| April 25, 2003 Bored --I’m very bored at work today. Not to mention very tired, but that’s my fault for staying up and watching a 5 overtime hockey game last night. But I’m still bored. GET ME OUT OF HERE! .....eh, I got nothin else to do, no where else to go. Might as well sit in front of a computer screen all day. April 24, 2003 Sci-Fi Sex and Politics -I’ve posted another one of my short stories. This one is called “Sci-Fi Sex and Politics”. Read it if you like, or if you’re really bored and have nothin else to do. Peace April 23, 2003 Christina Aguilera and Rikku --You might know my like of Rikku, a character in the video game Final Fantasy X. Well, she’s coming out with a sequel soon called Final Fantasy X-2. And to celebrate the event, I’ve decided to cast Christina Aguilera as “Rikku” in the upcoming (well not upcoming, but who knows) Final Fantasy X live-action movie. She’d be perfect. Yeah yeah, I know Christina Aguilera is a “loose” woman, but it’s the part she’ll play that matters. Check out my comparison photos. I think you’ll agree she’d be perfect for the part. April 23, 2003 Flyers win 4-3! --I like the Philadelphia Flyers NHL hockey. They won they’re first round playoff series last night in dominating fashion against the Toronto Maple Leafs. This news makes me very happy. Being a Flyers fan has had its fair share of dissapointments over the years (and until they parade the Cup down Broad St., still will dissapoint) because so many years have had so much promise to win it all. Unfortunately, not since ’75 have the Flyers hoisted the Cup. Well here’s to this year’s playoffs. I’m hoping they go all the way. April 23, 2003 Hmmm, makes ya wonder --If you haven’t heard about Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum’s remarks concerning gays, you probably will pretty soon in the news. Here’s an article explaining the whole thing. Let’s humor ourselves for a second shall we.... Let’s say that God does in fact exist. Let’s say the God of the Bible (and only the Bible) is that God that exists. And believing that God doesn’t really lie when he talks, let’s say everything he said in there is truth. Seems pretty clear to me Senator Santorum is just reiterating what God has been saying for about 4000 years now concerning homosexuality. And yeah, it is right up there with incest, polygamy, and whatever other perverse sexual acts man can think of, according to God that is (see 1 Corinthians 6:9-11). So what boggles my mind is why “mainstream” America, some Democrats, and other various rights groups are infuriated by Senator Santorum’s remarks when he just basically verbally plagiarized the Bible’s (God’s) words? That guy didn’t think those words and views up, he got the idea from the God of the Bible. So it would seem to me that if these people want a fight, they should be battling with the Creator of the universe, not with some senator from Pennsylvania. (And of course internally they are indeed fighting God and his moral absolutes {see Romans 1:18-32}) I tried to fight God once, it wasn't pretty. Now this previous paragraph is all conjecture. (I’m remaining neutral in this argument from a legal standpoint) Nobody can absolutely prove the existence of the God of the Bible (though all nature and science point extremely closely to his existence), but then again, nobody can absolutely prove the non-existence of the God of the Bible. Hmmm, is it worth it to take a chance that he doesn’t exist? Ah, the beauty of free will... *I find it odd some human rights groups compare handicap individuals with homosexual individual in lobbying for equal rights and stuff like that. Last time I checked, a handicap person didn’t really have a choice if they wanted their paralyzed spine to work every morning, or whether they could grow back their amputated leg. Last time I checked, humans had a choice about whether they’d engage in homosexual acts or not. I find that a faulty, unlogical correlation, handicap people and homosexuals. Is my logic wrong here? Someone? Actually, I kind of wish that were true, cause then I could go around raping every woman I see, not feel bad about it, and claim that I was just satisfying my inborn nature to want to have sex with women. Then I wouldn’t be responsible for my actions and I’d get off the hook for committing sin, and my lifestyle would get accepted by my society, and I’d get equal rights in the workplace. (Ok, I’m getting a little too smart-arse here. But do you see something fishy about that comparison?) **If my comments offend anyone, please don’t take it up with me. Take it up with