Musings and Ramblings

And something else...

Fri, 09 Dec 2005 08:05:09 GMT

I was amused and horrified by a conversatoin with one of my brothers earlier today on IRC about the music industry. Seems that record companies are now begining to seek to have all sites which host the lyrics to songs to be removed from the Internet, no longer just those sites which host music in illegal shares.

From that conversation came this little beauty:

What if....

Fri, 09 Dec 2005 07:45:36 GMT

I've been thinking... (yes I know dangerous thing for me to be doing) about all the troubles in the Middle East with Bin Ladden and everything else that's happened in the past 90 years, and how they can be tracked back to the Vorsai (not sure on spelling at the moment) Treaty made in Paris after WWI in 1919. Well... with all of those religious groups and powers wanting control over this piece of land or that piece of land with everything linking to the "Holy Land" and people wanting control of Jerusalem and the area's around it for oil, what do you think might happen if some suicide bomber were to just take a Nuclear bomb into downtown Telaveve and let it off. Take out the entirety of the Muslem, Christian, and Jewish Holy lands in one fell swoop and also take the contested oil fields of the region completely out of the picture. How badly do you think it would shake the world's waring religious factions? What sort of reprocusions might there be in all these major religions belief structures if all of a sudden the lands that they've all been fighting over for the past 1000 years just up and disappeared. Do you think (sans the massive death toll and radiation contamination) that any problems would be solved? Also, do you think the suicide bomber to do that could say they did it in the name of god like all these other mass destruction acts we've become so familiar with of late?

Ahh yes... I love not being able to sleep, don't you? =p

Moving on

Mon, 05 Dec 2005 00:07:17 GMT

Well, once again it comes time for me to play a bit of catch up and actually post on here. Seems odd that I don't do this overly often anymore when I used to do it all the time. But then again, time hasn't been something I've had terribly much of lately either. But I'm going to make some for certain things. Of course, there are good reasons which I haven't posted on here in a while.. some of which I'll touch on in this post.

Exams are coming up for the end of this semester. If I can get my Health Project finished and get a good grade on my chem and german tests I should be pretty good for all decent grades for this semester. Next semester will be interesting, with having all my classes on Tuesday and Turhsdays for the most part. I think there was one that meets for like an hour on Wed. Just strange really, as all the course offerings for next semester were like that, I had a really tough time finding classes that weren't all being hosted at the exact same times.

I'm looking forward to a few computer games on the horizon, not that I have the money or the time to play them right now, but I'd like to get my hands on them none the less. I'm seriously hoping they'll have patched Civ4 well by Christmas so I can give that one to my father. I'm currently drooling over the realease of the 4th Eldar Scrolls game. I having even finished Morrowind in all it's glory yet and they're coming out with something that's portentially more indepth, better looking, and more versital. Gods I'm in trouble there. Also beta testing Dungeons and Dragons Online thanks to another of the Immortals who gave me his information to use. And awaiting some time in the Darf Fall Online Beta when it starts up as well. And Currently I'm dividing my time between Eve-Online and schoolwork. The Schoolwork is winning.... Thankfully I don't have to have alot of direct time plugged into eve to still accomplish anything there, so it's sort of perfect right now. Plus, I'm now flying some really cool ships. ^_^

News from the home front comes with perhaps the most complicated plan for christmas that my mother has ever come up with, which involved her andmy grandmother flying to FL while my father and I drive down, and everyone being back home before newyears. The logistics come into that with regurds to dropping off and picking up my mother and grandmother from the airport... I think my father and I will only be in FL for a total of two maybe three days. Shortest bloody vacation ever. My grandfather passed away at the end of July, which we went to Gross POint MI to burry him with my grandmother at their church, interstingly the church where my parents were married, so the summer months were filled with new adjustments to which we're still recovering from. This involved a ton of work with my grandfather's estate, never knew he had that much money and assest built up, thankfully there were no real headaches getting things sorted out and getting stuff to my uncles and their families. Was very nice seeing them all again though, dispite teh circomstances. I'm mildy upset over having to sell the Chello though as it was extreemly nice and I wouldn't mind learning to play that instrament as something of a homage to my grandfather. We're also trying to figure out what to do with his belongings and the room he used to stay in. Eventually I suspect I'll be moving in there, but for now I'm still in my closet space, which works, but I need to seriously make an effort to cut down on the clutter in here.

