Cyanide and Happiness

No, I haven't gone emo...
But I was saying to someone how frigging easily I could pull it off. Maybe in Italy, just to spite someone.

Moving on, Cyanide and Happiness is a weird-ass web comic that I just spent the last 2 hours reading all 705 comics of. Sad? Very, but it's not only my fault. No, if someone interesting was online, or if they made the comic less funny...

But it was too funny to stop, all the superheros and such.
And oh my god, they had this ad for green lazer pointers! They're about a billion times better than a red or a blue one, because the human eye is more sensative to green or something, doesn't matter. Point is, you can SEE THE BEAM.

Think of the possibilities! Lightsabers! Woo!

Ben

I'm bored.
That's it.
And I'm kinda waiting for an email, which I hope is coming.
Because if it's not... /sad
Ben

"Weird Al" Yankovic

In Italian today, we were doing our usual talking, and the teacher chose to pick on me, and asked what sort of music I liked. I said "strano", weird music. She just wouldn't shut up, so I had to keep explaining that I liked "Weird Al", and that made people understand. Thank god. They didn't know who Reel Big Fish were, though.

Which brings me to my next point, his new album "Straight Outta Lynwood" came out recently, and I got it today. Pretty good, listening to it now. The first song is "White and Nerdy", which unfortunately applies to me way too much. I'll live though, so it's all good. The album has parodies of Green Day (Canadian Idiot), Rage Against the Machine (I'll Sue Ya), Cake(yay!)(Close But No Cigar) and more, weird bands. Woo. It's a pretty good album, so it wasn't time or bandwidth wasted.
Ben
P.S.
Hey see me mowin'
My front lawn
I know they're all thinking
I'm so White N' nerdy

Think I'm just too white n' nerdy
Think I'm just too white n' nerdy
Can't you see I'm white n' nerdy
Look at me I'm white n' nerdy!
I wanna roll with-
The gangsters
But so far they all think
I'm too white n' nerdy
Think I'm just too white n' nerdy
Think I'm just too white n' nerdy
I'm just too white n' nerdy
Really really white n' thirty

First in my class here at M.I.T.
Jock skills I'm a champion of D&D
MC Escher that's my favorite MC
Keep your 40, I'll just have an Earl Grey tea
My rims never spin to the contrary
You'll find they're quite stationary
All of my action figures are cherry
Stephen Hawking's in my library
My MySpace page is all totally pimped out
I got people begging for my top 8 spaces
Yo I know Pi to a thousand places
Ain't got no grills but I still wear braces
I order all of my sandwiches with mayonnaise
I'm a whiz at minesweeper I can play for days
Once you see my sweet moves you're gonna stay amazed
my fingers movin' so fast I'll set the place ablaze
There's no killer app I haven't run
At Pascal, well, I'm number one
I do vector calculus just for fun
I ain't got a gat but I got a soldering gun
Happy Days is my favorite theme song
I can sure kick your butt in a game of ping pong
I'll ace any trivia quiz you bring on
I'm fluent in Java Script as well as Klingon

They see me roll on, my Segway!
I know in my heart they think I'm
white n' nerdy!
Think I'm just too white n' nerdy
Think I'm just too white n' nerdy
Can't you see I'm white n' nerdy
Look at me I'm white n' nerdy
I'd like to roll with-
The gangsters
Although it's apparent I'm too
White n' nerdy
Think I'm just too white n' nerdy
Think I'm just too white n' nerdy
I'm just too white n' nerdy
How'd I get so white n' nerdy?

I've been browsing, inspectin'
X-men comics you know I collect 'em
The pens in my pocket I must protect 'em
My ergonomic keyboard never leaves me bored
Shopping online for deals on some writable media
I edit Wikipedia
I memorized the Holy Grail
Really well
I can recite it right now and have you ROTFLOL
I got a business doing websites
When my friends need some code who do they call?
I do HTML do for them all
Even make a homepage for my dog!
Yo I got myself a fanny pack
they were having a sale down at the GAP
Spend my nights with a roll of bubble wrap
POP POP! Hope no one sees me get freaky!

