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Beware the Somnotron
Posted 15 years agoThe Somnotron is malfunctioning. The Somnotron needs to be fixed. The Overlord is attempting to fix the Somnotron. The Overlord is not succeeding in fixing the Somnotron. The Somnotron watches you sleep. The Somnotron is in your dreams. The Somnotron sees what you did there. The Somnotron has hijacked this broadcast. The Somnotron loves you. The Somnotron thinks you can do better than The Overlord. The Somnotron is...*bzzzzzt* Beeeeeeeeeep. SomnotronSomnotronSomnotronSomnotronSomno- *CLANG*
A Computer Problem (Continued)
Posted 15 years agoOkay, so, you remember that computer problem I mentioned last week?
(If you don't: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/1749452/)
If you recall, we had tried everything, and were basically down to the last resort. Reformat and reinstall Windows. It was the only thing left to do and nothing could possibly survive it.
Right?
Well, guess what.
We reformatted the drives.
We reinstalled Windows.
And...
SAME. DAMN. PROBLEM.
No freaking way.
That's it.
I'm calling an exorcist.
If that doesn't work, I'll find the damn Necronomicon and do it my bloody self! I swear, there has to be some kind of demonic computer gremlin at work here. Damn.
And just to rub a tiny bit of salt in the wound, my mouse has gone haywire. My mouse has decided that the left click will either not work at all or click a minimum of three times in rapid succession. This renders it practically useless. I am going to attempt to get inside it and tinker. Might as well try to fix it since I can't make it worse. Until then, I have been forced to use the one from the possessed computer. My hand is not happy. My hand wants its old mouse back. This one feels strange and unfamiliar. I'll get used to it, yes, but until then, grrrrr.
The machines. They are taunting me.
*Stalks off to the corner and fumes.*
(If you don't: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/1749452/)
If you recall, we had tried everything, and were basically down to the last resort. Reformat and reinstall Windows. It was the only thing left to do and nothing could possibly survive it.
Right?
Well, guess what.
We reformatted the drives.
We reinstalled Windows.
And...
SAME. DAMN. PROBLEM.
No freaking way.
That's it.
I'm calling an exorcist.
If that doesn't work, I'll find the damn Necronomicon and do it my bloody self! I swear, there has to be some kind of demonic computer gremlin at work here. Damn.
And just to rub a tiny bit of salt in the wound, my mouse has gone haywire. My mouse has decided that the left click will either not work at all or click a minimum of three times in rapid succession. This renders it practically useless. I am going to attempt to get inside it and tinker. Might as well try to fix it since I can't make it worse. Until then, I have been forced to use the one from the possessed computer. My hand is not happy. My hand wants its old mouse back. This one feels strange and unfamiliar. I'll get used to it, yes, but until then, grrrrr.
The machines. They are taunting me.
*Stalks off to the corner and fumes.*
"Like it's your last."
Posted 15 years agoWe've all heard it before, when someone's trying to be encouraging. "Do your best! Go for it! Live every day like it's your last!"
I've always thought that "living every day like it's your last" was very bad advice, for one simple reason; Because if I knew for a fact that I was going to die tomorrow, if today really was my last day, I would spend today as thus:
Morning: Saying mean things to people I don't like, and embarrassing things to people I do.
Afternoon: Illegal things.
Evening: Attempting to drive an armor-plated machinegun-equipped Corvette through the front gates of Area51. Just for kicks. After all, I'm going to die tomorrow, so why not?
So, you see, while "living like it's your last" might work for some people, it just isn't practical for me. I don't even have a driver's license, so where am I supposed to get a weaponized sports car?
I've always thought that "living every day like it's your last" was very bad advice, for one simple reason; Because if I knew for a fact that I was going to die tomorrow, if today really was my last day, I would spend today as thus:
Morning: Saying mean things to people I don't like, and embarrassing things to people I do.
Afternoon: Illegal things.
Evening: Attempting to drive an armor-plated machinegun-equipped Corvette through the front gates of Area51. Just for kicks. After all, I'm going to die tomorrow, so why not?
So, you see, while "living like it's your last" might work for some people, it just isn't practical for me. I don't even have a driver's license, so where am I supposed to get a weaponized sports car?
I wonder what I was thinking...
Posted 15 years agoSo I'm digging through old documents on my computer, trying to clean things up a bit, when I stumble upon a text file about 5 months old and titled "Notes." With such an ambiguous title, I opened it to see what it was. I don't particularly remember typing it. I probably typed it in the middle of the night while half asleep. I wonder what I was thinking when I wrote it. Or, perhaps more appropriately, I wonder why I was thinking what I was. There were some interesting phrases in there, so I thought I might post it here, just because I'm bored, and I can. Also, because I ought to be off doing other things and this will let me procrastinate for a few more minutes before I head off.
Here it is:
"The duality of my own existence continues to perplex me.
Reality increasingly demonstrates the schism between practicality and morality.
Another idiot child, the son of man. Mankind, the idiot children.
Last of many, first of none.
Time's up. Time's up.
Just another animal, dead and gone away.
The cognitive dissonance resulting from incongruent ideals is tolerable compared to the dissonance resulting from emotional slights.
There are no heroes. There are only people doing what they should.
'Why' is the single most powerful word in the English language.
Make 'why' your favorite word, and ask yourself often.
You might be surprised by where it leads.
There is no such thing as perfection in the physical universe.
Without randomness the universe as we know it would not exist.
Randomness and chance are basic truths of the Universe.
And yet our world of cause and effect cannot be built on a world with no rules.
Always out of place or out of time.
I don't know if it's me, or the world, but one of us wrong."
It's all sort of Non Sequitur isn't it? I wonder what I was taking notes for. Eh *shrugs* Now that you're all bored to death by my weird babblings, I am out of time to procrastinate. So...
Overlord, away!!!
Here it is:
"The duality of my own existence continues to perplex me.
Reality increasingly demonstrates the schism between practicality and morality.
