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geebsWhat's up with people not picking up on cases of attempted regicide that are quite obvious?! So a land's queen was captured and imprisoned in the layer of a great beast for years, and there's a prophecy foretelling of a hero coming to free her, and everyone who's gone after the beast has died. Currently, the leader is a regent who is "humbly" leading in the queen's stead until she can be freed. Like, why wouldn't you be suspicious that he's setting up all the heroes trying to rescue her to die, so he can stay on the throne?!
Or if some little princess has to go on a quest to show she is worthy to be queen. And all of a sudden, on her journey she's continually accosted by assassins who seem to know exactly where she's going? Gee, could one of her two sisters, who stand to get the throne if the princess dies, be the one leaking the info?! ojv('Man, its obvious!!')
That Fight Quest show on the Discovery channel is a pretty cool show. I mean, they go around the world, learning all sorts of different styles and seeing how they measure up against masters of said style. I mean, even if they get their ass kicked, they're getting experience. Honestly, no style is bv('The Best!') but getting all this experience, seeing all these moves from various martial arts, you get to see what works for you and keep it, making you a much better fighter. I mean, a master of one of those styles will kick a lot of ass, but if they get to train in other arts, can't they pick up new "tricks" that could perhaps make up for deficiencies in a particular style?
Speaking of shows on the Discovery and Military channel, I think I mentioned before how surprised I was that I'd watch these shows about military technology, and knew exactly what they were gonna talk about, even down to pieces of interesting trivia. I remember over Christmas Break my dad being somewhat impressed that I'd tell him something about some gun or military vehicle, and then the experts would repeat the exact same thing. So then he was all, some big wig at the US army chemical materials agency is Filipino, why didn't you use your chemical engineering degree to go and do something like that? Of course, me answering all these pop culture trivia questions when watching Jeopardy and some Filipino game show called Game Ka Na Ba (I don't understand Filipino, but I can understand the questions they have about American pop culture) over the dinner table had my aunt all, "why don't you try out for one of those game shows?" So I was amused that besides the questions about when I'm gonna get married or have kids when I come to visit them, they were also, why don't you try and make money off a trivia game show or helping to destroy chemical weapons stockpiles?
TV commentary:
Weird, Jason's back, with his own plotline even! So Buddy hires him as a new salesman. Though I'm not sure the other salespeople would screw with him as much. I mean, didn't he used to date the boss's daughter? Obviously, Buddy likes him, so if I were to sabotage Jason, I'd try to do it a little more subtley so he isn't able to name names or say what they're doing to him! The most hilarious part of the plot is the deliberate product placement- he sells the guy that new GMC SUV hybrid, then during the commercial break, they show part of that scene again with Jason being all, "Get one before its too late!" HA!
Last week we had Matt and Landry hanging out again, this time we have Tyra hanging out with Julie at the Taylors! Didn't Tyra's mom try and nix that last season? Geez, as I said before, she's hot, but also ginormous! Was she on her tip toes reaching that top shelf, or was that her normal height?! Anyways, all her storylines were hilarious. But confusing. One, metal-geek lab girl, is she really a freshman who skipped a couple of grades, or was the whole freshman remark just Tyra saying she's kinda young. I mean, she doesn't look young enough to have skipped grades and still only be a freshman! Or did they mean she's freshman age, but she's skipped to junior year?
Also, does Landry realize metal geek lab girl kinda likes him, and not only that, that Tyra is insanely jealous?! I think he does, but I can't get a sure read on that. I'm kinda skeptical he'd be that oblivious. Acutally, I'm skeptical the girl is that oblivious, Tyra totally hates her! Heh, I liked they reference the fact that Riggins still bugs the crap out of her, so when lab girl went to the Applebees to give Landry a mix CD and Tim was at the table also, that she'd show up and blow a gasket. But ha, Julie's all jealous now that her mom is so close to Tyra now!
So ferret guy shows up looking for his effin' money. How could Tim be that stupid to think that guy wouldn't realize who took it?! This motivates him to confess his love for Lyla who's all, "I don't love you!" He also tells her about the money he owes and she gives it to him even though he doesn't want it. Of course, people in the forums were all, this whole sequence of events shows Lyla is not in love with Tim and that whole Tim/Lyla thing is over. Really? I thought the total opposite! I figured she was in total denial. And gee, she only has scenes with Tim and Logan H! Hmm, will she leave the non-starring character for the starring one?