I'm nerdy in the extreme and whiter than sour cream
I was in AV club and Glee club and even the chess team!
Only question I ever thought was hard
Was do I like Kirk or do I like Picard?
I spend every weekend at the Renaissance Faire
Got my name on my underwear!

They see me strollin'
They laughin'
And rollin' their eyes 'cause
I'm so white n' nerdy
Just because I'm white n' nerdy
Just because I'm white n' nerdy
All because I'm white n' nerdy
Holy cow I'm white n' nerdy
I wanna bowl with-
the gangsters
but oh well it's obvious I'm
White n' nerdy
Think I'm just too white n' nerdy
Think I'm just too white n' nerdy
I'm just too white n' nerdy
Look at me I'm white n' nerdy!

Clock Tower Concert

So, we had this concert at the Clock Tower in Moonee Ponds tonight. I pwned it up, basically. Me and the Piccolo, we just rocked. Only problem was, we were first on, so I had to wait around in the dressing room for another 2 hours or so. But that was cool, I played cards with the Rock Eisteddfod people. Turns out you don't have to cheat in Cheat to win. How good am I. Poor Josh, though, he had his Mentor program presentation, but he didn't know where in the Uni he had to go, so he was there for 40 mins or so, then came back to the tower, then Ms Hardy dragged him back to the Uni to do the presentation. And he didn't get to play guitar with Hy.

I have a Maths project I should/could be doing, but it's 11:30 and I can't be bothered.
Ben
P.S:
For today we will take the body parts and put them on the wall

For treated indigenously, digenously
Human right is private blue chip, pry

(We're the prophetic generation of bottled water, bottled water
Causing poor populations to die, to die, to die)

For treated indigenously, digenously
Human right is private blue chip, pry

(We're the prophetic generation of bottled water, bottled water
Causing poor populations to die, to die, to die)

You, you went beyond
And you lost it all
Why did you go there?
From beyond
You saw it all
Why did you go there?

For treated indigenously, digenously
Human right is private blue chip, pry

(We're the prophetic generation of bottled water, bottled water
Causing poor populations to die, to die, to die)

For treated indigenously, digenously
Human right is private blue chip, pry

(We're the prophetic generation of bottled water, bottled water
Causing poor populations to die, to die, to die)

You, you went beyond
And you lost it all
Why did you go there?
From beyond
You saw it all
Why did you go there?

She lost her mind
Someone kicked her into the back of the line
she lost her head
When they called and said that they thought he was dead

Dreaming of screaming
Someone kick me out of my mind
I hate these thoughts I can't deny
Dreaming of Screaming
Someone kick me out of my mind
I hate these thoughts I can't de-

For treated indigenously, digenously
Human right is private blue chip, pry

(We're the prophetic generation of bottled water, bottled water
Causing poor populations to die, to die, to die)

You will take the body parts and put them on the wall
And bring the dark disaster

So freaking what

So, there I was, signing into MSN. I looked at the "new emails" box, it said "2." I jumped for joy. I never get emails, much less two. It could have been from anyone, I wouldn't have cared if it was a notification of my own deat-- well, not that far. But the point is, when one of said emails is from iTunes, it's not much cause for jumping. Yes, I bought SR-71. Shut up, and make the Internet send me something worthwhile. So what if I'm bitter because the email I want isn't there. So freaking what. Maybe I'm a little testy because my frigging crap box keeps committing hara-kiri to it's I/O card. So sue me that I have a Maths project due tomorrow (actually due last Thursday, but teh stupid bitch told me the wrong date) that I haven't started. So freaking what.

