Well, I got the results of my History of Ancient Rome class. I got a B+, which is good. However that means I am indeed .04 grade points shy of Dean's List. Withies. Oh well. Final results are:

Introduction to Anthropology... B
American Consumer Culture... B
Historical Imagination: Crime and Society... A
History of Medieval Europe... A
History of Ancient Rome... B+

So I've gotten grades for four out of the five classes I took this semester and it's looking pretty darn good right now.

Introduction to Anthropology... B
American Consumer Culture... B
Historical Imagination: Crime and Society... A
History of Medieval Europe... A
History of Ancient Rome... ?

We shall see how that last class turns out, but it's looking pretty golden for making Phi Alpha Theta (History Honor Society).

In other news, I just finished watching Repo! for the first time. I wanted to wait a good long while for the fade to die down so that I could think about it objectively without either thinking it sucked because so many fan-boy/girl douche bags were going to ruin it or thinking I had to some how like it because it was some "artistic masterpiece". The verdict? I dunno... I have to sleep on it. I'm intrigued but I don't know if it was good... it remains to be seen.

Anyhoo... it's almost 5:30, so that means it's bedtime. Gotta get up and clean the room tomorrow.

Peace.

If you get more than 30, I strongly recommend some counseling
If you get more than 20, you’re paranoid.
If you get 11-20, you are normal.
If you get 10 or less, you’re fearless.
People who don’t have any are full of crap.

Tag 10 of your friends and find out whether or not they suffer paranoia.


I fear ...

[ ] black people
[ ] the dark
[ ] staying single forever
[ ] being a parent
[ ] being myself in front of others
[ ] open spaces
[ ] closed spaces
[ ] heights
[ ] dogs
[ ] birds
[ ] fish
[ ] spiders
[ ] flowers or other plants

Total so far: 0


[ ] fire
[ ] deep water
[ ] snakes
[ ] silk
[ ] the ocean
[ ] failure
[ ] success
[ ] thunder/lightning
[ ] frogs/toads
[ ] my boyfriends/girlfriends dad
[ ] my boyfriends/girlfriends mom
[ ] rats
[X] jumping from high places (I guess? it depends, am I just jumping off of something high? Then fuck yeah, cuz that's a quick way to die. But parachuting or what not... no)
[ ] snow

Total so far: 1


[ ] rain
[ ] wind
[ ] crossing hanging bridges
[ ] death (I don't want to die, but I'm not afraid of it)
[ ] heaven
[x] being robbed/mugged (when I'm in a place I might get robbed or mugged... sorta)
[ ] falling
[ ] clowns
[ ] dolls
[ ] large crowds of people
[ ] men
[ ] women
[ ] having great responsibilities
[ ] doctors
[ ] tornadoes

Total so far: 2


[ ] hurricanes
[ ] incurable diseases (nothing I can do about 'em, why be afraid?)
[ ] sharks
[ ] Friday the 13th
[ ] ghosts
[ ] poverty
[ ] Halloween
[ ] school
[ ] trains
[ ] odd numbers
[ ] even numbers
[ ] being alone
[ ] becoming blind
[ ] becoming deaf
[ ] growing up, becoming old

Total so far: 2


[ ] creepy noises in the night
[ ] not accomplishing my dreams/goals
[ ] needles
[ ] gushing blood

Total: 2

Now re-post with:

“I'm afraid of __ out of 72 common fears"

I can deal with his result.

Take a nuclear warhead, douse it in gasoline and pure testosterone cram that into the space shuttle with napalm filled gas tanks, light the whole thing on fire; have it piloted by a psychotic meth-head, junkie, convicted murderer who’s been doing nothing but mainlining heroine for the past three days and have him crash it into the local IHOP while banging a Brazilian stripper… and it will be one tenth as awesome as Death Race.

Truth.

Jason... Statham... is... the man.

For some reason, I have been lured obnoxiously to the Twitter. Within a single day I have already downloaded a third party program to view and manage my Twittering and added the ability to Twitter from my phone. What can I say, I'm easily amused and lured by fancy gadgets... that's why I try so hard to avoid internet fads.

But you can now find my inane Twittering (is that a word?) as JesperiAelius.

That is all.

You all have to see this before it gets changed...

I'm saving a copy of the website right now before it's gone forever.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%27s_Hopyard_State_Park#Ninjas_Facing_the_Supernatural

I would have posted this at midnight when it was more appropriate, but I left my phone in my car with the pictures on it.

APRIL FOOLS!

I woke up coughing and feeling like shit. I think it's finally time. I'm done with this.

