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So now that it's the dawn of the next decade, I started looking back through things that have occured in the last ten years. There's been some awesome stuff and kind of a lot of bullcrap. We'll see which parts seem important in another ten years, but this is the stuff that I found interesting. ^^
( IN THE YEAR TWO-THOUSAAAAAAAND ) |
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As is our tradition, my family went out today for a Christmas movie. We're all pretty big Sherlock Holmes fans, so the new Holmes movie was a no-brainer. I had some reservations about the film -- Holmes was no pacifist, but Action Hero Holmes makes me nervous, as does the whole "Black Magician Wants to Rule the World" plot -- but the end result was surprisingly tolerable.
( TALKY TALKY TALKY and a few minor spoilers ) |
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* Roku-tired catches up on colbert
Roku-tired: well........I'm never eating snapper again >_>
CactuarJoe: What's the matter, don't like HIDEOUS TONGUE PARASITES?
CactuarJoe: :D
Roku-tired: =D
Roku-tired: =|=D)
* Roku-tired throws up a little
CactuarJoe: XD |
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Five Commercials I am Officially Sick Of
1. Billy Mays: The only thing worse than a shrill, shouting pitchman hocking a useless piece of undercooked fraud? A shrill, shouting zombie pitchman! It kills me a little bit inside to know that someone, somewhere said, "You know what'd be a good idea? A Billy Mays marathon." Coming across these commercials in the course of an evening is the TV watching equivalent of runing face-first into an iron bar.
2. Mac vs. PC: Really I'm sick of both sides of this competition. My operating system isn't a lifestyle choice, and I am not personified by my choice of computer. Also, John Hodgeman has something like ten times the charisma of Mac guy, so I really don't know what's going on there.
3. Enzyte: "This is Bob! His huge cheesy grin is meant to comically suggest that he's happy with his huge penis! Despite the fact that he and his wife are two of the most hideously distorted trolls ever to bruise the face of this planet, we hope that you'll think of Enzyte when you want to enlarge your pathetically tiny member! So, guys, the next time you break down weeping in the shower at the shriveled raisin that God has, in his mockery, placed between your legs, remember Bob's twisted rictus grin, and call for Enzyte!"
4. Nostradamus Effect on the History Channel: Is the end of the world nigh!? Was (insert historical figure, probably Hitler, here) a prophet!? This Tuesday, watch as we give tinfoil hat-wearing conspiracy theorists and pseudoscientific dribble the benefit of the doubt.
5. Any video game commercial that cites a review in an "official" magazine: Even if the source didn't seriously impugn the validity of the quotes shown on gaming commercials, the fact that they're taken so far out of context that they may well have been launched out of the magazine on a booster rocket may be a bit of a red flag.
At least I haven't seen anyone cite a Maxim review in a while. Sheesh. >_> |
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Hoppin' on the bandwagon. I am a bandwagon hopper.
( The symbols are based on glands. Creeeeepy. ) |
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Roku-busy: oh, joe, why don't you go as kira or L? those are easy
Roku-busy: and more imaginative
CactuarJoe: I'm not skinny enough for either of those. :P
Roku-busy: your sister already made you a death note right?
Roku-busy: aww
CactuarJoe: "I'm L. You know, after his metabolism slowed down."
Roku-busy: lol
Roku-busy: go as XL >_>
CactuarJoe: XD
CactuarJoe: Very clever. :P
Oct. 27th, 2009 @ 09:26 pm
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| » Blee Bloo Blah |
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Changed up my icons for the first time pretty much ever. The new ones are from the upcoming FFXII comic. I figured they work well with this journal's color scheme anyway, why not use 'em. ^^b
Aug. 8th, 2009 @ 03:03 am
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| » Mark Twain Likes to Talk |
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I came across a quote from Mark Twain today that confused me a little;
"I was a mugwump. We, the mugwumps, a little company made up of the unenslaved of both parties, the very best men to be found in the two great parties—that was our idea of it—voted sixty thousand strong for Mr. Cleveland in New York and elected him. Our principles were high, and very definite. We were not a party; we had no candidates; we had no axes to grind. Our vote laid upon the man we cast it for no obligation of any kind. By our rule we could not ask for office; we could not accept office. When voting, it was our duty to vote for the best man, regardless of his party name. We had no other creed. Vote for the best man—that was creed enough. - Mark Twain’s Autobiography (North American Review, Dec. 21, 1906)"
What I'm really curious about is how they determined who the best man was. Most fit for the job, physically and mentally? Largest breadth of experience? Most able to meet the specific challenges of the day? So many of these definitions of "best" are just a spiral back into personal opinion. It's a very noble goal, trying to vote for the man who'll do the best job, but it seems like an ideal that someone would trot out without realizing how complicated what they were really asking for really was.