I am now going to compile a list of everything that pisses me off in my life... Most things, anyways.
1. Morons.
"Do you see any freaking chickens in the window? NO, WE DON'T HAVE ANY CHICKENS LEFT"
2. Stupidity.
"But where are we going to find an ostrich?"
3. Morons again.
*see #1*
4. Lack of things going my way.
No comment
5. Joe Zagari.
"I know you can't work Thursdays, Ben, but how would you like to work Thursday?" *see #1,2,3*
6. Being underpaid.
*See #4*
7. When joints run out of chips.
"Yeah, we're across the road from a school, filled to the brim with hundreds of hungry students, but we turn off the deep frier at 2:30"
8. When the McDonald's ice cream machine is broken.
... I like ice cream.
9. The fact that Wendy's closed at Barkley Square and got replaced with some shite-assed clothing store.
*see #8*
10. When my computer breaks.
"No, of course I don't need sound, or a mouse/keyboard to enjoy my computer. Without all that shit, it's a big metal box that does nothing."
11. Getting blamed for shit I didn't do.
"Yeah, The Simpsons ARE inappropriate for schools, that's why I got a frigging A+ for a report I did on them, and thats why we watch them in class sometimes. I can't explain the stress relief game, however."
12. Stupid teachers.
See Pauline Pearson, Angela Ballas, et. al.
13. Stupid students.
See 85% of BSC.
14. Books with shit endings.
See Harry Potter #6 and Lemony Snicket #13
15. Movies that don't follow the books they're "based" on.
See every Harry Potter movie.
16. Morons again.
"No, I'm not Harry Potter. But you can see my wand..."
17. Unnecessarily rude people.
Rude person: "You should behave nicer towards nice people." Me:"Thanks, when I find one, I'll remember that. Asshole."
18. People who talk too frigging fast.
"HihowareyoucanIgettenslicesofsalami?" "Say what?"
19. People who don't understand the value of things they buy.
"Yes, the dip costs $30 a kilo, but that was on the tag, didn't you read it? Oh, I'm sorry, it was terribly rude of me to expect people to read something."
20. People who don't know that there's more than one type of hot salami.
"I want the hot salami." "Which one?" "The hot one!" "WHICH HOT ONE?" "THE HOT ONE!!!"
*stabs moron in the face.*
21. Morons again.
See #19 and #20
22. People who don't understand that there's more than one type of salami producer.
"I want the mild salami." "Why type." "Don." "Which Don?" "The Mild."
*stabs moron in the face.*
23. People who don't speak English, yet persist on communicating with me.
*Random Chinese Phrases* "Ni hao! Ni Shu Ben Dan!"
24. People who confuse "fifteen" with "fifty."
"$18.15, please." *hands over $18.50, walks off.*
"Come back! Your change!"
25. Whoever decided to stop giving AC chargers away with iPods.
*stabs that moron in the face*
26. Whoever decided to charge $7.49 for Pac-Man for iPod. That's like, 4 songs.
"I want my Pac-Man!"

Well, thats my list. Everything that's pissing me off at the moment. Well, a lot of things that are, anyway. I assume I've barely scratched the tip of the iceberg. But it's been theraputic, so thats all good. I don't even care if anyone reads this or not. But I'll be hurt if no one does.
Ben

My poor computer... Crappy peripherals...

So, after a tense 2 days without my "beloved" computer, it's working again. Hopefully, it'll last longer than an hour or two. Oh, right. Wednesday night, the mouse and keyboard stopped responding. I assumed it was a problem with the Infra-red reciever we have, so I swapped the keyboard and mouse with the ones on Sam's computer. Then, Thursday, the new ones I put in crapped out. So, I beat up every pillow in my room, swapped the keyboard and mouse back, and played Metroid Prime: Hunters on my DS. Finally, at about 9 tonight, I tried turning on the computer, and thank god, it worked. I was particularally pissed off about it crapping out last night, because I'd bought a $50 iTunes voucher, and couldn't use it. I used it tonight (the final song's downloading now) to buy some Red Hot Chili Peppers, and SR-71. Unfortunately, I was 5 cents short of being able to buy Pac-Man.

