End of 2004, New Year's Eve in.....?

I spent last turn of the new year in a little club in Tokyo surrounded by hundreds of other people. Foreigners like myself and plenty of Japanese. The clock struck midnight and it was good. It was nice. Up early the next day, hung over to do some sightseeing. That's what you do on New Year's Eve. This year I'll spend it in my friend's garage, freezing, playing video games and Dungeons and Dragons. Exciting, no? Isn't this what I would have done at seventeen when I couldn't go to the bars or party with or just talk to girls? Well, we'll let the new year come in style and see if 2005 sucks as monkey donkey dick as '04 did. Here's to a good year mother fuckers.

X-Box for Christmas!

I'm going with the exclamation points, so hang on. This year I gots meself a nice big shiny new X-Box. And I haven't moved from that big screen HDTV in days. It's just so good. a Scotch and Coke at my side and I'm good to go for hours and hours and hours. This shit should be illegal it's so time consuming. This is what they mean by lost time. Outstanding! Excelsior! 'Nuff said!

I celebrate Christmas!

I do. And another thing, I don't believe in God. I hated Passion of the Christ and I don't go to church. I'm a liberal. I live in a blue state. And I like foreigners. But I do Christmas. It's not a God thing, not a religion thing. It's a commercial thing. To me Christmas embodies all the good things people of all faiths and no faith should hold on to. Things like being a decent human being, loving others, giving instead of receiving. Being nice to others and celebrating life. While giving expensive electronic gifts. I also beleive it's something you don't have to do. If you don't like it then you don't like it. Don't let it stress you. In this day it seems those who have most forgotten the meaning of Christmas are those who hold the tightest to it. So happy holidays. Eat some turkey and give some gifts and stop being ignorant assholes for one day.

greatest christmas movie ever!

And that would be A Christmas Story. And if you don't like it you're a scrooge. I don't care what your beliefs are, this movie is about America and being a kid. It's just great. The perfect film about capitolism and childhood. All a boy wants is a Red Rider bb gun. It's all so simple. Just don't shoot your eye out. Catch it on TNT for 24 hours straight on Christmas starting at 8PM X-Mas eve. Drink some egg nog and enjoy.

Happy Festivus!

First the airing of greivances, then the feats of strength. Prepare to praise the pole. Happy Festivus everyone and a merry Chrismukkah!

Happy Holidays

Just what it says, whether you're a scrooge or celebrate an alternative holiday, enjoy! And for those who wish to gift unto me, I like money and gift cards.

Update on my ipod quest!

I fulfilled the requirement for both my ipod and flat screen, now I need more people to do the same. Cost me nothing so far. Shouldn't cost you. Go ahead, you know you want to.


http://www.freephotoiPods.com/?r=11849665

http://www.FreeFlatScreens.com/?r=11850659

I want a PSP

Hot damn but that portable technology is getting good. No longer are we just talking cassette tapes. No, things are quite good. You got your ipods. You got your video games. And now there's the Nintendo DS, a very cool game system that utilizes dual screens and touch screen tech. It's a great little game set up. But now there's the PSP, Sony's comptetion. It's a different approach, like the walkman for the 21st century. Not just games, but music, movies and everything. It looks very cool. Sony has plenty of experience with all sorts of portable stuff and it shows. You have usb support and memory sticks. Making the system much more multi than just game. Download a film from the net and play it on the PSP on your commute to work. Man, I like Nintendo and I like the DS, but the versatility of this makes it the one I'd prefer. No more need for an mp3 player or game system. Combine them. Sit back and enjoy.

New Links!

I'm going with the whole exclamation point thing, so bear with me. Anyway, here are some sweet links I gotta advertise. First of all, many know this one, but head here to www.cafepress.com to make your own stuff. Put your face on a mug! Whoohoo. Do a search and find some nice, already made T-shirts. Next up is www.gravyfactory.com geek T-shirts. Nice. Then we got www.beermonthclub.com the beer of the month club. Very nice. And one more for the day www.teamxbox.com If the links don't work, it's cause I'm an idiot. So cut and paste if you know how and don't bother asking me how to right click anything. I'm off to catch some Bosom Buddies reruns on TBS

Game of the Week!

