Today,

I revisit Frances The Mute and ponder some things, like how my bank account is rapidly approaching $0, and how to correct this pressing issue.


Also some biking will happen.

This is not just a picture of the IM client I am using now, but also a short story. 

Like-Minded Individuals

I appreciate people who think like me. If you're anything like me, you groan and cringe every time there's a minor accident and people question whether or not it is terror related. We are people who see colors more vivid than the rest of the world is capable of comprehending, I swear this.

Comcast: Fucking Up My Internet Experience One Packet At A Time

I'm not sure what's going on, but I do not have access to a lot of web pages and whoever's fault it is, I feel like blaming Comcast. (It is probably Comcast anyway). I saw a Def Jux show last night and it was probably the best hip hop show I've ever been to. Of course, there were assholes there, and of course it seemed like the vast majority of them were around me (No really, I DO think they were mostly around me.) There was one guy from Virginia who brought his fucking license plate in. The plate read "DEF JUX." I guess he thought it was cool or something (it was the very antithesis of cool to be honest). I am running quite low on money.

Foiled Again

Hey, Blogger seems to keep dumping my posts today. I did not have a whole lot to say for this entry, except to recommend Super Furry Animals to "cats" who are "sleeping" and to say that this is the first nice weekend of Spring, and I plan to enjoy it on my own terms. This will be the third time I have tried to post this entry, and it has changed a little, but it is mostly the same. Here are some audioscrobbler stats for no reason at all.

Weekly Artist Chart Week prior to Apr 3, 2005, 08:00
1	The Decemberists	42
2	Prefuse 73	38
3	Canibus	22
4	Nellie Mckay	21
5	Neil Young	15
6	Weezer	14
7	Ghostface	12
8	Q and Not U	10
9	Sufjan Stevens	9
10	Daft Punk	8

Weekly Track Chart Week prior to Apr 3, 2005, 08:00
1	Q and Not U - Wonderful People	6
2	The Decemberists - The Sporting Life	4
3	Prefuse 73 - And I'm Gone (Feat. Prefuse Vs. Piano Overlord Vs Broadcast Vs. Cafe Tacuba)	3
3	The Decemberists - The Mariner's Revenge Song	3
3	The Decemberists - Of Angels and Angles	3
3	The Decemberists - From My Own True Love (Lost at Sea)	3
3	The Decemberists - The Bagman's Gambit	3
8	The Decemberists - We Both Go Down Together	2
8	Prefuse 73 - Rain Edit Interlude	2
8	Prefuse 73 - Minutes Away Without You	2

More On Keeping Your Computer Super Operational

As I was thinking about this I stumbled upon this link at http://del.icio.us/popular/ : http://killspyware.shorturl.com/ . It explains everything I was stressing in the other post about this, and then some. Today I am going to tell you about my add/remove programs function, and tell you all the programs that are in it. I know what every single one does. You too should know what all of your programs do, and why they are there. It's a pretty good way to decide what is spyware and what is not, if you are having a problem.

Action Replay XBOX 1.31: This is something I used to soft mod my Xbox. I don't really need it any more, but I haven't uninstalled it. As you can see, I haven't used it in more than a month. The last time it was used was to mod a friend's Xbox.

Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional: Adobe's program to read / make PDF files

Adobe Photoshop CS: Adobe's excellent image editing software. Note: I suck with this program.

AOL Instant Messenger: lol

Audioscrobbler Component for Foobar 2000: This is what gives me those audioscrobbler statistics I have blogged about in the past. It is a plugin that reads what songs are playing and sends information to the audioscrobbler website (http://www.audioscrobbler.com)

BitComet: I have blogged about this. It's a pretty good Bittorrent client.

CCleaner: This was discussed in the previous entry.

CDex Audio Extraction: A great and free program that allows you to rip CDs and encode them into different compressed format, most notably MP3. Lots of other formats supported as well though.

Copernic Desktop Search: I don't use this too much, but desktop search programs are pretty cool for us Windows users. It's just a way of searching files that is faster and works better than the built in Windows Search.

Craxtion4: I use this to extract Xbox ISOs.

DAEMON Tools: I use this to mount disc images to virtual drives.

DeadAIM: An addon for AIM that gives me tabbed browsing among other things. The tabs are most important though.

DefilerPak 1.19: A package of video / audio codecs that let me view most of the popular formats out there.

FlashFXP v3: File Transfer Protocol client.

Foobar2000: This is an amazing and highly configurable audio player for Windows.

GetDiz 3.0: NFO text format viewer.

Google Gmail Notifier: Gmail icon in my system tray to alert me to new mail.

Hello: Chat (rarely used) and Blogger image uploader.

IconPackager: Handy software that allows me to change default icons.

iPod for Windows 2005-01-11: Software for iPod.

J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 1: This is like Java or something lol

Ok, enough of this. By now you get the picture. If you're really interested in knowing EVERYTHING I have installed, email me and I'll be happy to tell you all about it.

The point is, I know what everything on my computer does. I can tell you off the top of my head, which is what I just did. I knew why I had those programs, and why they were useful to me.