I went to Josh's house today, we did our History project, watched movies, listened to music, and played DotA. As well as gossiped like the gossip-mongers we are. Fun was had. I suppose I'd better do some homework tomorrow, too. Lame. But hopefully the computer will still be working tomorrow, otherwise I'm really sunk.

Best news I've had recently though: Tenacious D is touring Melbourne!!!! Woo!

And they're releasing a Movie!! Woo!

As soon as the music video for "Californication" finishes, I'm going to bed. So, I'll say au revior, hoping that my computer's still ok in the morning,
Ben
P.S:
Well I don't mean to piss you off
With things I might say
So when I try to shut my mouth
They come out anyway
So when I speak my mind
That's when we connect
Yeah, but that's not
Politically correct

Your head's so filled with thought
You can't use your imagination
Like a sky so filled of stars
You can't find a constellation
And everyone's so sensitive
To any bad vibrations
You're so impressing
While we're regressing

Cause I don't mean to piss you off
With things I might say
When I try to shut my mouth
They come out anyway

There's nothing I believe in more
Than my own insignificance
So why does everybody think
My words can make a difference

I just don't have time to think up
Every social consequence
Just keep on talking
And you keep applauding

And I don't mean to piss you off
With things I might say
But when I try to shut my mouth
They come out anyway
And if you spoke you mind
You might feel more connected
Until you stand
Politically corrected

You lean a little to the left or the right but
You can only see who's on your side
You look a little like a deer in the headlights
A little blind and hypnotized
So you conform with the best of intentions
Change comes from inside
Cause after all that's what this country was founded on
Do nothing different just fall in line

Tell me
What happened
To make us
So afraid that
You couldn't
Make a Mel Brooks movie today no
I saw "Blazing Saddles" yesterday

I don't mean to piss you off
With things I might say
But when I try shut my mouth
They come out anyway

I don't mean to piss you off
With things i might say
But when i try to shut my mouth
They come out anyway

IT, boring, bleh.
Spent time with Chris, both Matts and Jimmy discussing WoW, that was ok. Chris is fun, he's the type of dude anyone can get along with, even if he is kinda weird sometimes. 0.o

Kinda hungry. 1 month, 1 week 'till I'm on a plane. Woo!
Ben

My day at the Patricia Gladwell House

It honestly wasn't as bad as I thought it would have been. I rocked up at 9, walked in, stood around for a minute or two, then Karen (the lady in charge) came out, and sent me straight in to the "lounge". She started me off on a woman called Effie, I think, she wasn't very interested in talking, more in sleeping. So, she fell asleep, and I got moved to some other lady, who burst into tears for some reason... I hope it wasn't me...

So then, I got moved to the area near the hair salon, where I spoke to a lady called Lola, who was in Poland in 1939, so really, she's just lucky to be here, even though she has to sell her house to stay in that joint, $400 a week, yowch. So then, Nick, Kate, Jesse and Evan walked past, I finished talking to Lola, and tried to find the Church for communion. It was interesting, watching all these elderly people participate. I felt almost guilty, sitting there, not being a part of the religion. Oh well. So then, we all went into the lounge again, for food etc, then we played a game involving homophones, although I'm pretty damn sure the word is homonym... Nope, just checked google, homonym is same spelling, different meanings. Oh well, live and learn, I pwned that game up, just like every other game I play :P

So, then we had to stack some polystyrene boxes, for a tomato garden or something, iunno, I wasn't really paying attention. We finished up at about 12, then left, walked up Moreland Road, got $6 of chips, went to Jesse's house, Me, Kate and Evan left at 1, got to school just in time for Maths, which I was there for 20 minutes of, then I went to some Italian presentation dealie, "Wog FM." It was ok, a good way to spend 40 minutes. We got dismissed early, so I got home, got onto the computer, and stayed there for a while. Probably not very healthy. Oh well.