I quit smoking. Blah.

ZOMG!

Dollhouse...


... that is all.

So I'm sure all of you ave heard (to death) about the Novel I'm working on. I'm getting really close to done. When last I talked with you guys about it I was still trying to figure out all the details. Well, all the details are figured out. I have an official address for where my business is going to be located (I just have to get down there and actually file the paper work). I've got my artist started on the cover art. I am still waiting for my editor. In that light I decided to post this. This is actually an exact repost from a writing LJ that I frequent. Basically I'm trying to generate last minute critique, feedback and (frankly) free advertising. If you feel like giving this a view more power to you. If you don't, just pass it on by.

Thanks in advance.

Title: Vae Damnati - Libris Luxuria
Author: jesperi - Geoff Barnes
Genre: Gothic/Horror/Mystery
Rating: Excerpt: R, Novel: NC-17
Warnings: I gave this excerpt an R rating based upon the MPAA's guidelines, as the MPAA requires that if even one "harsher sexually-derived words is used in a sexual context". I don't think this excerpt is particularly explicit but I gave the rating just to cover my ass - so to speak. The rest of the novel, not present here, however is distinctly explicit in some of it’s content.
Critique: Please do, but realize this is still a draft and not a finished product.
Summary: This is essentially the prologue of a larger novel I've been working on for some time. This comes from the second draft of the piece so it's been very roughly edited. Currently the entire novel is being edited for a final print. It should be out in the not too distant future, but I figure that it's never too late for thoughts/opinions and critiques. I will also confess, however, that part of posting it here is to not only get a little feedback, but generate some free advertising as well. I hope you enjoy. I don't really have a summary per se due to the fact that this is just the prologue of a larger work and a summary of this part would be kind of pointless and a summary of the whole work wouldn't help you at all.

( Vae Damnati - Libris Luxuria: Prologue )

I just beat Assassin's Creed.

I'm going to go lay down a cry now. Anyone who has also beaten Assassin's Creed should understand; anyone who hasn't... go do it.

SUPPOSEDLY if you've seen over 94 films, you have no life. Mark the ones you've seen. There are 239 films on this list. Copy this list, go to your own facebook account, paste this as a note. Then, put x's next to the films you've seen, add them up, change the header adding your number, and click post at the bottom. Have fun.

180ish. Yeah… I kinda figured this would be the result. I pretty much watch every movie ever. The worst part, this isn’t even the smallest fraction of movies I’ve ever seen…

(x) Rocky Horror Picture Show
( ) Grease
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest
(x) Boondock Saints
(x) Fight Club
(x) Starsky and Hutch
(x) Neverending Story
(x) Blazing Saddles
(x) Airplane
Total: 9

(x) The Princess Bride
(x) Anchorman
(x) Napoleon Dynamite
(x) Labyrinth
(x) Saw
(x) Saw II
(x) White Noise - White Noise 2 was better...
( ) White Oleander
(x) Anger Management
(x) 50 First Dates
( ) The Princess Diaries
( ) The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Total so far: 18

(x) Scream
(x) Scream 2
(x) Scream 3
(x) Scary Movie
(x) Scary Movie 2
(x) Scary Movie 3
(x) Scary Movie 4
(x) American Pie
(x) American Pie 2
(x) American Wedding
( ) American Pie Band Camp
Total so far: 28

(x) Harry Potter 1 – I dunno… I know I’ve seen the first and last but I don’t like them, they were just on late at night and I might have seen the others too… for now I’ll say no just to be safe.
( ) Harry Potter 2
( ) Harry Potter 3
(x) Harry Potter 4
(x) Resident Evil 1
(x) Resident Evil 2
(x) The Wedding Singer
( ) Little Black Book
(x) The Village
( ) Lilo & Stitch
Total so far: 34

(x) Finding Nemo
( ) Finding Neverland
(x) Signs
( ) The Grinch
(x) Texas Chainsaw Massacre
(x) Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
( ) White Chicks
(x) Butterfly Effect
(x) 13 Going on 30
(x) I, Robot
( ) Robots
Total so far: 41

(x) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
(x) Universal Soldier
(x) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
(x) Along Came Polly
(x) Deep Impact
(x) KingPin
(x) Never Been Kissed
(x) Meet The Parents
( ) Meet the Fockers
(x) Eight Crazy Nights
(x) Joe Dirt
(x) KING KONG – Which one? Doesn’t matter, I seen ‘em all.
Total so far: 52

