"I love ‘Guitar Hero’ and I think it’s a part of pop culture. I would love to do a ‘Guitar Hero’ movie, if Activision would ever let me."There needs to be a man whose only job in the world is to study the news and look for people with stupid ideas. He would then promptly travel to the locations of these silly gooses, slap them in the mouth, and discipline them like a dog making stain on the new carpet. Maybe rub their noses in it if it gets the point across.
I'm a fan of rhythm games, notably your Guitar Heroes, your Rock Bands, and to a much lesser extent, your Dance Dance Revolutions. I'm also a fan of movies. However, never in my right mind would I propose a game called Movie Hero, in which you create movies based on a series of bars moving across the screen. That's ludicrous. Equally as batshit-crazy would be a movie based on one of the rhythm games above. Brett Ratner disagrees.
29 August 2008
I've decided to return to the world of "web logging." This is primarily due to the fact that I have no backbone and if other people do something, I absolutely have to follow like an ugly little sheep.
That being said, it's difficult returning to this and trying to determine exactly what to write about. I'm about to try some Goji Berry Green Tea, so that's one option. The fact that people don't take a gentleman drinking from a sippy cup seriously is another (a man shouldn't be bothered to regulate the transfer of fluid between cup and mouth). My peers though have all taken the political route, so I feel I must touch upon that first. This certainly won't be comprehensive; consider it more a summary of my thoughts since I last complained about a lawmaker.
The DNC is in progress as I write, and much like the Olympics, the majority of what I caught live has been read via captions on bar TVs. I have been keeping up the day after reading transcripts and watching some of the more prominent speakers. Some thoughts:
Problem is, he's the only man that logically can beat him at this point, so if you're not fully on the Obama-boat, there's sort of a sour aftertaste to this whole thing. I want to like and support Obama, and to a degree, I do. As far as inspiration, hope, motivation and all-around good feelings go, we haven't seen anyone like him in quite some time; some might argue that when running a country, those are useless traits, but I disagree. We need that now more than ever, especially with our turd of an economy, currently dork of a president, and constant meddling in nearly every conflict across the world. And at the very least, I think Obama is respected enough worldwide to maybe get us some real allies again.
However, as far as real change goes, I'm more pessimistic. Some policies of his have already undergone "refinements" since eliminating Clinton from the race and I don't think we've seen the end of it. I'll cite more of these and discuss them at a later date, but I'm referring to FISA and his foreign policy regarding our current and potential conflicts. I don't think he's been trying to deceive us or anything, but in order to make it to where he is today, corners have to be cut and a lot of people have to be pleased. We could be positive and believe it's only happening to get into the White House and from there, it's a surfboard down the Allegheny river of change (that was a blatant Derek White and the Monophobics plug), but there'll always be more people to please and more BS to shovel, so I guess only time will tell. Nothing would please me more than to be proven wrong and have egg spread about my face.
Ultimately, those who know me where my allegiance falls and despite a wall of futility, I am an unwavering Ron Paul fan. The problem is that all the reasons I am a fan of him are exactly why he couldn't win in the system we have in place today. A guy who calls all his pig coworkers out on their faults and wants to transfer power away from him and those around him would never stand a chance in this race, because I think the system has, over the years, crafted itself to keep guys like him out. Maybe that's why I'm so skeptical of Obama, because I question what he did to make it so far in this rigged game.
Say what you will though, RP does not waiver in his convictions or beliefs and if it means polling at 5% or lower, he refuses to particiate in politics as usual. Whether that's intelligent or fool-hardy, I don't know, but he had this to say about the election and DNC so far.
And if you want to talk about consistency, here's another video from 2002. Listen closely to the last 15 seconds or so.
That being said, it's difficult returning to this and trying to determine exactly what to write about. I'm about to try some Goji Berry Green Tea, so that's one option. The fact that people don't take a gentleman drinking from a sippy cup seriously is another (a man shouldn't be bothered to regulate the transfer of fluid between cup and mouth). My peers though have all taken the political route, so I feel I must touch upon that first. This certainly won't be comprehensive; consider it more a summary of my thoughts since I last complained about a lawmaker.
The DNC is in progress as I write, and much like the Olympics, the majority of what I caught live has been read via captions on bar TVs. I have been keeping up the day after reading transcripts and watching some of the more prominent speakers. Some thoughts:
- Hillary spoke intelligently and well. She knows how to play the politics game far better than Obama and if that was a game I felt was worth winning, I would certainly vote for her. Her speech was far from a selfless sacrifice for the greater good though... she pissed off a lot of people with her refusal to quit some months ago and if she didn't throw herself fully behind Barry O., it could've split the hell out of the party and the election would've gone to McSame (lol! Cuz he's like Bush!!!!!1!), thus ruining any future she has with the Democrats. If Obama screws up in the future and she can gain from it, she will certainly capitalize.
- Bill Clinton is very handsome.
- I still don't like Biden. I never have from the beginning of this race, and it's not just me trying to hate what's popular, as I have a fondness for doing. I plan on having a blog just for the shifty bastard at a later date, but to me, he has a big Romney-factor of being very good at saying what people want to hear but not really doing anything. His voting record, especially regarding technology and privacy (two big issues of mine), isn't preferred. He often sides with government organziations in matters of privacy (see voting record involving the Patriot Act, as well as a predecessor of it, the Omnibus Counterterrorism Act of 1995). Granted, this was all more in the past and he has been coming around lately, but as I said, don't totally trust the guy.
Problem is, he's the only man that logically can beat him at this point, so if you're not fully on the Obama-boat, there's sort of a sour aftertaste to this whole thing. I want to like and support Obama, and to a degree, I do. As far as inspiration, hope, motivation and all-around good feelings go, we haven't seen anyone like him in quite some time; some might argue that when running a country, those are useless traits, but I disagree. We need that now more than ever, especially with our turd of an economy, currently dork of a president, and constant meddling in nearly every conflict across the world. And at the very least, I think Obama is respected enough worldwide to maybe get us some real allies again.
However, as far as real change goes, I'm more pessimistic. Some policies of his have already undergone "refinements" since eliminating Clinton from the race and I don't think we've seen the end of it. I'll cite more of these and discuss them at a later date, but I'm referring to FISA and his foreign policy regarding our current and potential conflicts. I don't think he's been trying to deceive us or anything, but in order to make it to where he is today, corners have to be cut and a lot of people have to be pleased. We could be positive and believe it's only happening to get into the White House and from there, it's a surfboard down the Allegheny river of change (that was a blatant Derek White and the Monophobics plug), but there'll always be more people to please and more BS to shovel, so I guess only time will tell. Nothing would please me more than to be proven wrong and have egg spread about my face.
Ultimately, those who know me where my allegiance falls and despite a wall of futility, I am an unwavering Ron Paul fan. The problem is that all the reasons I am a fan of him are exactly why he couldn't win in the system we have in place today. A guy who calls all his pig coworkers out on their faults and wants to transfer power away from him and those around him would never stand a chance in this race, because I think the system has, over the years, crafted itself to keep guys like him out. Maybe that's why I'm so skeptical of Obama, because I question what he did to make it so far in this rigged game.
Say what you will though, RP does not waiver in his convictions or beliefs and if it means polling at 5% or lower, he refuses to particiate in politics as usual. Whether that's intelligent or fool-hardy, I don't know, but he had this to say about the election and DNC so far.
And if you want to talk about consistency, here's another video from 2002. Listen closely to the last 15 seconds or so.
28 August 2008
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