What a day, huh.

Incidentally, this is also the 150th post on Canvas of the Jungle. So, please forward all praise to the comments section of the post. Gracias. 150 posts, in 26 months. Thats 5.76 a month, or about 1 and a half a week. Not too shabby.
Ben
P.S.
ll aboard, stitch in time
Get yours, got mine
In a minute I'll be there
Sit tight get square

***(Flea Doing the tick tick, woh woh part over lead singer)

You can do it at the hippodrome
Slide back, trombone
Anybody got a TV tome?
That's right, unknown.

***Flea Stops

When I pick up on that smell
Pick it up and run like hell
Little women save me some
Better get up on your run

So much more than Charlie's waking me
To my core and Charlie's shaking me
Tell my story
Charlie's making me
And Charlie's making me smile.
Oh oh now

Tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick me
woh woh woh woh woh woh
wait wait wait wait wait wait waite
woh woh woh woh woh woh what for?

Everybody do the twist
Get the the message on Flea's fists
Move around like a scientist
Lay down, get kissed

***(Flea Doing the tick tick, woh woh part over lead singer)

Big picture and it never lies
Big daddy, will advise
Eveready it in disguise
Sunset, sunrise

***Flea Stops

When I pick up on that smell
Pick it up and run like hell
Little women send me some
Better get up on your run

So much more than Charlie's waking me
To my core and Charlie's shaking me
Tell my story
Charlie's making me
An' Charlie's making me smile.
Woah now

My heart
Your skin
This love
I'm in
We don't arrive, without a surprise
You're right
I'm wrong
Be free
Belong
Intimate sight has come in to light

When I pick up on that smell
Pick it up and run like hell
Little women save me some
Better get up on your run
All I ever wanted to
Was pick it up and run with you
Slip it into a summer spell
Double up and run like hell

So much more than Charlie's waking me
To my core and Charlie's shaking me
Tell my story
Charlie's making me
An' Charlie's making me smile.
Woah, now.

My heart
Your skin
This love
I'm in
We don't arrive, without a surprise
You're right
I'm wrong
Be free
Belong
Intimate sight has come in to light
My heart
Your skin
This love
I'm in
We don't arrive, without a surprise
You're right
I'm wrong
Be free
Belong
Intimate sight has come in to light

Well, I finally got through. Yay me. Trick or treating... Hmm... I see...

• Black robe
• Red lightning bolt scar
• Stickytaped glasses
• Stripy red jumper

And maybe a wizard hat. Maybe. If you're good.
Ben

There is nothing more irksome than trying to call someone when their phone is engaged.
Nothing at all.

Well, maybe swimming in a pool infested with chainsaw-weilding sharks.
But apart from that...
Ben

Hey Oh

Lessee... What oh what is there to write about? Just sitting here, looking at my binary clock flash on and off... Most fun. Especially when the phone is 5 feet away from me, but whatever, it's late. Volunteering at some dementia joint tomorrow, then 3 periods of Maths. Joy. And now Josh is sick.

"Such a lonely day, And it’s mine,
The most loneliest day of my life"

I've been branching out my musical tastes, much to the delight (hopefully) of my friends who have to put up with me singing it. Eg, Chili Peppers, AC~DC, SR-71, System, and many many more. Listening to "Snow (Hey Oh) by the Chili Peppers, I finally see what Nick has been bitching about for the past 3-4 years.

...

Thats amazing. I've known Nick for 4 years. That's such a long time.

