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11 years ago
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Talk about geeking out.
Wolverine, Gambit, The Blob, and Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool?
Sweet.
Talk about geeking out.
Wolverine, Gambit, The Blob, and Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool?
Sweet.
Good
Seems to be a rash of these films portraying the good side of Nazi Germany.
This is the first that caught my interest.
Seems to be a rash of these films portraying the good side of Nazi Germany.
This is the first that caught my interest.
When did you decide not to be gay?
Everyone has their input about California's Prop 8, or Arizona's 102. I am no different.
The argument presented by supporters of equal marriage rights, is that marriage is a right that everyone should have, regardless of who they love. The ability to love, is one that the country protects, and should extend unto every human that lives in it.
The Yes voters, say that for over 5000 years, marriage was man and woman. It has not been redefined in that time. Yet, this is only partially true. Then it was often for political purpose. Land trade. A way of joining powerful families. Today, it's about love. Then, races could not intermarry. Now, regardless of your background, you can marry. Unless you love the same sex, that is.
The issue that Yes voters love to present, is that we all have equality. Our choices, are not extended the same curtesy. Yet, the choice of religion is totally protected. Sure, you can worship Christ, and follow with a large population of this country. However you can always worship Satan, his eternal enemy. Or follow Mohammad, or the peaceful teachings of the Buddha. Each of these choices, these "lifestlyes" are protected in the Constitution. The ability to love, and marry whomever you want, is not.
All these Yes voters say, that being gay is a choice. That the American constitution, and people, cannot protect such a choice. They'll protect the people who choose to follow a religion that teaches "love your neighbors", even though the same religion does not respect, the love those neighbors choose to share. The Yes voters protect the choice to drive a car that destroys our planet, and economy, one tank of gas at a time.
Yet, they will not protect love. They do not protect something that is not a choice, it's a fundamental human emotion. They say it's a choice.
So then, when did you choose not to be gay?
The argument presented by supporters of equal marriage rights, is that marriage is a right that everyone should have, regardless of who they love. The ability to love, is one that the country protects, and should extend unto every human that lives in it.
The Yes voters, say that for over 5000 years, marriage was man and woman. It has not been redefined in that time. Yet, this is only partially true. Then it was often for political purpose. Land trade. A way of joining powerful families. Today, it's about love. Then, races could not intermarry. Now, regardless of your background, you can marry. Unless you love the same sex, that is.
The issue that Yes voters love to present, is that we all have equality. Our choices, are not extended the same curtesy. Yet, the choice of religion is totally protected. Sure, you can worship Christ, and follow with a large population of this country. However you can always worship Satan, his eternal enemy. Or follow Mohammad, or the peaceful teachings of the Buddha. Each of these choices, these "lifestlyes" are protected in the Constitution. The ability to love, and marry whomever you want, is not.
All these Yes voters say, that being gay is a choice. That the American constitution, and people, cannot protect such a choice. They'll protect the people who choose to follow a religion that teaches "love your neighbors", even though the same religion does not respect, the love those neighbors choose to share. The Yes voters protect the choice to drive a car that destroys our planet, and economy, one tank of gas at a time.
Yet, they will not protect love. They do not protect something that is not a choice, it's a fundamental human emotion. They say it's a choice.
So then, when did you choose not to be gay?
Accepted
If you haven't seen Accepted, do so.
After watching it, I'm really surprised how terrible college really is.
Sure, I learn a lot, I enjoy the thirst for knowledge. Yet, the end goal for me, is to someday open my own business. To create something, from nothing. Nurse it. Raise it. Make it into something real.
Yet, why do I have to learn so many things? Do I need to know the cultural make up of Ancient Egypt to properly balance my books? Does advertising my product hinge on the ethnic repercussions of societal views?
What most matters about college, is find what you love. Try different classes. Experiment with different clubs.
It's a real shame to go through life, just because college told you who to be.
"These are the best four years of your lives. Then you're fucked"-Uncle Ben/Accepted
After watching it, I'm really surprised how terrible college really is.
