Who was the meanest teacher you had in school?
The Huebner!
It was apparently female. The details are hazy as this was in 2nd grade. This 'woman' had it out for me. I'm pretty sure she was out for blood when it came to me. I must have done something to piss her off at one point, but it was so long ago, I don't remember.
She made it a point to humiliate me in front of the class, punish me for minor things, etc. It got so bad that my parents got involved.
I know it's been weeks since I've posted anything significant. My life's kinda been on a rickety roller coaster ride for a while here. It'd be inappropriate to say mainly why because it's just speculation at this stage.
Anyway.. rehash time.
Two weekends ago, I went to see my older brother's college graduation. I was glad to see him and my sister-in-law, but my good god was the ceremony ever boring. Everything was so bland and by the book. The only 2 highlights were seeing my brother blow up a beach ball and then release it into the crowd; while the other being him actually getting announced as graduating Summa Cum Laude. It was certainly a moment for me to be proud. I'd post pictures, but none of them turned out very good as we were trapped in the nosebleed section of the auditorium. I should be getting pictures from his wife though.
Afterward, we went to a casual cafe called City Steam. The food was very good and I found the first beer I ever liked. The cafe has a microbrewery, so they serve their own beer brewed on site. There was one called the Naughty Nurse that was awesome. I only took a sip because I had to drive back later. However, I spent the next few days craving more. In fact, I ended up buying a 6-pack of Samuel Adams to try to avert the craving, but it didn't do the Naughty Nurse justice at all.
Last weekend, I got a much needed staycation. My wife and our friend Jay went to DC to see a concert while I stayed at home and vegged. It was quite relaxing. I haven't been able to do something like that for a long time. I did meet with an old friend at one point though. That was an emotional meeting. My heart goes out to him right now.
I reupped my account with City of Heroes a few weeks ago. I've been itching to break out my old characters. As I feared would happen (and rejoiced at too), the game has a new hold on me. It's been a lot of fun and there's so much new stuff to do. I've created a whole bunch of new characters too. Good times.
I've kinda been avoiding posting here because of previously stated mystery problem. I'm afraid I'll just end up ranting about something that I shouldn't care about or pay attention to. I don't really want to be that guy.
It is the 21st century. We are on the verge of developing human like artificial intelligence. Space travel has been achieved. And there is gum with flavor that lasts more than 5 minutes.
Yay humanity! Right? No...
We are still killing each other, arguing, lying, cheating, stealing, raping, maiming, etc. These are the same things we've been doing since some monkey popped out a retard baby a la Mr. Garrison. I wish I could be optimistic, but I only foresee things getting worse.
There are many arguments out there that say humanity is devolving. Wealthy countries such as the United States are producing intellectual dysgenics. Humanity has no natural predators. As such, we have no natural need to be faster, smarter, or stronger. Is it any wonder Idiocracy was jet propelled through movie theaters?
As evidence in favor of this theory, I present the American news media and "reality" shows. You need look no further than Fox News. These people thrive on ignorance and deceit.
There's been a lot of arguments out there between Creationists and Evolutionists about who's right and who's wrong. I guess Ben Stein has some movie or some such crap arguing in favor of Intelligent Design and how those proponents of it are being persecuted.
I sort of had an epiphany yesterday. I'm choosing option 3. Yes, there is a 3rd option. Who cares? Why does it matter. We're here. Do something more productive with your time. Think about where we're going and not how we got here.
This is why I side with no one these days. It doesn't matter. Regardless of who's right and who's wrong, both parties are filled with assholes.
I have the same reasoning for religion. Agnostic? Atheist? Christian? Jew? Muslim? Doesn't matter, you're an asshole. Your bickering has caused us all hardship. Again, I don't care who's right... not anymore.
What is your definition of cheating?
In general life: Making any personal gain through illicit means.
In relationships: Having any sort of intimate relationship with someone when already in a committed relationship with someone else.
Batman - The Killing Joke
by Alan Moore and illustrated by Brian Bolland
It was the 20th anniversary edition. What made it special was that the original artist, Brian Bolland, went through and recolored it. So, the colors were much better than the old print from the 80's.
I've been a Batman enthusiast much of life. I remember watching reruns of the old show from the 60's which I mildly enjoyed. But, It all really started when I was young and saw the Batman movie from 1989. I then saw Batman Returns several years later. Around that time, the animated show produced by Bruce Timm started airing. That, more than anything, would assure I'd be a fan for life.
I won't even discuss the next 2 sequels whose names I will not speak for fear of enticing my own nerd rage.
Anywho, I had read a few books throughout my life. I once had a friend who had a massive collection. Of course, I read much of it. It wasn't until my adult life that I started reading the stories which are considered must reads.
So, did I like The Killing Joke? Yeah, I have a new favorite Batman book.