• If you are the sole user of a computer, try to know what everything does.
  

• If you are unsure about a program, try to do a google search on its name and find out if it's a malicious program or something you need to keep.
  

• Try not to have more than one program that does the same exact thing.
  

• Try to use a program that suits your needs and your style well without giving you too much grief.

In many cases there are a LOT of different products out there and a lot of them are out there for the taking, so take advantage of them! Believe me, your computer does not have to run like a broken piece of shit. Unless of course it's really broken, in which case you need to get that piece of shit fixed. You own your computer, do not let it own you.

To Dampen The Preceding Post

Peace to Sufjan Stevens.

Some links:

http://www.philb.com/whichengine.htm - "Which search engine to use?"

http://www-csli.stanford.edu/~john/procrastination.html - "Structured Procrastination"

Okay, fuck links for now.

I'd like to discuss people and computers and their computers being in a constant state of disrepair: WHY AND HOW THE FUCK DOES THIS HAPPEN? I download more than anyone I know. I am on the internet more than almost anyone I know. Useff and I together do more on the internet in a day than most people do in a week, I would imagine. I get deep into the underbelly of this inter-net, and I stay uninfected with anything. How in the fuck...


Just how in the fuck do people manage to have computers that are absolutely crippled by spyware, adware, viruses and other shit?

Let me show you all what I use to keep my computer clean and safe:

• FIREFOX, A WEB BROWSER: http://www.getfirefox.com/. This is the first and simplest step (MOST NECESSARY STEP AS WELL) to keeping your computer free of bullshit. It doesn't have the same vulnerabilities as Internet Explorer, and is pretty frequently updated by folks who care about web browsing. It's free.
• CCLEANER, APTLY TITLED SO FOR BEING A "CRAP CLEANER": http://www.ccleaner.com/. I only discovered this program a few months ago, but it is already priceless to me. It cleans out temporary file folders and a lot of the shit you don't need in web browsers and whatnot, and allows them to run faster and gets rid of information that does not need to be lying around. Also, it can fix some registry problems which will also make your computer run faster.
• SPYBOT: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html. FREE FUCKING SPYWARE REMOVER. SIMPLE TOO! I never need to use it, because I never find myself getting spyware.

I don't really know what to say about all the crippled slow ass computers out there. It bothers me when I use other peoples computers and they are slow as hell. It's like people have come to expect their machines to be finicky, buggy pieces of shit when they really don't have to be, even when running windows (I run windows 95% of the time and have no regrets about doing so). A computer is supposed to work for you, you are not supposed to work for your computer. I know so many people who seem to be following the same steps I am, yet end up with computers that run horribly. I really REALLY REALLY want to find the root of this problem because it really bothers me. There are only so many scenarios that seem logical. One is that a lot of people are using the computer and not all of them are as educated on the matters at hand, so they will open internet explorer even though it is not the default browser, simply because it is familiar. Then, they will go to some god awful porn site or some kind of fake file sharing hub and it will install all kinds of nasty shit on the computer / inside of internet explorer to hijack it, and it will take a lot of undoing to to get it back to its former state. Another scenario is that people are installing programs on a whim just to do something stupid (i.e. installing real player and checking all the crazy options and ending up with a computer filled with all kinds of wild shit, or installing a different media player for each kind of file they want to play [there are media players that will play damn near everything for FREE, people]. Don't install real player and quicktime, look into real alternative and quicktime alternative. )

I'm done bitching (for now). I'm sure what is written above this is hard to read. I was really in a frenzy. Anyhow, I will write more about the applications I use on a daily basis in later posts. I will also give more insight into how people seem to be ending up with spyware invariably no matter what web browser their using. It's a real headache of a problem, especially when I see it happening all around me but not happening to me directly.

I have not posted a blog entry in a long time

I was just thinking about some things. The Pope totally died today, and that's ok I guess. I'm not at all religious, nor do I agree with Catholicism. Also, I think Jesus was a crazy crazy man, and not really the son of God. Immaculate conception doesn't hold up today, and it wouldn't hold up back then either. Anyhow, back to the Pope. I wonder how his last hours were. Did he lose faith in God? Was he able to think about such things as his faith, and question whether or not he would arrive in Heaven? If he did not believe in God or the afterlife, how would he feel knowing that he was pushing ideas he didn't even believe on so many followers around the world?

There have been a lot of famous deaths this week. This is a great week for Death! This has been my spring break too, and most of it has been moist. Not moist like a delicious cake, moist like uncomfortably wet outside.

I did not learn as much as I wanted to learn this week. However, I did learn and do some things. Above all, the most interesting part of the week was getting my bike working again and riding it; White Clay Creek State Park is right behind my house, and there are a lot of trails. I cold bruised my ass on the bike seat, and it hurts still. It is now Saturday. I have not gone biking the last couple days because of the wetness. The wetness on the ground.

