[Aradon Templar]'s diary

674825  Link to this entry 
Written about Sunday 2005-10-02
Written: (6943 days ago)

*chuckles*

"Ford!" he said, "there's an infinite number of monkeys outside who want to talk to us about this script for Hamlet they've worked out."

672459  Link to this entry 
Written about Tuesday 2005-09-27
Written: (6947 days ago)

A note on Goths, provided courtesy of I hate Posers.

I hate posers has provided me with some enlightenment as to the true nature of goths. I was perusing their collection of links, and clicked one because it's url contained 'Religious Tolerance'. Hoping for a laugh, I read the article, and got my laugh. Among their numerous quotes, I found a great attempt at defining the goth subculture. It interested me greatly, because, while they all claimed they were horribly stereotyped and labeled, goths were invariably unable to define it for themselves. So the article went:

What is the Goth culture?

It is basically indefinable, because "Goth" means different things to each follower.

At this point, I laughed, and stopped reading. If that's the best they can do to define 'goth', it can't qualify as a culture. Heck, why not be the first goth-Catholic, and I'll define 'goth' as a follower of God, believing in all things pure and holy. Yeah, like I'll fit in to the Goth society. In truth, if I wished to do this, I could. I could manipulate their ideals and what they believe and fit right in. But the facts are, if they can't define 'goth', and anyone could fit right in by redefining it for themselves, they are not, in fact, a subculture, because they posess no unifying qualities that are the same across the board, by this definition. Nothing holds them together save for the title 'goth'. This brings me to conclude that joining this group 'goth' is meaningless, and merely a fad. Yes, a fad. It is not a culture, by the definition given. Those who wish to disagree, please, by all means, give me a better definition to work with.
672118  Link to this entry 
Written about Monday 2005-09-26
Written: (6948 days ago)
Next in thread: 684809

Is it just me, or is it really odd that I found someone whose house had a wiki advertisement section which, in one line advertised anti-racism, and the next line down advertised anti-nazis?
Is it just me, or is that a bit incongruent? Is it bad to discriminate based on race, but perfectly fine to discriminate based on beliefs?
I can see a difference there, but I don't think the difference is great enough to qualify -.-

666638  Link to this entry 
Written about Saturday 2005-09-17
Written: (6958 days ago)

Self-notary, for an mIRC battle-bot.

<Aradon> 1. Broom Pendant (25K)
<Aradon> 2. Gold Stopwatch (10K)
<Aradon> 3. Mysterious Ankh, possibly (20K)
<Aradon> 4. Diamond Brooch (17500)
<Aradon> 5. Magnificent Hairpin (20K)
<Aradon> 6. Badge of Accessoryment (23K)
<Aradon> 7. An enchanted Kartoffel (10K)
<Aradon> 8. Bejeweled Crown (13K)
<Aradon> 9. Shiny Bracelet (14K)
<Aradon> 10. Emerald Earrings (15K)
<Aradon> 11. Silk Bag (22500) (slightly increases money gained? about 2% ish?)
<Aradon> 12. Mithril Scabbard (22K)
<Aradon> 13. Glowing Amulet (22K)
<Aradon> 14. Lorien Quivers (22K)
<Aradon> 15. Witchdoctor Trinket (22K)
<Aradon> The last four could possibly be enchanted to give you a weapon in your hand of the respective type, replacing whichever it would normally be placed in (scabbard - melee, amulet - magic, quivers - ranged, trinket - buff)
<Aradon> Prices might want to be upped, some, I kinda viewed 25K as a limit (note the only one that is 25K is my broom pendant :D)
<Aradon> If you don't like any, I'll think of some replacements. Some of those really were kinda lame
<Aradon> Like 6 and 7 (a kartoffel is a potatoe in German ;) )

665564  Link to this entry 
Written about Wednesday 2005-09-14
Written: (6960 days ago)
Next in thread: 672529

I think this merits diarying:



