Even if I had been planning on getting the Star Wars Episode II dvd in the first place, seeing the commercial for it would have definitely convinced me to not buy it, simply because a company that produces such an atrocious excuse for an ad doesn't deserve my money. If people believed that Lucas was shooting for a younger demographic with Jar Jar Binks in Episode I, well this commercial lends a lot of support to that theory. "Who's the man? Yoda man." ?!? EWWWW
Okay, so it might've been kind of amusing/cool if the words hadn't appeared on the screen in this disgusting yellow, bubbly, shadowed font reminiscent of old comics and the Mars Attacks movie. ::shivers:: I have never seen such a poorly chosen font in my life!! Ugh. There aren't enough words to describe the horror that was supposed to be an advertisement; I'd say it was more a warning, a preview of utter suckiness.
The original trilogy was great, and it will always be a classic, but now it will be forever tainted with "buts;" Star Wars, the original trilogy, is awesome, but the prequels stank; Star Wars was the standard for science fiction movies, but then episodes 1, 2, and 3 came along. Too bad.
I only found out yesterday that Space Coyote (the webmistress of The Nameless Manga Translation Site) has her own webmanga, Saturnalia. Check it out, it's a good one! ^_^ Oh, and I did her character selector/quiz thing, so here are the results:
I went to the induction ceremony for the Golden Key Society tonight, even though I would have rather been at fellowship discussing the effects of the mass media. Where to start? It was just so long! They introduced the entire GK U of T executive committee, which was about thirty people! Even worse, they actually attempted to go through all of the names of the inductees (there must've been hundreds) and invited everyone to just go up to shake the hands of the "important" people. It was totally disorganized. Even worse, all of these long introductions took place after we had already been sitting around for about an hour, just listening to people babble on about how great the society is. ::rolls eyes:: Honestly, I didn't feel inspired at all, I wanted to ask for a refund on my membership fee!
One good thing about the night was the keynote speaker. He was brief, entertaining, and a good speaker. Some of the message that he gave seemed a bit trite, but at least it was presented well. Oh, and the cake at the reception was quite tasty. Geh. I'm too tired from sitting through the entire two hour ceremony to go into any more detail. Sorry this is kind of a cop-out post! ^^;;
Just couldn't resist I did a personality test at emode.com, and it's quite accurate:
Your unconscious mind is driven most by Resistance
You approach the world with your guard intact because unconsciously, and perhaps consciously, you want to maintain an element of control in your relationships with people. You tend to hold much of what is in your unconscious mind just out of reach of others. You're not one to immediately show all your cards, to let people into who you really are until you're ready.
Unfortunately, that sometimes means you also hide things from yourself. You may find that your desire to remain guarded backfires, affecting your self-awareness. Why are you like this? It's possible that you act in this manner because of a deeply-rooted fear of being exposed, or of truly expressing yourself. To protect yourself from this fear, you act in the opposite manner — you are guarded.
There is a certain respect that comes with resistance, an unconscious understanding that the human psyche is very vulnerable. We all feel we have a lot to hide, and you are not one to be intrusive or thoughtless about how you approach sensitive topics with others. Therefore you inspire a sense of safety in others when they are around you. Your psyche is very deep, very rich, and the more you can let yourself know (both the good and the bad), the more you will be able to appreciate who you really are.
Though your unconscious mind is driven most strongly by Resistance, there is much more to who you are at your core.
(Insert sales pitch for "personalized report" here.)
I'd say that my resistance is definitely conscious, considering that I wasn't surprised at all to read my result, and I've even mentioned (here) before that I don't like to open up to people. So if you missed this point about me before, well, here it is written out nice and clear. I'd like to say that I'm working on being more open, but I suspect that since I entered university I've become even more introverted than before.
Whatever happened to daily blogging? I've just gotten lazy, I suppose, which is no good reason at all. ::hits self with a fish:: Yes, I need to shape up! The whole point of this blog is to train myself to write even when I didn't feel like writing anything. So I've got to start that again. ::nods emphatically::
I admit, though, that part of the reason I didn't want to post recently was because I wanted to keep the "A New List" post near the top. It's long, but I think it's one of the best things I've written so far, so please check it out!! =Þ At the promptings of some friends, I'm even going to enter it into a contest. Unfortunately I'm one year too old for the teen division, so I don't know how likely it is that I'll win anything, but it can't hurt to try. That's about it for me today. I'm going to follow my suitemate's example and sleep extremely early so that I'll actually feel rested when I have to wake up early to go to work tomorrow. If I wake up early enough, I might even have time to clean my room! Yay me.