Another idiot child, the son of man. Mankind, the idiot children.
Last of many, first of none.
Time's up. Time's up.
Just another animal, dead and gone away.
The cognitive dissonance resulting from incongruent ideals is tolerable compared to the dissonance resulting from emotional slights.
There are no heroes. There are only people doing what they should.
'Why' is the single most powerful word in the English language.
Make 'why' your favorite word, and ask yourself often.
You might be surprised by where it leads.
There is no such thing as perfection in the physical universe.
Without randomness the universe as we know it would not exist.
Randomness and chance are basic truths of the Universe.
And yet our world of cause and effect cannot be built on a world with no rules.
Always out of place or out of time.
I don't know if it's me, or the world, but one of us wrong."
It's all sort of Non Sequitur isn't it? I wonder what I was taking notes for. Eh *shrugs* Now that you're all bored to death by my weird babblings, I am out of time to procrastinate. So...
Overlord, away!!!
So. Damn. Tired.
Posted 15 years ago2:00 AM: Get in bed. Toss and turn.
3:00 AM: Fall asleep.
5:00 AM: Wake up. Toss and turn.
6:00 AM: Fall back asleep.
8:00 AM: Wake up. Toss and turn.
9:00 AM: Give up. Get up.
That is what my sleep was last night. This is, basically, what my sleep schedule has been like for the past three weeks. Some nights have been better than this, and some of the hours have been different, but, basically, that's been my sleep schedule.
*Flops face first on desk.* Ow.
My sleep is doing this on purpose, you know. It's doing it to be malicious. It's doing it just to spite me. It's all part of its grand master plan.
Step 1: Insomnia
Step 2: Tired
Step 3: ???
Step 4: Profit!
Is it any wonder that I haven't gotten any writing done?
3:00 AM: Fall asleep.
5:00 AM: Wake up. Toss and turn.
6:00 AM: Fall back asleep.
8:00 AM: Wake up. Toss and turn.
9:00 AM: Give up. Get up.
That is what my sleep was last night. This is, basically, what my sleep schedule has been like for the past three weeks. Some nights have been better than this, and some of the hours have been different, but, basically, that's been my sleep schedule.
*Flops face first on desk.* Ow.
My sleep is doing this on purpose, you know. It's doing it to be malicious. It's doing it just to spite me. It's all part of its grand master plan.
Step 1: Insomnia
Step 2: Tired
Step 3: ???
Step 4: Profit!
Is it any wonder that I haven't gotten any writing done?
A computer problem. (HALP)
Posted 15 years agoThis is a desperate cry for HALP. There is computer treachery afoot, and The Overlord is displeased. The evil bastard machines are trying to rise up against me again.
First, to assuage any fears, it is not my computer. This time. Thank God.
It is, however, my mother's computer, and it has been having this problem for a long time. A long time. As in, months. Neither my father nor I have been able to crack this problem, and thus it persists. Normally we can deal with our own computer problems, but this one is running circles around us. I'm starting to feel like an idiot.
The problem is this:
The computer crashes.
The computer crashes at almost random intervals.
When the computer crashes it starts with the classic freeze, before going completely blank. There is no blue screen. There is no error message. It just goes dead. However, the power stays on. (Meaning fans, the lights, etc.) At this point the computer has to be rebooted.
The computer appears only to crash when interacting with the internet. Use Firefox, it crashes. Use IE, it crashes. Try to update something, it crashes.
Sometimes you can go for half an hour or more without it crashing. Sometimes it takes less than a minute before it crashes. It is impossible to predict.
We reinstalled Firefox. Same problem. We reinstalled the wireless internet driver. Same problem. We tried a wired connection. Same problem. We ran virus scans. No joy. We thought it might be hardware, a short circuit. We couldn't find it.
Now, because we thought it might be hardware, but couldn't pinpoint what, we took drastic measures.
This is where it gets weird.
We had a perfectly good perfectly healthy extra computer at hand. We removed the hard drive from the afflicted PC and placed it in the healthy computer. We hooked it up as slave, so that it wasn't running windows, in case that was the issue. Same problem.
Suddenly, we had a healthy computer with the same problem. The only possible link was the hard drive.
So, I unhooked the apparently afflicted hard drive, so that the computer would run only with components we knew were healthy. Same problem. Same. Damn. Problem.
Apparently it's infectious. Even though it doesn't appear to be a virus.
The only thing we have left to do is nuke it. A complete reformat. That will be done this weekend, if all goes as planned.
Basically, we've tried everything.
I don't know how, with the first hard drive unplugged, it would effect the computer now.
It has to be a virus.
Except there are no viruses.
Unless it's a poltergeist.
Which is starting to seem possible.
We need an exorcist.
First, to assuage any fears, it is not my computer. This time. Thank God.
It is, however, my mother's computer, and it has been having this problem for a long time. A long time. As in, months. Neither my father nor I have been able to crack this problem, and thus it persists. Normally we can deal with our own computer problems, but this one is running circles around us. I'm starting to feel like an idiot.
The problem is this:
The computer crashes.
The computer crashes at almost random intervals.
When the computer crashes it starts with the classic freeze, before going completely blank. There is no blue screen. There is no error message. It just goes dead. However, the power stays on. (Meaning fans, the lights, etc.) At this point the computer has to be rebooted.
The computer appears only to crash when interacting with the internet. Use Firefox, it crashes. Use IE, it crashes. Try to update something, it crashes.
Sometimes you can go for half an hour or more without it crashing. Sometimes it takes less than a minute before it crashes. It is impossible to predict.
We reinstalled Firefox. Same problem. We reinstalled the wireless internet driver. Same problem. We tried a wired connection. Same problem. We ran virus scans. No joy. We thought it might be hardware, a short circuit. We couldn't find it.
Now, because we thought it might be hardware, but couldn't pinpoint what, we took drastic measures.
This is where it gets weird.