Then again. I've known Matt and James for at least 10 years, although they insist it's shorter than that. For those of you who don't know, Matt and James are two of my best friends, from primary school, who now attend Princes Hill. I miss hanging around with them, but they have MSN, and we go to Cydus sometimes, so it's all good. And, through the miracle that is the internet, I've met heaps of their friends and befrended their friends. I have many friends :D

Blah, tomorrow is gonna suck, so much. Ms Reynolds is "requesting" (note the sarcasm) (noted?) (good) that me, and everyone else with musical talent, performs for these dementia patients sometime. As fun as that sounds, I don't really feel confident enough in my ability to perform infront of people, not solo anyway. Hell, I shake like crazy, all hunched over, whenever I do a solo in the band, imagine how shite it'd be, just me, no one else... eek.

Ben

P.S:

When I lay it on
Come get the play it on
All my life to sacrifice

Hey Oh
Listen what I say oh
I got your
Hey Oh
Now listen what I say oh

When will I know that I really can go
To the well one small town to decide on
When its killing me, when will I really see
All that I need to look inside
Come to believe that I better not leave
Before I get my chance to ride
When its killing me, what do I really need
All that I need to look inside

Hey Oh
Listen what I say oh
Come back and
Hey Oh
Look at what I say oh

The more I see the less I know
The more I'd like to let it go

Hey oh
Whoa oh whoa

People need the cover of another perfect wonder
Where its all white as snow
Marry me divided by a work so undecided
And theres no where to go

In between the cover of another perfect wonder
And its all white as snow
Running through the field where all my tracks will be concealed
And theres no where to go

When to descend to a man for a friend
All the channels that are broken now
Now you bring it up, Im gonna ring it up
Just to hear you sing it out

Step from the road to the sea to the sky
And I do believe what we rely on
When I lay it on
Come get the play it on
All my life to sacrifice

Hey Oh
Listen what I say oh
I got your Hey oh
Listen what I say oh

The more I see the less I know
The more I'd like to let it go

Hey oh
Whoa oh whoa

People need the cover of another perfect wonder
Where its all white as snow
Marry me divided by a work so undecided
And theres no where go

In between the cover of another perfect wonder
Where its all white as snow
Running through the field where all my tracks will be concealed
And theres no where to go

I said hey hey yeah
Aw yeah
Tell my love now
Hey hey yeah
Aw yeah

People need the cover of another perfect wonder
Where its all white as snow
Marry me divided by a work of undecided
And theres no where go

Deep beneath the cover of another perfect wonder
Where its all white as snow
Running through the field where all my tracks will be concealed
And theres no where to go

I said hey
Aw yeah
Aw yeah
Tell my love now
Hey hey yeah

Life is Good

Not just the whole "yay, I'm alive, I'm so glad I'm not dead" thing either. The fact is, I am happy with my life at the moment. Not much more could make it better. Whether I'm listening to loud music till my ears ring, I'm playing computer games till my eyes start to hurt, sitting in the sun, reading, or just... eating something, I am in love with life. Ring.

I'm in IT at the moment. We just did a test that... 6 people in the class passed. So, Ms Ballas only let us 6 get onto the computers. So we get to muck around. So I've spent most of the time researching the new Lemony Snicket book, that comes out on Friday. The 13th. OoooOOOooo.
I don't want to ruin the story for anyone who's gonna read it. So I won't tell people the main plot of the Beatrice Letters. Or what I know about "The End." Hehe.

That's pretty much all there is to write about, today. Au revior.
Ben

Me=Pwn

Phew.
2 Frigging Science projects. 4 hours. And numerous, meaningful MSN conversations in between.
NEVER LET IT BE SAID THAT I DO NOT PWN.
NEVER!!!!
...
Yeah.
So, while those 10 pages or so are printing, I might as well write something.
School's pretty random at the moment, thats the only way to put it. It's exciting, that'll do.
English was kinda boring, we did grammar stuff. There was some note passing, but as usual, I was barely involved. Hehe. History was good, because for once I'd done the homework. Ms Gay seemed pleased. Damn straight, too. Mr Carlton better frigging LOVE all this science work I've done, or there's gonna be hell to pay. Maths was ok... I got 13/15 in a "Graphics Calculator" test, which was lower than both Gabby and Kate. All because I said that y was weeks pregnant instead of weight of the baby (bivariate data, don't ask), I lost 2 marks. Grr. I say it's all because I have a "Y" chromosome. No evidence, just anger. On the plus side though, my good friend James, from primary school has finally gotten off his ass and obtained 1. an email address, and 2. MSN messenger. Woo! Go James! Now I don't have to go over to his house to spend hours discussing every aspect of our personal lives. Haha.

