the cake.

Take a look at this Snack Attack topic: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=579987&topic=27679175

Is it just me or do some people just have no life?

Good game, brand new, gets scratched to hell by a "scratch fixer."

My copy of Madden NFL 2006 was skipping like mad yesterday. So I took it out and looked at it's underside. Turns out there was a small scratch on it. Kind of surprised me because I take excellent care of my CDs/DVDs. So I took it down to GameSpot, showed them, and asked what would be a good way to fix it. They proudly sold me their store brand CD scratch fixer, a $7.00 bottle.

I took it home, followed the instructions, and wound up with about 5,000 new scratches. Worse, I lost the receipt, so I can't take it back and claim damages. The biggest problem is that Madden 06 is a $60.00 game, and I'm going to have to replace it.

This thing guessed my weight correctly, to within about 5 pounds.

You Should Weigh 220

If you weigh less than this, you either have a fast metabolism or are about to gain weight. If you weigh more than this, you may be losing a few pounds soon!

How Much Do You Weigh?

Amanda Bynes isn't looking too bad.

Yesterday I saw Amanda Bynes' latest movie, She's the Man. I was watching it because I was thinking about getting my niece tickets to go see that movie for her tenth birthday party. Problem is, the movie is rated PG-13... which prompted my sister (my niece's mother) to tell me I should go watch it myself first, and make sure the content is decent enough for a ten year old girl.

To be honest, it isn't suitable for a young girl. The message of the movie is fine, about pursuing dreams, mostly, and about not being deceptive to those around you. And the comedy of the movie is about what one would expect from a movie geared toward a young audience. But due to semi-sexual content, my niece won't be seeing it: Although nothing is shown, she lifts her shirt up in front of everyone, and her brother exposes himself as well. My sister would scream if my niece saw that.

But, back to Amanda Bynes: She's looking pretty good in most of those female outfits, and those funbags must be close to D size. But since this is the first time I ever watched her on any screen (most of her stuff is supposed to be aimed at young girls), I guess I never noticed. I, like most guys, usually notice things that are "grown male targets," like the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, Stacy Kiebler, as well as any pieces of ass walking into (or out of) some 21-and-over club or bar, etc. Maybe I just need to go get laid. Hmm.

Continuing to play Mega Man X Collection, specifically Mega Man X6. Trying to beat it on Xtreme difficulty on multiple files: One where X gets all of the powerups, and the other where Zero gets all of the powerups. It's a pain in the ass, but since Hearts and Weapon Ups only improve the character who gets them, I might as well make two files where each get all of them. The final Sigma form at the end of X6 is not the most difficult version to beat, but his attacks just take off too much life, and it would help it if I just maxed out one character and beat it with them.

Problem is, Collection's bonus features (mostly artwork and remixed music tracks from the series) sometimes will open up depending on who you best the game with, X or Zero. So I decided to make one for each.

Remember how I said my state's number 9 on the most dangerous list?

The folks who calculated that came out with a new one for this year (The one I cited must be last year's.).

We're now #3. Yes, Number 3. I live in the third most dangerous state. Creeps me out.

Proof in pudding: http://www.statestats.com/dang06.htm

I am New York CIty????

You Are New York

Cosmopolitan and sophisticated, you enjoy the newest in food, art, and culture. You also appreciate a good amount of grit - and very little shocks you. You're competitive, driven, and very likely to succeed. Famous people from New York: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Tupac Shakur, Woody Allen

What American City Are You?

Long time, no see.

Several new things happened to me this past week...

First, I bought myself a PS2. I wanted to wait until the PS3 came out but then heard that the release date was pushed back until December, then until 2007. I figured, fuck that, I've been through enough trouble in recent times, I deserve a bit of a treat.

Some of the games I bought: Megaman X Collection, Madden NFL 2006 (and no, I do not have an internet connection, sadly, I can't join any of you guys online), Dragon Quest VIII, King of Fighters Max Impact.

I even managed to find a copy of the ShawShank Redemption, my favorite movie of all time. Normally that movie is a very difficult one to find -- I don't think I ever saw it on the shelf of any Hollywood Video here in the city, and only a few times on the shelf of BlockBuster. Even more surprising was where I located it -- in a EB Games store. Although it was labeled and sold as "used," you wouldn't know it by the condition of the underside -- not a single scratch.

Of the new games I bought, the two biggest time eaters are Megaman X Collection and Madden 2006. Megaman X Collection because I loved the series on Super Nintendo/Playstation, and Madden because I love football, and family members have complained that when they visit, there isn't anything to do in my apartment. Most of the times I have had a PS2 in the past, I stuck with 100-hr one-player solitary-style RPGs. Might as well break from those, especially since the Final Fantasy series has nose-dived into shitsville in recent years. I mean, back when they were coming out on Super Nintendo, I could not get enough of the Final Fantasy series, especially IV and VI. My favorite game of all time remains Super Mario Bros. 3 on Nintendo, but FFVI is second.

Then came the Playstation. I never really liked FFVII much, although I will admit it was groundbreaking and well done all-around. FFVIII deviated too much from the series, trying too hard to be "innovative." I don't think I'll ever really forgive or forget Square for the "no more MPs," you have to "stock" your magics from enemies. For me, all it led to was "Was it 10 Firas I have along with 20 Firagas, or the other way around?"

After that mess, FFIX came out. Too much innovation in XIII led to not enough in IX. The cartoony little-kid style sprites annoyed me to no end.

X bored me, XI I could not play, being without Internet, X2 I didn't bother with.

