[Aradon Templar]'s diary

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Written about Monday 2006-02-27
Written: (6844 days ago)

Must make something worth showing off, soon, else my uselessness will drive me crazy o.O
Question is, what. I don't exactly have any writing ideas to put up in WC, and Terragen annoys me, right now, so I don't really know what else to do... Dunno if music will work. *wants to play Guild Wars*

Oh, apologies to people who actually read this diary for all the useless entries I've made recently. I'm getting a bit stir-crazy, methinks...

754836  Link to this entry 
Written about Sunday 2006-02-26
Written: (6845 days ago)
Next in thread: 755151

>.< Ugh. Do pain medications inhibit one's ability to think straight?
Have to write a paper for Lit class, due on Monday, and it's not a good thing that it's already Sunday, and I've been on painkillers all weekend from getting my wisdom teeth out. Maybe my teacher'll accept it as an excuse if I bring half the paper finished, and explain the circumstance. It's always a possibility, but I'd much prefer to not be behind at all, as a matter of self-pride more than pragmaticism.

What irks me more is that I've been walking around, acting as if nothing's wrong, like I didn't have surgery on my mouth on Friday. I certainly don't feel any different, except for a slight light-headedness, so I hardly feel it's acceptable to be making excuses not to do the work, when I've certainly been doing the playing. Meh, maybe I ought to just get some more sleep -.-

*hates being disabled*



Update: A half-day later, with a good bit of rest, and I finish the essay, and feel great. I did just need to get some more sleep :D
753334  Link to this entry 
Written about Thursday 2006-02-23
Written: (6848 days ago)

*has green ET again*

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Written about Wednesday 2006-02-22
Written: (6849 days ago)

*spoiler warning, regarding Advent Children*

I think that many teens could learn a lot from analyzing Cloud during the movie. Especially at the end. Throughout, Cloud tries to seek forgiveness, and eventually forgive himself, because he feels guilty for Aeris' death, even though it was not his fault ("I have never once blamed you" -Aeris). However, Aeris was dead, and Cloud was not. And Zack, Cloud's best friend and Aeris' original boyfriend, was dead too. The end of the movie, the last ten seconds, shows Aeris walking off with Zack into the lifestream, leaving Cloud behind. Now, if the same were to happen to most teenagers, you can imagine the ensuing jealousies, hatreds, feuds, etc. But what does Cloud say? "Yes. I'll be alright now. I'm not alone." He forgives him. He finds peace. It's a happy ending, even though Cloud loses Aeris, seeing her walk off with his best friend.
Message in the movie: Life deals you curveballs, but you can't let it drag you down and cause you to be unhappy. Accept life as it comes, and make the best of it.

If only people could let things go, rather than attempt to find a reason to hate. Most adolescents would hate their friends for stealing their girlfriends, but Cloud's mature attitude left everyone happy and at peace. If only people stopped holding grudges and looking for hate, there would be considerably less conflicts. Peace for goodness sakes, is what people want, so why do they keep looking for conflict?

752087  Link to this entry 
Written about Wednesday 2006-02-22
Written: (6849 days ago)

Possible reason why I get so depressed from logging into ET often: Monotony kills me. I like to do things with purpose. It brings meaning into what I do. When I log into ET repeatedly, it's mainly because I don't have anything to do -.-

That, and I've seemed to develop a monopoly sort of system on likes. If one person in my family likes something, it kinda rules out me admitting to liking it too. It's kinda strange. Worst with my sister. I can't ever agree to like anything she likes already, for some reason. Though I have to admit, lots of it is actually decent, like D&N Angel. As cheesy as it sounds, and with some of it's plot stuff, there's actually a good bit of contrast & irony in the story.

749756  Link to this entry 
Written about Friday 2006-02-17
Written: (6854 days ago)

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749190  Link to this entry 
Written about Wednesday 2006-02-15
Written: (6855 days ago)

Mine satire, attacking political correctness/'anti-discrimination'

The Diary of Ernest Fairchild

Comments welcome, of course. It ought to be fairly entertaining, I hope.