I'm still reeling from how pwn I am, doing those assignments in 4 hours. That's plural. Yeah, thats what I'm reeling from. Nothing else to get me reeling. OH SHIT. I forgot to tell Joe that I can/can't work on Saturday. OH SHIT. That means I have to call him. Lame. But it's Wednesday :D:D:D.

That'll do for a post, methinks, I can feel the wrist termites coming back again.
Ben

P.S. If you have no idea what I mean by wrist termites, think about the words "Carpal" and "tunnel", then think about what termites do, and get back to me. /salute
P.P.S.
I hate music, I hate the scene
I hate my records, I hate CDs
I hate everyone at shows, and I hate that Rock and Roll
Cuz I know that machine sucked out my soul

Turn it off,
Turn it off,
Turn the radio off
Try thinking for yourself for once in your life

I hate the music business,
it's filled with greed
it's run by old men who don't know what I need
I'm getting older fast, I hope this anger lasts
So I can have the strength to keep fighting back

Turn it off,
Turn it off,
Turn the radio off
Don't you know we're turning into zombies
Turn it off,
Turn it off,
Turn the radio off
Try thinking for yourself for once in your life.

Blah blah blah
another song about the radio
Always complaining that we hate the radio
Well it's time to start the war, now here we go
Our first mission: just don't listen

Turn it off,
Turn it off,
Turn the radio off
Don't you know we're turning into zombies
Turn it off,
Turn it off,
Turn the radio off
Try thinking for yourself for once in your life
Turn it off,
Turn it off,
Turn the radio off
Try thinking for yourself for once in your life.

I'm tired. I had a shite time at work. Dad was an hour late picking me up. We were half an hour late finishing. I was forced into starting an hour early, and didn't get to finish my homework. Still tired. One of the pockets on my pwn leather jacket is broken. I have two Science assignments to do in the next 36 hours. I have SO much work to do. And odds are, I won't see the girl I like for who knows how long. =/
Ben

Today I went to a trivia night for our Scout group. I think it was a pretty good night, we came second (no thanks to the rest of my family, me and two other parents pwned it up, big time) and I won the paper aeroplane contest (I won a shaving kit)(joy, like I need that). Sam got really pissed off because while Dad was calling the raffle, he called out Sam's ticket number, but Mum told him to redraw because we'd already won 1st prize. So he's in a terrible mood right now, tearing the joint up, etc...

I also got a haircut today. It's about half as long as it was before, so I suppose thats a good thing. It doesn't look half bad. It looks all bad. "ba-zing."

Aand... after work yesterday, I forgot to put the trash compactor key back, so I had to go down to Barkley and humbly give the key back. Hehe, I should have got more cut. Oh well.

So that was my Saturday. Boring, but very non-productive.
Ben

Here I am in IT, not knowing what do to. And feeling dyslexic. But mainly feeling bored. There's nothing to do, besides furtively listen to my iPod and write shit here. I was toying with the idea of putting some System of a Down lyrics up, but then I read them, and though "No, thats too weird." A per usual, I'm too awesome for my own good, so I've finished the work that the rest of the class will take weeks to do. I'm not trying to make myself look good, the other students do that for me (:P). Instead, I'm trying to objectivly report on the single most boring class in the history of the universe.
Although, I was just browsing Wikipedia, and I came across an article about Goodwin's Law. The law itself reads:
As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.

