10-20-00 Yesterday was our five year anniversary! Five whole years of being married. Wow. Got the brakes on my truck fixed. But I still need to get a license plate. Went to see Dave last night. Dave's cool. I'm making Geore a copy of Sarajevo. That's a great concert. I love U2. I finished the third book in the X-Wing series. I need to borrow the rest from Trent or something. Can I just say I hate people? Mostly stupid people. If this is supposed to be a government by the people, for the people, and of the people, why is it that the people only get two candidates from which to choose? And why is it that the only people who really get to choose are in New Hampshire? Oh well. It's not like this is a democracy or anything. I got an email about my Manson page from some person who said that she used to listen to him and all that, but then she found Jesus, which leads me to my next bit: George got a book from the library called The Truth About Rock Music or something like that. It's a fundamentalist Christian thing saying that rock is evil (except for Christian rock and Hootie). It's funny because it's obvious they have no idea what they're talking about!! They even used the example of Ozzy Osbourne stomping puppies onstage. Guess what. That never happened! Let's assume, for the sake of argument, that one of Ozzy's gimmicks was to stomp on puppies. First of all, nobody would give him puppies because they would know he does that. Ozzy's very famous. Second, even if he could get puppies, he'd have to clear it with the venue, and I promise you they would have a problem with it. He'd also have to clear it with local law enforcement, and that would never go through. Even if it did, he'd have the Humane Society on his back as well as the ASPCA, not to mention all the lawsuits he'd have to answer to. This is where you say something like why was he able to bite the heads off bats, then? That, my friend, was an accident. He had this gimmick where there would be a bunch of rubber bats on stage. Ozzy would prance around abd bite their heads off. The point is that they were all fake. At one concert, some dumbass brought a real live bat into the venue. During the bat-biting portion of the show, the idiot got close to the stage and threw the bat at Ozzy. Ozzy, thinking it was a fake one, bit its head off. He wasn't very happy about it. And Alice Cooper didn't do it either. Neither did Marilyn Manson, for that matter. So, part of their credibility is lost because their basing part of their book on their belief in an urban legend. They also are unable to interpret music at all. Now, I won't call myself an Offspring fan, but I enjoy listening to them, and I've noticed thar they tend to be rather socially relavent, and they also seem to discourage drug use. In fact, every song I heard from them that mentions drugs conveys a negative message about them. Rather than talk about the social relavence that Offspring sings about, they say that they promote drug use and have no meaning at all. They use a fracture of one of their songs (Mota) to back this up, completely ignoring the rest of it. They also bitched about The Downward Spiral, which, if you recall, is one of the four greatest albums ever. But, again, they had no clue as to what they're talking about, saying it promoted suicide. I'm not sure if it was this book or a sucky web site, but they also said Metallica's Fade to Black promoted suicide as well, which seems odd to me considering the tons of fain mail Metallica has received thanking them for writing that song because it kept them from killing themselves! One of the best things to know if you're depressed and suicidal is that other people feel the same way. Evidently major depression is a sign of an allegience with Satan. When I run the universe, these people will be shot. And you know what else? Luke never yelled, "Carrie!" Yes, I know some of you are convinced he did because when you watch it, it kinda sounds sorta like he might be saying Carrie (from a certain point of view), but you're wrong. In fact, unless he actually, consciously wanted to say it and the sound people wanted him to say it and Lucas wanted him to say it, it's impossible. Here's why: They scene was recorded with no sound. The reason for this was twofold. 1. It wasn't necessary since you couldn't actually see anyone talking. 