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Oct. 21st, 2009

Oh the Drama!

Thatcher adviser: Copenhagen goal is 1-world government

Thatcher adviser: Copenhagen goal is 1-world government

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This is the End Times, people. Now is a good time to get right with God. I'm not trying to preach to you, but God loves you, unconditionally. Don't listen to the negative thoughts running through your mind. Don't. I know that somewhere inside you a part of you wants to believe that there IS a God and that he loves you.

May. 2nd, 2009

pattapat

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

I am not sorry, but whoever said that this movie sucked was dead wrong. The husband, Rebecca, and I went to see it last night. So I know for myself! HA!

What you are about to read is the opinion of the writer, i.e. ME! :P


You come into the theatre expecting some really great CG work, unforgettable acting, incredible fight scenes and an awesome plot.

Well, it did not disappoint.

The movie follows James Howlett (Logan/Wolverine) throughout his life. We get an idea of how old he actually is, though the comics give you a better idea of how old he is. It starts during the mid 1800's. At the beginning we see how he first learns about his bone claws. In the movie Wolverine and Sabertooth are brothers, though originally, in the comics, they aren't. At first, James and Victor (Sabertooth), stay together and together, get recruited by a guy named William Stryker to serve his/their country. They agree, and join a secret league of mutant operatives.

Through the beginning of the movie we notice that Victor increasingly becomes more violent and learns to love spilling blood. James notices, and as Victor becomes more blood thirsty, James becomes more wary and disgusted by his brother. At a pivotal point in James' life, Victor goes overboard with the killing and takes innocent lives. James stops him, and then decides he has had enough blood shed, and walks away from the league.

Six years later, Logan is living in Canada with his girlfriend Kayla, working as a lumberjack in the wilderness. One day Logan gets a visit from Stryker, who asks him to rejoin the league. Logan turns him down, and that same day he picks up a scent. A scent of blood. He discovers the body of his beautiful girlfriend, covered in blood and 3 slash marks on several of the surrounding trees. He figures it was Sabertooth and goes after him. He encounters him at a bar, and they fight. Logan has gotten rusty, and his no match for his brother. At the end of the fight, Sabertooth breaks off Logan's bone claws on his left hand and leaves him there.

Logan ends up in a hospital where Stryker meets him once again and convinces Logan that if he comes with him, he can give Logan an advantage. An advantage that will allow him to get his revenge on Sabertooth. Logan agrees, and that's where he gets his bones covered in adamantium (sp?). Right after the procedure is done, things start to go down hill, and fast. And thus more exciting for us, the viewer.

I'm afraid that if I go on, I'll ruin some important twists for you, if you decide to watch it, so I shall stop there. ;)

Hugh Jackman did a phenomenal performance with Wolverine. His character was totally believable. To be truthful, all the actors' performances were really great. They pulled off a short-haired Sabertooth really well. Much better than the guy in the first 3 X-Men movies. The movie delivered on all accounts. It even had a couple unexpected plot twists, which meshed together really well with the whole film.

There were 1 or 2 small scenes where you could tell it was CGed because it could have been done better, but other than that I have no complaints. I (As well as Rebecca and Anthony) am one satisfied customer.

Feb. 17th, 2009

Whatever Idiot

Haven't updated in a WHILE

For Valentine's Day I got Anthony a cute lil purple lion with curly yarn for a mane and he's holding a heart that says "Lets get crazy!" He got me a giant green frog with a lip mark thing on one cheek. He got me a wedding present of a bouquet of flowers in a beautiful vase. He also got my birthday presents early, but I told him he had to wait till my birthday to give them to me. But he begged to give me at least one, so I let him. xD It was Star Wars the Clone Wars. XD It was pretty good, I liked it. ^^

Then Sat. night some bad things went down, but I won't bore you with the details. Yet, at least. We all learned an important leason that night, hopefully we won't forget it soon.

Inspired by Anne Frank and Jon Chisdez (sp? Sorry if I got it wrong! >o< ), I started keeping a journal again. Yay. I hope that I will actually fill it up this time instead of leaving off it half way or most of the way filled.

