Megalomaniacal

Birthday

Sat, 02 Oct 2004 00:07:32 GMT

Birthday. Yay. =)

Best Avvy Ever.

Tue, 14 Sep 2004 06:07:51 GMT

Absolutely the best avatar ever.

DOMO-KUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wed, 01 Sep 2004 06:00:58 GMT

Summer Doings

Mon, 19 Jul 2004 23:29:22 GMT

1. Six Flags
2. Work started (Been working for 4 weeks with bastard children)
3. KMFDM Concert
4. Beach
5. 3 Day backpack in Idyllwild over July 4th weekend (24 miles, 14 with a 30-35 pound pack)
6. Saw a bunch of movies (The Terminal, Spider-man, King Arthur, Anchorman, and I think a couple others)
7. Climbed Mount Whitney (22 miles in one day, 5000-7000 ft of elevation gain, top at about 15,000 ft above sea level)
8. More to come

kthnxbai

Fun

Fri, 16 Jul 2004 05:06:34 GMT

I eat small children with my teeth.

Platypus Toaster.

Bye.

Quit Whining

Fri, 14 May 2004 23:08:06 GMT

Take a step back from the world for a second, and think about yourself complaining. We all do it, but really, what is there to complain about? It everything really that bad?

Think about it:

1. You were born. You are alive. You've had a chance to live as long as you have. That is it's own gift. You've had a chance to exist, to think, to feel, et cetera.
2. You were born human. Not an animal. A creature that could comprehend and appreciate nature, art and life. A creature that can question it's own existence, and one that can think.
3. You were born into a well off world. Most of you live in America, Canada, Europe or some other country that is decently wealthy. You don't live in a third world country (and if you do, you're still well off enough to have a computer). Food is abundant and cheap for you. You are, at least in a physical sense, comfortable.
4. You are personally at least decently affluent. You can afford a computer, and you can afford to spend your free time on a website discussing politics and philosophy. More importantly, you have free time.
5. You have your youth (most of you). You have your whole life in front of you. You have plenty of opportunity to do almost anything.

There are plenty of bad things for you too: abusive or divorced parents, bad friends, poverty, et cetera. But don't let the bad outweigh the good.

Just think about this the next time you're complaining.
So what if gays can't marry?
So what if we're at war with Iraq?
So what if you hate Bush?
So what if there is war at all?
So what if there are people you hate, or people that annoy you?
At least you've had a chance to live, and it's been at least a decent life.

Yes, things could be a lot better. But things could be MUCH worse. And you can't change the world with a snap of the fingers, and complaining doesn't help. It will take time, and, simply, the world will never be perfect, because people will always disagree. Know that what you think may not be the best way to improve the world, and that other people have just as valid opinions as you do.

And think of yourself for a second. Be a selfish little bastard. Has Bush's presidency personally ruined your life? Has the war? Has abortion, gay marriage, religion, stupid people, overpopulation, et cetera? Yes, it certainly has hurt many people and ruined many people's life, but I'll bet on the whole that most of your lives haven't been ruined. Like I said, things could be a lot better. I agree, we want everyone to be happy and content, and we don't want people to be hurt. But a world like that is next to impossible, and we won't get near there for a long time. So why complain, when things are already decent as it is? Try to improve things, if you want, but complaining when you already have so much just seems to me to be futile. I'm not saying don't discuss it, but bitching about how terrible things are seems stupid, because things really aren't that terrible.

Sorry, my thoughts are a bit muddled, I hope the message gets through and I hope I don't offend anyone.

OMG Liek LETS FLAME BUSH!

Fri, 16 Apr 2004 06:31:11 GMT

OMG, liek, Bush sucks so much. If I had a chance, I'd kill him myself. I mean, he's soooooo dumb and a bad speaker. Ok, so he's moral and doesn't attack his opponents personally on a moral basis, but he still sucks! He's led our economy into the ground, because, yes, of course, a single person can do that in four years. And here's some evidence based on inconclusive facts and out of context information, and heres some stuff my friend Jim told me was true too! He lied to us about Iraq, because he really knew there were no WMDs and just wanted oil! Ok, so Bush hasn't actually made any money off of this oil yet, nor is there any conclusive evidence of that at all, but thats what everyone else is saying! I mean, forget about the whole cease-fire agreement that Saddam broke, and then how he kept weapons inspectors from seeing everything they needed to, and had information (from the french) about where they were going so he could clean it out beforehand. And sure, the rest of the world agreed that Saddam was a threat, and that it was likely that he had WMDs because he had used them before, but I mean, now the whole world's against us. And it's not because of secret oil deals they had with Iraq during an embargo that don't work now that we've invaded, no, it's because we're in the wrong! We never should have invaded Iraq, we should have just left the Iraqis in peace so that their crazy dictator could go on with sensless killings. And Bush should apologize for September 11th! I mean, it was totally his fault! Just because planning for it by the terrorists went way back into the Clinton administration, and even though the information he got about it was inconclusive and incomplete, and there were problems with communications between different departments of the government for years. I mean, he knew that Sept. 11th would happen, he just let it happen so he'd have a reason for war! Cause, you know, we should spend this entire time with the Sept. 11th council pointing fingers instead of figuring out the problem with what happened and trying to fix it so it won't happen again. Oh, and Bush is such a bastard! I mean, he's gonna ban gay marriages, and marriage is about love, not sexual orientation! So what if Kerry is against them too, I don't care, it's Bush I hate. I mean, it may be an opinionated subject, but my opinion is right!