2. Because it was a distant shot, the sound quality would have been awful because they couldn't use a boom mic, andno other microphones were visible anyway. So, logically, they recorded the sound after the fact. This is very common in movies. To do that, they recorded some background noise, people shouting and celebrating, that kind of thing, and they recorded the actors. Carrie Fisher came in, yelled, "Luke" a couple time into the microphone, and left. Mark Hamill came in and watched the film. Since he seemed to be looking around for Leia, he thought it would be a good idea to say something to the same effect. So, instead of saying, "Leia" he said, "There she is." The word "is" was cut because it didn't fit, and the rest came out muffled when it mixed with the other noises. Had he yelled, "Carrie", the sound guy would have turned the tape off, looked at him and said, "Carrie?" and Mark would have said something like, "Oops." In other words, it never happened. And Lando wasn't scripted to die in the Death Star either. But everything on the Internet is true. Oh yeah, and I got a John Cleese-looking army figure too. 10-16-00 I'm groovin out to REM. I got a pickup truck. It's really neat, but the brakes are funky, and I hesitate to call them safe. I'm gonna take it out tonight to try to adjust to it. It's a Ford Ranger, '88, blue. I like it (except for the brakes). Unfortunately for me, I hae this habit of dwelling on bad things, so that's the only thing on my mind, and until I get it taken care of, it will satay on my mind, which really sucks. We're learning about Taoism in my philosophy class. I think Yoda was a Taoist. The whole thing about doing instead of trying and unlearning what you have learned just seems so Taoist to me. I finally finished book 2 of the X-Wing series. Then I skipped ahead in the third book. I was right! It was Erisi! I'm proud of myself. I rule. If only the brakes were better. I don't really have much going on tomorrow, aso I might stay up and watch a movie or something. I don't know. I'm sick of being at work. Bitch Bitch Bitch. And I have hair on my back. A lot of Star Wars is taken from Ancient Chinese philosophy. I hate stupid people. Stop dwelling!!!! Sorry. Ah screw it. I'll dwell. Why do things always have to screw up on me? It's uncanny. I hate it. Especially when there's nothing I can do about it. Grrrrrrrrrr...... No action figure news today, but I may review a movie tonight. I'm not sure though. I wonder what Trent's doing. I wonder if anyone actually checks this page for updates and stuff. I have no idea. I don't know how many hits I even have. Dumdeedum. ICQ is acting wierd. Oh well. I'm gonna go now. 10-13-00 Well, it's Friday the 13th, and it's a full moon, and it's October. Something tells me I'll be watching an Evil Dead movie tonight. Saying which, X-Entertainment has an article on Evil Dead. Good movie. I went out with Emily the other night. We talked about the whole Dave situation, and it seems everyone's over it. We also saw Chad. Now, for those of you who don't know, Chad is a guy I went to high school with. He's really odd, to say the least. After I got married, he told me I was becoming too responsible. He's one of the smartest people I know. Anyway, I learned that he's engaged to a girl he's been seeing for two years, and hings are actually looking up for him. I got his email address too, which is good. He's still strange. I'm hungry. I was supposed to have lunch with Tina today, but I lost an hour somehow, and I'm still upset and saddened by it. I love my Tina. I wish the computer here had speakers. I wanna listen to Stateless. We went and rented movies last night. You know what that means. I got a new R2-D2 with wheels. Have I mentioned they're running out of ideas? I also got a big pack of guns for Herbert Hoover. I've been playing a lot of X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter lately. I like that game, but I suck at it. I also finished the second book of the X-Wing series (Wedge's Gamble). I'm still trying to figure out who the Rogue Squadren leak is. I have it narrowed down: It's not Wedge because he's in future novels, and he's Wedge. It's not Corran because he's the main character. It's not Ooryl, Nawara, Shiel, or any of the other aliens because the Empire wants to infect them all with the Krytos virus. It's not Bror Jace because he's dead and the spy was around after he died. It's not Lujayne for the same reason. It's not Pash because the spy was around before Pash got there. That