I bought Tomb Raider: Underworld about a week and a half ago. It's really fun and my only complaint about it is Lara can now only jump a foot from the ground just pressing the jump button. And she jumps like a pansy 6 year old girl, no offense. She can't jump worth crap unless it's from one high-up oddly position place to another. In the old Tomb Raider games she could jump like an Olympian, like 4-5 feet off the ground. It's like because they decided to make the new Lara Croft look older they also decided that her joins needed to age as well and so now she can't jump straight off the ground for sh*t. It's a real eye sore to watch her, once a great jumper/athlete, to have fallen so far. Kinda pisses me off that the creators did that. Idiots.

Nov. 2nd, 2008

Oh the Drama!

Why I'm voting Democrat

Why I'm voting Democrat:

I'm voting democrat because Barbara Walters is my idol and so is P.Diddy.

I'm voting Democrat because English has no place being the official language in America.

I'm voting Democrat because I'd rather pay $4 for a gallon of gas than allow drilling for oil off the coasts of America.

I'm voting Democrat because I think the government will do a better job of spending my money than I could.

I'm voting Democrat because when we pull out of Afghanistan and Iraq, I know the Islamic terrorists will stop trying to kill us because they'll think we're a good and decent country.

I'm voting Democrat because I believe people who can't tell us if it will
rain in two or three days, can now tell us the polar ice caps will
disappear in ten years if I don't start riding a bicycle, build a windmill or inflate my tires to proper levels.

I'm voting Democrat because it's alright to kill millions of babies as
long as we keep violent, convicted murderers on death row alive.

I'm voting Democrat because I believe businesses in America should not be
allowed to make profits. Businesses should just break even and give the
rest to the government so politicians and bureaucrats can redistribute the money the way they think it should be redistributed.

I'm voting Democrat because I believe guns, and not the people misusing them, are the cause of crimes and killings.

I'm voting Democrat because when someone with a weapon threatens my family or me, I know the government can respond faster through a call to 911 than I can with a gun in my hand.

I'm voting Democrat because oil companies' 5% profit on a gallon of gas are obscene, but government taxes of 18% on the same gallon of gas are just fine.

I'm voting Democrat because I believe three or four elitist liberals should rewrite the Constitution every few months to suit some fringe element that could never get their agenda past voters.

I'm voting Democrat because illegal aliens are not criminals, are not sucking up resources through government aid, hospital services, education,
or social services, but are just people trying to make a better life by coming to America illegally. We can't blame them for that, can we?

I'm voting Democrat because the same teacher that didn't teach my child to read can reasonably educate them about sex.

I'm voting Democrat because my trial lawyer's crippling multi-million dollar lawsuits against doctors, hospitals, drug companies, and HMO's will make health insurance and medicine much more affordable.

I'm voting Democrat because Al Sharpton, Louis Farrakhan, and Jesse Jackson will end racism once and for all.

I'm voting Democrat because Christians in the Republican Party are intolerant, theocratic warmongers and atheists like William Ayers have never hurt anybody.

I'm voting Democrat so that no family member of mine will die in a hospital bed. They will still be waiting in line for Obama's socialized medicine, so they will never actually make it into a hospital bed.

I'm voting Democrat because I like eminent domain and big business and government kicking me out of my home and taking my land.

I'm voting Democrat because everyone knows that raising taxes at the top won't hurt people at the bottom.

I'm voting Democrat because skin color and good oratory skills are more important than judgment and experience.

I'm voting Democrat because protecting barren wasteland is more important than energy indepedence.

I'm voting Democrat because my college professor told me that America is evil and should give up its place in the world.

I'm voting Democrat because I believe that Cuba, Russia, and China should be on the United Nations Human Rights Council.

I'm voting Democrat because I believe that everyone is essentially good -- even people like Ahmadinejad who call for the destruction of Israel. He just needs a little understanding.

I'm voting Democrat because we should all be forced to drive ugly cars with the horsepower of a riding lawnmower.

I am voting Democrat because I believe in change; although I don't know WHAT the change will be, or HOW it will happen, AND I am pretty sure that I won't WANT to actually change anything I do, but still....I believe in change.

I'm voting Democrat because the government knows how to raise children better than parents do.