( ) A Cinderella Story
( ) The Terminal
( ) The Lizzie McGuire Movie
( ) Passport to Paris
(x) Dumb & Dumber
( ) Dumber & Dumberer
(x) Final Destination
(x) Final Destination 2
(x) Final Destination 3
(x) Halloween
(x) The Ring
(o) The Ring 2
( ) Surviving X-MAS
(x) Flubber
Total so far: 59 (60)

(x) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
(x) Practical Magic
(x) Chicago
(x) Ghost Ship
(x) From Hell
(x) Hellboy
(x) Secret Window
( ) I Am Sam
(x) The Whole Nine Yards
(o) The Whole Ten Yards
Total so far: 67 (69)

(x) The Day After Tomorrow
(x) Child's Play
(0) Seed of Chucky
(x) Bride of Chucky
(x) Ten Things I Hate About You
( ) Just Married
(x) Gothika
(x) Nightmare on Elm Street
(x) Sixteen Candles
(x) Remember the Titans
( ) Coach Carter
(x) The Grudge
(x) The Grudge 2
(x) The Mask
( ) Son Of The Mask
Total so far: 78 (81)

(x) Bad Boys
(x) Bad Boys 2
( ) Joy Ride
( ) Lucky Number Slevin
(x) Ocean's Eleven
(x) Ocean's Twelve
(x) Bourne Identity
(x) Bourne Supremecy
( ) Lone Star
(x) Bedazzled
(x) Predator I
(x) Predator II
(x) The Fog
(x) Ice Age
(x) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
( ) Curious George
Total so far: 90 (93)

(x) Independence Day
(x) Cujo
( ) A Bronx Tale
(x) Darkness Falls
(x) Christine
(x) ET
(x) Children of the Corn
( ) My Boss's Daughter
( ) Maid in Manhattan
(x) War of the Worlds
(x) Rush Hour
(o) Rush Hour 2
Total so far: 98 (102)

( ) Best Bet
(x) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
(x) She's All That
( ) Calendar Girls
(x) Sideways
(x) Mars Attacks
(x) Event Horizon
( ) Ever After
(x) Wizard of Oz
(x) Forrest Gump
(x) Big Trouble in Little China
(x) The Terminator
(x) The Terminator 2
(x) The Terminator 3
Total so far: 109 (113)

(x) X-Men
(x) X-2
(x) X-3
(x) Spider-Man
(x) Spider-Man 2
(x) Sky High
(x) Jeepers Creepers
(x) Jeepers Creepers 2
( ) Catch Me If You Can
( ) The Little Mermaid
(x) Freaky Friday
(x) Reign of Fire
(x) The Skulls
(x) Cruel Intentions
(x) Cruel Intentions 2
( ) The Hot Chick
(x) Shrek
(x) Shrek 2
Total so far: 124 (128)

( ) Swimfan
(x) Miracle on 34th street
(x) Old School
( ) The Notebook
(x) K-Pax
(x) Krippendorf's Tribe
( ) A Walk to Remember
( ) Ice Castles
( ) Boogeyman
(x) The 40-year-old Virgin
Total so far: 129 (133)

(x) Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring
(x) Lord of the Rings The Two Towers
(x) Lord of the Rings Return Of the King
(x) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
(x) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
(x) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Total so far: 135 (139)

(x) Basketball
(x) Hostel
( ) Waiting for Guffman
(x) House of 1000 Corpses
(x) Devils Rejects
(x) Elf
(x) Highlander
(x) Mothman Prophecies
(x) American History X
( ) Three
Total so Far: 143 (147)

(x) The Jacket
( ) Kung Fu Hustle
( ) Shaolin Soccer
(x) Night Watch
(x) Monsters Inc.
(x) Titanic
(x) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
(x) Shaun Of the Dead
( ) Willard
Total so far: 149 (153)

(x) High Tension
(x) Club Dread
(x) Hulk
(x) Dawn Of the Dead
(x) Hook
(x) Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
(x) 28 days later
(x) Orgazmo
( ) Phantasm
(x) Waterworld
Total so far: 158 (162)

(x) Kill Bill vol 1
(x) Kill Bill vol 2
(x) Mortal Kombat
( ) Wolf Creek
(x) Kingdom of Heaven
(x) the Hills Have Eyes
( ) I Spit on Your Grave aka the Day of the Woman
( ) The Last House on the Left
( ) Re-Animator
(x) Army of Darkness
Total so far: 164 (168)

(x) Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
(x) Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones
(x) Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
(x) Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
(x) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
(x) Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
(x) Ewoks Caravan Of Courage
(x) Ewoks The Battle For Endor
Total so far: 172 (176)

(x) The Matrix
(x) The Matrix Reloaded
(x) The Matrix Revolutions
( ) Animatrix
(x) Evil Dead
(x) Evil Dead 2
(x) Team America: World Police
(x) Red Dragon
(x) Silence of the Lambs
( ) Hannibal
Total so far: 180 (184)

Update: I went over the list again... I actually found a bunch of movies I've seen that I forgot to count. So I redid it. (I also think I counted wrong the first time).

