Mister Solipsist

14 January 2009 @ 08:04 pm

Oh, cursed pie! Why must you be so delicious?

Finally... The holiday rush is over! Now I can cool down and hear myself think.

And I'm hearing myself think that I'm going to join the legions of other people who have resolved to get back into shape. Holiday gluttony is a double-edged sword. You feast upon bountiful delights that please the pallet, yet you horribly disfigure your own body, inside and out.

It's salad and treadmill time.

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07 September 2008 @ 11:02 pm

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I've been getting more and more into routine meditation. I've found quite a few recordings that help out with not only relaxing, but also focusing on certain goals. I'm hoping that if I keep up with doing it on a regular basis, most of it will stick long-term. I've found so far that if I meditate in the morning, I'm good for the rest of the day. But by late afternoon, I start to level out.

I guess it's like exercise for the soul. It's rough when you first start out, but once you find that routine, it gets easier and you accept it as habit.

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21 July 2008 @ 10:02 pm

I should probably do more that just comment in other peoples stuff

Work has been so intense lately. That may be obvious since I haven't been able to write here in almost 2 months. Most of the time, I come home, eat dinner, and crash. I haven't been able to unwind in front of a distracting game except on my lunch breaks. And because of that, I spend most of my days off catching up on chores. I do get to see my girlfriend at least once a week, which is nice. I try to keep that as low-energy as possible so I can rest. But at the same time, we gotta do something interesting so that we don't get bored together.

We've been watching lots of movies. Mostly cuz the movies this summer are so good for a change. Well, except maybe Indiana Jones. That was ass. Hellboy and Batman was really sweet though. Wall-E had an awesome message to it that I wasn't expecting. Especially not from a Disney movie. Finally saw Forbidden Kingdom too, which was great except for the white kid.

The summer is almost over, so hopefully work will lighten up and I'll get some sleep.

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tired

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31 May 2008 @ 11:31 pm

Men don't ask for directions, but women don't follow them

I guess this expands on my previous entry. But here's a situation I recently faced and how I handled it.

My new girlfriend doesn't often come over to my place, I'm usually the one that goes to hers. The trouble is that when she does come to visit me, she always gets lost on the way home. So each and every time she visits, I write down directions, each time trying to make them simpler and easier to understand than the last. But without fail, she still gets lost. One could say that I give lousy directions, but I don't...she just misreads them.

Each time, she calls me up needing help getting her back on the right path from wherever she'd taken a wrong turn. When she complains about my directions, I know that what she's describing is NOT what I wrote down for her. But arguing with her about it isn't going to help. The situation is this: She's lost. She's scared. She needs to get home. THAT is what I need to deal with...not proving to her that I'm right and she's wrong.

So I apologize for her being where she is and get onto Google to give her directions on where to turn after she's doubled back. I'll leave it to her (once she's home, safe and relieved) to again look at the directions that I wrote for her and see that it was her mistake. I don't even care if she apologizes for that later since I'm just as scared about her being lost and want to make sure she does get home safely.

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cranky

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08 May 2008 @ 09:25 pm

Sometimes it's better to be "wrong"

One thing I learned the other day: Never argue with a woman. They don't think the same way men do. The trouble that most (of either gender) make is approaching the other person as if they were approaching themselves. Men think logically, striving to be correct or to reach a goal. Women are more emotionally driven, caught up in the experience of the situation.

So if a woman is upset about anything, the worst thing a man can do is argue about it. Men get defensive... I admit it's out of weakness. The thing is that women aren't looking for a man to clerify or to fix whatever's upsetting them. They want to be understood and comforted.

So if a woman's upset at you, don't be all, "I didn't mean it like THAT." Cuz it doesn't matter. She's already upset and now it just has to be dealt with. The best thing you can say is, "I understand what you're saying. I'm sorry. I won't let it happen again." It doesn't make you a pussy or pussywhipped... It's just empathy. It's part of having integrety and that's part of being a good man.