Sometimes I think about people and things that may or may not exist, and wish they did. Mostly people. I know some good people, yes I do. Sometimes I wonder if there are other good people in the world aside from the relatively few that I know. Often times I assume that a good person is rare. I do question this though. Sometimes I think that I limit a person's potential goodness or quality if you will by being cold and focusing on things about them that I dislike. It is at once disheartening and inspiring to consider the old saying that everyone is the same on the inside, and has the same needs and whatnot. I often think of myself as more or less than most others, depending on the situation. More or less able to feel things, or understand things, or consider things. By being this rigid person who refuses to loosen up, and in some cases cannot do so, I probably limit the quality of my own interations with people. On the other hand though, when I see people interacting in a loose manner, I do not always feel comfortable picturing myself engaging in identical or similar activities. From this, I must wonder if that is what people like about me; if I altered this aspect of my being somehow, would this garner more positive or negative feelings from those around me? I feel like I do not have a firm grasp on others. I've said enough about this.

And now, onto current developments on the arts & entertainment side of things in my life:
I've been listening to the new Decemberists album a whole lot. It's very good, and I feel like every song is my favorite song. But of course that's not all I've been listening to. I heard some Nellie McKay songs that I enjoyed. I am very excited about the collaboration between Ghostface and MF Doom. Wow, that will be exciting. The new Prefuse 73 album is also a good time. Then of course there are staples that I love, and always play. I need to add something to my to do list. This thing I need to add is as follows: I must find something better than audioscrobbler that will show me my music listening statistics and habits. I am curious about such things. On the internet / computing front, nothing is really new around here. Xbox is an amazing piece of hardware that does pretty much everything. PS2 is still cool and Useff and I were discussing how Xbox games do not have the personality of PS2 / Gamecube games, but that is something we can save for another time.

Hitler Vs. Stalin

I don't really need to preface this with a comment. (But by typing this, I did. Deep, right?)

http://www.comics.aha.ru/rus/stalin/1.html

Cartoon Rating Guide For The Smart Adult, V2.0

I did not write this.

Without further adieu,

Cartoon rating guide for the smart adult: v2.0, 3/31/2007



Why watch cartoons if you're an adult? Because cartoons have the best scores, most interesting plots and/or most humorous dialogue, and the best "cinematography" of any visual media. The best are stunning works of art and imagination.



This is a rating guide, not a review book -- hit up Google & Wikipedia, then Amazon and IMDB forums for extended analyses. Its purpose is to quickly alert you to animation you may never have heard of. It is also skewed from the perspective of an adult animation fan -- a lowly-rated show may be immensely enjoyable for small children and even competently-made, but was of little interest to me; a highly-rated show will be competently-made, and may or may not be enjoyable for or even marketed to small children. Lastly, if a show has English-language versions, those are the versions I have likely watched (and I appreciate good dubbing and loathe bad dubbing).



This list covers mainly animated television series, although many films are included. I have not seen every episode of some shows rated 7 and lower and many episodes of shows rated 5 or lower; indicated ratings may change if I see new episodes of better or worse quality than those previous, or if many better or worse episodes of other shows alter the landscape.



Anything rated at least "5" is in the category of "average show worth watching, provided you have time"; you probably won't watch re-runs, however. A typical "5" cartoon features arch-type characters and villains, with serviceable if unexceptional dialogue, animation and plots. "4"s and lower feature too much bad animation, one-dimensional characters, lousy voice-acting, plot-holes, dumbed-down or just plain stupid writing and spastic slapstick for this adult reviewer to stomach -- although kids will like many of them. "3"s and lower will have the smart adult scrambling for the remote. "6"s and "7"s feature more charismatic characters, more innovative drawing and intelligent scripting than average, and anything rated "8" or better is likely to pull you in to watching a re-run while you're channel-flipping, even if it's well-memorized already. Anything rated "9" is truly exceptional, and perfect in nearly every way. "10"s are reserved only for those shows which, IMO, will become or already are timeless classics. Highly-rated shows generally have unique and memorable musical scores associated with them. Make an effort to see every "9" and up before you croak, and most 7s and 8s.



- "3D" indicates a computer generated style as opposed to a 2D cel-painting.

- "adult" indicates overly lewd sexual references and/or foul language. Some adult-oriented cartoons are superlative witty parodies or taut thrillers; many are rancid, fast-buck trash.

- "cards" means the show is a marketing vehicle to sell trading cards; most of these involve children with strange monster pets or summoned creatures who fight each other.

- "comedy" describes humorous shows that are neither toons nor spoofs.

- "DCAU" refers to the "DC Animated Universe" created by Bruce Timm and Paul Dini.

- "east" denotes an oriental-themed samurai or martial-arts cartoon.

- "family" indicates a show with very broad appeal; it isn't specifically written for any age group, and is neither "dumbed down" nor "sophisticated humor".

- "fantasy" indicates the presence of magic or "chi" and/or spirts, gods, demons, undead, fantastic animals, etc, but the setting is in an otherwise more or less realistic world.

- "Ghibli" indicates the acclaimed Japanese animation studio, or to anything prior involving its founders Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata.

- "girl" indicates the presence of important female protagonists.

