[QUOTE=Illmatic]
B. well, I guess their society is okay, from what I can tell, although it can get a little depraved ("provocative" cheerleading and music videos have nothing on used panties being sold in vending machines and hentai, methinks)[/QUOTE]

Though it's interesting to note that Japanese, with so much extreme culture (the Guinea Pig films, torture-themed gameshows, [url=http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84736][b]Nasubi[/b][/url]) have so relatively little violent crime, and America, with so many safeguards in place to reduce the sex and violence shown in the media to protect the children from their influence, has so much.

[QUOTE=CemetaryGates9]I never find asian girls hot. And what really pissed me off is these da[SIZE=1]m[/SIZE]n sites that think an extremely black guy with a humongoid d[SIZE=1]ic[/SIZE]k doing an asian girl is the hottest thing ever.[/QUOTE]

It's better than a little asian guy with a miniscule di[font=]ck[/font] banging a ginormous black chick, I can tell you that much.

It's always good to read a Rob one-liner when he stops in.

[QUOTE=Bartender]Though it's interesting to note that Japanese, with so much extreme culture (the Guinea Pig films, torture-themed gameshows, [url=http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84736][b]Nasubi[/b][/url]) have so relatively little violent crime, and America, with so many safeguards in place to reduce the sex and violence shown in the media to protect the children from their influence, has so much.[/QUOTE]

Maybe I'm wrong here, but Japan doesn't have much history with racial discrimination and the Industrial Revolution (which I think are/were the two biggest causes of crime in America).

AH: I have no idea who the hell that band is, but if I knew I would comment.

Wow, Rob stopped in again. Nice to you see you again.

[QUOTE=AntiHero3314]It's always good to read a Rob one-liner when he stops in.[/QUOTE]

/bow

[QUOTE=Illmatic]Maybe I'm wrong here, but Japan doesn't have much history with racial discrimination and the Industrial Revolution (which I think are/were the two biggest causes of crime in America).

AH: I have no idea who the hell that band is, but if I knew I would comment.[/QUOTE]

the biggest cause of crime in america was the abolition of slavery

lol j/k

Japan isn't bad as far as racial discrimination goes...but China on the other hand...yikes, they're brutal.

[QUOTE=Illmatic]Maybe I'm wrong here, but Japan doesn't have much history with racial discrimination and the Industrial Revolution (which I think are/were the two biggest causes of crime in America).
[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I know. I'm not claiming it's a truth :) It's still something interesting to think/talk about.

[QUOTE=Paranoidd]the biggest cause of crime in america was the abolition of slavery

[/QUOTE]

hahaha :lol:


Sorry. :)

Eh, I'm fine with it.

*thread dies*

Exciting new avatar.

Comments? ANybody know where I got it from? (nobody cares)

Destiny has cheated me,
By forcing me to decide upon,
The woman that I idolise,
Or the hands of an automaton.

Without these hands I can't complete
The opera that was captivating her,
But if I keep them, and she marries him,
Then he probably won't want me dating her.

My Gatsby Essay needs to be fleshed out but otherwise my points were well thought out and organized. I just need more quotes and to not just blow by things I think are inconsequential. I like the fact that my teacher edited it because I missed class so I didn't have some moron do it in peer editing.

Tomorrow I get to skip school! I get to go in late to my friends near-by school to be in her senior project. She choreographed a contemporary ballet suite to about half of the Sergeant Peppers album and it is quite cool. She did a very very cool/nice job with "A Day in the Life".

I started reading Gatsby, but I was too busy. I'm probably gonna fail this grade.

Then stop posting on MX you idiot. When my school work starts to suffer because of one thing in particular, I stop doing, or limit how much I do whatever that thing is.

It's not because of MX. It's because my reading teacher is fu[B][I][/I][/B]cking out of her mind. I probably sound like an idiot blaming it on her, but you don't know this bitch.

Gatsby essay? Aren't YOU lucky. That was one of the few novels that I enjoyed.

The great holocaust of the Wilsons and Gatsby, TJ Eckleberg's eyes as God, and the general values of society in the 20s.

Unfortunately, I have to read a bunch of poems, talk about theme and relate it to the time period. Gatsby beats the hell outa that.

I did enjoy the book but it wasn't a favorite. That award would have to go to Watership Down or The Cider House Rules.

I read The Great Gatsby a few months ago, I liked it.

Not to keen on "The Great Gatsby", personally. It was a little too rambly for my tastes, and every character in it pissed me off to hell and back.

Also, I've tried to avoid calling my girlfriend, but when the Red Sox swept her favorite team (the A's) in a series where the Sox put an eight-run beatdown on the A's in the first game and came back in the bottom of the 9th in the next two games, I couldn't resist.

[QUOTE=Illmatic]Not to keen on "The Great Gatsby", personally. It was a little too rambly for my tastes, and every character in it pissed me off to hell and back.

Also, I've tried to avoid calling my girlfriend, but when the Red Sox swept her favorite team (the A's) in a series where the Sox put an eight-run beatdown on the A's in the first game and came back in the bottom of the 9th in the next two games, I couldn't resist.[/QUOTE]

Nah, Nick was a great character.

The sox are on a roll despite the fact that everything went wrong for them before the fact. The pitching has stepped up and they've been clutch.

fifth business > all

read that one.

Nick was pretty annoying to me, actually. The book is told through his POV, so I got what I gathered mostly from his narration, which was a bit winded and rambly.

I'll throw out the name of a book I had to read for school but wound up liking: The Grapes of Wrath

I'm just talking in terms of what I've read in school. The Scarlet Letter was overly Romantic and allegorical for my taste. Anyways... well what else have I read...