We had a perfectly good perfectly healthy extra computer at hand. We removed the hard drive from the afflicted PC and placed it in the healthy computer. We hooked it up as slave, so that it wasn't running windows, in case that was the issue. Same problem.
Suddenly, we had a healthy computer with the same problem. The only possible link was the hard drive.
So, I unhooked the apparently afflicted hard drive, so that the computer would run only with components we knew were healthy. Same problem. Same. Damn. Problem.
Apparently it's infectious. Even though it doesn't appear to be a virus.
The only thing we have left to do is nuke it. A complete reformat. That will be done this weekend, if all goes as planned.
Basically, we've tried everything.
I don't know how, with the first hard drive unplugged, it would effect the computer now.
It has to be a virus.
Except there are no viruses.
Unless it's a poltergeist.
Which is starting to seem possible.
We need an exorcist.
My life according to Marilyn Manson.
Posted 15 years agoI'm trying to get my brain working in some kind of gear, and it is not working. So, have a meme.
You have no idea how hard it is to come up with suitable answers using Manson titles, haha.
-=-=-=-
The rule is to take the name of a famous music artist and to answer the questions using only the titles of songs they have sung. Try to avoid using a song twice.
Pick your Artist: Marilyn Manson
Are you a male or female: Wormboy
Describe yourself: Angel with the Scabbed Wings
How do you feel: Disassociative
Describe where you currently live: A Place in the Dirt
If you could go anywhere, where would you go: Kinderfeld
Your favorite form of transportation: Just A Car Crash Away
Your best friend is: Posthuman
You and your best friends are: The Bright Young Things
What's the weather like: They Said That Hell's Not Hot
Favorite time of day: The Last Day On Earth
If your life was a TV show, what would it be called: The Reflecting God
What is life to you: Fundamentally Loathsome
Your relationship: The Nobodies
Your fear: Irresponsible Hate Anthem
What is the best advice you have to give: Mutilation Is The Most Sincere Form Of Flattery
Thought for the Day: This Is The New Shit
How you would like to die: Eat Me, Drink Me
Your soul's present condition: Minute of Decay
Your motto: Better of Two Evils
You have no idea how hard it is to come up with suitable answers using Manson titles, haha.
-=-=-=-
The rule is to take the name of a famous music artist and to answer the questions using only the titles of songs they have sung. Try to avoid using a song twice.
Pick your Artist: Marilyn Manson
Are you a male or female: Wormboy
Describe yourself: Angel with the Scabbed Wings
How do you feel: Disassociative
Describe where you currently live: A Place in the Dirt
If you could go anywhere, where would you go: Kinderfeld
Your favorite form of transportation: Just A Car Crash Away
Your best friend is: Posthuman
You and your best friends are: The Bright Young Things
What's the weather like: They Said That Hell's Not Hot
Favorite time of day: The Last Day On Earth
If your life was a TV show, what would it be called: The Reflecting God
What is life to you: Fundamentally Loathsome
Your relationship: The Nobodies
Your fear: Irresponsible Hate Anthem
What is the best advice you have to give: Mutilation Is The Most Sincere Form Of Flattery
Thought for the Day: This Is The New Shit
How you would like to die: Eat Me, Drink Me
Your soul's present condition: Minute of Decay
Your motto: Better of Two Evils
The icon...IT MOVES.
Posted 15 years ago
Just a slightly new icon. I will probably get tired of it in less than a week and go back to the old one. We'll see. XD
Holy Hell, I have a blog...
Posted 15 years agoYes, I'm afraid it's true. It seems like a lot of people have them, and I figured that since I've been fighting the urge to spew random nonsense into the internet via my journal, that I should get a blog and spew random nonsense into the internet from there. Doesn't mean I won't keep posting some random silly things here. Just means I'll have an outlet for the rest of my nonsense.
You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll die a little inside.
http://heisyourleader.blogspot.com/
If you like my ramblings and/or random sense of humor, it might be worth checking out. I say "might" because I don't exactly have a great track record for keeping these things going steady. You remember the rambles, I'm sure. Anyway, enjoy! Overlord out.
You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll die a little inside.
http://heisyourleader.blogspot.com/
If you like my ramblings and/or random sense of humor, it might be worth checking out. I say "might" because I don't exactly have a great track record for keeping these things going steady. You remember the rambles, I'm sure. Anyway, enjoy! Overlord out.
"No true man should be hanged twice for the same offense."
Posted 15 years agoThe thought occurs...
Posted 15 years ago...That the universe is, in fact, a giant funnel cake. Food for thought.
Minor gallery reorganization.
Posted 15 years agoOn the off chance that anybody cares, I've gone through my gallery and moved things around a bit. I deleted all but one piece of my non-poetic literature (it shall not be missed. XD), and moved most, but not all, of my old emo poetry into scraps. Having reread some of it, it's amazing how much I've improved over the past year or so, and thus most of my old work was, by my current standards, crappy. I left a couple of the better pieces in the main gallery.
There really wasn't too much to move, since I've never been hugely productive, and this is hardly going to be important to anyone, but I figured I'd mention just in case it seems like a few old things went missing.
There really wasn't too much to move, since I've never been hugely productive, and this is hardly going to be important to anyone, but I figured I'd mention just in case it seems like a few old things went missing.
A Meme
Posted 15 years agoFive Things I Wish I Could Say To People:
1. "You're willingly tying yourself to a sinking ship, and sticking your head in the sand won't fix it. The dream isn't coming true. Give up. It won't help anyone if you drown with it."
2. "Stop procrastinating."
3. "You bred a monster inside me. I only hope it never gets out."
4. "You can tell me everything I've done wrong, everything that's wrong with me, and every way I've failed, but you're not telling me anything I don't already know."
5. "I AM NOT A POP-TART!"
Nine Things About Myself:
1. I'm not sure there are nine things to tell, haha.
2. I can watch the scariest horror movies you can throw at me with no problem, but Cookie Monster scares the shit out of me.