My medical stuff is staying about the same as it ever does with the possible exception of potential kidney stones. Those are Oh so much fun... >_<

The only other thing I really need to do is figure out my romantic life... which in and of itself is nicely complex. But at least it's there and highly enjoyable.

Anyway... I've distracted myself from the Health Final project long enough... back to the grindstone of printing files and notebook organization I go.

Awards Day

Sat, 09 Apr 2005 00:42:46 GMT

Okay, awards day at school so I got to have a decent day, but it seems that most of my friends and those who I tend to care about are having a hellish day. One friend got informed of being discharged from the Air Force (before being allowed to ship out). Another friend I awoke this morning to find in the hospital. This is somewhat distressing as I haven't yet managed to find out what's wrong. Another friend got ripped off on an order and is being publicly flamed by a company that she tried to order things from. Not exactly good business practices.

Drogg and I went on a valiant quest for a book that got released today to discover one of the game stores in Raleigh to no longer be open for business. And this appears not to be exactly recent in development. Heh, guess they shouldn't have been such dicks about letting people trade cards or hang out to play the games they sold there. Oh well. But thanks to this quest Raleigh side, I did manage to get my laptop and printer back from the repair shop. Yay!

So once again the rollercoaster of days has me writing and listening to random music from my launchcast radio station. God I feel weird.

In school news the EMT class is going alright, but it's not exactly comfortable being immobilized and put in a C-Spine again... at least I didn't have to stay on the body board all night long. Oh well. Now to go and pass my german vocab quiz on monday.

Passing of the Pope

Sat, 02 Apr 2005 20:41:04 GMT

The Vatican announced at 9:37 PM Rome's time that the Pope John Paul 2nd had passed away.

Rest in peace father, and may who ever walks your shoes be as compassionate as you have been.

Okay, I just like these....

Tue, 15 Mar 2005 17:17:23 GMT

These are just cool, espcially in conjunction with one another. ^_^

Werewolves of folklore differ greatly from modern
renditions seen in movies and shows. People
believed there were many ways to become
werewolves, such as drinking rainwater
collected in a wolf's pawprint, eating meat
gnawed on by a wolf, or being born with a full
set of teeth or covered in a caul. And unlike
movie werewolves, werewolves of old were
oftentimes harmless and highly honorable!

As a werewolf, you are loyal, strong and honorable,
and you will protect all you hold dear with
your very life. Although you are not a violent
individual at heart, you will fight for what
you believe in. You are a good friend and truly
are a wonderful person to be around.

Who is your inner Shapeshifter?
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You are a Spiritualist. Your magic flows from the
primal forces of the cosmos. You could be a
gentle Healer, a miraculous Prophet or a
spirit-summoning War-mage with the strong link
your soul provides to the realms beyond
reality. You have preternatural abilities,
intutively sensing the personality of people
you meet and discerning events yet to happen.
You enhance your aura with meditative pursuits.
You are a good judge of character but your
idealism or morality can confuse others.

Which Magical Order Are You In?
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More Quizzes

Sat, 05 Mar 2005 05:15:58 GMT

Your aura shines Blue!

What Color Is Your Aura?
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I found these to be quite enlightening. ;)

Fri, 04 Mar 2005 23:42:24 GMT

Two little articles I found here: http://flatrock.org.nz/topics/intellect_and_entertain/do_you_see_what_eye_mean.htm

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An Eyeful a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
by Jonathan Hayter

Staring at women's breasts is good for men's health and makes them live longer, a new survey reveals. Researchers have discovered that a 10-minute ogle at women's breasts is as healthy as half-an-hour in the gym. A five-year study of 200 men found that those who enjoyed a longing look at busty beauties had lower blood pressure, less heart disease and slower pulse rates compared to those who did not get their daily eyeful.

