freezer818

11:43 pm: What the hell, weather?
The high temperature on Thursday was 71°F. Right now, it's 29 and snowing.

Seriously, what the hell?

02:45 am: From funkym3485, by way of thebedespeaks
1. Open your music library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the title song that's playing. (You could cheat and go on to the next, but that would be morally wrong.)
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button

Opening Credits:
"You And I (We Can Conquer The World)", Stevie Wonder (Most would know this song better as teh one Michael sung at Thelma's wedding on Good Times)

Waking Up:
"Give Me Just A Little More Time", Chairmen Of The Board

First Day At School:
"If I Break", Al Jarreau

Falling In Love:
"You're Not My Kind of Girl", New Edition (I swear I am not cherry picking these!)

Fight!:
"Lovelight In Flight", Stevie Wonder

Breaking Up:
"In Time", Earth, Wind, & Fire

Prom:
"This Is Your Life", The Commodores

Life is Good:
"Let's Get Started", The Commodores

Mental Breakdown:
"Back In Stride (Live)", Maze, featuring Frankie Beverly

Driving Aimlessly:
"Burn Rubber", The Gap Band (Again - not cherry picking!)

Childhood Flashback:
"Ain't No Sunshine", Bill Withers

Getting Back Together:
"Hot Fun In The Summertime", Sly & The Family Stone

Wedding:
"Stomp", The Brothers Johnson

Paying Your/My Dues:
"Outstanding", The Gap Band

The Night Before The War:
"Rock With You", Michael Jackson

Final Battle:
"Love Won't Let Me Wait", Major Harris

Sex Flashback:
"Can't You Let Me", The Commodores

Moment of Triumph:
"Used To Be My Girl", The O'Jays

Death Scene:
"I Knew You Were Waiting For Me", George Michael & Aretha Franklin

Funeral Song:
"I Heard It Through The Grapevine", Gladys Knight & The Pips

End Credits:
"Choosy Lover", The Isley Brothers

That Extra Song They Always Tack On To The Very End:
"I Wanna Know Your Name", The Intruders

Tags: meme, music

09:56 pm: Ah Chief Tyrol...
You really frakked up, this time!

04:40 am: An analogy


Now that I've gotten your attention...

Imagine that I changed my journal layout so that the place is festooned with those fun little symbols. I imagine that this would piss quite a few of you off, even if I explained that that's a Buddhist swastika - fully distinct from the Nazi counterpart (the Nazi swastika is counter-clockwise and always displays point-up).

I also imagine some of you actually know the difference offhand, and still had your blood pressure rise at the sight.

I could defend myself. I could rattle off fact and figures about the swastika's history. About how it's really a symbol of peace (before the Nazi's co-opted it) and that it should be seen as a good-luck charm (as it was used pre-Those Wacky Nazis).

And it really wouldn't matter. Because it's still a fucking swastika and I should know that people are going to flip their shit on seeing it. Even those of you who would give me the benefit of the doubt would still chide me for my antics (Shit-stirring at worst, horribly clueless at best).

I imagine that anyone out there would get the same treatment. And they'd get very few defenders.

So why are people still trying to defend this piece of inked excrement with that same lame "It's not what it looks like" excuse? (Looking at you, Lou "Token Angry White Man" Dobbs.) Anyone, who's lived in this country for any real amount of time, who tells you they didn't know the negative implications of using a chimp in that comic is a damned fool or a bigger liar. Slack should be cut for honest mistakes. That was no more honest than me dropping that swastika at the top of the page.

Tags: racial stuff, rant

04:33 am: Random thoughts

• It would seem I owe Heroes an apology. For the second week in a row, getting fed up with the stupid and jumping straight to the end caused me to miss a significant plot point (though in both cases, seeing it live would've only downshifted me from "disgusted" to "annoyed"). Last week it was the fact that Danko, not Nathan, rigged Tracy's restraints. This week, it was the fact HRG is The Mole and working for Angela (my new favorite).
  
  Of course, this would've still been ruined by the revelation that the writers are plagiarizing themselves (again). But I like to give credit where credit is due.



• I cannot remember ever seeing a President catch the kind of pure hatred during his first 100 days as Obama has been getting from the Right. The man hasn't had a single law, bill, or rider enacted yet, but to hear the Conservative Blogosphere tell it, he's already triggered the end times.
  
