Thursday, June 18, 2009 . 6:32 PM

"Sieben nodded. 'My father told me that man is lucky if in his life he can count on at least two good friends. He always maintained that a man with many friends had to be either rich or stupid, and I think that is largely true.'"

- From The Legend of Deathwalker, by David Gemmell

"You'll Never Walk Alone"

Archangel

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 . 7:28 PM

I saw two number plates today that both said the same thing in different ways...

SE61Y

and

SX1111E

Coincidence? Lol...

I also wanna apologize to the drivers I'd offended on the road today... Was driving very poorly today for some reason =\

"You'll Never Walk Alone"

Archangel

Sunday, June 14, 2009 . 9:31 PM

Let me indulge myself for a while...

I were to be so materialistic and measure one's worth as such,

Am I really worth that little to you all? Nice. But I guess I cannot expect much more.

Okay indulging over. I didn't mean what I said earlier, but sometimes it just makes you think, doesn't it? Then again I guess no one reads this blog anymore so I don't have to make excuses for whatever I post.

Haha... The world can be a really cruel place at times. Most of the time, actually. But what can I do, I didn't make the world, I just try to live in it.

"You'll Never Walk Alone"

Archangel

Thursday, June 11, 2009 . 7:38 PM

Let's talk about coin-flipping today.

Every now and then there is a situation in life where you can't make a decision between two things; usually you'd have to give up one for the other. When the suggestion to flip a coin to decide which choice to take is put forth, usually it is scoffed at or waved away as a flippant manner of deciding.

Why should it? I think it's quite a viable way of deciding things. Let's look at it this way: When people come to an impasse between two decisions, usually it's either a 50-50 or 60-40 way of leaning to either choice, hence the difficulty in deciding. When you flip the coin, it will give you an answer. It will solve your dilemma by leaving it up to chance. If you're not particularly leaning in either direction, why not let chance decide it for you?

But here's the beauty of flipping a coin for these decisions: Once the coin tells you the answer, and you don't really want to follow what the coin has chosen, you HAVE ALREADY MADE YOUR CHOICE. Logical? For example, let's say I want to either a) watch a movie or b) play pool but only have time for one. I flip a coin and it tells me to play pool. But I don't feel like playing pool and would rather watch a movie anyway. I have already made my choice. The coin just makes the answer clearer to me, that the decisions are not really 50-50 anyway.

You may argue that if that's the case, then any decision in the world could be made by flipping a coin. Such as major decisions say in stocks or dropping a bomb on another country or whatever, and that would be stupid. I totally agree with you, but you must note that the flipping coin theory only works after ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, and you're still in a 50-50 and cannot decide. In such major decisions, I doubt you'd have the opportunity to fall to a 50-50 and have to rely on a measly coin.

So don't laugh at chance, don't wave off the coin. A simple coin toss can make things much clearer for you once in a while.

"You'll Never Walk Alone"

Archangel

Tuesday, June 09, 2009 . 12:56 AM

Just finished Mass Effect this afternoon, and went Youtubing to see some vids on the "Renegade" Shepard, given that my first playthrough was entirely Paragon.

Some background info: you can choose to be a good guy or bad guy throughout the game, there're decisions that you can make to gain Paragon or Renegade points. Being the good guy most of the time doesn't mean you're not capable of doing bad stuff, so these moments are really interesting, kind of like seeing where you draw the line.

Renegade has some really funny moments! Although the executions are kinda cold.

Monday, June 08, 2009 . 1:08 AM

I think the less you expect something to happen, the less disappointed you will be when it never occurs.

Hope is a conduit for self-mutilation; Hope is overrated.

You should never think that you are, shall we say, far advanced, because you never are, and when realization dawns, the deflation of that ego is hard to take.

Dreams can be the cruelest things sometimes.

Return to the Zen State.

Sunday, June 07, 2009 . 3:57 PM

I think all asshole drivers who drive as if they own the road should just go rot and die. The world will be a happier place without your bloody species polluting the roads.

So you want to drive up next to me and show me your displeasure? Well, I got a finger for you in return, assholes.


I hope you all get so many demerit points that you're suspended from your licence forever.