Dr Karen Weatherby, who carried out the German study, wrote in The New England Journal of Medicine: "Just 10 minutes of staring at the charms of a well-endowed female is roughly equivalent to a 30-minute aerobics workout. Sexual excitement gets the heart pumping and improves blood circulation. There is no question that gazing at breasts makes men healthier. Our study indicates that engaging in this activity a few minutes daily cuts the risk of a stroke and heart attack in half. We believe that by doing so consistently, the average man can extend his life 4 to 5 years."

She added that sexy stars like Dolly Parton, Heather Locklear, Anna Nicole Smith and Demi Moore had proved to be especially good for the men's health.

Source: the web again

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Pretty Faces Get Men's Brains Going

New York - A beautiful woman's face is like chocolate, cash or cocaine to a young man's brain, according to Harvard University researchers. Their brain-imaging study revealed that while young heterosexual males are indeed capable of finding beauty in another man's face, only a lovely female visage can set off the "reward centres" in their brains.

When men in the study were shown pictures of various faces, only the female faces deemed beautiful triggered activity in brain regions previously associated with food, drugs and money, according to findings published in the November 8th issue of Neuron. The unique effect of the comely female face occurred despite the fact that the men also rated some male faces as "beautiful."

"It looks like there can be a difference between what the brain 'likes,' an image that is judged to be attractive, and what the brain 'wants,' something that is regarded as a reward in and of itself," study author Dr Hans Breiter, of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, said in a statement. In their experiments, the researchers first asked a group of men to rate how attractive they found the faces - which, unbeknownst to the participants, had already been placed into the categories "beautiful" or "average." The men's ratings, it turned out, fell in line with the categories, and attractive male faces garnered ratings similar to attractive female faces.

But in the next phase of the study, men in another group were allowed to control how long they viewed a particular face by pressing a key. Breiter's team found that they "expended effort" to see the beautiful female faces for a longer time, but for all other faces they tried only to "make the faces disappear faster." Finally, in a third group of men studied with brain imaging known as functional MRI, the investigators found that only the attractive female faces set off the brain's "reward circuitry."

"It's particularly interesting that the attractive male faces actually produced what could be considered an aversion response, even though they had been recognised as attractive," Breiter said. His co-author, Dr Nancy Etcoff, noted that this research echoes previous work suggesting the human perception of beauty may be "in-born." "While we know that experience, learning and personal idiosyncrasies all have an impact on attraction between particular individuals, these results show that this basic reward response is deeply seated in human nature," she said in a statement.

Source: www.nzherald.co.nz 10 November 2001 © New Zealand Herald via Reuters

Today is looking to be a good day

Fri, 04 Mar 2005 18:25:35 GMT

Things just seem to be going well today. For some reason I just woke up in this really great moode and I'm bouncey and active. I got through class without even a hint of napdom as well as handed in my homework and am just generlaly doing good here.

This is all very out of character for me. Hope the rest of the day stays like this. ^_^

Wooooo!!!!

Wed, 02 Mar 2005 00:52:37 GMT

Just found out that my cousin's Wheelchair Basketball team won their game on Saturday and are now number 1 in the nation. This is definitely cause for mucho celebration. They unseated the champs who had held the position for 10 years straight! *bounces*

More Quizzes

Tue, 01 Mar 2005 05:32:36 GMT

Saw this one and couldn't resist, as this movie rocked.

You Are Stevo!

Which SLC Punk are you?
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and one little answer change later:

You are Heroin Bob!

Which SLC Punk are you?
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I found this to be rather amusing in all honesty.

Amusment in the computer lab

Fri, 25 Feb 2005 16:07:54 GMT

Alright, this is what happens when I get bored and go wondering about LJ when I'm stuck in the lab in the morning.

HOW DO YOU KISS? by 3circledsun
Username
Your Kiss...	Slithers upon
...	a touch of holiness
...	and lands about
...	tasty lips

Quiz created with MemeGen!

and all the more amusing:

Went to a concert this past night

Fri, 25 Feb 2005 08:27:30 GMT

Yeah, for once I actually got up off my duff and went to a concert. Scary huh? I got introduced to Morrison Poe earlier in the week and found them to be really awesome music. Turned out the band themsevles are pretty cool too... more on this in a moment. And okay so I haven't been to a concert in YEARS (10 or so), and this one kicked! Seriously. Means I'll probably have to go to more. Though maybe ones that will have less cigarette smoke to inhale all evening (stop laughing, I can dream can't I?).