the guy I got these ideas from. If you can’t respect my opinions and views on sensitive topics like this, you’re the same evil that you think you’re fighting (ah, full moral tolerance shoots itself in the foot once again) I’m still trying to find in the Bible where God declares homosexuality as a glorifying act to him, one that exhibits selflessness, grace, and purity; as married, heterosexual sex does. I haven’t found anything yet on it. In fact, I’ve found just the opposite views. I’ve also been trying to find in the Bible where God declares lust and adultery as a glorifying act or thought to him, ones that exhibit selflessness, grace, and purity. Because if I could find info saying stuff like that, I’d get off the hook from what I do everyday and I wouldn’t have to feel guilty about it. Unfortunately (fortunately) I haven’t found anything to that effect either. Mostly just have found stuff about overcoming those sins and having freedom. For freedom isn’t doing whatever you want, freedom is having the choice to not do whatever you want. God really loves killers. God really loves thieves. God really loves adulterers. God really loves.....hmmm....guess I’ve already covered all of humanity. Let’s stop trying to cover up our equally damning sins by trying to make others’ look worse. April 22, 2003 Nothin --Somedays I’m just not motivated to write anything. Today is one of those days. April 21, 2003 Golden Sun Zb#KB i+FV9 yytFS WaE+% ?GUYZ um%a% DP$s+ mhm2E 5tRnW rXSBX azXcu 4?727 +XKV6 ub5&? 8hwMq Jz?Cb tnxG4 7U&45 vNz%5 Ex6wn M7Lxh q#H!# 5E8%g 7pEbE 6%4ue ZCAhq QLFzd cu7XU uhjWk 24Y%L +$n kz &!e9u S%jeW Bpi2B Gup7L ytdQ? &ygV= #kZDn =r6JD vaMHr !fR$$ jXSSh q4XFu 8jKyr d8Q&e f$=Rc hZEsm 5J==v aP?we kSUiZ YC%p4 FvtUn You may be wondering what that encrypted code above represents. Well out of the graciousness of my heart, EbbGames has decided to freely give out my super-party password from the original Golden Sun video game for the Nintendo GameBoy Advance entertainment system. This password can be entered into the sequel, Golden Sun: The Lost Age, at the beginning of the game to retain the abilities and characteristics you (or I, I should say) obtained after hours and hours of frenetic gameplay of the first game. Now don’t all thank me at once, it’s the least I could do. I’m only giving back to the community. But if your thanksgiving is insatiable, you can make a donation to my PayPal account if you want. I know this random thought means nothing to anyone of you reading this, but it was fun to write up :) I do recommend Golden Sun though if you like RPG (role-playing game) video games. It’s a classic and I’d give it a 9.5 out of 10 for the GBA. April 21, 2003 Random Thoughts over the weekend • I got a spam email entitled “Bikini snow boarding”. That’s an interesting and unique title. Bikini-clad snowboarding babes, hmmm... (yes, it’s automatically deleted :( • Kids cost money, time, and exhaust you in all forms possible. I guess when you’re married, you just want to make a baby so badly with this person you’re married to that you don’t really mind the inconveniences. Can’t imagine though. • Allen Iverson (6’0”) is the greatest basketball player ever. • I’m a video game nerd and I could care less what people think. My nephews love me. • I ate too much food yesterday. • Jesus didn’t really need to rise from the dead in human form if you think about it. He just did it for our sake (kinda like how a NASCAR driver will do a bunch of 360°’s in the grass after he’s won the race for the crowd). I mean his job was already finished three days before. Glad he did though and it must have been cool for him, to not be confined to 4 dimensions, walking through walls and the such. Rad stuff God. This wussy 4-D thinking we humans got is pretty lame. April 18, 2003 Good Friday --Today is the annual celebration of Good Friday that I’m sure you all are familiar with. There’s not much to be said on a day such as this except the foes of Hell have been defeated and it “was finished” that day on Calvary. The lyrics below are from one of my favorite Altar Boys songs (gee golly, they’re all my favorite), anyways the words represent everything that is me and why I breath the air I do. If I could write anything on my tombstone, these words would be it. Now I know why they call it “Good”. And yeah, I'll hang on to it... “Take a look at the world how the people run around Time marches on and the world keeps running down They're living in a fantasy, Of what they think life should be There's a deadness in this world and I know why People look for life from