  The only POTUS I can recall who caught this much hell this early was Bush 43 - and he had that little kerfluffle down in Florida to point to.
  
  I have a pet theory as to why the hate: Obama's a Liberal. And acts like one.
  
  With the other Dems over at least my 35 years + of life, they ran fairly Liberal policies, only to veer sharply center/center-right when actually given the power to do stuff (Let's face facts: Clinton had more in common, policy-wise, with John McCain than Obama). Obama ran as a progressive and his proposed policies and appointments have been along those lines (those that weren't blatant bone-tossing to the Republicans, anyway.) And since the stereotype of Liberals as Communists-In-All-But-Name, Out-Of-Touch hippies, doubly-out-of-touch academics or dangerous radicals, it burns them up to not only see someone stick by real Liberal principals, but have the overwhelming support of the American people at the same time.
  
  So we have the Blogosphere and Talk Radio boiling over with cries of "Socialist!", predictions of doom, and the kind of nickpicking of what decisions Obama has made that would've made any Bush-basher this side of Michael Moore go "Dude, dial it back!"
  
  I'm not sure if I find this more amusing or sad. But damn if Schadenfreude-flavored Haterade isn't damn tasty!



• Dear Dude At The Gym;
  
  You know those stalls have curtains, right? And that they're there for a reason? The reason being I'd like to see as little of your hirsute ass as possible. And if you could refrain from working your junk with your bath towel within arms-reach of me, that'd be great as well. I'm glad you're comfortable enough with your body to let it all hang out like that. I also realise that Gym Locker Room = Naked People =/= Attractive Naked People. But a little consideration for those of us who aren't that comfortable? Maybe?



• And while we're on the subject of gyms...
  
  Folks, no matter how exclusive the clientele, no matter how swift or discreet you are in changing in and out of your work out clothes... someone has checked out your ass. If just to decide "Want Or Not".

Tags: random thought

10:33 pm: Yeah, Heroes? Me again.
After last week's dubiously IQ'd clusterfuck, you come back with what's essentially filler? And not only that, filler featuring possibly the three most unsympathetic good guys left (Matt, Mohinder, and Peter)? For what reason: To tell us stuff we (the audience) already knew and that they (the Stooges) should've been able to guess - and can do absolutely nothing with the info (Noah's how they managed to find so many of them so quickly, he not running the show for Nathan, and getting rid of any of them will only make things much worse).

AND you managed to derail HRG, making him look like a complete dufus: A man who knows things are going to go to hell eventually, but goes along with it because that's all he knows. (Can you say Character Derailment, kiddies).

SIGH. Take it light, Heroes. See you in (Season 1) reruns. *deletes from DVR, throws on heap with 24 and Lost*

Tags: heroes, mini-rant

02:25 am: Strike Two, Heroes.
( Its not a good thing when they're making me nostalgic for Arthur Petrelli... )

Tags: heroes, rant

03:03 am: Well, that was fun!
Boys and girls, let this be a lesson to you: When ahem procuring software from a torrent site A) choose a reputable tracker and B) Read any and all comments left by previous users.

Had I done B), I would've realized that the package I just downloaded (and tried to install) was chock full o' malware goodness!

Normally, this sort of thing is a minor irritant: if my spyware killers can't get the scum, I simply break out the big gun: ComboFix, which hasn't failed me yet. (It occasionally eats some of my custom settings along with the scumware, but oh well). But this time, the scumbuckets have caught on to this particular trick: Not only did whatever was on my do the usual "Futz your search engines so you can't find out how to kill your infection" but it actually blocked ALL my anti-spyware from working. (Except for HijackThis!, which completely missed the infection).

But as clever as they were, there's apparantly limits to their twisted genius: I found out that simply changing ComboFix's file name allowed it to launch properly, solving the problem.

And now I can bitch properly at myself for dealing with this instead of spending the evening enjoying my newly-installed HDTV. (Unfortunately, I haven't been able to get my DVD player to go through anything other than a coaxial cable, so no 780 or 1080p pron for me. Yet...)

01:40 am: Dear Heroes;
Why is it that you have reduced the number of characters who are neither evil, stupid, or wangsty to Ando and Mama Petrelli*? I'd like my fun characters back now, plzthx!


*Angela became one of my favorite characters again for the sheer fact of her telling Nathan, in so many words, to put on his big girl panties and deal.

