July 4th, 2008

Tags: 4th of july, fireworks, great britain, humour, independence, independence day, liberty lake, satire, sparklers, spokane, spokane valley, united kingdom, washington state Current Music: KMFDM - Superpower Current Location: Spokane Valley, UK Subject: What would've been independance day Time: 05:26 am

It's the morning of the fourth day of July, and while America is celebrating it's independence from the United Kingdom, I'm wondering why the British chose to hold onto one little area in the middle of an American state. I'm referring of course to my current residence at Spokane Valley, Washington, here in not-so-colonial-anymore New England. Surely I jest, you say, for Spokane is part of the United States. I had thought this myself growing up, living in other parts of America, other parts of Washington. I never once thought: I wonder if Spokane is part of the United Kingdom? Because that, I thought, would be a silly thing to think to myself. But now that I live here, and I turn on the news on what should be Independence Day here in Spokane, I am as I type being told that, here, in Spokane, Spokane Valley, Liberty Lake and this whole surrounding area...here, in what I thought was Washington state, a state of the union, of the United States of America...here, in what should be America, fireworks are banned. I'll say it again. Fireworks are banned. Yes, even sparklers. One simply can not celebrate something as important as independence from the United Kingdom without fireworks. And one cannot be independent without such a celebration. So, to anyone reading who's in Spokane, cheerio. Raise the union jack, and lots not be confused about what country this is any longer: this is Great Britain. You want America, go to Couer d'Alene -- just don't forget your passport. Personally, It's kind of a shock to wake up one morning and find out you're British, when you thought you were American. On the bright side, though...at least now I've got health care. ( British Overseas Territory Map )

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July 2nd, 2006

Subject: Titan Quest Time: 08:34 am

Getting a lot of new games, Gamestop surprised me with all the releases it's put on it's shelves while I was busy playing Oblivion and Kingdom Hearts 2 and then working on deviantart and sheezyart. First is Titan Quest, which I'm getting rid of as we speak. It's nothing more and nothing less than a Diablo II clone without the good multiplayer that Diablo II had. If you hate Diablo like I do, best to avoid it. In the next few days, however, I'll talk a bit about: Ultimate Spiderman Rush for Berlin Rise and Fall: Civilizations at War Glory of the Roman Empire and Hitman: Blood Money Mya~

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Subject: Happy Canada Day! Time: 01:01 am

droit d'auteur et droits voisins (DADSVI or "iTunes Law") passes! This is truly a a great day for anyone who believes a culture of music and free expression is more important than a culture of greed and monetary worship! But of course it's not over yet. Speaking on what IS over, eon8.com finally counted down to 0:0:0:0 about an hour ago, and the webmaster finally revealed to all that it was a social experiment to find out how the internet community would react to a general lack of information coupled with unwelcoming security messages and a countdown timer. Well, it was fun while it lasted. ^^ Finally~ I close by repeating: happy Canada day. =D

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June 13th, 2006

Subject: sheezyart Time: 04:23 pm

So, at first glance, Sheezyart looks just like DA, but now I've uploaded stuff there and got my account mostly set up, and I actually like it more. I dunno why people have left for DA, I guess because it's more popular or at least has more user accounts.. but I got comments on sheezy the first day before I even told anyone I knew I made the account.. I had the DA account for two years and barely got comments from the people I told about it. Plus sheezy is alot easier to use, for groups and comments and all that good stuff.. Iuno. I like it. Oh: safire.sheezyart.com by the way. Caio~

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June 3rd, 2006

Time: 05:03 am

Hmm.. I don't write here much, but that's not unusual. Well, I'll make this post useful.. I updated my deviantart today with new stuff. Now I actually have a gallery to speak of, though it's tiny itty bitty small. safaia.deviantart.com Aside from that personal note, I recommend the movie, Loose Changes 2nd Edition. You can find it on Youtube or Google Video, which.. if you haven't started using those wonderful services yet, I recommend them. And if you tried but are on dialup and thus can't, then I recommend Qwest for broadband.. as far as I know, they're the only ones who stood up to the NSA's illegal bullshit spying demands. I could be wrong, lemme know. All I know is I'm stuck with Verizon (not my choice) and I'm pissed after finding out how quickly they capitulated.. Ah, also recommend the even-lesser-known movie, Der Untergang.. it's a German film, I got it with subtitles. It's hard to explain without making it sound worse than it is, since saying it's about the end of World War II and Hitler seem to sort of.. diminish it's value. Maybe I'm just weird, thinking that. Anyway, it's a masterful film, brilliant.. really. Also, ytmnd.com See? Useful.