Well, I haven't made a post regarding my weight for a while because I've been battling a plateau. However, this morning, I finally reached my first major milestone. I am now under 300 lbs.
WOO WHO!!!!
Show us a discontinued food or product you wish would return.
Submitted by Shawn.
The Chicken Ceasar Pita from Wendy's *sniffle* Oh god, this thing was so awesome. Everything about it was.
The chicken, the ceasar dressing, the little slivers of asiago cheese, the romaine lettuce (which was always so amazingly green and fresh), and the pita bread.
It's gone...all gone...
Normally, I would blame such a travesty on the death of Dave Thomas, but it was discontinued when he was still alive. Why Dave?! Why?!!
If they ever bring it back, I'll shed a silent tear of joy and immediately buy 50 of them (just in case). I guess something that good was never meant to be.
*cry* *sob*
Which popular slang expression drives you nuts?
I know the question is asked in singular, but I couldn't possibly name just one. There are too many that annoy the hell out of me equally. Most of it is ghetto retard bullsh*t.
Now, the whole language that Snoop Dogg invented where everything starts out sounding like it's coinciding English word with an izzy, zouse, etc doesn't bother me. That is, unless that's the only thing someone speaks in while expecting other people to take them seriously. Otherwise, I see it as a modern day version of Pig Latin reserved for friends joking around amongst each other.
However, what causes the veins in my forehead to pulsate with unending fury and rage, the kind of rage found in the fist of an angry god, are words like 'Bling'.
It's like the media practically shoves this down our throats now. Even people older than time, like Joan Rivers, have used this word.
I guess they did need to shorten the original word. I mean, it's hard to continually put "I am an ignorant piece of crap that happened upon money one day through the exploitation of my 'talent' and decided to waste it on hideous material things that further accentuate just how retarded I am" in a sentence. Falling into this category are 'Grillz'. You can see the astute gentlemen in my accompanying picture sporting this fine piece of jewelry. I expect for future payment of any of my wrongdoings in life, my child will one day come home wearing one of these. There will then be the dilemma of allowing them to live further or removing them from the gene pool for the greater good.
Now we trek into the land of ignorant ghetto parents who have difficulty with the solution to 2 + 3, but are allowed to have children much to the chagrin of the rest of us. I present to you, 'Baby's Daddy' & 'Baby's Momma'. Yes, ladies and gentlemen. It is now acceptable to bear children with someone only to leave them and then be labeled as one of these. Why? So, the other person can live in denial of ever being a whore/man-whore. By given no acknowledgment to ever having had a relationship with this other fine quality human being, the other person escapes these derogative labels and are free to raise upstanding little snowflakes. Being responsible has no place in society after-all.
Another gem is 'hater' and/or its variation, 'hatin'. I frequently see these used by the MySpace crowd and 12-year olds...excuse the redundancy. These just annoy the crap out of me. I think it's because the context they're always used in. You don't like something, so your unedumicated adversary immediately comes back with this as some kind of weak insult. I will give an example. This was found by doing a quick Google search:
"I don't have to hate haters because I understand that hating is their way to express their emptiness and self-imposed misery."
Since when did having a negative view of something indicate someone is empty or forcing misery upon themselves? Bah! I do not force misery upon myself. It's the ignorant masses of humanity who make statements like this in defense of their position that cause me misery. I mean honestly, who is really going to be bothered by this statement? I'm a hater? My god man!! I knew there was a word for my dislike of your position. Thank you Captain Obvious. I have truly seen the light.
Stop being stupid and I'll be happier than a tornado in a trailer park!
Doctor L's CT Re-retranslation.7z
The translation is complete, finally. It was a long arduous task. But, I am pleased with the result.
It would have been released weeks ago, but I was having difficulty inserting Crono's new element icon into the game to replace the 'Lightning' one. It became necessary to look for help which I eventually got from justin3009 at Chrono Compendium.
So, I have made posts at Chrono Compendium and at ROMHacking.net, but it seems to be getting little fanfare. I wish I could find out how often it's being downloaded if at all.
I'm trying to concoct a way to get it more fan press without being a douche about it. No luck so far.
I'm not entirely done with everything though. I consider all my work an ongoing work in progress. So, as I continue to play the game, I'm fixing text to make it look more uniform and neat. Eventually, I'll submit these changes as a new release version. I also realized I need to change the default name of the flying craft in the game back to 'Epoch' as the CC team changed it to the Japanese name. But, the space provided isn't big enough for the name, so it's shortened making it look awkward. I've also changed a bunch of the abbreviated names of items and equipment to shorter names while trying to retain their original meaning in Japanese. A second run through the game made me realize how much this annoyed me. I've never been fond of abbreviating words normally not abbreviated.
Here's to hoping it gets the kind of recognition I'm hoping for. :-/