Wow, it's amazing how far a little katakana will get you! I visited the FFX-2 site, and I could actually figure out what a good portion of the links were! Stuff like "kyarakuta," "batoru & jisutemo," "daunroudo," and "oupaninguanime" (characters, battle & system, downloads, and opening anime). Unfortunately, however, my being able to understand those words was the only thing that elicited good feelings for FFX-2. I don't like Yuna's new image at ALL! She looks kind of...ugh...excuse the language, but she looked kind of skanky. In the AnimeNation forums a lot of people complained about the guns (it added to the Lara Croft look, I must admit) but I agree with those who argued that the guns were probably necessary since her staff was so weak. Anyway, I'd still want my bro to pick it up as soon as it hits North American shelves, but I must admit, I'm getting kind of disillusioned with Square. I mean, we still haven't seen a North American release of FFX International (I want to see that epilogue/extras disc!!), and now this? ::sigh:: I just hope the gameplay and storyline are good for FFX-2 so that we can all overlook Yuna's unfortunate costume design.
This past weekend the question of whether or not I've got a boyfriend, found a guy--or however you want to word it--has come up quite a bit. Each time the person (asking the question) followed up that question by asking what type of person I would look for. You might remember The List that I posted a while ago, but of course, I wasn't serious about that at all; I just wanted to give my friend the most impossible list of specifications so that she'd never find anyone and I could continue on in my contented bachelorhood (it sounds a bit funny, but I think "bachelor" has sort of become a term for single people of either gender--besides, bachelorettehood just sounds wrong).
Anyway, I've been thinking about it a bit more seriously now, and I believe that if I ever reached a point where I was actively seeking a lifemate, I wouldn't go about it by making a list of qualities that I'd want in a partner, I'd make a list of characteristics I would like to have as a spouse and try to work on those traits. What point is there in deciding beforehand what type of person you'd want to marry when you're suppose to have unconditional love for your future spouse anyway? I mean, if you tell yourself that you're only interested in people who have such and such characteristics, then you've already set limitations to your love, and therefore it can't be unconditional, right?
Now I know that very few people would actually take their own lists seriously enough to reject people for not fulfilling one of the list's requirements, but I've got to wonder if the "list mentality" isn't one of the reasons that relationships are so dysfunctional nowadays. It's pretty selfish to make lists of things that we want in a future mate, don't you think? It makes love a matter of what I want, and not what I can do for the other. Just think about how different society would be if we reversed it and put others before ourselves. I think it'd be an awesome world to live in.
On a purely practical level, a list for myself instead of him--whoever he may be--makes a lot more sense because I can dictate what type of person I am or will be, but I can't really do a lot to make other people into who I want them to be. Anyway, I don't want to get into a lot of detail, because I've been having a hard time putting my wishes into coherent sentences, but I think the main thing that I'd want is that I'd want to be able to put God first in our relationship.
A long time ago I read this quote in a novel and it's always stuck in my mind: "I could not love thee so dear, loved I not honour more." It's a bit of a difficult concept to wrap my mind around (I've tried to work it out in the context of the movie The Thomas Crown Affair), but I think it makes a lot more sense if you replace the word "honour" with "God." See, God is love, so it's only by loving God that I can learn to develop that same type of unconditional love. If I didn't put God first I wouldn't be able to put my own needs and wants aside for the good of my (hypothetical future) spouse because human nature is to be selfish and self-seeking. If I could love God above all others and all else, I'd be able to drop everything and become a missionary in Bora Bora if my (again, hypothetical future) husband thought that he was being called to do so, despite the uncertainty, inconvenience and discomfort such a dramatic move would cause. I'd be able to encourage him to strengthen and deepen his own relationship with God; rather than expecting him to be the one to spur me on, we'd help each other to grow spiritually. I'd be able to chastise or rebuke in love, and not nag out of my own frustration or anger. I'd be able to do all this and much more because God's love demands that we put ourselves aside for others, and by loving God first I would learn to love in His way.
And even if I never have an eye towards getting married, I'd still like to be able to fulfil my own list's requirement(s), because the kind of love I'm talking about doesn't have to be, and shouldn't be restricted to a single "significant other," but should govern all of life's relationships. It's a big dream, isn't it? Looking at myself right now it seems like a long and hard task, and it will be. But I guess I do have an entire lifetime to work towards my goal, and even if I never accomplish it, I think the trying will be enough.
Heehee, I was checking out my site stats, and when I looked at the referring pages I noticed that someone came here from a search for "marrying rich" and "how to." =Þ Kekeke...Too bad this couldn't have been helpful at all! This is the second time I've seen this happen, I think.
Wow, some friends came back from a two-week vacation to various places in Asia (Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong--I think) and they brought me back the FFVIII soundtrack!!! =) =D ^_^ See, I'm so happy I used all the smiley faces that I know! Anyway, it was super nice of them, especially because it was totally unexpected! I mean, it's so sweet that they even thought of me while they were on vacation, and that they specifically remembered that I like Final Fantasy makes it even more touching. Unfortunately I'm awful at expressing gratitude properly in person, so now I'm trying to think of a great thank you present. I'd bake them something, but I'm not sure if they're big sweets eaters, besides, I always give out cookies for Christmas, so that's not very original. Hmmm......Ideas ideas ideas....