740817  Link to this entry 
Written about Monday 2006-01-30
Written: (6872 days ago)
Next in thread: 741053

Worry/rantage about religion
Meaning it's rambling that won't make much sense, but some things I just have to type out to understand myself. And it's not exactly worthwhile for others to read, I'd bet.



(My apologies if any of the following are wrong- I'd never claim to be an expert on Celtism or Buddhism)

A true Christian loves God.
A true Celtic loves Nature.
A true Buddhist loves Peace and Justice.
A true pair of newlyweds love each other.
A true philanthropist loves mankind.

If I am to love God, then, as a Christian, first and formost, what about Nature? What about Peace and Justice? What about mankind? At mass, I heard a reading describing that absolutely nothing was to get in between me and God, using marraige an example. If falling in love would detract love from God, I should avoid it, it claimed. However, what of the others? I can't ignore mankind, I can't ignore peace and justice, and it'd be difficult to ignore nature as well.

Christianity and Buddhism and Celtism are exclusive, are they not? I can't follow Buddhism, because it would detract from God. But what about peace and justice? God teaches those as well- are they really mutually exclusive? Could one be part of each? A blend of religions and philosophies? Part Catholic to follow and love God our Creator, part Buddhist for the emphasis on it's beliefs, part Celtic for a respect to nature, married to love another person. Of course, Catholicism, if none of the others, would say that it was blasphemy to follow a mixture of religions.

In summary, I've been told I have to put God first, and everything else (like peace, justice, and love) have to come in second, to be Christian. These things are obviously important, though, and other religions seem to have better priorities than Christianity. Saddens me. My faith in the institution is weakened, but my personal faith is strong.

Whatever I follow, it doesn't match the Bible very completely. However, my faith has always been in what I've felt, and not what I've been told by a priest. They often have good advice, but I have to say that my path isn't strictly Catholic. I wish it was, but I have to follow what I feel is right, or else I'd be no better than a brainwashed mime.

I pray that Catholicism finds proper footing again, I feel it strays from the path of God.
738004  Link to this entry 
Written about Tuesday 2006-01-24
Written: (6878 days ago)
Next in thread: 738016

Quothe a house:
A girl and guy were speeding, on a motorcycle, over 90 mph on the road..

Girl: Slow down. I’m scared.

Guy: No, this is fun.

They both DIED!

THE END

737226  Link to this entry 
Written about Monday 2006-01-23
Written: (6879 days ago)
Next in thread: 737228

o.O Templar seems obsessed with girls, oddly enough. Anyone who knows him in real life, and quite possible those who know him on the internet could easily tell you that the chances of him getting a girlfriend are slim. But he's obsessed with them anyways. Probably explains why he likes reading stories with love plots in them, since he can't get a girlfriend himself :P

On the topic, though, I have to note that people seem obsessed with them at my age, invariably. And then lots of emos get all depressed when they break up with their boyfriend/girlfriend. Well, I'm bordering (but not even close- kinda like the edge of a knife, type thing) depressed, and I'd have to conjecture that I'd feel the same, if I were to break up. Strange thing is, I'd be returning to my current state, if I were to lose a girlfriend, and honestly, I'm darn happy as it is. So why would I fall below here? To lose something I had gained would not make me fall lower than before I had it. *thinks this is something the boyfriend-happy people ought to know*

735983  Link to this entry 
Written about Saturday 2006-01-21
Written: (6881 days ago)
Next in thread: 736122

*cries*
Well, last time I try this 'render at 3x normal size' idea. Terragen froze after 3+ hours of rendering. The entire program shut down. Now I have nothing to show for a whole afternoon's effort.

732405  Link to this entry 
Written about Saturday 2006-01-14
Written: (6888 days ago)

Found this in an RP bio relating the history of Tyrande Whisperwind: "she was born as a sorceress of the bloody elves (the elves of the light)"

XD Those bloody elves!

