A Little Night Music

Cancer is lame

2009-04-29T12:39:57Z

So, cancer is lame yes? Yes. And in thinking so I have joined one of those walking things where people give money to crush cancer. I say that because I've joined a team called the Cancer Crushers. The reason Im posting this is because m asking for pledges and monies [moneys?] You can give me these moneys here And then we can tell cancer how dumb he is.

So I tried something new

2009-04-19T03:29:27Z

And stopped really keeping score for my resolutions.

But I invented a delicious drink I will call the Easter Island, though I'm not sure why.

4 parts Pina Colada mix
2 parts Macadamia Nut liqueur
1 parts Spiced Rum

It is delicious. I hope yall get a chance to try it.

Update on my score

2009-03-04T17:06:33Z

Ran another 5k a few days ago

even slower, 34:13. [1 pt]

Tried for [and got] a promotion, so thats a big thing for February. [1 pt]

Bought a suit that looks and feels good on me. Tailored to my fit. [10 pt]

Old score: 4 [5k*1, something big*1, still 190ish]

New Score: 16/100 F [5K*2, something big *2, Good lookin and feelin suit*1, 190ish]

Quadrupled my score in a month, feeling good about this, but not so much about the half-marathon, my training is not going splendidly. Tell me to do a better job at that.

The first big thing

2009-01-14T21:18:52Z

Today I ran a 5K. My time was a meager 32:45. In the nature of my resolutions, this means I tried something big in January, and ran a 5K this month.

Current Score: F 4/100 [weight about 190, 1*5k, and 1*try something big]

Resolutions

2009-01-02T21:33:57Z

So, I have decided this year to record my resolutions where many people can see them, and then they could chide me for failures and encourage and celebrate my successes. Of course, I have backup plans for each failing, and a point value for each goal.

• Run a half-marathon by the end of the year. [10 points]
• Run a 5k every month [1 point per]
• Run a mile every day [-1 point per week with a failure]

• Have a successful return to school in the fall [5 points per point of gpa]
• Take classes without matriculating [1 point per class passed]
• Read a smart kid book every month [1 point per book understood]

• Encourage good relationships with friends, family and coworkers. [15 points]
• Maybe just friends and family [12 points]
• One or the other [6 points]
• Just Liz [2 points]

• Succeed at NaNoWriMo 2009 [10 points]
• Make the whole month without giving up [2 points per week]

• Make every Magestry game for 2009 [12 points]
• Make the Spring games [6 points]
• Make the Fall games [6 points]
• Cameo at a game that I can't fully participate at [1 point per]

• Buy a suit I feel comfortable and look good in [10 points]
• Look good [6 points]
• Just a jacket [4 points]
• Just pants [1 point]

• Drop down to about 175 from where I am [10 points]
• Drop down to 185 [6 points]
• Maintain 190 [2 points]

• Try to accomplish something important every month [8 points]
• Try something important [1 point per attempt up to 8]

Apparently I dont get to win yet

2008-06-17T06:50:58Z

So once upon a time there was a man in a small town. He went to the small town doctor and said, "Doctor, I think that I may die of unhappiness"

The doctor explains to him that though it is unpleasant, unhappiness can rarely kill you.

"I've tried it all: Medication, meditation, diet, exercise, and love. I've lost my taste for food and women doctor, please help me!"

The doctor has an idea, "Here is a ticket to see the great Pagliacci the greatest clown in the world. I promise you that you will feel immensely better, no matter what."

The man is silent for a moment, and looks up at the doctor. "But doctor" he says, "I am Pagliacci."

Dont take this the wrong way, but

2008-06-11T04:52:48Z

I need to know everything that is wrong with me. Every defect, and every flaw. Everything I do that gets on your nerves, and everything that makes you cringe a little. Please focus on things I can improve on, and nobody tell me Im perfect, because clearly this exercise is to prove to me I am not.

I don't know if I normally allow anonymous comments, but I will be for this one in case you are nervous.

Ben Stein makes me sad.

2008-04-24T15:11:23Z

Intelligent Design is the death of science. Its view that some things are too complex for natural processes to create means that at some point we can't learn anymore. That there is a horizon on science's border after which we can only say "It was designed". It limits and restricts its proponents and frankly, its out of the spirit of science up to this point. I am not saying that it is wrong, which I believe. I am saying that it is bad for science to study and bad for students to learn.

