For the time being, however, please enjoy this AMAZING flash game/recruitment application for the Swedish army. If the Americans used something like this, I'm sure more Call of Duty fans would enlist... It's a team based game, so don't slack off and let your peers die!
Alright, I'll admit it... I'm sure you noticed my quick posts, so I'll admit I have been slacking the last few days. All I can say is give me a few days and I'll be back to my old blabbering self writing way too much text and doling out unnecessary information.
For the time being, however, please enjoy this AMAZING flash game/recruitment application for the Swedish army. If the Americans used something like this, I'm sure more Call of Duty fans would enlist... It's a team based game, so don't slack off and let your peers die!
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So I realized recently that my purpose behind this blog has shifted somewhat from the time I started it.
Somehow out of the depths of blogland, my personal experiences turned into a current news blog. I started talking about the latest technological devices, the most random occurrances across the globe, and even some historical references. Well, that is about to change... Don't worry all of you who do come here to read those interesting news posts. I will still continue that, but I will be looking for only the highest quality news to report, so it will be a little less frequent. When I started this blog, I planned on sharing my thoughts on everyday life - talking about my interests and giving some interesting takes on current events. I wanted to review intriguing films; I wanted to recount the incidents of real human contact; and I wanted to present a much more personal response to everyday life. For these reasons, I have decided to tweak the contents of this blog, and I guess you can call this post my weak attempt at it. That's all I have for now, so take care, have fun, and be safe... I've been using firefox for years, pretty much since I was a kid and learned what the internet was. I was happy. Hell, just yesterday, I idled away hours on end watching videos, playing games, reading blogs, living life. I have a firefox sticker on the back window of my car; I have a firefox pin attached to the strap of my bag. I even regularly convince others to give up on other browsers like safari and chrome to go for firefox. (Sorry, I just can't stand chrome... Tried it, and it wasn't for me... Safari is just too slow for my tastes - at least in my experience of it.)
So, why did I just divulge into my life story of internet browsing? Well, it's quite simple really: Today, I switched from Firefox to Opera. FML... (Not really, I just couldn't resist saying FML). Actually, I switched to Opera 10.60 for the first time in my life, and I couldn't be happier. I have always loved Mozilla, but with the recent focus on aesthetic themes instead of performance, I just couldn't take it anymore. Firefox started getting on my nerves, so I had to escape... I started Opera, and my life evolved into a wonderful thing. The features that come with Opera work much faster than add-ons of similar functionality in firefox. In fact, I am much more at ease using these functions than firefox add-ons because I know I can trust the source. It's not that I expect there to be malicious code in firefox add-ons. It's really the fact that the developer may not be completely familiar with firefox's code to be able to make a top-notch product. (Yes, I know it's open-source, but that doesn't mean every developer completely familiarizes himself with the ins and outs of everything firefox). All I can say is that I am happy with the change to Opera based upon today's usage. Will it last? I don't know, but life's a mystery, and I'm along for the ride. I recommend anyone getting a little annoyed with (or even bored with) their internet browsing experience to try Opera 10.60. (and, NO, I will NEVER switch to Chrome...) Do you ever feel like you just have so much you want to do, but the hours in the day just seem to fly past you? I know I feel like that more often than not. I began compiling a list of things to accomplish before the summer ends, but I've noticed myself adding more things than actually finishing.
I started this list right after last summer ended to make sure I would be able to routinely finish everything I so desired to complete. Unfortunately, "The List" has grown to such harrowing lengths that I fear I will need two summers to accomplish just what is on it right now - not to mention all the things I am sure will come to my mind between now and the end of summer. I have four different novels (err, sorry, I meant book series'), two feature length scripts, two short scripts, two web-comic series', three music video projects, two short film ideas, three conceptual websites, and even an anime spin-off manga that I want to get done before I get bogged down with work again - not to mention getting this website out of the "under construction" phase... Sadly I know I won't even begin to scratch the surface of The List... Here's to hoping I can make a substantial dent in this arduous endeavor... So, I had a little scare yesterday.
I completely deleted my entire website - blog and all - and I was pretty much freaking out because of the the work I had put into this thing so far. Luckily my hosting site was wonderful, and it restored everything I had lost, archives and all. I hope you can imagine how my emotions went on a whirlwind roller coaster ride from sadness and disbelief to hope, fear, acceptance and finally relief, surprise, and joy. All I can say is I am so glad this worked out! I'll be back to my usual nonsense in no time now! ^_^ Hope all your weekends were amazing and fun-filled. See you next time. s_ro The fish trap exists because of the fish. Once you've gotten the fish you can forget the trap. The rabbit snare exists because of the rabbit. Once you've gotten the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words exist because of meaning. Once you've gotten the meaning, you can forget the words. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can talk with him? [Source: Zhuang Zhou, Zhuangzi (c. 350-300 BC); Burton Watson trans.] The student asks the master: "What work will I do as I seek enlightenment?" The master replies "Chop wood, carry water." "And what work will I do once I achieve enlightenment?" asks the student. "Chop wood, carry water" replies the master. [Source: Zen Buddhist Proverb] "Read them," said the King. The White Rabbit put on his spectacles. "Where shall I begin, your Majesty?" he asked. "Begin at the beginning," the King said gravely, "and go on till you come to the end; then stop." [Source: Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) chap. 12] Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checked by failure...than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. [Source: Theodore Roosevelt, The Strenuous Life (1899, 1900) para. 4] Have you not heard of that madman who lit a lantern in the bright morning hours, ran to the market place, and cried incessantly: "I seek God! I seek God!"---As many of those who did not believe in God were standing around just then, he provoked much laughter. Has he got lost? asked one. Did he lose his way like a child? asked another. Or is he hiding? Is he afraid of us? Has he gone on a voyage? emigrated?---Thus they yelled and laughed.