I had to add:

*Scary Movie 4
*13 Going on 30
*Never Been Kissed
*Chicago
*Secret Window
*Sixteen Candles
*Remember the Titans
*The Grudge 2
*Bedazzled
*High Tension

To the list.

Also... I put o's under:


*The Ring 2
*The Whole Ten Yards
*Rush Hour 2
*Seed of Chucky

Cuz I'm pretty sure I've seen them, but I can't remember. So my score is somewhere between 180 and 184.

So I finished my first semester at a 'real university'. There were some ups and downs around the whole experience, but the grades were NOT a disappointment.

History of Christianity I - B+
Ancient Mediterranean World - A
Modern Middle East - A
Life-Span Development - A

Wewt.

Rules:
- Pick 10 of your favorite movies.
- Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie.
- Post them here for everyone to guess and I'll post when people get the answer right.
- I'll strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the movie.
- NO CHEATING!! NO GOOGLING/ IMDb search or other search functions.
- No looking at my favorite movies on my Facebook page...

1. "See... I can get you what you want, I can. I can get you anything, you just have to talk to me, you have to trust me. You can trust me, 'cause I'm your priest, I'm your shrink... I am you main connection to the switchboard of he soul. I'm the magic man... Santa Claus of the subconscious. You say it, you think it, you can have it."

2. "If someone stands in the way of true justice, you simply walk up behind them and stab them in the heart."

3. "I cannot fiddle but I can make a great state of a small city."

4. "I know about art and love, if only because I long for it with every fiber of my being."

5. "When the chips are down, these... these civilized people, they'll eat each other."

6. "You threw me far from grace, and now I fall onto it."

7. "All these years, all these memories, there was you. You pull me through time."

8. "Oh, Marcus. What are you trying to do, scare me? You sound like my mother. We've known each other for a long time. I don't believe in magic, a lot of superstitious hocus pocus. I'm going after a find of incredible historical significance, you're talking about the boogie man. Besides, you know what a cautious fellow I am."

9. "I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last moments he loved life more than he ever had before. Not just his life - anybody's life, my life. All he'd wanted were the same answers the rest of us want. Where did I come from? Where am I going? How long have I got? All I could do was sit there and watch him die."

10. "I pay it gladly."

This was a pain. Some of these are kinda hard, some are pretty easy. I'll also say these aren't my "10 Favorite Movies", I have a hell of a time picking 10 movies that are my "favorite" I invariably leave something out or forget about something. These are just "10 movies I really enjoy".

Dear Amazon.com and iTunes,

Please get your act together. Seriously. You are multimillion (if not billion) dollar corporations. If you are incapable of labeling your songs properly you really should hire someone who can, like me.

I recently received a $25 iTunes gift card. Realizing that I could use that gift card to legally purchase the song "Ordinary Fight" by I Against I, I immediately created an iTunes account. I have been searching for that song for ages every since I had it on my infamous Epitaph Records "Punk-O-Rama, Volume 3". Unfortunately, the internet seemed rather unwilling to relinquish any of the music by the Holland Punk band (yes I said Holland, no I'm not kidding).

Sure enough you guys had available "Punk-O-Rama, Volume 3" by the album or the individual song. At $0.99 for the song that had been plaguing me for so long, it was a no brainer. I merrily downloaded the song and began to play it. I was greeted by the fantastic sounds of I Against I's wonderful song... "Maybe Tomorrow". What? Now, I have nothing against "Maybe Tomorrow" but that wasn't the song I was looking for.

So I went out to Amazon.com just to make sure I hadn't lost my mind. So I looked up “Punk-O-Rama, Volume 3” to make sure “Ordinary Fight” was present on that album. It sure was. So I played the little Demo MP3 they have to ensure that it was the song I remembered. I was once again flooded with the sounds of “Maybe Tomorrow”. What? Had I gone insane?