Intelligent Design is a religion. It requires some supernatural event at its origin and cannot stand without it. Its designer may not be deific, but it is apparently above the rules and laws that their designed creation works by. It is outside of the nature it designed and therefor it is SUPERnatural. Depending on the supernatural leaves it outside of natural ad material science.

Once upon another time

2008-04-18T03:58:47Z

I was in Middletown, and I bought a car. And Meg avoided me on purpose; I swear I waved an she turned and walked away.

Anyway, I now own a 1995 Eagle Vision. Yea, I'd never heard of it either. But its mine once I register it and get it inured Imma be driving again.

PS: This is because I junked the remix on account of everything breaking forever.

Bah

2008-03-21T16:58:56Z

I expected it, but it still is disappointing to read.

Last year, around November, I applied for a lab tech assistant job in Maryland, and promised many many crabcakes. However, I received a letter yesterday that I overlooked and read today. The phrase "Appreciate your interest" was near the beginning, and it did not give me a good feeling. The encouragement to continue studying and the wish of good luck sealed the deal. My apparent lack of experience in the laboratory science field was lacking too much and the fact that my Biology credit came from a CLEPT instead of a classroom was enough to show that.

Guess Im around for Magestry this season.

Tips and Tricks

2008-03-06T02:29:46Z

So, after being sick and losing 20ish pounds from basically starvation, I have gone back to a full solid food diet. And I am happy to say I have maintained my health, and managed to get at least some of the muscle back that I lost. I had been thinking of going towards a low to no meat diet, but I realized that I am not good at eating much not meat. Im trying [using small pieces of tofu and black beans to replace about 1/3 of the weight in ground meat dishes and etc.] and I've noticed it hardly affects the flavor.

Anyways, I am planning on trying to get fitter for Magestry and Summer activities, so if anyone out there has any tips and tricks like the meat and beans thing I'd like to hear them, though I admit I've probably heard most of em, no loss in learning more.

Now that Im healthy

2008-02-21T21:46:52Z

Yea yea, Im all better. woo.

I was thinking of going to Hartford to go look at dead bodies tomorrow. Anyone wanna come? It seems fascinating and I wanna go, but part of me doesnt wanna go to a dead body show alone, seems kinda creepy.

http://www.museumtix.com/venue/program.asp?vid=732&pid=158009

thats the best I can do for a 'link'

This may be gross

2008-02-09T04:27:41Z

Since I am sick and am about to complain.

So, my tongue has swollen hugely and the back half is covered with a whiteish slime. The front part is free of that because it has deep tan sores that make it far to painful to even think about eating. The swollenness of the tongue and pain USED to make speech difficult, as I would bob my head trying to dodge my own mouth, and maneuver this swollen tongue all around these sharp toothes. But this is no longer a problem, as I am now producing saliva at what appears to be 1 cup every hour. This was an inconvenience until i decided to bring an empty cup with me to fill with saliva instead of walking to the bathroom every minute or so because im sick of my mouth full of saliva. That is all for now folks.

So, about the car

2008-01-24T17:44:43Z

I was checking repair prices.

First day I checked I was quoted with 400-500 plus 100 for towing.

Then, 188 plus 100 for towing.

Today I was told I could get it repaired at he cost of parts, 140.

I think that MAYBE if I ignore this problem, it will be free by next week.

What do you think?

chormin @ 2008-01-22T11:05:00

2008-01-22T16:07:00Z

Once upon a time there was a guy driving down the street. An ambulance came right up on his ass and bared the ambulance siren WEEEEOOOOWEEEEEEOOOOWEEEEOOOO! The kind nice smart and handsome driver pulled over, but managed to hit the 14 inch high sharp curve. Then I broke my tire rim.

I jacked up my car, and began to take off my busted wheel when a police officer came up. He tried to give me a ticket for leaving my trunk open. Then, he watched as I jacked the car a little higher, doing it wrong, and broke my tie rod. He then said "I knew THAT would happen."

So moral of the story: I can't drive anywhere for a long loooong time. I have a bike though, for my class and work. But I can't bike to things more than 8 miles [yes Im optimistic] away in this weather.

I hate everything with sirens.

A poem I toyed with

2007-11-02T06:24:19Z

Yea, this is for Magestry, so there are images in there that may seem forced, but hey it happens.

I dunno maybe "Apocalypse" or "Archipelago"

You look up and see the sheet of sky
A dark blue sea; floating fae so bright
The large lopsided moon drifts by
Leaving ripples in this perfect night

You find me deliciously naive
While your steps flutter on the ground
You send the greatest glance concieved
My nerves destroy my hearts true sound

We are in love. Living out the age
We are in love, poetic tides pull me
Surrounded right now in such a rage
Calm yet elated, we’re the world’s perfect cay.