I'm voting Democrat because I want the rich to work harder, give me their money, and pay for my services so I don't have to.

I'm voting Democrat because I don't give to charity or do volunteer work and then I complain about how selfish everyone else is.

I'm voting Democrat because I've seen welfare help so many poor people become self-sufficient and upwardly mobile.

I'm voting Democrat because I'm not driven enough to realize my dreams without the government holding my hand the entire way.

I'm voting Democrat because I want America to be Europe's prosthetic limb.

I'm voting Democrat because I think we all should be equal...equally unhappy and unsuccessful.

I'm voting Democrat because life just isn't fair and I deserve what other people have without working for it.

I'm voting Democrat because I like hearing the word "Change" 50 million times in presidential debate, seeing the word on celebrities' t-shirts and bags, on signs outside of million dollar houses, and know that the only change that is going to happen is that I'm going to work 40 hours a week and not even see a penny of my paycheck because taxes will go through the roof!!! YAY!!!!

I'm voting Democrat because Barack Obama is better than you, and he knows it!

I'm voting Democrat because I like how democrats can cause financial crises' like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and have the temerity to blame them on Republicans.

I'm voting Democrat because Obama was endorsed by Hamas and terrorists endorsements are a must to achieve world peace.

I am voting Democrat since I believe those who are lazy, druggies, high school drop outs, etc. should be entitled to the money I wake up every morning and work my butt off to make!

I'm voting Democrat because fire can't melt steel.

I'm voting Democrat because for some reason "change, change, change"..is the mantra for the obama camp...so, since he won't explain what 'change' is...i guess he's asking for parking meter fare?...i have three quarters in my wallet.

Im voting democrat because it's the COOL thing to do. I'm hip and in the majority.

Im voting Democrat because I listen to and believe all the celebrities/actors who so passionately want Obama to win because I can't think for myself at all. The same celebrities who WE make rich because we GO SEE their movies and watch their T.V. shows put millions of dollars into their pockets! but...these multi-million dollar celebs are so disheartened by AMERICAN ways and the capitalistic economy we have and the world will come to and end if another Republican comes into office...hmmmmm...

I'm voting Democrat because I'm a complete retard and because "Hillary said so"

I'm voting Democrat because I won't be subjected to any criteria for meeting U.S. terrorists and having a cool-aid with any of them, and one last critical factor.

I'm voting Democrat because of the War on Terror. We have not been attacked once since Sept. 11, 2001, and that was caused by Bill Clinton, but I still don't feel safe.

I'm voting Democrat because communist economics always work. Look how well off the Soviet Union is right now. That wall in Berlin has never looked better.

I'm voting Democrat because I agree with Joe Biden, that it really is patriotic to pay more taxes. So I'm going to pay a "direct tax." Instead of wasting time giving it to the government for redistribution, I will give my money to derelicts who loiter outside of liquor stores and methadone clinics. That's where it ends up anyway. YES WE CAN ... screw up this country like never before.

P.S. This is also a group on facebook... if you liked this then search it. Its called Why I'm Voting Democrat.
Southpark

Woop!

Today is Sunday and I went to church! Yeap! You read that right. The past 3 Sundays I've gone and it's the first time I've gone that many times in a row in quite some time. Probably almost or over a year. I'm glad I started going to a new church. The new preacher at the old church was just too judgmental. You get to suspect somethings up with a preacher when his message is basically the same every time you come and doesn't seem like coincidence that the "message" is to pass his own judgment on those who don't fit into his idea of a Christian (I have a nose ring, my sister AND her friend both have babies). And no, I do NOT think its coincidence that [every time I come] he preaches the same thing, only with different wording.

This new church I'm going to is really nice, too. I feel good going to church, and this particular church makes me feel really happy. And I feel more at ease than ever. (Also I've rededicated my self to the Lord) I don't feel judged in this church; just the opposite. I feel welcome more than ever. I am so blessed to have found this church.

