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Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 18:36:03 GMT

THE END.

Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Tue, 25 Apr 2006 00:36:22 GMT

From wikipedia:

"A polluting counterpart to Captain Planet named Captain Pollution appears in a two-part episode “Mission to Save Earth” when Dr. Blight steals the Planeteers’ rings, creates polluting duplicates of them, and distributes the duplicates to most of the other eco-villains (Greedly and Zarm were absent from this gathering). She gives Plunder a Deforestation Ring (opposite of Earth), Nukem a Radiation Ring (opposite of Fire), Sludge a Smog Ring (Wind), Skumm a Toxics Ring (Water), and keeps the Hate Ring (Heart) for herself."

"A relatively common criticism of the show was that its theme [a superhero show] made it unhelpful as an educational tool. While it presented pollution and environmental destruction as bad, it was argued, the very nature of the show meant it did not explore the reasons why pollution and environmental destruction occur; instead it presented them as the result of extremely deliberate action by evil villains, who often were out to damage the environment purely for the sake of doing so with no greater objective, or because of an exaggerated and overly stereotypical motive as one would expect from a supervillain rather than a regular human."

Friday, April 21, 2006

Fri, 21 Apr 2006 19:24:49 GMT

Wether you think you can or can not, either way you are right.

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Tue, 18 Apr 2006 20:46:26 GMT

I met a self proclaimed hustler today at Carl's, a drunk man in his ...ohhh.... mid 30s perhaps. After talking for a while and determining that I was not 'bugged' because every "mutha !@#%er is 'bugged' these days, you gotta watch out!" he decided to make me a bet: he told me that he could hustle at least 7 dollars from this guy in line. The wager: 1 dollar. Well I agreed and off he went. After making this guy feel incredibly ackward (the whole line shifted to accomodate his advances) my hustling friend returned empty handed. He then proceeded to tell me that he himself was "high as !@#$, and I'm drunk and if I had a couple more minutes I could get the whole line's money... I'm one bad mutha !@#$er, man I'm as dangerous as !@#$, I'm a criminal, just got out last week!". Continuing on he would eventually ask mrs bradshaw if she wanted to jog with him, she said no because she's a pastors wife and to this he said "now ain't that the !@#$, you went too far wit it, it wasn't no date, I was just asking if you wanted to jog wit me! and why you go calling yourself a pastor's wife, you are the wife of a pastor.... the wife of a pastor, ain't no good reason to be a pastors wife". Some time later, Mrs bradshaw eventually asked if he knew about God and he said he couldn't talk about "cuz not enough time right now to tell you all the things I know"

As we left I realized that this man was perhaps a desert farther and I should have used the encounter to obtain wisdom from him. But when I turned around he was gone!

Thursday, April 13, 2006

Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:13:38 GMT

QUESTIONS POSTED BY MATT THAT DEMAND ANSWERS

You have a sister, and more importantly, is Dr. Doom the same Dr. Doom as in fantastic four?
-Yes and Yes.
If so, how did they fight him?
-Normally they kinda quadruple team him, with mr fantastic and ben doing most of the work.
Did they every team up with Captain America?
-Yes.
Why do police suck at capturing evil villains?
-Villains have super powers/complicated gadgets/weapons/armor and guards.
Why don't superhero's just kill the villains, or put them in a huge ring and make them fight each other like gladiators?
-Most super heroes believe that every one has a speck of good on the inside, that everyone deserves a second chance because they can change and turn from their evil ways. You really can't make a super villain do anything, thats why putting them in a gladiator match would be futile. In fact it would probably give them a chance to team up together (its happened in more restrictive environments like Gotham's Prison or in the Ultimates it happened at the Triskelion).
Do think a lot of people would go to see the match?
-If it were possible then yes.
Who do you think would make the best match?
-Magneto versus Mr Sinister
What do you think about a tag team match of D.C. Villians vs. Marvel Villains?
-I think its a complex idea that can't be answered in under 30 minutes. The short answer would be Marvel would win, but the reasons are many and varied.
Of the villains, who has the best henchmen?
-Dr Doom: his henchmen are 'doom bots', exact robotic replicas of himself that rival him in power and intellect and these doombots normally cause just as much trouble as he does. When one is destroyed it normally elicits a response like "look what we almost did!"
Henchmen are pointless, why did the villains insist on having them?
-A villain is just one person and its hard to carry out their complicated plans as such.
Did they get paid?
-Some do, but normally its upon completion of their task. For instance: if Mr Freeze holds the entire city for ransom and actually gets the ransom then they get paid a percentage.
If so, how much?
-Depends, as little as 2% and as much as 15%.
If not, why they keep working with them?
-Some henchmen actually believe in the cause, for instance Joker's henchmen may actually seem some value in poisoning an entire city with laughing gas.
With exception to like King Pin or Lex Luther, how did most evil villains support their operations?
-Many villans are already wealthy from occupation (Mr sinister [genetics], Dr Doom [principality], Hobgoblin and Shocker [mercenary] Venom [journalist] Mr Freeze [doctor]) other villains are funded by like minded people who believe in what they are doing (Magneto, Red Baron, Crimson Dynamo) many villains just steal what they need (Green Goblin, Shocker, The Riddler, Joker)
Is there a such thing as too many questions?
-I've heard of the concept but I have yet to see proof.