* lady has joined #elftown
<Aradon> ooohhh
<Aradon> a lady
<Aradon> :D
<Aradon> :P hello
<isilando> :P
* lady is now known as Guest44216
<Guest44216> hi
<Guest44216> lady stitches here in the flesh
<Guest44216> is silence periodical here?
<Aradon> yes
<Guest44216> well at least there's you, so what are you into?
<Aradon> technically, silence is even perpetual, considering the lack of sound on the mIRC chat rooms
<Aradon> I'm into school
<Aradon> >:D
<Guest44216> indeed
<Guest44216> so besides #2 pencils you like?
<Aradon> Prentice Hall schoolbooks :D
<Aradon> they're the roxxors
<Guest44216> fascinating, so what's ur tragedy as of late? (anything sucky interfering w/ your life?
<Aradon> Yeah, I got a 90 on a test :(
<Guest44216> so you're a straight A student?
<Aradon> ideally
<Guest44216> what'd you get a 90 in?
<Aradon> Math.
<Aradon> Precalculus, even
<Guest44216> indeed
* Guest44216 has quit IRC (Quit: Azzurra IRC Network http://www.azzurra.org)


>:D
663892  Link to this entry 
Written about Monday 2005-09-12
Written: (6963 days ago)

An idea that would be uber for a story, less so for an RP, but something I'd like to continue writing perhaps.

Concept being that the 'heavens', or sky, is actually a flat plane above the world where Angels live, in large numbers, much like the humans. Technology is advanced, to the point of teleportation over small distances is bringing the two worlds into disastrous contact. Small contacts have been made in the form of Angels visiting Earth on a few occasions, usually low profile, but now there is contact and conflict rising in some parts. While it has been known on both sides of each others' existance, few wanted much to do with the other. Now, transportation has been made to carry people from the ground to the sky.

Probably gonna write an intro to this story at Templar's Notepad. About time there's some decent stuff in there, rather than some of the lesser quality weirdness I've stuffed in there.

661038  Link to this entry 
Written about Wednesday 2005-09-07
Written: (6967 days ago)
Next in thread: 661039

I seem to write a lot of interesting, or possibly lesser interesting things in here. Too bad I can't live five or six more times, with different childhood influences, so as to write these all over again, but about different topics.

Then again, maybe there are lots of people who write interesting things like me in their diaries, and I don't have to write them myself. *wonders which house numbers they are* :P

659413  Link to this entry 
Written about Sunday 2005-09-04
Written: (6970 days ago)

One will have to wonder if one day the world will come to its senses concerning abortion, and actually react. Would it have the same stigma, people looking at abortion clinics like they do concentration camps? The concept is the same: buildings/areas where countless die. They die in concentration camps because Hitler didn't like them for their views. They die in abortion clinics because their mothers would be inconvenienced by their existence.

There is a striking similarity that many people would want to overlook. They rationalize in this by claiming that they aren't sentient beings yet. But in effect, they still prevent life by killing that growth into life.

In another, someone odder comparison, that's like saying that destroying a $10 investment that would definately mature into a $1,000,000 is perfectly fine, because it is only $10. Think, people, and stop rationalizing.

656327  Link to this entry 
Written about Tuesday 2005-08-30
Written: (6976 days ago)

Every time I remove that notice about no 'hi' messages, I am quickly reminded why I should have left it up >.<
Random people say 'hey', and expect me to start a conversation! It's like, they expect me to actually be social o.O
*is busy being very antisocial in terms of conversations*'

So, yeh. People messaging me, unless you can find one of the rare topics I'm interested in (no, I'm not going to tell you them), expect interactions with me to be brief. I'm always glad to answer questions, but casual conversation isn't my thing.

...

Not that anyone who simply writes 'hi' messages reads diary entries either, so my apologies for preaching to the choir here. View it more as a rant :P

~Caleb

654930  Link to this entry 
Written about Sunday 2005-08-28
Written: (6978 days ago)
Next in thread: 655036

My goodness ally writes a lot of diaries... hehe. *was just browsing randomly through them*

654359  Link to this entry 
Written about Saturday 2005-08-27
Written: (6979 days ago)

And a turn around from last post. In Utopia, we have a change of plans, and we're going to wave 6:45, and then see if we can handle 1:41. 6:45's a piece of cake; I got their CB's entirely with only one failed spell attempt.

The forums are just odd. More like a singular forum, despite the separate topics. It's supposed to be linear, with the topic only to hint at a change of discussion. See, once that was clear to me, the forums made lots more sense. They still stink compared to other forum systems, but I can deal with them now...

653040  Link to this entry 
Written about Thursday 2005-08-25
Written: (6981 days ago)

:/
I honestly hate the forums with all my heart. They are the evilest part of Elftown. I just finished reading the lengthiest thread on there by thread (some 130 posts), and since I read them by thread it didn't count them as read. Honestly! What is wrong with a simple thread-arrangement forum?