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February 16th, 2006

Current Music: Peter Murphy - Cuts You Up Subject: Public Service Announcement Time: 02:17 pm Current Mood: disappointed

Star Wars: Empire at War. Coming from former elements of the RTS genre-perfecters at Westwood and pulling funding from the well-lined coffers of giant Lucasarts, brand-new game studio Petroglyph developed their first game, Star Wars: Empire at War. Unfortunately, the equation, which should go: People from former best RTS studio + money from huge, giant conglomerate + beautiful next-gen pixel-shader graphics = Well balanced, well scripted, innovative new large scale and visibly pleasant RTS. Goes more like: Worst people from Westwood + money from Lucasarts + beautiful next-gen pixel-shader graphics = Some mish-mash of a poor excuse for a bad board game mixed with just enough RTS elements - poorly executed ones on top of it - that these people should feel really bad about calling it an RTS. I'll be more specific. There are two modes: the aforementioned poor excuse for a bad board game, which is an ugly screen with all the planets in the Star Wars galaxy laid out in board-game style, with ugly little pieces floating on top of or just above planets that are supposed to represent units or groups of units. On this screen, the absolutely shitty game rules allow you to play a bad version of Risk or somesuch, until your cardboard pieces run into enemy units in space, or until you do whatever you have to do to invade a planet. I'm sure if I had played longer there might have been the ability to use the Death Star or something, but it wouldn't really be the Death Star, just an ugly, static image of the Death Star. Anyway, this is becoming more of a rant. The horrendous board game side of this not-RTS is basically Risk, but sometimes more complex where it shouldn't be, and other times just boring, or stupid. Next comes the part that is disguised as RTS. The reason I say it's not an RTS is because you can't do RTS things, and the RTS things you're supposed to be able to do are so poorly scripted / written / coded that they might as well not be there. You cannot build a base. You cannot build... anything. No structures, no vehicles, no infantry. If invading a planet, you can deploy... nothing. You start with nothing. Instead, you go down to the planet, with nothing to control, and usually control indiginous peoples until you can call down reinforcements. You must have put these reinforcements in place yourself using the crappy board game interface earlier. Your units have exactly one option: throw themselves at the enemy base. With shitty, SHITTY pathfinding, your units will not make it to the enemy base without your help. They'll go the opposite direction or go find one of those big holes with the teeth ( sorry, fans, I just can't think of the name right now ) to jump in, but they won't go to the base. Once you carefully guide them ( and lose a few units to the shitty pathfinding EVEN WHILE carefully guiding them ) to the base, you have a battle. Not like an RTS battle where some things are meant to be used against other things, and you have a general sense of being able to at least make sure you don't get owned, but more like a chaotic mess of units you simply can't control that usually comes out on top if you have superior numbers. For fans of actual, real RTS games, I can say it more simply. The micro is ... NOT ... even ... possible. In this game, it's not a matter of being good or bad, because you can't control the battles, the units, et cetera. The GUI will trick you into thinking you can, but you can't. So, micro isn't possible. Only macro. And how can you macro without a base? Plus, build order doesn't matter: NO BASE. Enemy has a full base, and you don't. Every battle in the ENTIRE GAME is ALWAYS a single player map. Enemy has a turtle base, and you have a handful of units and no buildings at all. It's not about strategy, it's about building a gigantic army on a non-RTS screen to macro RTS style. This game is a disgrace to the RTS genre, and should simply not be allowed to call itself an RTS. Please, I urge the gamer in need of games, SAVE your money for Battle for Middle Earth II. Thank you.

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December 15th, 2005

Current Music: Violent J - Horribly Horrifying Subject: Stolen from wyrdwing Time: 06:51 am Current Mood: accomplished

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Current Music: Immortal Technique - Razorblade Death Spic Subject: Tagged. Time: 05:45 am Current Mood: nostalgic

I got tagged for a thingeh. So I'll do it. I'm not nearly as eloquent as urbanelf, the one who tagged meh (see her post here), or maybe it's just that I'm lazy, but at least I'm doin it. So here it is, the criterion: List 10 things that bring you a moment of joy. Tag 5 friends to do the same. I probably won't tag five peoples. Maybe like 2. Iuno. But we'll see. First my dealy stuffs. ( Happy stuffs list~ ) ( Tag~~! )

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October 23rd, 2005

Current Music: John Lennon - Imagine Time: 02:54 am Current Mood: tired

Imagine there's no heaven, It's easy if you try. No hell below us, Above us only sky. Imagine all the people, Living for today. Imagine there's no countries, It isn't hard to do. No greed or hunger, And no religion too. Imagine all the people, Living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, But I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, And the world will live as one. Imagine no possessions, I wonder if you can. Nothing to kill or die for, A brotherhood of man. Imagine all the people, Sharing all the world. You may say I'm a dreamer, But I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, And the world will live as one.

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May 6th, 2005

Current Music: Chipz - 1001 Arabian Nights Subject: Philly Time: 10:08 am Current Mood: hopeful

Well I made it to Philadelphia. I think everyone knows by now how much I absolutely abhor riding the bus, but in I never made it clear before or you're new to the Tao te Toni, I hate Greyhound, I fuckin hate them with every fibre of my being, and I think they should have paid me to ride their shitmobiles. However, despite all that, I am the happiest I've been for a couples months now. The people I'm staying with here and I are all under the impression that this could possibly be a dream we're all sharing and that we will wake up soon. If that's the case, this is my first livejournal entering dream sequence. Anyway, back to happy existance now. I'll type in the box more later.

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April 28th, 2005

Current Music: None. Subject: Why We Fight.. Time: 12:11 am Current Mood: contemplative

Watch this movie. It's a free, online documentary. Not the greatest quality, whatever, but.. watch it. It's..amazing.