I'll start this new thing off with my game of the week number one-HALO 2. Another fantastic first person shooter and a worthy sequel to HALO. If you own an X-Box then you have to own this game. 5/5

Romulans!!!

Okay, time to revise my opinion of Enterprise. With tonight's ending, it now officially kicks ass! No wonder the head Vulcan was such a dick, he was a Romulan! Bout fuckin' time. I knew they'd be bringing them in later this season and all, but fuck, haven't been so surprises in quite awhile. Props to the writers on this one. Nicely done.

Links

http://www.freephotoiPods.com/?r=11849665

http://www.FreeFlatScreens.com/?r=11850659

Those damn yellow ribbons

You've seen them too. Slapped on the backs of gas guzzling SUVs driven by security moms. Magnetic yellow ribbons emblazened with the oh so clever phrase, "support our troops." Yes, support them by reinforcing the reason they are there: using up all the fucking oil. I am tired of these false gestures. These pitiful attempts at patriotism by the right, by the middle Americans, by the common masses. I've had it with them. I want them to stop wallowing in their ignorance and wake up. Ribbons do not support our troops. Paying them supports them. But we don't pay them. We talk about how much we support them, over and over and over again. Yet we do nothing to actually help them. Critizing the war is seen as bad form, as if questioning why they are there, why they are being wasted will someone destroy that person's soul. No, speaking out will help them. I give up. Real patriotism, real support need not slogans and buttons. It needs actions and buying a ribbon at Wal-Mart does not put money into a soldier's pocket or support his little baby or him when he returns from Iraq one arm shy. It just puts cash in the pockets of big people when it should go to little people. I am a patriot. I am also a person who doesn't like soldiers. I've seen enough over the years to know they are not always the best representatives of our country. I don't believe they all sign up with a noble goal. I know many do, but just as many have no other choice. They are like anyone else, only they have to go and money their money where there mouth is. They actually have to fight. I respect that. But I also know that it is something not to be used lightly. I'll support our troops. Not because they are paragons of virtue or something more than anyone else, but because they are people stuck with a shit job and I don't want it to be a job that ever needs to be done.
And those yellow ribbons are just kinda gay.

Trying to get an ipod

Well, with all my free time that I like to waste, I am endeavouring to secure meself a free ipod. Free peoples cause me likes not spending money on shit. It's a perfectly legitimate deal as far as I know. It' was featured on The Screensavers again. This time they talked to the CEO of the company. I fulfilled my requirement, which was signing up for the free Blockbuster online offer. Now I can cancel and just sign up ten deadbeat friends and have them do the same. Even if it doesn't work out, there's nothing to lose. I also completed the free flat screen deal. So if anyone wants, go ahead and sign up and complete an offer so I can waste time with mp3s.

Friday the 19th

I know, it's hard, but today's different. Today is my father's birthday. Only he's not here for it. See, he passed away about four months ago and this is the first one without him. It's weird. I don't what else to say other than that I miss him and wish he was here.

The buns are back. Leia's mom in Episode III.  

What the hell am I doing?

Title says it all. This has become the in thing to do. Everyone has a blog. Ten year olds, forty year olds. Everyone thinks they have something to say and maybe someone will listen, or at least read it. I'm just doing my part to ramble and hope someone listens. But if they don't, then oh well. So, since I've noticed one or two hits since I put in the counter down below, I say welcome and enjoy the show. Or don't.

Go to the left people...

It's a time of retreat for us liberal progressive types. We lost. Whether fair and square or not, we got our asses handed to us. Now we need to regroup, stop crying over recounts and kick some ass. We need to solidify our message, our beliefs, our positions. If there was a consistent problem with Kerry's campaign it was the appearance of change. Now changing your opinion is good. No doubt about that, but we must do what the right did and convince them we are right. Studies show people on the right believe things not true. We must get people to believe things that are true. We must do what Karl Rove does and get the message out. No more being pussies. No more wishy washy stuff. Don't say yes civil unions, no marriage for gays. No, take a stand: gay marriage yes. War in Iraq: no. Be the opposite of them. Bush and his cronies do stand for things. We know that, their followers know that. They may not be the same things, but they are resolute. They are bullheaded, stubborn people. We bend in the wind, we listen to polls to craft our message. No longer. We lay out our points and we stick to them. We don't pander to groups. We let them know where we stand and they will come to us. Trust me, they will come. We are for people. Pure and simple. We are for the future. We are for science. We are for progress. Our ideas and views are almost always the exact opposite of them, so why can we not get that across? We lose to bold face liars. That has to end now. The choice in 2008 is not just putting Hillary on the ticket. That's asking for failure. We look to bright up and comers like Barak Obama and we stick to our guns.
Look at the map of red and blue. They have more land, but we have more people. And lots of people may want to keep their guns, but they want to keep their jobs more.