I'll keep this short, but I want to say to all my friends on LJ (because you know I love ya ;D) that Jesus loves you and he died on the cross for you so that you might be with him in Heaven; and that there is a Hell to shun. You don't want to go there, and I don't want anyone I know to go. Thats all I wanted to say. :) <3

Also, know that just because I'm going to church again and have rededicated my self to God, don't think I'm going to judge anyone of you for any reason. So no worries everyone! :D
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Oct. 22nd, 2008

Whatever Idiot

Couple Reviews, Dream Translation, and various other things. Maybe.

I bought Fable II yesterday, the Limited Collectors Edition. After work I went straight home and played it from 6:30 pm till 3:33 in the morning. How many hours is that? I haven't counted. In Fable II it is possible to chose between being a girl character, or a male character. Naturally now that I have a choice, I chose the female character. In case you are not familiar with the inner workings of the world of Fable, I'll explain a small portion of it so you can understand what I'm about to tell you.

When your character uses a certain method of killing an enemy (melee, like sword or club, ranged, like an old timey shot gun or crossbow, or "will" which is a form of magic, sorta like the Force in Star Wars) you get experience points in that area. For example, if you kill an enemy using only a ranged weapon, you get experience only in ranged weapons area, and that experience can be used to improve any or all of the areas in ranged weaponry, such as the speed with which you shoot or the accuracy with which you shoot with. Well, I mainly use weapons like swords and maces, things like that. Well, once I got a certain amount of experience in that area, I was ready to "upgrade" my character, and since I don't like my characters to look small, shrimpy and wimpy, I like to upgrade their physique, and I'm sure I don't have to explain to anyone reading this. So instead of making the female character looking muscular once her physique has been upgraded, the makers of the game thought it would be hilarious if, instead of muscles, she looks fat. Thats right, they make the FEMALE CHARACTER look FAT. Bastards.

Not that I have anything against fat/over-weight people, because I don't. But does it make ANY sense to upgrade a characters PHYSIQUE, and instead of muscles appearing, the exact opposite appears? At least Soul Calibur IV adds visible, ACTUAL muscles to the female characters when physique is as high up as it can go. Fable II was supposed to be MORE realistic than the first one. WTF?!?!

-END OF FABLE II TALK-

A couple weeks ago I saw two movies in theatres. Eagle Eye and Beverly Hills Chihuahua. This is their review.

Eagle Eye
Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan play the main characters, and Shia plays an identical twin. Who is dead. The movie practically opens up with Shia attending his dead brothers funeral. The scene was quite sad and very moving.

I'm not really sure how to give a movie review, so from this point on I'm just gonna... sorta go with the flow. Whatever comes out, just comes out. Please don't think me stupid. n.n;

Anywho. I thought that Shias performance was really good in this movie. He really gets into his characters with the best of them. Michelle was also really good next to him. As it's own movie it was really enjoyable.

That aside, I'd like say that I recognized certain things about the movie that were probably "borrowed" from other, more exciting and better plotted movies. Especially the main nemesis of the movie. I immediately though they got the idea for it from I, Robot, and to be honest, didn't really appreciate it, though they did add quite an interesting twist to it. The chase scenes were a bit repetitive, and now that I think about it, they didn't actually advance the plot. Poor Shia. He could have found a better movie to star in.

Oh, yeah! I almost forgot my main complaint about the movie. The whole point of the movie is to stop the "bad guy" from killing the president. And the way it is arranged for the president to be killed, is by putting an explosive device in a childs trumpet, so when he presses down a certain valve it will trigger the bomb, killing him, everyone in the building, and the building itself. The childs elementary school band was going to play the Star Spangled Banner for the president, they had so around the 9 to 12th measure of the song, the trumpets would hit a certain note and "boom", everyone, everything dead. The MAJOR flaw with this is: The trumpet has already pressed down this same valve within the first 3 measures of the song. Everyone would have died, and Jerry (Shia) and Michelle (can't remember her name) would have completely failed, as well as being dead. How do I know they should have all died? I play the trumpet, and I was in the marching band. As every American knows, in high school football games, whenever its a home game the home teams marching band plays the Star Spangled Banner. Yes, I've played it multiple times. If they hadn't made that critical flaw, the ending would have been really good.