leaves us with Gavin, Rhysati, Tycho, and Erisi. Gavin is from Tatooine and is Biggs's cousin. He seems too naive to be working for the Empire, so I don't think it's him. Rhysati is involved with Nawara who is an alien, and it's heavily implied that they're sleeping together, so she's out. Tycho seems too obvious. Everyone is suspicious of him, and he was imprisoned at Lusankya, which is not a good sign. However, if it weren't for his reputation, there would be no reason to consider him other than the fact that he's human. The Empire also killed his family when they blew up Alderaan. That leaves us with Erisi, the Bacta Queen. She comes from a wealthy family, and the Empire has contributed to that wealth. There's nothing really preventing her from being a spy. She's made a strong effort to hook up with Corran, although that could all be an act. I don't trust her. I noticed something utterly hilarious in ROTJ recently, which is odd because I'm the biggest Star Wars nut I know, and I figured I'd have caught it earlier. Anyway, about 25 minutes into the tape (including the SE featurette at the beginning), right after Leia frees Han and they're discovered by Jabba, when the whole court is laughing, after they show Droopy McCool with his hands on his stomach, look at the shot whith Jabba, C-3PO, and Bib Fortuna. Bib's facial expression is, well, strange. If I had the tchnology, I'd post a screenshot. George wants a copy of Sarajevo, but the computer's not working right. Damn. I can't wait until All That You Can't Leave Behind comes out. 10-9-00 So, Dave's pissed off at everyone, and everyone is pissed off at Dave. The funny thing is, the reason everyone's pissed at Dave is not the reason he thinks everyone's pissed at him. Comprende? Anyway, I'm supposed to be this untrustworthy bad guy now, and I can't figure out why. But, I guess that's not an issue. All that matters is I'm a bad person and no one should talk to me. Right. Dave, if you're reading this, nothing's going to improve if you keep avoiding me. You're only alienating yourself, and it's not healthy. Nobody cares about the incident. I'm over it. Tina's over it. Hell, Kara's over it. Stop dwelling and move on. We don't hate you. I've said all there is to say on this matter. Until you talk with me, nothing will get resolved. I'm hungry. There's a girl in New Yok City who calls herself a human trampoline I love this CD. I wanna hear the new one. I can't wait until the 31st. U2's new CD comes out then. Trent's supposed to come over soon. I like Trent. I've been reading the X-Wing series by Michael Stackpole. It's pretty cool. I'm in the second book. I have a problem though. Why would they send a team of fighter pilots, the Alliance's most famous fighter pilots, for that matter, to infiltrate Coruscant? Wouldn't their intelligence agents be better suited that? Trent says something about Packard Bell and Satan making a deal. I'm dressing as Cap'n Skeletor for Halloween. That's the devils' birthday, you know, except that according to Christian mythology, Satan was around long before the earth was created, and years are measured by the earth's rotation, and for that matter, how is it that God can create the sun and the moon and day and night on a certain day? It wouldn't have been a day if days hadn't been invented yet. Trent's here now, by the way. Sing tanana tanana tananana Tina rocks my nuts. Literally. And figuratively too. Anyway. Action Figure News I just got the kickassedest figures. First, I went to Burger King and got a kids meal that came with a Backstreet Boy figure. He wears a curtain and lifts his arms if you push a button. I got another one too. The guy with the wierd shit on his face. He comes with a lump of plastic. I also got a Titan A.E. ship with Akima. It was pretty cheap. On clearance. I liked that movie. Most importantly, I got an Ash figure. It was $7.99 plus tax, and it kicks ass. I also bought Evil Dead and Evil Dead 2 on video. I like those movies. My butt's asleep. I hunger. 