I don't know if its because I can only see him as Logan H, but I can't help but think of this Chris guy as sleazy. I guess Logan wasn't too sleazy, but he does look like a smug rich prick. When Lyla told him about everything (heh, the roomie suspected she just told him that Jason caught her kissing him and left the whole premarital sex thing out), I couldn't help but think he was thinking, "All right, this means she puts out!"
I was a little worried Tim's brother was going to get killed there, but again, the Riggins' boys aren't too smart! Don't start a fight you can't finish. The guy is a psychotic meth head drug dealer! (One of the biggest in Dillon, apparently!) Unless you're ready to kill him to protect yourself, don't antagonize him!
And Smash is arrested for punching that guy out last week, so he issues a public apology, but then the guy goes on TV and gets under Smash's skin, so Smash blows a gasket and lets some newsies who ambush him get him on tape saying he's not really sorry because the boy is a racist and doesn't deserve his apologies. So Smash is suspended for the rest of the season. Whoops! what the hell can they suspend him for? Unsportsmanlike conduct off the field?
Heh, I had a feeling that the princess' crush would switch from Shephard to Mckay. That painting they did at the end was priceless though, with Mckay bravely firing a p90 and Shephard cowering behind him and the princess? Ha!! Anyways though, I wouldn't be so dismissive of her if I were John when she was talking about him being her king one day. I mean, she's too young now, but her older sisters were both hotties, so she'll grow up to be a hottie, and king of a kingdom married to a hot queen is not a bad deal! I say, don't be all never til she comes of age!
Okay, hilarious ep of Psych tonight. I think my favorite joke was when Lassiter and O'Hara figure out the suicide note was straight out of the script and go to arrest the writer, and they cut to the scene where you think Shawn is visiting the guy in jail, but it was really a set. Although the whole Shawn trying a couple of times to do a dramatic fade to commercial break but Gus stepping on it was hysterical too. But I knew it was the food chick! Its like no one else was a viable suspect, but she was there in the background, hovering around, randomly getting referenced every now and then. Its like, I wonder if she'll play a role? Like last week, when the killer was the nurse. The show seems to do that quite often.
- weird moment of the day: Eating dinner with the roomie at Friday's, I noticed this cute brunette sitting at the next table over with her two gay brothers (Okay, mebbe her boyfriend and a friend that's a boy) look over at me not with dismissiveness or disgust, but mild interest! And as we were leaving, this brunette college cutie sitting with her parents did the same thing! How odd. Well, I do think the brown AE hoodie and cargo pants I'm wearing go together and look quite smart.
- embarrassing moment of the day: While sitting in my car waiting for the engine to warm up before driving to work, I was listening to Delilah, and her show was playing Firefall's "You are the Woman" so I was singing along, getting all into it with the head bopping and hand gestures, and I look over and see through the upstairs window of some neighboring house some person looking at me funny for my singing to myself dorkiness. Surely, they shouldn't see me, but the floodlight from the garage was illuminating me in the car.
What's with chicks getting all horrified when in self defense, you kill the psycho ex con trying to kill you and who works for the man whose thugs are terrorizing the local townfolk! Excuse me for trying to not get killed! Sorry for trying to protect you and other good, honest folk! Chicks, man!
Or if some little princess has to go on a quest to show she is worthy to be queen. And all of a sudden, on her journey she's continually accosted by assassins who seem to know exactly where she's going? Gee, could one of her two sisters, who stand to get the throne if the princess dies, be the one leaking the info?! ojv('Man, its obvious!!')
That Fight Quest show on the Discovery channel is a pretty cool show. I mean, they go around the world, learning all sorts of different styles and seeing how they measure up against masters of said style. I mean, even if they get their ass kicked, they're getting experience. Honestly, no style is bv('The Best!') but getting all this experience, seeing all these moves from various martial arts, you get to see what works for you and keep it, making you a much better fighter. I mean, a master of one of those styles will kick a lot of ass, but if they get to train in other arts, can't they pick up new "tricks" that could perhaps make up for deficiencies in a particular style?