things that make them die They just can't understand, How my life is in God's hands And I won't fade away Life begins at the cross It's not easy to take, But it's the price you pay Life begins at the cross No other way And if you want to live eternally God said pick up you cross and follow me And then He was crucified Put on a cross crucified So I can live again It's not a piece of wood that hangs on your wall It's not a piece of steel(that means nothing at all) It's right here in our hearts, can't take it away Hang on to it ok?!” “Life Begins at the Cross” by the Altar Boys download mp3 here April 17, 2003 Real comedy --Can you think of any modern comedian that doesn’t, at some point or another in their careers, use jokes and sketches composed of vulgarity, lewdness, and/or sick humor? Today’s comedic acts cannot survive it seems without resorting to jokes about sex, the use of profanity, and the demeaning of almost any social class they can think of. Now I’ll enjoy a standup comic like Jerry Seinfeld, a TV show like the Simpsons, or various sketch acts like those of Saturday Night Live, but even these comedians resort “low standard” comedy from time to time. And these types of acts are considered G-rated compared to most comedians! Just watch Comedy Central for a while and you’ll see why cable TV thrives; they can do what network television can’t. And the pay per view/movie stuff is totally uncensored. What’s you’re point Keith? Well some people wonder why I like the Three Stooges, Abbott and Costello, Looney Tunes cartoons, and various “old skool” comedies. I mean they’re like from the Stone-Age of comedy right? I mean this is the 90’s Keith, grow up to a mature, modern outlook of comedy. What, are you gonna tell me you like Elvis and Converse Chuck Taylor’s too?? I’ve realized why I like old skool comedy so much now, because it’s mostly pure comedy. The Three Stooges didn’t have to stoop to penis jokes to make people laugh, their hilarious antics do plenty enough. Abbott and Costello’s ability to make people laugh was so brilliant; they had no need for scantily clad women on stage. And the Looney Tunes creators used imagination and artistic talent to convey humor, instead of relying low-brow gimmicks. I don’t know the “real lives” of the men and women behind these comedies, but I sure know their work makes me laugh, even some 70-80 years later, and I don’t feel guilty about letting out a howl. (It’s kind of like how all guys, deep down inside, are attracted to girls with high standards. Yeah they might act on the outside that Pamela Anderson and Jenna Jameson are who they desire, but deep inside it ain’t.) So yeah, I am just like the rest of you and succumb to today’s mostly vulgar comic acts every so often (not proud of), but deep down it’s that pure comedy of yesteryear that really tickles my funny bone. I have here an audio file of Abbot and Costello’s timeless sketch comedy act “Who’s on first?”. I guarantee you will laugh not once, not twice, but many times throughout this 4min26sec long segment, and you won’t feel bad about laughing. It’s a classic that today’s comics could only hope to aspire to. And as a famous porky pig would say, “That’s all folks.” Abbot and Costello – Who’s on first.mp3 April 16, 2003 Springtime --So it’s now springtime. I welcome the advent of nice weather and more light in the day (there’s nothing more depressing than getting out of work at 5pm and it’s already dark). But with the cause of springtime brings other effects than just weather. Here are a few of my springtime observations: • I notice that the amount clothing females wear, especially the young to middle-aged workforce in downtown Washington D.C., becomes less and less as the nice weather rolls around. • I notice that the fitting of clothing females wear, especially the young to middle-aged workforce in downtown Washington D.C., becomes tighter and tighter as the nice weather rolls around (although this is a bad thing for my male mind, I’m maintaining a purely neutral observational stance :) • The Vienna Metro (subway station) parking garages begin to have less and less occupants the closer we get to summer. I’m not complaining because that gives me some more snooze button hittin time, but I wonder where everybody went. • It’s much easier for me to get up in the morning when the sun is already high in the sky and the birds are chirping. As opposed to dimly lit freezing cold mornings when my covers and bed feel so cozy and yummy. • Baseball begins to overrun ESPN and the newspaper sports section. This is not a good sign for non-baseball