Doesn't it make you wish we'd never bothered getting the south back in the civil war? 

girrrrl gamers...ahhhh

So I gets me new EGM in the mail today...just smells fresh, with tons 'o new reviews of all the latest fall and holiday releases....you know it's close to the end of the year when arty Oscar films and high quality, long awaited video games debut....there's GTA: San Andreas, Metroid Prime 2 and of course, HALO, which I can play on my shining spanking new X-Box....hehe, but there's also a feature on the frag dolls, a group of women, who shock! play games and they kick ass....plus, they're pretty hot too...so head to their site, www.fragdolls.com and drool over the girls who will own you on X-Box Live...

I wants me more free stuff

Next one up is a free flat screen, couple choices....so go here, pick one out and then tell some friends...I recommend signing up to the free trials, but remember you do need a credit card to do this, in case you go over, but there's Real player, Blockbuster, so you know they're legit....give it a shot...it really does work...

http://www.FreeFlatScreens.com/?r=11850659

LET'S GET FREE STUFF!

Help me help you help me get some free stuff. It's legit. Totally. You sign up for a program, something like Columbia House or whatever, get ten others to do it and get something free, like an ipod in this case. It works. Techtv's Screen Savers did it and it's all fair. You're already signing up for credit cards and BMG programs so why not something for it. So here we go people, click the link and help each other out.

http://www.freephotoiPods.com/?r=11849665

gripe, gripe, gripe....under God...

I saw a newspaper story about a prayer breakfast and the reverend who called for a return to Christian values in America. Well, that’s all well and good, except we’re not all Christian and maybe we don’t agree on these so-called values.
It’s always been my contention that you can have values and morals regardless of religion. What they truly mean by returning to their religious values is not values at all, but beliefs. And beliefs are merely opinions. Everyone is entitled to them, but we are not entitled to force ours on everyone else.
So returning to these Christian ideals is a mistake in a country that proclaims religious freedom.
I’m not religious and yet I still have values and morals without believing in God. How did that happen?
Let’s see, I believe in things like common sense, honesty, hard work, integrity. Good solid words that should be universal. What these people contend to be values are things like no rights for gays, no abortions, family ideas. Things that they are entirely entitled to have differing opinions on, but they are not morals. They are opinions. What they are really calling for is a return to their ideas and their way of life. Not everyone wants that.
Bush did not receive a mandate to push Christian ideas on the rest of us by picking anti-abortion Supreme Court justices. To truly be American is to let others think things that you don’t like. It’s that old axiom, I may not like what you believe, but I’ll fight like hell for your right to believe it. Or words to that affect.
I don’t mind them holding these values. What I do mind is them telling everyone else that those are American values. They are not.
This nation was not founded to be a Christian paradise, it was founded to be a place where all religions could have freedom but were united by American values. We can disagree on those values, but we must separate a church mandated ideology from real world every day life.
In the war between religion and science, science wins because there are facts to back it up.

Now, to a quote by this reverend, he says that 9/11 was allowed to happen by God to wake us up and bring America back to him. Now to believe this you must first believe in God. No, this was not an act of God, but an act of man. If religious types wish to interpret it this way, then fine. But that belief should not guide are actions. Then we have a war of religion. And how can a religion claim to be better than another. Where’s the morality in that? That I’m better than you simply because you don’t believe what I believe? I don’t find that very moral.

To say that America needs to recover it’s Christian heritage is absurd. There is no state religion and religion has no place in state. Beliefs are a private thing. They say this is one nation under God. Well, feel free to interpret that to whatever God you see fit.

