Monday, February 28, 2005 :: 12:01:00 AM

Everwood Season 3 Episode 16 A Moment in Manhattan

"You can argue it's better to be neglected by fate than well attended.

When it marks you for favour, you can bet you're life will change - rarely for the better, though always deeper. The most costly casualty is always the heart. Nothing hurts so much as that. Like sacrificing your queen, you can still play. Only you cant help feel that the game is already lost.

Though strangely, cruelly, a distraught heart keeps beating, no matter how much you wish it would stop. So you take another breath, another step, and you wake again to the unsympathetic sun. You go through the motions pretending, for all the world, to be a warm blooded creature.

The doctor and I both knew a lot about that. We both came a long ways only to find that purpose doesn't last, and regret can burn a hole through any happiness. And just then when you think that fate is done kicking you around, and maybe it's time to hope again, that's when the real surprises come."

:: Eldorado ::

Thursday, February 24, 2005 ::

Service Pack 2 is the devil. It hasn't touched my computer. In fact, I've literally banned windows update from updating my computer with it. It causes more problems than good.. which is why when I came across this on the Micro$oft website, I had to laugh..

I thought this was funny..

lets see.... I'll run down the list of the Top Ten Reasons to Download Service Pack 2.. First off, you know if they have a "top ten" list depicting reasons for the download, then it's not going over well... so here's the list:

1. Help protect your PC from harmful attachments.
2. Improve your privacy when you’re on the Web.
3. Avoid potentially unsafe downloads.
4. Reduce annoying pop-ups.
5. Get firewall protection from startup to shutdown.
6. Take control of your security settings.
7. Get the latest updates easily.
8. Help protect your e-mail address.
9. Take action against crashes caused by browser add-ons.
10. Go wireless without the hassle.

now, lets take a closer look at this list... first off - "Get the latest updates easily". Well, automatic Windows update is available and has been available for every version of windows since 98... so there's no real "benefit" there...

what else.. "Improve your privacy when you're on the web"... sounds an awful lot like "Get firewall protection from startup to shutdown"... and oh, it also sounds like "Help protect your e-mail address." on top of that, SP2 urges you to download the microsoft firewall program to actually accomplish this.. so it's not really service pack 2 that does the work, but the extra firewall program.. (or even the one built into windows).

"Go wwireless without the hassle"..... am I missing something here? there's a hassle with wireless networks that exist within, not the devices themselves, but within windows? hmm... EHHHHHH *sound of buzzer*.... not really windows' fault now, is it? nor can they *really* do anything about it..

now, number 4 is *almost* good... "Reduce annoying popups"..... this would be good, but it also cuts out the popups you need!!! what if you're surfing and you need a website that has popups? like a news article, a dictionary definition, a music/video clip....... nice try - BLOCKED.. you've gotta go into your security settings, disable your firewall, and go to the site again.... once done, go back into your security settings and turn it back on again..... good idea and concept - but come on Micro$oft, let US decide which sites we want to allow please?

"Avoid potentially unsafe downloads" and "Help protect your PC from harmful attachments"... This is only accomplished when you have downloaded a virus scanner - which doesn't come with SP2.... so nice try, but no cigar here either..

so new list:

1. Help protect your PC from harmful attachments.
2. Improve your privacy when you’re on the Web.
3. Avoid potentially unsafe downloads.
4. Reduce annoying pop-ups.
5. Get firewall protection from startup to shutdown.
6. Take control of your security settings.
7. Get the latest updates easily.
8. Help protect your e-mail address.
9. Take action against crashes caused by browser add-ons.
10. Go wireless without the hassle.

so that leaves us with:

6. Take control of your security settings.
9. Take action against crashes caused by browser add-ons.

yay.. browser addons... whoopity do!
the only real benefit in the list is taking control of your security settings...

but, if you're like the BAJILLION other people out there that already have a router (which has a built in hardware firewall), or a software firewall like Zone Alarm... you already had all that.....

so, there goes the list..
on top of all of that, SP2 is annoying in the way it works, too intrusive, and stops a lot of new games from working on it...

to this, I say.. turn your collar to Service Pack 2..