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April 27th, 2005

Current Music: The music in my head, apparently. Subject: *blink* Time: 01:35 pm Current Mood: awake

Dance the night away by karchan85 Name What you Look like The Music The Music in your Head Quiz created with MemeGen!

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April 25th, 2005

Current Music: None. Subject: Leave it to Sixpence to come up with this wierdness..O.o Time: 04:07 pm Current Mood: giggly

Random Comic Generator v2.0 by Delya Nickname Paper or plastic? PaperPlasticneithernonebubble wrap panel 1 panel 2 panel 3 Quiz created with MemeGen!

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Current Music: Leningrad - Menya Zovut Shnur Time: 11:13 am Current Mood: amused

You scored as Communist Russia. Kongratz Comrade! You've won your dream vacation to Joseph Stalin's All Expenses Included Communist Russia where we celebrate the worker by enslaving him. </td> Communist Russia 42% Nazi Germany 0% Post 9-11 America 0% Ancient Rome 0% The Evil Galactic Empire 0% What Evil Empire Do You Best Fit Into? created with QuizFarm.com Just because I think Siberia would be a good vacation spot, I'm a communist? Sounds like Republican logic to me..

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Current Music: Bill Brown - Command and Conquer Generals, GLA Theme 1 Subject: I caved. Time: 09:33 am Current Mood: awake

Your Linguistic Profile: 80% General American English 15% Upper Midwestern 5% Midwestern 0% Dixie 0% Yankee What Kind of American English Do You Speak? Pretty much what I suspected, general American mostly but the Midwestern is rubbing off on me. I need to get out of Iowa..

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April 24th, 2005

Current Music: Klaus Badelt - Bootstrap's Bootstraps. Subject: "OMG it's about HER, not the rest of the world!" Time: 02:19 pm Current Mood: content

I suppose I should probably actually post about my own life once every blue moon, though I don't enjoy talking about myself, really. So, lately I've trying to foster my creativity in a new way. I decided to at least attempt to DM a game of D&D. Though I had to modify the rules, add stuff and remove stuff, etcetera, I'm enjoying it. I currently have two players, but I might add more later on, when I'm more confident in my ability. I can't post much about the story or anything here, because my players read this journal, but if anyone (who expresses an interest in not playing) is interested, they can ask me personally. In the past year, I realize, I've learned a ton about music. About how many different kinds of music are all lumped together as "classical." About which kind I like more than the rest. How to read music, there's a big one. I've been introduced to alot of new music, especially lately taking a Music History class here at Briar Cliff. It's always so empowering just to know more than the average person does, even if I can't play and instrument or write music, or understand every little intricacy. Now here, is a partial list of composers who's music I recommend: Klaus Badelt Bill Brown Nobuo Uematsu Carl Orff George Crumb John Williams Ah, speaking of Briar Cliff - well, following the breaking apart of my plans to..well, coincide with Sari's plans..I've had to come up with my own, new, personal ones. So, since my parents have graciously offered to come and gather me and all my stuff, I obliged. I'm going back to Washington on May 26th. However, I'm still spending my spring term here, or rather, here and in Philadelphia. I met two of the most wonderful people a week or two ago, and they've invited me to come stay with them for a while. I'd rather not say much more than that on here. I can say, I'm somewhat comforted by the fact that Sari seems to have found herself someone as well. Oh, and my PS2 is broken beyond all (or at least, my own) repair. Yeah, that about sums it up.

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Current Music: Klaus Badelt - To The Pirate's Cave! Time: 01:37 pm Current Mood: awake

A man of middle eastern descent was harassed by the FBI, called a terrorist in front of his wife and kids. His job was threatened, and thus his life and his families lives were threatened. And for no reason, whatsoever: "After seven hours of testimony, a hearing officer and review panel declared the school’s charges groundless and recommended [they be dismissed]." "[Campus] police wanted to charge Hussein with obstructing their investigation but state investigators determined there was insufficient evidence to bring criminal charges against him. Hussein said school lawyers have offered him significant payments to settle his civil lawsuits, but he refused. “I believe in the truth,” he said. “I can’t wait to go to court.”" He'd better fucking win. And win big. Source. Oh, and here's a worthy cause: The One Campaign.

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April 23rd, 2005

Current Music: Klaus Badelt - Swords Crossed Time: 06:57 pm Current Mood: working

Today in the news, Microsoft does something stupid. Wait, is that even news? I mean, most people already hate Microsoft, don't they?

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April 21st, 2005

Current Music: None. Subject: The black blood that feeds the empire.. Time: 08:44 am Current Mood: awake

What great news to start the day.. now we begin the unnecessary destruction of plant and animal life and and razing of their homes in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. I hope a homeless black bear fucking mauls Senator Murkowski. But, on a lighter note.. check out Pope Palpatine.

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April 18th, 2005

Current Music: None. Time: 11:53 am Current Mood: okay

You Are 25% Normal (Occasionally Normal) You sure do march to your own beat... But you're so weird, people wonder if it's a beat at all You think on a totally different wavelength And it's often a chore to get people to understand you How Normal Are You?

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