Beverly Hills Chihuahua

I loved this movie. It was HILARIOUS. A lot of parts were quite silly and/or didn't make sense (like 4 cougars hunting in a pack; everyone knows that they are very solitary creatures), but it IS a childrens movie, so I can overlook those things. There were a lot of "Awwwe!" parts, either because it was really sweet or very cute. As it were, in the theatre a latino family with young children sat next to me, and one of their little girls was sitting beside me during the movie, and whenever I would say "Awwwe!", she would look up at me and smile, like she thought it was the coolest thing ever that an adult or "big kid" would say "Awe!" at a kids movie. She was very cute. ^.^ Anywho, during the course of the movie, half the time I was laughing louder than the kids. Maybe it's because I have a huge funny bone and it gets tickled easier than others?

-END MOVIE REVIEWS-


Things not pertaining to the media aka my dream translation )

Aug. 23rd, 2008

Whatever Idiot

Synchronized Swimming?

So I just watched the USA womens Synchronized Swimming team. I must say it was pretty freakin' awesome. A lot more awesome than I originally thought. The music was so powerful, it reminded me of Carmina Baruna. It was just so strong and powerful, I immediately loved it. xD Then I heard an electrical element to it and that gave off a very strong Symphonic Metal vibe; I half expected Tarja Turunen to start singing in her superb soprano voice to come in any second. Of course it didn't, but I think it made it sound even more powerful that they kept the whole deep Russian-sounding opera singing. It was also extremely visually spectacular. The US team said that they weren't really looking to place on the podium, they wanted to really 'WOW' the audience and get a standing ovation. If anyones routine deserved an ovation, it was the US, and I'm not just saying that because they were Americans. I would have been equally impressed if it had been Belarous, or Mexico or China. I think it would be worth the effort to find it on the internet some where.

Edit: OMBOB, I just found this out! The name of the song that the USA used for their routine (the one that I love so much partially because of the Symphonic Metal-ness) is called "The Poet and the Pandulum" by Nightwish! This is even more badd @$$ than I thought. NIGHTWISH?! HECKYUS! I LOVE [the old] NIGHTWISH! *spazz*

Edit 2: I just found out that Tarja Turunen isn't the one who sings "The Poet and the Pendulum". It's her "arch nemesis" Anette. I instantly disliked the song when I learned this. Anette's voice is less steller when accompanied by the musicians of the band Nightwish.

How bitterly disappointing.

Aug. 16th, 2008

Whatever Idiot

The Medal Count So Far


CountryGoldSilverBronzeTotal
USA16172255
CHN2713747
AUS781126
FRA391022
RUS58821

Aug. 15th, 2008

Oh hi I break records

They want to kill you

I'm talking about Misty May-Treanor and Kerry Walsh, the defending world champions in womens beach Volley ball. In an interview on NBC the two team mates tell us that they come here to win, they come to kill, not to make friends, though they want to kill you respectfully. They don't want you to come up for air, ever. Those are their words, and they mean it. And by jove they've proven it; over and over and over again. Really, these two are amazing volley ball players. I learned to love this sport watching this two slaughter team after team. And can you believe that they are both 30 years old? I think that Misty had a birthday here recently, too.

*Spoilers beneath this point*

Holy crow, you should have just seen the race I just saw with Michael Phelps and Crocker! It was the 100m Butterfly. It was the most amazing race I've seen. Just minutes ago I watched Micheal Phelps beat out Covic by millimeters. I've never seen a race that close before. Phelps time was 50.58. Cavic? 50.59. Now thats what I call close. Cavic was already reaching for the wall, his fingers millimeters from touching it, and Phelps arms just reaching out of the water to stretch for the wall. Don't know how he did it other than he's Micheal Phelps. Who is more amazing than HIM? Who else could accomplish that feat?

Edit: I didn't post this part earlier because I couldn't remember the time exactly, but Phelps beat out Covic by 1/100 of a second.
Whatever Idiot

Are they cross eyed?