fans, especially when there’s no World Cup this summer. • Most of my peers begin to describe their exotic and adventurous summer plans. Meanwhile I remind them that the government usually expects its workers to work the required 40 hours a week during the summer, just like the fall, winter, and spring. sigh... • It’s definitely springtime when you start to see the “Girls Gone Wild: Spring Break 2003 Uncensored” video ads on TV. • I find myself desiring Slurpees, Slushys, and Blizzards more than I do hot chocolate. • I begin to realize my 1972 BMW doesn’t have air conditioning. Eh, it could be worse.... (I was trying to think of a clever quip to put here, but nothing clever came to mind. Maybe I’m losing it. Must be the girls’ tight clothing discombobulating my mind.) April 16, 2003 Solidarity “You come to a place so alone, footsteps cease no company known.” My parents recently went to Florida for about 10 days and I had my house to myself in that time (yes, I’m 23 and still live with my parents. It’s a financial decision and a smart one I might add). Back to my thought, so yes I was alone all week and no offense to my parents, but I think I function better alone. I feel I’m more efficient as a person. Maybe it’s because I don’t have any other persons asking of me in any manner, shape, or form, and that allows me to concentrate on the task at hand. I got a lot of things I wanted to get done in this past week and I felt a genuine peace. It’s hard to explain why I enjoy being alone. I think a lot of it has to do with my college experience. I was alone so many days and nights I guess I got used to it, and those solo experiences increased my relationship with the one that hangs with me 24-7. I guess I became so satisfied and content with my relationship with my Creator, and it just carried with me through life. Maybe it was my fault and choices that led to my solitary living in college, maybe it wasn’t. I guess it was a combination of both. Anyways, so yes I enjoyed this past week being able to function solely on my schedule with no sudden interruptions or curve-balls. I’ll admit I did feel lonely some of the week (ok, maybe a lot). The “romantic” kind of lonely, like “I wonder what it’s like to have a girlfriend” kind of lonely (I’m not afraid to admit my insecurities). But that feeling of loneliness is just an ongoing result of my society’s insatiable desire to make me feel discontent. Unfortunately I buy into it most of the time. I find some people can’t stand to be alone. Maybe they’re the kind of people that always need to be busy, doing something; the kind that find it hard to just chill and do nothing. It must suck though, not being able to just “ebb out”. Though some people are just so insecure in themselves and who they are relative to the cosmos that they can’t be alone because they think they’ll die or something. Similar to all my theories of most, if not all, girls’ and most guys’ “need” (don’t confuse natural desire with “need”) for a boyfriend/girlfriend, husband/wife. It must suck though, not being content and secure on just knowing you’re a loved child of God. What else could one need...? So my parents are back now, and things are back to normal. It’s not like anything is worse, I just feel as my little “solitary” mountaintop experience is over. I’m back on my flat plateau, the one that’s been about 5 years long. Guess you can’t win ‘em all. Company can be wonderful, but solidarity is peace. We need a pinch of both here and there. April 15, 2003 U.S. daytime TV to get first lesbian kiss --It seems “daytime television viewers -- considered to be among America's most conservative audiences -- will see their first on-screen lesbian kiss next week, ABC television said Monday.” Read CNN article here. This is an impulse random thought because I just read the article today. But if this comes as a surprise to any of you, well you’re obviously not from planet Earth. Actually, as weird as this sounds from me, this news is kind of comforting (I’ll explain in a little). The thing that irks me about this whole sha-bang is 'All My Children' creator Agnes Nixon’s comment about the show’s theme: "The theme of 'All My Children' from the beginning is the belief that, as God's children, we are all bound to each other by our common humanity despite our many personal differences; that it is our failure to understand and respect those differences that causes most of life's pain and suffering," Agnes was recklessly ambiguous with her statement, especially considering our politically correct society... article continued here... |