Jul. 17th, 2009 @ 02:45 pm
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| » More Nonsense |
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I think I've probably done something like this before, but oh well. More memes!
Total Length?
» 6287 songs, 11 days 19:08:31 total time
First and Last Songs (by title)?
» Aroma of Despair - Yogurting OST
» ZONE TIME - Persona 4 OST
Shortest and Longest Songs?
» Typed in a Correct Password - Jack Bros. no Meiro de Hiiho Sound (0:00)
» Secret of Mana - Secret of Mana+ Soundtrack (49:26)
First and Last Albums (by title)?
» .hack//SIGN OST 1
» Yogurting OST
First and Last Artist (by name)
» Adhesive Boy
» Zeratul
Top Ten Most Played Songs?
» Memories of You - Persona 3 OST
» The Battle for Everybody's Soul - Burn My Dread (Persona 3 Arranged)
» Unavoidable Battle - Burn My Dread (Persona 3 Arranged)
» Doomsday - Doctor Who Seasons 1&2 OST
» Cutie Honey - RE Cutey Honey OST (STOP JUDGING ME)
» Love Don't Roam - Doctor Who Seasons 1&2 OST
» Song for Ten - Doctor Who Seasons 1&2 OST
» Never More - Persona 4 OST
» Bubbleman Stage - CMG Rockman 1-6 Disc 1
» Rainbow Road - Mario Kart Double Dash!! OST
Search for the following words. How many songs show up?
» Sex: 1
» Death: 100
» Love: 84
» You: 240
» Home: 34
» Boy: 15
» Girl: 13
First 10 songs that come up on Party Shuffle?
1. Filthy Shop Work - Ar Tonelico OST
2. Yakitori - Ghost in the Shell STAND ALONE COMPLEX
3. Secret of Mana - Seiken Densetsu 3 OST
4. Mirrors - Tales of the Abyss Original Soundtrack (Disc 4)
5. The Green Train's Fun, Too! - Mother 3 OST
6. Premonition - Final Fantasy VII OST
7. Exotic Exhaust - Radiata Stories OST
8. Flowers on the Battlefield - Final Fantasy XI: Wings of the Goddess OST
9. Opening Stage Underground - Rockman 8 OST
10. Accessory Get - Pokemon D/P OST
Jun. 12th, 2009 @ 02:20 am
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| » Also, Who Moved My Maize |
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Five Titles for a Hypothetical Self-Help Book Written by Montezuma
1. Unlocking the Feathered Snake-God Within
2. Have Your Enemy's Heart and Eat it, Too
3. The Courage to Heal (from Smallpox)
4. The Seven Habits of Highly Edible People
5. Dianetics
Apr. 4th, 2009 @ 05:20 pm
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| » I blame others! Never me! |
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So... I have a Twitter now. Blame my sisters.
Does this mean that I'm riding cusp of the wave of the technological singularity that is modern life?
Mar. 20th, 2009 @ 07:33 pm
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| » If Things Made Sense, it Wouldn't Be Nearly as Much Fun |
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So apparently there's a fighting game based on Les Miserables. No, I'm not shitting you. Between this, John McCain admitting that he doesn't know how to manage a beaver, and Louis Pasteur shooting down a helicopter (around 2:20), I really don't know what to make of the world anymore.
Mar. 4th, 2009 @ 02:04 am
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| » Next, on Am I Creepy or Not |
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So scientists are trying to make robots more responsive to human emotion, hopefully picking up a decrease to overall creepiness somewhere along the way. They've made a replica of Albert Einstein to test the principles out, and... Well, here, take a look.