Sure, I learn a lot, I enjoy the thirst for knowledge. Yet, the end goal for me, is to someday open my own business. To create something, from nothing. Nurse it. Raise it. Make it into something real.
Yet, why do I have to learn so many things? Do I need to know the cultural make up of Ancient Egypt to properly balance my books? Does advertising my product hinge on the ethnic repercussions of societal views?
What most matters about college, is find what you love. Try different classes. Experiment with different clubs.
It's a real shame to go through life, just because college told you who to be.
"These are the best four years of your lives. Then you're fucked"-Uncle Ben/Accepted
$14,000,000,000
$14,000,000,000
A bill is now on its way to the Senate, to keep Detroit afloat, until March.
Just afloat. Not provide enough to get them on their feet, enough to keep them alive.
$14,000,000,000
A sum of money that is 10% of America's GDP in 2007.
A sum of money, that will go to save businesses that adapt slowly, and carry product lines that do not make money.
$14,000,000,000
Given to companies, run by CEO's earning $25 million, when their companies report $2 million loses.
My father was laid off on Friday, by a energy company in Arizona.
Fuck the corporate bail out. If a man as hard working, and as dedicated to providing for a family, can lose his job, the morons running business in Detroit can figure shit out for themselves.
A bill is now on its way to the Senate, to keep Detroit afloat, until March.
Just afloat. Not provide enough to get them on their feet, enough to keep them alive.
$14,000,000,000
A sum of money that is 10% of America's GDP in 2007.
A sum of money, that will go to save businesses that adapt slowly, and carry product lines that do not make money.
$14,000,000,000
Given to companies, run by CEO's earning $25 million, when their companies report $2 million loses.
My father was laid off on Friday, by a energy company in Arizona.
Fuck the corporate bail out. If a man as hard working, and as dedicated to providing for a family, can lose his job, the morons running business in Detroit can figure shit out for themselves.
Fraternity suspended from NAU
Pikes certainly had a rep on this campus. Now they can't hang out in groups of 3 or more.
Pikes certainly had a rep on this campus. Now they can't hang out in groups of 3 or more.
The Mets search for a closer
Hopefully we pick up K. Rod, but really, the entire team needs to perform this season
The Bills Choke
Terrific start from Buffalo at 5-1. Absolute shit after that.
Terrific start from Buffalo at 5-1. Absolute shit after that.
Time to Shine
As I sit here, in a vinyl throne found on a road side, a guitar upright on one side, and some odd sort of art to my right, I ponder what it means to be college student, at this juncture in time, and existence.
These things, these musing, this is what a college life offers.
Music
Likely the most easily visible aspect of the college student's world, is the music they fill their life with. Indie to Rap, Southern Country Rock to Swiss Prog Metal, there is no definite genre. Instead, the eclectic view of each individual, the mixing of types, the crossing of beats and notes, is the genre of the college culture. And not only is it the types we listen to, but also the formats. Our generation has been one born under the vinyl record and 8-track. The first toddlers to have Fisher Price tape decks. The early adolescents raised on the compact disc. The first 20 somethings to have digital media freely available over the internet. Just here in my dorm room, I have 3 vinyl records, 16 CDs, and 1900 songs on my iTunes.
There never seems to be an absence of music in each college persons day. A walk to class reveals a pair of headphones on most every person. A pan across a dorm room shows computers containing music libraries, speakers strewn from end to end. The constant hum of a walk down the hall tells you someone is always listening.
Passions
High School is a clique scene, an environment where you're fairly defined into one or two identifiable arenas. You're the Band Kid. The Jock. The Aggie. Film kid. There aren't hard rules for each, but generally where you spend your time, what your passion is, that's who you are. People get a general overview of who you are, based on those passions.
College rips that world apart, smashes it together, tears it to shreds again, and blends it for good measure. HS saw everyone studying the same basic concepts, with a few special interest classes here and there. College quickly becomes all about passion. Economics really drives you? Have a sharp mind for design? These things start to become apparent as classes grow more and more specialized. Suddenly no one is nearly as easily defined as they were in HS. The young man who was always playing his trumpet in high school, suddenly is a savvy anthropologist in the making, with a quick tongue in spanish, and a fire for music education.
