Chapter 3

So I was told my student visa was granted today, suffice to say I was relieved, soon I won't have to deal with religious ignoramus shouting over the speaker, traffic jams, and smog filled air. Will there be anything I miss? naturally, the cheap prices of some things and a handful of people but other than that I'm glad.

This will be a new chapter for me in this journey called life, it will be different and it will be the same, I will meet with new people and familiar faces, somethings I will do differently and others will be the same but one thing for sure it's going to be something.

You Habla Engrish!?

From a figure manufacturing website

Fact

I don't get upset often but if I do  and it's caused by someone else other than myself I suggest you keep your distance. Apologies mean next to nothing to me and I hold a grudges, if want to say you're sorry be sorry for your existence and fix that error.

Yes I'm not a very nice guy but if you know me you already know that.

Percentages

Less people die from self inflicted gunshot wound or jumping off buildings than those who smoke, yet chain smokers are not arrested for attempt to commit suicide (which is illegal in some countries).  Ok there's the issue of intent but with the various warnings on smoking that's about as intentional as standing on a train track while being warned that they'll get hit by a train.

Then again what do I care, the more people die due to their own stupidity the better it is for the rest of us.

Oh great.....

(Insert caption here)

I like attics.

A bigot is a person who is prejudiced against anyone outside his/her own kind, don't be picky hate everything, at least that way you'd be fair.

GEEK!

"How a about a JLA movie?" asked a person. I'm very skeptic about comic book super hero movies, I blame the 70's and 80's for it, the horrid tunes from Batman and Spider Man TV series still haunts me like a bad jingle. To be honest I was even skeptic of X-Men when I first heard of it, the only super hero movies I had faith was Batman and Superman (even they turned out silly after a several sequels, which then required a "restart").  

Coming back to the question of a JLA (Justice League of America) movie, you have....just on top of my head......Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern, Superman, Batman and Seaman...I mean Aquaman....forget about the rest of them. That's 6 major characters with 2 already having major box offices. So you'd understand why I'm being skeptic.

Insignificant

Is the month half passed or half remaining? 

post count....+1

...I think not!

I just watched the pilot episode of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles suffice to say I'm interested.

"I'm your substitute, my name is Cromartie"

Break it down!

Why do I do this? I blame myself for it but here goes,

First off I'm not part of any religion or cult, in fact the amount of  dedication a person spends in one rather disturbs me but by this I'm not in anyway saying I'm not biased, I am, against stupidity and badly made films.  

I have this new habit of not saying anything about something without knowing it. So. Having actually seen that sad excuse of that short movie about the threat of Islam (Fitna) I have to say.... it's a sad excuse for a movie, even a short one. Being Dutch isn't an excuse for making a bad movie, I know it may seem like a trait but no, it's not an excuse. 

OK so you picked up a few passages you find disturbing or don't like from someone else's Holy Book and superimpose them on some violent image, great, well done you've just passed Propaganda 101....NOT, what you've done is make people curious and look for more and when they find out it's not exactly as you say it is they point and laugh at you, unless you were relying on your viewers to accept it word for word. LRN2RSRCH! Until then go back to smoking weed and making porn.

Granted that morons exist in any and every culture and society why discount the Muslim community too? Morons and idiots exist in that society too (there just seem to be more on this side of the world) and you pick their understanding of what is? that's like taking the KKK's interpretation of the Bible or some conspiracy theorists idea of how the world is run (the part about Dick Cheney is an alien robot....that's true though).

The accuracy of the movie is as accurate as Colin Powell's report on the existence of WMD in Iraq.

It's kids stuff

Ok today I went to youtube to watch one of those caramelldansen clips (yes ok I'm rather retarded that way) and enka videos only to find it inaccessible, thinking it was down for a bit I tried again a few hours later only to hear that it was blocked over some video the Indonesian Government found offensive. This may sound odd to those who know me but I'm going to try and be neutral here.

I think they're missing the big picture here, they spend enough time talking about and deciding to ban some website and ignoring the real issue the country's facing, like lack of widespread education or the widespread malnutrition for example. This youtube thing is a non issue and it should stay as a non issue, any call to pull the video down just shows the inability to take crass, offhanded criticism like an adult.

I just hope this is just a knee-jerk reaction like all those other times otherwise they can continue the ban and stop calling themselves a democratic country at least that way they'd be honest.

for those with simpler minds: If you don't like it, don't buy it!

'tis a happy box

For some reason this reminds me of Futurama.

Stagnant

I sit in my room with nothing to do listening to the continuous "tick-tock" from my clock, it's irritating.

Lovely day eh?

So I was talking to my brother when he said his classes were cancelled for the day due to strong winds... he failed to mention that it was 130 km/h strong.....and they say talking about the whether is boring, my favorite quite from the article was; 

The bureau's severe weather expert, Kevin Parkyn, said the magnitude of the storms was unusual for the time of year.

I'm surprised someone still find something 'unusual' in Melbourne's weather, I guess I'll go ahead and bring my flood boots.

ヤ〜レンソ〜ランソ〜ラン...

This is why I like watching Japanese TV

Self realization

There are a things that people have as a result of a certain trait they possess or lack and there are things that people will not have because of the same reasons. After studying so long about human and social behavior I'm able to objectively judge myself as an individual and realized a few things about myself; my character flaws, strength and all that revolves around myself as a person and have come to this conclusion.

Denying a possibility is much less disappointing than being denied the possibility

Because some risks are just not worth taking and when it comes down to it I'm a little more possessive than most.

"Because it sells"

The more I go out the more I dislike marketing people, sure they'll say without them nothing will sell, ok they're half right they make shitty things popular but that's not my main gripe.

As I walked in a shoe store I looked at the regular shoe placement, sports shoes, walking shoes, running shoes, etc. then I saw it.... Lifestyle shoes.... here's my gripe;

lifestyle |ˈlīfˌstīl|

noun
the way in which a person or group lives 

The misuse of the term lifestyle and any word used improperly here is what I find annoying and I only have a group of people to blame for this, marketing people. Re-inventing definition of a word to fulfill their marketing pitch at the cost of a clearly defined word. If you think it's bad in an English speaking country try and have a look at places that uses English because "it sounds cool" without a good understanding of it.

Prawns on the Barbie

It's Easter

Hi everyone I almost forgot it's Easter, not that I personally celebrate it but it's a good time for everyone to just sit back with your family and friends and have a cup of Joe, Happy Easter people

Smoten?

Smitten, a past participle of the word smite, is more commonly used to describe infatuation with something, or in most cases someone, but when you look back at the root of the word it relates more to being on the receiving end of a fast moving, powerful force or object.

Let's take a look at the usage;

"He smote me with a hammer" Here the word smote (past tense of smite) connotes that the subject was violently struck by a hammer.

One the other hand

"I was smitten by her looks"  Does NOT indicate at any point that the speaker was violently struck by the subject, here (and in general) the word is used to describe something more positive

Yet when we switch the condition of the 1st and 2nd sentences it becomes:

"I was smitten by the hammer" and "She smote me with her looks" where the condition in both situation becomes quite humorous.