Anyone else noticed the very odd ratings that the womens gymnastics are getting? Repeatedly the announcers on NBC have spoken out on the unfair ratings they are giving out. One Chinese girl made 5 very visible mistakes, and she got 15.something. A rather high score for a girl who just messed up pretty badly. Whats up with that? Then the next Chinese girl to go after her made 2 quite visible mistakes, and she also got a pretty good score. But the American girls didn't make as many mistakes as either of them and their scores were way below than what they deserved. especially on the uneven Bars. Do the judges need glasses? Are they cross eyed? Seriously, people. After that, how can there be any doubt that the Chinese are being favored??

Thank God the judges remembered their duty (or SOMEONE did) and gave our girls deserving scores for the Floor Exercise.

Thank God Nastia and Shawn won Gold and Silver. And this may sound mean or a little harsh to some of you, but I'm relieved that the Chinese won Bronze, and not another Gold. >:]


GONG XI, NASTIA AND SHAWN!!! 8D GO USA! *love*


I think Mary Lou's old coach worded it perfectly. Nastia has the beauty and grace, and Shawn has the power and dynamite.

Aug. 13th, 2008

Zuko Doesn't Approve

Golden Girls Nevermore?

Article by Yahoo!Sports


Golden Girls )

My Opinion )

And now I'm watching the other U.S. womens Beach Volley Ball team getting beat by Cuba; a team that Misty May and Kerri Walsh, our other U.S. Womens Beach Volley Ball team, beat. Badly. Now they're leading 13 to 6. Please, someone, just kill me now. T_T Misty May and Kerri Walsh would never let another team gain that much momentum on them.

Speaking of Gold medals, ever heard of Micheal Phelps? At this rate, you should have. He's won his eleventh Gold medal, his 4th Gold for these Olympics. This man is unstoppable! He's broken numerous both World AND Olympic records in swimming. He is an animal at swimming! Like Morgan Freeman says, if you squint your eyes, and the lighting is just so, his feet could be mistaken for flippers, and you just might see some gills, and webbed hands. But, no. He is all human. It's Olympians like him that make me proud to be American. And he can do it all. With. His. Eyes. Closed. Literally. The last race he did last night water began tio fill his goggles as soon as he got in the water. Thank God Phelps' awesomeness makes up for the U.S. Gymnast teams. Though I DO think that the mens gymnast team did better than the womens.

Aug. 9th, 2008

Whatever Idiot

2008 Beijing Summer Olympics

Let me start by saying that I. Love. The. Olympics.

Every year that they come on I get so pumped up over the Olympics. I love to watch the gymnastics (what a surprise, right?), swimming, track, womens volley ball, soccer, equestrian, diving, sometimes basketball, and various sports that I can't remember the official name for. And lots more that I do know the name of but can't think of them right now. xD Right now I'm watching the Olympics live in Beijing.

And OH. MY. GOODNESS. I just watched Alexander Artemav on the Pommel Horse for the qualifiers and it was completely, utterly phenomenal, breath-taking, AH-MAZING and without a doubt the most incredible thing I've seen in gymnastics EVER, and I've seen a LOT of gymnastics. Alexander was not on fire. He was fireworks on a pommel horse. I'd suggest looking it up to see if you can find it on youtube, or some news station website or something. It'll totally be worth the search. And it was a PERFECT routine. Perfect.

But anyways. It's just so amazing to watch these incredible athletes at the top of their game competing for the most prestigious award any athlete could hope to win. And on top of that, you get to stand on top of a podium for all the world to see as your nations flag is risen and the national anthem is played while the entire WORLD watches and your achievement is recognized globally. How can you not get pumped about it? I just don't understand how anyone couldn't as excited about it as I do.

I'm so proud of President Bush, even though I like him a lot less than I did when I voted for him, for showing up at the Olympics and watching his countrymen/women compete. Might I add that hes the first American president to attend a foreign Olympics. Thats given him back a couple browny points by me. If you ask me, hes earned it, this day of the 2nd day of Olympics (because, ya know, China is 12 hours ahead of us).