- "kids" means the show is appealing to small children (whether or not dialogue is dumbed-down).

- "mecha" indicates giant robots.

- "movie" means a single, stand-along show, regardless of whether it played in theaters.

- "realistic" indicates real-world physics are observed, nobody has superpowers, and animated characters are essentially like real people and don't take inordinate risks, speak "one-liner dialogue" or "mug for the camera".

- "scary" means weird monsters may frighten very small children and give them nightmares, even if it's a comedy otherwise popular with kids. I afix this term only to shows marketed toward family or children's audiences (I take it for granted that teen- and adult-oriented shows are filled with imagery guaranteed to frighten toddlers, especially anything rated "violent").

- "series" means plots span multiple episodes and even seasons (so they are best watched in order); lack of this term doesn't mean, however, that all of a show's episodes are "stand-alones".

- "spoofs" parody cultural or other-show references which younger persons are less likely to be aware of; a kid's cartoon which is also a spoof is likely to drag up this reviewer's rating due to intelligent writing.

- "superhero" means some characters have extraordinary abilities or "mutant" powers which permit them to cheat real-world physics which others have to obey in an otherwise more or less real world. While many cartoons feature characters who trend in this direction, superheroes are invariably costumed protagonists who are (in)famous for their abilities.

- "toon" means real-world physics are expressly NOT observed, animals talk, characters have "three fingers & thumb" hands, gravity is defied until noticed, etc.

- "ultra-violent" shows so wallow in gore that many would consider them completely depraved.

- "violent" means there's realistic combat with injuries and blood, and/or on-screen death, and the show is usually inappropriate for small children (the lack of this term, however, doesn't mean that a show lacks fighting).

- "WMT" indicates Japan's "World Masterpiece Theater".





10 - 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother - series, family, adventure, realistic, WMT

10 - Adventures of Prince Achmed, The - movie, family, fantasy, girl, adventure

10 - Cowboy Bebop - series, sci-fi, violent, girl

10 - Future Boy Conan - series, family, adventure, Ghibli, girl

10 - Kiki's Delivery Service - Ghibli, movie, family, girl, fantasy

10 - My Neighbor Totoro - Ghibli, movie, family, kids, girl, fantasy, adventure

10 - Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - family, girl, violent, adventure

10 - Oban Star-Racers - series, adventure, sci-fi, girl

10 - Popeye: Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp - toon, family, fantasy, movie-short

10 - Romeo's Blue Skies - series, family, adventure, realistic, WMT

10 - Samurai Champloo - series, spoof, violent, adventure, adult, girl, east

10 - Venture Bros., The - adult, spoof, violent

10 - Whisper of the Heart - movie, girl, family, realistic, Ghibli



9 - Avatar, The Last Airbender - series, fantasy, adventure, girl, east

9 - Beauty and the Beast - movie, Disney, fantasy, girl, family, scary

9 - Courage the Cowardly Dog - toon, family, spoof, scary

9 - FLCL (Fooly Cooly) - series, comedy, girl, sci-fi, fantasy

9 - Gauche The Cellist (Sero Hiki no Goshu) - movie, Ghibli, family, fantasy

9 - Grave of the Fireflies - movie, drama, realistic, violent, Ghibli

9 - Laputa (Castle in the Sky) - Ghibli, family, movie, adventure, girl, sci-fi

9 - Lupin III (or the Third, English dub version) - comedy, adventure, girl, spoof, adult

9 - Mysterious Cities of Gold, The - series, kids, adventure, girl, fantasy, educational

9 - Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind - Ghibli, movie, girl, fantasy, adventure

