Born to Kill

Another movie that I recently bought: Full Metal Jacket is probably the best Vietnam-style movie ever made. It's split into two main parts; the first being Marine training on Parris Island, and the second being actual combat in Vietnam. Because of this, the movie actually has what appears to be two seperate climaxes, if not two seperate stories, for the main character (Joker).

The first half shows, Hollywood-style, how Marine recruits used to be moulded into killers. The drill instructor is a WWII vet who has a very charming personallity and vocabulary that he uses to communicate with his recruits. His favorite being the seemingly obese and mentally retarded Leonard, who always messes things up for everyone else.

The second half features Joker's career as a military photojournalist in Vietnam. He eventually gets himself sent to a combat zone and meets up with another Marine squad lead by one of his fellow recruits, Cowboy. They continue on through the ruins of Vietnam...

(It's not easy to write this without spoiling anything. The movie is fucking brilliant)

This Is Why Ash Is Not Just A Girl's Name

One of the greatest movies ever made has fallen into my possession. Bruce Campbell and Sam Raimi are friggen' brilliant for "Army of Darkness" was the climax to the orgasmic series "Evil Dead". Starting in the 80s (the greatest years in human existance), Evil Dead originally started with a couple of teenagers finding themselves stuck in a cabin and surrounded by the forces of darkness after they read from the necronomicon... but Army of Darkness happens years after, long after Ash replaced the stump of his arm with a chainsaw and armed himself with a shotgun. The evil dead send Ash back in time to midievil days where he leads a castle against a seige from the dead. Not just a crazy clerk at S-Mart anymore, Ash Williams kicks some evil ass!

That New Independence Fad

What is with this "Free Tibit" crap that is threatening the 2008 Beijing Olympics? I'll tell you what: it's western propaganda to descredit China.

But, why would the US want to do that? It's very simple, the US happens to be a nation that doesn't have a radical separatist group of people screaming for some state indepedence. Ironically, the stronger enemies of the US do.

And what exactly was the catalyst for this incident? A little place called Kosovo. What gave Kosovo the right to indepedence? Nothing. It was an illegal move, per the agreement made by the European Union following the breakup of Serbia/Yugoslavia. And why was the US leading a NATO invasion into Serbia in the late 90s anyways? Because it conviniently covered up the stains on miss Lewenski's dress. So why the big endorsement for sovereignty for Kosovo now from the US? Because Kosovo is a major Eastern European political issue, and where there's Eastern Europe, there's Russia.

When Kosovo declared sovereignty, countries like Russia, China and Spain were pissed because of the illegal implications of it. Why should Russia give up Chechnya when it's proven itself as a great test site for striking cities with tactical missiles and special forces? Why should China give up Tibet when the territory gives the Chinese government key influence in Central Asia?

Apparently there's a bunch of morons, not exclusive to the US, that insinuate unrealistic protests for something that doesn't involve them. What the hell are they trying to prove by attacking the torch, and more specifically, the Olympic Games itself? How hard is it for people to realise that the Olympics are an international event that attempts to unite people of different countries, cultures and biases. When will they learn from the mistakes of boycotting the Moscow Olympics in 1980? Because of stupid political ideals, hundreds of athletes lost the chance to compete for one of the world's greatest honors.

The Question of God

When I gained independent thought years ago, I was an athiest. I believed solely in the value of science. However, over the years, I've decided that science, while not just boring, was also yet another pompous view of man's ambition to be omnipotent.

I've played around with many beliefs, ranging from ancient mythologies to modern occultism. Simply put, my obscure and radical beliefs exist for the purpose of interest in this boring existance. But, there is one thing that I truely believe in: positive and negative forces. By 'forces', I mean two actual, opposite yet defining forces that create a ballance and dictate all things involved with, at the very least, life itself.

However, the only species stupid enough to question this ballance is man itself. Our governments run civilians (who make up like 99%+) on the basis that we should only pursue positive lives, and anyone who respects negativity is punished. This great imballance will only lead to a massive and negative effect in the future, according to the laws of science and relativity anyways.