During the Olympics I love to think about how the Olympians have striven for nearly their whole lives to make it to this point. Women and men, but especially the men, come to these games with something to prove. Everyone one of them are burning with a desire to win the Gold (just watched the women American and Japanese Beach Volley Ball do some awesome moves, and it was very close for us, but darn those skilled Japanese :P). The reason I say "especially the men" because every man has a need to prove himself AS a man, to prove to the world what they're made of and what they can do. They have a need to, in some form or other, to prove what they can do, though it may not be something as physical as athletic competition in the Olympics, but whatever it is they're good at, they have something to prove. The other reason I say "but especially the men" because how many women and young girls want to just be spoiled and look pretty? For every woman that wants to work hard and prove something about themselves beyond a pretty face and sexy body, there are just as many that would prefer to never do any real work and just be spoiled and go to parties. *coughParisHiltoncough*

Predictions are that America will continue to win the most medals while China will yet again win the most Gold medals. Well poo. I'm hoping that WE'LL win the most Gold this time. xD GO MICHEAL PHELPS! XP For those of you who don't know, America has 647 athletes competing these Olympics. China has 63X something. And I'm pretty sure we have at least 1 athlete competing in every event. I know that already we've won at least 1 medal in each color, though by now we may have more in one color than another. Though which color, I don't know. Yet.

USA channel really ticks me off that they don't show ALL of the events, instead of just certain ones. That's pretty crappy of them. It's VERY crappy of them.

I hope that everyone will tune in and watch the Olympics and cheer for their home team. :)

Oh yeah! Almost forgot! The Opening Ceremonies last night (Eastern Time) were . . . Okay, to describe them as "amazing" or "breath-taking" is simply a HUGE understatement. The understatement of the CENTURY. And to even say THAT isn't, by any means, an over-exaggeration. You'd just have to watch to understand how unbelievably incredible and amazing they were. Period.

(Though occasionally I feel bad for some countries because they either have so few athletes and/or they've never won a medal so I'll cheer for them if they're not competing against the U.S. n_n;)

Aug. 5th, 2008

Aang is Chillaxing

What every woman needs to read

So basically this is something that every woman should read, as mentioned in the subject of this entry.  Trust me, male or female, this will completely change your perspective of women.

Captivating
By John and Stasi Elderidge

The Crown of Creation

To understand the creation story you must think of a work of art.  Think of the Sistine Chapel, or the Venus de Milo, or Beethoven's Fifth, or of Sarah Brightman and Andre Bocelli singing "Time to Say Good-bye."  Creation itself is a great work of art, and all works after it are echoes of the original.  How it unfolded and where it reached its climax are mysteries worth unveiling.  We will never truly understand women until we understand this.  The scene begins in darkness,
Darkness over the deep and God's breath hovering over the waters. (Gen. 1:2 alter)

The breathless moment in teh dark before the first notes of a great symphony or concert, a play, or an epic film.  All is formless, empty, dark.  Then a voice speaks.

"Let there be light." (Gen. 1:3 Alter)

And suddenly, there is light, pure light, magnificent light.  Its radiance will enable us to see now what is unfolding.  The voice speaks again, and again.

"Let there be a vault in the midst of the waters, and let it divide water from water." (Gen. 1:6 Alter)

"Let the waters under the heavens be gathered in one place so that the dry land will appear." (Gen. 1:9 Alter)

Creation in its early stages begins like any great work of art-- with uncut stone or a mass of clay, a rough sketch, a blank sheet of music.  "Formless and empty" as Gensis 1:2 has it.  Then God begins to fashion the raw materials he has made, like an artist working with the stone or sketch or page before him.  Light and dark, heaven and earth, land and sea--it's beginning to take shape.  With passion and brilliance the Creator works in large, sweeping movements on a grand scale.  Great realms are distinguished from one another and established.  Then he moves back over them again for a second pass as he begins to fill in color, detail, finer lines.

"Let the earth grow grass, plants ... and trees bearing fruit ..." (Gen. 1:11 Alter)

"Let  there be lights in the vault of the heavens ..." (Gen. 1:14 Alter)

"Let the waters swarm with the swarm of living creatures and let fowl fly over the earth." (Gen. 1:20 Alter)

