I’m the Green Lantern December 30, 2006
Posted by degenerateleftist in Blogsplanation.4 comments
I figure all day you, my legions of fans, sit around having conversations about me: what superhero is he? you ask. Is it true he sounds exactly like Isaac Hayes in person? How best can we support his plans for the carving up of italy? Etc, etc…
So, in teh name of answering one of your fucking questions, I present the results of the “what superhero are yo” quiz. I’m the Green Lantern. Apparently he’s hot-headed. Am I hot-headed? I’d never think I’d be called something like that. I might just have to change the way I communicate my frustration.
I’m kinda glad green lantern is at the top, since I hate all the others on the list, and know next to nothing about Green lantern except that he’s allergic to yellow or some shit.
Your results:
You are Green Lantern
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Hot-headed. You have strong will power and a good imagination.
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Microsoft sending out gifts ++ My gift list December 28, 2006
Posted by degenerateleftist in Enemies, Linux, My Life, Politics, Sci/Tech.1 comment so far
As the worlds most buyable reviewer, and as a person with a barely-there blog, I’m probably not on any PR division’s gifts list, but I’d love to be.
A couple much luckier/more popular bloggers have found themselves on Microsoft’s gift list. I’d love to be there myself. or on anyone’s gift list. I’d love to review Kubuntu on a new, top notch, laptop. Or Vista! Anything but a Mac basically, my hatred of them being too intense.
I’d also review, if given: a bunkbed, a condo, a chauffered car, clothes that fit me, a new tooth to replace the one that fell out, a million dollars, an army, a house, a compound, a national organization devoted to me, a small table with nice chairs, some new dress socks, a couple nice suits, nice glasses that are the right perscription, posters of Bismarck, Sun-Yatsen, Ataturk, Rommel, Eisenhower, TE Lawrence, Wellington. or Franz-Joseph, a new desktop computer, a private jet, a bunch of mutual funds, any country (except Italy — it’s a quagmire of shit), a replacement eye that can take pictures and find ranges and such, immortality, a political party, secret organization, or club, the ability to love, a bookshelf that matches my current one, lungs without this horrible pseudo-tuberculosis thing the doctors can’t identify, a barbeque, a bag of veal, entry into UofT for microbiology, an infantry or paratroop commission, a gun license, a gun-a-month, the defeat of my enemies, a coup, the worldwide end of democracy, lots of new underwear, the world’s finest coffee, a skilled barrista (I would keep them in the closet of the condo I was also given), a second spoon, a third cup, a third plate, an iron pot, a humidifier, central air, a rapier, the end of bicycles, all the blood of all the communists, the partition of Italy, the Hofburg, my family’s land, the expensive pills my doctors prescribe me before remembering I can’t afford them, a cure for what ails me, a machine gun arm, an end to romantic love in the world, more wars, an end to supranational organizations, the return of Switzerland and the Netherlands (amongst other places), the collapse of religion, the reconstituted title of Holy Roman Emperor, a military coup in Turkey to protect the constitution, the resurrection of Bismarck, Bismarck and Wellington’s clothes, Pinochet’s clothes, a fatal heart attack for Harper, the repeal of most everything Harper’s done, especially the incredible cuts to disability payments for Veterans, open immigration, a NY-for-the-Yukon trade with the US, four more years for Bush to destroy American international power, a high quality frying pan, the return of Arrested Development, the resurrection of Bodie, the military in the streets, the death of Putin and his KGB pals + also probably a wall around Russia, Israel out of Palestine, many more things, I could probably go on for far too long mixing things I want for myself along with things for other people to make me look less selfish.
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Holiday Break December 24, 2006
Posted by degenerateleftist in Blogsplanation.2 comments
I’m in another town with limited internet, will post not at all for a few days. see ya soon.
The Hun December 23, 2006
Posted by degenerateleftist in My Life.1 comment so far
For a couple months a couple years ago I was happy as hell because someone kept calling me “Hun”.
I live in a different world than most, so I assumed it was because I’m German and really militaristic. Later I found out that they were using it as short for “Honey”, and the bliss fell away. How could I have ever guessed someone could thing I was a “Honey”?