9 - Pom Poko (The Raccoon War) - Ghibli, movie, fantasy

9 - Porko Rosso - Ghibli, movie, adventure, girl, fantasy, family

9 - Princess Mononoke - Ghibli, movie, fantasy, adventure, violent, scary, girl

9 - Rocket Power - kids, comedy, girl

9 - Rocky & Bullwinkle Show, The - kids, spoof, toon

9 - Spirited Away - Ghibli, family, movie, fantasy, girl, adventure, scary

9 - Superman, The Animated Series - superhero, DCAU, girl, family

9 - Teen Titans - spoof, superhero, DCAU, girl, family



8 - Akira - movie, sci-fi, violent

8 - Batman Beyond - superhero, DCAU, sci-fi

8 - Batman, The Animated Series - superhero, DCAU

8 - Cat Returns, The - movie, Ghibli, fantasy, girl, family

8 - Full Metal Alchemist - series, fantasy, violent, comedy, east

8 - Futurama - adult, spoof, sci-fi, toon

8 - Gargoyles - series, fantasy, mecha, violent, girl, Disney

8 - Ghostbusters, Extreme - fantasy, scary, comedy

8 - Ghostbusters, The Real (seasons 1-3 only) - kids, fantasy, scary, comedy

8 - Heavy Metal - movie, fantasy, sci-fi, comedy, violent, adult, girl

8 - Howl's Moving Castle - Ghibli, movie, girl, fantasy, violent

8 - Iron Giant, The - mecha, comedy, family, movie

8 - Jackie Chan Adventures - family, fantasy, girl, comedy

8 - Justice League, Unlimited - superhero, sci-fi, DCAU

8 - Kappa Mikey - spoof, toon, girl

8 - Lilo & Stitch (animated TV) - kids, sci-fi, comedy, girl, Disney

8 - Mulan - movie, fantasy, girl, Disney

8 - My Life as a Teenage Robot - kids, toon, sci-fi, spoof, girl, superhero

8 - Pinky and the Brain - kids, toon, spoof

8 - ReBoot - toon, fantasy, spoof, 3D

8 - Static Shock - kids, superhero, DCAU

8 - Star Wars: Clone Wars - series, sci-fi, fantasy, adventure, violent

8 - Valhalla - movie, kids, fantasy, girl



7 - Afro-Samurai - series, east, adult, ultra-violent

7 - Batman, The - series, superhero

7 - Ben 10 - kids, sci-fi

7 - Big O, The - series, mecha, sci-fi, violent

7 - Bleach - series, sci-fi, fantasy, violent, comedy, scary, east

7 - Case Closed (Detective Conan) - series, family, mystery, adventure

7 - Daria - girl, comedy, realistic, adult

7 - Dexter's Lab - kids, toon, spoof, sci-fi, girl

7 - Ghost in the Shell, Stand Alone Complex, 2nd Gig - series, sci-fi, violent, girl

7 - Infinite Ryvius - series, sci-fi, drama, girl

7 - Invader Zim - toon, kids, spoof, sci-fi

7 - Korgoth of Barbaria - adult, spoof, fantasy

7 - Martin Mystery - sci-fi, comedy, scary, girl

7 - Megas XLR - kids, mecha, spoof, girl

7 - Naruto - series, east, violent, girl, fantasy, comedy

7 - Outlaw Star - series, sci-fi, comedy, girl, adventure

7 - Popeye - toon, family, spoof, girl

7 - Powerpuff Girls, The - kids, toon, spoof, girl, superhero

7 - Robot Chicken - toon, spoof, adult

7 - Rock & Rule - movie, fantasy, sci-fi, girl

7 - Samurai Jack - kids, sci-fi, superhero, adventure, east

7 - Scrapped Princess - series, fantasy, sci-fi, girl, adventure, scary

7 - Shuriken School - kids, toon, spoof, girl, east

7 - The Tick - toon, kids, spoof, superhero

7 - Time Warp Trio - kids, fantasy, educational

7 - Trigun - series, sci-fi, violent, comedy, girl

7 - Tutenstein - kids, toon, adventure, girl

7 - W.I.T.C.H. - girl, fantasy, comedy

7 - Yin Yang Yo! - kids, toon, Disney, spoof, east



6 - A.T.O.M - kids, superhero, sci-fi

6 - Aeon Flux - series, sci-fi, ultra-violent, adult

6 - Aladdin - kids, toon, fantasy, Disney

6 - American Dragon Jake Long - kids, superhero, east

6 - Beastwars - toon, mecha, 3D

6 - Blu Gender - series, sci-fi, mecha, violent, drama, girl

6 - Danny Phantom - toon, sci-fi, spoof, girl

6 - Escaflowne - series, fantasy, mecha, violent

6 - Eureka Seven - series, mecha, violent, sci-fi

6 - Fafner in the Azure (Dead Aggressor) - series, sci-fi, mecha, violent

6 - Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, The - kids, toon, spoof, girl

6 - Hercules - kids, fantasy, superhero, comedy, Disney

6 - Hobbit, The - fantasy, adventure, family, movie

6 - InuYasha - series, east, violent, fantasy, girl

6 - Johnny Bravo - toon, spoof

6 - Kim Possible - comedy, girl, sci-fi, Disney

6 - Legion of Superheroes - kids, superhero, DCAU(?)

6 - Mar - toon, fantasy, comedy, east

6 - My Dad the Rock Star - kids, spoof, girl

6 - Ninja Scroll - movie, adult, ultra-violent, fantasy, east

6 - One Piece - kids, toon, adventure

6 - Paranoia Agent - drama, violent, comedy

6 - Recess: School's Out - movie, kids

6 - S-CRY-ed - sci-fi, mecha, superhero, east

6 - Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! - kids, toon, mecha, superhero, scary

