About 3-4 months ago I quit playing World of Warcraft. When I used to play there'd be days where I would run from my car to the computer. I had the coolest system in the world worked out one time my parents went on a trip. I brought in a giant comfy chair and then got blankets and food and had my laptop and my PC set up. It was like Heaven on Earth. The sad thing is, that … [Read more...]
Music as a Cure
When I get depressed certain songs help. I've already posted a ton of zelda songs I like listening to, so there's no use in posting more of that.A song that I've savoured for the last bit is the blue danube waltz by Strauss:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CTYymbbEL4One of my favourite games from childhood was called Earthbound for SNES and this is a theme from it that I played … [Read more...]
Loneliness & Despair on a Tuesday Night
In an episode of SNL's Celebrity Jeopardy satire they put the words "I'm so terribly lonely" in the mouth of Martha Stewart.In a song I listened to recently the words were sung by Deathcab For Cutie "all the girls in all the girlie magazines won't make me feel, any less alone"My favourite poem since high school (when we read it in Fahrenheit 451) ends with these words "...the … [Read more...]
G.I. Joe Review
I was taught in American history that G.I. Joe was started to help the army recruit me into the general infantry and to make daily tasks of military life at the lowest rank seem action-filled.This movie was basically driven by 3 factors:American-style ViolenceI'd like to refilm the movie shot by shot and just show all the civilians (and 1 polar bear) die. The cars that are … [Read more...]
Cowardice
"The power of evil men lies in the cowardice of the good." — St. John BoscoI am such a coward. Lord deliver me. … [Read more...]