3. I am your ruler. You just don't know it yet.
4. I know human behavior inside and out. I can predict it most of the time. But I still don't really understand people.
5. I'm the self-loathing guy who would still rather be himself than anyone else.
6. I am an observer by nature, and get extremely uncomfortable in unfamiliar situations.
7. I have terrible social anxiety.
8. I am outwardly logical to a fault, but that doesn't mean the emotions don't run deep and strong.
9. I'm a great believer in depressive realism and optimistic bias.
Eight Ways To Win My Heart:
1. You probably wouldn't have to work that hard.
2. Since I'm a newb.
3. Ergo, I don't really know.
4. But I don't get much in the way of human contact.
5. So I tend to get easily attached to the few people who do show me kindness.
6. Which probably makes me bad relationship material in the first place.
7. So...Yeah...
8. Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.
Seven Things That Cross My Mind A Lot:
1. Human nature.
2. The nature of reality.
3. Writer's block.
4. Caffeine.
5. Boredom.
6. Failure.
7. World domination.
Six Things I Do Before I Sleep:
1. Caffeine.
2. Stay awake.
3. Caffeine.
4. Stay awake.
5. I'M NOT TIRED, I SWEAR!
6. Pass out.
Five Places I Want To Visit:
1. Japan
2. England
3. Germany
4. France
5. Alpha Centauri
Four Things I'm Wearing Right Now:
1. Yo momma.
2. Black Linkin Park t-shirt.
3. Black pants.
4. A Class-4 HazMat suit.
Three Bands I Often Listen To:
1. Marilyn Manson
2. Korn
3. Rammstein
Two Things I Want To Do Before I Die:
1. Take over the world.
2. Annihilate the universe.
One Confession:
However insecure you already know I am, I guarantee you it's worse.
1. "You're willingly tying yourself to a sinking ship, and sticking your head in the sand won't fix it. The dream isn't coming true. Give up. It won't help anyone if you drown with it."
2. "Stop procrastinating."
3. "You bred a monster inside me. I only hope it never gets out."
4. "You can tell me everything I've done wrong, everything that's wrong with me, and every way I've failed, but you're not telling me anything I don't already know."
5. "I AM NOT A POP-TART!"
Nine Things About Myself:
1. I'm not sure there are nine things to tell, haha.
2. I can watch the scariest horror movies you can throw at me with no problem, but Cookie Monster scares the shit out of me.
3. I am your ruler. You just don't know it yet.
4. I know human behavior inside and out. I can predict it most of the time. But I still don't really understand people.
5. I'm the self-loathing guy who would still rather be himself than anyone else.
6. I am an observer by nature, and get extremely uncomfortable in unfamiliar situations.
7. I have terrible social anxiety.
8. I am outwardly logical to a fault, but that doesn't mean the emotions don't run deep and strong.
9. I'm a great believer in depressive realism and optimistic bias.
Eight Ways To Win My Heart:
1. You probably wouldn't have to work that hard.
2. Since I'm a newb.
3. Ergo, I don't really know.
4. But I don't get much in the way of human contact.
5. So I tend to get easily attached to the few people who do show me kindness.
6. Which probably makes me bad relationship material in the first place.
7. So...Yeah...
8. Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.
Seven Things That Cross My Mind A Lot:
1. Human nature.
2. The nature of reality.
3. Writer's block.
4. Caffeine.
5. Boredom.
6. Failure.
7. World domination.
Six Things I Do Before I Sleep:
1. Caffeine.
2. Stay awake.
3. Caffeine.
4. Stay awake.
5. I'M NOT TIRED, I SWEAR!
6. Pass out.
Five Places I Want To Visit:
1. Japan
2. England
3. Germany
4. France
5. Alpha Centauri
Four Things I'm Wearing Right Now:
1. Yo momma.
2. Black Linkin Park t-shirt.
3. Black pants.
4. A Class-4 HazMat suit.
Three Bands I Often Listen To:
1. Marilyn Manson
2. Korn
3. Rammstein
Two Things I Want To Do Before I Die:
1. Take over the world.
2. Annihilate the universe.
One Confession:
However insecure you already know I am, I guarantee you it's worse.
Genghis Khan arrested on cocaine charges.
Posted 15 years agoI shit you not.
Genghis. Fucking. Khan.
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/.....ocaine-charges
Who's his lawyer? Alexander the Great?
Genghis. Fucking. Khan.
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/.....ocaine-charges
Who's his lawyer? Alexander the Great?
Someone's got a quick wit.
Posted 15 years agoFrom: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11250785
"The hijack began on Wednesday when pirates boarded the 8,000-tonne container ship, which flies the flag of Antigua.
But after searching the vessel for three hours, they were unable to locate the crew, according to the ship's German owners, Quadrant.
The pirates then phoned the shipping company in Hamburg to ask where the crew were hidden.
"They were told the crew was on holiday," said spokesman Juergen Salamon.
"They then asked how to switch the engines back on, but were told they were broken."
Whoever was answering the company phones that day deserves a medal for quick wit and good humor.
"The hijack began on Wednesday when pirates boarded the 8,000-tonne container ship, which flies the flag of Antigua.
But after searching the vessel for three hours, they were unable to locate the crew, according to the ship's German owners, Quadrant.
The pirates then phoned the shipping company in Hamburg to ask where the crew were hidden.
"They were told the crew was on holiday," said spokesman Juergen Salamon.
"They then asked how to switch the engines back on, but were told they were broken."
Whoever was answering the company phones that day deserves a medal for quick wit and good humor.
Damn my muse...
Posted 15 years agoIt's gone and died on me in the middle of a project. As usual.
*Chains himself to his desk and puts in some Chopin.* Now, Leon, you are going to sit right here and you are going to write. You are not going to move until you are finished. You are not going to allow yourself to get distracted again. You are going to fo~oh what's that?
...
...
Right...
...
Focus...
>.>;;
Focus...
...
Focus...