A return to Christian values is an insult to every single non-Christian in this country who is every bit as patriotic as they are. We are united not be religion, but by nation. We are all Americans and as such we hold differing views and ideas, but values and morals hold no allegiance to any one religion.

Choose to give up your right to choose...

I don't like religion. Sorry, I just don't buy into fantasies and then call them realities. If I want that, I'll watch TV. But, in this country you have religious freedom. That also includes the freedom to not have a religion. I'm an atheist. You know why? Cause I believe in logic, reason and common sense above FAITH. It's is about thinking, not feeling. It's about knowing, not believing. It's about this life, not the next. I may have no use for religion or the church, but everyone has the RIGHT to think whatever the hell they want. That is a good thing. But religion should have no place in government, in politics. It shocks me and saddens me that in the 21st century the majority who voted Bush back into office were guided more by their religious beliefs than their common sense. They'd rather lose health care than have two men married down the block. I thought we'd progressed. Real, tangible problems exist and yet people boast about their moral values. As if non religious people are devoid of them. And I find that terribly insulting, that just because I don't believe in a higher being that I am somehow not moral.

Now, to my point: freedom and life here in our Republic is about choice, it's about free will. You have the power to believe in the almighty or not, yet when you have the religious right with so much influence over the rest of us, there are problems. They dictate courses of actions and views that effectively take away choice from the people.

Take abortion:
pro-choice or
pro-life
The two terms insult me, as if those who support choice hate life. It is blatently not true. But the religious right would seek to revoke your right to choose what is best for you, your family and your unbonr child simply because they won'te LIKE your choice. How can they do that? It is not their life, yet they want to run it. They want to tell you what you can't do. Abortion is a big damn choice for those who do it, not a whim or a flight of fancy, but it should always be an option.

Gay marriage:
This is simply selfish, they want to keep marriage to themselves, but deny it to others based on their religion telling them that it is wrong to be gay. They believe it wrong, but those who are that way do not.

When does the one whose life is affected by the issue take back the right to choose what is best for them? Why do we turn over these decisions to others? Why must I be forced out of an option because a southern Christian woman doesn't like it?

It's about selfishness and free will. You may not have to like something, but in this country we have the right to choose how to live our lives, no one has the right to tell you how to live. We came here because of religious persecution, yet it's the non religious and different religious who are no persecuted.

Choice is the most important thing we have. It is the single most important value this country needs to hold on to. Your neighbor should never have the ability to dictate your life. That's not being very moral.

appy polly loggies me droogs....

Yep, in the words of me droog, Alex, apologies...yep, it is now time for the intelligent, articulate, progressive half of America to say we're sorry to the rest of the world......and we are, boy are we sorry. And we are just as confused as the rest of you out there, really. Let it be known that some of us do realize we are on the same planet and that it is not flat. It's round and ruled by George the second or 43 as we call him. Or Bushie as his wife calls him. Yes, the anti-Christ, the spawn of Barbara the quaker oats man confuses us Americans too....so time to say WTF? And go to www.sorryeverybody.com and reach out to the world, buy everybody a Coke and share a good cry...we fucked up world, we'll try and make it up to you...

Four letter words...

And right now, after the disgraceful election I do want to use lots of colorful four letter words, but there are only two that matter. Bush and Dumb. As in how can 59 million Americans be so dumb? Why oh why did they vote for him? Oh, it's because of moral values. Yeah, lying and bombing and invading are good things. It's just a simple fact that the voting populous doesn't really know what they're voting for. Just look to the PIPA study and you will see just how misinformed Republicans are. They beleive things not true, never said. We know live in a country where faith is valued more than truth, where what you believe is more important than what you can prove. I don't hate the right because they are different. They are entitled to different opinions. They can believe homosexuality is wrong. But they can not argue that it is a a choice. The fact is homosexuality just happens. They don't have to like it, but they need to recognize it. That is just one example where their beleif interferes with the truth. Most Republicans even still believe the lies about the war. Not whether it was right or wrong. We can argue that. No, they don't simply believe the truth of the war. That there were no WMD. That Saddam had nothing to do with Al Queida. They are entitled to opinions, but the truth can not be changed. The truth is real. Facts are real. Opinions are like assholes. And we know all about Republican assholes.
Here we are championing democracy around the world, trying to spread freedom. Bringing elections to Afgahnistan and Iraq, yet we can't get it right here. Democracy is messy, but if we still fuck it up over two hundred years later, how can we expect these other places to get it right within a couple years?
We're entering a dark time here. Bush will not hold back in the last four. He will not reach across the aisle. He does not care about bipartisanship. He will push his agenda and we will regress. All the progress made in the last three decades is about to be lost. Now is the time to fight the hardest. We can not give up. When we fight for our country it is the height of patriotism. Just taking it like a bitch is not being a patriot. Patriotism is supporting your country all of the time and your government when it deserves it. Let's make this government deserve it.