6 - Tenchi Muyo! - series, fantasy, girl

6 - Legend of Tarzan - kids, toon, girl, adventure

6 - TaleSpin - kids, toon, girl, adventure, Disney

6 - Thunderbirds - series, adventure, comedy

6 - Totally Spies - comedy, girl

6 - Witch Hunter Robin - series, fantasy, girl, violent

6 - Wolf's Rain - series, fantasy, violent, sci-fi

6 - Xiaolin Showdown - kids, toon, fantasy, comedy, east

6 - Zeta Project, The - kids, girl, superhero, sci-fi, DCAU



5 - Beavis and Butthead - toon, adult, spoof

5 - Berserk - series, adult, violent, fantasy

5 - Beyblade - kids, east

5 - Blue Submarine #6 - series, sci-fi, realistic, violent

5 - Buzz Lightyear of Star Command - kids, toon, sci-fi, Disney, 3D

5 - Digimon - kids, toon, cards, adventure

5 - Dragonball Z - series, east, violent, fantasy, comedy

5 - Duck Dodgers - toon, spoof, sci-fi

5 - Duel Masters - kids, cards, spoof

5 - Get Ed - toon, kids, sci-fi

5 - Gigantor - kids, mecha

5 - Goof Troop - kids, toon, Disney

5 - Gotham Girls - series, girl, superhero, DCAU

5 - Gundam Wing - series, sci-fi, mecha, violent

5 - Hey Arnold! - kids, comedy

5 - Horus, Prince of the Sun - movie, Ghibli, fantasy, adventure

5 - Johnny Quest, Real Adventures of - adventure, girl, fantay

5 - Metalocalypse - adult, spoof, ultra-violent

5 - Mobile Suit Gundam - series, mecha

5 - Proud Family, The - comedy, girl

5 - Pucca - kids, toon, girl, east

5 - Record of the Lodoss Wars - series, fantasy, violent

5 - Reign: The Conqueror - series, fantasy, violent, adult

5 - Rocko's Modern Life - kids, toon

5 - Sailor Moon - series, kids, east, girl, fantasy, comedy

5 - Silverwing - series, kids, scary, adventure

5 - Samurai Deeper Kyo - series, fantasy, violent, east

5 - Shinzo - series, kids, fantasy, cards, east

5 - Skyland - sci-fi, adventure, girl, 3D

5 - Speed Racer - adventure

5 - Spongebob Squarepants - kids, toon

5 - Swat Kats - kids, toon, fantasy

5 - The Secret Show - kids, spoof, sci-fi, superhero

5 - The X's - toon, sci-fi

5 - Time Squad - toon, spoof, kids, educational

5 - Timon and Pumba - kids, toon, Disney

5 - Trinity Blood - series, vampires, violent

5 - Wizards - fantasy, movie, violent

5 - Xyber 9 - mecha, sci-fi

5 - Yakkity Yak - kids, toon

5 - YuYu Hakusho - series, east, girl, fantasy

5 - Zatch Bell! - kids, cards, comedy



4 - Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, The - kids, toon, 3D

4 - Animaniacs (without Pinky and the Brain) - kids, spoof, toon

4 - Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo - toon, kids, spoof

4 - Camp Lazlo - kids, toon, girl

4 - Class of 3000 - kids, comedy, sci-fi, girl

4 - Codename: Kids Next Door - kids, toon, girl

4 - Corneil & Bernie - kids, toon

4 - Dragon Booster, kids, fantasy, cards(?)

4 - Dungeons & Dragons - kids, fantasy

4 - Emperor's New School, The - toon, kids, Disney

4 - Family Guy - adult, spoof

4 - Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends - toon, kids, fantasy

4 - Growing up Creepie - girl, fantasy, comedy

4 - Idaten Jump - kids, toon

4 - Johnny Quest (original) - kids, adventure, violent

4 - Kong: The Animated Series - kids, fantasy,

4 - Little Mermaid, The - kids, toon, fantasy, Disney, girl

4 - Lord of the Rings (Fellowship, Return of the King) - fantasy, movies, violent