...
*Falls back asleep.*
...zZzZzZz...
*droops*
...
*Painful headslam into desk.*
OW. DAMMIT. I'M AWAKE. >.<
It's quarter past 7AM. I am nocturnal. I shouldn't be up yet. I beseech thee, sleep, why are you doing this to me? Why?
*Chains himself to his desk and puts in some Chopin.* Now, Leon, you are going to sit right here and you are going to write. You are not going to move until you are finished. You are not going to allow yourself to get distracted again. You are going to fo~oh what's that?
...
...
Right...
...
Focus...
>.>;;
Focus...
...
Focus...
...
*Falls back asleep.*
...zZzZzZz...
*droops*
...
*Painful headslam into desk.*
OW. DAMMIT. I'M AWAKE. >.<
It's quarter past 7AM. I am nocturnal. I shouldn't be up yet. I beseech thee, sleep, why are you doing this to me? Why?
You know what sucks?
Posted 15 years agoA vacuum.
NOTHING TO SEE HERE FOLKS! MOVE ALONG!!!
*random journal is random*
NOTHING TO SEE HERE FOLKS! MOVE ALONG!!!
*random journal is random*
The Urban Dictionary Meme
Posted 15 years agoHey guys, guess who's not deceased? ME! If you choose to believe medical science, at least. I'm still not keeping up with submissions and journals and the like, but I have at least somewhat emerged from the dark depths of the Lovecraftian Nether Regions, having successfully completed my quest of recovering a dime I had dropped down there some time ago. It was between Satan's sofa cushions. Nice guy. A little fruity. ANYWAY. A meme.
Okay, so I cheated and didn't grab the first definition on all of them. Some definitions are just inherently funnier than others.
Rules: Go to www.urbandictionary.com and type in your answers to the following ten questions. Post the first definition it gives you.
1. What is your name? Tristan
Amazing guy who will keep you laughing no matter what. He seems shy at first, but when you get to really know him, he's really cool. He tends to bring himself down often, so you should be there to help him out and make him feel better. He may argue, but he'll usually just make a joke out of the argument, or will apologize.
2. How old are you? 19
To "be 19", or to have "gone 19" essentially means that something has gone wrong, is just plain weird, or is inexplicable. Derived from Stephen King's 'Dark Tower' series. Its true meaning, if anything more than a motif, has yet to be revealed.
(Just plain weird? Inexplicable? Yep, that's me.)
3. What is one of your friends’ names? Josh
He is a fun loving guy, really funny, and can make anyone laugh. He is very quiet at first and seems shy but when you get to know him you will fall in love. He has very good style and always looks handsome. He also always smells really good.
4. What should you be doing? Writing
A kind of love that's annoying as hell and makes you want to pull your hair out. It keeps you up and night, and it makes you think about the world entirely differently. Its a passion that is unlike any other. It overrides everything in your life.
5. What is your favorite color? Green
Yes...It is most definitely referring to the marijuana...And also, upon occasion, any substance with similar uses. Too, properly, of course, it is a golfing term, but that's really not very much fun, now is it?
6. Where were you born? (I should've just gone with the state like everyone else, but having seen the city definition I just couldn't resist enlightening you all to) Plattsburgh
Let's just say that without the college, there wouldn't be a city. The winters are long, freezing, and full of parking bans. The city cops pretend like they are NYPD. They pull over everyone and anyone, and treat them like they are some kind of drug dealer wanted in 20 states...I mean after all, they were going 33 in a 30. The summer brings out all the local townies and farmers, and they dress for the occasion! They all head down to the super walmart for some fun.
(This is a 100% accurate description of the city of Plattsburgh.)
7. What month were you born in? April
The month where the sexiest bitches are born.
8. What day were you born on? 11
1 louder, innit. The highest number in the world of rock. The ultimate rock n' roll number. If you need that extra push over the cliff, turn it to 11!
9. Who was the last person you talked to? My mom.
The woman who loves you unconditionally from birth, the one who puts her kids before herself and the one who you can always count on above everyone else. Just telling her your problems makes you feel better because mom's always know how to make it all go away. Even if you fight, know that she's just looking out for your best interests.
10. What is one of your nicknames? Leon
A nice guy at times...Can give a temper if pushed. Usually with long hair, and is mistaken for smoking weed. Also has a liking for black booty(the firm kind). The girls fall for him, could do better in school. Plus he's into commitment whenever he's with a great girl worth being with.
(You know what's weird? People did actually used to think I smoked weed. People were always surprised to find out that I didn't.)
Okay, so I cheated and didn't grab the first definition on all of them. Some definitions are just inherently funnier than others.
Rules: Go to www.urbandictionary.com and type in your answers to the following ten questions. Post the first definition it gives you.
1. What is your name? Tristan
Amazing guy who will keep you laughing no matter what. He seems shy at first, but when you get to really know him, he's really cool. He tends to bring himself down often, so you should be there to help him out and make him feel better. He may argue, but he'll usually just make a joke out of the argument, or will apologize.
2. How old are you? 19
To "be 19", or to have "gone 19" essentially means that something has gone wrong, is just plain weird, or is inexplicable. Derived from Stephen King's 'Dark Tower' series. Its true meaning, if anything more than a motif, has yet to be revealed.
(Just plain weird? Inexplicable? Yep, that's me.)
3. What is one of your friends’ names? Josh
He is a fun loving guy, really funny, and can make anyone laugh. He is very quiet at first and seems shy but when you get to know him you will fall in love. He has very good style and always looks handsome. He also always smells really good.
4. What should you be doing? Writing
A kind of love that's annoying as hell and makes you want to pull your hair out. It keeps you up and night, and it makes you think about the world entirely differently. Its a passion that is unlike any other. It overrides everything in your life.
5. What is your favorite color? Green
Yes...It is most definitely referring to the marijuana...And also, upon occasion, any substance with similar uses. Too, properly, of course, it is a golfing term, but that's really not very much fun, now is it?