Tags: heroes, mini-rant

10:09 pm: Porn Industry? It's me again.
(Or rather "Those who write the description of vids and clips")

Three people IS NOT AN ORGY. (Unless they can divide themselves, Multiple Man-style).

Tags: pet peeve, porn, random thought

10:39 pm: ...Cuz they think I'm black 'n' nerdy
Courtesy adroidmortox247





Tags: quiz

12:31 am: Question for my Law & Order watching bretheren:
Is it just me, or does it seem like the writers were going for "Mike Cutter = Young Jack McCoy", missed and landed on "Mike Cutter = How does this arrogant dickhead still have his job?"

07:24 pm: A debate tip from your ol' pal, Freezer:
The next time someone tries to debate you on the necessity and/or righteousness of Gitmo and/or the immorality of full gay rights...

( Show them this: )

04:43 am: Take this one as you will

11:28 pm: I am not a number! (I'm a spot on a graph!)
From all over the f-list

My Political Views
I am a center-left moderate social libertarian
Left: 2.67, Libertarian: 2.85

Political Spectrum Quiz


My Foreign Policy Views
Score: -3.69

Political Spectrum Quiz


My Culture War Stance
Score: -5.7

Political Spectrum Quiz


Yeah... I'd say that's about right.

Tags: politics, quiz

08:15 pm: Wherein Freezer bitches a bit.

• So I keep reading and hearing "real" gamers bitch about the Nintendo Wii. That it's a system for "kiddies and old women" and there's no "real" games for it.
  
  Theses people, to put it bluntly, are idiots.
  
  Pick out someone with such an attitude, and I guaran-damn-tee you that that, at the most, they've played Wii Sports and decided every Wii game is like that. They think that only multi-player fragfests like Gears of War or Killzone count as "real games". They can go to hell. Here's a tip, fanboy. I play games because they're fun. Not because they have the latest, greatest physics engine or you can blast 3214255 of your closest friends into Ludicrous Gibs online, or that there's blood, sex, and cussin' galore. (although that pretty much describes "No More Heroes"). There is a variety of games on the Wii - even more than I suspected when I bought it. The fact that you can softmod the sucker does not hurt at all... I'm happy with my Resident Evil 4/No More Heroes/Twilight Princess/Tales Of Symphonia/Fire Emblem and the six trillion Mario games.
  
  I like the system. And so do millions of others. So you can stick your "not a real system" lines. ANd that goes triple for you Sony fanboys.



• I recently went searching on Deviant Art for fanart for the Malazan Book Of The Fallen series. (For the unfamiliar: Think Lord Of The Rings meets Conan meets a really good D&D campaign) And what's the first thing that catches my eye? What I thought was fanart for Apsalar, avatar of the God of Assassins. What was it really?
  
  A goddamned Sue.
  
  Let's check the scoreboard:
  
  • She's 1/4th Tiste Andi on her grandfather's side.
  
  
  • That grandfather? Anomander Rake.
  
  
  • She can use eight different warrens (Putting this in perspective, four would put you in High Mage territory, of which there are exactly three: Quick Ben, Tayschrenn, and Kamist Reloe)
  
  
  • Speaking of... Quick Ben is her adopted guardian and mentor
  
  
  • And it was him that made her a Bridgeburner (The series' equivalent to Navy SEALs)
  
  
  • And can't forget the cool pets: A giant black horse, a half-wolf, and a one-armed bhok’aral. [a species of winged monkey. Think Momo from Avatar:TLA, only not nearly as cute])
  
  
  It shouldn't surprise me that the Suethors have found The Book of The Fallen. But it does. And it hurts. :(

Tags: random thought

10:58 am: Dear porn producers of the world;


Sincerely;

freezer818

06:52 am: My new favorite Twilight movie review


"I smell pretentiousness - SHE'S THAT WAY!"

Tags: video

11:48 pm: I don't know where this originated, but SALUTE, whoever you are!
BCS declares Germany as the winner of World War II - US Ranked 4th

( If you don't follow college football, this will read like Swahili to you )

And I suppose I should congratulate the mythical national champions, the Florida Gators (and their will-probably-play-Tight End-in-the-NFL quarterback, Tim Tebow).

Tags: just for fun

09:06 am: Pop quiz for my peeps:
How many of you are old enough to remember when this ad wouldn't have raised a single eyebrow?



Lifted from vintage_ads