Unfortunate times

2007-07-28T03:21:36Z

I'm currently within the last month of living at this house [parents] and am being moved out [deadline September 2nd] If anyone out there is also moving I have found a 2 bedroom in Easthampton MA for 700$/month, which I think is a good cost. Also, if anyone out there is looking for a roommate just about anywhere, let me know, I would prefer somewhere somewhat near Agawam since that is where Im working right now, but I think I'll be able to find work elsewhere in a reasonable amount of time [if it is available in the areae].

Yarr and ahoy there!

2007-06-05T05:04:33Z

Your LiveJournal Pirate Crew
LiveJournal Username
Fifteen men on a dead man's chest!
Cutlass or pistol?
What is the name of your pirate ship?
Where is your secret pirate base?
What kind of loot do you prefer?
What do you and your crew prefer to be called?
Parrot or monkey?
Argh!

Your capable first mate	talbeans
Your bumbling cabin boy with a heart of gold	desolation_no
The aloof, yet honorable, pirate with a mysterious past	wicketsnatcher
Is always the first one into the fray	sonicyakk
Is the naval officer who ruthlessly pursues your ship	kieran001
Is the comical pirate who is always drunk on grog	parisinflamesxx
Is currently in Davy Jones's locker	mark_dey
The amount of money you make as a pirate	$138,883


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Well

2007-05-27T14:19:30Z

I'm going to be removed from my housing on September second. This was quite a way to wake up this morning. Awesome.

WORK

2007-05-11T15:41:16Z

My work today has been delayed until 2:30 rto start, and possibly cancelled. If cancelled anyone wanna do something something? Also, will be out by 8, so something something after that let me know.

chormin @ 2007-04-29T23:34:00

2007-04-30T03:34:28Z

chormin @ 2007-04-24T23:29:00

2007-04-25T03:30:31Z

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Also, I sploded my regular computer and have since fixed it all by my lonesome! Looks like my incompetence isnt total!