But ever since then, I’d hoped to be routinely referred to as “the Hun”. “Degenerate Leftist”, used once as an insult against me, I’ve enjoyed because it can be correctly taken so many different ways in reference to me.
(Other titles I’ve wanted added to my name: the Butcher, Hope and Dream of the Nation, Father of the Nation, Felix, Magnus, the Conqueror, Horsestabber, the Indifferent.)
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Gospel Truth #2 December 23, 2006
Posted by degenerateleftist in Gospel.3 comments
Thomas A Kempis’s book “Imitation of Christ” was written to warn Priests and laymen away from the growing number of Jesus impersonators popping up in Ireland and Wales.
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Toronto Blogging Conference: Recap December 22, 2006
Posted by degenerateleftist in My Life.7 comments
Last night was my first ever meetup with another Toronto blogger, the author of Poetry Corner.
We had rotis and went to local Parkdale hangout Dominion, (it’s in the classy Liberty Village section of Parkdale where people have money). We discussed new bloggers we were going to bring into the blogsphere. two people we know who really ought to be blogging.
Photos from our night out
But over all, the night was a disappointment. Greg, the Poetry Corner author, both didn’t turn out to be a curious 13 year old girl wearing only her pyjamas like she/he had claimed in multiple chats, emails, and pictures, but a male former music teacher in his late 30’s who knows the plot to every Star Trek:TNG episode that ever came out, and he made fun of me for being polite to the wait staff at both the roti shop and the Dominion. If he hadn’t paid for $0.40 of my Yop at the Dominion I might have pulled a knife on him.
So that was the conference.
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I’m not quite the worst brother in the world… December 21, 2006
Posted by degenerateleftist in My Life.add a comment
I think that honour goes to the middle child in our family.
I’ve always felt like a bad brother to my littlest brother because when he was 7 or so I disappeared for 8 years, and now that I’m back I don’t really amount to much because of my lack of emotions and continual advice to either join the army or take up crime. But even when I try really hard to be a good brother, it goes wrong. I just spent half an hour writing out a long rambling Christmas card to my 16 year old (some age like that) brother reminding him that:
“I am not only a GREAT MAN, I am also your older brother, and as such you have a duty to live up to my example, however grand and unachievable it be.”
I also wrote him a check for a dollar thirty five to buy some gum and included a “fill-in-the-blanks” thank you card for him to send to me to thank me for the gifts, or my brotherhood, or whatever inspires him most about me.
Obviously, I’m thoroughly impressed by myself.
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Last.FM Music Recommendation Service December 21, 2006
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I began using the Last.fm website in the hope that I can find something other than the Pogues. It keeps track of what I play through Amarok, and then builds recommendations.
All this is uninteresting, I know, but what is interesting is that according to last.fm it isn’t the pogues I listen to the most, but Spinal Tap. Which is understandable. Spinal Tap is a quality band.
I can’t say whether last.fm is any good yet, but it certainly is easy to use. If you check out my account on it you can watch my epic battle to try not to listen to embarrassing music as much as I do.
Technorati: spinal tap, music, last.fm
9/11 Denial December 21, 2006
Posted by degenerateleftist in Fun.7 comments
I’ve been reading some 9/11 conspiracy theories today. Not because I believe them, or even care, but because I’m always interested in exploring crazy.
Amongst all the theories I’ve read though, something important has been missing: 9/11 denial. It seems so obvious to me that there ought to be such a theory out there. I mean: who’s ever even been to New York? Certainly not anyone I know who I can trust.
So, if I can get off my ass, I’m going to start a site devoted to proving that 9/11 was a hoax and maybe that the people “killed” in it were actually people who had died of malnutrition, or who had migrated to North Dakota. Something or other to account for it. And maybe there never were any World Trade Centre towers: that’s something I’ll have to consider after I raise enough money to go to NY and investigate (and am unable to find the towers). Maybe i’llclaim there never were any towers, and that they were really the Empire State building. How that will answer the question, I don’t know, but it sounds conspiracyish.
Obviously I’ll be using Holocaust deniers and Alternative Medicine types as my mentors in this, since they’re experts at this sort of thing. In time I might even be able to hold a Holocaust denial/9/11 denial/Alternative Medicine/Primitivist convention that mysteriously catches on fire after all the doors get locked by “mistake”.
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