The madman jumped into their midst and pierced them with his eyes. "Whither is God?" he cried; "I will tell you. We have killed him---you and I. All of us are his murderers. But how did we do this? How could we drink up the sea? Who gave us the sponge to wipe away the entire horizon? What were we doing when we unchained this earth from its sun? Whither is it moving now? Whither are we moving? Away from all suns? Are we not plunging continually? Backward, sideward, forward, in all directions? Is there still any up or down? Are we not straying, as through an infinite nothing? Do we not feel the breath of empty space? Has it not become colder? Is not night continually closing in on us? Do we not need to light lanterns in the morning? Do we hear nothing as yet of the noise of the gravediggers who are burying God? Do we smell nothing as yet of the divine decomposition? Gods, too, decompose. God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. "How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What was holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet owned has bled to death under our knives: who will wipe this blood off us? What water is there for us to clean ourselves? What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we have to invent? Is not the greatness of this deed too great for us? Must we ourselves not become gods simply to appear worthy of it? There has never been a greater deed; and whoever is born after us---for the sake of this deed he will belong to a higher history than all history hitherto." Here the madman fell silent and looked again at his listeners; and they, too, were silent and stared at him in astonishment. At last he threw his lantern on the ground, and it broke into pieces and went out. "I have come too early," he said then; "my time is not yet. This tremendous event is still on its way, still wandering; it has not yet reached the ears of men. Lightning and thunder require time; the light of the stars requires time; deeds, though done, still require time to be seen and heard. This deed is still more distant from them than most distant stars---and yet they have done it themselves. It has been related further that on the same day the madman forced his way into several churches and there struck up his requiem aeternam deo. Led out and called to account, he is said always to have replied nothing but: "What after all are these churches now if they are not the tombs and sepulchers of God?" [Source: Friedrich Nietzsche, The Gay Science (1882, 1887) para. 125; Walter Kaufmann ed. (New York: Vintage, 1974), pp.181-82.] So, I've been living in LA since I was born, and I've witnessed countless Los Angeles sports team victories. However, it always amazes me that only the Lakers winning seems to be as tragic for the city as a mutant giant octopus attack. Apparently having only one taxi set on fire and a few very expensive electronic signs toppled is an upgrade from previous years where store windows were broken and rampant theft occurred. Are these so-called "fans?", "Angelinos?" really fans? Or are they just that damn stupid to realize hat they will end up paying more taxes every time a cop car is dispatched. Or maybe they are really the fans of other teams who come into LA to cause havoc and infiltrate the ranks. Or maybe, they are aliens from a distant planet that moves into other civilizations and starts rots. Or maybe... Yeah, who am I kidding? These are quite definitely the most idiotic fans I've ever laid eyes on. (No offense to those like me who take revelry with responsibility). However, what is the need for all this mayhem? Isn't winning the coveted title enough? I suppose I will never really know what makes this destruction such an integral part of celebration in this city, but I would hope that these people come to their sense before we are overrun with taxation. So today was an interesting day. I picked up some old things I found lying around my room and started working on some stories I haven't touched in well over a year. Looks like I might start becoming productive this summer finally.
A few years ago, I had this idea for a story about a delusional superhero, except not... It's kind of a complicated idea in nature, involving a guy that's not really a superhero but more of a product of circumstance. Back when I started working on this thing, the whole Watchmen things became big, and I was worried about being called unoriginal, so I stopped working on it. Of course, my story is nothing like that of the Watchmen, but some related themes come up in a similar setting (superheroes)... Since then, I have decided to forget about what could be said and just go ahead with it, so I pulled up the old manuscript and started adding to it. Still have ALOT of work to do on this one, but I guess I'll get it done... s_ro So I've finally done it! A new site, a new blog, a new step in my life. I don't really know where all this is headed or even what I will be talking about in this blog, but life is a mystery ahead of us all, and so I will solve the mystery by going forward full steam.
To start things off, the most common phrase I probably use in my life is: Life is hectic. I'm a busy guy, but most of it is my own fault. I tell myself (and anyone who gives two cents to listen) that I am trying to test the capacities of human existence. To be honest, I really don't think anyone will be reading my blog regularly, hah... Who knows, maybe I'm wrong, but in any case, I'll ramble on these words as often as I can (or am inclined to). I guess I'll close off this landmark event (at least for me) by telling you to browse my site and offer up some suggestions on anything at all: blog topics, life questions, film related discussions, narrative ideologies, marketing schemes, simple things, difficult things, small things, tall things, things with hooks, things with nooks, things with crannies, things for grannies, things for use, or things by Dr. Seuss. As always, it is a pleasure... s_ro |
AuthorSilent Rogue is a young Creative Designer from Los Angeles. He makes films, writes stories, creates works of art, and appreciates the little things in life. Archives
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