Brief Update

So, I haven't posted in a few days (odd that I apologize considering I used to have to apologize after an absense of a few weeks), and I thought I might as well jot down a few very quick thoughts before heading to bed.

I guess a really good place to start would have to be with the bachelor party I attended this past weekend. It was for an old high school friend, Alan Hoge, and was swarming with an All-star list of former Evergreen Vikings. As much as I'm sure everybody out there assumes there must be a great story accompanying a bachelor party, I must digress and report that nothing too extraordinary occurred. For one, the bachelor aspect of the party went sour rather quickly, as the groom (actually, there were two grooms...no, not a gay marriage, just coincidentally another guy there at the party is also engaged to be married very very soon) puked in a bar bathroom at about 11:30, ending his night prematurely. This did not however end the fun for all, as the party moved on to an extremely enticing night spot in Toledo, the Light House. If there is one thing I'm going to remember from the night it would have to be this uniquely fun bar. In short, it is half indoors, half outdoors, on the river, looks like a dock, was full of attractive people, and last but certainly not least sported some of the most attractive little waitress packages this bar frequenter has ever seen. A definate two enthusiastic thumbs up; I wouldn't mind going again if in the area.

Let's see...I suppose I can mention really quickly for any guys out there that I went and bought NCAA 2006 today, and I am for the most part satsified. My biggest problem with the game is that in the right hands the "impact players" of the game are pretty much unstoppable. Vince Young, for example, is not too hard to stop now and again for a sizeable loss, but when your opponent runs various options and keepers every play there is really no defense to consistently stop him. I played one game as Adrian Peterson and we stopped midway through because it became obvious there was no way to prevent him from getting 10 yards if he was run 4 straight plays, even against USC's defense. He can stop and come back to full speed in about 2 steps, not to mention breaks about 3 tackles per play. Games with these amazing players become surefire shootouts, with the first bad play (or more likely unconservative play call) deciding the game. While there are a few other things I could mention, the only other problem I have with the game is that the player ratings are amazingly similar from one guy to the next, regardless of past history or team, with the exception of the Peterson's, Bush's, Young's, etc. For example, I see that Mike Hart is a very respectable 90 rating...only to find out that among almost every team we have actually seen or played against, such as Wisconsin, Toledo, BGSU, N Illinois, and E Michigan, no starting back was below an 88. Some may argue with me, but when the second team MAC runners have the same rating as the first team Big ten 10 runners, something is amiss.

Hmmm, what else is up...I guess that covers most of what is on my mind right now. Oh wait, I thought of something else of significance just now - I signed up to take the GRE next week. I haven't even started studying or doing anything yet, so I guess I better get moving with that. Also, I just watched Conan and was thinking about how despite having some seemingly average features, Scarlet Johanson is shockingly sexy and desirable, and I would certainly put her near the top of my list of celebrities I think would be cool to date. Wow, the more I write the more that comes to my mind all of a sudden, as images from the episode of Real World I watched earlier just surfaced. I'll give that it's own really quick paragraph then get off of here.

So, Nehemiah (total guess on spelling, too lazy to type in a few words and search the net) is getting sick of Rachel constantly comparing the roommates' simple lives to that experienced in the military, not to mention how she pretty much brags about how great she is for having served (although as Nehemiah points out, she was a nurse, not a combatant). He also is apparently living with a complete group of ignorant idiots, as some comments relating to Bush and the war shown within 30 seconds of each other include:

"He's a great leader" (referring to Bush...what? The only leading he ever does is being the lead joke on the late night shows after he invents a new word in a speech)

"They kill 4000 of our people and we aren't justified for war?" (first, no idea where 4000 comes from, never heard that figure, secondly, Iraq had nothing to do with 9-11)

"You've been watching too much of the Fahrenheit 9-11 stuff" (ok, even if you hate Moore, it is hard to dispute most facts in the movie - there is no evidence, at all, ever given to any citizen, linking 9-11 to Iraq. If you were fooled into believing there was a real point to the war, give up, I was once one of those people, and it just isn't worth it anymore. Don't tell me about all the terrible things they did to their people either, as an example, I've written about how Rwanda had 1 million people killed in genocide, and we did nothing, so fuck that argument)

What made this really funny is that somebody tells him he is the most ignorant person they've ever met. I laughed, but cried on the inside at the same time. At another point in the show he says he thinks he'd rather be in Iraq than prison, and Rachel gets all angry again. I think I agree with Nehemiah. Let me throw down some randomly generated odds here - chances of being killed in Iraq...maybe 1 in 100, chances of having a cock shoved up your asshole in prison against your will...well, a whole lot higher. I think I would rather receive a gun shot than a money shot. Also, she says that in prison nobody's trying to kill you. I haven't been to prison, but my understanding is that a lot of people fear being killed in prison, especially if they refuse the whole salad tossing thing. Doesn't sound too appealing to me.

Now, let me get something straight before my last rant. I'm not some big anti-war activist or anything, and I don't believe that Bush is about to end the world or anything, I just know that when analyzing the evidence we are not required to blindly follow what the president says or believes, and that is the basis for my arguements here. In reality, there are several economic aspects of being a Republican that I envy, but cannot overcome the whole religious hypocritical brainwashing lying shit that they seem to constantly spew. Basically, I have an opinion because I am allowed to, and because I watch the news and read books, and yes, watch F 9-11. Anyway, my last rant, one I have been keeping inside for some time.

This one is a logic game. Have you ever seen one, maybe on an IQ test or something? Like here is an example.

-Some trees are green
-Green is my favorite color
-Therefore, some trees are my favorite color
True/False/don't know

Ok, not too hard I don't think. Now, here is my republican against people who don't like us being at War in Iraq logic game.

-People in the war are brave and performing a service to their country by risking their lives
-America does not want people at war to die
-People in war die
-Some people feel we should not be at war at all, and that people are dying unnecessarily
-Therefore, people who think we should not be at war are anti-American, lack patriotism, and trivialize the lives of soldiers by saying they are fighting for nothing as they die every day

Does anyone else wonder where the fuck the conclusion came from? I don't see the link. Wanting people out of harm of death makes them against them? Is our society that starved for heros? Are they a comodity that must be kept intact, and any attempt to prevent heroic situations isn't American? I have actually witnessed a show on Fox News where a person told Michael Moore that they believed that very conclusion to be true of him. I miss the logic. Shouldn't the conclusion be more like...

-Therefore, we wouldn't be having this discussion of people dying were we not in some ridiculous war. People could be here eating apple pie and shooting off fireworks after an afternoon baseball game, like a true patriot.