On the other hand, my Utopia KD looks to be shaping up, or will be shaped up after the next war. Until then, I get a wizard pump.

651013  Link to this entry 
Written about Monday 2005-08-22
Written: (6984 days ago)

*ish now on the RPG Realm Council and GM, which would be good except now he has to deal with forums -.-*

650337  Link to this entry 
Written about Sunday 2005-08-21
Written: (6985 days ago)

After any halfways decent movie, I always feel compelled to write something interesting or thoughtful. Probably because a good movie must convey powerful emotion in order to engage the audience.
Well, tonight, I just wanted to point out that if you feel no emotions, you have no life. Emotions are the most sensitive parts of ourselves, more personal than events that go on around us, even more sensitive than our five senses. If you have no connection with emotions, you cannot say you are even experiencing your life. Now I understand how people can be bitter and ruthless; those who kill their emotions are as good as dead. Yet they lack the respite of death, whether it be eternal sleep, unending nothingness, or life in another dimension. They are barred from what should come, and are forced to be living dead, feeling no connection to the world, and thus experiencing nothing. They are to be pitied, yet feared as well, for they are the type that have no pity or mercy, or even obey the laws of humanity. Why should they, when they are as good as dead?
Emotions keep people sane, humane, and living strong. Yet, powerful ones can drive people to extremes as well. However, they can still be said to be living, and are a good deal better off than the emotionally dead.
Life filled with emotion is a good one, and will bear good memories for the afterlife or old age. A life filled with simple memories will fade into fact and be dismissed as unimportant. A whole life, wasted. Keep your emotions strong.

(By the way, the movie I watched was The Terminator, for any who were curious.)

~Caleb

649178  Link to this entry 
Written about Friday 2005-08-19
Written: (6987 days ago)

Ugh. Bad day. Extreme homework load, lots of important stuff tomorrow. Dead tired, got up really tired, worked my head off today, still didn't finish. Not in a good mood :P

On the other hand, in light of my recent decision that my sole perspective is limited, I'm now open to hear any criticisms of me that any of my friends have to say. This is your chance to tell me what's wrong with me, so send me a message. *ish looking for constructive criticism, or in fact any criticism, so as to be better in the perspective of everyone else*

On another hand (back to the first one, in case it wasn't clear that I didn't have three hands), Mithias is my new friend, and he is working on building a new ET-like community soley for RPers, which I plan on joining/crewing/doing stuff in, when possible. Looks to be good. I like the stylesheet :P

648182  Link to this entry 
Written about Wednesday 2005-08-17
Written: (6988 days ago)

*points and laughs at the statement and those who say, "I hate racists!"*

No explanation needed, I think :)

647018  Link to this entry 
Written about Monday 2005-08-15
Written: (6990 days ago)

Tis the 15th, and this entry is to give tribute to She who shares my birthday and was assumed into heaven on this day, many years ago, the divine Mother Mary. Stories tell that she was perfect and flawless, completely obedient and submissive, the perfect servant of God. Of course, stories are flawed, but in light of this particular subject, she being the Mother of God, I will believe it is true. She is a role model often overlooked, with people eager to point at Jesus, or Peter, or more current saints. Yet, Jesus' sacrifice was superhuman, something that we, even if we wanted to, could not do. None of us could die and free souls in Hell, while granting pardon to the world. It simply isn't within our jurisdiction and power to do. And while we can't, at the same time, give birth to a divine being as Mary did Jesus, we can make the same choices as the Immaculate Mother- that is, say yes to whatever the Lord's bidding was. Being a willful servant is the grace that is greatest in her, and it is one that we all deserve to foster in ourselves.

645995  Link to this entry 
Written about Sunday 2005-08-14
Written: (6991 days ago)

Or, I am going to get my new house up, despite the crashing tendancies of PSP. And look what happens- something compelled me to use illegible fonts, and I forgot to save a .psp copy. Now, I get to start all over again. Yippee. Though the new house stays up for now.

644994  Link to this entry 
Written about Saturday 2005-08-13
Written: (6993 days ago)

Ugh, lovely. I stay up unseemly late on the weekend trying to make my new house while I still have time, and what does Paintshop Pro do? Oh, go figure, it thinks it's funny to crash. That's gotta be the thing I hate most about it. Lots of people complain about PSP's capabilities and limits, but the crashing part is the worst. Now I'm never gonna get my new house up :(

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