Bush sucks! I'm gonna go burn an American flag and complain about how much america sucks, even though I live a comfortable upper middle class life and I have no real problems. Then I'll go listen to my Emo music and cry.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Sun, 21 Mar 2004 20:29:39 GMT

*Note: spoilers, though not very major*

Eternal sunshine was an amazing movie. I can't really explain why, but I really, really enjoyed this movie. Written by Charlie Kaufman, probably my favorite of his movies. Adaptation was good... but just really fucking weird. Being John Malkovich was interesting but just way to crazy for my tastes. I saw Confessions of a Dangerous Mind recently, not knowing that Kaufman wrote it, and I thought it was a great movie, though nothing spectacularly special. I've never seen Human Nature. I probably should sometime.

But Eternal Sunshine... I though it was great. I'd put in on par with Lost in Translation. Though both are very different, I found similar aspects in both. Thats probably why I liked Eternal Sunshine. The main differences would be that Eternal Sunshine looses the existentialist feel of Lost in Translation (I hope I'm using the right use of that word), though the beginning does give that sort of feel. However, Eternal Sunshine gains the interesting, science-fiction-y and overall weird feel that is Kaufman's style. You're never quite sure what's going on until a fair ways into the movie, and that makes you think then and especially afterward. Course, the romance plays an part in me liking these movies... =D.

The way the story works out, and all of the memories, are not only really well thought out, but they leave you with a specifically planned feeling. To begin with, a destruction of a relationship, and what led up to it, but later on, what made the relationship good a fun. It was a very well written and directed movie, and leaves you with a good feeling at the end.

Happy (late) Valentine's Day

Mon, 16 Feb 2004 03:32:55 GMT

I made a quicky flash for valentine's day (although I'm a bit late in posting it). Enjoy!

http://www.flatface.net/~sabinanime/extra/val.swf

1.5-2 hours to make
25 fps

PS: for some reason, this isn't letting me post it here using html. Any help would be appreciated.

Bitch bitch bitch

Thu, 12 Feb 2004 06:47:12 GMT

"Ohh look at me! I have a nifty little livejournal! God, do I feel like shit! I'm a loser, everyone hates me, I'm stupid and bad at everything. I'm so depressed about the girl that doesn't notice me even after all those times I've stared at her during class or said hi to her in passing! Why don't girls like me?! Why am I so ugly? Bitch bitch bitch bitch..."

"Oh Chas, we're here for you! You're not dumb, or stupid, or ugly! Girls do like you! And really, I think that you are stupid and ugly, and even though I act like I'm such a great friend of yours, whenever you're not around I talk badly about you! But I'm just trying to make you feel better, even though all the things you said are completely true!"

Typical exchange of journal entry and comment on livejournal. The whole hypocricy of this annoys the shit out of me (and also the irony of me complaining about it on my livejournal). I mean, these journal websites aren't made to keep a record of your life and your personal secrets; why would you ever put such a thing on the internet for everyone to read. Nor is it simply for a summary of each day; that is not only too boring for the reader, but also for the writer! No, this website has one simple purpose:

Losers, nerds, depressed people, and even normal people use sites like this to complain. All they ever do is bitch about the poor state of their lives and how everything is terrible for them (Oh, and post those annoying "I am most like (insert well know person)" quiz answers). Firstly, this is incredibly annoying simply because either:
a. It is false. People with good lives, good educations, decent amounts of money, friends, etc. I mean, there are the people that may have *actually* abusive parents (Not the people who just hate their parents because they don't give them everything they want) that actually have a reason to be depressed and to seek consolation. Same with people who aren't well off, and are having financial issues. And I am completely serious when I say that I feel bad for these people and I'm sorry. But that's like 1-100 of the people that have these damn journals. The rest of them are spoiled, whiny, bitches.
b. It really is true, but they want consolation (see below). Basically, they say how they are dumb because they do badly in school, because they really do, or they say how noone loves them, because they don't have a boyfriend/girlfriend. Its fucking ridiculous! If things like that really bother you, quit bitching and study harder, or go out and find yourself a relationship.

The most annoying thing about these, though, is when the 'friends' of the person respond by making them feel better with complete neglect of honesty. Sure, you may be kinda consoling them now, but in the end you're just encouraging continued unproductive complaining. If you're honest, maybe the person may realize some of the mistakes that they make that cause problems, or you might give them a new idea for how to feel better. It may hurt, but it'll probably help in the long run.

And I did put friends in quotes, because I know that, to be honest, most of the people who reply to other peoples journals (And note I didn't say all) really don't have a valued relationship with the person, and will often be found talking about the person behind their back, even making fun of their problems that they disclosed on their secret, private, open to the entire world wide web journals.

~Megalomaniacalk's Journal - Producing crap for your bored, pointless lives for over 1 day~

Yay Stuff

Sat, 24 Jan 2004 08:55:44 GMT

Alright. This is up, for some reason. I donno what to do with this... maybe... put my philosophy stuff up!! yay! But, I'll probably wanna rewrite all of it, cause it's crappy and poorly written. Eh, whatever. Expect to see stuff in the next couple years.