10-2-00 Dave, you're pissing people off. Stop it. Argh! Tina's wrong. She's yelling at me about how wrong I am, but she's the wrong one. I play along just to make things easier. If anyone wants to sell me a Toyota Corolla in decent condition, and you live nearby, let me know. Trent says his car's a Toyota in disguise. If that fucking idiot comes back again, I will not take responsibility for my actions. My God, this guy's a dork. First thing he did was come up and start reading what was on my monitor. Now, if there's one thing that really bothers me at work is when people come up, walk around, and stare at my monitor for 10 seconds before asking me a question. Usually, I'm typing something personal, like email or a paper. At any rate, it's no one else's business what I'm doing on the computer. Anyway, he comes in, looks at my monitor and says something which is trying to be English, but I really can't tell because a) he doesn't have a grasp on the language and b) he can't speak louder than a whisper. Well, the guy's problem is basically that he doesn't want to do his homework and, since I work here and know everything there is to know about computers, it's my job to do his homeowrk for him. So, he came over, like, four times, at least, saying something in Swahili or whatever, and half the time I can't hear him. Either that, or he comes and stands in the doorway expecting me to notice him. Revert to the mindreading problem. If you have a problem, ask. It's that easy. If you don't ask, I will assume there's no problem, so ask!! Stab Stab Stab Stab Stab Stab Stab Stab Stab Stab Stab Stab Stab Stab Stab Stab Stab Stab Stab Stab Stab Stab Stab Stab Stab Stab Action Figure News I found some electronic Darth Mauls and Jar Jar Binkses at Wal-Mart for $5.00 each. I bought one of each. I also got a Coruscant Guard. At Casey's I got a figure from the Witchblade line for two bucks. Its name is Nottingham, and it can't seem to decide on a gender. It's either a very mannish woman or a very womanish man. I also got another Masters of the Universe figure - Two-Bad. It's a 2-headed monster that punches itself. I also got Evil Dead and Evil Dead 2 for real cheap. I'm working on a paper for Ancient Cinese Philosophy. It was due today, but I missed class, so I might as well use that to my advantage. It's about Confucius and government. It promises to be interesting. I wonder if Emily knows.... I know way too many things about way too many people. It sickens me. Why does it say paper jam when there is no paper jam? The idiot came back again. How hard is it to right-click? This is the second time I had to explain and show what it means to click the right mouse button. When I run the world, stupidity will be a capital offense. When I run the world, everything will be better. I could get into Confucianism to an extent. Idiot guy came back again. He smells bad. He didn't know how to follow directions again. Can I please put him out of my misery??? 9-26-00 Well, I got my pictures developed, and I added some new reviews and stuff, and I'm not done yet! I've been in a wierd mood lately. It's like I get really giddy (for me) and then I'm depressed. It doesn't fit the description of mania, so I don't know what's up. I'm listening to A Perfect Circle. I borrwed it from Trent. My car is dying, which sucks, because I like my car. Things have been going ok, otherwise. I had something I wanted to say, but I forgot. Oh well. Tomorrow, there's going to be a showdown between Dave and Paco. It promises to be exciting. I got two new R.E.M. CD's: Green and Document. I love Green. It's always been a favorite of mine, and I used to own it, but I sold it so I could buy Tina Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It took me a couple years to get another copy. I'm looking forward to October when U2's next album All that You Can't Leave Behind comes out. I'm gonna see them in concert again. Tom Griswold is an effing moron. Remember when Eric Clapton did his Unplugged album? That was back in the early '90's. Tom is still bitter about the rendition of Layla. When TPM came out, he bitched about how it didn't have a plot. Then he praised the wonders of Austin Powers 2. The latest thing, though, is Bono. As some of you may know, Bono is one of the key figures in the campaign to abolish third world debt. It's a good cause, and I support it. You may also know that over the past 15 - 20 years, Bono has been an active humanitarian, not only donating money, but also putting himself in physical danger to help people. On the PopMart tour, the band visited Sarajevo (and put on a great show). PopMart was an expensive tour. Each show was a multimillion dollar event. U2 had no sponsor, meaning that everything came from their own pockets. They barely broke even with the concerts. In fact, if they hadn't had sich high ticket prices, they'd