I looked up the lyrics to “Ordinary Fight” and was vindicated in my knowledge that I had the right song. So instead of getting the song via the “Punk-O-Rama” compilation, I decided to go straight for the source and purchase it off the “Headcleaner” album by I Against I. I decided just to be safe to check the song on Amazon. Sure enough their Demo MP3 also said, “Ordinary Fight” but was actually “Maybe Tomorrow”. Deciding not to risk anything I just dropped the $10 bucks on the entire “Headcleaner” album. I finally did find “Ordinary Fight”. Was it labeled “Maybe Tomorrow”? No. I found it under “Top of the World”. What was “Maybe Tomorrow”? Well that was actually the song “Passed Me By”.

Okay. I know that “Headcleaner” was a little known album from a more than a decade ago from a little known Deutch Punk band but seriously Amazon.com and iTunes, can’t you at least get their songs straight? Anyone of the faithful who have spent long nights in dingy clubs would know the difference and anyone who even has a passing interest in Epitaph’s lineup would have at least recognized that “Maybe Tomorrow” was NOT “Ordinary Fight”.

Just because you don’t think nobody cares about these bands doesn’t mean they don’t still have fans out there, after all they only just broke up two years ago. Please try harder in the future.

Sincerely,
Geoff B

I didn't know you have to apply for Kink's... shit... I've got some back paper work to do.



I'm not sure I even understand this one... lol

I'm involved in yet another religious discussion on a message board. It had real potential but was unfortunately wasted. The topic was neutral to begin with: Discuss the pros and cons if Christianity had never existed. Given the nature of the site it immediately (and unfortunately) devolved into a Christan-bash-fest. I always find it amusing that the people who are often claim to be the most oppressed are the first to turn around and heap intolerance on others. You can see this most often in the Pagan vs. Christian argument. Now I have a number of lovely Pagan friends and I don't intend to direct any of this at them, but I have met a number of Pagans who can do nothing but spew venom at Christians for 'oppressing' them.

Everyone has done wrong at some point or another. If you want to have an open and honest conversation about the pros and cons of a major alteration to history, lets do it. Let us not, however, allow it to devolve into airing your personal gripes against the subject.

So as this progressed and the slander mounted, I felt I had to intercede. Given that I JUST finished an entire course entitled "The History of Christianity I" which covered it's origins in Jewish tradition up until about the 15th Century, I felt particularly well equipped to engage in this debate. I, unfortunately, grossly under estimated my own knowledge of the subject in comparison to many of the others talking about it. Very few people even gave any specific examples of their issues but instead just heaped vitriol onto Christianity as a whole. About the only concrete "example" was when the topic took a drastic shift to Hitler and how Germany was a predominantly Christian nation. First of all, Hitler himself could hardly be called Christian as he was actively attempting to create a new religion with Christian elements combined with Norse mythology and his own personal deification. Second of all, even if he was a Christian you can hardly chalk up the actions of a single insane individual. If Christianity had never come about there would still be Jews, they still would have been persecuted (as they were before Christians) and Hitler (all other things being equal) still would have likely persecuted them.

But I digress. The actual intention of this post was to recount my actual involvement in the subject. I decided to get involved on the largely pro-Christian side (since it was woefully underrepresented), though I do repeatedly make some concessions when Christianity was at fault. So, without further ado (and behind a cut for the scroll bar impaired :P) here is my post, the subsequent responses and my response to them. Enjoy.

( My First Post )

( The Two Responses )

( And Finally My Most Recent Post )

I just thought some of you might enjoy those reads. I know some of you care about my inane ramblings (and I don’t for a second blame those who don’t. lol)

For those that do: enjoy.

For those that don’t: just scroll on by.

P.S. I've noticed a trend. Originally I just thought it was because people are lack on the internet, but I've noticed it is more than that. Notice how most people don't capitalize "Christianity" or "Christian"? The second guy does, but the first guy didn't. A lot don't. As I said, originally I though it was just lazy internet shit. But it isn't. He uses (mostly) proper capitalization and he capitalizes most proper nouns. Not "Christianity". To me its a sign of the disrespect and lack of concern for it. Sorry folks. If you are going to capitalize Renaissance, Christianity is also a proper noun and deserves at least the same respect.

With the completion of: "Wealth and Power of the Medieval Church", "Achievements of Hellenism" and "Influence of Christanity on Slavery, Economics and Education" I am now FINISHED with the work I have to do for the semester. I have two finals to take (one on Tuesday night and the other on Wednesday afternoon/evening) and then I'm done done. For the time being I can actually just sit back, relax and know I've got nothing to do. I've got to turn my papers in tomorrow sometime before noon-ish. I'm gonna do a bit of studying Tuesday afternoon before my Psychology final and a bit of studying Tuesday night/Wednesday morning before my Modern Middle East final.

Then I have to clean my room and pack up my shit. Ugh. lol