Speaking of shows on the Discovery and Military channel, I think I mentioned before how surprised I was that I'd watch these shows about military technology, and knew exactly what they were gonna talk about, even down to pieces of interesting trivia. I remember over Christmas Break my dad being somewhat impressed that I'd tell him something about some gun or military vehicle, and then the experts would repeat the exact same thing. So then he was all, some big wig at the US army chemical materials agency is Filipino, why didn't you use your chemical engineering degree to go and do something like that? Of course, me answering all these pop culture trivia questions when watching Jeopardy and some Filipino game show called Game Ka Na Ba (I don't understand Filipino, but I can understand the questions they have about American pop culture) over the dinner table had my aunt all, "why don't you try out for one of those game shows?" So I was amused that besides the questions about when I'm gonna get married or have kids when I come to visit them, they were also, why don't you try and make money off a trivia game show or helping to destroy chemical weapons stockpiles?
TV commentary:
Weird, Jason's back, with his own plotline even! So Buddy hires him as a new salesman. Though I'm not sure the other salespeople would screw with him as much. I mean, didn't he used to date the boss's daughter? Obviously, Buddy likes him, so if I were to sabotage Jason, I'd try to do it a little more subtley so he isn't able to name names or say what they're doing to him! The most hilarious part of the plot is the deliberate product placement- he sells the guy that new GMC SUV hybrid, then during the commercial break, they show part of that scene again with Jason being all, "Get one before its too late!" HA!
Last week we had Matt and Landry hanging out again, this time we have Tyra hanging out with Julie at the Taylors! Didn't Tyra's mom try and nix that last season? Geez, as I said before, she's hot, but also ginormous! Was she on her tip toes reaching that top shelf, or was that her normal height?! Anyways, all her storylines were hilarious. But confusing. One, metal-geek lab girl, is she really a freshman who skipped a couple of grades, or was the whole freshman remark just Tyra saying she's kinda young. I mean, she doesn't look young enough to have skipped grades and still only be a freshman! Or did they mean she's freshman age, but she's skipped to junior year?
Also, does Landry realize metal geek lab girl kinda likes him, and not only that, that Tyra is insanely jealous?! I think he does, but I can't get a sure read on that. I'm kinda skeptical he'd be that oblivious. Acutally, I'm skeptical the girl is that oblivious, Tyra totally hates her! Heh, I liked they reference the fact that Riggins still bugs the crap out of her, so when lab girl went to the Applebees to give Landry a mix CD and Tim was at the table also, that she'd show up and blow a gasket. But ha, Julie's all jealous now that her mom is so close to Tyra now!
So ferret guy shows up looking for his effin' money. How could Tim be that stupid to think that guy wouldn't realize who took it?! This motivates him to confess his love for Lyla who's all, "I don't love you!" He also tells her about the money he owes and she gives it to him even though he doesn't want it. Of course, people in the forums were all, this whole sequence of events shows Lyla is not in love with Tim and that whole Tim/Lyla thing is over. Really? I thought the total opposite! I figured she was in total denial. And gee, she only has scenes with Tim and Logan H! Hmm, will she leave the non-starring character for the starring one?
I don't know if its because I can only see him as Logan H, but I can't help but think of this Chris guy as sleazy. I guess Logan wasn't too sleazy, but he does look like a smug rich prick. When Lyla told him about everything (heh, the roomie suspected she just told him that Jason caught her kissing him and left the whole premarital sex thing out), I couldn't help but think he was thinking, "All right, this means she puts out!"
I was a little worried Tim's brother was going to get killed there, but again, the Riggins' boys aren't too smart! Don't start a fight you can't finish. The guy is a psychotic meth head drug dealer! (One of the biggest in Dillon, apparently!) Unless you're ready to kill him to protect yourself, don't antagonize him!
And Smash is arrested for punching that guy out last week, so he issues a public apology, but then the guy goes on TV and gets under Smash's skin, so Smash blows a gasket and lets some newsies who ambush him get him on tape saying he's not really sorry because the boy is a racist and doesn't deserve his apologies. So Smash is suspended for the rest of the season. Whoops! what the hell can they suspend him for? Unsportsmanlike conduct off the field?