So where I am I going with this digression? Well, with the Dragon Quest game came a Final Fantasy XII demo. I played it -- ugh! The damn thing is an "action" style RPG, until you meet up with an enemy. Then instead of pressing a button to swing a sword, you bring up your menu, dig around for a few minutes until you find the action you want, then you get to swing your sword. Seriously, someone ought to tell Square that the more they try to simplify things, the more complicated and fucked up things turn out.

I didn't like it at all. Anyway... enough of that shit. Onto other matters.

Yes I do know about the Seahawks losing the Super Bowl. I watched it, at an aquiantance's home, drunk as a motherfucker -- one of the few times I've done so. That reminds me -- I have a new favorite beer: Green Apple Smirnoff. Damn that stuff is good. I drank all of Green Apple Smirnoffs that were in the coolers during the Super Bowl, which amounted to about 10 of those. I also had a Watermelon Smirnoff, a Bud Light and two Tecates. No wonder I was drunk!

But yeah, Seahawks lost. Really disappointed me... especially when Pittsburgh played like crap. Here's the offical NFL stats page for the bowl (http://www.superbowl.com/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20060205_SEA@PIT) -- we had 20 first downs, compared to 14 for the Steelers. We also had more yards, and completely dominated in the first 1 1/2 quarters. Problem: we only had 3 points to show for it. In addition, we had too many penalties, and at all the wrong times. Screwed ourselves over, we did.

I guess I might as well bring up this link also: http://www.nfl.com/schedules/tv/2006_opponents

What it is is a listing of each teams' opponents for 2006. They aren't scheduled though, basically what you can see is who your team is playing, but not when, or even what order. Looks like in addition to my own division, Seattle gets to play the AFC West (tough division) and the NFC North (not so tough, but possibly underperformed this year.). The other two teams we play are the New York Giants (never know how good they are going to do), and the Tampa Bay Bucs (likely a good matchup.).

My brother's Green Bay Packers have an easy schedule. In addition to two games apiece for his division opponents (which is not a strong division), the Packers play the entire AFC East the entire NFC West, and the other two games are Philadelphia and New Orleans. Of course my Seahawks are gonna kick Favre's ass (if he's even there), but that schedule's weak! The Seahawks took a lot of heat publicly for a weak division, but even then, we had to to fight for some of our wins (remember the Giants game? or the first St. Louis game?), and plus, an 11-game win streak is not an easy feat in any division.

But still, the AFC East with the NFC West? Plus of the two random games remaining, the Pack plays New Orleans. BORING!!!!

My sister's a Cowboys fan. They play the NFC South and the AFC South, the remaining two random games being Detroit and Arizona. Although they play Indianapolis, Jacksonville and Chicago, the other teams in those divisions are crap. I hope they talk the same trash about those teams that they did about Seattle this year. See if the damn Cowboys make the Super Bowl. That'd be something. (Of course, it ain't gonna happen.)

Even if I hadn't been born here, I could pass the US citizenship test.

You Passed the US Citizenship Test

Congratulations - you got 10 out of 10 correct!

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Warrior of Light

Class: Seraph
Alliance: Light

You are a fiery and outspoken person. Vivacious and
a bit wild, you have the sort of personality
that ensures that you never go unnoticed. You
always take a a very agressive stand for what
is right and will fiercely defend it to the
death. As a warrior you take a very active part
in the fight itself, often finding yourself in
the middle of the fray. You kick ass!

Your Angelic Name: Ariel


Which Warrior Angel are You and Whose Side are You On? (With Anime Pics)
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You are a Social Liberal (75% permissive) and an... Economic Liberal (23% permissive) You are best described as a: Strong Democrat Link: The Politics Test on Ok Cupid Also: The OkCupid Dating Persona Test

Football!

I'm watching the Kansas City Chiefs getting their asses kicked by the Denver Broncos. Hopefully Denver can translate that into a win next time they visit Indianapolis.

Bought a Seattle Seahawks keychain necklace and a cap. Wanted a jersey too, but the shop didn't have any that were less than $77 apiece. I, um, don't have that kind of money.

I am a... TURTLE?

You Are A: Turtle!

These reptiles, famous for their hard outer shells, spent their days roaming for food and relaxing in the water. As a turtle you are not very speedy, nor are you soft and cuddly. You tend to hide in your shell and you aren't much of a sprinter, however you are as cute as you are fascinating.

You were almost a: Bear Cub or a Chipmunk
You are least like a: Squirrel or a DuckCute Animal Quiz!

My SIgnature weapons is...

Maul You preferred a weapon with 76% power over speed and 23% range over melee.

You use a Maul. Inelegant? You? We'll see who's still alive to say that when you're finished. A fearsome hammer is your weapon of choice, a great equalizer that decimates armored and unarmored foes alike. No one will doubt your strength when you emerge from battle unharmed, your foes battered and broken.

My test tracked 2 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 95% on power You scored higher than 22% on range

Link: The What's Your Signature Weapon Test written by inurashii on OkCupid Free Online Dating

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

In other news, went to the mall and picked up Season VII of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. (Damn does Michelle Trachtenberg look hot in that season.) Liked the first two episodes, but this season is clearly focused on character development more than whooping some demon's ass. (Although looking though the booklet, the main baddie this season is called the First, who is indeed out to destroy the world.) Hopefully I'll be able to pick up Season VI soon; that is the season I missed the most episodes in.

I still say Season V is the best one of all. Glory was a badass enemy. Plus a lot of sexual humor (Spike's robot). I loved that season.