Another misleading authority is mainstream religion, who presses government agenda (or rather, is it government based on right-handed religion's agenda?) on at least 2/3 of the human population. They create the reasoning that negativity showed be avoided, and they define what negativity is with extreme prejudice and obselete traditional values. While conciously or not, I believe that they have somehow personified the two opposite forces as Yahweh (God) and Satan (Devil). Along with this, they've made it taboo to question God and his motives, but encourage denouncement of Satan.

All of this irresponsible behavior can only lead to one result. Only time will bring reprecussion for our ignorance.

One Rough Night

I'm just going to go out and say it: gin is fucking disgusting. The other night, a bottle of "tanqueray" is all that we could get our hands on. I thought it would be nice to sample an unfamilar spirit by a bush fire.

I was wrong.

I'm not entirely sure of what happened that night. I'm not sure of why I got drunk with only five or so shots of this crap (plus a few beers). I'm not sure of why I threw up everywhere. I'm not sure of why there was a bag of squished cookies in my pocket. What I am sure of is that if I ever taste ANYTHING remotely close to juniper barries again, I'll probably throw up some more on whoever is immediately standing in front of me.

Russia Lives On!

As the joke goes, Putin and Medvedev go to a fancy restaurant to celebrate United Russia's newest electorial victory. Putin orders the steak, and the waiter asks "and what about vegitable?" Putin replys, "Oh, he'll have the steak too".

It is very true, the Russian people have spoken and United Russia has again slayed the "dragon" lead by western idealist radical Gary Kasparov (who, by the way, wasn't even Russian to begin with). Russians, and of course many unbiased people throughout the world, love Putin and the glory and power that he has brought back to the Motherland. In his honour, Putin did not change the Russian constitution for the ability to lead for a third term, but instead entrusted the reigns to his friend and vice-prime minister Dmitry Medvedev. In return for this act of generosity, it is guaranteed that Putin will alternatively take the prime minister position, for the happyness of Russian people, of course.

Hopefully Medvedev is up for the task of defending Russia from radical "colour revolutionists" in former Soviet Bloc states, Chinese expansion, and Western provocation. If not, he can always refer to advice from comrade Putin, who is only one chair away from his own.

Back In Black

After five weeks of forced exile, I have formed compromise with my opposition to continue my education through my most minimal and acceptable level. I feel embarassed and even raped because of this grand farce that has been played on me. Through ignorance, they have taken almost everything meaningful to me at this time away; through arrogance, they tease and tempt me with the fantasy of regaining what is rightfully mine with pathetic intentions.

Five weeks I had spent, attempting to pull my life together from this unfair nightmare. Even after the truth and corresponding facts have presented themselves, they refuse to accept the great error that they've created. Instead, they have taken the opportunity to jump around their own "agreements" and "compromises" to simply override and ignore the evidence that rendered their previous arguments obselete. Without accepting responsibility, they drop all responsibility on me and since they control the strings, who is there to know the difference but I?

This entire mess has been created out of the irrational and unsubstantiated fear that they've created in my image. Facts have been twisted, fabricated or even made so vague to support their arguments without any of my consent and sometimes even knowledge. They've taken me away from my structure, my goals, and my friends simply because I do not follow after their conformist, government-loving modeling. In this democracy, the only logic is the logic chosen by the majority in a group; so far I am the only one who fully understands and supports my side, while the others continuously deteriorate my own freedoms for their own "comfort levels" while under the delusion that I accept what they are doing.

I will continue to fight this rail-roading manuever by those who have now become my only personal enemies. But at what levels would I even be heard without bias? At this level, would they even care about one students education? In the past, I made the choice to further trust the system, in hopes that it would not make another judgemental mistake based on bias and fabricated information. I have spent the last five weeks regretting that very decision, for the system has failed me a second time.