6. Where were you born? (I should've just gone with the state like everyone else, but having seen the city definition I just couldn't resist enlightening you all to) Plattsburgh
Let's just say that without the college, there wouldn't be a city. The winters are long, freezing, and full of parking bans. The city cops pretend like they are NYPD. They pull over everyone and anyone, and treat them like they are some kind of drug dealer wanted in 20 states...I mean after all, they were going 33 in a 30. The summer brings out all the local townies and farmers, and they dress for the occasion! They all head down to the super walmart for some fun.
(This is a 100% accurate description of the city of Plattsburgh.)
7. What month were you born in? April
The month where the sexiest bitches are born.
8. What day were you born on? 11
1 louder, innit. The highest number in the world of rock. The ultimate rock n' roll number. If you need that extra push over the cliff, turn it to 11!
9. Who was the last person you talked to? My mom.
The woman who loves you unconditionally from birth, the one who puts her kids before herself and the one who you can always count on above everyone else. Just telling her your problems makes you feel better because mom's always know how to make it all go away. Even if you fight, know that she's just looking out for your best interests.
10. What is one of your nicknames? Leon
A nice guy at times...Can give a temper if pushed. Usually with long hair, and is mistaken for smoking weed. Also has a liking for black booty(the firm kind). The girls fall for him, could do better in school. Plus he's into commitment whenever he's with a great girl worth being with.
(You know what's weird? People did actually used to think I smoked weed. People were always surprised to find out that I didn't.)
RE: My continuing disappearance.
Posted 15 years agoI just figured that I should let you all know that I'm not dead or anything, in case you missed me or were worrying; and that if any of you want to contact me at any time, for any reason whatsoever, please feel free to e-mail me (Werewolf961@yahoo.com), though it might take me a few days to get back to you.
I'm not quite sure what to say for myself. It's been, what, two months since the last time I looked at anything or posted anything here. There's no particular catalyst I can identify to explain my absence away. I'm just sort of...out of it...I guess...Not quite sure how to describe it. "Cognitive dissonance" isn't the right term for it. It's like what happens when two or more equivalent forces oppose, spinning in place in two opposite directions, just sort of canceled out. Flat. Anyway, you know the drill, my apologies, etc etc, blah blah blah, ramble ramble ramble.
I'm not quite sure what to say for myself. It's been, what, two months since the last time I looked at anything or posted anything here. There's no particular catalyst I can identify to explain my absence away. I'm just sort of...out of it...I guess...Not quite sure how to describe it. "Cognitive dissonance" isn't the right term for it. It's like what happens when two or more equivalent forces oppose, spinning in place in two opposite directions, just sort of canceled out. Flat. Anyway, you know the drill, my apologies, etc etc, blah blah blah, ramble ramble ramble.
One new hard drive later and...
Posted 15 years ago...And he's back! My computer is once again operational! And it only took twice as long as I expected. Turns out it was the worse scenario, my hard drive.
After agonizing over the decision, I shelled out $70 (goodbye, most of my bank account) for a 1TB drive (might as well upgrade in the process). After I got my hands on that, I found that I needed a new SATA cable too (D'oh), and had to wait to get my hands on that. Had a bit of a harrowing experience trying to salvage my files (the magic of disk repair, AND rubber bands!). That was mostly a success. Mostly, except for the entirety of my images folder, and a few other miscellaneous files. That could've gone better. Could've been a lot worse too, though.
I still have a fair amount of work to do, getting programs repaired and reinstalled, figuring out exactly what files are missing, etc. Oh, and I can't get Windows messenger to install either (dammit). So, I guess that's my next step.
Well, that, and catching up on over 2000 things in my inbox. I think I'm probably just going to catch up on the last few days, and hit that nuke button. That way I won't die of old age before I finish.
So, yeah, the terror returns, up and mostly running once again!
After agonizing over the decision, I shelled out $70 (goodbye, most of my bank account) for a 1TB drive (might as well upgrade in the process). After I got my hands on that, I found that I needed a new SATA cable too (D'oh), and had to wait to get my hands on that. Had a bit of a harrowing experience trying to salvage my files (the magic of disk repair, AND rubber bands!). That was mostly a success. Mostly, except for the entirety of my images folder, and a few other miscellaneous files. That could've gone better. Could've been a lot worse too, though.
I still have a fair amount of work to do, getting programs repaired and reinstalled, figuring out exactly what files are missing, etc. Oh, and I can't get Windows messenger to install either (dammit). So, I guess that's my next step.
Well, that, and catching up on over 2000 things in my inbox. I think I'm probably just going to catch up on the last few days, and hit that nuke button. That way I won't die of old age before I finish.
So, yeah, the terror returns, up and mostly running once again!
Experiencing LITERAL Technical Difficulty - Compu-pocalypse
Posted 15 years agoConsidering the way I've been totally failing to be sociable anyway, this must be like the insult to the injury, or perhaps more like the injury to the insult.
The short version: Computer went blooey.
I'm borrowing the laptop to get on here and let everyone know that my computer is currently in a state of disrepair. So, any internet access is going to be sporadic at best until I get this sorted.
If I'm lucky, it's one of two comparatively insignificant components that are sabotaging the whole system. If I'm unlucky then it's one of the hard disks, and I can kiss a couple hundred gigs of data goodbye.
If I'm (still) absent for a few days, that's why.
So, uh, wish me luck!
The short version: Computer went blooey.
I'm borrowing the laptop to get on here and let everyone know that my computer is currently in a state of disrepair. So, any internet access is going to be sporadic at best until I get this sorted.
If I'm lucky, it's one of two comparatively insignificant components that are sabotaging the whole system. If I'm unlucky then it's one of the hard disks, and I can kiss a couple hundred gigs of data goodbye.
If I'm (still) absent for a few days, that's why.
So, uh, wish me luck!
Upon this day, 19 years ago...