Which I think is particularally true, not to mention funny, as in a lot of forums I read, it happens frequently.
Also stated in the law is that when Nazis or Hitler are mentioned, the "debate" is over, and the person who brought the Nazis up automatically loses. :P So no more Nazi comparisons!

Ben

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They can't all be morons, can they?

The level of moronicism in this school is shocking. I'm appalled.
"No. Athens is not in Rome."
"I'll give you 2 guesses about what language they speak in Russia."
"CC stands for Carbon Copy. BBC stands for Britis-- oh, you meant to say BCC! My mistake, I'm sorry, I'm just a moron I guess."

We had to do a "bullying survey" this morning. I would have preferred to stay in History, maybe learn something. Instead, we answered questions which may have helped the co-ordinaters sleep a little better at night, but did nothing to alleviate my concerns about the safety of the school.

And to top it all off, I can feel my wrists getting Carpel Tunnel Syndrome. Joy. Too much Computer over the holidays.

I have to work today... Yeah, it's Wednesday, but it's not quite as fun when you're covering for the person who makes Wednesdays fun. =/
Ben

Frigging Email Hoaxes.

Iunno if any of you guys got these, but I've gotten two today, one from someone I don't like, and one from someone I don't know (!), and both, obviously, from morons. Come on.

"Hey it is tara and john the directors of MSN, sorry for the interruption but msn is closing down. this is because too many inconsiderate people are taking up all the name (eg making up lots of different accounts for just one person), we only have 578 names left. If you would like to close your account, DO NOT SEND THIS MESSAGE ON. If you would like to keep your account, then SEND THIS MESSAGE TO EVERYONE ON YOUR CONTACT LIST. This is no joke, we will be shutting down the servers. Send it on, thanks.

WHO EVER DOES NOT SEND THIS MESSEAGE, YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE CLOSED AND YOU WILL COST $10.00 A MONTH TO USE. SEND THIS TO EVERYONE ON YOUR CONTACT LIST.

NOW YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO. PLEASE DO NOT FORWARD THIS or REPLAY. COPY THE WHOLE EMAIL. GO BACK TO YOUR INBOX AND CLICK ON NEW. AND PASTE THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

hey everyone, i dont normally send this sort of stuff out but had a look on the internet and its actually true . On the 1st of november , we will have to pay for the use of our MSN and email accounts unless we send this message to at least 18 contacts on your contact list. It's no joke if you don't believe me then go to the site (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1189119.stm ) and see for yourself."

Both times I jumped on google with "hotmail closing hoax" because I've seen this shit before, first found http://www.hoax-slayer.com/bebo-closing-down-hoax.html, and the second time I found http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/hoaxes/hoaxDetails.asp?HName=MSN+18+Contacts+Hoax.
Here's what I sent to the first dude.

"No legitimate company would alert customers to impending account closures via such vague and poorly written emails. Nor would they attempt to force users to forward the message to others by threatening to close the accounts of those who do not comply."

" This warning message and all its foolish cousins, should be deleted. "

Any questions?

So, I felt pretty good after sending that. Then, 3 or 4 hours later, I got the frigging email again, from someone the 1st dude sent it to. This moron proceeded to send it to his entire contact list, which soon contained everyone who recieved the first email. So, feeling quite pissed off, I replied thusly:

"Wow, ZOMG, I found the exact same thing on this website! http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/hoaxes/hoaxDetails.asp?HName=MSN+18+Contacts+Hoax

It's like, fully true, thanks for telling me about this, I sure don't want to pay $10 a month...

Two questions though. 1, how did you get my email?

2, how could anyone believe such a poorly written message?"

So, the moral of this story, kiddies, is that people are gullible enough to believe anything. Also, block, and filter out, fox_use_can_kit@hotmail.com, and ronan225@hotmail.com.
What kinda name is "fox_use_can_kit?" It makes no sense.

Sorry, I just felt like ranting a bit. I'm going back to browsing old Shoutwire articles.

Ben