Its been awhile. the world is hectic but I will be making a post tonight after the christmas party. It seems liek i have alot to say and I dont have alot of time right now.

Lamb

I'm reading a book Devin gave to me. Thinking about the christian bible dont you ever wonder what happened in the first 30 years of Christ's life? The book takes a humourus look at the life of Christ before he became the messiah for one of the largest religions on our earth. The story is told from another point of view though. Meet the protaganist, Levi who is known as Biff, Christ's best friend. I'm going to write a better review of the book but I think its safe to say that everyone I know would love reading this title.

-Sticks

oh joy oh joy. I really need to stop wandering around the internet...

I seriously cant begin to describe what I found. Just look please.



Okay then. Id like you to guage your reaction to that very educational film [/sarcasm]

I nearly fell out of my chair and I still chuckle when I think of peanut butter monsters rising against human oppression. I dont know who (or for that matter what peanut butter monster) spawned Chuck Missley but he pisses me off. Here is a man who has dedicated his life to disproving evolution. He cant go about it in a smart way, like maybe god created the laws of the universe and guided the process as he saw fit just as a chemist guides the creation of a new compound in a lab. Nope, any amount of compromise is out of the qeustion! Remember kids, the ball falls because god told it to at that exact moment and if you pray hard enough to god it will not fall. Whats even more amazing is that fools actually believe this man. I ask you, why do people believe this? are they so afraid of life that they need the invisible avenger in the sky to micromanage their existence?

Now that im depressed im going to keep watching the monkeys tell me how god is a middle manager that controls every aspect of life and how all of life is a minefield of sin.

advancement

My advancement test is coming. I don't much care about the advancement part but there is a catch. If I don't pass the test they stop paying for my college courses. No advancement=no Tuition assistance. This sucks. I really just want to get an associates degree then move on to my BA when I get out.

This all means I'm pre-occupied until after September 20. Believe me, I need to study. Theres so many things to. my test encompasses about 3000 pages of material...okay a little exxagerated but I need to know alot of the NAMP, 3 other books, 6 instructions back to front and numerous instructions that dont evn have anything to do with my rate.

Im up to about 1am nightly and I'm tired at work. I dont seem to be remembering anything either. I'm cutting back on my gaming to about twice a week as well so I have more time.

In other news life is sunny here in Hawaii, in fact its always sunny.

till the next random update.

-Sticks

sleep is for the weak!

I've been playing an MMO called Guild Wars lately. Its a fun game thats skill based rather then level based. The setting is a typical fantasy world full of monsters to kill and people to save/do random tasks for. What drew me in was the plot based gameplay and the robust skill system. From one adventure to the next I can completly change the way my chracter works. Theres no one right way to defeat the enemy and a keen strategy is far more important then your level. In fact the cap in this game is level 20. Compare that to WoW's 70 levels, Maple Storys 120, Everqeusts 70+, and various other games. Its very easy to pick up and play and so far I'm enjoying myself.

On the other hand right now I am trying to play with some friends of mine in the barracks. We started this game together and we were supposed to be in a static party. What has been happening has been completly different from the original idea. Im being left behind quickly. Every day while I get about 45 minutes to eat, that includes walking to and from the galley to grab something to eat, they have been playing on their 2 hour lunch breaks. Every day they get further and further from me and constantly tell me im lagging behind and I have to catch up. Now how the hell am I supposed to catch up when you provide no help and play for a significantly longer period of time?! Its frustrating but I decided to give up on catching them and to just continue playing the game at my own pace.

I havent been on the console much lately so nothing to report there. ah well. back to whatever it was I was doing before.

-Sticks

Processing

HTML isnt exactly easy when you dont have alot of time to compose anything.  Im using a template for my blog and Im going to tweak it as I go.  Currently getting myself a copy of Photoshop so I can edit images to use for my titlebar and background.

Look for changes and if something looks really weird then im probobly playing with the settings at that very moment.

Harry Pothead

I saw the new Harry Potter movie...never again. Voldemort reminded me of 80's hair-metal in the last scene. He has to be one the most unimpressive villains I have seen to date on the silver screen. Hell he gave me the same impression as the Goblin King from labyrinth gave me. The goblin king pulled it off as quirky and enjoyable while Voldemort just left me on a sour note. If I can find the right screenshot ill post it later.