Until next time.......
*fade to black*

:: Eldorado ::

Saturday, February 05, 2005 ::

I found another assignment for philosophy... this one is better than the last..

It was an assignment where we had to act out a theory of certain philosophers. We chose to act out John Locke's theories of the Ownership of Property.


Cast:

Kyle - Hooker
Tanzeeb - John (heavy stereotypical accent)
Tyler - Pimp (VERY pimp, with fake bourgeois styles)

Scenario: John is approached by a 50cent hooker, and without any agreement, verbal or otherwise, agrees to "hook up." After the deed is done, the hooker demands the money, but then the john gets pissed because he thought it was supposedto be free. The hooker calls in "her" pimp, who attempts to explain the legality behind tacit agreement. The Pimp mentions the legality, the enforcability, and the binding of tacit agreements to the jogn. John rejects the proposal and instead decides to attempt to hook up with a friendly "woman" across the street (played by Oskar). Unfortunately for the john, the pimp pimps that one too. Improvise at will - add all the mannerisms of your character in each line!

Hooker - Hey baby, you wanna hook up?
John - well hello pretty lady! Lets get busy, no?
Hooker - (looks to audience) Some privacy, please???

*goes around corner* - Porno Grooves from Tyler off stage

John - (coming from around the corner) Mister Boombastic, they call me fantastic....
Hooker - Hey mister, where do you think you're going?
John - what? you want some more? Woman, you have some damn fine stamina!
Hooker - No, silly! *flips hand* I want my money!
John - what money? What you want dowry money? we did not get married!
Hooker - Oh stop it! My services don't come cheap you know! what we just did is gonna cost you 50 cents!
John - Oh my goodness! You take away my libido, and now you want to take away my life savings? No, I will not pay!
Hooker - ok, I guess I"ll just have to call my sugar daddy!

*Pimp struts over*

Pimp - now what's the problem here?
Hooker - This deadbeat here wont pay up!
John - Damn right, I'm not paying! we never talk about money! You wanted some Mr. Boombastic, I gave you some fantastic Mr. Boombastic! You should be paying ME!"
Hooker - Oh, as if! *twirls around, "shows off" body*..

...

you see where this is going...
anyway, I thought that it was a clever presentation... Zeeb, Tyler, and I were known for our presentations in that class after that! And we looked forward to giving them!

Until next time.......
*fade to black*

:: Eldorado ::

Rewind to OAC.. Flashback to Philosophy... We had to do an assignment where we had to form a group of people who oppose guns. In cleaning out my closet, I found this assignment and here it is! I thought it was quite conical...

M.A.P.W.K.W.G.
aka. Mothers Against People Who Kill With Guns
Motto - No Guns! Think of our Sons!

Brainstorming... Things to do about our current gun problem..

-Propose "Smart" gun idea - ie. have guns be able to tell whether the person is actually "smart" enough to use them.

-Picket down the streets with a high crime rate.

-Lengthen the registration process.

-Provide Tax deductions for non-gun owners.

(and my personal favourite)
-Promote Downers through ad's on TV, Radio, etc...

Now, what is the downfall of our actions of this organization? Take the following scenario into account:

Win 2.6 Billion dollars, go to Woodbine Racetrack, bet it all on the horse "I'm the Fastest", lose, feel like we want to die, go back home to all of our homemade downers that we learned how to make from TV and Radio, and take them because guns are unavailable to do the job.

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How did I ever pass that class? LOL Creativity, and the ability to go against the grain of the class... My mother always told me that I was a square peg in a round hole...

If I find anything else interesting, I'll let ya know =)

Until next time.......
*fade to black*

:: Eldorado ::

Tuesday, February 01, 2005 ::

what... the... hell...

Until next time.......
*fade to black*

:: Eldorado ::