Question Time!

...Stole this idea from Grace.

1. Do you do anything special with Sara?

2. What was your first impression of Grace?

3. If you and Paige were locked in the same room for longer than a day, what would happen?

4. Who would make a better superhero sidekick between Dakota and Sara, and why?

5. If Brendan played in a movie, what kind of character would they play?

6. Do you love Nikki?

7. What advice would you give Trenton?

8. What musical instrument would Michelle most likely play?

9. In a race between you, Jew, and Brendan, who would win?

10. Autumn suddenly knows all your secrets. What do you have to say about that?

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1. Oh, lots of things. Squeeing over John Sheppard...um...Sheppard...wait I already said that. Yep, John Sheppard. That's about it.

2. Let's cut to the internal monologue: "Loud...hyper...glasses...likes Final Fantasy...I SENSE A KINDRED SPIRIT."

3. ...Oh God. Oh God. The horror...the horror. Oh God.

4. Sara: Would help me capture sexy male villains, would watch SGA with me while waiting for the Woody-phone to ring, and would have oodles of fun killing zombies with me.

Dakota: Already is my lackey.

I'll take Sara kthxbai.

5. The strong, silent type. With a lightsaber. And an Indy hat. And be very saxy.

6. Yes, dearly, and apparently queerly on Thursdays.

7. Don't drop the soap.

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...O wait.

8. Well, I already know that she plays the piano, but I could SO see her playing a kazoo.

9. Let's see, Nerd vs. Nerd vs. Nerd...I think in the end, we would all lose.

10. Jesus goddamn cockknuckling knobgobbling fuckmints Christ on a bicycle. She better not tell anyone.

I Love Nerds

Woody: Oh god Rodney has super-powers.

Sara: Huh?

Woody: He got zapped by an Ancient weapon and now he has telekinesis, telepathy, superhearing, superstrength, and regenerative abilities.

Woody: And the biggest ego in two galaxies.

Sara: That's badass.

Woody: Yeah. This is better than when he was on crack.

I love Rodney. Even if he is an incorrigible egotistical bastard.

...Probably why I like him so much. Yeah.

Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges...

...In times of war, the law falls silent.

-Cicero

Just a little food for thought, an idea I have been brooding on ever since I watched a DS9 episode of the same name. 

Is war ever a justification for a deed? Is it ever acceptable to - for example - betray trust and murder a person in order to save the lives of thousands more? I suppose Cicero was a little Utilitarian in his logic, but there is some weight behind is argument. Saddam Hussein died so that thousands more would not have to live under his regime any longer, but the question is, was that the right thing to do? Were we - we as in people, not the US specifically - justified in killing him? Should the law fall silent for us because we are in a time of war?

Perhaps it's not the right thing to do, or the wrong thing either for that matter - perhaps it is merely necessary, or even simpler: it just is.

Art Project Titles

So the names of episodes from The Big Bang Theory have inspired me on how to name my art pieces in order to achieve the maximum confusion from the IB tester:

The Spam Principle

The Doctor Who-Lichtenstein Experiment

The Exploding Guitar Anomaly

The Star Trek Corollary

The iPod Paradigm

The Consumerism Postulate

...Well, that's all I've got for now as far as pieces (or planned pieces), but I will return (eventually) with more!

On Writing: When Something Just Feels...Right.

I can't really explain it, and I won't make a huge effort to try either because I think laying it out perfectly in words would take the magic out of it, but sometime when you write something, it just feels...right. Something you saw so perfectly in your head, down to every wrinkle in a shirt and every enunciation of a syllable, is suddenly there, on paper (document, whatever). Suddenly, it's real. 

It would almost seem to defy the laws of physics. Taking something that only existed in your mind - ingenuity, divine inspiration, call it what you will - and putting it down in words. The creation of something out of nothing. 

Words are tangible, at least to me. They're malleable as clay in the hands of a competent writer, but can strike harder than steel or whisper through your head as soft as you please. Words, with all of their infinite complexities and combinations, are just as alive in their own way as you or I. Surely you have read something where you feel like the book is literally speaking to you. That's because it is. The writer, through his characters, is speaking to you indirectly. 

Words are empathic. 

Books are like old friends. 

A complete stranger can speak to you through a book because you connect with them through words that have deeper meanings when two people have shared the same experiences.

And when you write something perfectly, that's magic.

New Bands!

Yes, it's true. I have finally discovered new bands that have exponentially increased the level of awesome in my iTunes library. Thanks goes to www.musicovery.com, which is one of the coolest websites I have ever seen.

The Boo Radleys

Semisonic

Vai Sola

My American Heart

The Charlatans

Teddybears Sthlm

Robert Post

Remy Zero

Datafolk

Shout Out Louds

Noir Desir

Starsailor

Luke

Ash

Professional Murder Music

Vonray

Leave's Eyes

Egypt Central

Infernal

Kasabian

The Ocean Colour Scene

Blur

Aeroplane, 1929

Other news relevant to my life:

-6 AM tomorrow morning is going to suck beyond all comparison.

-McCoy still has yet to demand Wheaties since my Mum bought a box.

-My Dad and I should never go buy books together. We buy far too many.

-I've taken it upon myself to become The Circle's resident DS9 expert. Give me a few months though, DS9 episodes are hard to find.

-I've decided I need to get Netflix.

-I've resigned myself to the fact that I'm going to be depressingly poor for the next year unless I get a job due to Ani-Magic and Star Trek.

-I finally cleaned my room!

- WoW accomplishments for the summer: Saintmurder (43 Paladin), Noonien (33 Hunter), new gear for my twink Shadowsage (49 Rogue).

-If Matt Damon really does end up playing Vergil, I will go to see it just so I can kill everyone in the theater.

-I will cry the first time I see the full theatrical trailer for Star Trek XI.

-I've been roped into joining Mock Trial. Anyone else want to tag along?

-I finally have a Bowie poster on my wall, all credit goes to Sara and her awesome poster buying skills.

Scratch That...

Y'know what I said about weird people in Costco? Yeah, well I was very mistaken.

The weird people are in Michael's. I had a fifteen minute conversation with two complete strangers about anime while we all picked out paint. Oh, and they were Trekkies. Fantastic people. I should've asked what their names were. 

Oh well.

In other new, I did a really kickass art project:

I love James Bond, and he's an iconic symbol of our culture. Yay for fun Pop Art!