Godsauce

2007-03-26T14:48:36Z

The writer Elie Weisel relates a story of an incident in Nazi controlled Germany where a young boy, beloved by his town, is found horribly beaten and hung from the rafters of their dormitory in a concentration camp. All the inmates surrounded him and one onlooker cried out in the near silence, “Where? Where is God now?” Another of the inmates answered him, pointing up at the body and said, “There he is, hanging from the rafters.” Both of these observations are examples of valid viewpoints regarding God in reference to how He can exist and allow bad things to happen. The first stating that God exists, but is either apathetic to our troubles, or too weak to prevent the evils of the world. The other onlooker can be interpreted in different ways. One being that he believes literally that God is dead, and is neither uncaring nor dutiful towards humans. The other is that he is all too attentive and he himself is suffering every minute detail that we suffer.
The argument on whether God exists or not has been around nearly since the dawn of religion. Most of the logical arguments that have been recorded have been embedded in Western philosophy; from Plato, and his metaphorical sun providing a light to everything, to Kierkegaard’s dark God who could demand what he needed from his worshippers, to Nietzsche and Sartre’s God who was killed through the anthropocentricism in our society even decades ago. While profound and logically sound arguments have been founded on either side of this dilemma, most have left much room for criticism. It is my belief that complete logic should not be applied to God because when a logical proof exists, the need and want for faith is brought into question and eventually falls apart. Over the following pages I will be providing some of the most famous arguments for either side, and the major criticisms of either one.
Before any of these arguments are considered a few key terms must be defined. The most important of these is the term God. God, insofar as the religions Western philosophers concerned themselves with includes the beings of Allah, and Yahweh of Islam, and both Christianity and Judaism. These three religions suggest that God is perfect, meaning that it is completely without any flaws. They also provide that this God is immutable, in that he cannot be changed or altered. Those two, coupled with the idea that this God created the universe, are a basis of most of the arguments, though it is admittedly an incomplete list of the traits of whatever almighty being there might be.
Since many of the arguments seek to prove whether God can be known or not, it is imperative that I define knowledge. There are, in a few definitions, two types of knowledge. There is first the a priori knowledge, which is based on self-evident facts. These facts are mostly derived through the very definition of the word. For example, it is a priori knowledge that all triangles have three sides, and that all bachelors are single. Slightly more complex as far as coming to know it, is a posteriori knowledge, which is either directly or indirectly learned through the combination of pieces of a priori knowledge. It is often identified as the root of logic. For example, if we know that all bachelors are single, and that James is a bachelor, then we can know that John is single.
The first argument I’d like to bring up provides what is called an ontological proof for the existence of God. This argument is based on the following presumptions. First is that God is perfect, which is one of the three main aspects of God provided by the major modern monotheistic religions. Also, it provides that not existing is an imperfection or flaw. Since non-existence is a flaw, and that a perfect God is without flaws it can be surmised that a perfect God exists, since not existing would be contradictory to his own definition. Basically the best and most succinct argument I’ve found against this proof came from Immanuel Kant in his Critique of Pure Reason, where he wrote, “There is already a contradiction in introducing the concept of an existence, no matter under what title it may be disguised, into a thing we profess to be thinking solely in reference to its possibility” (Kant, 503). Basically, he is saying that you cannot argue towards a conclusion by providing the concept of existence. This major rebuttal is conclusive enough for me to toss out this particular proof of God.
However, this doesn’t mean that I’ve wholeheartedly accepted atheism, far from it. Here I will provide a major argument against the existence of God, also based off the three major aspects provided above. This argument is based off the work of Richard Gale, in his article “On the Nature and Existence of God”. First, is to take that if God exists, he is perfect. Also, that this God, should he exist, created the universe. From there, they conclude that a perfect being would be completely without needs or wants. To actively go ahead and create the universe though, there would be some sort of need or want from whatever creative being to do so. From this it is concluded that the perfect being, if it exists, and the creator of the universe, whatever it may be, cannot be the same thing. Therefore, if all the provided aspects of God are true, then God cannot exist.
The criticisms of that argument are as complete, if not more complete, than Kant’s response to the ontological proof. There are two major rebuttals, the first of which argues against the premise that a perfect being can have no needs or wants. This rebuttal provides that a perfect being which loves can have a want to share love and happiness with others. Therefore the premise can be denied, as an example disproving it has been provided. The premise that God created the universe willfully has also been argued, but only purely for logic’s sake. They provide that perhaps the universe was the unintended byproduct of some other act. Now, this is less complete of an argument, as it provides the possibility of a perfect, and therefore omniscient, being to not know the complete repercussions of its actions. Still, these rebuttals provide enough information to me that someone cannot disprove God through this line of logic.
This next argument for the existence of God is fairly new, as it is based of a Berkeley study in astronomy. This study states that all the current motion in the universe can be continued backwards to a single point in the universe. Also, this single point was the origin of all particles approximately fifteen billion years ago. From here, many mathematicians have taken to the belief that randomness creating a universe with life-supporting conditions along with life chemicals would require an infinite amount of time. The arguments takes the fifteen billion year measurement to prove that time as we know it is finite, and that successful creation of these conditions would require an infinite amount of time. Because of this, it can be surmised that creation was not random and therefore there was a guiding force in this creation. It, they say, is easy to follow with God being that guiding factor. This argument does not provide a definite explanation about what happened before the big bang. This may provide insight into previous, unsuccessful creations where there was also a big collapse of everything back into itself. This possibility, of unsuccessful creation, provides with it the possibility of infinite time, while also providing nothing more than the probability that creating life-supporting conditions in this universe cannot be done by chance.

You know you wanna click that hott hott link. And give me supportive criticism to help me get an a on my paper despite my professors intentions.

I picked up a comic today

2007-03-20T21:01:57Z

At a tiny little corner of the mall that will probably be there for the next few weeks at most.

And in said comic book there was an amazing line that made my eyebrows raise in awesomeness.

"Bruce Wayne. You have the power to instill great fear. Welcome to the Sinestro Corp"

Quiz & question

2007-03-07T20:35:09Z

You Are Dr. Pepper

You're very unique and funky, yet you still have a bit of traditionalism to you.
People who like you think they have great taste... and they usually do.

Your best soda match: Root Beer

Stay away from: 7 Up

What Kind of Soda Are You?

Suppose your significant other is away on business, and you take a day to walk through the woods. After hours of hiking, and getting purposely lost, you happen upon a large wooden building in the woods. Curiosity overtaking you, you walk up to it and see your ideal man/woman inside. They see you, and invite you in, it seems that they are very lonely here in their summer hideaway, and would like you to join them for dinner. There is no way that your significant other can find out about this one day thing, and this person is single.

1. What is your initial reaction to being invited inside?
2. How much time do you spend with them?
3. How far do you go with this person?