On the one hand, the head is fairly realistic. It certainly beats the hell out of a lot of humanish robots out there in the uncanny valley. But on the other hand... Well, it's a fairly realistic head on an obviously robotic body. It's like they resurrected Albert Einstein and gave him a tiny little mecha body. And I can't decide if that's awesome or not. I mean, on the one hand, he can't give you a handshake without a nine-week course on how to operate his own wrist. But on the other hand, he finally has the power to crush Neils Bohr.
Unless someone gave Neils Bohr a mech.
Mar. 2nd, 2009 @ 03:50 pm
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| » As Always, Feel Free to Add Your Own |
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Five Movies Watched Backwards
1. Pirates of the Carribean; Dead Man's Chest: A pirate is thrown up by a giant Kraken, and goes on to join a group of bloodthirsty cannibals by driving his ship up their beach and leading them in a backwards marathon.
2. Jaws: A shark continually throws up swimmers until they have to open a beach.
3. Monty Python's The Meaning of Life: Actually, this doesn't make any sense backwards or forwards.
4. Akira: A huge mutated psionic giant shrinks down into the body of a teenager, loses his psychic power, and goes to high school. Also included; A motorcycle gang engages in a spirited game of "I'm not touching you."
5. Star Trek; the Motion Picture: Boldly backing away from where men have never gone before.
Feb. 27th, 2009 @ 09:06 pm
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| » Maybe if You Cooked it |
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The World of Bacon may be awesome or disgusting, I haven't made up my mind yet.
Feb. 23rd, 2009 @ 03:23 pm
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| » Chocolate + Chocolate x Chocolate^3 |
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Mom made me what is possibly the mother of all birthday cakes. I will attempt to describe its contents to you;
Take two freshly baked chocolate cake rounds, and melt two full Hershey's bars over one. After the cakes cool, frost as normal with a thick layer of chocolate buttercream frosting. Top liberally with chocolate bits. Serve, and observe as members of your family begin to visibly vibrate.
Feb. 18th, 2009 @ 10:23 pm
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| » That's Right, it's Worse than Cthulu |
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Five Actual Organizations with the Initials "CCC", in Ascending Order of Disquiet
1. Convienent Care Centers
2. California Correctional Center
3. Communist Combatant Cells
4. Campus Crusade for Cthulu
5. Clear Channel Communications
Feb. 13th, 2009 @ 01:33 am
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| » Music Meme! |
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Open your music player of choice, and divine the following information:
How many songs total: 6,244 songs.
How many hours or days of music: 11 days, 3 hours, 3 minutes, 2 seconds.
Most recently played: Imbroglio (Yasunori Mitsuda, Shadow Hearts OST Disc 2) I've been on a final boss music kick lately. Mostly The Genesis from P4, though. :P
Most played: Memories of You (Shoji Meguro, Persona 3 OST Disc 2) at 105 plays.
Most recently added: Nothing for a while, apparently. I think the last thing I downloaded was the Mega Man 9 arranged OST, though.
Sort by song title:
First Song: Aroma of Despair (Jang Sun-Woon, Yogurting OST)
Last Song: Zui Town (Night) (Unknown, Pokemon Diamond and Pearl Super Music Collection, Disc 2)
Sort by time:
Shortest Song: Typed in a Correct Password (Unknown, Jack Bros no Meiro de Hiihoo Sound) at 0:00. I shit you not.
Longest Song: Secret of Mana (Hiroki Kikuta, Secret of Mana OST+) at 49:26. But this OST is the whole SoM OST remixed into one long song, so it's understandable.
Sort by album:
First album: .hack// SIGN OST (disc 1)
Last album: Yogurting OST Disc 2
First song that comes up on Shuffle: Hara Hara Next Town (Daisuke Matsumoto, Muchi Muchi Pork OST) (Yeah, I know, I know)
Search the following and state how many songs come up:
Death - 101
Life - 21
Love - 86
Hate – 1
You - 239
Sex – 1
Feb. 12th, 2009 @ 02:48 am
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| » I Can't Decide |
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Please select which of the following is more disturbing:
1. John Diefenbaker, Canadian Prime Minister and Nixon impersonator, had a series of Vault-like nuclear fallout shelters built around Canada.
2. They are called Diefenbunkers.
3. The Wikipedia article actually refers to them as such.
Thank you, and good night.
Feb. 10th, 2009 @ 02:29 pm
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