Groan

Hmm... I guess Google does have deep pockets... keeping bits of fluff like my blog forever! Makes you wish to be almost careful in what gets typed here. Not much going on lately, so i bid thee adieu.

MT

Hmmm

Wow! Been so long since i posted... and its going to be still longer till I make a new, real post, so...

MT

New stuff

Holy hell,

(A contradiction, i know) Its been L O N G since i've last posted. You know why? I think its cause its been a long time since i've had try so hard to procrastinate. Shesh, two midterms in the next 36 hours and i'm still here. Or rather, not still here, but arriving here.

I dont even know if anyone even bothers to read this. Oh well. I get a kick (literally, metaphorically, mentally, and in all the other posible ways 'a kick' can be interpreted. Nitpicks)

I've been spendin too much time playing games- on and off my computer, with floormates, ex-schoolmates, friends, bros, anythin but workin... Hmm... and then I wonder why some courses are being frustrating...

MT

Hmm

Well, so far so good. I've linked my other blog to this one, and here's the link to my other blog: http://www.xanga.com/plivemon Have a look if you have time. More likely, its people I know that will want to head there.

Anyways, there aint much there, except for one long post I will reproduce here. It was fun writting it, and even more fun hearing some of my friends responses to it. So, leave me some comments if you want- even if its hate-comment (no hate-mail please)

So here goes:
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Hmm... what to write... what to say... do I have anything to say? Aparently not, cause I have said nothing so far. I wonder how far I can go on, blabbing on and on about absolutely. I've got quite a bit of spare time, don't you think. Oh, you're still there, are you? Yeah, probably- and you are reading this, arent you? Seems like you've got a lot of spare time too. I mean, listening (ahem, reading?) me go on endlessly about absolutely nothing? You've got to have a lot of spare time, dont you?

Or perhaps it is that you have no choice? Maybe it is because you actually expect me to write something useful, or remotely interesting. Perhaps you want to know some adventure of mine, some tidbit, anything. Well, you're not getting it today. Why? I dont know. Cause I havent said anything so far really? Have I? I mean, I have talked and talked (or is it written and written) for quite a bit. I'm into my second paragraph now.

I beg your pardon- third paragraph. But see? I havent said anything yet. Huh? You think I have said something? Really?! Where?! When!? I dare you to show me a section of this post so far that actually says anything useful. Ok, useful is relative- show me a section of the post that says something that has relevance to anything. Anything. So what? Its still a matter of opinion- and in my humble opinion, I have said nothing so far. You hear me? (You read me?) Nothing. Nothing so far.

Ok, so I'm into my fourth paragraph. I can already hear you go "Are you going to post anything?" Well, yeah- I have. Look- four paragraphs- I have said something. Actually hang on. No, I havent said anything. But I have certainly written a lot. Actually, since all I get to say to you has to be written, and i certainly have written a lot- does that mean I have said a lot? Or does it simply mean that I have said absolutely nothing about nothing during the last four paragraphs. Oo... I can see the fifth one coming now. Its coming... its coming...

Boo. Here it is. So, am I going to write anything useful in this entry? Maybe. Maybe not. Who knows? You? I dont think so. By the time you read this, it should be posted on the net already so it should be finished. (Unless you are a ghost who is behind me right now and is reading my every word. Since I can't see you/ don't know you, forgive me if I ignore you.) Anyway, where was I? Ah yes- you don't know if I'm going to write something useful or not.

Heck, right now, neither do I. I might, or I might not. Actually, I did have something that I wanted to write, but I lost the idea of what it was. I opened this "new entry page" to write something. I'm sure of it. But since I'm not really sure of what it is I was sure I was going to write about, you have gotten me rambling about nothing instead. Hey, you are still there, are you? Come on, you havent quit on me, have you?

No... of course not. Otherwise, there is no way you would be reading this, so you would not be hearing (reading?) me argue to you about er... what is it we are arguing about? Are we arguing? Hey, who said we were arguing? Hmm... anyway... you still have to be there right. Come on, I know you are. You are reading this. You are hooked. You are going "Paul isnt going to ramble all day long about nothing, is he? He's got to have something to say..."

Well, blimey, now you are want to put thoughts in my mind, dont you? Yeah, you want to force me to say something, cause this is going too far, hasnt it? I mean, how many paragraphs? I dare you to count. Go on... I can wait. You do remember how to count, do you? You start with one, go to two, and then its three... hang on... do you start with zero, or one? Ah, forget it, I'll count. Lets see... the last one I counted was five... so the next one was six and the one before this one seven then. Good grief, that makes this paragraph eight then!

Arent you angry that I have made you read eight... er nine with this one... paragraphs and still havent said anything? Yes? No? No?? Really? God, you really must have a lot of patience. I would have scrolled down or something to see if there is anything at the bottom. Hmm... in fact, I would have scrolled down and jumped like six paragraphs. Or actually, no I wouldnt. Why? Because if someone did this to me, I would probably read it too, and think "Oh well, if that person took the time to write it, I can take the time to read it too."