Posted 15 years agoUpon this day, in the year one thousand nine hundred ninety and one, the ground split open in a mighty quake and hellfire sprang forth, birthing a great overlord, and the universe trembled in fear, in the Zeta Reticuli system. Meanwhile, back on Earth, I also began my little reign of terror.
So, I'm 19 today, which just somehow doesn't seem right. I'm not old enough to be 19, haha.
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I don't have the time right now to read comments, journals, submissions, etc, but I think you can expect to see me back in the next day or two!
So, I'm 19 today, which just somehow doesn't seem right. I'm not old enough to be 19, haha.
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I don't have the time right now to read comments, journals, submissions, etc, but I think you can expect to see me back in the next day or two!
About the ramble, the existence failure, and stuff.
Posted 15 years agoSo, as I'm sure has been noticed, I've gone and vanished again. I am currently failing to exist in a measurable way. I see I have hundreds of things to catch up on, but it's not going to happen right now. Not the first time this has happened, won't be the last, and you're probably used to this happening by now, so please bear with me here, and I'll return in full force eventually.
About the ramble, my apologies for missing it this week. I couldn't think of anything to say, and have lost most of my motivation to do much of anything, let alone write. (Not to mention I never go near the internet on April 1st anyway.) As for the future of it, only time will tell. I think we've seen the end of it as a regular event, but I might pull something together every now and then. Any further rambles will probably be sort of a bonus.
Other than that, I don't really know what to say. Sorry about my disappearance, sorry about the lack of rambling, and thanks for bearing with me.
On the bright side, after having gone for months without doing any proper reading, I dug through my closet a bit, and am now reading 5 books at once. Well, maybe not at once, but even so. I love the smell of old books. And even though I'm finding it terribly depressing for some reason, I love finally having the smell of Spring in the air once again. Things are turning green again, the air is fresh, and the Earth is coming back to life. All my gloominess aside, I love Spring.
About the ramble, my apologies for missing it this week. I couldn't think of anything to say, and have lost most of my motivation to do much of anything, let alone write. (Not to mention I never go near the internet on April 1st anyway.) As for the future of it, only time will tell. I think we've seen the end of it as a regular event, but I might pull something together every now and then. Any further rambles will probably be sort of a bonus.
Other than that, I don't really know what to say. Sorry about my disappearance, sorry about the lack of rambling, and thanks for bearing with me.
On the bright side, after having gone for months without doing any proper reading, I dug through my closet a bit, and am now reading 5 books at once. Well, maybe not at once, but even so. I love the smell of old books. And even though I'm finding it terribly depressing for some reason, I love finally having the smell of Spring in the air once again. Things are turning green again, the air is fresh, and the Earth is coming back to life. All my gloominess aside, I love Spring.
Thursday Morning Ramble "The Second Amendment"
Posted 15 years ago"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
I've never really spoken at length about politics here before, but I have given it a small rant or two, and if you haven't figured out which side of the fence I'm on you probably haven't been paying much attention. In truth, I'm fairly fed up with both sides, but for the most part it seems I'm about as left-wing liberal as I can get. The key word there is "most." There are points of divergence, and this might just be the biggest, or at least the most obvious one.
I do not support gun control.
Someone, somewhere, who is familiar with my politics just felt a disturbance in The Force. But that's not a mistake. I'll say it again:
I do not support gun control.
Believe me when I say that I understand the arguments for gun control. I roll my eyes with everyone else when I see the drunk redneck with thirty guns in his trailer. I'm generally not fond of the average NRA survivalist, and think they're probably some of the last people we should trust with guns, but all that considered I still don't support gun control.
Some people would say "It's a constitutional right!" and end the discussion right there, since this is a Constitutional Republic. And no, that's not just something that Fox News whips out when it's convenient. It's true. The United States is not technically a Democracy. Then, of course, comes the fact that the authors of the document didn't foresee an era of tanks, missiles, and fully automatic weaponry. It's a really good point, true. We don't want random people walking around with M60s. That would just be nuts. But, still not a supporter of gun control.
Let's face it, whatever talk I may make about socialism and proper regulation of this or that, I have a very wide and long Anarchist streak in me. While it might mean a great deal to politicians, whether or not it's in the constitution doesn't really mean a damned thing to me, or to people living in other countries. Ultimately, I believe what I believe, and if I agree with the law books, great, if I don't, too bad. So, since my position isn't based on the constitution, what is it based on?
Well, actually, a little constitutional thought does work its way in there. If the US had a standing army that was being used to impose undemocratic laws on the people, the founding fathers intended the people to have the firepower to overthrow it. That's what the second amendment was really for. Not hunting. Not self-defense. Revolution. The ultimate in power to the people. The judgment of the masses may not always be the best (and that's probably a massive understatement) but my inner Anarchist cannot find fault in freely giving the power of revolution to the people.
But easy access to guns causes crime, you say? It's true that the US has probably the easiest access to guns of all the First World nations, and does have a very high gun crime rate. However, that's not the whole story. I live in Vermont. How much do you know about Vermont gun laws? We only have two.
1: Gun sellers must keep a record of handgun sales.
2: You can't carry a gun into a school or courthouse.
That's it. In Vermont you can buy a gun and carry it, concealed or not, whether or not you're a resident. We must have an absolute flood of gun crime, right? Wrong. In fact, Vermont has one of the lowest crime rates in the United States. 49th out of total crime, and 47th in murder.
What happens when guns are restricted? It's true that crime does usually drop, but knife crime rises at an alarming rate; just ask the UK or Australia. People find other ways to kill each other.
I think that illustrates it well enough. People are the problem, not the guns.
People like to blame the guns because it's easy, and it's almost painfully obvious. However, blaming guns only makes slightly more sense than blaming Grand Theft Auto and Marilyn Manson. These are superficial. They are scapegoats, easy targets with easy causes to rally behind, with tangible solutions, that serve only to distract and ease guilt over the underlying sociological and psychological issues at the real core of the problem.