Heh, I had a feeling that the princess' crush would switch from Shephard to Mckay. That painting they did at the end was priceless though, with Mckay bravely firing a p90 and Shephard cowering behind him and the princess? Ha!! Anyways though, I wouldn't be so dismissive of her if I were John when she was talking about him being her king one day. I mean, she's too young now, but her older sisters were both hotties, so she'll grow up to be a hottie, and king of a kingdom married to a hot queen is not a bad deal! I say, don't be all never til she comes of age!
Okay, hilarious ep of Psych tonight. I think my favorite joke was when Lassiter and O'Hara figure out the suicide note was straight out of the script and go to arrest the writer, and they cut to the scene where you think Shawn is visiting the guy in jail, but it was really a set. Although the whole Shawn trying a couple of times to do a dramatic fade to commercial break but Gus stepping on it was hysterical too. But I knew it was the food chick! Its like no one else was a viable suspect, but she was there in the background, hovering around, randomly getting referenced every now and then. Its like, I wonder if she'll play a role? Like last week, when the killer was the nurse. The show seems to do that quite often.
- weird moment of the day: Eating dinner with the roomie at Friday's, I noticed this cute brunette sitting at the next table over with her two gay brothers (Okay, mebbe her boyfriend and a friend that's a boy) look over at me not with dismissiveness or disgust, but mild interest! And as we were leaving, this brunette college cutie sitting with her parents did the same thing! How odd. Well, I do think the brown AE hoodie and cargo pants I'm wearing go together and look quite smart.
- embarrassing moment of the day: While sitting in my car waiting for the engine to warm up before driving to work, I was listening to Delilah, and her show was playing Firefall's "You are the Woman" so I was singing along, getting all into it with the head bopping and hand gestures, and I look over and see through the upstairs window of some neighboring house some person looking at me funny for my singing to myself dorkiness. Surely, they shouldn't see me, but the floodlight from the garage was illuminating me in the car.
What's with chicks getting all horrified when in self defense, you kill the psycho ex con trying to kill you and who works for the man whose thugs are terrorizing the local townfolk! Excuse me for trying to not get killed! Sorry for trying to protect you and other good, honest folk! Chicks, man!
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Date: 2008-01-27 02:55 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-27 07:12 am (UTC)I would also like to say that there is a best martial art... early UFC and current MMA programs show that Muay Thai has the best striking since you can use any body part to strike and is so brutal.. nothing fancy to leave you open when you strike...
and of course JJ/BJJ/Judo... bunch of grappling and submission techniques, not much striking involved... can be used against anyone of any size.. royce gracie, the weakest of the Gracie family, was able to choke the hell out of people of various styles (some form of Kung Fu, Tae Kwon Do, Hapkido, some wrestlers and others)in the cage and in unsanctioned bouts.
but no doubt do I respect all martial arts... just those two martial arts mentioned will most likely come out victorious if pitted against other martial arts...
and about martial artist picking up new "tricks"... but i hear it's that they want to stick to their traditional martial art.. stick to your roots.. i think it like disrespecting the art if you are trying to change it... thats why I want to be a MMA... get to learn all differnt styles... plus as a MMA, you can prolly take on a high ranked martial artists since you know all the aspects of the game such as striking and grappling standing up or on the ground, which gives you the advantage on all aspects...
yeah as you can tell... i love martial arts.. and you know that too... thats why I always want to fight you Ant, but you keep chickening out on me :P
you i wrote alot... my bad.... wassup cuz?
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Date: 2008-01-28 05:22 am (UTC)Truthfully, I guess knowing a few techniques and how to apply them in different situations is better than knowing "everything", but I just like all the ways humans have figured out how to hurt with their bare hands and feet. But I don't think there's anything wrong with breaking from tradition if something doesn't work. Martial arts are always flowing, I think. Perhaps the creators never encountered or even thought of facing a certain situation. So if an art has an obvious deficiency against something else, I would think the "creator" of the art, if they were around today, would adapt the style to handle it. So why shouldn't their followers do that?
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Date: 2008-01-27 06:01 pm (UTC)