Bio also details that she often uses the 'arch' to attack, and was nearly killed by the non dead. *assumes this is a non-English speaking person*



More random quotage from another place:

Velilind's Laws of Experimentation:
1. If reproducibility may be a problem, conduct the test only once.
2. If a straight line fit is required, obtain only two data points.

And stuffs from [RaineDagyr]'s House:
If at first you don't succeed; call it version 1.0

I'm not anti-social; I'm just not user friendly.

Microsoft: "You've got questions. We've got dancing paperclips."

Roses are #FF0000
Violets are #0000FF
All my base
Are belong to you 
730142  Link to this entry 
Written about Tuesday 2006-01-10
Written: (6892 days ago)

o.O So I get a random message from someone, asking that I vote in their poll. I go to look at it, because I enjoy taking polls, generally. It was a 'favorites' poll, so I easily chose 'music', mostly just glad it wasn't a stupid poll about looks, etc. I didn't bother replying to the message because a) nothing to say, and b) wretched grammar and spelling. About half an hour later, I, out of curiousity, check my own poll, and find that it still had the same number of votes. Strange, the person had me take the time to do his little survey, but didn't have the courtesy of answering my poll. Ah well, such is Elftown, I've found. Polls grow very slowly.
<disclaimer: I don't mean this diary to be attacking said person, and mean no offense in any way with the entry. Just recording a curious event.>

727061  Link to this entry 
Written about Wednesday 2006-01-04
Written: (6898 days ago)

The Just Names Coalition

For those who write just their names.

726179  Link to this entry 
Written about Tuesday 2006-01-03
Written: (6899 days ago)

*glomps his new monitor* It's all big and not pink, and not blue, and big, and... and big. *nods* Monitor is once again bigger than our ancient TV, though much smaller than our new one :D

722692  Link to this entry 
Written about Wednesday 2005-12-28
Written: (6905 days ago)
Next in thread: 722758

*cries* The pink plague is here for good, but not only that, there is a lurking threat of a more sinister blue plague. I hope those monitor repairs come in soon!

720914  Link to this entry 
Written about Saturday 2005-12-24
Written: (6909 days ago)
Next in thread: 720991

Proof that the world believes things too easily, found at someone's house:

In reincarnation: yes
Aliens: yes
True Love: yes
Ghosts: yes
Satan: yes
Heaven: kinda
Hell: yes
Afterlife: yes
Love at First Sight: yes

So. This person believes in Hell, but is uncertain about Heaven, despite the fact that they go hand in hand. Further, they believe in reincarnation and afterlife. Question: So, when does a person go to Hell, if they're reincarnated? And what kind of afterlife is it, if you're reincarnated instead? You can't believe in both reincarnation and afterlife; they're mutually exclusive.

720774  Link to this entry 
Written about Saturday 2005-12-24
Written: (6909 days ago)

A thought came to me. Like usual, it was after/during a movie, though this time it was rather unrelated to the movie itself. I don't know if I can adequately explain my thoughts here, but I'll still try, if for no other reason than to remind myself of my thoughts.

For some reason, I've connected the lifestyle I'd like to live to Japan. Much of my reading and especially the massive amounts of time I spend playing video games relate to Japan, and I've developed a taste for 'Japan'. I put it in quotes because it really happened the other way around. I developed a taste for a unique style of living that I associated to Japan. I connected what I wished for with things that could only come into being in Japan. For some inexplicable reason. I often think something along the lines of, "If I were in Japan, it would be like this," and have some spectacular scene unfold in my mind. But then I realized that what I was imagining barely even applied to Japan in any way. Even more, I realized that I didn't have to be in Japan for me to live in any way, or even to find spectacular scenery that all the Japanese movies (like The Last Samurai) portrayed. It could be found anywhere just as easily as in Japan.

So basically, I decided that I didn't have to move to Japan when I grew up, and stopped associated random things with Japan. Which is good, because I doubt I could ever really learn Japanese very well. And yes, this was all rather random.

720699  Link to this entry 
Written about Saturday 2005-12-24
Written: (6909 days ago)

:/ The pink plague returned again. I hope the monitor repairs come soon.

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