Forest and meadow burst forth.  Tulips and pine trees and moss-covered stones.  And notice--the masterpiece is becoming more intricate, more intimate.  He fills the night sky with a thousand million stars, and he names them, sets them in constellations.  Into our world God opens his hand and the animals spring forth.  Myriads of birds, in every shape and size and song, take wing--hawks, herons, pelicans.  All the creatures of the sea leap into it--whales, dolphins, fish of a thousand colors and designs.  Horses, gazelles, buffalo thunder across the plains, running like the wind.  It is more astonishing than we could possibly imagine.
From water and stone, to pomegranate and rose, to leopard and nightingale, creation ascends in beauty.  The plot is thickening, the symphony is building and swelling, higher and higher to a crescendo.  No wonder "the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy" (Job 38:7).  A great hurrah goes up from the heavens.  The greatest of all masterpieces is emerging.  What was the sound and movement in a thousand variations.  Most importantly, notice that each creature is more intricate and noble and mysterious than the last.  A cricket is amazing, but it cannot compare to a wild horse.
Then something truly astonishing takes place.
God sets his own image on earth.  He creates a being like himself.  He creates a son.

"The Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being." (Gen. 2:7)

It is nearing the end of the sixth day, and the end of the Creator's great labor, as Adam steps forth, the image of God, the triumph of his work.  He alone is pronounced the son of God.  Nothing in creation even comes close.  Picture Michelangelo's David.  He is . . . magnificent.  Truly, the masterpiece seems complete.  And yet, the Master says that something is not good, not right.  Something is missing . . . and that something is Eve.

"And the Lord God cast a deep slumber on the human, and he slept, and He took one of his ribs and closed over the flesh where it had been, and the Lord God built the rib He had taken from the human into a woman and He brought her to the human." (Gen. 2:21-23 Alter)

She is the crescendo, the final, astonishing work of God.  Woman.  In one last flourish creation comes to a finish not with Adam, but with Eve.  She is the Master's finishing touch.  How we wish this were an illustrated book, and we could show you now some painting or sculpture of the goddess Nike of Samothrace, the winged beauty, just alighting the thin veils that sweep around her.  Eve is . . . breathtaking.
Given the way creation unfolds, how it builds to ever higher and higher works of art, can there be any doubt that Eve is the crown of creation?  Not an afterthought.  Not a nice addition like an ornament on a tree.  She is God's final touch, his piece de resistance.  She fills a place in the world nothing and no one else can fill.  Step to a window, ladies, if you can.  Better still, find some place with a view.  Look out across the earth and say to yourselves,  "The whole, vast world is incomplete without me.  Creation reached its zenith in me."

Jan. 6th, 2008

Whatever Idiot

Lost?

So I clicked on this thingy and it took me to this strange page I didn't understand. But right away it sparked my ever-flowing curiousity and joined. Apparently, it's some kind of "game", just to get as many different people from as many different locations, or something, to join. At least to me, it's interesting. :D So I'm sharing the link with my LJ friends. :)

www.lost.eu/6fa7f

In case your wondering, it's free to join. If I haven't already mentioned.

Also, I'd like to inform everyone who is reading this RIGHT NOW just lost The Game. HAHA! And so did I. @*!% it.

Jan. 4th, 2008

pattapat

Quote

"Someday, in the Event That Mankind Actually Figures Out What It Is That This World Revolves Around, Thousands of People Are Going to Be Shocked and Perplexed to Find Out That It Was Not Them. Sometimes This Includes Me." - The Chariot

Jan. 2nd, 2008

Whatever Idiot

People keep sayin' it, but it's just not true! ;P

You Belong in 1953

You're fun loving, romantic, and more than a little innocent. See you at the drive in!


I am not that romantic, trust me.

Dec. 27th, 2007

Southpark

Funny kitties!

This video totally made my day. I laughed so hard my stomach was cramping, but it just kept on getting funnier! AND harder to laugh, just because of my stomach cramping. Thats how hilarious this was. XD

Dec. 26th, 2007

Southpark

Devious Journal Entry! Fire Lord ZUKO!

Even if you don't like the Avatar, or this character, it's still a VERY funny animation to watch! 8D


Avatar: Zuko the fire lord
by *Go-Devil-Dante on deviantART

Nov. 30th, 2007

pattapat

Devious Journal Entry!


Chicken dance
by ~whitedog1 on deviantART
Southpark

Devious Journal Entry!


Girl's games
by =Destikim on deviantART

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