4 - ¡Mucha Lucha! - kids, toon, superhero

4 - Mummy, The - kids, adventure, scary

4 - Pepper Ann - girl, Disney

4 - Pokemon - toon, kids, cards

4 - Rugrats - kids, comedy

4 - Scooby Do - kids, toon

4 - South Park - toon, adult, spoof

4 - Special Duty Combat Unit: Shinesman - sci-fi, comedy

4 - Super Milk-chan Show, The - toon, kids, spoof

4 - The Secret Show - toon, kids, spoof

4 - Thundercats - kids, fantasy, girl

4 - Voltron - mecha, sci-fi, kids

4 - Yugi Oh! - kids, toon, cards



3 - Aqua Teen Hunger Force - toon, adult, spoof

3 - Dora the Explorer - kids, toon, educational, girl

3 - CatDog - kids, toon

3 - Dragon Tales - kids, toon, fantasy, girl

3 - Ed, Ed & Eddy - kids, toon

3 - Fantastic Four - superhero

3 - Flintstones, The - kids, toon, girl

3 - G.I. Joe - kids, action

3 - Grossology - kids, toon

3 - He-Man & Masters of the Universe - kids, fantasy, superhero

3 - Inspector Gadget - kids, toon

3 - Kenny the Shark - toon, kids

3 - Krypto the Superdog - toon, superhero, kids

3 - Legend of the Dragon - toon, superhero, girl, east

3 - Magic School Bus - kids, fantasy

3 - Mike, Lu & Og - kids, toon, girl

3 - My Gym Partner is a Monkey - kids, toon

3 - Prince of Tennis, The - series, girl

3 - Proud Family, The - toon, Disney, spoof

3 - N.A.S.C.A.R. Racers - kids, girl, sci-fi

3 - Spider Riders - fantasy, kids

3 - Spiderman - superhero

3 - Superfriends - kids, superhero, girl

3 - Superman: Brainiac Attack - movie, superhero

3 - Top Cat - kids, toon

3 - Tracy McBean - kids, toon, girl

3 - Transformers (various) - toon, mecha

3 - Ultimate Avengers - movies, superhero, sci-fi, girl, violent



2 - Amazing Chan Clan - kids, toon

2 - Captain Planet - kids, toon, superhero

2 - Chuck Norris Karate Kommandos - kids

2 - Frisky Dingo - adult, spoof, violent

2 - Home Movies - toon

2 - Jabberjaw - kids, toon

2 - Little Bear - kids, toon

2 - MaggieBeast - kids, toon, girl

2 - Sealab 2021 - adult, spoof



1 - Assy McGee - adult, toon, violent

1 - Gary Coleman Show - kids, comedy

1 - Squidbillies - adult, toon, violent

More Audioscrobbler Info~

Like I said before; this is not accurate, but it's kind of cool.

Recent Tracks Plugin ID: foo, Version: 1.2.4
1	Daft Punk - Robot Rock (Album Version)	22:05:43 EST, March 24 2005
2	Daft Punk - the prime time of your life	22:01:07 EST, March 24 2005
3	Daft Punk - Human After All	21:56:16 EST, March 24 2005
4	Fugazi - Promises	21:49:35 EST, March 24 2005
5	Fugazi - Provisional	21:46:45 EST, March 24 2005
6	Fugazi - Burning Too	21:44:15 EST, March 24 2005
7	Fugazi - And the Same	21:41:10 EST, March 24 2005
8	Fugazi - Glue Man	21:04:03 EST, March 24 2005
9	Fugazi - Suggestion	21:01:39 EST, March 24 2005
10	Fugazi - Give Me The Cure	20:57:35 EST, March 24 2005

Weekly Artist Chart Week prior to Mar 20, 2005, 07:00 1 Beck 17 2 Grandaddy 5 2 Simon & Garfunkel 5 4 Daphne Loves Derby 3 5 Fires Were Shot 2 5 fivehead 2 5 Nas 2 5 Film School 2 5 The Notwist 2 5 Communiqué 2

Weekly Track Chart Week prior to Mar 20, 2005, 07:00 1 Grandaddy - A.M. 180 5 2 Daphne Loves Derby - Closing Down The Pattern Depar 3 3 Simon & Garfunkel - The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) 2 3 Floyd Domino - Riff City 2 3 Flametrick Subs w/ Satan's Che - Egg Suckin Dog 2 3 Fires Were Shot - hollow 2 3 Beck - Send A Message To Her (Bonus Track For Japan) 2 3 fivehead - South American Summer 2 3 Film School - Harmed 2 3 Communiqué - Perfect Weapon 2

Here is what I did on Sunday:

I woke up between 10 and 11. I did some sit ups. Then, I got in the car and went to the Newark Farmer's Market. It was pretty empty, because they probably just opened. I walked around there for a while, and asked some guy who ran a computer shop if he had something I would want. I wanted something I could put into one of my 5 1/2 inch bays that would allow me to plug a pair of headphones into my computer on the front side, instead of going around to the back. He had no such product. I looked at some clothes, but they sucked. I left. I got to the Kirkwood Public Library at like 12, but they didn't open until 1pm. So, I went on a walk. I walked a bit further than the entrance to Delaware Park. I walked past Murray Manor and Murray Manor II, and then I couldn't walk any more; the sidewalk was closed because of construction. I wanted to walk around all the construction stuff and see the water, but I couldn't do that. There was too much mud, and my shoes sunk in pretty far. I turned around to walk back, and a medium-sized dog came out of a trailer and ran to a tree to urinate. Some young guys came out and called the dog a fucker. I asked them if they wanted me to get the dog, and they didn't respond. I shrugged my shoulders and started on my way back to the library. On the way back, I made a point to stick my feet into a couple of streams of water flowing down the street (it was an incline, and had rained the previous night) in order to clean the mud off a little bit. I'm sure I looked crazy to people who drove by, standing in the gutter and whatnot. I became hungry, and tried to stop at a pizza / italian eatery on the way. It was closed. I got back to the library, and there I checked out the 2004 Johns Hopkins Whitepaper on Depression and Anxiety disorder and a book on Hitler called "Hitler: The Pathology of Evil." I got a new library card too. I haven't had a Delaware Public Library card in years. I'm glad I have this card now / again.

Late At Night

Sometimes, cool things will happen late at night that cannot, or for whatever reason do not happen during the day. Note: This is a very short entry.

My Threadless.com Order Came In Today

Below are the three shirts I got from Threadless T-Shirts. I bought them just 2 days ago because Threadless.com is having a sale on all their shirts until monday: $10 for each. It's a pretty cool company that allows anyone to submit a t-shirt design. Then, they allow anyone to vote on the designs, and if your design gets enough votes, they will produce the shirt and give you $400 in cash and a $100 credit to Threadless. There's really something in it for everyone. For example, those pictures I posted below? I am getting a $1.50 credit to the website for each of them.

