The First Stop on the Road to the Destruction of Humanity

Thursday, March 30, 2006

Random tickbox post

[x] I've consumed alcohol. (personally can't stand the stuff, though)
[] I've run away from home.
[ ] I have lied to my parents about where I am.
[ ] I don't like Bush because from what I hear, he is dumb.
[x] I don't like Bush with my own reasons to back it up.
[ ] I am for Bush.
[x] I listen to political music. (sometimes)
[ ] I collect comic books.
[] I shut others out when I'm depressed. (hell no. everyone should share in my misery, bitches)
[x] I open up to others easily.
[ ] I am keeping a secret from the world (hah, i wish)
[ ] I watch the news. (this is the 21st century, i get my news from the web)
[ ] I own over 5 rap CDs.
[ ] I own an iPod or MP3
[x] I own something from Hot Topic (i think so)
[x] I love Disney Movies.
[x] I am a sucker for hair/eyes
[ ] I don't kill bugs. (DIE BUGS DIIIIIIIEEEEE!!!!!)
[x] I curse regularly.(six pm, on the dot...)
[ ] I paid for that cell phone ring.
[x] I am a sports fanatic. (GO SAINTERS!!!!)
[ ] I have "x"s in my screen name.
[x] I've slipped out an "lol" in a real conversation.
[ ] I love Spam.
[ ] I bake well. (sometimes, let's just say that, er, I like burned food)
[ ] I would wear pajamas to school.
[ ] I own something from Abercrombie.
[x] I have a job. (fuck no, i'm far too lazy.)
[ ] I love Martha Stewart.
[ ] I am in love with love.
[ ] I am guilty of tYpInG lIkE tHiS.
[x] I am self conscious.
[x] I like to laugh.
[ ] I smoke a pack a day. (cough)
[ ] I loved Perks of Being a Wallflower.
[ ] I loved The Barenaked Ladies. (not the band, anyway...)
[x] I have cough drops when I'm not sick.
[ ] I can't swallow pills.
[ ] I can swallow about 5 pills at a time no problem
[x] I eat fast food weekly. (if you count Fushandchups)
[ ] I have many scars.
[x] I've been out of this country.
[ ] I believe in ghosts.
[ ] I can't sleep if there is a spider in the room. (not that i like the buggers)
[x] I am really ticklish.
[ ] I see a therapist. (some people think i should)
[] I love white chocolate. (yetch)
[x] bite my nails.
[ ] I am comfortable with being me. (hell no)
[x] I play video games. (though not that often, anymore)
[x] I'm single. (boohoo)
[] I'm in a relationship
[x] Gotten lost in your city.
[x] Saw a shooting star. (ain't it pretty)
[x] Been to the united states
[ ] I had serious surgery
[x] Gone out in public in your pajamas. (completely by accident, too...)
[ ] I have Kissed a stranger
[ ] Hugged a stranger
[ ] Been in a fist fight (too cowardly)
[ ] Been arrested
[ ] Pushed all the buttons on an elevator
[ ] Made out in an elevator
[ ] Swore at your parents (not in anger, anyway)
[ ] Kicked a guy where it hurts
[ ] Been close to love. (crushes don't count, right)
[x] Been to a casino (hell, i've been to Vegas!)
[ ] Been skydiving
[ ] Broken a bone
[ ] skipped school.
[ ] Flashed someone.
[ ] Saw a therapist
[ ] Done the splits.
[x] Played spin the bottle. (heh)
[x] Gotten stitches
[ ] Drank a whole gallon of milk in one hour. (half a gallon, that i've done)
[x] Bitten someone
[ ] Been to Niagara Falls
[x] Gotten the chicken pox
[ ] Kissed a member of the same sex
[ ] Crashed into a friend's car
[x] Been to Japan
[x] Ridden in a taxi
[ ] Shoplifted
[ ] Been fired
[ ] Ever had a crush on someone of the same sex
[x] had feelings for someone who didn't have them back (ouch)
[ ] Stole something from your job
[ ] Gone on a blind date
[x] Lied to a friend
[ ] Had a crush on a teacher
[ ] Celebrated mardigras in New Orleans
[x] Been to Europe (lived in sunny Finland)
[ ] Slept with a co-worker
[ ] Been married
[ ] Gotten divorced
[ ] Had children
[x] Saw someone dying on tv
[ ] Been to Africa
[x] Driven over 400 miles in one day (I've driven through 38 states.)
[x] Been to Canada
[ ] Been to Mexico
[x] Been on a plane
[ ] Seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show
[ ] Thrown up in a bar
[x] Eaten Sushi (yetch!)
[ ] Been snowboarding
[ ] Been Skiing
[x] Met someone in person from the internet (at least two...)
[ ] Been to a moto cross show
[ ] Lost a child
[ ] Gone to college
[ ] Graduated college
[ ] Done hard drugs
[x] Taken painkillers (wheeee!)
[ ] Had someone cheat on you
[x] Miss someone right now

Monday, March 13, 2006

Oh, and...

Han Solo was always much better than Luke Skywalker.

Han Solo doesn't have any mythic powers or innate superiority over the masses. He's just zis guy, you know? He's a hero, but he's a guy too.

Anyone wonder what Mark Hamill does these days?

Criticizing Star Wars

Salon Arts & Entertainment | "Star Wars" despots vs. "Star Trek" populists

Salon Arts & Entertainment | What's wrong (and right) with "The Phantom Menace"

And some more.

David Brin's Official Web Site: "We Hobbits are a Merry Folk" (article)

David Brin's Official Web Site: "We Hobbits are a Merry Folk"

A great criticism of romaticism and nostalgism.