Unfortunately, I think guns are more power than humankind is mature enough to handle. They fall into that rare space of a real "all or nothing" problem. "Nothing" would probably be the preferable option, but simply isn't possible, and "all" is a messy situation where a million things can go wrong. But taking them from the people, and leaving them in the hands of the law is not the right answer.
As much as I hate to parrot a tired, old, and extremely cliched line, it's true:
Guns don't kill people. People do.
I've never really spoken at length about politics here before, but I have given it a small rant or two, and if you haven't figured out which side of the fence I'm on you probably haven't been paying much attention. In truth, I'm fairly fed up with both sides, but for the most part it seems I'm about as left-wing liberal as I can get. The key word there is "most." There are points of divergence, and this might just be the biggest, or at least the most obvious one.
I do not support gun control.
Someone, somewhere, who is familiar with my politics just felt a disturbance in The Force. But that's not a mistake. I'll say it again:
I do not support gun control.
Believe me when I say that I understand the arguments for gun control. I roll my eyes with everyone else when I see the drunk redneck with thirty guns in his trailer. I'm generally not fond of the average NRA survivalist, and think they're probably some of the last people we should trust with guns, but all that considered I still don't support gun control.
Some people would say "It's a constitutional right!" and end the discussion right there, since this is a Constitutional Republic. And no, that's not just something that Fox News whips out when it's convenient. It's true. The United States is not technically a Democracy. Then, of course, comes the fact that the authors of the document didn't foresee an era of tanks, missiles, and fully automatic weaponry. It's a really good point, true. We don't want random people walking around with M60s. That would just be nuts. But, still not a supporter of gun control.
Let's face it, whatever talk I may make about socialism and proper regulation of this or that, I have a very wide and long Anarchist streak in me. While it might mean a great deal to politicians, whether or not it's in the constitution doesn't really mean a damned thing to me, or to people living in other countries. Ultimately, I believe what I believe, and if I agree with the law books, great, if I don't, too bad. So, since my position isn't based on the constitution, what is it based on?
Well, actually, a little constitutional thought does work its way in there. If the US had a standing army that was being used to impose undemocratic laws on the people, the founding fathers intended the people to have the firepower to overthrow it. That's what the second amendment was really for. Not hunting. Not self-defense. Revolution. The ultimate in power to the people. The judgment of the masses may not always be the best (and that's probably a massive understatement) but my inner Anarchist cannot find fault in freely giving the power of revolution to the people.
But easy access to guns causes crime, you say? It's true that the US has probably the easiest access to guns of all the First World nations, and does have a very high gun crime rate. However, that's not the whole story. I live in Vermont. How much do you know about Vermont gun laws? We only have two.
1: Gun sellers must keep a record of handgun sales.
2: You can't carry a gun into a school or courthouse.
That's it. In Vermont you can buy a gun and carry it, concealed or not, whether or not you're a resident. We must have an absolute flood of gun crime, right? Wrong. In fact, Vermont has one of the lowest crime rates in the United States. 49th out of total crime, and 47th in murder.
What happens when guns are restricted? It's true that crime does usually drop, but knife crime rises at an alarming rate; just ask the UK or Australia. People find other ways to kill each other.
I think that illustrates it well enough. People are the problem, not the guns.
People like to blame the guns because it's easy, and it's almost painfully obvious. However, blaming guns only makes slightly more sense than blaming Grand Theft Auto and Marilyn Manson. These are superficial. They are scapegoats, easy targets with easy causes to rally behind, with tangible solutions, that serve only to distract and ease guilt over the underlying sociological and psychological issues at the real core of the problem.
Unfortunately, I think guns are more power than humankind is mature enough to handle. They fall into that rare space of a real "all or nothing" problem. "Nothing" would probably be the preferable option, but simply isn't possible, and "all" is a messy situation where a million things can go wrong. But taking them from the people, and leaving them in the hands of the law is not the right answer.
As much as I hate to parrot a tired, old, and extremely cliched line, it's true:
Guns don't kill people. People do.
35 questions for the readers.
Posted 15 years agoGrabbed this from 
NeoBlackcat and figured I may as well post it and see what happens! So here you go, 35 questions for you, the reader, to answer!
01) Are you currently in a serious relationship?
02) What was your dream growing up?
03) What talent do you wish you had?
04) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
05) Favorite vegetable?
06) What was the last book you read?
07) What zodiac sign are you?
08) Any tattoos and/or piercings? Explain where.
09) Worst habit?
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
11) What is your favorite sport?
12) Do you have a pessimistic or optimistic attitude?
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
16) Do you have any pets?
17) What if I showed up at your house unexpectedly?
18) What was your first impression of me?
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
22) What eye colour do you have?
23) Ever been arrested?
24) Bottle or can soda?
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
26) What's your favorite place to hang out?
27) Do you believe in ghosts?
28) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
29) Do you swear a lot?
30) Biggest pet peeve?
31) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
32) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
33) Favorite and least favorite food?
34) Do you believe in God?
35) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?
NeoBlackcat and figured I may as well post it and see what happens! So here you go, 35 questions for you, the reader, to answer!01) Are you currently in a serious relationship?
02) What was your dream growing up?
03) What talent do you wish you had?
04) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
05) Favorite vegetable?
06) What was the last book you read?
07) What zodiac sign are you?
08) Any tattoos and/or piercings? Explain where.
09) Worst habit?
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
11) What is your favorite sport?
12) Do you have a pessimistic or optimistic attitude?
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
16) Do you have any pets?
17) What if I showed up at your house unexpectedly?
18) What was your first impression of me?
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
22) What eye colour do you have?
23) Ever been arrested?
24) Bottle or can soda?
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
26) What's your favorite place to hang out?
27) Do you believe in ghosts?
28) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
29) Do you swear a lot?
30) Biggest pet peeve?
31) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
32) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
33) Favorite and least favorite food?
34) Do you believe in God?
35) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?