If you click here and make a purchase I get a $3.00 credit. You can get in on this action too, either by submitting an awesome design if you're an artistic person or even a terrible artist who gets lucky and has a cool idea, or just by spreading the word through links and taking pictures of stuff you buy there. Even if you aren't interested in any of this, I think you should still browse the site and see what they have there.

Saint 

Evil King 

Flowers In The Attic 

Some (mis)information courtesy of Audioscrobbler

Some of the information contained herein is kind of wrong, some of it is old, and other pieces of information are downright unintelligible. I thought it might be nice for someone to read though. A note: the Weekly Artist and Weekly Track lists are a week behind, as it says. So they do not in any way reflect what I've been listening to after March 13th. Just something you should know, even though it says it pretty explicitly in the chart itself. Anywho, now that Blogger is working again (It would not let me publish for the last 15 minutes) I thought I should edit this entry. The only information here that I actually trust / believe is the Recent Tracks, and even those screw up sometimes. Even though this information is not reliable, it is kind of nice to see statistics on what I do (Even if they are wrong as Hell), and I thought others might like to see them too.

Recent Tracks Plugin ID: foo, Version: 1.2.4
1	Grandaddy - A.M. 180	13:18:26 EST, March 18 2005
2	The White Stripes - Your Southern Can Is Mine	11:44:22 EST, March 18 2005
3	The White Stripes - Your Southern Can Is Mine	09:56:42 EST, March 18 2005
4	The White Stripes - Why Can't You Be Nicer To Me?	09:53:46 EST, March 18 2005
5	The White Stripes - Jumble, Jumble	09:51:08 EST, March 18 2005
6	The White Stripes - Let's Build a Home	09:49:12 EST, March 18 2005
7	The White Stripes - A Boy's Best Friend	09:46:02 EST, March 18 2005
8	The White Stripes - Truth Doesn't Make a Noise	09:42:14 EST, March 18 2005
9	The White Stripes - Sister, Do You Know My Name?	09:39:10 EST, March 18 2005
10	The White Stripes - Little Bird	07:18:07 EST, March 18 2005

Weekly Artist Chart Week prior to Mar 13, 2005, 07:00 1 Elliott Smith 14 2 The Mars Volta 11 3 Radiohead 8 4 Black Sheep 7 4 MC Paul Barman 7 6 El-P 6 6 Metroid Metal (Stemage) 6 8 Her Space Holiday 5 9 Behold... the Arctopus 4 9 Enon 4

Weekly Track Chart Week prior to Mar 13, 2005, 07:00 1 Bobby Brown - on our own 3 1 Elliott Smith - Ballad of Big Nothing 3 3 Elliott Smith - Say Yes 2 3 Black Sheep - Try Counting Sheep 2 3 El-P - The Nang, The Front, The Bush And The Shit 2 6 Boyskout - Jesse James 1 6 AJ Croce - Don\'t Let Me Down 1 6 Bloc Party - Helicopter 1 6 Bloc Party - Banquet 1 6 Bloc Party - Like Eating Glass 1

The Skin Condition

He shuffled to the mirror hanging over the washbasin to see how far the malady had progressed. His face looked mostly normal. As he gently dragged a fingernail across the bridge of his nose, the skin gave easily and revealed a dark oily substance under the top layer of skin. He squeezed his nose, and pus quickly came to the sensitive, newly-exposed surface. Fearing his whole face would fall into the palm of his hand, he carefully crawled back into his bed and wept, but was careful not to shed any tears. He did not want to quicken the spread of disease.

The Greatest Game Ever Played

Apparently they put something in the water supply during the superbowl, or the gatorade, or something. The players were all fighting at first, and then it was like they all became retarded. Sitting down and rocking back and forth on their legs. Taking off their helmets and just screwing around, running in circles, dancing. This was terror. This was the true meaning of fear. This was everything gone wrong. I saw this in a fancy restaurant, and everyone was silent as it happened. When people grew silent and stared at the television, I stared too. First, nothing seemed wrong, the players were all there. I thought there was a shooting in the stands or something. The announcers ceased to talk as well. I thought perhaps there had been a terrorist attack, like what had been thought of as a possibility during big events in the past. Then, Andy Staples punched Brett Huckleberry in the head, very hard, and I knew things couldn't be right. The fighting continued, and it looked like they would go back to the game for a few seconds, and then all hell would break loose. Soon afterward, they turned into clowns. It was like a bunch of fucking broken toys who couldn't figure out what their main function was any more. As funny as it was, we couldn't laugh because of the fear. How did this happen? Who would do such a thing? Were we susceptible to such an attack? We had none of the answers, and every conceivable question. We had our heroes turning into children on the television screen in front of us. Everyone in the nation was watching a nightmare unfold before their eyes, a nightmare they never even knew existed.