Double Oh seven days to go...

It's the last week people and it's a gettin' scary out there. The Republicans are desperate, cause they know, they know that the people are pissed. While they trumpet the march of freedom and elections in Iraq they don't want us to vote over here. It's a tight race in the polls, but fuck the polls. Don't trust the media. Trust the people. Thousands of new voters cannot just be people happy with the status quo. No, those people are happy and don't bother to vote. It's the young people who don't want their lives to end before they start.
So now the desperation escalates and each day I receive at least two fliers about how evil Kerry is. Who is he Damien from The Omen? The no on same sex marriage people are flying off the handle. They now claim legalizing gay marriage will force schools to teach gay sex. Bringing all the issues back to education is what neo cons do. It's just ridiculous. It's just another sign that they want to legislate prejudice. It's all really about hate. They hate gays and want them to go away. Legalizing gay marriage will simply legitimize being gay and conservatives can't stand that.
The right claims John Kerry doesn't hold our values and I beg to differ. He holds my values. And my values are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The last four years haven't been that happy on this planet.
Adios donkey boy, enjoy your last week and get ready to spend some time back on your ranch.

I've got a Grudge...

I admit, I am a sucker for two things: movies set in Japan and Sarah Michelle Gellar. So with those two pushing me on, I went to the first matinee on Friday of The Grudge, the American remake of the Japanese film Ju-On. There's like four of them and I'm not quite sure which one this is, but it's got Americans in Tokyo this time (so we can identify cause we dumb Americans and we don' like readin' words) being scared shitless by.....something. Overall a decent film with some interesting ideas and creepy stuff. This stuff just doesn't scare me. Real life is far more horrific than ghost stories. So now that it's a week before Halloween, the stations have begun airing their scary flicks. Right now-The Omen series.....ahhh, I miss those seventies horror flicks...

Dude, you're gettin' a draft!

There's a lot of fear out there about a potential draft. It's scary shit, not just forced into the military, but forced into this fucked up war. Well, rest easy kids, cause it'll really just be a a party. Head on over to www.enjoythedraft.com and see what we have in store WHEN, not if, there is a draft. Under Bush is a certainty. To keep this on indefinitely they need people and we're running out of the all-voluntary Army. So kiss your life goodbye and get ready to party in Basra!

Stop Fucking Calling!

That feels better. It's my message to all the Republicans who keep calling my phone and leaving messages about how great Bush is and how evil Kerry is. Today I received one from a little old lady telling me how Kerry would take away her medicine if he won. Man, why don't they just come out and call him Satan while they're at it. Just get it over with. I love their platform of hope. While Bush says Kerry can run, but not hide, Dickhead Cheney is busy telling people we're gonna get nuked or gassed any day now. And they claim to be making us safer? If me shitting my pants is safer, then we got a winner.

Farscapin'

And so Farscape has returned and gone again. And it was an excellent four hour mini series. Excellent, excellent, excellent. Maybe I need new words for this, but it was just good. Very well worth the wait.

Catch the rerun of parts one and two this week on sci-fi.

Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars

9/10

I'm a votin'

Well, my ballot is in my hands right now. Ready to be filled out, mailed in and promptly ignored. Ahhhh...Democracy! Guess what name is at the top of the ballot? John F. Kerry, the next president of the USA. The next POTUS.