Everyone is not that clearly defined however. While the college kid may be defined by their passions, they're also defined by the search for those passions. One semester they try an art class. Then a criminal justice course. Free time is spent on video games, learning guitar, talking with people they may have never talked to in high school. Diverse options available in college, breed diversity in its students.
Self
Surprise. You get to do anything you want. Everything is on you.
This offers a whole new opportunity for many young people, to finally have the chance to think for themselves. There is an chance to form opinions, learn from others. Live in a world not clearly defined by mommy and daddy.
With this new chance, he or she learns what comes with their opinions. How to disagree, ways to show they approve of others opinions. A college kid learns that doing something fun, isn't always smart. Something smart, won't always be fun. The things a parent always told you to do, suddenly make sense now. Sure, it made sense then. Now you see what they were talking about though! Now, you're doing it for yourself, with your own best interest in mind.
--
I enjoy the college life. The self sufficiency. I like to think I'm finally getting some things right, making choices that are smart, helping people with experience, rather than opinion. Another semester is closing, and I've messed up, I've succeeded, and I've learned.
And I'm all the better for it.
These things, these musing, this is what a college life offers.
Music
Likely the most easily visible aspect of the college student's world, is the music they fill their life with. Indie to Rap, Southern Country Rock to Swiss Prog Metal, there is no definite genre. Instead, the eclectic view of each individual, the mixing of types, the crossing of beats and notes, is the genre of the college culture. And not only is it the types we listen to, but also the formats. Our generation has been one born under the vinyl record and 8-track. The first toddlers to have Fisher Price tape decks. The early adolescents raised on the compact disc. The first 20 somethings to have digital media freely available over the internet. Just here in my dorm room, I have 3 vinyl records, 16 CDs, and 1900 songs on my iTunes.
There never seems to be an absence of music in each college persons day. A walk to class reveals a pair of headphones on most every person. A pan across a dorm room shows computers containing music libraries, speakers strewn from end to end. The constant hum of a walk down the hall tells you someone is always listening.
Passions
High School is a clique scene, an environment where you're fairly defined into one or two identifiable arenas. You're the Band Kid. The Jock. The Aggie. Film kid. There aren't hard rules for each, but generally where you spend your time, what your passion is, that's who you are. People get a general overview of who you are, based on those passions.
College rips that world apart, smashes it together, tears it to shreds again, and blends it for good measure. HS saw everyone studying the same basic concepts, with a few special interest classes here and there. College quickly becomes all about passion. Economics really drives you? Have a sharp mind for design? These things start to become apparent as classes grow more and more specialized. Suddenly no one is nearly as easily defined as they were in HS. The young man who was always playing his trumpet in high school, suddenly is a savvy anthropologist in the making, with a quick tongue in spanish, and a fire for music education.
Everyone is not that clearly defined however. While the college kid may be defined by their passions, they're also defined by the search for those passions. One semester they try an art class. Then a criminal justice course. Free time is spent on video games, learning guitar, talking with people they may have never talked to in high school. Diverse options available in college, breed diversity in its students.
Self
Surprise. You get to do anything you want. Everything is on you.
This offers a whole new opportunity for many young people, to finally have the chance to think for themselves. There is an chance to form opinions, learn from others. Live in a world not clearly defined by mommy and daddy.
With this new chance, he or she learns what comes with their opinions. How to disagree, ways to show they approve of others opinions. A college kid learns that doing something fun, isn't always smart. Something smart, won't always be fun. The things a parent always told you to do, suddenly make sense now. Sure, it made sense then. Now you see what they were talking about though! Now, you're doing it for yourself, with your own best interest in mind.
--
I enjoy the college life. The self sufficiency. I like to think I'm finally getting some things right, making choices that are smart, helping people with experience, rather than opinion. Another semester is closing, and I've messed up, I've succeeded, and I've learned.
And I'm all the better for it.
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