And thats the whole point of this entry, isnt it? To see if you are willing to read what I write. Even if I didnt write anything. Is it cause you really want to know what I have to say? Really? Do you think my opinion or my ideas are that important? Gee, I feel honoured. Ok ok- if you dont think they are important dont tell me... let me live happily in a bubble of my own.

Anyway, I think this say-nothing-post has gotten too far. Wow, 11 paragraphs. Hmm... is that 1 + 1 = 11 posts, or is it 10 + 1 = 11 posts? Or is it 1 + 0 = 10 +... ok ok ok... no more numbers. I'm going nuts already. Hmm... should I continue to babble endlessly about nothing? I havent said anything yet, have I? Wow...

Hmm... actually, I just remembered what I was going to post. Shucks... such shame to write this now. I was having such a good time not saying anything- and admit it- you where having a good time reading it too, right? Oh well, I might get around to doing it again later on. It was fun while it lasted. But all good things must come to an end... (Yeah- I classify this whole entry as *good*).

Anyway, here is what I was originally going to post:
"To be, or not to be: that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,And by opposing end them? "

A bar of chocolate (or any treat) to the first person that recognises that speech. Got it? Yes, its Shakespeare. (Now prove you were the first to recognise it and you'll get the treat.) Dont you hate Shakespeare? I mean, not what he writes, but how he is so #$%^&* right so many times? I mean, even his madmen (madcharacters?) can come up with things like the above (ok, Hamlet wasnt actually mad... so?) Still, this quote says a lot.

Do we actively pursue to change the world (which is, as some have pointed, Hell)? Do we passively let them pass, and hope the slings and arrows miss us? How do we decide? Should we act, as Shakespeare tells us to (or more appropiately, as he 'wrote' Hamlet to)? Well, I just wrote a lot, so I must fall in the active group. Hang on, I wrote 11 paragraphs on nothing before getting here... must mean I must belong to the second group of passive lookers that rile up when something that affects them come up. But since I did say something, that MUST make me part of the active group. Or...
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Haha- just look at this entry- 12 paragraphs of nothing followed by existentialist rhetoric. Hope you found it entertaining, or at least amusing. Or at least not maddening. Or at least... ok ok, thats enough. Oh, and if you did scroll down the six paragraphs I told you to, you landed in this one- which means you just missed everything (The quote counts as one too...) So go back and read it all again. Serves you right for scrolling and trying to short cut the reading. "Short cuts make for long delays" said the wise.
Anyway, hope you had a good time. C ya around. And thanks for reading this hideously long post. Even I am scared....

MT

PS. Ok ok... I know I dont have anything else to say. You are perfectly free to stop reading now. But, I just ran a word count on this thing, and I am at around 1460+ words, so I thought it would be a shame not to reach 1500 words. Stupid? I dont think so. People should have objectives- even if they place them when they are really close to fulfilling them. Here is mine- I will write a 1500+ word post in my blog, to mark the start of my decision to actively write here instead of just when I have a lot of spare time (which right now is probably like always...) Ok- I did it. The last number will mark the last word. It will also be the word count. 1565. Whoa.

...Crap.... 1568.

Hmm...

Haha, is anyone actually reading this blog? Just passed by randomly? Anyone? Sigh, I dont have a sitemeter on, so I can't really see if I have anyone arriving. If you do, please leave a message so I know I'm not talking to myself in this blog.

So, back to business. What has been happening over the last weekend? Hmm... lets see... Sigh, not much really. I did watch a couple of movies- 'The Eyes II' and 'Jaws'. The first is a chinese movie, so I'm not expecting anyone to have seen it. It was a good movie actually- had a good ending for a scary movie, for a change. Most scary movies end so badly it just makes you hate yourself for watching it.

Jaws was, and still is, a great classic of all times. Its impresive what technology could do all those years ago. Sad thing is, shark killing has accelerated so much since that movie came out its depressing. Last I heard, around 95% of the shark population has been killed since the movie came out, partly because the public opinion is against sharks. Look at it this way- sharks kill around 15 people a year. We kill what, 15 million a year? 20? Do these numbers make any sense? "Oh yeah, lets kill a million of them for every one of us they get!" Sheesh, but that argument, we human species should've killed ourselves a long time ago.

Sigh, depressing thought, right?

MT

WEEKEND!!

Yay, finally weekend!

Phew, its been one very L O N G 4-day week (it was Canadian Thanksgiving Day on monday). Two midterms and a football match- some combination, rite?

Still, midterms are not over yet- there's one, mother-of-all-painful midterms. My econ304 is worth 50% of my grade. Oh well... I should stop whinning and start working. And I should start going to bed earlier too. I took a 4 hour nap today to get some sleep back. Oh well.

Cya some other day then. Till then,

MT

Lets see if this works...

Gotta love how technology works... If I pull this one out, this will be my
first email-posted blog. Neat rite?

Anyways, lets see what happens. Haha, not bad for someone who created this
blog months ago and never posted anything until now!

MT

Testing

Ok, here goes nothing!

Lets see how this works... Google is doing a good job lately... Gmail is great. Lets see if Blogger lives up to Google reputation!

MT