Bush gettin' desperate!

He is. Over the last week I've received half a dozen recorded phone calls and another half dozen fliers in my mail box. Nothing for Kerry. That's becuase Bush needs to bash Kerry in order to gain some ground again. Each message, each flier is essentially a treatise on how much Kerry sucks. It's getting pathetic really. Why don't they call him a satan worshiper and get it over with. Bush is losing and losing badly. Each day more and more Kerry signs go up. People are ready for a change, they're eager for one. The last four years have sucked. Now it's time to move on.

sleepy

It's late on Thursday or early Friday depending on how you view it and I am tired. That's it. Now go listen to Air America radio. It's the bee's knees.

outsourcing my ass

So outsourcing is not good, not bad. It just happens, but now we are outsourcing high tech jobs. Bush claims the way to fight this is to educate and retrain. But we're talking Thirty year old Americans with high tech degrees, BAs, MAs and hell even PhDs. They did the education thing. They thought this would get them work and now under Bush that's not even good enough. What other kinds of jobs are out there still in America that people like these can be retrained for?
It used to be menial jobs leaving the US, so those non college types had to go and learn and get degrees. Now no job is safe. No amount of retraining will stop outsourcing. It's time to stop giving tax breaks to the big companies.

Kerry wins third debate!

Of course he won. Stop giving Bush points for merely breathing. The man might as well be retarded. And that's an insult to retarded people who can actually live normal lives unlike this man. Why do we constantly lower the bar for this man? He may be able to win in the spcial olympics, but in the end he's still retarded.
Kerry came out swinging with accurate facts and a command of facts. He just looks like a president. Let's just get this over with and restore the office.

Round Three! Fight!

To anyone who plays fighting games such as Tekken or Soul Calibur, then you know that round three is the big one. Sure Kerry one round one against the monkey boy, but round two was a resounding draw, now it's time for the third one. The last one. And let's hope this is a decided knock out and not a ring out.

Also, while we're at it, if you happen to live in an area where Sinclair Broadcasting will air their mock-umentary, then get out and protest these fuckers. Even if this was a pro-Kerry doc it would still not be a cool political move.

Do you know a Republican? How to help them guide right here.

They've had four years to come around, but it just seems more Republicans can't quite pull their heads out of their asses. So rather than let them re-elect Bushie, why don't we just give them the guns so they can shoot themselves in the foot? Cause when you vote for Bush, you might as well do that.

George Bush is a lying motherfucker

Title says it all. This weasly, incompetent piece of shit goes on TV and lies to the American people. And being the ill informed mob that they are, they eat it up. Thank God Kerry's there to help us out. That's all I have to say about the weasely little monkey man W.

The pre-debate II rant

Well, tonight is the second debate between Kerry and the boy in the plasic bubble, G. W. Bush. Last time he got his ass kicked, but maybe tonight Bush will actually be prepared. I doubt it. Before he looked bored, constipated and angry. He stumbled and bumbled, but hey it was hard work. That's what he tells us. It's hard work. So we should cut him a break. I don't think so. So, let's get some popcorn and sit with some unenlightened Republicans and watch the great debate 2. Less than a month people. Get off your asses.

Get off your asses biotches!

Not that it'll be noticed, but I want to point out some very helpful links to those who need to become more interested in politics. And, no watching CNN or Fox News doesn't really count. Although it is funny to watch Fox when high.

so, go here to become enlightened and informed:


www.johnkerry.com
www.democraticunderground.com
www.salon.com
www.theonion.com
www.airamericaradio.com
www.moveon.org

my first blog or, young people suck

Last night I had the chance to go and view John Kerry's 1971 testimony to Congress as the representative of Vietnam Veterans against the War. Unfortunately there weren't many interested parties and aside from a slightly crazy girl, I was the youngest one there. The others all being in their forties and fifties. So after watching the existing forty or so minutes, I ealized something. Young people kind of suck. Where were they? The event was even held at a college. During the week too. And no students there. How can we expect them to vote when they don't even take an interest in the candidates. For the record, Kerry kicks some ass. This is the man I want to be my next president. So I'm going to start calling him President Kerry. It just sounds so much better. Ahhh. Feel better people?