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mellow

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20 April 2008 @ 03:27 pm

Saw Forbidden Kingdom

I saw "Forbidden Kingdom" with my girl this past weekend. It was a fun movie! The parts with the cliche gang members were lame, though. Were they supposed to be the Sharks or the Jets? I couldn't tell. But with Jackie Chan and Jet Li having an american audience for 10-15 years now, why did it take this long to cast them in the same movie?

Then there's the guitar playing girl, who seems to only be in there because every action movie needs a romantic interest. I couldn't see any real reason why she would fall for him, but whatever. She was cute, so I'll forgive.

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15 April 2008 @ 02:33 pm

Kuro no Keiyakusha - HOWLING

The night sky full of cries
Hearts filled with lies
The contract- is it worth the price?
A soul pledged to the darkness
Now I’ve lost it
I know I can kill
The truth exists beyond the gates

Tears flowed from my shut eyes
The fragments of reason and blood are repeatedly eaten away at

I don’t want anything anymore
(My exposed feelings around Turn round)
I don’t feel the way as before
(Gang Bang Son of a gun)

In the rift between our two entwined chests
You only desire this parched body of mine

With dirtied fingertips, I pour into the night
Prying you open until you shred
Within a light slumber, my thoughts that have peeled off creak
If just about anything might erase everything now

Sun will rise Close your eyes
Downfallen (Fallen) Falling
Hold inside
Just HOWLING in the shadows

While being beaten upon by the incessantly pouring rain
I bored my nails deeply into your back that I cling onto

I don’t need anything anymore
(No one else can take my place)
I don’t see the way as before
(I’ve been lost without a trace)

As if obstructing someone’s touched dream from continuing
My heart was closed off

With dirtied fingertips, we embraced each other many times
Reeling you in aimlessly
My faint memories still blot through my remaining wounds
Even if everything that I gained is a mistake

With the power that awakes every time when I lose it

These dirtied wings pour into the night
Prying you open until you shred
Within a light slumber, my thoughts that have peeled off creak
If just about anything might erase everything now

Sun will rise Close your eyes
Downfallen (Fallen) Falling
Give me sight to see inside
I’m calling
Take a bite night by night
Downfallen (Fallen) Falling
Hold inside
Just HOWLING in the shadows

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hyper

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12 April 2008 @ 01:30 pm

Apologies to RHCP

Rolla Coasta... Of love... Rolla Coasta... Whoo hoo hoo!

You know, you never feel the true euphoria of a roller coaster until it's over. The funny thing is, it's that thrill that causes us to (no matter how scared shitless we were during the previous ride) be compelled to ride it again.

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12 March 2007 @ 08:59 pm

LittleBigPlanet

I've been hearing a lot of people online raving about the upcoming game for PS3, LittleBigPlanet. So I took a look at some of the preview footage (link)and I just don't get it. It's not even a game. It's like 3D Mario Paint. It's just a level editor without a game to use the levels you design. I won't deny that the graphics are phenominal, but that's all it is. It's the embodiment of everything I've said about how graphics have become more important than gameplay. Now we have a "game" that's nothing BUT graphics and nothing really to play.

Sony needs to learn from Nintendo. Sure, Sony's starting to copy Nintendo with Home, but they're just making the same mistakes that have been hurting the gaming industry in the past 10 years. Rather, they're making the same mistakes worse. It's like someone in charge is looking at their practices and saying, "Well, we didn't do it right, so let's just do it MORE. People are spending more on fun games that graphic games...so that means we have to make graphics better!" Dumbasses.

Current Mood:

bitchy

Current Music: sep (plumbaz wit attitudes) - bust a fire flower in yo ass

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01 February 2007 @ 10:20 pm

Friends

Sorry, folks... To avoid any further LiveDrama that I experienced from my last LJ, I'm gonna have to make this thing Friends-only for a while.

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