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Wed, 12 Apr 2006 13:49:54 GMT

My baby sister looks like a baby version of kevin bacon as he was in the movie tremors. Speaking of tremors: did you know that in tremors 3 the creatures grow wings and fly? Plus, instead of being worms they are actually more like 'mousers' from the ninja turtle series. Mousers are small robots with large chomping mouths a small torso and 2 legs (but no arms). Their jumping range is about 3 feet, and they stand about 2.5 tall. Although they only appeared in a couple episodes of the show they were a very common enemy in nearly all of the games. The toughest ninja turtle game, and also the best, was the ninja turtle side scroller for the original ninetendo. One of the toughest video game boss battles was in sonic 2 where you have to go through a pretty tough level... then fight metal sonic.... then fight dr robotnic. Dr robotnic is a multi faceted character with multiple agendas and motives. Unlike Dr robotnic, Dr Doom never actually had a doctorate, he simply fancies the title of 'dr'. Dr Doom rules over the fictional eastern europian country of latveria, essentially a nation of gypsies. Once Dr Doom actually managed to steal the power cosmic from silver surfer, but lost it shortly after. Several times a year as single wave can carry a surfer on the amazon for several hours uninterrupted.

Thursday, April 06, 2006

Thu, 06 Apr 2006 13:18:32 GMT

There is a certain point when our memory of ourselves becomes a different person and we are free to talk about that person as if they are far removed from who we are. Its like a couple of weeks have passed and what was horribly embarrassing at the time is now something we can refer to freely because we talk about the person it happened to (being us) as if we were not ourselves at all, but someone to be pitied or laughed at. The idiocy of our actions is ignored and no longer associated with us today. You may have said the stupidest most shameless thing but because you talk about it as if it were a lesser person and because it happened a 'while ago', it has no bearing on you because you don't view it as yourself anymore. My goal is to shorten the time frame down. So instead of being days/weeks/months/years ago when suddenly we feel distanced enough in time to separate ourselves from that moment I will be on a minute to minute basis. I want half way through a conversation, where I did something I am not proud of, to be able to talk about that person who said that thing as if I feel bad for him, as if I've grown enough in that moment to look back on him unemotionally. With the same person who I just royally offended moments ago (and meant it) now laugh at the foolishness of Josh:Past and have them believe that I am no longer he.

I have been thinking about taking what I want but many oppose me and I happen to count their words as valuable. I'm bordering a rash decision and I may have to use this sooner then I had hoped.

Monday, April 03, 2006

Mon, 03 Apr 2006 14:25:53 GMT

Friends and foes:
I can't use any more material on xanga until I start filming this movie I want to make. Lets face it, I got alot of quality stuff I've already wasted on this page! That may have never stopped me in the past, but putting that stuff into a movie feels shameless. And for those of you who have actually felt shame before, well... its pretty ungood, let me tell you what. Well this is strictly business, I can only hope you will understand that.

Oh yeah! And to all you people who think to yourself "josh is never going to do this movie.... josh is never actually going to organize this... josh is soooooo freaking coool, ect" well to you I say "thanks, I am cool. concerning your fears/doubts that I will produce this movie, well, I will. Once again, thanks for thinking I'm so cool. Its good to see you've gotten past our differences and acknowledged what is true".

with much love, tenderness and warmth - Josh

Thursday, March 30, 2006

Thu, 30 Mar 2006 16:16:56 GMT

B I T T E R

My charisma score has dropped 6 points in the last couple of days here! Blast it all! I think I'm going to give up on conversations: no more contribution, no more input, I'm not going to be funny, not going to be a team player, I'll avoid good stories, I'm not going to build off your topics, I'm not going to laugh or comment, if I see you're bored or left out I'm not going to try to include you into the circle. When it comes to introducing subjects: I won't! If everyone is silent and its awkward I'm not going to bail us out! You do it! I'm tired of trying. Actually thats the whole point of this: I'm sick of sub par conversationalist, those who can't introduce a topic outside of themselves... those people who don't try or help or who don't fix silence... those people who are just there for crying out loud... those people getting 'love' for free (whatever that means)! Its like most people's existence somehow merits this while others have to fight for it! Screw my efforts. The work is not worth the inconsistent results. I figure I'll become a secondary character and allow others to 'make things interesting', see how they like it! (waves fist in the air). Yeah... that will solve my problem!

My other solution to just bailing on conversations altogether is to build premade conversations and write them on cue cards. Upon my arrival into a group these cards will be handed out to each person. They will then be read aloud in order, kinda like reading a screenplay. The responses and comments will always be the same and will stay general so they can always be applicable. Between reads each member will briefly make eye contact so as to create a sense of connection between the readers. Each person will also get the same number of lines.

Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Tue, 28 Mar 2006 18:48:31 GMT

Here's what I don't get: The holodeck on star trek and the ability to turn the safety measures off. Do you know how many times something horrendous happened in there because of that? And any time that somebody turned the safety measures off you knew that the rest of the episode would be a plot involving either: somebody getting locked in there OR the holograms gaining awareness and wanting to take the ship over/kill somebody OR the character Data believing he was actually a character within the program itself thus becoming a threat to himself and the crew.

I don't see how speciality shops make it. I mean when you have a shop that only sells pens... how many pens do you have to sell that day just to break even? 6? 20? Or a store that just sells teddy bears that you put your name on... is there really a market for that?

Every state should have a city devoted to people who want to live in costumes. All of the star wars/anime/medieval fans could go there and finally just dress the way they want to all the time without feeling stupid. I would live there. I bet that this one town would have more productivity then any of the other towns in this state. Here's what would happen: the people with really awesome costumes would provoke the people with medium-low costumes into earning more/working out more/dreaming more/ doing whatever it takes to make their appearance more like their chosen character. That means highly motivated people. Plus think how cool everyone would look after a while (assuming the costumes continue to get more advance/like like): you got people looking like vash the stampede, knights, boba fett... what's not to like?

If I had a cd it might be called: no one follows OR negative numbers OR regardless of the pitiful sufferings of the world OR beyond your diet OR standing armies OR the ghost of Christmas past: present OR statements that elicit response OR the greater sapien project OR the taking of peace OR crimes against sanity OR the greatest affair of the state OR unchecked war