The first band that played (Downfall) wasn't all that good, but had a pretty good drummer. They were pretty generic with a hint of general angst and no originality. I could have swapped them out for any current popchart Alt Rock group and you wouldn't have been able to tell the differance. Oh yes, and get this, DOwnfall couldn't even come up with decent song names. Not one of their songs were more than a single word for the title. The second band (Sold) was much improved actually having some originallity and a great guitar player. They also had fun witht he crowd and knew full wellt hat most of hte people there didn't come to see them, but were generally greatfull that people listened and hand a good itme with their music.

Morrison Poe themselves were AWESOME. Really, really glad I went. I ended up having the great luck of sitting at the table they were using to sell their gear form (someof which I did pick up of course and the band were awesome enough to take time out to sign pretty much everything for me). It was amusing at the end of the night sitting there as several people kept asking me if I was part of their group and could sell them the CD's or T-shirts.

The band members are all pretty cool too. I got to talk to Jene and Mike (lead singer and Guitarist respectively) a fair amount over the course of the evening. Really cool folks, and Jene's got an awesome voice. I still think they've done the best cover of Love is a Battlefield that I've heard to date.

It's about bloody time I ran across a Fraggle Rock Quiz

Wed, 23 Feb 2005 01:47:43 GMT

You are Gobo Fraggle.

Which Fraggle Rock Character Are You?
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Movies I want to see...

Mon, 21 Feb 2005 19:43:37 GMT

Kung Fu Hustle! Gods that looks like so much fun.

Coughing sucks

Mon, 21 Feb 2005 15:59:24 GMT

Right, so I've been sick all weekend. Bleh. Again. I'm seriously getting tired of this getting sick about every week. I could do without the rattling of my chest as I breathe and spend half the night trying to fall asleep before the next coughing fit takes hold.

School is getting the better of me in some aspects. Jeff and I haven't had a chance to really sit down and work on some of the EMT stuff that we need to, this is begining to worry me for the next test. I really would like to pass it. My FItness class feels like it's going to kill me or something, like my body is allergic to exercise now. Seriously I feel worse after each class period. Am I really that out of shape or sick? Scary.

My mind's been a jumble of emotions lately and sorting things out in writing and poems and such. Not that I've managed to write any of them down... but it's god to know that I can at least still form them on occasion as I hadn't done so in a while. This is what happens when one lays in the dark at night and fights off coughing fits and dreams.

Oh and this lump I discovered in my stomach last week is still there and I haven't heard back from my doc yet. I'm wondering if it's something to worry about or not.... *sigh*

Fri, 11 Feb 2005 05:48:12 GMT

I seriously need to stop dreaming of possibilities and start dealing with my own reality.

Interesting.....

Wed, 02 Feb 2005 04:12:54 GMT

You are an enzyme. You are powerful, dark,
variable, and can change many things at your
whim...even when they're not supposed to be
changed. Bad you. You can be dangerous or
wonderful; it's your choice.

Which Biological Molecule Are You?
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Hrm... yet another long overdue update

Sat, 29 Jan 2005 04:54:00 GMT

Let's see... what's been happening since the last time I posted...

Court SUX. I hate going, and lately I've been having to go much much more than I'd like (which is at all). And I got Subpoenaed the other night for something from three years ago. This SBI guy showed up on my door step after I'd gotten home from Gym and Subpoenaed me. He didn't even have all my contact information. Didn't do his homework overly well, and fuck if I remember details much from three years ago. I've spent the last year or so trying to FORGET THAT SHIT. Damnit.

My EMT class is going pretty well, but I'm nervous about my first test next week.

And My german class is good but god forbid I have to do an oral test anytime soon. It's all coming back so slowly... Hell, I forgot what the word for the number 10 was the other day in class. Just totally blanked on it. I could count to 9, but when I got to 10... nothing. Very very sad.

