In any case, it was bad enough that I didn't finish the film. I think it's mostly the script's fault. A hero killing a big flying monster with a magical sword is just cliché. Whether or not it actually happened in the end was unimportant. The fact is that it was so "normal" that I felt there was nothing much to look forward to when I was watching it. If I wasn't eating, I would have fallen asleep.
The iPad is selling incredibly well. Not surprising given that it has delivered many of the features that made all the hype. Like all the iPhones it can be jailbroken to use other illegal apps including pirated stuff and even amateur-produced pornography (like collections of hentai pics, which have traditionally been one of the first types of porn produced on newly released platforms by users due to the ease of making them).
I imagine this device would be very useful for people who have need for a laptop since it is almost like one, except cooler.
Speaking of the iPad, it's mentioned that it uses lithium-ion rechargeable batteries. Lithium, which the American government has recently found large deposits of in Afghanistan. In one news article it was described that it was going to make Afghanistan the "Saudi Arabia of lithium".
Whoever said the war in the Middle East is pointless, he's a complete moron. Note that the team that discovered the deposits included Pentagon officials, which means the US government is going to receive a significant portion of the eventual profits. I think the Americans have just hit jackpot there. Pointless? Not by a long shot.
World Cup. So... What's been going on?An upcoming DS game called Love Plus + is going to have a "SOS" feature that players should never use unless they're severely depressed. When activated, the virtual girlfriend would "comfort" the player with a pre-recorded speech. This is supposed to be an attempt to help those who are turning suicidal.
The fact that such a function exists in a game is pretty depressive already. But one would have to be very desperate to play that game anyway.
Okay now that I have finished the first part of The Book of the New Sun, I can type a better semi-review of the book. When I said that he wrote too much, it was not entirely correct. He only wrote too much where unimportant details were involved.
But I find the absence of details in some parts much more annoying. For example, WHAT THE HECK IS A SMILODON??? AND WHAT IS A CACOGEN??
In our English language, a cacogen is an obscure word for an antisocial person, while a smilodon is a sabre-toothed tiger.
Frickin hell! I had to google to find out these words and "cacogen"doesn't even mean what the "cacogen" is referring to in the book! Oh I'm sorry I didn't know what the genus name of the sabre-toothed tiger is! I wasn't aware that I'm reading a biology textbook.
Yes the plot has great potentials and could have been a great story that rivals LOTR but I think the author kinda ruined it with his style. He'd written a sci-fi novel series that was not descriptive enough in the more important ways.
At the moment I'm going into the second part of the book aka the second book. What is a "wolf"? It talks and that's all I know about them physically. Are they werewolves? Or are they just nothing but wolves that talk? Then why do they have homes with doors? How can paws build doors? WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?!?!?
Now I see why Tolkien was revered for his style. He was just so detailed in his writing. On the other hand, Gene Wolfe is just plain confusing.
I can really tell the effects of my bad sleep today. My accuracy in L4D2 was horribly shitty. I used to be able to hit zombies running across my view about 10-20m away from me with the sniper rifle while standing still but today I can't even hit a zombie 5m from me with a single shot.
Been sleeping badly for some reason. Of course there's the usual suspect of screwed up hormones due to the complete absence of exercise in my life but I think there's something more that I just can't figure out.
Oh yes a normal person needs to exercise regularly to regulate the hormone levels in order to sleep at 11pm every night. I have experimented with my own body for years, so you can trust me on that. Whenever I exercise (eg overseas travel) I'm able to sleep at normal hours for a week after returning home. Plus my acne problem goes away for a several days after.
Yesterday I went through what must be one of the strangest online experiences in my life. I usually leave the tab for Business Tycoon Online open as long as my PC is online so that I can check whenever I pause my games for a drink or something. So one time when I returned to BTO I saw on the Public channel that someone was bored enough to type
Windmill, Windmill for the land.
Turn forever hand in hand
Take it all there on your stride
It is tinking, falling down
The chat was dead because I stared at that for about 10s trying to figure out what these meant. It looked familiar, then I realized it was lyrics from a certain song by Gorillaz. I was able to play it in my head but the title just eluded my mind. So I typed the first line in Google and found the rest of the lyrics of Feel Good Inc.
I thought it was sad that no one responded to that, with the impression that most people who saw that couldn't recognize one of the best songs by Gorillaz and hence remained silent. So I typed the rest of the chorus
Love forever love is free
Let's turn forever you and me
Windmill, windmill for the land
Is everybody in?
and a short conversation on music started. During this discussion someone said I was "the sweetest" for no apparent reason, so I ignored that as I ignored most comments people have about me in most online situations.
This was eventually followed by (and definitely caused by my lack of response to that comment) a private message saying the same thing and asking me who I was directing that to.
My first mental response was,"This is flattering but who the fuck is that?"
That was followed by,"Damn this feels gay."
So I clicked on the name and found a girl. This was even more gay, since my first assumption for all girls I meet online is that they're guys irl.
Anyway I just explained to him in plain English that he misunderstood and I was just completing the chorus to Feel Good Inc. Probably embarassed him but we were talking through private messages so it couldn't be too bad.
From this I have learnt that I had absolutely no idea what is "sweet". Trust me when I say I have never been described as "sweet" in my entire life and have little idea what is sweet and what isn't.
So girls actually like stuff like that half of the chorus? Or just the gay guys?
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