Not Going To Lie

Twilight interests me. From the amount of hype it's getting, it has to be good in some aspects. And those aspects that most guys criticize are probably biased beyond belief. How many of us guys have actually read the book?

Lets use Glee, the show about class/power struggle in high school, as an example of this ungrounded hatred. I'm not going to lie, before the show, an actual glee club seems kind of weird and gay. The show did change my view on glee clubs, but I didn't just get hooked because I love to watch people sing. Ms. Sue Sylvester hooked me. Her endless evil is just amazing and wittiness is addicting. Evidence:



Likewise in Twilight, there could be some dark horse laying in that book that guys must love. Maybe we could fantasize that Bella (is that the name?) is actually the hot one and that the Edward is some stupid jerk. Just throwing it out there.

Last point I want to make about this Twilight thing: the Philippines must really love vampires. As a backup post on Twilight, I was hoping to see some random correlation between twilight and such terms as suicide, murder, gay, or abuse on Google Trends but nothing popped up. Still, if you scroll down to see regions, the United States is only in third place with the Philippines placing first.

Just saying.

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The Pig Indian

My dad today saw my little brother wearing feathers behind his ears today; the first response of his was "Are you the pig from the Journey to the West?" Instead he was an Indian.


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Experimental Verification can be interesting but..

From my AP physics C textbook (Serway's Physics for Scientist and Engineers 5th ed):

I really do like the last sentence.

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The Source of Innocence

In this world of violence, sex and drugs, where is a source of innocence in the United States?

Television is no help; take a look at any drama show and you see R rated stuff. Grand Theft Auto has effectively made games the prime target for violence and sex while 4chan has decimated the web's chance of being viewed as innocent. Reading materials aren't that much better either: Newspaper exhibits the violence of this world and the some books are so graphic that, what they create with words, could be considered pornographic. What's so far untouched?

Old-fashioned comics.

I'm not talking xkcd comics here, in fact some a quarter references sex (with that hint of science and math of course); I'm talking about normal stuff you see in the newspaper everyday. Foxtrot, B.C., Hagar the Horrible, and Blondie etc.

Dagwood's wife Blondie is quite curvy and, dare I say, voluptuous. Still Dagwood never mentions anything about having sex with his wife even while laying in bed (which happens quite a few times). Rather Mr. Dagwood is more focused on eating sandwiches and napping. The same theme can be seen in Zits, the comic about teenagers. Many times Jeramey Duncan dreams of going out with Sara but never once did it mention sex.

Violence is also downplayed greatly. Beetle Bailey, the comic on soldiers and war, makes war seems as though it is fun by showing the funny pitfalls of commanders and their leaders. Hagar the Horrible constantly goes to war to raid various places but never in the strip to they mention death or suffering.

There still is one spot of refuge left for humor without the influx of dark influences.

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Dear Need For Speed

Driving, the act of it anyways, is trivial for most teens now. All the people in my generation played one of those arcade racing games and some (like your's truly) went even further by purchasing a wheel and pedal set so I can play it at home.

Of course, this has several consequences:

1. Teens now can basically drive the moment they get into a car
2. Teens now like to speed a butt-load
3. Teens parking skills are something to be looked upon like a plague

Numbers one and two can't really be addressed by racing games but three can be. So instead of Need for Speed Pro Steet game, it'll be Need for Proking! Guaranteed to improve your parking skills in thirty-two simple levels.

I need to go practice my parking.. be back later.


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