[QUOTE]fifth business > all

read that one.[/QUOTE]

Now there's a book I'd read on my own time.

The Scarlet Letter sucked. It had to be said.

I cannot stand any book written in the 19th century and I commend anyone who can actually read one from start to finish.

School really turned me off sheakespeare. I only read it because I needed something while taking a dump, and my essays were mostly pseudo-intellectual drivel that made no sense, but still got marks. I hate sheakespeare.

I'd rather lock myself in a gas chamber with Axl Rose's voice blaring than read The Scarlet Letter again.

[QUOTE]my essays were mostly pseudo-intellectual drivel that made no sense[/QUOTE]

Don't be so hard on yourself. It's Shakespeare's work that is pseudo-intellectual drivel.

Shakespeare mostly annoyed the crap out of me, too.

The Daily Show is on, I'll be back in a half an hour.

[QUOTE=In Chains 36]I'd rather lock myself in a gas chamber with Axl Rose's voice blaring than read The Scarlet Letter again.



Don't be so hard on yourself. It's Shakespeare's work that is pseudo-intellectual drivel.[/QUOTE]

truth be told though, i loved the stories where everyone died at the end

/closure ++

Alright I got the videos uploaded:

Wish You Were Here:
[url]http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2QKVBMEV0DNJG10XCGSN1YIDRB[/url]

Layla:
[url]http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=038N9U98YFAU910SLLWERP05B8[/url]

Keep in mind 1) I'm more accustomed to electric guitar, 2) It isn't my acoustic, 3) We learned the songs the night before the show, and 4) I was a little nervous.

Enjoy!


EDIT: I'm on the left, in the gray shirt.

Shakespeare was a good story-teller. It's the constant over-reading of deep meanings into his work that's the problem.

I doubt anyone cares, but i got 10 new cds today.

Slayer - South of Heaven
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
Lamb of God - New American Gospel
Meshuggah - Nothing
Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill
Anthrax - The Greater of Two Evils
Black Label Society - Mafia
Metallica - Garage Inc
Slayer - Show no Mercy
Mastodon - Remission

[QUOTE=Bartender]Shakespeare was a good story-teller. It's the constant over-reading of deep meanings into his work that's the problem.[/QUOTE]
I would like to second that. I am reading Romeo and Juliet for school right now, and actually don't think it is that bad. It's hard to understand at times, but the story is very entertaining.

[QUOTE=R. Blythe]I doubt anyone cares, but i got 10 new cds today.

Slayer - South of Heaven
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
Lamb of God - New American Gospel
Meshuggah - Nothing
Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill
Anthrax - The Greater of Two Evils
Black Label Society - Mafia
Metallica - Garage Inc
Slayer - Show no Mercy
Mastodon - Remission[/QUOTE]
Congrats. I have 5 of those cds (South of Heaven, Seasons in the Abyss, New American Gospel, The Great Southern Trendkill, and Remission), and love them all.

Also, not that anyone cares, but I got three new CDs today. :thumb:
Cradle of Filth - The Principle of Evil Made Flesh
Children of Bodom - Something Wild
Bleeding Through - Portrait of the Goddess

I too am reading Romeo and Juliet for school. The other day, she let us read the balcony scene out loud, and I played Romeo. One of my comrades came up to me during break and told me I read amazingly. It made me feel good.

Anyway, it's been awhile since I've bought any new CDs. I think, though, that I'm going to get an mp3 player some time soon. This seems like a good time to bring it up...

Two questions:

Anyone have any experience with the Creative Zen Touch 20GB player?
And, how many medium quality songs (like 128 bit) will this player hold?

[QUOTE=trev913]I too am reading Romeo and Juliet for school. The other day, she let us read the balcony scene out loud, and I played Romeo. One of my comrades came up to me during break and told me I read amazingly. It made me feel good.

Anyway, it's been awhile since I've bought any new CDs. I think, though, that I'm going to get an mp3 player some time soon. This seems like a good time to bring it up...

Two questions:

Anyone have any experience with the Creative Zen Touch 20GB player?
And, how many medium quality songs (like 128 bit) will this player hold?[/QUOTE]
I've used a 40 GB Creative Zen Touch before, it's pretty cool. I don't know an exact number, but it should hold several thousand.

[QUOTE=magicbus]I read The Great Gatsby a few months ago, I liked it.[/QUOTE]

Ditto.

Catcher in the Rye was a great book nonetheless. :D

This is kind of wierd because i TOO am reading Romeo and Juliet. We saw her boobs in the movie they showed. And we saw Romeo's bum but that was gross. Some actors are coming in all of next week to act it out with us, so we dont have to do anything in English. :)

[QUOTE=Bartender]Shakespeare was a good story-teller. It's the constant over-reading of deep meanings into his work that's the problem.[/QUOTE]

Bartender: Did you know that Tracy Ullman's daughter goes to University of Leeds?

Also, when it comes to NBA coverage, TNT blows ESPN away. This isn't even close.

[QUOTE=Illmatic]Bartender: Did you know that Tracy Ullman's daughter goes to University of Leeds?[/QUOTE]

I didn't, no. What does she study?

I don't remember explicitly, but Tracy Ullman said on The Daily Show that she's really interested in politics. So political science, maybe?

If it were political philosophy, that would be cool. There'd be a decent chance I've argued with her. I wonder if it's that hot girl in my tutorial..

Anyway, having written an essay that concludes that there is no such thing as self..I'm off to get some sleep.