[ life:revisited 2010 + 1 ]

Drink: Beck's Dark.
Soundtrack: Placebo - Soulmates Never Die
Weapon of Choice: Phone cord. (Slow strangulation)

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It's one of those mediocre days out there today. Where time seems to pass noticeably slower than normal. Days like this just come and go usually, but being behind a desk during one of these days is a little worse than being out doing something, anything. I have a lot of people on both edges of this sword, that know how I feel. It is probably caused by the promise of the weekend looming overhead, that makes days like this seem to last all week.

Had dinner with .5 of the family last night, the moms came down to see me and the warden. It was cool, we talked about age, and all of the things that happen to a person as they grow older. The only quote that sprung to mind as she talked about health problems, AARP, and how things happen as you age, was" Hey, even the Mona Lisa is falling apart." Quote is true though. That's what makes human life precious, the fact that it does end.

Still getting another commission check from my old job, so I can thumb my nose at Sprint now, those babbling fools. There is more incompetence in one store there, than a room full of greased up colobus monkeys trying to climb a pole for bananas. Pure stupidity does exist, and it breeds there. Well that is about it for the randomness on my mind. Comment if you will with any crap that comes to mind.

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Drink: DayQuil liquid.
Soundtrack: Underworld Live Disc.
Weapon of Choice: DayQuil liquid.

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Augh, drinking DayQuil, and having a slow or annoyning day is not very helpful to a person's sanity. I think I might actually be vibrating, especially after a cup of columbian supreme coffee. Weird. Also trying to read ANYTHING in this state is like trying to do difficult calculus problems while being stabbed with a small paperclip. Concentration is not my strong point at all this morning. EEk. Well my attention span is wayy too short to type, so thats it.

(formerly from MSN Spaces, those commies, so now you can comment.)

Drink: Ovaltine!!
Soundtrack: Brother by Dark New Day
Weapon of Choice: Schick razor (by the way my neck is, the razor won.)

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Anti-piracy. RIAA. MPAA. FCC. Angry artists crying that their music is being copied and they aren't making any money. How dire this situation is.

WTF.

If I read one more article on slashdot about artists whining about their music being copied, or how the MPAA loses jobs when movies are distributed, I am going to have to vomit on my workstation's monitor. Everyone has burned a cd they never owned, watched a cam / secondhand movie, and installed pirated software on their computer. Why? Because its free. Not only is it free, its cheaper then buying something thats not free. (I love my logic) That makes you a pirate, yarrr.

Imagine if you will, my fellow Blackbeards, Ashlee Simpson. Ok, after some of us calm down a bit, we all know she is a hit with the younger crowd, and also a sniper target of some of the older crowd. How many teenie boppers have actually BOUGHT her CD? I'd say that as much as they scream and cry when they see her new outfit, I highly doubt they like her enough to ask mom and pop for 20 bucks to buy her CD. They used a BitTorrent client or, heaven forbid a P2P client like -gasp- Kazaa. But those kids didn't buy her shit. And somehow, I don't see her begging in the street for change. I see her on the red carpet, getting out of her stretch H2, wearing Prada, Dolce & Gabbana, Louis Vuitton. Those purses cost more than my car payment. Trust me, she is doing fine with her advertising, music videos, and concerts. to live comfortably (and we know she does) for the rest of her life.

Piracy is a fact of life, period. It is kind of like spiders in your house. They are big, ugly and sometimes bite your ass, but you rarely see problem ones, and they actually clean your house for you, killing other insects like flies that spread disease. That may not be the best analogy, but in a nutshell, Pirates are needed in our society.

Look at computer viruses. They cause havoc in home and corporate computer networks all over the world. But here are two actual purposes they serve. Number 1: They make us more cautious about what we do with our machines. We backup more frequently, we check our anit-virus definitions, we read and hear about how to protect ourselves, making us SMARTER INDIVIDUALS, which I will come back to. Numero Dos: They provide jobs to companies like McAfee, Norton, Trend and others. WHAT?? WHAT IS THIS HERESY??!?! Ok, let me speak slower. Virus creater creates virus, releases into wild (i.e. the interweb O.o) Virus causes some havoc, anti-virus programmer catches virus, engineers a fix, therefore does his job, and now that fix is enabled on millions of host computers, therefore foiling our virus kiddie, making him hit the drawing boards for a new type of virus. He makes new virus, and releases, making it harder for super do-gooder anti-virus man to fix, so he needs help, maybe 1 more security expert, or algorithm writer, and after he finds them, they are hired, and they beat virus, making virus writers again go back to the drawing board. Thus is the circle of life created in nature all over the world. Species contracts disease, some die, some build resistance, those that build resistance live and procreate ---> NATURAL SELECTION. And I am all for this, because it breed strong, smart individuals on both sides. And it makes life interesting. So back to Johnny Depp, Legolas, and yummy Keira Knightly....

We, as the slightly computer adapted generation, have lived through seeing all the lawsuits that have arisen from "piracy". I will say, that piracy is a threat to some of the organizations of this country that are involved, with music, movies, and software. But, I believe we have placed wayyy to much energy into fighting piracy, when these efforts from our wonderful government firstly are not that effective, and secondly could be used more effectively in other areas. Yet another reason why our government is being run by children. And that is a whole other post. So if you ave something to say about this, or just want to yell at me, go ahead and post a comment. Until next time....

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Well kids, after a little sabbatical, a move, and a serious job change, Life:Revisited is finally back online. I know all my friends are going to be ecstatic about this one. This was a great vehicle to chat with friends who dont get to chat too often. I have had like 4 of these damn things, and this has been the best hosting site. MSN Spaces totally blows goats. Big angry goats that wield spears. Well I am actually going to be transferring one post over here, so more posts to come, and its good to be back.

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