More Hospital tests. The skin tabs that I had checked came back benign. This is good. But I've got more blood work and shots and another MRI not too far down the horizon. The last set of blood work is still being determined and discussed. So somewhat nervous on that.

Oh, and it's getting back to that time of year again. The big V day. For once I'm actually somewhat excited about it.

And so life continues

Fri, 14 Jan 2005 02:18:22 GMT

Well let's see...

The new semester is will underway at this point. I'm highly enjoying the EMT class, the teacher is alot of fun. Oh, and get this, according to my textbook, the accident I was in was at least partly the fault of negligence on the parts of the Police and EMS. Lovely.

Oh, I'm now officially an NCCU Eagle. I love actually being fully enrolled and accepted to a degree program. ^_^ Oh and get this, all those years of trying to get DTCC to tell me what was accepted as transferable credits and whatnot? Well NCCU just up and put it up on the website as part of my unofficial transcript. HUZZAH!!!! So I have 32 hours transfered, plus 3 hours completed at NCCU already. Guess Technically i'ma jr. now. ^_^

And my fitness course may well be what I need to help me get moving more too. This is good.

I had lunch today with my adoptive mum. Much good catching up there. And the most perfect fitting fortune from my fortune cookie. Check this one out: "You understand how to have fun with others and to enjoy your solitude." If that's not me to a tee I don't know what is. After all most of my social life is spent having fun with friends who aren't actually there. Okay, that sentence sounds like I'm mildly off my rocker. Well I am of course, but that's beside the point. Nice having tons of friends who exist through my computer.

Now, can someone please explain to me why it is I'm in sucha melancholy mood tonight? This is just weird. there's no real good explanation for me feeling like I do right now. The past couple days have been pretty damned good. I'm just confused I guess.

I'm amused by these quiz results.

Fri, 14 Jan 2005 02:09:03 GMT

You Are 20 Years Old

20

Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe.

13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world.

20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences.

30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more!

40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.

What Age Do You Act?

EMT and beyond

Tue, 11 Jan 2005 05:58:39 GMT

Well, I had my first EMT class this past evening. One of my best friends is going to be taking this with me. I'm glad to have the company and friend in a class with me again. Even more so with this sort of class I think. This should be a definite way to tell if I can handle the nursing career. And hell, if I can do this, then that's another job option for me.

I'm still needing to get into the classes at NCCU sadly, but other than registering and paying for those, that mess should be taken care of at last.

And my skills at we authoring continue to grow. One of these days I may even master them. (about bloody time no?)

And so closes a LONG day for me.

Registration

Mon, 10 Jan 2005 20:34:03 GMT

Why is registration for school always such a pain in the arse? Is there some unwritten rule someplace that I missed?

Mmmmm

Sun, 09 Jan 2005 16:08:06 GMT

French Toast made with fresh baked bread is a good thing yo.

Just a few random thoughts

Thu, 06 Jan 2005 08:07:26 GMT

On my drive home this evening I was listening to the Unabridged DUNE by Frank Herbert and letting my mind wander, and then checked a board that I frequent and came up with a couple general revelations on school...

Highschool is a testing ground for social patterns. Take away from it what you can. Otherwise just try to survive in whatever group you choose as best you can.

As to me for school, I'm looking forward to it. I'm hoping to get into some heavy duty bio classes this semester. Also for me school will once again provide me with a sense of purpose and worth which I haven't felt in months.

Perhaps it is that I merely try to validate my own path through life to where I am now, or perhaps to show some sort of usefulness in the learning I've picked up in my general procrastination of my extended education beyond Highschool. But Dune had a bit in it about learning, in that perhaps it is easier to learn when one finally learns that they can. And by saying that perhaps it is not viable to try and force learning upon one who is not yet ready to learn.

What kinda sex do you like?
Name
DOB
Favourite Color
Times you want to fuck a day..	10
Fav. position	the reverse piggy back
How you like it	fuck foreplay..LETS SCREW!!
Where do you like doing it	on the couch
how good are you?	you make them moan for more

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