have gone bankrupt. The majority of the profits came from T-shirt sales. All profits from this show were to be given back to Sarajevo to rebuiold it. In fact, U2 offered to do a charity show, but the people said no. They wanted the giant LED screen. They wanted the lemon. So, U2 gave them the whole deal for $9 a ticket (which is really good compared to the $52 I spent). But Tom Griswold seems to think that since Bono makes plenty of money (not nearly as much as other rock stars, mind you), and since he leads a rather comfortable life, he must be a hypocrite because he's not putting on free concerts and giving out free CD's. Now, let me explain a few things to you: 1. Musicians play music professionally. They release records and tour. This is their job. It's not something they do in their spare time. It's what they do for a living. To say that they perform for free or give away their music is like telling a janitor to clean toilets ofr free or telling a sculptor to give away his art. 2. Musicians receive a very small fraction of what their CD's sell for. If a $15.00 CD sells a million copies, the band does not get $15,000,000. They're lucky to get $1,000,000. Divide that among 4 members, and each person gets $250,000. Where does that money go? Mostly into touring. 3. Many people give to charity. Are they hypocrites for not handing over every single paycheck? No. Bono gives much more than money to charity. Should he hand over everything? No. It's no wonder Tom's wife left him. Ok, my rant is over. 9-20-00 Well, I haven't had much going on, lately. I skipped my Thinking ad Reasoning class today becasue it's so dull. I took George with me. I'm listening to Pop. I love this CD. It's great. I have to pee. I'm still mostly content with my situation in life, but I think I'm starting to not be. I put up a new award. You should apply for it. I've been working on a fan fic in Jedi Council. It's called Requiem for a Wookiee: Lumpy's Journal. It takes place shortly after Vector Prime and is about how Lumpy is dealing with the death of his father. Fortunately, I don't really have any first-hand experience, but I'm kinda curious how I'd cope. It's turning out pretty nicely. It's told from Lumpy's point of view and is written like it's a diary. I'm pretty proud of it. I just started reading the X-Wing series. It's pretty good. It reminds me a lot of the X-Wing game on my computer. My Leia went lopsided. Ever wonder what the transition from life to death feels like? I'm curious. I hope I'm awake when I die. I had to demote Steve on my boards for abusing his power. I want Teresa to come home. 9-14-00 Well, I put up a movie reviews section, so go there for my reviews from now on. Action Figure News: I have succeeded in my quest for Chewbacca. I'll have pictures up when I get the film developed. Trent and I went to Wal-Mart, and all they had was dead Darth Maul, Jedi Knight Obi-Wan, and R2-D2 with wheels. I think Hasbro is really reaching with it's R2's. I mean, how many variations can you get? There's the original R2, Lightsabre R2, Sensorscope R2, R2 with holographic Leia, R2 with booster rockets, R2 with wheels, and Magnetic Electronic R2. After failing at Wal-Mart, we went to Toys R A Really Big Industry, and we got there just as they were putting the new figures out. I guess there was a run on them earlier. Nevertheless, I got my Chewie. He's playing chess with Yoda now. I also bought something a little more interesting: They had some Mas Amedda figures there, which shouldn't be a surprise, since he has pegwarmer written all over him, but I found one that had the Jedi Force File upside down. I'll post a pic when I get it developed. That made my day. Yesterday I went to visit Casey at his store, and I got a 2-1B and an Ugly Leia for $2.00 each. I also got this neat figure called Cremator. He's from some wierd line. He's 6 inches tall, and comes with a sword and an axe. He normally runs around $12.00, but I got him for $1.90. I rule. I haven't decided yet what to do with him. I was thinking he'd make a good He-man 10 years later. In Dave news, Dave's got a girlfriend still, and I know way too much about them already. Ew. Ask him about his dime trick. On the Tina front, she's been rather ill and has been missing work again. That sucks, but there's really nothing I can do. Mr. Heydey loves you. Mr. Heydey comes from toast and looks like Jude Law. Mr. Heydey likes peanut butter and love.